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Construction Claims Consultants Long International
Richard J. Long, P.E., P.Eng.
Founder
Corporate Headquarters:
10098 Whistling Elk Drive
Littleton CO
80127-6109
USA
phone: (303) 972-2443
fax: (303) 200-7180
Florida Office:
Andrew Avalon, PE, PSP
Chairman & CEO
8633 Willow Kane Court
Orlando, FL 32835
aavalon@long-intl.com
T: (407) 445-0825 F: (407) 650-3399
Long International provides expert engineering and construction claims analysis, expert testimony, project management consulting, and insurance claims analysis services. We focus on projects in the following industries: building and construction; gas, gasification, GTL, LNG, and NGL; industrial and manufacturing; mineral and mineral processing; offshore oil and gas; oil sands; pipelines and utilities; power; refineries, petrochemical, and chemical; transportation; and water, wastewater, dams, and marine. We analyze claims, not limited to, disputed change orders, schedule delay, acceleration, time extensions, liquidated damages, loss of productivity, defective specifications, and deficient project management performance.
Richard J. Long, P.E., P.Eng., Founder of Long International, has over 50 years of U.S. and international consulting experience involving construction contract disputes analysis and resolution, arbitration/litigation support and expert testimony, project management, engineering/construction management, cost and schedule control, and process engineering. As an internationally recognized expert in the analysis and resolution of complex construction disputes for over 35 years, Mr. Long has served as the lead expert on over 300 projects having claims ranging in size from US$100,000 to over US$2 billion. He has presented and published numerous articles on claims analysis, entitlement issues, CPM schedule and damages analyses, cumulative impact claims, and claims prevention.
Rod C. Carter, CCP, PSP is President of Long International and has over 20 years of experience in construction project controls, contract disputes and resolution, negotiations, mediation, arbitration support, and expert testimony on scheduling, loss of productivity, and quantum issues. He has experience in entitlement, schedule, and damages analyses on over 30 construction disputes ranging in value from US$100,000 to US$7 billion, related to oil and gas, oil refinery, LNG, heavy civil, nuclear, environmental, chemical, power, industrial, commercial, and residential construction projects. Mr. Carter is proficient in the use of Primavera P6 and P3 software, and he has extensive experience in assessing the impact to engineering and construction works of RFIs, change orders and other events. Mr. Carter specializes in loss of productivity, cumulative impact, and quantum calculations, and had a lead role in assessing damages on more than a dozen major disputes. In addition, Mr. Carter has developed cost and schedule risk analysis models using Monte Carlo simulations to address the uncertainty of estimates and claims.
Scott M. Francis, P.E., PSP is a Vice President of Long International and has over 20 years of experience in project management, contract disputes analysis and resolution, CPM schedule preparation, execution, and analysis, productivity analysis, contract administration, design engineering, construction management, and government contracting. He provides schedule development and assurance services, cost estimating, and claims analysis services on projects for both owners and contractors. Specific responsibilities include CPM development and reviews, CPM schedule delay and acceleration analyses, change order impact analysis, issue identification, correlation of impacts to schedule activities, and productivity evaluations.
John A. Williams, PhD, PE, CFEI, MBA, ASA, AIChE Fellow.
Dr. Williams delivers Technology Assessments and Financial Valuation Analysis for business disputes involving intellectual property, trade secrets, patent infringement, licensing, royalties, capital investment, manufacturing operations expenses, ad valorem taxes, and lost profit calculations. He is an Accredited Senior Appraiser by the American Society of Appraisers,
Practical 40 years of engineering experience in renewable and conventional energy technologies and facilities encompassing oil & gas, refining, biofuels, biomass, solar, wind, geothermal, coal, chemicals, steel, and power generation. A NAFI Certified Fire and Explosions Investigator, Dr. Williams performs forensic investigations of fires, explosions, equipment failures, and industrial accidents.
Dr. Williams is a licensed Professional Engineer in the States of Alabama, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusettes, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Hydrology Environmental Science Consultant James Connors
James J. Connors, PhD
Professional Geoscientist & Hydrologist
1100-C Dauphin Street
Mobile AL
36604
USA
phone: jjc@jamesjconnors.com
Dr. James J. Connors is a certified Professional Hydrologist and a licensed Professional Geoscientist with more than 38 years of experience. He has worked across the U.S. and in New Zealand on hydrological, hydrogeological, and environmental consulting projects / cases. Dr. Connors has also taught university-level hydrology and hydrogeology, received several awards for his professional and teaching / academic service activities, and been designated as an expert witness in more that 50 cases.
His clients have included private citizens, attorneys, insurance companies, consulting firms, government agencies, & public / private companies. He has worked on sites contaminated with PFAS compounds, PCBs, benzene / BTEX, metals, chlorinated solvents, mercury, arsenic, nutrients, pesticides / nerve agents, herbicides, radiation, VOCs / SVOCs, disinfectants & related by-products, landfill leachate, crude oil & brine, fuel, explosives, unexploded ordinance, etc. His work has been at various facilities including oil, gas, & gasoline pipelines; landfills; chemical plants; leaking above-ground tanks & UST sites; refineries; fertilizer plants, casinos; neighborhoods & apartment / housing complexes; junk yards; theme parks; bottled water plants; agricultural & animal facilities (oyster, fish, alligator, & dairy / CAFO); construction sites; estuaries & bays; commercial & residential properties; beaches, rivers, ponds, & lakes; oil & gas fields; accident sites; railroad facilities; airports; water & sewage treatment plants; chemical & oil spill sites; military bases; & others.
Dr. Connors' hydrology consulting services include:
- Contamination Assessments/Investigations
- Stormwater Inspections & Management (BMPs)
- Groundwater Modeling & Statistical Analysis
- Contract Research into Environmental Issues
- Presentations to the Public & Regulatory Agencies
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