Month: January 2023

Danilo Martinez

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Danilo Martinez

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Danilo Martinez
Danilo Martinez

Senior Consultant

Colombia

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Professional with more than 30 years of professional experience, in the Infrastructure, Energy, Mining and Oil sectors, with experience focused on parks and recreational facilities, buildings, military installations, parking towers, sewage treatment plants, irrigation, electrical substations , highways, bridges, airports, trains and subways, mining and polluting waste in the Middle East, the United States, the Caribbean and South America. Solid knowledge, skills and experience in construction project control, developing programs, budgets, guiding and managing work teams, evaluating construction progress, quality of reports, analyzing and mitigating causes and responsibilities for delays, and identifying opportunities for claims, in addition to mastering English, Spanish and Italian.
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Bachelor of Architecture (CUC’93)
Master of Construction Engineering in Project Management, Florida International University (97)

Memberships/Affiliations

Comunidad Latinoamericana de Peritos en Construcción (CLAPEC)
Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE)
Project Management Institute (PMI)

Certifications

PSP Certificated by (AACE)
PMP Certificated by (PMI)

Experience

Quantum Damages Costs/Time
Schedule Deviations
Risk analysis
Damagues Quantification Expert Reports

Languages

Spanish
English
Italian

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Christian Sepúlveda Miranda

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CHRISTIAN SEPULVEDA MIRANDA

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Christian Sepúlveda Miranda

Senior Consultant

Chile

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Professional with more than 30 years in the Mining, Industry and Construction Sector, solid technical training, knowledge and ability in the application of techniques to activities of planning and inventory control, activation, warehouse management and vendor programming, more than 6 years of professional experience as a specialist in field project management, documentary certification control and Commissioning reception with vendors. Management knowledge of all phases of the project, engineering, construction, procurement and commissioning. Proven ability to handle delays in a project. She has completed studies in Project Management, specializing in Contract and Purchasing Management (Chile), specializing in Supply Chain Management.
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Administration (UdeCh’91)
Postgraduate in Marketing (PUC’95)
MBA (ESEM Spain 2000)

Memberships/Affiliations

Comunidad Latinoamericana de Peritos en Construcción (CLAPEC)

Experience

Contract administration
Deviations in Bidding Processes
Supply Management

Languages

Spanish
English
Portuguese

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Aldo Mattos

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Aldo Mattos

Senior Consultant

Brasil

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International Expert in Quantification of Damages and/or Technical Scope to Claims and Expertise in Construction Arbitrations, Consultant for companies in cost engineering, with more than 35 years of experience successfully managing Contracts and Projects in Latin America and Africa in Energy, Oil & Gas, Infrastructure and Services. He is a recognized industry expert in Quantification of Damages Costs / term and / or Technical Scope to Claims and Expert Reports. He has been distinguished as Cost Engineer of the year 2014 by IBEC. He is the founder of the Brazil section of AACE International, CCP Certified by AACE, Honorary Member of CLAPEC, consultant to the United Nations and author of five books (one in Spanish – Methods of Planning and Control of Works). Proven ability to understand the type of problems that result in cost overruns and delays. Rapporteur and Facilitator in Cost Engineering. He is Owner of the Aldo Mattos Institute

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Engineer (UFdaB’83)
Lawyer (UFdaB’00)
Master in Geophysics

Memberships/Affiliations

Comunidad Latinoamericana de Peritos en Construcción (CLAPEC)
Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE)
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

Certifications

CCP Certificated by (AACE)
PMP Certificated by (PMI)
MRICS Certificated by (RICS)

Experience

Quantum Damages Costs/Time
Cost engineering
Loss of Productivity
Project Management/Contract Administration
Planning
 

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Fernando Lépez García

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FERNANDO LEPEZ GARCIA

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Fernando Lepez

Senior Consultant

Chile

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Mechanical Civil Engineer, with more than 40 years of experience in works and industrial assemblies in large mining, oil and services, professionally managing the successful materialization of 36 Construction Contracts, of which 10 include almost 400 km of pipeline systems (aqueducts , gas pipelines, mineral pipelines), Mechanical Cleaning, Execution and Certification of Pneumatic and Hydrostatic Tests on steel and polyethylene pipes, all in full compliance with customer standards. Proven ability to understand the type of problems that result in cost overruns and delays. Solid knowledge and skills in the application of construction techniques to contract activities, and Contract Administration, by the contractor. He has been a leader of Claims teams and preparation for Arbitrations.
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Mechanical Civil Engineer (UTE’77)

Memberships/Affiliations

Comunidad Latinoamericana de Peritos en Construcción (CLAPEC)
 

Experience

Schedule Deviations
Engineering and Construction
Proyect Management
Contract administration
Risk and Opportunity Analysis

Languages

Spanish

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Rafael Menéndez Acurio

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Rafael Menendez

Partner

Perú

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International Expert in Claims and Expertises with more than 25 years of experience successfully managing Contracts and PPP Projects in Transport Infrastructure in Latin America and the USA. He is a recognized industry expert in Texas and in Central and South American countries. Solid knowledge, skills and experience in the application of tools and techniques to the activities of a project/contracts leading to a successful management and control of the scope, quality, costs of projects/contracts in Pavement and Road Management. He is a teacher and lecturer in several countries and author of the book on Pavement Engineering and the book on Road Maintenance with Microenterprises. Proven ability to understand the type of problems that result in cost overruns and delays.
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Civil Engineer (U. Cusco’93) with a professional license in the USA
Ph.D. (U. Texas A&M’10) in Civil Engineering/Pavement Management
Master’s Degree (U. Texas A&M’97) in Civil Engineering/Geotechnics
 

Memberships/Affiliations

Comunidad Latinoamericana de Peritos en Construcción (CLAPEC)
 

Experience

Infrastructure Projects PPPs Transportation
Scope Deviations
Risk analysis
Quantum Costs
Project Management/Contract Administration

Languages

English
Spanish

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Óscar Siles Chávez

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OSCAR SILES CHAVEZ

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Oscar Siles

Partner

Bolivia

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Current President AEE Chapter Bolivia (Association of Energy Engineers – USA), Emeritus Director AACE Intl Region 10 LATAM (2019-2021). More than 26 years experience in planning, development and management of projects/contracts. Arbitrator of the Conciliation and Arbitration Center of ICAM Bolivia (2005-present). Senior Consultant in the oil & gas, petrochemical, and energy industries with a focus on the areas of Portfolio and Project Management, Project Control, Cost Engineering, Claims Management in project execution contracts.
Recognized expert in the industry, in Quantification of Cost Damages and/or Technical Scope to Claims and Expertises, in the Oil & Gas sector. Solid knowledge, skills and experience in the application of tools and techniques to the activities of a project/contract, leading to its successful scope-cost-quality management. International speaker and trainer.
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Electric Engineer
MSc TIs e-Business
MSc Development Projects with the IDB

Memberships/Affiliations

Comunidad Latinoamericana de Peritos en Construcción (CLAPEC)
Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE)
Project Management Institute (PMI)

Certifications

CCP Certified by (AACE)
PMP Certified by (PMI)

Experience

Oil & Gas, Energy Projects
Project Management
Quantum Costs/Time
Loss of Productivity
Risk analysis
Contractual Resilience

Languages

Spanish
English

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Mark Christopher Sanders

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MARK CHRISTOPHER SANDERS

Founding Partner

USA

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Civil Engineer with more than 20 years of experience in engineering and project management and has successfully managed projects in the power generation, oil, gas, transportation and services sectors. He is a recognized industry expert in contract administration and a frequent speaker on project development and management, schedules, budgets, project execution, evaluation of delays, inefficiency, differing conditions, additional work, and cost overruns. He proven ability to understand the type of problems that result in cost overruns and delays. Contributing author of AACE Recommended Practices 29R-03 “Forensic Schedule Analysis”, and 25R-03 “Estimating Lost Labor Productivity in Construction Claims”

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Civil Engineer
Master in Structural Civil Engineering

Memberships/Affiliations

Comunidad Latinoamericana de Peritos en Construcción (CLAPEC)
Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE)
Project Management Institute (PMI)

Certifications

CCP Certified by (AACE)
CFCC Certified by (AACE)
PSP Certified by (AACE)
PMP Certified by (PMI)
PfM Certified by (PMI)

Experience

Project Management,
Schedule Deviations
Loss of Productivity
Quantum Costs/Time

Languages

English
Spanish

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Antonio Iribarren Catalán

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Antonio Iribarren Catalán

Founding Partner

Chile

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International Expert in Damages Quantification and/or Technical Scope to Claims and Expertises in Construction Arbitrations, Emeritus Academic Coordinator AACE International Region 10 Latam and President of the Latin American Community Experts in Construction. With more than 40 years of experience successfully managing Contracts and Projects of the Large Latin American Mining, Energy, Oil & Gas, Infrastructure and Services. He is a recognized expert in the industry, in Early Analysis of Gap Claims, Management of Claims Risk Matrix, Quantification of Damages Costs / time and/or Technical Scope to Claims and Expert Reports. International speaker on Forensic Analysis of Schedules and Loss of Productivity in the workforce of Construction Contracts. Proven ability to understand the type of problems that result in cost overruns and delays. Rapporteur and Facilitator in Claims Workshops, and Training in Professional Contract Administration.
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Mechanical Civil Engineer (UTE’77 Chile)

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Comunidad Latinoamericana de Peritos en Construcción (CLAPEC)
Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE)
American Bar Association (ABA)
International Bar Association (IBA)
Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DBRF)

Certifications

CIC® por la SMIEC
CEIC® por la SMIEC

Experience

Mining Projects

Schedule Deviations
Quantum Costs / Times
Lost Productivity
Project Management / Contract Management
Risk and Opportunity Analysis

Languages

Spanish
English

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Claims & Experts Witness

Set of rules to define and apply internationally recognized methodologies, techniques and tools to the Claims/Expertise Witness processes (according to QDR, the Claims and Expertise Witness processes only differ in the response to the counterpart report expert opinion): understand and validate the assignment, know, understand the contract and its deviations, define and apply the pertinent mechanisms, evaluate the disputed situation, provide a technical analysis, determine consequences and issue an Expert Report that helps the decision makers/court understand the issue and issue a resolution.

The Phases of the QDR Model for Quantifying Damages in Cost and Time as an Expert Witness represents an integrated process to “Evaluate Support for Damages,” “Value Damages” and “Respond to Contradictory Expert Witness Opinions,” where necessary at each stage of the arbitration process. We evaluate excusability, compensability, causality, and the mechanisms used in the valuation of damages.

QDR has proven experience in applying mature techniques and methodologies in quantifying and valuing matters that impact costs and time under a wide variety of form contracts and custom contracts

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  • Quantify Time Damages

QDR’s Schedule Delays experts have vast knowledge and experience in Planning and developing Forensic Schedule Analysis (schedule analysis plus delay analysis) on projects and contracts for the engineering/construction industry. Includes preparation, review, and analysis of the following types of schedules and delay analysis:

üSchedule Management Plan

üSchedule Baseline

üDetermination of the Critical Path

üPeriodic Updates to the Schedule

üResources and Costs Charged to the Schedule

üForensic Analysis of Schedule

üTime Extension Analysis

üAcceleration Analysis

üTime Impact Analysis

üAnalysis of Concurrent Delay

üCalculation of time damages

  •  Quantify Damages Costs

QDR’s experts in Additional Cost Damage Recovery have extensive experience in estimating costs of engineering/construction projects and contracts and in evaluating and quantifying damages associated with Claims. They combine its experience and knowledge to provide an integrated approach to the analysis of Claims/Experts Witness. It not only seeks to identify the technical issues that caused man-hours and cost growth in the Contractor’s cost reports, but also to ensure that the costs represented in the cost reports are traceable and contemporaneous. Includes the preparation, review, and analysis of the following types of budgets, estimates, and analyses:

üOffer Estimates (Lump Sum, Unit Price)

üAnalysis of errors in the Offer

üCost Variation Analysis

üChange Order Assessments and Pricing

üLabor and Material Cost Assessments

üLost Labor Productivity Analysis: Measured Mile

üAnalysis of Disruption

üCause Effect Analysis

üCosts for additional time

üCentral Office Overruns

üDamage Costs

  • Quantify Scope Deviations

The Phases of the QDR Model for Quantification of Scope Deviations for Expert Reports answer the next questions:

a) Was the type of work within what was contemplated by the parties when they signed the contract? and
b) Was the finished product substantially the same as the product initially envisioned?

QDR has proven experience in performing scope deviation analysis and integrating specialized technical opinions where necessary to provide complete answers to these questions

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Have in sight, sufficient documentation that allows to know and fully understand the contract and its deviations, evaluate the order, define and apply the pertinent techniques, tools and methodologies, to determine non-compliance and issue an Expert Report on quantification of Scope Deviations. The following essential actions must be met:

üIdentify requirements: divide the Contract into elements and identify high-level requirements, previously established in the Contract.

üDetermine Non-Compliance: identify gaps between the Contract specifications and the functionality of the built.

üDefine Scope Deviations Quantification Mechanisms: Define which techniques, tools, and/or methodologies will be used to quantify Scope Deviations.

üExistence of traceable and contemporary records.

The QDR model to Quantify Deviations in the Technical Scope of construction and functionality of works to expertise, includes the previous premises and captures them as the sum of the processes “Identify Requirements”, “Determine Non-Compliance” and “Absolve Contradictory Expertise”: they seek determine the relevance and achievement of the previously established objectives of the contract -regardless of the type, model or modality-, evaluating the variations between the scope of the technical specifications and the execution of said works, for the impartial and reasonable determination of those Scope Deviations and review the methodological coherence to respond to the Contradictory Expert Report, according to the following schematic process:

  • Quantify Deviations from Engineering, Construction and Commissioning

QDR’s Engineering, Construction and Commissioning Experts have extensive knowledge and experience in the design and construction of engineering/construction projects and contracts, particularly industrial and process plant projects and contracts, so they can assess contractor performance, engineering deliverables, and construction practices against safety standards.

During contract development, QDR evaluates the Contractor’s entitlement in its change order requests to determine if the requested change is in fact a scope change, or part of the original contract requirements. These analyses are essential to determine the Contractor’s Right to Claims for large delays and disruptions. Our technical analysis experience in Engineering, Construction and Commissioning includes the following types of reviews, analyzes and evaluations:

üReviews of Engineering Specifications, Construction and Commissioning

üTechnical Evaluations of Change Orders

üConstruction Methodology

üAmbiguity of contractual requirements

üAnalysis of the language of Contracts to identify exempting/exculpatory clauses and Risks

üProcess Engineering Analysis

üProcess Commissioning Analysis

üEquipment Specifications

üEvaluations of the Earrings, punch list

üNon-conformance reports

üPerformance problems caused by the Contractor

üOver Inspectio

üDifferent site conditions

üProcess Flow Diagrams

üSecurity issues

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Set of rules to apply areas of knowledge, methodologies, techniques and tools -internationally recognized- to the Claims processes, addressing in advance the identification, quantification, control and management of Claims risks, evolving from a traditional vision of “resolving a Claim” towards an innovative and intelligent vision of “avoiding a Claim”.

A mutually beneficial approach for the parties, since it allows a stable and predictable scenario for the execution of contracts, a game in which both win: a relationship that, from rent transferring, starts to create value for the parties.

  • Before the Invitation to Bid

Evaluate the Definition of the Assignment, the Bidding Bases, the Assignment Criteria and the Bases of Technical-economic Evaluation, to ensure that the bidding antecedents include a vision of avoiding Claims.

  • During the Bidding Process

Evaluate the Clarifications/Questions/Answers, homologate and evaluate the Technical offers, Identify Technical Risks and Evaluate the Coherence of the Economic Offers, to

  • During the Execution of the Contract

Evaluate the probability that the Contract meets its Term and Cost goals and the activities that could cause any potential cost overruns, in order to mitigate them.

CLAIMS AVOIDANCE

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