frank-mcdonough construction consulting services

Boston Big Dig

Boston Big Dig: Member of Disputes Resolution Board (DRB) on various contracts associated with the construction of the Central Artery Interstate project. Included site visits, monitoring of contracts, hearings and recommendations on disputed issues.
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Design-Build Class:

Design-Build Class: Created, developed and presented educational seminars on the Design-Build form of contract delivery to various governmental and private groups. Included introduction to D-B, the RFQ, the RFP and the best value selection along with the unique techniques for
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Hamaca Upgrader

Hamaca Upgrader: Expert witness in ICC Arbitration of major disputes over EPC construction of Oil Upgrader in Venezuela. Reports and testimony on four major issues and the disputed effects on project critical path delays and productivity. Mutual settlement after panel award on
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International Hotel

International Hotel: Field/office engineer for managing contractor on construction of 1500 room hotel and casino in Las Vegas, NV, constructed in 18 months. Permanent material take-offs for rebar and structural steel and concrete subcontracting, co-ordination of miscellaneous
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K-3 Metro Support

K-3 Metro Support: Contractor’s engineer-of-record designer of the Ballston Station and Line section of Washington Metro Transit project Support of Excavation and bridge Decking while serving as contractor’s chief engineer. Included vertical steel soldier piles, braced by struts
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Kings Castle Hotel

Kings Castle Hotel: Project manager responsible for construction of hotel and casino at Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Included management of subcontracts, scheduling, layout, quality control, administration of change orders and contract closeout. Hotel contracting experience includes two
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Maury River Bridge

Maury River Bridge: Arbitrator of construction disputes over large-diameter drilled foundations for highway bridge.
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McDonough Bolyard Peck

McDonough Bolyard Peck, Inc.: Co-founded along with Charles Bolyard and Blake Peck, the consulting and CM firm of MBP in Fairfax, VA, now with branches throughout the US and overseas. Developed and led the team growing to over 200 full-time members and expanding the scope of
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Mobile River Bridge

Mobile River Bridge: Contractor’s chief engineer responsible for bidding and engineering of temporary works facilities on the Interstate I-65 twin bridges over the Mobile River, Ala. Included engineer-of-record responsibility for design of sheet pile cofferdams for
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Nathpa Jhakri

Nathpa Jhakri: Formed and chaired independent Claims Review Panel on behalf of the State of Himachal Pradesh, India in connection with World-Bank-funded hydro-electric mega project. Assisted in the appraisal of claims on four contracts for dam, tunnels intakes etc. Twice visited
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