Project Experience

The following list represents a small sampling of project experience of Alta Cascade personnel.  Confidentiality agreements preclude listing of many projects.

Transportation (Bridges / Highway / Rail / Airports)

• Self-Anchored Suspension Bridge Project, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area, California: Retained by the contractor: Preparation of the cost and resource-loaded baseline CPM schedule using P3 e/c v. 5 (P5) software. The baseline schedule integrates schedules for more than 40 different suppliers and subcontractors over a 7-year period.  

• Design/Build Freeway Project, Utah: Acting as the construction manager: Evaluated and negotiated contractor change orders, monitored contractor progress and compliance with performance specifications, administered the contract. 

• Port of Seattle, Seattle, WA: Served as the Port's on-call claims consultant jointly with Jewell and Associates. Evaluated contractor claims related to the Central Terminal Construction project at Seatac International Airport.

•  Tsing Ma Bridge, Combined Highway and Railway Suspension Bridge, Hong Kong:  Retained by the government agency owner: Analyzed CPM schedules, performed schedule delay analyses including causation and assignment of responsibility.

• Sky Train Elevated Rail Transit Extension Project, Vancouver, B.C.: Retained by the contractor joint venture: Performed productivity measurement modeling in determining inefficiency cost impacts for disrupted construction sequencing and equipment logistics.  

Process / Desalination

• Water Desalination Processing Plant, California: Retained by the owner: Performed delay and causation analysis and validation of contractor claims for delay damages.

• Water Well Field Project, Texas:  Retained by construction manager: Performed schedule delay analysis and presented results to public water utility.  

• Pharmaceutical Plant, Singapore: Retained by the designer/engineering company: Determined cause and effect of alleged design defects upon planned construction schedule.  Performed cumulative impact claim. 

• Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Projects: Argentina, Holland and Spain: Retained by the contractor. Analyzed CPM schedules, preformed schedule delay analyses including causation and assignment of responsibility; assisted in preparing expert report. 

Power Plants

• Cogeneration Power Plant, Alaska, USA: Retained by the owner: Performed delay analysis using P3 software, and provided rebuttal to schedule delay claim submitted by contractor. 

• Co-Gen Power Plant, Northeast, USA: Retained by the contractor: Performed CPM scheduling, delay and disruption analyses, assisted in cumulative impact analysis and preparation of an expert report and subsequent litigation support for a large claim. 

• Combined Cycle Power Plant, Saudi Arabia: Retained by the contractor: Performed schedule and productivity analyses, and assisted in preparation of final report. 

• Valorsul, Waste to Energy Power Plant, Portugal: Retained by the contractor: Determined root causes for experienced delay and cost overruns and prepared expert report. 

• Merilectrica, Simple Cycle Power Plant, Columbia: Retained by the owner: Performed delay and productivity analyses, assisted in preparation of an expert report and supported counsel throughout litigation. 

Oil & Gas / Refineries

• Hydrogen Plant, North America: Retained by the contractor: Reviewed and updated active CPM schedule from bulk to systems installation detail including Level 4, pre-commissioning activities.  Evaluated acceleration scenarios for potential early completion.

• Off-Shore Oil Platform and Power Plant, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico: Retained by the contractor: Performed disruption, cumulative impact and cost analyses in assisting contractor prepare a claim against the owner.

• C5/C6 Isomerisation Complex, South America: Retained by the contractor: Performed a delay analysis and prepared a claim for time and related damages. 

• Natural Gas Pipeline, Bolivia: Retained by the contractor. Analyzed CMP schedules, performed schedule delay analyses and productivity analysis

Buildings / Hotels

• Building Construction and Drainage Defects Claim, Western Washington: Retained by counsel / bonding company: Provided root cause analysis, expert report and testimony on alleged site drainage and construction defects on a 74-unit condominium complex. 

• Earthwork and Infrastructure Demolition Project, Colorado: Retained by the construction manager: Cost verification with Harris & Associates, P.C., of a large demolition and earthwork project where more than 40 government buildings were demolished and their concrete foundations were removed. 

• Seattle University, Seattle, Washington: Retained by counsel / bonding company: Performed causation and responsibility analysis for flooding of three buildings at Seattle University. 

• Washoe County School District, Reno, NV: Retained by the architect: Assisted in validating CPM schedules and reported progress for construction of two large high schools. 

• Regent Las Vegas Resort, Casino and Spa, Las Vegas, NV: Retained by the owner: Performed delay and productivity analyses for expert report.

Communications

• Fiber Optic Cable Installation, Northern California:  Retained by the contractor. Conducted delay analysis, analyzed change orders and prepared expert report in support for litigation.

• Fiber Optic Cable Design and Installation, Northwest, USA: Retained by the designer. Performed delay and productivity analyses, quantified damages for owner-attributable impacts. 

• Williams Communications (presently WilTel), CA, MA, PA: Retained by the contractor: Performed schedule delay and causation analyses on three different fiber optic installation projects throughout the United States.

Engineering

Alta Cascade has completed more than 70 engineering projects throughout Western Washington. Although common in some respects, most cities or agencies have their own standards. Alta Cascade has prepared plans for the following cities or agencies:  

• Washington Department of Transportation
• King County
• Pierce County
• 30 Cities including:

  - Auburn

  - Algona

  - Bonney Lake

  - Buckley

  - Carbonado

  - Dupont

  - Edgewood

  - Enumclaw

  - Federal Way

  - Fife

  - Frederickson

  - Gig Harbor

  - Grays Harbor

  - Kent

  - Longview

  - Maple Valley

  - Olympia

  - Orting

  - Pacific

  - Port Orchard

  - Purdy

  - Puyallup

  - Redmond

  - Roy

  - Seattle

  - South Hill

  - Spanaway

  - Tacoma

  - Tukwila

  - University Place