HKA DECODING COMPLEXITY GLOBAL Contents
Who we are 1
HKA in numbers 2
Consulting services 4
Expert services 6
Advisory services 8
We Anticipate. Buildings 10 We Investigate. Industrial & Manufacturing 18 We Resolve. Power & Utilities 26 Resources 34
Technology 42
Transportation Infrastructure 44
Forensic Accounting & Commercial Damages 52
Government Contracts 54
CRUX 56
Our people 58
Our values 60
[email protected] Who we are
HKA is the world’s leading consultancy of choice for multi-disciplinary expert and specialist services in risk mitigation and dispute resolution within the capital projects and infrastructure sector. We also have extensive experience advising clients on the economic impact of commercial and investment treaty disputes and in forensic accounting matters. In addition, HKA supports companies that conduct business with the US Federal Government, providing them with consulting services on complex government contracting matters.
We bring a proud record of excellent service and high Clients have access to proven leaders and achievement – established over more than 40 years problem-solvers who decode complexity through – to bear on today’s challenges. collaborative working and innovative thinking. As trusted independent consultants, experts and Our forensic accounting and commercial damages advisers, we deliver solutions amid uncertainty, teams specialise in areas such as valuations, dispute and overrun, and provide the insights that economic damages, investigations, bankruptcy and make the best possible outcomes a reality for public intellectual property. and private sector clients worldwide. HKA experts’ experience in government contracting As well as more than 500 expert witnesses, HKA is profound and covers contract disputes, now has in excess of 500 advisors and consultants – investigating allegations of false claims and defective in over 40 offices across 17 countries – with the skills pricing, compliance reviews and audit services as well 1 and experience that are essential to get to the heart as other tailored support. of even the most complex issues. Our people have vast first-hand experience spanning all major industries and the world’s most complex megaprojects, as well as an international track record of achieving successful outcomes. HKA’s global portfolio includes prestigious projects on every continent and in market sectors that include buildings, industrial, infrastructure, oil and gas, power and utilities, and technology. We are thought leaders in our space, decoding all aspects of complexity. Clients have access to “ thought leaders with diverse skills and the ability to anticipate, investigate and resolve complex challenges. ” Renny Borhan Partner & Chief Executive Officer
[email protected] HKA in numbers 100,000+ Experience in 40+ project disputes resolved around the world, valued in excess of
Years of 100+ experience 40+ US $250 billion Offices countries on all in the last forty years 7 17 Countries continents 2,000+ engagements per year
1,000+ 2 3 People 500+ 500+ Consultants and Quantum, engineering, architecture and advisors technical, delay, disruption, damages and government contracts experts
Instructed by Involvement in 6,500+ Fluency in clients worldwide 100% 250+ including government agencies, local authorities, 30+ investors, developers, owners, operators, architects, of the world’s engineers, project & construction managers, most spoken contractors, specialist suppliers, manufacturers, languages banks, lawyers and insurers of the world’s first-of-a-kind and global top 20 law firms megaprojects (by revenue)
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HKA has developed an international reputation for innovative approaches to preventing and resolving time and cost overruns on major construction projects worldwide.
Our highly experienced professionals We have unrivalled knowledge — comprising commercial and and experience in the preparation, contracts managers, quantity appraisal, defence, negotiation and surveyors, cost engineers, contract management of claims for extensions administrators, planners and of time, prolongation, disruption, schedulers as well as technical acceleration, loss and expense, engineering specialists — are available changes in legislation and variations. to support client teams at any stage of a project’s life cycle. Our claims specialists investigate and analyse the cause and effect Many of our consultants are multi- of events, prepare submissions qualified, holding both technical and and present cases. Our skills and legal qualifications. Our experience experience are invaluable when covers bespoke and standard forms of analysing contractual entitlement and contract used in the procurement of causation, and quantifying the effects major projects in various jurisdictions in pursuing or defending claims. This around the world. thorough evaluation leads to the best solutions for our clients. Our services 4 Our professionals are highly 5 experienced in providing authoritative HKA is widely experienced in all advice and assistance in selecting, forms of dispute resolution and in Adjudication Preparation and evaluation drafting and reviewing construction managing the dispute resolution of contract claims contracts and establishing effective process, including representing y Issue evaluation and advice contract management procedures parties in mediation, conciliation and y Preparation of applications y Complex and major variations to reduce the likelihood of adjudication, and providing support for adjudication y Extension of time disputes arising. in arbitration and litigation. y Preparation of responses y Delay and disruption to adjudication y Acceleration y Provision of adjudicators y Prolongation costs Arbitration and litigation y Forensic data analytics y Claims visualisation y Strategy and advice y System dynamics y Provision of arbitrators Our international reputation for resolving Dispute avoidance Seminars and training time and cost overruns is hard-earned. y Contractual awareness y Dispute avoidance and management Credible, objective analysis and innovative y Forms of contract y Project audits and ‘health checks’ y Claims for time and money approaches to dispute resolution save y Dispute review board appointments our clients time and money. Clients who y Adjudication and dispute resolution Mediation and conciliation rely on our pragmatic advice know they y Bespoke in-house courses have the world’s most experienced claims y Strategy and advice y Technical and commercial consultancy on their side. position papers y Provision of mediators and conciliators
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HKA is the world’s leading expert witness firm in the engineering and construction industries. Our teams draw on hundreds of experts and vast experience in every major industry sector and discipline. They have the commercial, financial, planning, scheduling, technical and language skills to get quickly to the heart of the most complex issues.
Our experts also quantify various types process. Expert teams with the most of damages involving lost profits, business comprehensive experience from our global valuation, business interruption, bankruptcy, network are assembled and deployed rapidly. class action or intellectual property, This approach promotes greater collaboration as well as leading fraud and regulatory and provides better value for money. investigations; and we have a similarly strong track record supporting contractors HKA experts help to resolve disputes in to the federal government. expert determination, mediation, adjudication, arbitration and litigation. Experienced as party- Whether providing expert advisory, expert or tribunal-appointed experts, we are able to determination or expert witness services, HKA advise and, if needed, give evidence under cross- provides the unique, multidisciplinary service examination – including concurrent ‘hottubbing’ that combines quantum, engineering, delay, – in every jurisdiction. disruption, damages, and government contracts. HKA was awarded Who’s Who Legal’s (WWL) With over 500 experts, including more than Construction Expert Witness Firm of the Year 350 engineering and technical experts, HKA has in 2018 and 2020. We have ranked as the top a footprint on every continent. Our engineering firm in WWL’s Construction Expert Witnesses HKA employs some of the world’s foremost experts in many 6 experts operate in many disciplines, including analysis for the last four years, with our leading disciplines, including: 7 architectural and building services; civil and quantum, engineering and delay experts being structural; geotechnical; health, safety and recognised for their skills and reputation. environmental; instrumentation and control Our expert witnesses also feature in WWL’s y Architectural y Project management y Mechanical engineering systems; marine; mechanical and electrical; Arbitration, Litigation, Quantum of Damages, y Forensic accounting y Project monitoring y Metallurgy and materials metallurgy and materials; and process Forensic Accounting, and Investigations analysis, and energy. selected for their excellence across a wide range y Commercial damages y Civil engineering y Power engineering of matters in dispute. y Business valuation y Electrical engineering y Process engineering Clients have seamless access to stand-alone experts or an integrated multidisciplinary We share this unparalleled expert knowledge y Business interruption y Fire engineering y Structural engineering expert team of problem-solvers, who thrive with industry stakeholders. HKA has long hosted y Insurance claims y Health, safety and y Systems engineering on decoding complexity. knowledge forums, seminars and workshops in environmental association with leading QCs, barristers, lawyers y Construction management y Buildings defects Our multidisciplinary expert service streamlines and trade associations around the world. y Delay and disruption y Instrumentation and control y Construction failure and improves the entire dispute resolution systems y Financial quantum y Professional competence y Marine engineering y Planning and scheduling y Standard of care Recognition and professional standing
WWL Construction Ranked #1 in WWL Browse our Expert Centre to find the expertise that Expert Firm of the Construction Expert matches your needs Year, 2018 & 2020 Witnesses analysis in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020
Click here Consistently HKA is the world’s largest Ranked Highly in Corporate Provider to the GAR TOP 100 The Academy of Experts
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HKA provides advisory services at every level, from project to enterprise, to help clients achieve desired outcomes, with more clarity and certainty.
Our role is to provide incisive and for each assignment, they also draw timely support at critical stages in on relevant first-hand experience your asset’s development. from a broad range of sectors.
We do this through our integrated Creative and analytical problem- service, working as your partner to solvers, our experts bring this Select, Steer, Deliver, Control and holistic perspective and track Optimise portfolios, programmes and record of achievement to bear on complex projects, or we can provide the challenges confronting our clients. discrete elements of these services as a specialist advisor. Their insights are backed up by our Select Deliver market-leading knowledge base and It takes a suite of specialist skills supported by ongoing investment in We help our clients to select the investment We help our clients to deliver high performing to secure successful outcomes no training and technology. choices best aligned to their strategic goals. programmes and projects and best manage risk. matter how complex and challenging the commission. Our people are It is this combination of world- y Feasibility studies y Project management the leading professionals within our leading expertise and experience y Project strategy development y Programme management industry. The teams we assemble that enables HKA to create value, y Project establishment, planning y Portfolio management not only embody the blend of delivering advisory services that specialist capabilities required always achieve the best possible and management y Design management outcomes for our clients. y Project governance and stakeholder 8 y Construction management 9 management y Product assurance y Business case development and analysis Control SELECT the y Benefits optimisation and management investment choices y Delivery strategy development We help our clients to control project and best aligned to our programme performance and eliminate OPTIMISE value y Project development assurance clients’ strategic goals uncertainty. through operational y Industry engagement and market sounding excellence, y Review, development, establishment and ise assurance and m ti S Steer implementation of P3M controls control p e o le y PMO start-up and operations c STEER portfolios, We help our clients to steer portfolios, programmes t programmes and and projects to best assure the outcomes to realise y Proactive risk management projects to best assure their strategic goals. l the outcomes expected Optimise o y Delivery strategy development r to realise strategic goals t We help our clients to optimise the value
n y Transaction strategy o of their assets through active project,
C r y Contract strategy programme and portfolio management e e and operational excellence. t y Transaction management S y Commercial and contract management y Strategic review CONTROL project D and programme eliv y Dispute avoidance y P3M3 ® (Project, Programme and Portfolio performance er Management Maturity Model) and eliminate y Commercial due diligence uncertainty y Supply chain review and optimisation y Programme and project rescue y Value capture y Programme optimisation DELIVER high performing y Category management y Innovation programmes and projects and best manage risk y Option analysis and modelling y Capability development and improvement
[email protected] Buildings Experience Americas HKA has extensive experience Our buildings experience covers commercial offices, education, government-owned buildings involving all types of building and facilities, healthcare facilities, hotels and projects. We support clients resorts, public sector buildings and facilities, responsible for some of the real estate, residential housing, retail complexes, and sports and leisure facilities. world’s most iconic structures. The following is a representative selection of recent projects where HKA has provided a range of consulting, expert and advisory services. HARD ROCK STADIUM MIAMI, FLORIDA A multi-purpose football stadium, scheduled to host Super Bowl LIV in 2020.
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DONALD W. REYNOLDS CENTER FOR THE SMITH CENTER FOR THE ORLANDO VA MEDICAL CENTER FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS AMERICAN ART AND PORTRAITURE PERFORMING ARTS LAKE NONA, ORLANDO, FLORIDA LAS VEGAS STRIP, NEVADA WASHINGTON, DC LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Part of Lake Nona Medical City, a 650-acre health and The second tallest structure in the Las Vegas Valley. One of the ‘new seven wonders of the The first performing arts centre in the US to be Gold life sciences park, serving more than 110,000 veterans. architecture world’. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified.
BAHA MAR RESORT COMPLEX NASSAU, BAHAMAS One of the most ambitious mega-resort projects ever undertaken.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT CAROLINA HOSPITALS OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA NORTH CAROLINA One of Canada’s most iconic buildings A not-for-profit integrated health care system.
[email protected] THE SHARD Buildings LONDON, ENGLAND Experience Europe Europe’s tallest building.
ST. PANCRAS RENAISSANCE LONDON HOTEL KING’S CROSS, LONDON, ENGLAND The essence of five-star luxury.
EMAAR SQUARE THE CONVENTION CENTRE DUBLIN ÇAMLICA, ISTANBUL, TURKEY DUBLIN, IRELAND A stunning new lifestyle development, set to become Ireland’s iconic, award-winning international 12 a landmark attraction in the region. conference and event venue. 13
THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE LONDON, ENGLAND A world-leading centre of biomedical research and innovation in the heart of London.
IKEA MEGA SHOPPING MALL OMSK, SIBERIA, RUSSIA The largest shopping mall in Omsk, including IKEA’s 300th store worldwide.
MEDITERRANEAN COSMOS CRESCENT BAY THESSALONIKI, GREECE BAKU, AZERBAIJAN The largest retail and entertainment development A luxury skyscraper complex and architectural in Southeastern Europe. landmark located on Baku’s coast.
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BURJ KHALIFA JEDDAH TOWER DUBAI JEDDAH, SAUDI The world’s tallest ARABIA building and the A skyscraper under centrepiece of construction that will Downtown Dubai. be the tallest building in NATIONAL MUSEUM OF QATAR KEMPINSKI HOTEL & RESIDENCES the world. DOHA, QATAR PALM JUMEIRAH One of the most significant cultural projects in Qatar DUBAI and one of the most ambitious museum projects of its One of Dubai’s most palatial and impressive new kind, anywhere in the world. luxury hotels set on the man-made Palm Jumeirah island.
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EXPO 2020 EAST LONDON INTERNATIONAL DUBAI CONVENTION CENTRE The first World Expo to take place in the Middle East. EAST LONDON, SOUTH AFRICA State-of-the-art, five-star facility and South Africa’s only beachfront convention centre.
CLEVELAND CLINIC ABU DHABI AL MARYAH ISLAND, ABU DHABI An award-winning, multi-speciality hospital providing direct access to the world’s best healthcare.
MSHEIREB DOWNTOWN DOHA DUBAI EYE DOHA, QATAR BLUEWATERS ISLAND The world’s first sustainable downtown regeneration The world’s tallest ferris wheel. project.
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MARINA BAY SANDS MARINA BAY, SINGAPORE One of the world’s most challenging construction projects and the most expensive stand-alone integrated resort property ever built.
COMMUNITIES PLUS SOCIAL HOUSING PROGRAMME SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA One of the largest integrated social housing programmes in the world.
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INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE MLC CENTRE TOWER 2 SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA JAKARTA, INDONESIA One of the world’s tallest reinforced concrete buildings. An iconic building in Jakarta’s Central Business District.
PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC CAMPUS GALAXY MACAU ULTIMO PUBLIC SCHOOL KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA EXPANSION COTAI STRIP, MACAU, CHINA SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA An internationally recognised landmark and SINGAPORE A world-class Asian resort destination featuring the A state-of-the-art primary school that provides the Kuala Lumpur’s crown jewel. The first polytechnic established in Singapore. world’s longest skytop aquatic adventure river ride. latest education facilities for up to 800 students.
[email protected] IMMACULADA GOLD-SILVER MINE Industrial & SOUTHERN PERU A flagship two-third gold, one-third silver mine Manufacturing comprising 40 mining concessions. Experience Americas With more than 40 years of Our experience includes: experience, HKA has been engaged y Automotive y Research & on a wide variety of industrial and y Chemicals Development manufacturing projects all over the y Industrial y Rolling Stock world, from shipbuilding and marine, y Manufacturing y Shipbuilding & and mining and minerals processing, Marine y Mining & Metals to rolling stock manufacture. y Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences
The following is a representative selection of recent projects where HKA has provided a range of consulting, expert and advisory services.
BLEACHED EUCALYPTUS KRAFT (BEK) PULP MILL PUNTA PEREIRA, URUGUAY One of the world’s largest eucalyptus wood pulp 18 mills and a designated United Nations Clean 19 Development Mechanism (CDMI project).
BUCKEYE BAHAMAS HUB POLYSILICON PLANT FREEPORT, BAHAMAS CHARLESTON, TENNESSEE, USA The largest petroleum products terminal in the One of the world’s largest solar-grade polysilicon Western Hemisphere. production megaprojects.
PORTO SUDESTE ITAGUAÍ, BRAZIL A flagship port facility exporting Brazil’s iron ore to international markets. PORT OF CALLAO CALLAO, PERU The gateway to Peru and the largest port on the entire west coast of South America.
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TALENT 2 ELECTRIC MULTIPLE UNITS BIOETHANOL PLANT GERMANY LEOPOLDOV, SLOVAKIA A unique, state-of-the-art, modular design that One of Europe’s largest, state-of-the-art bioethanol provides the backbone of Germany’s regional production plants. transport service.
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GREEN CARGO LOCOMOTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING MODERNISATION FACILITY SWEDEN ZELENOGRAD, RUSSIA The largest ever vehicle modernisation contract A milestone project in Russia’s high-technology in Sweden. semiconductor manufacturing programme.
SCRABSTER HARBOUR REFURBISHMENT THURSO, CAITHNESS Britain’s most northern mainland port providing services for oil and gas, renewables, cruise and ferries, fishing, and cargo sectors.
PIONEERING SPIRIT BOSPHORUS STRAIT, TURKEY/ASIA The largest construction vessel ever built.
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AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE, REPAIR POLYSILICON MANUFACTURING AND OPERATION (MRO) FACILITY PLANT JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA DOHA, QATAR One of the largest MRO facilities in the Gulf region. The largest polysilicon plant in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
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AMBATOVY NICKEL LATERITE JWANENG CUT 8 DIAMOND SLURRY PIPELINE SYSTEM MINE EXPANSION MORAMANGO-TAMATAVE, MADAGASCAR NALEDI RIVER VALLEY, BOTSWANA The world’s first commercial nickel laterite The richest open-pit diamond mine in the world. slurry pipeline.
TALEX ALUMINIUM EXTRUSION TSCHUDI OPEN-PIT COPPER MINE SISHEN IRON MINE PLANT OSHIKOTO REGION, NAMIBIA KATHU, SOUTH AFRICA KHALIFA INDUSTRIAL ZONE, ABU DHABI One of the world’s largest copper mines. One of the largest open-pit mines in the world. The Middle East’s most highly automated and flexible aluminium extrusion plant.
[email protected] ROY HILL IRON ORE PROCESSING PLANT Industrial & PILBARA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA A world-class mine processing plant and the largest single feed Manufacturing processing plant in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Experience Asia Pacific
BMW BRILLIANCE AUTOMOTIVE SINO IRON ORE PIPELINES PROJECT PLANT EXPANSION CAPE PRESTON, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, SHENYANG, CHINA AUSTRALIA A state-of-the-art production facility in China’s The world’s largest magnetite iron ore mine and the industrial heartland and one of China’s premium first of its kind in Australia. automotive manufacturers.
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TROPICANA GOLD MINE GREAT VICTORIA DESERT, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA Australia’s newest gold mine. BIO-METHIONINE AND POWER STATION PROJECT THIOCHEMICALS PLANT AUSTRALIA KERTEH, MALAYSIA HKA provided an expert report on the forecast The world’s first integrated bio-methionine and out‑turn costs. thiochemicals plant.
KUNAK PALM OIL MILL SABAH, MALAYSIA The world’s first oil palm-based pulp and paper mill.
[email protected] JIRAU HYDROELECTRIC PLANT Power & Utilities MADEIRA RIVER, BRAZIL Experience Americas The fourth largest hydropower plant in Brazil. HKA has an extensive track record in We also have an impressive portfolio of assignments in renewables, including hydroelectric, the power and utilities sector, including wind, solar, geothermal and energy-from-waste. thermal (coal-, gas- and oil-fired) power In the utilities sector, HKA has extensive experience plants, cogeneration and combined of supporting utility providers, contractors and heat and power (CHP) plants, subcontractors, delivering the infrastructure combined-cycle gas turbine required for the safe, efficient and reliable delivery of water, electricity and gas. (CCGT) plants, as well as power and The following is a representative selection of desalination stations, and nuclear. recent projects where HKA has provided a range of consulting, expert and advisory services.
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CHANGUINOLA I DAM COMANCHE 3 COAL-FIRED POWER ILM ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION DURHAM YORK ENERGY CENTER CHANGUINOLA, BOCAS DEL TORO, PANAMA PLANT LINE CLARINGTON, ONTARIO, CANADA The largest roller-compacted concrete arch-gravity PUEBLO, COLORADO BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA The first new North American energy-from-waste dam in the world. Colorado’s first new coal-fired electric generating A US$723 million 500-kilovolt power line that facility in 20 years. unit in nearly 30 years, featuring state-of-the-art stretches from Coquitlam to Merritt in south-central pollution controls. British Columbia.
JAGUAR ENERGY POWER PLANT PORT QUETZAL, GUATEMALA Construction of a 700 million solid fuel fired power generation facility.
CRESCENT DUNES SOLAR ENERGY PROJECT TONOPAH, NEVADA The first utility-scale facility in the world to use molten salt for energy storage.
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OLKILUOTO 3 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OLKILUOTO ISLAND, FINLAND One of the largest industrial projects ever carried out in Northern Europe.
BEŁCHATÓW POWER PLANT SKÆRBÆK POWER STATION ŁÓDŹ PROVINCE, POLAND CONVERSION The largest thermal power station in Europe and the FREDERICIA, DENMARK world’s second largest coal-fired power plant. Conversion of gas-fired power station to a combined heat and power (CHP) plant using sustainable wood chips to generate green energy.
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LNG PLANT AND GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINE BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA A large industrial energy project that will build and operate a terminal for the liquefaction, storage, and loading of liquefied natural gas.
GREATER GABBARD OFFSHORE MARITZA EAST 1 LIGNITE-FIRED WIND FARM POWER PLANT SUFFOLK COAST, NORTH SEA GALABOVO, BULGARIA One of the world’s largest offshore wind farms. One of the largest greenfield investments in south- ANDASOL 3 SOLAR PLANT east Europe and the first large-scale power plant to GRANADA, SPAIN be built in Bulgaria in more than 20 years. Europe’s largest solar energy site.
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LONGVIEW POWER PLANT MAIDSVILLE, UNITED STATES The plant’s single unit generates 700 megawatt (MW) of electricity from run-of-mine coal and natural gas.
ATTARAT POWER PLANT SHUAIBAH INDEPENDENT WATER JORDAN & POWER PLANT (IWPP) Second largest oil shale fired power plant and open SHUAIBAH, SAUDI ARABIA cast mine in the world. The first IWPP in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the world’s largest desalination plant.
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AL QATRANA INTEGRATED POWER INGULA PUMPED STORAGE SCHEME PLANT (IPP) KWAZULU-NATAL/FREE STATE BORDER AL QATRANA, JORDAN South Africa’s largest underground, pumped-storage The second largest power plant in Jordan, supplied hydropower project. through the Arab Gas Pipeline.
YANBU 3 POWER & DESALINATION UMM AL HOUL POWER PLANT GRASSRIDGE WIND FARM PLANT QATAR ECONOMIC ZONE 3, SOUTH OF DOHA, PORT ELIZABETH, EASTERN CAPE AL-MADINAH PROVINCE, SAUDI ARABIA QATAR The first wind energy project in South Africa to be One of the Kingdom’s first supercritical power plants to Integrated combined-cycle power and seawater established on mining land at a working limestone run on heavy fuel oil. desalination plant, supplying almost one quarter of quarry. Qatar’s electricity needs.
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MANJUNG 4 POWER PLANT SYDNEY WATER UPPER SOUTH PERAK, MALAYSIA CREEK ADVANCED WATER Southeast Asia’s first ultra-supercritical coal-fired RECYCLING CENTRE power plant. SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRAILIA Advanced Water Recycling Centre that will deliver sustainable wastewater and recycled water services.
ESSENTIAL ENERGY, NETWORK TANJUNG BIN ENERGY DELIVERY REFORM PROGRAMME POWER PLANT (T4) NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA JOHOR, MALAYSIA 32 Australia’s largest electricity network. Malaysia’s first privately-owned coal-fired power 33 plant.
SYDNEY WATER PARTNERING FOR SUCCESS (P4S) SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRAILIA Australia’s largest water and wastewater services provider adopts NEC4 contracts for its new collaborative enterprise model.
THE MARDI-MANGROVE LINK THEUN-HINBOUN HYDROELECTRIC KUDGI SUPERTHERMAL POWER WATERNSW CAPITAL PROGRAMME PIPELINE POWER PROJECT EXPANSION PROJECT (STPP) DELIVERY MODEL WYONG RIVER-MANGROVE CREEK DAM, NAM THEUN RIVER, LAOS KARNATAKA, INDIA AUSTRALIA NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA The first PPP project in Laos developed under a West Bengal’s first supercritical coal-fired A new fit-for-purpose capital programme delivery The largest water infrastructure project undertaken on BOOT contractual arrangement. power plant. model to enable greater water security in regional the Central Coast for 25 years. Australia.
[email protected] TRANSCANADA NATURAL GAS PIPELINE ALBERTA, CANADA Resources The longest pipeline in Canada. Experience Americas HKA is one of the world’s most We have been engaged on a wide variety of liquefied natural gas (LNG), offshore and onshore experienced providers of consulting, oil and gas, refinery, petrochemical, petroleum expert and advisory services to the refining and pipeline projects on every continent. resources sector. For more than four The following is a representative selection of decades, our clients have appointed recent projects where HKA has provided a range us on their most challenging and of consulting, expert and advisory services. complex projects.
34 35 CARTAGENA REFINERY EXPANSION RAMONES II SOUTH PIPELINE CARTAGENA BAY, COLOMBIA SAN LUIS POTOSI - APASEO EL ALTO, Colombia’s largest oil refinery, one of the country’s GUANAJUATO, MEXICO most expensive mega-projects. A segment of the Ramones natural gas pipeline system, one of the largest energy infrastructure projects in Mexico’s history. FREEPORT LPG EXPORT TERMINAL P-62 FPSO FREEPORT, TEXAS RONCADOR FIELD, CAMPOS BASIN, BRAZIL New export facility to satisfy growing international Floating production, storage and offloading unit at demand for affordable US Gulf Coast Natural Gas one of Brazil’s most technically challenging deep Liquids (NGLs). water oil fields.
DEEP PANUKE PRODUCTION FIELD ABREU E LIMA REFINERY (RNEST) CENTRE (PFC) REFINERY LNG PLANT AND GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINE OFFSHORE NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA IPOJUCA, PERNAMBUCO, BRAZIL BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA A self-installing offshore platform located 250 The largest diesel-producing refinery in Brazil and A large industrial energy project that will build and operate a terminal for the liquefaction, storage, and loading kilometres from Halifax in the North Atlantic Ocean. one of the most expensive refineries ever built. of liquefied natural gas
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KASHAGAN DEVELOPMENT CASPIAN SEA, KAZAKHSTAN One of the world’s most complex oil field development megaprojects.
YAMAL LNG PROJECT NEBTL RENEWABLE DIESEL PLANT SABETTA, YAMAL PENINSULA, RUSSIA ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS One of the most complex LNG projects ever One of the world’s leading renewable diesel fuel undertaken. production plants.
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LAGGAN-TORMORE GAS PROJECT ŚWINOUJŚCIE LNG IMPORT TERMINAL SHETLAND ISLANDS, NORTH SEA ŚWINOUJŚCIE, POLAND One of the longest subsea tie-backs in the world. The first project of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe.
TRANS-ANATOLIAN NATURAL GAS PIPELINE (TANAP) PROJECT AZERBAIJAN-TURKEY HEYDAR ALIYEV OIL REFINERY One of the world’s longest gas pipelines. AZERBAIJAN Modernisation and reconstruction works to increase capacity to 7.5Mt of oil per year by 2021.
[email protected] YEMEN LNG PLANT Resources BALHAF, YEMEN Experience Middle East & Africa The country’s largest ever industrial investment.
ABU DHABI CRUDE OIL PIPELINE (ADCOP) HABSHAN-FUJAIRAH A vital component of Emirati infrastructure to help ensure stability of global energy markets
MAFUMEIRA SUL PROJECT OFFSHORE CABINDA, ANGOLA Supporting the advancement of Angola’s oil and gas industry.
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AZURITE FDPSO CONVERSION PEARL GAS-TO-LIQUIDS (GTL) PLANT AZURITE FIELD, OFFSHORE CONGO RAS LAFFAN, QATAR The world’s first floating, drilling, production, storage The largest GTL plant in the world, one of the most and offloading vessel. complex and challenging energy projects ever commissioned.
SADARA CHEMICAL COMPLEX AL-ZOUR NEW REFINERY JUBAIL INDUSTRIAL CITY II, SAUDI ARABIA PROJECT (NRP) UPPER ZAKUM UZ750 FIELD DEVELOPMENT The world’s largest integrated chemicals complex AL-ZOUR, KUWAIT ABU DHABI ever built in a single phase. One of the largest grass-roots refineries in One of the major offshore field development projects the world. in the UAE, constructed on artificial islands.
[email protected] MANGALA PROCESSING TERMINAL Resources BARMER DISTRICT, INDIA Experience Asia Pacific The world’s largest enhanced oil recovery project.
ICHTHYS LNG PROJECT TIMOR SEA, AUSTRALIA One of the world’s largest LNG projects, incorporating the world’s largest semi- submersible platform. 40 41
PAPUA NEW GUINEA LIQUEFIED SINGAPORE PARALLEL TRAIN NATURAL GAS (LNG) PROJECT (SPT) PROJECT GORGON GAS PROJECT PAPUA NEW GUINEA JURONG ISLAND, SINGAPORE BARROW ISLAND, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA The largest resource extraction project in the A multibillion dollar expansion project, including one One of the world’s largest natural gas projects. Asia Pacific region. of the world’s largest ethylene steam crackers.
NGHI SON REFINERY & MALIKAI DEEPWATER TLP PROJECT PETROCHEMICAL COMPLEX OFFSHORE MALAYSIA THANH HÓA PROVINCE, VIETNAM The country’s first tension leg platform. The largest foreign direct investment in Vietnam to date.
[email protected] Technology Experience Global HKA’s origins were established Our wide and varied technology project portfolio includes defence, research and development more than 40 years ago by true facilities, data centres and information systems, entrepreneurs and pioneers in the and satellite communications. construction industry. As we enter The following is a representative selection of high a new chapter, a new generation of technology projects where HKA has provided HKA thought leaders are working to a range of specialist consulting, expert and advisory services. maintain our position at the forefront NORTHERN BORDER SECURITY HYPERLOOP ONE of industry knowledge, innovation PROJECT MELBOURNE-SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA and digital technology. SAUDI ARABIA/IRAQ BORDER A proposed futuristic high-speed transport system The first stage of the Kingdom’s border security based on hyperloop technology. programme, often referred to as the ‘Great Wall of Saudi Arabia’.
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ATOMIC WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT UTAH DATA CENTER (AWE) PROJECT MENSA BLUFFDALE, UTAH BURGHFIELD America’s new billion-dollar epicentre for fighting The largest and most expensive project in a 25-year global cyberthreats, designed to store data in the investment programme. order of exabytes.
HALLEY VI RESEARCH STATION RED MODULE BRUNT ICE SHELF, CAIRD COAST, ANTARCTICA The world’s first re-locatable research facility.
ITER (INTERNATIONAL THERMONUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL REACTOR) SAINT-PAUL-LÈS-DURANCE, FRANCE The world’s first nuclear fusion research and engineering megaproject.
[email protected] PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION PANAMA Transportation The largest project at the canal since its original Infrastructure construction in 1914. Experience Americas
HKA has an impressive project Our experience includes: portfolio of transportation y Airports y Rail & Transit infrastructure experience with y Bridges y Roads & Highways involvement in many of the world’s y Bus y Tunnels major schemes. y Ports & Maritime The following is a representative selection of recent projects where HKA has provided a range of consulting, expert and advisory services.
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LOS ANGELES EXPO LINE (PHASE 1) I-405 SEPULVEDA PASS LOS ANGELES-CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA IMPROVEMENT PROJECT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT CENTRAL AUTOPISTAS DE ANTOFAGASTA Part of the greater Los Angeles Metro system, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA TERMINAL B REDEVELOPMENT PPP HIGHWAY connecting Downtown LA with Santa Monica beach. A major highways improvement project to reduce NEW YORK, NEW YORK CHILE congestion along a 10-mile stretch of freeway. The largest public-private partnership project in the Chile’s toll highway running through the country’s United States. mining district.
GERALD DESMOND BRIDGE CONGRESS PARKWAY BRIDGE EGLINTON CROSSTOWN LIGHT RAIL REPLACEMENT PROJECT REHABILITATION TRANSIT (LRT) PROJECT LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA CHICAGO RIVER, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA One of the tallest bridges of its kind in the United States One of Chicago’s most technologically significant The largest transit expansion in the history of Toronto. and California’s first long-span, cable-stayed bridge. bridges, consisting of two bascule bridges side- by‑side.
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THE FOLLO LINE HIGH SPEED 2 (HS2) OSLO TO SKI, NORWAY EUROPE The largest infrastructure project in Norway. One of the most substantial transport infrastructure projects ever to be built in the UK.
MARMARAY PROJECT AUTOSTRADA A2 46 BOSPHORUS STRAIT, ISTANBUL, TURKEY LODZ-WARSAW, POLAND BUCHAREST-BRAŞOV RAILWAY DUBLIN AIRPORT TERMINAL 2 47 The first physical rail link between Europe and Asia, One of the most important roads for fleets REHABILITATION SCHEME DUBLIN, IRELAND including the world’s deepest immersed tube tunnel. operating in Poland, vital for transport within the CÂMPINA-PREDEAL SECTION, ROMANIA Europe’s 15th busiest airport and a world-class East-West corridor. Part of the Pan-European Railway Corridor IV, which international gateway to Ireland runs from Dresden, Germany via Constanta, Romania on the Black Sea coast to Istanbul, Turkey.
QUEENSFERRY CROSSING FIRTH OF FORTH, SCOTLAND The longest three-tower, cable-stayed bridge in the world.
EDINBURGH TRAMS EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND The first light rail network in the UK to permit the carriage of bikes on a permanent basis.
[email protected] DOHA METRO Transportation DOHA, QATAR The world’s largest Infrastructure metro project. Experience Middle East & Africa
HAMAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HARAMAIN HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY DOHA, QATAR JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA The first airport designed specifically for the Airbus A major infrastructure project connecting the cities 48 A380, the world’s largest passenger airline. of Makkah, Madinah, Jeddah and King Abdullah 49 Economic City.
TRANSNET LOGISTICS PORTFOLIO MUSCAT EXPRESSWAY AND CENTRAL DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SOUTH AFRICA CORRIDOR PROJECTS DUBAI The largest, most critical part of the freight logistics MUSCAT, OMAN The world’s busiest airport by international chain that delivers goods around South Africa, The primary transportation corridor in Muscat. passenger traffic and the busiest airport in the through pipelines and ports. world operating with only two runways.
SEBETA-ADDIS ABABA-ADAMA- SANA’A INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MIESO RAILWAY SANA’A, YEMEN ETHIOPIA The proposed expansion of Sana’a International Ethiopia’s first modern national railway network. Airport in Yemen’s capital city.
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STONECUTTERS BRIDGE RAMBLER CHANNEL, HONG KONG SAR The third longest cable-stayed span in the world.
KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL MUMBAI MONORAIL AIRPORT 2 (KLIA2) MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA India’s first monorail project — the fifth largest The world’s largest purpose-built low-cost carrier system in the world. terminal.
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MELBOURNE AIRPORT RAIL SYDNEY METRO MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA A transformational public transport project The largest urban rail project in Australian history. connecting Melbourne Airport to Victoria’s regional and metropolitan train network. AIRPORT LINK WESTCONNEX MOTORWAY BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA One of the largest and most complex road The largest integrated transport and urban infrastructure projects ever completed in Australia. revitalisation project in Australia.
MARINA COASTAL EXPRESSWAY CONTRACT 485 (UNDERSEA VEHICULAR TUNNEL) SYDNEY GATEWAY MARINA BAY, SINGAPORE SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA Singapore’s first undersea tunnel. A planned major road interchange between the WestConnex and the airport terminals of Sydney Airport.
[email protected] Forensic Accounting & Commercial Damages Experience Global
HKA has substantial experience We have been engaged on a variety of projects around the world, including both construction advising clients on the economic and non-construction related matters. impact of complex commercial HKA has regularly consulted on behalf of listed disputes and forensic accounting and private companies, law firms, government matters. Clients choose us agencies and regulatory bodies. We cover because of our ability to develop industries, including agriculture, automotive, chemical production, energy, financial institutions, M&A DISPUTE solutions to complex commercial gaming, grocery, healthcare, homebuilding, IT EUROPE disputes. Our experts develop and telecoms, manufacturing, mining, oil & gas, Valuation of electricity distribution and retail companies in a dispute relating to a breach of share high quality financial and economic real estate development, shipbuilding, specialty purchase agreement. finance, and transportation. analyses in order to deliver credible The following is a representative selection of opinions and persuasive testimony industries from our global network where our to the trier of fact. experts have serviced our clients on many large, complex matters.
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LOSS OF PROFITS BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY MIDDLE EAST ASIA Quantification of losses arising from the Valuation of an LPG import terminal for a BIT case delayed completion of a residential and relating to alleged expropriation of the business. commercial development. ASARCO BANKRUPTCY AUTO INDUSTRY DISPUTE AMERICAS AMERICAS Analysis and expert opinion relating to one of the Valuation of option exercise price pursuant to joint largest fraudulent conveyance matters in United States venture agreement. history.
IT DISPUTE CLAIM FOR INCURRED COSTS AVIATION INDUSTRY DISPUTE OCEANIA OCEANIA AMERICAS Assessing the wasted costs and lost business benefits Assessing the value of additions costs incurred in Expert analysis and opinions regarding the financial impact to client from defects in helicopter fleet. arising due to a failed software implementation. the manufacture, installation and commissioning of turbines and condensers for a power plant.
[email protected] LOGISTICS MODERNIZATION Government Contracts PROGRAMME Experience Global AMERICAS Expert analysis and opinions regarding claims with U.S. We have been engaged on a variety of Army on Logistics Modernization Programme. HKA has a deep understanding of government contract projects most notably, the business and regulatory climate the US$32 billion dollar Future Combat Systems in which government contractors Programme termination for BAE Systems, a multibillion dollar dispute for Computer Sciences operate. Our experienced and Corporation (CSC) on the Logistics Modernization knowledgeable specialists have a Programme, investigation of practices alleged reputation for finding practical, cost- to be fraudulent by whistleblowers on behalf of major US Aerospace and Defence contractors, effective solutions to challenges for and F-35 Aircraft for multiple companies. our clients and their counsel.
FUTURE COMBAT SYSTEMS PROGRAMME AMERICAS Review and settlement of lower-tier subcontractor Thrift Savings Plan (TSPs).
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T-45A AIRCRAFT AMERICAS In-depth analysis and evaluation of programme performance activities on U.S. Navy contract dispute.
ELK HILLS OIL FIELD AMERICAS Analysis and review of incurred costs and establishing causal link between the incurrence of costs and Government’s breach.
[email protected] CRUX 2020 CRUX INSIGHT Engineering and construction HKA’s integrated research programme, CRUX, A regional analysis of causation draws on our unprecedented bank of knowledge Find out more about to provide valuable insights into the most common our CRUX research Lessons learned from claims and disputes causes of claims and disputes on engineering and construction projects where our experts have provided claims consulting and dispute resolution services across multiple sectors around the world.
As the world’s leading construction claims and dispute resolution firm in the industry, we have access to a rich resource of major project data from more than 1,100 projects with a combined value exceeding US$1.8 trillion. All decision-makers on projects can profit from a clearer www.hka.com/crux understanding of the recurring causes of claims and disputes. We encourage governments and professional bodies to engage with the CRUX research programme’s findings and its implications for planning, procurement, project governance and controls. Please feel free to contact a member of the CRUX team should you be interested in 56 collaborating with us. 57
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Our greatest strength is our people. At HKA, we have honed highly effective ways of working, which we always follow. Their knowledge and expertise Whether we are providing consulting, repeatedly deliver the best possible expert or advisory services, our people will: outcomes for our clients. y Focus on your organisation’s We attract, retain and develop the leading business imperatives talent from across the industry and a y Challenge conventional thinking wide spectrum of disciplines. They are and approaches knowledgeable people with strong skills and experience, many of them multi- y Work with you and your team to qualified in technical and legal professions. shape shared solutions As part of the world’s pre-eminent y Work relentlessly in pursuit of the consultancy in the field, our people get to best outcomes work on the most challenging and exciting projects with a rich variety of clients. HKA y Use inventive thinking to deliver practical and innovative answers 58 people live and breathe complex projects, 59 and commit to our core principles. y Implement and carry through change, if required, as well as propose it y Act with integrity and respect to earn our place as your trusted independent advisor
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We convey a message of careful thinking Our brand values and core principles help and planning, offering a steady hand to shape our behaviour and actions, ensuring our clients. At the same time, we deliver a we remain on the right path and fulfil our responsive service with an ability to bring goals to our stakeholders. We continuously out our values and knowledge to bear strive to add value, create solutions, deliver on any situations that arise throughout excellence and exceed expectations. the life cycle of projects, programmes and portfolios. Agile Innovative We embrace and adapt rapidly to change, We know what we are doing and how to challenges, events and opportunities. innovate. We encourage different thinking We are very clear about what we stand and are open to the potential of new ideas, for. We look to the future. methods and technologies. Collaborative Passionate 60 We embrace the principles, practices and We are inspiring and distinctive, and our 61 processes of collaborative organisational professional commitment earns the most structure that enhance communications interest and authority in our space, both and the exchange of ideas, and on‑and off-line. foster teamwork. Confident We inspire clients to trust us with their business and business-critical projects and decision-making.
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