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Évaluation indépendante d'un conflit majeur concernant la construction d'un pipeline

J.S. Held acquiert Element Forensic Engineering, renforçant ainsi ses capacités dans le domaine de l'assurance pour les pertes matérielles importantes et les sinistres touchant les entreprises de taille moyenne partout au Canada

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Contexte

J.S. Held was engaged to provide advisory support for a large-scale pipeline infrastructure project spanning several hundred kilometers across multiple regions. The project involved installation of the mainline pipeline, construction of associated valve and facility connections, hydrostatic testing and commissioning activities, management of stockpile and staging areas, development of temporary and permanent access infrastructure, and environmental restoration and rehabilitation of disturbed areas.

The contractor was responsible for delivering the project in accordance with contractual requirements related to schedule, budget, safety, quality, and reporting obligations. The owner was responsible for providing certain materials, engineering information, permits, approvals, and right-of-way access.

Project execution required robust scheduling, cost control, risk and change management, and integrated reporting systems.

During construction, the project encountered numerous challenges that adversely affected productivity, work sequencing, and overall schedule performance. These issues included permitting and access constraints, environmental and wildlife restrictions, complex site conditions, public health and workforce limitations, and other operational inefficiencies.

As a result, the project became the subject of a dispute concerning responsibility for schedule delays, productivity impacts, and significant additional costs incurred during execution.

Nos conseils

J.S. Held provided independent construction advisory and expert consulting services to evaluate schedule delays, project management performance, cost impacts, and damages associated with the project.

Our team performed detailed analyses of delay causation, critical path impacts, project controls performance, cost management practices, change management procedures, productivity losses, and alleged additional costs and damages.

Our review assessed project management performance against contractual obligations, industry best practices, and recognized project controls standards across schedule management, cost control, integration management, and risk management disciplines.

Domaines d'activité associés

> Préparation et planification d'échéanciers
J.S. Held fournit une expertise incomparable en matière de développement de calendrier et d'analyse pour tous les aspects de la planification de construction, de la planification du projet à la résolution de conflits. La complexité des projets de construction exige une profonde connaissance de la planification du projet afin de développer des calendriers efficaces et rentables. Nous fournissons un soutien de projet durant la phase de planification, d'organisation et, si nécessaire, de résolution de conflit.

 

> Conseil en construction
Nous fournissons une expertise de conseil en construction sur des projets de toutes natures et de toutes tailles, ainsi que sur des réclamations et des litiges de complexités diverses. En tant qu'experts en résolution de conflits dans le domaine de la construction, nous mettons à profit notre connaissance du secteur de la construction pour éviter et, lorsque cela est nécessaire, identifier, évaluer et résoudre les réclamations ainsi que les conflits qui peuvent survenir dans ce domaine.

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