
Chad P. Kirlin, PE, PMP
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Biography
Chad Kirlin, a senior associate consultant for Interface Consulting, has over 25 years of engineering, project management, and technical expert experience in the US, Canada, and other countries. His expertise includes the planning and execution of midstream oil & gas projects from conceptual design through detailed engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning as well as dispute resolution. Mr. Kirlin has opined and testified on claims related to engineering design, delays, defects, quantity growth, construction execution, and other EPC issues on international disputes for a variety of large-scale industrial projects such as refineries and gas plants, LNG facilities, power plants, and polysilicon plants.
Work History
Interface Consulting International, Inc.
Senior Associate Consultant
CP Kirlin Consulting LLC
Independent Consultant
North West Redwater Partnership
Claim Advisor/Project Closeout Advisor; Project Manager
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
Project Engineer
Suncor Energy Inc.
Project Manager; Project Engineer
VECO Engineering Ltd. / VECO Canada Ltd.
Mechanical Design Engineer; Field Engineer
Credentials
- MS – Mechanical Engineering
Oregon State University - BS – Forest Products
Oregon State University - Professional Engineer – Alberta, Canada; Oregon
- Project Management Professional
Project Management Institute
Professional Affiliations
- Member – Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering
Expert Areas
- Project Management/Execution
- Claim Preparation & Analysis
- International Contracting
- FEED & Detailed Engineering Design
- 3D Model Development
- EPC Cost Estimate Preparation
- Cost Management
- Change Management
- Risk Assessment/Management
- Construction Management/Execution
- Workface Planning
- Piping Design, Fab, Erection & Testing
- Modularization
- Standard of Care
- Forensic Defect Analysis
Arbitration Experience
- Provides expert testimony and testifies in international arbitrations
- Led claim development for international arbitration and assisted legal team with developing the Redfern Schedule and response to opposing party’s Redfern Schedule
PETROCHEMICAL, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, REFINING, POWER, OIL & GAS
- International engineering, project management, construction and consulting experience in the following industry sectors: Pipelines; refineries; LNG facilities; well pads; power generation; polysilicon production; bitumen upgrading; gas processing
- Over 20 years of experience as a mechanical engineer, project engineer, and project manager on major/mega projects, including several years onsite for pipe fabrication, module assembly, and construction