Assisted a supplier of proprietary equipment in defending against a $20 million claim on a project involving the design, delivery and construction of a new cement production line from ore receiving to clinker storage and loadout. The general contractor claimed for increased costs allegedly due to delays, disruption and labor impact arising from late delivery of design data and proprietary equipment, and a defective design. The case was arbitrated in Texas. The client was found liable for only a portion of disputed extra work.

Analyzed a Swedish contractor’s delay and disruption claim involving the design and construction of a pulp and paper mill.

Assisted an EPC contractor with a $10 million claim against an owner for increased costs associated with increased scope of work, project delays and disruption, and loss of labor productivity arising from subsequent acceleration on the design, delivery and construction of an additional line for the production of polyester chips for use in plastic soda bottle manufacturing.

On behalf of an owner, provided schedule delay analysis, cost analysis, and litigation support of a $400 million blast furnace and coke oven battery project involving analysis of construction cost and schedule overruns and the adequacy of the engineering design.

Assisted an owner in the defense of a $12 million claim on a project involving the design, delivery and construction of a new cement production line from ore receiving to finish mill and product loadout. The EPC contractor claimed increased costs due to alleged owner-caused delays and disruption arising from late delivery of proprietary design information, materials, and equipment; and impacts to labor productivity due to numerous changes to the work and contractor’s alleged acceleration to overcome delays.

Prepared damages analyses on a dispute on a steel mill expansion project. Responsible for a unit price variance analysis and estimating costs for civil, concrete, mechanical, and electric work.