Experience Matters

On behalf of a contractor, reviewed eight Requests for Equitable Adjustments on U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force projects concerning differing site conditions, electrical design deficiencies, and owner-directed changes.

Prepared damages and schedule analyses in support of an owner’s defense against a contractor’s $5 million delay and disruption claim on a fast-track CO2 recovery process plant facility.

Evaluated an owner’s project management and cost and schedule control procedures for performing major capital projects. Prepared stage gate project development procedures as well as created cost and schedule control procedures.

Represented a general contractor in defending against a $1 million delay, acceleration and loss of productivity claim on a poultry processing plant. Case was settled during trial with defendant client paying $150,000.

On behalf of an electrical contractor, prepared a $1.2 million delay and disruption claim on a new university classroom building project.

On behalf of an EPC contractor, analyzed delays and time extension entitlement on a $75 million claim by the mechanical subcontractor involving the procurement materials and installation of process plant equipment and piping on a major petrochemical plant.

On behalf of an owner, evaluated a claim for the recovery of costs, lost profits, and other asserted monetary damages allegedly incurred from furnishing ash materials to a major refinery expansion in Texas. Prepared an expert report. Testified in deposition, which led to a successful settlement of the dispute.

On behalf of a contractor, developed and evaluated alternatives for the modification of a large wastewater treatment plant. The work focused on the identification and evaluation of project risks and cost/schedule impacts associated with each of several design/construction alternatives.

On behalf of an owner, analyzed delay and disruption claims on the EPC of an ethylene cracker project.

Damages expert for a material manufacturer vs. a general contractor regarding alleged defects and repair costs on a large condominium construction project. The engagement comprised the evaluation and rebuttal of the plaintiff’s costs and damage allocations to the parties, the preparation of alternative damages quantifications based upon several different causation and entitlement theories, and expert testimony.