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The Global Leader in Managing Construction Risk ™

Introduction to Hill International

• Founded in 1976

• 2,300 Professionals

• 80 Offices, worldwide

• Largest Construction Claims Firmin the World

• www.hillintl.com


Worldwide OfficesBaltimore, MD

Bellevue, WA

Bensalem, PA

Boise, ID

Chicago, IL

Dallas, TX

Danbury, CT

Irvine, CA

Las Vegas, NV

Marlton, NJ

Headquarters

Miami, FL

New Orleans, LA

New York, NY

Orlando, FL

Philadephia, PA

Phoenix, AZ

Portland, OR

Sacramento, CA

San Francisco, CA

Spokane, WA

Toronto, Canada

Trenton, NJ

Vancouver, Canada

Washington, DC

Ankara, Turkey

Athens, Greece

Belgrade, Serbia

Bristol, England

Bucharest, Romania

Cardiff, Wales

Daresbury, England

Edinburgh, Scotland

Exeter, England

Glasgow, Scotland

Leeds, England

London, England

Luxembourg

Manchester, England

Riga, Latvia

Rijeka, Croatia

Sofia, Bulgaria

Tamworth, England

Teesside, England

Winchester, England

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Baghdad, Iraq

Cairo, Egypt

Doha, Qatar

Dubai, UAE

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Manama, Bahrain

Sharq, Kuwait

Hong Kong , China

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Seoul, Korea

Singapore

Tokyo, Japan

Melbourne, Australia

Sydney, Australia


Hill’s Clients for Professional Services

Buildings

Telecom & Technology

Power

Transportation

Industrial

Environmental Petroleum

Manufacturing


Construction Consulting and Claims Services

Air Force One Complex

Camp Springs, MD

The World’s Construction Consulting Experts

Hill is an industry leader in construction consulting

and has developed an international reputation for

innovative approaches to preventing and resolving

time and cost overruns on major construction

project worldwide. Hill offers its clients a broad

range of construction dispute resolution services,

enabling them to complete construction on time and

within budget, while minimizing claims and other

problems. Hill is proficient in developing specific

innovative answers to daily project challenges, as

shown in the following slides.

Aladdin Hotel and Casino

Las Vegas, NV

Hill’s approach to construction consulting is broad-

based and relies on the collaboration of Hill’s team

of engineers, architects, accountants, attorneys,

construction managers, construction cost analysts,

and scheduling professionals. Hill’s technical and

contract experts can conduct a detailed analysis of

the issues,



breaking them down event by event, fact by fact, to facilitate a common

understanding that narrows the differences and often leads to issue resolution.

Should litigation be unavoidable, Hill’s claims consulting services include claims

review, case strategy, issue analysis, establishment of causation, cost recovery,

cost and damages assessment, schedule and delay analysis, litigation support,

and expert witness testimony for mediation, dispute review boards, arbitration

panels and formal litigation proceedings.

John F. Kennedy Center

for the Performing Arts

Washington, DC

Construction Consulting Examples

Hill was engaged to review a project’s baseline schedule

for conformance with the contract requirements as well

as its technical adequacy and achievability. Hill’s timely

evaluation of the current status of the project helped

uncover serious, functional deficiencies in the as-

planned schedule. Our assistance in resolving these

issues helped the owner avoid project challenges that

would have jeopardized the project’s timely completion.



Hill recently conducted a cost audit of the CPFF payment requisitions submitted

by a contractor on a large mixed use public-private project in Maryland. The

audit led to successful negotiations and removal of unallowable cost items,

improper labor burden rates and overhead markups, and cost duplications in

both the overhead rates and specific submitted costs. The owner saved over

$800 thousand of the $8.7 million billed general conditions.

Hill’s team members completed a forensic cost study of a large research facility

for a major university’s teaching hospital. The result led to a criminal complaint

and settlement due to kickbacks and diverted funds, followed by a revamping of

the institution’s procurement and construction management procedures, and

training of the construction management staff, all to avoid the potential for

further exposure to ethics violations.

Hill was engaged to review pending change orders and associated disruptive

impacts in connection with a public use facility. The project has encountered

numerous challenges that have led to an abundance of pending and potential



change orders whose cost is beyond the owner’s contingency on the projects.

The review is focused on the issues and cost surrounding the change orders and

the potential mitigations and settlement positions for the owner and contractor.

Hill conducted a cost and pricing review for a contractor on a federal contract in

Italy. Our work focused on bringing the contractor’s Request for Equitable

Adjustment into compliance with the FAR. This engagement resulted in

revisions made to field office overhead, G&A rate burdens, and removal of

unallowable cost items both the contractor and its electrical subcontractor. The

updated REA submission was reviewed by the contracting officer and approved

by its accounting consultant and successfully negotiated with minor adjustments

on the basis of the updated REA pricing.

Hill recently provided a schedule delay analysis and submitted an expert report

in international arbitration on behalf of a general contractor on a project in

Venezuela. Hill also prepared a schedule analysis for a drywall subcontractor

on the associated hotel renovation project. Hill submitted an expert report and

provided expert testimony as part of the related arbitration.



Clients Served (Partial List)

FCI Constructors Hunt, Ortman, et al

Foster Wheeler Ltd.

Snell & Wilmer

Rutan & Tucker

Keating Building Corp. Sheppard, Mullin et al

Dagostini, Sable & Ruggeri Nabholz Construction

M.A. Mortenson Co



• Claims Analysis

• Litigation Support

• Expert Witness Testimony

• Cost and Damages Assessment

• FAR Cost Compliance

Audits

• Delay and Disruption Analysis

• Project Neutral®

• Risk Assessment

• Lender Advisory

Services



• Large Change Order

Reviews

• Project Schedule

Baseline and Status

Review

• Hourly and Overhead

Rate and Pricing

Development

• Claims Recognition,

Prevention and Training

Programs

• Project Close Out

Contract and Technical

Services

• Forensic Cost Analysis


2004 2006 2007

Comcast Center

Philadelphia, PA


Century Park Plaza

Los Angeles, CA


SR-125 Connector and Toll Road Project

San Diego, CA


Sherwood School District

Sherwood, OR


The Pentagon

Washington, DC


Why Hill?

• Over 30 Years of Global Construction Experience

• Diverse, International Portfolio

• Seasoned Team of Technical and Management

Professionals

• Industry Leader and Pioneer of Construction

Claims Industry

• Complementary Services of Projects and Claims


Contacts

• Ken Baker, Sr. Vice PresidentDirect: Cell: 619-980-1703

Email: [email protected]

• Alann M. Ramirez, Sr. Vice PresidentDirect: 415-248-1284; Cell: 609-970-1400


• Tracy Doyle, Vice President, BD

Direct: 856-810-5872; Cell: 609-969-7263


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