More than 35 years of experience in arbitration, mediation, litigation, contract negotiation, and claims consulting relating to domestic and international multi-million dollar public and private commercial and industrial construction projects up to $285 million.
Claims included:
- defective design and construction, including structural, HVAC, electrical, mechanical, roofing, moisture intrusion, building envelope, concrete, paving, landscaping, and irrigation;
- delay, disruption, acceleration, and lost productivity (involving analysis of critical path scheduling, home office overhead, extended job site overhead, general conditions, and liquidated damages);
- excessive owner changes;
- differing site conditions;
- expansive soils;
- variations-in-quantity;
- payment disputes, including prompt payment acts, pay-if-paid and pay-when-paid clauses, backcharges, and pass-through claims;
- incomplete and inaccurate owner-provided P&IDs;
- government contracts, including the Contract Disputes Act, bid protests, and the Federal Acquisition Regulations;
- surety payment and performance bonds; and
- insurance coverage.
Projects included:
- a concert hall and conference center in Reykjavik, Iceland;
- a cofferdam for a power plant in Mexico;
- a salt-to-bleach plant in Pennsylvania;
- the Hoover Dam Visitors’ Center;
- the parallel span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge;
- the runways and Terminal for Denver International Airport;
- sediment removal in a Colorado reservoir;
- luxury hotels in Vail, Colorado;
- a refinery in Utah;
- tactical ranges and an assault course at a military base in Colorado;
- multiple road and bridge design and construction projects;
- industrial hygiene/moisture mapping for hotel water damage remediation;
- a residential development in Thornton, Colorado; and
- negotiation and preparation of the design/build contract for Denver International Airport Terminal and Concourses.
Kate Krause Dispute Resolution - U.S. and International Arbitration and Mediation 