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Assisted Amtrak in preparation and presentation of claims against defendant EPC contractor under the Federal False Claims Act on the installation of a high speed rail from Boston to New York.  Client asserted that defendant contractor had improperly billed the government for substantial amounts that did not represent actual increased costs to the contractor but were rather the result of gross miscalculations of alleged increased costs due to scope changes, schedule impacts of changes and resulting acceleration costs.  Claims were settled prior to trial with the contractor agreeing to withdraw over $25 million of invoiced amounts.

Analyzed a contractor’s delay and disruption claim against the owner of a 4x2 combined cycle power plant in Athens. The scope of the work included a detailed CPM schedule analysis to determine delay and acceleration responsibility.

Provided scheduling support to an estimating team on a $250 million 500 MW power plant project. Developed a pre bid schedule over a 12-month period and multiple proposals through contract award. This project required extensive analysis including resource leveling through the use of resource histograms.

Developed and maintained updates of the Baseline CPM Schedule for the $230 million Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) project. Provided schedule expertise, project administration, coordination, analysis, and negotiation of all time-related issues. The schedule was resource loaded with 2,840 activities.

Developed the Baseline CPM Schedule for the $136 million FDR Drive reconstruction project. The schedule was cost and resource loaded with 2,344 activities.

Provided support to management team including schedule review and development of working schedules and sub-networks for claims purposes on the $90 million NYC Times Square Rehabilitation Project. The schedule was cost and resource loaded and contained 2,823 activities.