Project Description:  The largest dollar value construction project in the US ever undertaken. The highways in the city of Boston were essentially routed underground rather than above ground.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: The project had billion dollar cost overruns. Was engaged by Kiewit to quantity and present multi million dollar lost productivity claim

Significance of Assignment: Highly visible and publisized project with landmark type claims and lawsuits. Specific engagement claim was successfully presented.

Project Description:  A unique, awarding winning $1 billion dollar project funded by the Getty trust that sits on the top of a mountain overlooking LA and Brentwood California.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged by Harmon Contracting to prepare and present a $26 million dollar change order to the Board of Directors of the Getty Trust.

Significance of Assignment: Using a detailed schedule analysis and productivity analysis, the change order was prepared and presented successfully.  The Board of Directors approved the change order for every dollar and the project was completed on time and cost satisfaction of all parties

Project Description:  Forums between the two countries to exchange best practices in consturction and engineering to develop business between two conuntries

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Appointed by US State and Interior Departments to represent constructin and engineering education for US in talks with China

Significance of Assignment: Developed education curriculum including construction management courses.

Project Description:  Phase II of a multi year mutiple phase multiple million dollar project to retrofit the Golden Gate Bridge to resist earthquakes.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged by the general contractor to assist in on-site analysis to set out productivity improvement potential and to implement cost and productivity improvement.

Significance of Assignment: Unique construction methods and productivity methods implemented that have implications for retrofiting additonal bridges for seismic concerns.

Project Description: The project is a large refinery project that has the largest coker unit in the world.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Owing to a national strike, a force majeure event, there was significant loss of productivity issues. My role was to qunatity the impact.

Significance of Assignment: The construction client agreed to a several hundred million dollar settlement

Project Description: The London Underground is the oldest underground transportation system in the world. It has recently had a security and communciation system installed throughout the entire system

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged by the Fluor to assist with productivity measurement and disruption

Significance of Assignment: During the multi year construction project, terrorists bumbed several statios that resulted in deaths; this heightened the need to complete the placement of cables to support the security and communciation system being installed.

Project Description: The two year project is an reconstrction of roadway and briges on one of the busiest freeways in St. Louis, MO.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged Granite Construction to implement a productivity improvement program aimed at reducing possible productivity defects

Signifi cance of Assignment: Implementation by one of the largest US constractors of "MORE" productivity program developed over years by Dr. Adrian

Project Description: The building is the city hall project in Gillette that was burdenoned with unique lawsuits regarding equipment and labor issue and contract language

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged by contractor to prepare and present equipment and labor cost damages

Signifi cance of Assignment: Jury awarded all requested equipment and labor damages to the contractor. Became a State Supreme Court case issue

Project Description: The $400M plus project was to replace bridges, roadway, and ramps to provide an improved saftey system and a modern day highway.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged by the general contractor to provide productivity and scheduling expertise.

Signifi cance of Assignment: Ambitious milestone schedule dates were kept through partnering, productivity enhancement, and proactive resource scheduling.

Project Description: The building construction project is a highly visible project being developed by Donald Trump on the Chicago River.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged by the specialty contractor to provide productivity and scheduling expertise.

Signifi cance of Assignment: Implement milestone scheduling in a very tight logistically area to enable productivity.

Project Description: Large power plant project in Toronto constructed in an accelerated project schedule and with unique labor conditions.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged by General Electirc (power turbines) to critique and improvem project produictivity and schedule.

Signifi cance of Assignment: Implement milestone scheduling in a very tight logistically area to enable productivity.

Project Description: The massive offshore oil platforms are constructed in an accelerated construction schedule.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged by McDermott as a productivity consultant to improve construction process.

Signifi cance of Assignment: Implement processes using measuement techniques and defect analysis for repetitive use processes.

Project Description: The co-gen plant provides power and is constructed adjacent to Ford Motors and was visible nationally owing to several explosions and outages during construction that affected project schedule and cost.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Quantify lost productivity owing to safety issues

Signifi cance of Assignment: Signicance of the methods used to quantify lost labor productivity owing to unique disruption issues.

Project Description:<  :Chicago Landmark project that contains unique structures to include Pritzker Pavillion (Gehry), Cloud Gate (Kapoor), and Crown Fountain.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged to for analysis of productivity, schedules, cost controls.

Signficance of Assignment:Unique construction methods and productivity methods to construct project and parking deck in congested area over an exisiting active transportation system.

Project Description:  A unique, awarding winning arena in Las Angelos where the LA Lakers play and various shows to include the opening show by Bruce Springstein.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged by national firm to quantify lost labor productivity owing to changes related to concrete work and design.

Significance of Assignment: Methods used to quantify lost productivity were considered uniquefor ths type of project.

Project Description:  A significant number of separate federally/state funded highway projects.  The US Antitrust prosecuted several firms for bid rigging on the projects.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged by the US Antitrust Department and FBI to quantify the financial loss to the tax payer (both criminal and civil suits).

Significance of Assignment: Successfully prepared cost method by which financial damages to government and tax payers was determined.  Based on the quantification of costs, the US Antitrust Department recovered financial damages and firms were prosecuted.

Description: The City of Wheaton, IL engaged a CM firm that in turn engaged several separate prime contractors.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged by mechanical contractor to quantify lost productivity. Had to use the total cost method to quantify lost productivity owing to the inability to use another method.

Significance of Assignment:Courts to include appeals courts approved cost method and calculated damages. Became a precedent case as to what has to be done to use "total cost method".

Project Description:  A multimillion dollar resort was constructed, leveled by hurricane Inigna, and subsequently rebuild.  Project was owned by Mr. Takana of Japan; one of the wealthiest individuals in the world.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged by Hawaiian Dredging and Construction Co.(Dillingham), to prepare a $20 million dollar change order for changes and lost productivity.  After the project was destroyed by hurricane, Dr. Adrian was engaged by HDCC to assist in defending against alleged construction defects.

Significance of Assignment: Successfully prepared change order which was unexpectedly funded by owner.  Because of knowledge of construction methods used, was successful in defending client against allegations of defective construction methods that were alleged to be cause of the roof failure.

Project Description:  Tallest building in World (452 meters was completed in 1996 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged to provide productivity program for project and productivity training at site.

Significance of Assignment: New productivity systems were implemented for the construction of the project that focused on productivity improvement and quick identification of cost and/or productivity problems such that corrections could be made.

Project Description:  In Oregon, this large incinerator structure was constructed to destroy U.S. chemical weapons as per agreement in a US treaty.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Initially contacted by Raytheon to quantify lost productivity claim owing to changes (primarily piping).  Did not conduct the engagement.  Subsequently after the Washington Group purchased Raytheon, was engaged by Washington Group to quantify lost productivity for submittal of a change order to US government (claim approximately $25M). Project was one of a half-dozen that led to bankruptcy filing by the Washington Group.

Significance of Assignment: Difficult  engagement of preparing claim against government at the same time that Washington Group was suing Raytheon for overstating claim at time of purchase.  Based in part on the work I conducted, Washington Group and Raytheon were able to reach a settlement.  Many of these events were featured in weekly articles in Engineering News Record and the Wall Street Journal.

Project Description:   A monumental difficult engineering project that had significant cost overruns.  My engagement was on the Outfall Tunnel that extends nine miles out and 300 feet under the Atlantic Ocean.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged to assist in the preparation of a $50Million dollar plus change order owing to unexpected excess water flowing into tunnel which required workers to work in mud and water.

Significance of Assignment: Engineering, human factor type analysis conducted to determine added worker effort required in order to substantiate the claim amount.  Industrial engineering type data and research used to quantify lost productivity.  My work was in part conducted in the tunnel that was extended nine miles into the ocean.

Project Description:   A unique amusement type project that was the center of the new EPCOT center in Disney World. The project was constructed by a general contractor and coordinated by a national firm acting as a CM for the Disney Corp.

Significance of Assignment: Based on construction accounting expertise and productiivty expertise, engaged to assist in the quantification and negotiation of chnage orders for the project between contractor and project owner.

Project Description:  New plant in Indiana where General Motors built vans.  Plant included significant painting equipment and processes.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: GM and subcontractor had $4+ million dollar dispute regarding added costs during construction.  Dr. Adrian engaged by both parties to serve as an independent arbitrator for a "binding baseball" type arbitration. After hearing each case, both parties submitted a sealed envelope with a dollar amount they were willing to settle for and Dr. Adrian had to select one of the two numbers.

Significance of Assignment: A four million dollar decision that could not be appealed.  The process used, referred to as "baseball arbitration" represented a rare form of resolving a significant dollar value dispute.

Project Description:  Red Line of Mass Transit System in Los Angeles.  Owing to difficulty of project and cost overruns, project gained national attention.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged by the County and City of Los Angeles to critique multi-million dollar claim filed by contractor team against project owner.

Significance of Assignment: Initial work found areas of duplication in claim.  Subsequently, the contractor was convicted of filing false construction claims on the project.  National attention to include ENR coverage was given to the project and the false claim.

Project Description:  Construction of a major convention and exhibition center in New Orleans.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged by board set up for project to author request for proposals for Construction Manager and to develop selection criteria matrix for engaging the CM firm.

Significance of Assignment: This was the first of several engagements Dr. Adrian had to assist major owners of new construction projects in identifying the optimal project delivery system for the construction of their projects and to assist the firm/organization in engaging the firms to construct the projects.

Project Description:  An award winning concrete design project constructed by large general contractor.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Owing to the unique wall designs, the concrete forming was unique and caused significant productivity problems and cost overruns.  Engaged to prepare multi million dollar productivity analysis and present results to a Contracts Dispute Board.

Significance of Assignment: Prepared detailed analysis of lost productivity per worker per impact issue per time period.  Was used successfully to have Contracts Dispute Board rule in favor of client (Sundt Construction).

Project Description:  Schools were combined into class actions against major chemical projects for financial damages related to the removal and replacement of asbestos tile in the floors and schools throughout the country.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged by national chemical companies to develop a formula that reflected prior benefits of flooring systems as an offset against removal and replacement costs.

Significance of Assignment: Formula proposed was used in court as a means of settlement between claimants and defendants.

Project Description:  Two year program of designing a program of continuous improvement and defect elimination to improve material certification process and other processes within the State of Illinois Department of Transportation.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged to design, train, and implement  Total Quality Management for the entire Illinois Department of Transportation to include all nine districts.

Significance of Assignment:  The TQM program designed and implemented by Dr. Adrian is given credit for enabling the Illinois Department of Transportation offset decreased budgets and a smaller staff with increased productivity. The implemented program was a precedence for how state government can improve efficiency.

Project Description:  A five plus mile pipeline for the private water company in Springfield, Missouri constructed by Journagon Construction.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged to prepare a detailed expert analysis of lost productivity owing to changes and unknown site conditions.  

Significance of Assignment: In a jury trial in Springfield, Missouri, a jury awarded each and every dollar presented in the prepared claim.  However, the judge took the unusual step to staying the jury decision.  The judges position is being challenged in the courts.

Project Description:  Project dam be constructed by a contractor that was in business for many years and had national reputation.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged to prepare multimillion dollar change order to be submitted to MetropolitianWater District.

Significance of Assignment: While at the project performing work, with key management personnel of the firm, national news announced bankruptcy of the publically traded Guy F. Atkinson firm. Illustrates how contractor failure can be sudden and unpredicted regardless of the longevity of the firm.

Project Description:  A large heavy and highway contracting firm.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Determine the value of the large heavy and highway firm to include appraising a large equipment fleet and valuing the personnel and backlog of construction work.

Significance of Assignment: Financial valuation used for purposes of bonding and the basis for settlement of a divorce proceeding.  Valuation was significant in that it provided a model for valuing construction equipment.

Project Description:  The new wastewater treatment plant won national design awards. The high tech plant was constructed adjacent and under the San Francisco zoo.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged by the city and county of San Francisco to evaluate construction claims filed by two electrical contractors on the project.

Significance of Assignment:  Based on claims filed against the owner, the claims were judged to be inappropriate.  Based on analysis performed, the electrical contractors withdrew their claim requests.

Project Description:  Nuclear power plant in state of Washington that was not completed owing to massive cost overruns; the largest municipal bond fund default in the history of the US.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Engaged by PDM to quantify financial loss owing to non-completion of the WPPSS nuclear project.

Significance of Assignment:  PDM and claim prevailed in court but was unpaid owing to the fact that project and project owner declared bankruptcy prior to completion of project.

Project Description:  Power Plant and constructed by large industrial contractor.

Dr. Adrian Engagement:  Engaged to analyze the lost productivity incurred during the project owing to acceleration and schedule slippage into winter construction time period.

Significance of Assignment:  Stone & Contractor filed bankruptcy during the construction of the project.  Another national firm pruchased failed contractor and project during the project. The claim to include the productivity claim was presented to an arbitration panel. 

Project Description:  On-site analysis of numerous building and industrial projects on which Symons forms were used. At the time, Symons was the largest concrete forming company in the world.

Dr. Adrian Engagement: Productivity studies of Symons Steel-Ply Forming systems to determine their competitiveness and cost advantage versus wood forms; aluminum forms, and various competing steel-ply systems.

Significance of Assignment: Became national productivity spokesperson for Symons forms.  As a result of work Symons Forms Corporation switched their marketing program from twenty year effort  of marketing reuse of forms to productivity of forms; i.e. they are cheaper to erect.