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CSR Partnering Faciliation Year-End Review 2018-2019

Bob Randolph — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 22:36:24 +0000

Partnering Facilitation – 2019

CSR partner, Frank Carr, started off the 2019 new year with a partnering workshop facilitation for NAVFAC and the Military & Federal Construction Company at Cherry Point, North Carolina. The project is P766 F-35 Lift Station Repair Facility Project, for the Marine Corps Fleet Readiness Center (FRC-East).

Dispute Review Boards (DRB)

At the start of 2019, CSR partner Frank Carr successfully completed two DRB’s as a Chairman on one project and a Member on another project. Both of the DRB’s extended over the course of several years and neither major construction project had a claim resulting in litigation. Frank was the DRB Chairman of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) Andrews Center Bus Facility in the Washington D.C. area and a Member of the DRB for the New York City MTA Capital Construction’s East Side Access Project (ESA) Contract CM005 – Manhattan South Structures (Grand Central Terminal); New York, NY.

Partnering Facilitations – 2018

As calendar year 2018 came to an end, CSR Partners, Frank Carr and Bob Randolph, had another busy year facilitating partnering workshops on federal, state, and local government projects. Their list of facilitated partnering workshops included the following projects:

PC Construction, Jacobs, County of Fairfax, Virginia; Noman Cole Water Pollution Control Plant, Solid Water Processing Phase 2 Project; County of Fairfax, Virginia; Follow-Up Workshop (12/14/18)

Chugach Federal Solutions Inc., NAVFAC NW: West Sound Base Operations Support (BOS) Contract; Follow-Up Partnering Workshop; Silverdale, Washington (11/14/18)

Chesapeake Bay and Bridge Tunnel District, Chesapeake Tunnel JV; Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel Project; Chesapeake, Virginia; Follow-Up Workshop (11/7/2018)

Defense Base Services, Inc., and NAVFAC Fallon, NV. Naval Air Station Fallon, NV, Base Operating Contract (BOSC): Follow-Up Workshop (10/31/18)

SJC-BVIL (JV), NAVFAC, and KBR; Repairs to North Power Plant Fac. #730, Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean (10/03/18)

NASA Langley, GSA, Hill International, W.M. Jordan, and AECOM; NASA Langley Research Center; Measurement Systems Laboratory (MSL) Project; Hampton, Virginia; Follow-Up Workshop (09/19/18)

PC Construction, Jacobs, County of Fairfax, Virginia; Noman Cole Water Pollution Control Plant, Solid Water Processing Phase 2 Project; County of Fairfax, Virginia; Follow-Up Workshop (08/16/18)

Bencor Corporation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE); Pittsburgh District: East Branch Cutoff Wall Construction Project, East Branch Lake, Clarion River, Elk County, Pennsylvania, Follow-Up Partnering Workshop (07/11/18)

San Juan Construction, Inc., U.S. Army Corps of USACE Honolulu District; Echo Pier Restoration, Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands (05/18/18)

MEBGC/Haymes Brothers JV, County of Henrico, and County of Cumberland, Virginia; Cobbs Creek Reservoir Dam and Facilities Project, Virginia; Follow-Up Workshop (04/12/18)

PC Construction, Jacobs, County of Fairfax, Virginia; Noman Cole Water Pollution Control Plant, Solid Water Processing Phase 2 Project; County of Fairfax, Virginia (04/04/18)

Chesapeake Bay and Bridge Tunnel District, Chesapeake Tunnel JV; Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel Project; Chesapeake, Virginia; Follow-Up Workshop (03/29/2018)

Chugach Federal Solutions Inc., NAVFAC NW: West Sound Base Operations Support (BOS) Contract; Follow-Up Partnering Workshop; Silverdale, Washington (03/22/18)

San Juan Construction, Inc., USACE Honolulu District; Replace Fuel Storage Tanks, Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands (02/23/18)

CSR Conducts Three day Mediation Workshop in Rio

admin — Wed, 18 May 2016 15:12:26 +0000

CSR’s Bob Randolph and Frank Carr have just returned from conducting a successful three-day mediation workshop in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This was CSR’s third trip to Brazil to conduct mediation training. Given Frank Carr’s and CSR’s expertise in construction dispute resolution, the workshop focused on construction mediation issues that Brasil companies might face in the run-up to the Olympics. The workshop was sponsored by the CPR Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (NYC) and hosted by Barbosa Mussnich Aragao (BMA), one of Brazil’s premier law firms. CPR and BMA have partnered to bring alternative dispute resolution to Brazil, which has just recently enacted a new mediation law to encourage the use of mediation nation-wide. CSR expects to return to Brazil within the coming 12 months to conduct an advanced course for the more than 50 mediators who have already completed the CPR foundation course.

SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF DISPUTE REVIEW BOARDS

admin — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 18:47:51 +0000

In 2015, CSR partner, Frank Carr, successfully completed two Dispute Review Boards where the disputes had been pending for a number of years. As Chairman of the Board in Washington, D.C., Frank reports that there were no disputes remaining between the Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA) and its contractor at the conclusion of the Board. Also, Frank was a DRB Board Member for a subway construction project in New York City between the MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) Capitol Construction and its contractor that has been completed with no disputes remaining.

Frank Carr selected as DRB member for Grand Central Station Tunnel Project

admin — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 20:34:34 +0000

Frank Carr has been selected as a Disputes Review Board (DRB) member for the Eastside Access Project in New York City. Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Capital Construction and Michels Corporation have entered into a contract for the fabrication and construction of structural work in newly excavated caverns and tunnels under Grand Central Station in Manhattan. The parties agreed that the DRB would be used to resolve disputes during the construction process.

Frank Carr Updates: Disputes Review Board Work, Partnering Workshops and Nepal Lecture

admin — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:23:23 +0000

Disputes Review Board (DRB) Chairman Selection – Construction
In January 2013, CSR partner, Frank Carr, was selected as the DRB Chairman of the Dispute Review Board for the Greenbelt Test Track and Commissioning Facility project by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Owner) and Skanska USA Civil Southeast, Inc. (Contractor). The project is for the construction of three facilities, including a test track for new subway rail cars, a commissioning facility for the new cars, and a parking garage for employees.

Disputes Review Board (DRB) Member Selection – Construction
In November 2012, CSR partner, Frank Carr, was selected as a DRB Member for the Orange Blue Line Rehabilitation Project from Stadium Armory (Washington D.C.) to National Airport (Northern Virginia) by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Owner) and Clark Construction Group (Contractor). The project is for the construction of electrical upgrades and other rehabilitation work at stations along the rail line.

Partnering Workshop Facilitation – Frostburg University, Maryland
In January 2013, CSR partner, Frank Carr, facilitated the partnering workshop between the University of Maryland Capital Area Projects’ office (Owner), Gilbane Construction Inc (Contractor), and Frostburg University (User) for the construction of the “Center for Communications and Information Technology” at Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Maryland.

Partnering Workshop Facilitation – City of Tarpon Springs, Florida
In January 2013, CSR partner, Frank Carr, facilitated the partnering workshop between the Army Corps of Engineers (Owner), Nelson Construction (Contractor), and The City of Tarpon Springs (User) for the Whitcomb and Kreamer Bayou Revetment Project in Pinellas County, Florida.

Nepal Briefing – La Jolla, California
CSR partner, Frank Carr, was invited by the Bishop’s School in La Jolla, California to make a presentation on the mediation work CSR (Frank Carr and Bob Randolph) performed in Nepal from 2005-2007 for the USAID Rule of Law project, link here, and provide a current assessment of the political and diversity environment within Nepal.