Professional Biography
Harold Dorbin, CFCC
Senior Vice President
Current Responsibilities
Harold Dorbin is the project advisory leader and a senior managing consultant for the Construction
Consulting Practice. Harold’s responsibilities include leading complex dispute resolution matters
and developing innovative risk management systems throughout the United States and abroad.
Acting as a project manager and lead expert he is able to efficiently and effectively identify and
relate relevant technical issues to the key legal principles selected by counsel, thus reducing the
effort needed to assess disputes and facilitate the development of appropriate courses of action.
Experience
Harold has consulted on projects in six continents, leading numerous domestic and international
claims to resolution via negotiation, mediation, lawsuit and arbitration. Harold has spent 20 years
working for owners and contractors providing services such as plant operations, project
management, construction management, process design, environmental and safety engineering,
multimedia permit writing, regulatory compliance administration, rule negotiation and testimony as
well as consulting and HAZOP chairmanship. He has been responsible for the design, start up,
commissioning and operation of a number of different processes and unit operations.
Harold has significant experience in the engineering and construction industries and has worked
on a wide range of claims involving analyses of schedule delay, disruption and acceleration, scope
responsibility, change orders, contract reviews, costs, productivity and inefficiency, causation,
project management performance, differing site conditions, measured mile, business interruption,
termination and fraud. He has extensive experience throughout all phases of litigation including
discovery and depositions and has provided expert testimony on International Chamber of
Commerce (ICC) and American Arbitration Association (AAA) matters as well as a number of trial
settings.
Harold has extensive experience drafting and negotiating numerous types of contracts and
financial instruments. Harold’s engagement experience has included assessments of pre-design
work, review/consulting on procurement contract forms, and advising/analysis on project delivery
methods, constructability reviews, estimation of project-capital cost submittals, catalog cuts and
means, bidding activities, project start-up and operations, project management, construction
management, scheduling, value engineering, contract administration, procurement, quality
assurance and errors and omissions. He has also performed ISO 9000 and other audits, strategic
planning, technical issue evaluations and forensic engineering.
In the risk management arena, Harold’s experience includes project governance reviews, claims
prevention, project risk assessment, project risk management training/audits and the development
of corporation-wide risk management programs for multi-national corporations and public and
private entities. His experience in project analysis and audits spans many countries, several
industries and total installed cost values, with individual project values exceeding $30 billion USD.
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He has performed project analyses at the project conception, feasibility study, project tender
development, estimate, tender submittal, contract negotiation, execution and claim stages. His risk
management engagement and training expertise includes design of corporate-wide project
governance programs, work scope preparation, claims prevention, project risk management, scope
management, design/procurement procedure analysis and construction procedure analysis.
Education
ƒ BS in chemical engineering, Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute
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JD, South Texas College of Law
Registrations
ƒ AACEi Certified Forensic Claims Consultant
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State of Texas Bar License
Affiliations
ƒ Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACEi)
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Project Management Institute Member (PMI)
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Project Management Institute College of Scheduling – Risk Track Chairman (PMICOS)
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers Member (AIChE)
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Inter-Pacific Bar Association Member (IPBA)
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Houston Bar Association Member
Representative Engagement Experience
INDUSTRY
PROJECT
BUILDINGS & SPECIAL STRUCTURES
EDUCATION
University
Princeton University; United States (New Jersey)
ENTERTAINMENT, HOSPITALITY & GAMING
Mixed Use
Freshwater Place Project; Australia
Mixed Use
Office Towers and Luxury High Rise; Shanghai
Residential
High-Rise Residential; United States (Nevada)
Sporting
Professional Sports Complex; United States (Texas)
ENVIRONMENTAL
Water/Wastewater
Asbestos
Asbestos
Asbestos
Asbestos
Asbestos
City of Venice Floodgate Risk Assessment; Italy
Asbestos Litigation/Engineer-Constructor Class Action Asbestos Litigations; United States
Asbestos Testimony – Gaia vs. Asbestos Defendants; United States (California)
Asbestos Testimony, Mary Ann Lancaster vs. Fluor Daniel Illinois, Inc.; United States (Illinois)
Mullins Asbestos Case; United States (California)
Ransdell vs. Asbestos Defendants; United States
OIL/GAS/CHEMICAL
LNG/Offshore
Pipeline
Pipeline
Process/Refinery
Process/Refinery
Process/Refinery
Process/Refinery
LNG Terminal Project; United States (Louisiana), Mexico
Pipeline Construction; United States (Alaska, Western USA), Eastern Europe
Pipeline Investment Analysis; United States (Wisconsin)
Chemical Terminal Jetty Construction Risk Assessment; India
Ethylene Plant; Saudi Arabia
Expert Analysis Services on Phu My Fertilizer Project; Vietnam
Gas Trinidad Project; Trinidad
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Process/Refinery
Process/Refinery
Process/Refinery
Process/Refinery
Process/Refinery
Process/Refinery
PET Production Plants; Holland, Spain, Argentina
Petrochemical Plant; Saudi Arabia, Texas
Refinery Expansion and Pipeline; Central America
Refinery Expansion; United States
Refinery Project; United States (Kentucky)
Risk Management Services for Clean Fuels Project; United States (Louisiana)
POWER & UTILITIES
Cogeneration
Combined-Cycle
Fossil
IPP
Nuclear
Power
Cogeneration Plants; United States (Texas)
Turbine damage/delay; United States (Texas)
Power Plant; Bulgaria
Power Plant; Brazil
Governance Assessment of 20 year Program; Europe
Project Management Assessment; United States (Wisconsin)
PUBLIC ENTITY
Municipal
Municipal
Utilities
City of Venice Floodgate Risk Assessment; Italy
Port of Seattle; United States (Washington)
Project Management Assessment; United States (Wisconsin)
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS
Claims
Risk
Risk
Risk
Risk
Risk
Risk
Risk
Risk
Corporate Claims Management Support; United States (California)
Corporate Governance Program for US Contractor; United States
Corporate Risk Management Program Development; Asia, Europe, United States
Corporate Risk Management Training Program; United States (Kansas)
Global Contractor Governance Program - Four Units; England, Finland, Italy, United States
Lump Sum Turnkey (LSTK) and Engineer Procure-Construct (EPC) Management Risk Training;
United States (New Jersey)
Risk Management and Claims Training Seminar; United Kingdom
Risk Management and Dispute Awareness Workshop; United States (Texas)
Risk Management Program; United States (Louisiana)
TRANSPORTATION
Bridge/Roadway
Bridge/Roadway
Bridge/Roadway
Bridge/Roadway
Bridge/Roadway
Department
Rail
New Jersey Department of Transportation, Route 5 Improvement Project; United States (New
Jersey)
River Crossing Project and Expansion; United States (New Jersey)
Route 35/36 Intersection Improvement Project; United States (New Jersey)
T. Brown Constructors Inc. vs. Texas Department of Transportation; United States (Texas)
Tort Case - Texas Department of Transportation; United States (Texas)
Various projects for the Port of Seattle; United States (Washington)
Parramatta Rail Link Project for the Director General of the New South Wales Department of
Transport; Australia