Senior executive leadership position desired that will fully utilize my education and experience.
JEFF G. WERNER, M.B.A., J.D., P.M.P., P.S.P., C.C.M., C.F.C.C.
Mr. Werner specializes in construction management, project control, contract administration, risk management and dispute resolution. Since 1974, his construction experience has included project management, construction management, program management, and dispute resolution services on a wide variety of construction programs and projects. He has held positions as Quality Control Inspector/Manager, Project Safety Representative, Contract Administrator, Resident Engineer, Project Scheduler, Project Controls Manager, Director/Vice President of Project Planning and Scheduling, Assistant Vice President of Claims, Program Claims Manager, Commercial Director/Risk Manager and Executive Claims Consultant. Mr. Werner has prepared and defended against a variety of construction claims for owners, contractors and surety insurance companies on private and municipal projects such as power plants, industrial facilities, academic facilities, commercial and retail buildings, water and wastewater plants, prisons, airports, hotels and resorts, hospitals, light rail and transit facilities, highways and bridges. He has performed program, and construction management oversight, cost and schedule analysis demonstrating delay, disruption, acceleration, as well as performing damage and loss of productivity calculations, as-built schedule reconstruction, issue and entitlement identification and analysis, and document control organization during claims development and discovery process. Mr. Werner has provided expert witness support services for negotiation, mediation, arbitration and state and federal courts regarding construction dispute matters. Mr. Werner is experienced in claims presentations and settlement negotiations during the dispute resolution process including preparation of courtroom exhibits.
EDUCATION
B.B.A., Business Management, Northwood University, Cum Laude, 1996
M.B.A., University of Texas, Dallas, 2003
Masters Certificate in Project Management, University of Texas, Dallas, 2003
J.D., Concord Law School, Los Angeles, CA, 2007
MBA International Studies
ESC Lille, Paris, France, Project Management, 2003
INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France, International Management, 2002
Certifications
Project Management Professional, No. 19291, PMI
Planning and Scheduling Professional, No. 0070, AACEI
Certified Construction Manager, No. A1344, CMCI
Certified Forensic Claims Consultant, No. 54, AACEI
Certified Engineering Technician (Retired), NICET
Westlaw Statutory and Case Law Research
Westlaw Advanced Case Law Research
Military
U.S. Navy Reserve Construction Battalion (“Seabeesâ€) 1988-1996
Petty Officer Second Class, Engineering Aid, performed battalion project planning, scheduling, surveying, and construction quality control. Received training certificate for Construction Inspector, Naval Construction Training Center, Port Hueneme, CA.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Project Management Institute, College of Scheduling
Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering
Construction Management Association of America
American Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section
Forensic Expert Witness Association
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
Representative U.S. and international technical experience includes:
• Managing, leading, construction management staff.
• Project oversight reporting for investment fund managers
• Development of contract terms and conditions and project/program contract administration.
• Presenting Project/Program performance measurement results to executive management.
• Construction claims preparation, analysis, defense, and negotiation of disputes.
• Schedule delay, disruption, acceleration analyses.
• Damages and loss of productivity analyses.
• Calculating construction cost damages.
• Schedule and cost issue and entitlement identification and analysis.
• Claims presentations and settlement negotiations.
• Project budget development and control.
• Project schedule development and maintenance.
• Project schedule recovery and work around development.
• Project schedule time impact analysis.
• Project quality control and assurance.
• Project management of project lifecycle from project initiation to project close-out.
• Construction management at risk and for fee for private developers and public agencies.
• Program management, controlling cost & schedule of a portfolio of projects ranging in value from $500k to >$500M.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Mr. Werner has performed various construction management roles on projects, including evaluation of claims and assessed the performance of owners, engineers, and contractors on numerous types of projects. Mr. Werner is an expert user of Primavera project management software.
Representative projects include the following:
Environmental
• Client: Orange County Sanitation District, $3B capital improvements program.
• Client: Safeco Insurance, Lang Creek Dam, Ventura County Water Protection District, Thousand Oaks, CA., Ladd & Associates v. Ventura County.
• Client: Liberty Insurance, Sanitation District of LA Maintenance Facility, Los Angeles, CA.
• Client: International Fidelity, Georgetown Co. SC, Water & Sewer District, Hagely Estates Water & Sewer Improvements.
• Client: Sanitary District of Decatur, IL $400M Wastewater Improvements Program.
• Client: City of Dallas, Elm Fork $300M Water Treatment Improvements Program.
• Client: Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Mohican State Park, Columbus, OH, sewer and water main replacement.
Transportation
• Client: Insurance Company of the West: Route 71 Landscaping Project for San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG), Chino, CA. REYCO v. SANBAG.
• Client: Ohio Department of Transportation, Columbus, OH, Administrative Change Order Study & Development of Claims Manual.
• Client: Ohio Department of Transportation, Highway 21 Rehabilitation Project, Columbus, OH. Central Allied v. ODOT.
• Client: Federal Insurance, NY Dept. of Transportation, Bus Maintenance Facility and LNG Facility, Queens, NY.
• Client: Reliance Surety, NY Transit Authority, Myrtle Avenue Station, Brooklyn, NY
• Client: Liberty Insurance, Fire Station #33, Port of Long Beach, CA., Nordrhein v. Port of Long Beach.
• Client: Liberty Insurance, Fire Station #6 & #20, Port of Long Beach, CA., Nordrhein v. Port of Long Beach.
• Client: Capitol Indemnity, Dallas/Forth Worth International Airport, Fuel Depot Construction.
• Client: Capitol Indemnity, George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Terminal Improvements, Houston, TX. Southwest Associated Painters v. Caddell Construction.
• Client: Ceilings Plus, New Doha International Airport, Terminal Modular Ceiling Installation, Doha, Qatar.
• Client: Dallas Area Rapid Transit, $860M 20-mile Light Rail Starter System, Dallas, TX.
• Client: Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Central Business District Line Section, CBD, Gilbert Texas v. DART.
• Client: Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Oak Cliff Line Section, OC-1, Neosho v. DART.
• Client: Dallas Area Rapid Transit, South Oak Cliff Line Section, SOC-2. Zachery v. DART
• Client: Dallas Area Rapid Transit, West Oak Cliff Line Section, WOC-2, S.A. Healy v. DART.
• Client: Dallas Area Rapid Transit, North Central Line Section, NC-3, GLF v. DART.
• Client: Dallas Area Rapid Transit, North Central Line Section, NC-5, M.K. Eby v. DART.
• Client: Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Garland Line Section, G-2. Marta Constructors v. DART.
• Client: Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Garland Line Section, G-3. GLF v. DART.
• Client: Miller Thomson LLP, 20-mile haul road to a Canadian Uranium Mine.
• Client: Intercargo Insurance, Texas Department of Transportation, rehab of safety rest area, Galveston, TX
Building/Institutional
• Client: Los Angeles Unified School District, $20B new construction bond program, Los Angeles, CA.
• Client: Travelers/St. Paul, San Mateo Unified School District, Capuchino High School, San Mateo, CA. D.J. Amoroso v. San Mateo Unified School District.
• Client: Travelers/St. Paul, San Mateo Unified School District, Aragon High School, San Mateo, CA. D.J. Amoroso v. San Mateo Unified School District.
• Client: Dallas Independent School District, Molina High School, Dallas, TX, Centex v. DISD.
• Client: Gray, Harris & Robinson, Kirchenbaum & Peeples, New Construction Daytona Beach High School, Daytona Beach, FL., Balfour Beaty v. Volusia County School Board.
• Client: Collier Construction, New Caney Independent School District, New Caney Middle School, Pittsville, TX.
• Client: Liberty Insurance, New Tehachapi High School, Tehachapi Unified School District, Tehachapi, CA.
• Client: University of Texas System, $1B Capital Improvements Program, Austin, TX.
• Client: The University of Akron, Renovation of Student Residence Halls, Akron, OH., Michren Co. v. University of Akron.
• Client: Alamo Community College District, Northwest Vista College apartment housing, San Antonio, TX. Browning Construction v. North Vista College.
• Client: Travelers/St. Paul, University of California, El Segundo Commons Facility, Davis, CA. D.J. Amoroso v. UCD.
• Client: Liberty Insurance, UCLA dormitory, Los Angeles, CA, Gordon & Williams v. UCLA.
• Client: Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business, administration building, Columbus, OH. Dugan & Myers v. OSU.
• Client: Travelers/St. Paul, City of Fremont Maintenance Center, Fremont, CA. D.J. Amoroso v. City of Fremont.
• Client: Travelers/St. Paul, San Jose Animal Care Center, San Jose, CA, D.J. Amoroso v. City of San Jose.
• Client: Travelers/St. Paul: Contra Costa County Animal Services Facility, San Jose, CA, D.J. Amoroso v. Contra Costa County.
• Client: Liberty Insurance, Child Development Center, Naval Air Station, Lemoore, CA. Shimizu v. U.S. Navy.
• Client: P.J. Dick, Homeland Security Training Facility, Vienna, VA, P.J. Dick v. Homeland Security.
• Client: Williams Technology, Williams Technology Center, Tulsa, OK. Manhattan Construction v. Williams Energy.
• Client: Ohio Department Rehabilitation and Corrections, Noble Correctional Institution, new construction 2,000 bed maximum security prison, Noble, OH. Jess Howard Electric v. ODRC.
• Client: Ohio Department of Administrative Services, Capital Square Renovation, Columbus, OH.
• Client: Ohio Department of Mental Health, roof repair on Marion Harding High School, Marion, OH. Field & Associates v. ODMH.
• Client: Ohio Department of Administrative Services, Cleveland State University, School of Business new construction, Cleveland, OH.
• Client: Ohio Department of Administrative Services, Fountain Square Development, Columbus, OH.
• Client: Ohio Department of Mental Health, Administration and Records Storage Building, Columbus, OH.
• Client: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, 2,250 Bed Maximum Security Prison in Abilene, TX.
• Client: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, 2,250 Bed Maximum Security Prison in Beaumont, TX.
• Client: USF&G Insurance, Beaumont Federal Correction Facility, Beaumont, TX.
• Client: Chubb Insurance: Miller Ball Park, Crane Collapse, Milwaukee WI.
• Client: Austin Commercial, Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, TX.
• Client: Gray, Harris, Robinson, Kirchenbaum & Peeples, Salick Health Care, Mt. Sinai Medical Center Hospital, Miami, FL.
• Client: Pikeville Methodist Hospital, Pikeville, KY., Beers Construction v. Pikeville Hospital.
• Client: Canterbury Stuber Elder Gooch & Surratt PC, Mercy Hospital, Laredo, TX., Robbins & Morton Group v. Mercy Hospital.
• Client: Ohio Department of Administrative Services, New Office Facility, Columbus, OH. Bruner v. ODAS.
• Client: Ohio Arts and Sports Commission, Southern Theatre, complete renovation of a 100 year old Theatre, Columbus, OH., Gilbane v. OASC.
• Client: Universal Bonding Company, VA Hospital, Waco, TX.
• Client: Alamo Community College District, Capital Improvements, San Antonio, TX, Obayashi v. Alamo Community College District.
• Client: Gray, Harris & Robinson, Kirchenbaum & Peeples, Eckerd Youth Center, Tampa, FL.
Industrial
• Client: Coats, Rose & May, Solutia, Chocolate Bayou Acrylonitrile Chemical Plant, Alvin, TX. Fluor v. Solutia.
• Client: Hershey Chocolate, $200M Hershey Chocolate Greenfield Chocolate Crumb/Paste Plant, Hershey, PA.
• Client: Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago, NHT & CCR Platformer Complex and New 66kV/12kV Substation Project.
• Client: Driver Pipeline Company, Irving, TX, various pipeline projects in LA and TX. Driver Pipeline v. Tulsa Rig & Iron.
Commercial
• Client: R.D. Olson, Ojai Valley Inn Resort, Ojai, CA. R.D. Olson v. Ojai Resort.
• Client: Canterbury, Stuber, Elder, Gooch, & Surratt PC, Alamo Quarry Market Mall, San Antonio, TX, Alamo Quarry Market v. Lyda Constructors.
• Client: International Fidelity, Best Western Motel, Carmel, IN.
• Client: Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, $300M per year capital improvement projects, Dallas, TX.
• Client: Ritz Carlton Residences, 7-mile beach, Grand Cayman.
• Client: Canterbury Stuber Elder Gooch & Surratt PC, Stephen F. Austin Hotel, Austin, TX. Dean Johnston v. Stephen F. Austin Hotel.
• Client: Bickell & Brewer: Hollywood Casino, Shreveport, LA., BRAC v. Hollywood Casino.
• Client: Taisei, 88 South Broadway Retail/Commercial development, San Francisco, CA. Taisei v. 88 South Broadway.
• Client: BRE/Point Parcel, LLC, 1000 Ocean Boulevard Beach Villas and Residences, Boca Raton Resort, FL.
• Client: Shula’s Steakhouse, Salt Lake City, UT., Chicago, IL, Tyson’s Corner, VA.
Energy
• Client: Indianapolis Power & Light, Petersburg Coal Generating Plant, Petersburg, IN.
• Client: Arizona Public Service, Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Tonopah, AZ.
• Client: Southern Gulf States, Riverbend Nuclear Generating Station, St. Francisville, LA.
• Client: Consumers Power, Midland Nuclear Co-Generation Station, Midland, MI.
• Client: Illinois Power, Clinton Nuclear Generation Station, Clinton, IL.
• Client: Southern California Edison, Tehachapi 1500MW Wind Farm Project, Mojave, CA.
• Client: Infrasource Services, Utility Transmission Line, Bishop, CA
• Client: Chubb Insurance, Main Yankee Nuclear Decommissioning Project, Wiscasset, Maine
• Client: California Portland Cement, 24MW Wind Project, Mojave, CA.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Werner Consulting, LLC
Laguna Niguel, CA (October 2008 to present)
Consultant providing project management and dispute resolution services to owners, contractors and insurance companies.
Allco Finance Group (infrastructure investment fund developer, declared bankruptcy 11/5/08)
Sydney, AU (January 2008 to September 2008)
Commercial Director for the Development and Construction of the $3B Tehachapi 1500MW Wind Farm. Responsible for joint venture risk management oversight of Oak Creek Energy Systems and Alta Wind Energy Development. Acted as developer’s representative to resolve day to day issues with JV partner. Reviewed JV’s monthly report and provided a summary monthly report to the infrastructure investment funds Board of Directors. Reviewed JV invoices and provided authorization approval to JV Board of Directors. Reviewed all change orders and provided authorization approval to the JV Board of Directors. Performed other risk management duties as directed by the Board of Directors.
Parsons Corporation
Los Angeles, California (August 2006 to January 2008),
Program/Project Controls Manager/Claims Manager for the $3B Orange County Sanitation District Capital Improvements Program. Managed Project Controls staff and reported to the Director of Engineering.
Werner Consulting, LLC
Laguna Niguel, California (January 2006 to August 2006)
Claims Analyst for $15B Los Angeles Unified School District New Construction School Bond Program. Reported to the Director of New Construction.
Watt, Tieder, Hoffar and Fitzgerald, LLP
Irvine, CA (August 2003 to January 2006)
In-house Claims Consultant advised and assisted attorneys in the representation of contractors and surety insurance companies in construction disputes. Prepared claims for contractors and participated in settlement negotiations.
Wyndham International Hotels & Resorts
Dallas, TX (February 2000 to August 2003)
Director/Vice President of Project Planning and Scheduling for $300M per year capital improvements for hotel and resort renovations. Managed outside consultants and worked with in-house and outside counsel for resolution of construction disputes. Reported to SVP Design and Construction, supervised project managers, and was responsible for contract administration and control of Capital Improvements Program project cost and schedule.
Pathnet
Richardson, TX (August 1998 to February 2000)
Manger of Project Scheduling for nationwide wireless and fiber buildout. Managed Project Controls staff and reported to VP of Project Management.
Meridian Consulting Group
Dallas, TX (March 1996 to August 1998)
As Assistant Vice President Claims, represented owners, contractors and surety insurance companies in construction disputes. Prepared claims for contractors and defended owners against contractor claims.
O’Brien Kreitzberg/URS
Dallas, TX (May 1993 to March 1996)
Program Management Consultant, Senior Scheduler for $860M 20-mile Light Rail Starter System responsible for program cost and schedule control and management of cost and scheduling staff.
Sverdrup
St. Louis, MO (June 1986 to May 1993)
• 1986-1990, Resident Engineer - $400M Sanitary District of Decatur IL, Wastewater Treatment Improvements, as owner’s representative provided construction management services.
• 1991-1992, Senior Scheduler - Hershey Chocolate Design/Build Confectionary Chocolate Paste & Crumb Plant, as owner’s representative provided design/build construction management services.
• 1992-1993, Senior Scheduler - $300M City of Dallas Texas, Elm Fork Water Treatment Plant Improvements, as owner’s representative provided construction management services
Guy F. Atkinson
Clinton, IL (June 1984 to June 1986)
Quality Assurance Manager, start-up phase, Clinton, IL nuclear power plant. Supervised 20 QA inspectors performing final documentation review and acceptance of safety related inspection reports as required by the NRC before nuclear start-up could proceed.
Bechtel Power
Midland, MI (December 1981 to June 1984)
Quality Control Inspector, Contracts Administrator, construction phase, Midland MI nuclear power plant. As field QC inspector verified subcontractor compliance to contract requirements. As subcontracts administrator reviewed and approved subcontractor pay applications and verified compliance to contract requirements.
Stone & Webster
St. Francisville, LA (August 1980 to December 1981)
Quality Control Inspector, construction phase, Riverbend, LA nuclear power plant. As field QC inspector verified subcontractor compliance to contract requirements.
Western Technologies
Phoenix, AZ (June 1978 to August 1980)
Engineering Technician, construction phase, Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1, 2, & 3. As subcontractor to Bechtel, performed field and laboratory construction materials testing to verify compliance to contract requirements.
American Testing & Engineering
Petersburg, IN (June 1974 to June 1978)
Engineering Technician, Petersburg Generation Station (fossil fuel) Unit 2 construction. As subcontractor to Gibbs & Hill, performed field and laboratory construction materials testing to verify compliance to contract requirements.
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