John Byrne

Prior to beginning his career in the consulting sector, John spent fifteen years directly managing large complex construction projects for contractors and owners in the power, petrochemical, and heavy civil marketplace. He developed solid project management skills by managing all aspects of construction programs with profit and loss responsibility.

John’s professional experience includes the following:

• Provided change management and dispute services on numerous multi-billion-dollar LNG liquefaction projects both domestic and international for a major EPC contractor. Disputes included schedule delay and disruption, productivity impacts, changed conditions, and subcontractor claims.
• Provided expert services on multiple billion-dollar coal fired power plant construction programs, both green field and retrofit construction. Areas in dispute included contractor performance, schedule delay and disruption, damages, and productivity impacts.
• Assisted in resolution of disputes on multiple $100 million pipeline projects for a contractor experiencing revisions to technical specifications, changed conditions, schedule compression, and productivity impacts.
• Assisted EPC contractors and designers in preparation and defense of changes and claims on numerous public private partnership light rail construction programs. Areas of dispute include subcontractor disputes, changes in scope, engineering, changed conditions, schedule delay and disruption, damages, and productivity from right-of-way acquisition through start-up and closeout.
• Provided forensic analysis and expert testimony on upgrades to and construction of domestic process plants. Areas of dispute included contractor performance, design quality, schedule delay and disruption, damages, commissioning, and start-up.
• Headed a team providing change management, project controls, forensic analysis and strategic direction to senior management on a billion-dollar program upgrading environmental controls on multiple coal fired power plants.
• Provide advisory services for a not-for-profit owner for construction of a multi-use facility providing housing, training, and healthcare services for the homeless. Services began during design development, continued through contractor selection and field services, and is approaching completion.
• Provided change management and dispute services on various nuclear power retrofit projects for EPC contractors and owners. Disputes addressed issues of technical performance, schedule delay and disruption, productivity impacts, changed conditions, and subcontractor claims.
• Provided change management and dispute services for combined cycle power plant construction for owners and EPC contractors in both green field and retrofit environments. Disputes addressed issues of technical performance, engineering, procurement, schedule delay and disruption, productivity impacts, changed conditions, and subcontractor claims.
• Headed the owners construction team on a $100 millionrefinery environmental upgrade program; representing the owner in contractor selections, contract negotiations, program management, change order negotiation, organized labor interface, and direct supervision of construction efforts.