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Project: The Channel Tunnel (Chunnel)
Challenge: In a joint venture of a British and a French consortium, each consisting of five construction companies, plans were made to create a service tunnel and two rail tunnels that would travel beneath the English Channel, a distance of 31 miles across.
Project: The Channel Tunnel (Chunnel)
Challenge: In a joint venture of a British and a French consortium, each consisting of five construction companies, plans were made to create a service tunnel and two rail tunnels that would travel beneath the English Channel, a distance of 31 miles across. With the overall cost estimated to be $12 Billion and the job facing immense public scrutiny, even the most basic tasks took on extreme importance. The financial underpinnings of the project quickly became strained and tunnelers were still separated by over 16 miles with many people wondering if the two ends would ever meet.
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Results: Lemley negotiated to reshape the project contract, eventually fashioning an agreement that balanced the risk, satisfying their financiers.
Results: Lemley negotiated to reshape the project contract, eventually fashioning an agreement that balanced the risk, satisfying their financiers. Lemley then overhauled the accounting on every level, as well as made those on the project personally responsible for keeping their work on budget. Morale improved, production increased and the two ends of the Channel Tunnel met, and the project was completed on time in 1993, creating the Chunnel.
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Project: Idaho Water Center
Challenge: Lemley & Associates and 3D International was hired in May '01 to manage the design of the construction of the Idaho Water Center with a total project budget of $48 million.
Project: Idaho Water Center
Challenge: Lemley & Associates and 3D International was hired in May '01 to manage the design of the construction of the Idaho Water Center with a total project budget of $48 million. Initially, the planning and development was under the direction of the University of Idaho and the University of Idaho Foundation as a part of a proposed university campus in Boise which has been the subject of some public controversy due, in part, to substantial cost overruns. In Dec. ‘02, the Authority took over the project at the direction of the Idaho Legislature and issued bonds to fund the completion of the design and construction of the project. Lemley/3DI assisted the Authority in evaluating project costs and establishing a budget for completion of the facility.
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Results: Construction began in Feb. '03 with a project budget of $48 million this included the use of geothermal wells for heating and cooling, raised floor systems that allow below floor HVAC systems, power distribution and voice/data distribution and water research laboratories.
Results: Construction began in Feb. '03 with a project budget of $48 million this included the use of geothermal wells for heating and cooling, raised floor systems that allow below floor HVAC systems, power distribution and voice/data distribution and water research laboratories. Through intensive value management under the direction of Lemley/3DI and careful control of change orders, construction costs were reduced by a total of $5.7 million and progress of the construction continued without delay and completed on time on August 10th, 2004.
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Project: Libya's Great Man-Made River Project
Challenge: Started in 1993, Libya's "Great Man-Made River Project" is designed to move two million cubic meters of fresh water per day from deep desert aquifers to fill reservoirs and counter salt-water intrusion along the Mediterranean Coast, thereby allowing for more agricultural development.
Project: Libya's Great Man-Made River Project
Challenge: Started in 1993, Libya's "Great Man-Made River Project" is designed to move two million cubic meters of fresh water per day from deep desert aquifers to fill reservoirs and counter salt-water intrusion along the Mediterranean Coast, thereby allowing for more agricultural development. The $15 billion program involved drilling 250 wells up to 400 meters deep. The contractor, a Brazilian oil company, drilled half of the wells and turned them over to the Libyan state agency. Eighteen months later, Libya stopped work on the project, released the contractor and claimed the wells were defective. The Libyan agency then successfully contested the work in arbitration before the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris.
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Results: After Libya asked for $1.2 billion in damages, alleging the contractor's failure had irreparably slowed the project, the Brazilian oil company hired Lemley & Associates to provide expert witness testimony to mitigate the damages.
Results: After Libya asked for $1.2 billion in damages, alleging the contractor's failure had irreparably slowed the project, the Brazilian oil company hired Lemley & Associates to provide expert witness testimony to mitigate the damages. In the research phase, LAI uncovered documents that hadn't been available during the first phase of arbitration, and developed a history of the project's construction and contractual issues. The contractor was able to introduce these factual issues in its defense. While the matter is still being resolved, the information secured is expected to produce a significantly more favorable outcome for the contractor.
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Project: Boston Outfall Tunnel
Challenge: The contractor of the $200 million Boston Outfall Tunnel project to build a 9.5-mile tunnel for the disposal of treated wastewater filed several claims creating obstacles for the project’s completion.
Project: Boston Outfall Tunnel
Challenge: The contractor of the $200 million Boston Outfall Tunnel project to build a 9.5-mile tunnel for the disposal of treated wastewater filed several claims creating obstacles for the project’s completion. To determine the validity of the claims, the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority (MWRA), through it attorneys, hired the Lemley & Associates team to investigate the project completion options and provide expert opinion regarding cost estimates, contractual issues and construction developments.
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Results: A settlement was made at $56 million below the original claims.
Results: A settlement was made at $56 million below the original claims. "The Lemley & Associates team has been instrumental in keeping MWRA well informed of the cost and construction options available and in settling several claims," said Randal Hafer, attorney with Kilpatrick Stockton in Atlanta, the legal firm representing MWRA.
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