Affiliations

• Design-Build Institute of America
  

Representative Engagements

• Retained by major Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to assist with implementation of its recently adopted best value design-build procurement system.  Services included reviewing, evaluating, structuring, and drafting RFP packages and contract documents for use with Authority’s first design-build project.
• Successfully negotiated and structured a client’s insurance recovery program, which facilitated the timely and profitable completion of a major community impact project.
• Prepared extensive claim documentation that resulted in client’s recovery of forlos of productivity in connection with a troubled power plant project.
• Recovered on behalf of design-builder client in connection with cost overruns experienced during the construction of a 580 MW power plant.
• Structured and negotiated on behalf of construction manager client business and contractual terms and conditions in connection with the construction of one-half billion dollars Soldier Field stadium project.  Also, structured and negotiated comprehensive project specific insurance and risk management program.
• Retained by the joint venture design-build team that was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates to design and build the Pirates’ new $250 million dollar stadium.  Structured, negotiated and drafted on behalf of client its contracts with the owner and its subconsultants, and also negotiated and structured terms of comprehensive project specific insurance program.
• Structured and negotiated on behalf of design-builder business and contractual terms and conditions in connection with the design and construction of the New England Patriots’ $300 million stadium; also structured and negotiated related subcontract documents and comprehensive project specific insurance program.
• Retained by program management team to assist in connection with the design and construction of Convention Center Project.  As part of services, assisted the team evaluate the benefits and risks of various project delivery systems.  Also assisted the team structure the Convention Center Authority’s procurement, and drafted technical qualifications, evaluation criteria and the contract terms and conditions for incorporation into the Convention Center Authority’s RFP.
• Counseled design-builder client in connection with the solicitation for the design, remediation, and construction of a $140 million port redevelopment project.  Services included reviewing and assessing the terms of the RFP, seeking clarifications from the Redevelopment Authority regarding the scope of services and various provisions in the RFP, and structuring the design-build agreement between the design-builder and its design partner.
• Drafted and negotiated design-build contracts in connection with GSA’s $150 million project for the design, construction and maintenance of the new IRS Headquarters.  Also provided similar services in connection with the GSA’s $140 million design-build contract for the Minneapolis Federal Courthouse project.
• Prepared extensive claim documentation and negotiated on behalf of design-builder client recovery of a large settlement in connection with claim that project owner failed to disclose its superior knowledge regarding environmental conditions at project site.
• Counseled design-build team on procurement strategies in connection with successful pursuit of its first major Government design-build project.
• Successfully mediated client’s multi-million dollar recovery in connection with claim that public owner issued numerous changes to the contract, and significantly delayed client’s performance.
• Successfully mediated settlement whereby owner’s default termination of contractor client was converted to a termination for convenience, and client was reimbursed for additional sums expended in connection with its performance.
• Successfully defended engineering client in arbitration against a claim filed by multi-prime contractors on a water treatment project.
• Prepared risk assessment studies and counseled owner client on procurement strategies in connection with its proposed billion dollar building program.