Frank G. Adams, PE
Expert Areas
- Schedule Delay Analysis
- Quantum (Damages) Analysis
- Engineering Management
- Construction Management
- Change Order Management & Analysis
- Contract Evaluation
- Risk Analysis
- Forensic Defect Evaluation
- Technical Analysis
- Claims Preparation & Analysis
Expertise
- Professional engineer with over 40 years of engineering and construction experience on projects in over 70 countries.
- Testified as an expert in over 80 matters in US federal and state courts; the FERC; and in international arbitration forums including AAA, ICC, ICDR, LCIA, VIAC, UNCITRAL, and ad hoc tribunals
- Arbitrator on construction, engineering, and intellectual property disputes
- Speaker and educator in construction management and claims preparation and analysis
Biography
Frank Adams, founder of Interface Consulting, has over 40 years of experience in the construction and engineering industry as an owner’s representative, contractor, engineer, and construction expert involving over 400 construction projects in more than 70 countries. As an expert in construction management, Mr. Adams provides expert services on domestic and international engineering and construction projects regarding project and change order management, schedule and cost analysis, damage assessment, construction labor productivity, and design and engineering analysis.
Mr. Adams has provided expert testimony in US federal and state courts, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) hearings, and arbitrations under the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), and the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC). He has also been an arbitrator with AAA, ICDR, and ad hoc arbitrations for over 30 years and is a member of the AAA Construction Mega Project Panel of arbitrators.
Work History
Interface Consulting International, Inc.
Founder
Raymond International
Vice President, Project Manager, Construction Engineer
McDermott International, Inc. USA, Europe, Middle East, Africa & Far East
Project Manager, Project Engineer, Project Coordinator
Mechanical Construction Co. of New Orleans (MCC Group)
Manager of Industrial Construction, Project Engineer, Field Engineer, Estimator
Credentials
- MBA – Tulane University, Louisiana
- BS – Mechanical Engineering
Tulane University, Louisiana - Licensed Professional Engineer
- Arbitrator
- Over 40 years of engineering and construction experience on projects in more than 70 countries
- Provided construction management and construction expert services on over 400 domestic and international projects as outlined in the industries below:
- Transportation & Infrastructure
- Land & Subsea Pipelines
- Marine Vessels
- Offshore Production Drilling & Production Facilities
- Power Plants & LNG Facilities
- Petroleum Refining & Gas Processing
- Commercial, Public & Residential Buildings
- Provided construction management and construction expert services in the following countries:
- Algeria, Angola, Australia, Austria, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, and Yemen
- Testified as an expert in over 80 matters in US federal and state courts, FERC hearings, and arbitration forums including AAA, ICC, ICDR, LCIA, VIAC, UNCITRAL, and ad hoc tribunals
- Recognized by Who’s Who Legal as one of the world’s leading construction expert witnesses and construction quantum and delay experts
- Arbitrator on construction, engineering, and intellectual property disputes
- Speaker and educator in construction management and claims management
Professional Affiliations
- Associate Member – American Bar Association (ABA) Forum on Construction Law
- Associate Member – State Bar of Texas, Construction Law Section
- 2001 Eye Street Building
- Andersen AFB Military Family Housing
- Atlas Machine & Iron Works Building
- Barksdale AFB Phase I Conduit Installation
- Bella Sera Villas
- Ben Taub General Hospital
- Blinn College Expansion
- Bristol-Myers Biomedical Facility
- Brownsville ISD Bruce Aiken Elementary School
- Brownsville ISD Raul A. Besteiro, Jr., Middle School
- Cannon Air Force Base Family Housing
- Centerpointe Hotel Deer Park
- Coca-Cola Ballina Beverages Plant
- Dept. of Homeland Security New Orleans Building
- Devon Tower Oklahoma City
- Dresser-Rand Repair Facility
- Fairmont Austin Hotel
- Fairmont Park Baptist Church
- Florida Suncoast Dome
- Foley’s Houston Galleria
- Fort Lewis Army Base Housing
- Grapevine Mills Mall Site Improvements
- Greenville Hospital System Expansion
- Gulf Chemical & Metallurgical Corp. CB 2 Building
- Hampton Inn & Suites
- Harris County Psychiatric Center
- Houston First Baptist Church
- Houston Housing Authority Lincoln Park Apartments
- Houston ISD High School for Performing & Visual Arts
- Houston Police Department Westside Command Station
- Huntsville Prison Renovations
- Hyatt House
- Hynes Convention Center
- Jalousie Plantation Resort
- Joseph A. Jachimczyk Forensic Center
- Lambeth House Retirement Community
- Lockheed Martin F-35 Component Finishing Facility
- Market Square Washington D.C.
- MD Anderson Bertner Complex
- MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Methodist Dallas Medical Center
- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
- Mile High Stadium
- Mid Main Lofts
- Minute Maid Park HVAC System
- Moody Gardens Park
- Pacific Northwest Navy Housing
- Palisade Palms Condominiums
- Pearson Square Condominiums Falls Church
- Phoenix Madison Square Garden Phase II
- Renaissance Hospital Grand Prairie Reconstruction
- Rice University Biomedical Building
- Ridgewood Apartments Port Neches
- San Saba Professional Plaza
- Sapphire Condominiums
- Sheraton North Houston Hotel
- Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Casino Expansion Phase II
- Sisters of Mercy Hospital of Laredo
- Southwestern Bell Hollister Street Office
- State of New York Administration Building
- Suffolk County Outfall
- Texas A&M Institute of Biosciences and Technology
- Texas A&M Recreational Sports Center
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice Beaumont Maximum Security Unit
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice Beeville Prison
- Texas State Capitol Interior Preservation
- Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville Renovations
- The Methodist Hospital Dallas
- The Methodist Hospital Houston
- The River Oaks Luxury Condominiums
- The Yards, Parcel O
- Town & Country Center
- Tulane University Chemical Building
- Tulane University Environmental Sciences Building
- Tulane University Medical School
- Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research
- US Treasury Building Interior Improvements
- USACE Tinker Air Force Base Medical and Dental Clinic
- USDA Children’s Nutrition Research Center
- VA Hospital – Lenwood Center
- Weyerhaeuser Millport Lumber Facility Upgrades
- Bronx-Whitestone Bridge Roadway Deck Replacement
- City of Austin Sewer Microtunnel
- City of Austin SWS System Center
- City of Houston Almeda Rd. Trunk Sewer Slip Line
- City of Houston Austin St. Fiber Optic Line Repair
- City of Houston Buffalo Bayou Relief Facilities
- City of Houston SW Wastewater Treatment Plant
- City of McAllen Utility Boeye Reservoir Relocation
- City of San Antonio Wheatly Storm Drainage System
- City of Toronto Union Station Revitalization
- City of Webster NASA Rd. 1 Improvements
- DART Authority Stations
- DART Light Rail Starter System
- Denver International Airport
- Egypt Abbasiya/Durassa Reservoirs & Pump Station
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport Cargo Facility
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport Central Plant Upgrade
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport International Building
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport Terminals A&B
- Grapevine Mills Mall Site Improvements
- Harris Co. MUD Underground Utilities
- Houston METRO Airport Blvd. Roadwork
- Jacksonville Acosta Bridge Replacement
- Labadee Port of Call Site Improvements
- Level 3 ILA Hut Construction
- Maxus Energy Ecuador Road
- MoPac Expressway
- MUD 139 WWTP Diversion Sewer
- Nashville International Airport Runway Extension
- Nassau International Airport Terminal
- Neptune II Gas Plant Utilities
- Questa Water Treatment Plant
- Rockdale Sandow Site Environmental Retrofit
- Salado Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Savannah River Site Retention Basin
- SAWS Medina River Sewer Outfall, Segment 3
- Sienna Plantation Levee Improvement
- South Austin Regional WWTP
- Southwestern Bell Telecom I-610 Facility Repair
- Southwestern Bell Westpark Tollway Fiber Optic Cable
- Spring Branch ISD Tennis Court Renovations
- Surfside Marina Defect
- Texas DOT Airport Blvd. Roadwork
- Texas DOT Highway Maintenance & Repair
- Texas DOT Project 2674
- Texas DOT TVA Tower Relocations
- Texas DOT US Highway 96 Expansion
- Town & Country Village
- US Army Corps of Engineers Fort Polk Airfield Runway Repair
- US Department of Energy Idaho – Pit 9
- US Naval Air Station Alvin Callender Field
- Walnut Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
- William P. Hobby Airport Terminal Expansion
- Aguaytia Gas Pipeline
- Baydaratskaya Bay Pipeline Crossing
- BHP Billiton Neptune TLP Export Pipelines
- BP Canada Prairie Rose 12″ Pipeline
- BP Pompano Pipeline
- Cabinda Gulf Oil Co. Malongo Critical Pipeline
- Calhoun Power 20″ Natural Gas Pipeline
- CenterPoint Energy Carthage to Perryville Pipeline
- CenterPoint Energy Overland Pipelines
- CenterPoint Energy Southeast Supply Header
- Columbia Gulf Transmission 20″ Pipeline
- Con Edison NYC Steam Pipe Failure
- Conoco Belida Offtake Facility & Pipeline
- Conoco Jolliet TLP Pipelines
- Conoco Venezuela Heavy Oil Pipeline
- Corpus Christi Marine Terminal EF90
- Dakota Gas Carbon Dioxide Pipeline
- DCP Midstream Wilbreeze 6” Pipeline
- DCP Sand Hills NGL Pipeline Expansion
- Dow Chemical Plaquemine Pipeline
- Duke Energy Algonquin HubLine Pipeline
- Eagle Ford Shale Gas Well
- Enbridge East Texas Pipelines LP System
- Energy Transfer Arguelles Pipeline Expansion
- Enterprise Products Eagle Ford Pipeline
- Equilon Poseidon Pipeline Phase III
- Exxon Santa Ynez Unit Pipeline
- Formosa Plastics Pipeline
- FPL Energy Forney Pipeline Natural Gas Inlet Facility
- Husky Energy White Rose Subsea System
- Kennebec Valley Natural Gas Pipeline
- Kinder Morgan Compressor Stations
- Kinder Morgan Tejas & Texas Pipelines
- Koch Pipeline Oil Spill
- Kuwait 30″ Gas Transmission Pipeline Installation
- Leviathan East Cameron 373 Gas Pipeline
- Longhorn Pipeline System Replacement
- Magellan BridgeTex Pipeline
- Marathon Alba Pipeline Phase III
- Martin Lake Tatum Mine Pipeline
- Maxus Energy Amazon Pipeline
- Mississippi River Crossing Pipeline
- National Fuel Gas Pipeline
- North Sea Veslefrikk Pipeline
- Northern Natural Gas Marquette & Ishpeming Pipeline
- Occidental Petroleum Offshore 30″ Pipeline Installations
- ONGC Panna/Tapti Pipelines
- Panhandle Tuscola East Replacement Pipeline
- Pegasus International Odessa Fuels 20″ Trunk Line
- Pemex EPC-63/EPC-64 Cantarell Field Pipelines
- Pemex Nanchital Crude Oil Pipeline
- Phillips 66’s Sweeny Midstream Pipeline
- Placid Oil Offshore 34″ Pipeline Installations
- PNGTS/Maritimes 30″ Pipeline
- Regency Energy Haynesville Pipeline Expansion
- REX Seneca Lateral Pipeline
- Ridgeback Pipeline Compressor Station
- Rockies Express East Pipeline
- Rockies Express West Pipeline
- Saudi Aramco 16″ Pipeline
- Shell Huntington Beach 12″ Water Injection Pipeline
- Shell Yellowhammer Plant Mobile Bay Pipelines
- Southern National Gas Mississippi Canyon Pipeline
- Tabula Rasa Seminole East Field CO2 Injection
- TEPPCO 10″ P-80 Pipeline
- Texaco Pipeline Lake Barre Oil Spill
- Texaco San Jacinto River Pipeline
- The Chesapeake and Access Pipeline Projects
- Total Oil Offshore 32″ Pipeline Installations
- Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) Strategic Reconfiguration
- Tuscola East Replacement Pipeline
- US DOE 24″ Brine Disposal Pipeline
- Venezuelan Extra-Heavy Oil Project Pipeline
- Viosca Knoll 203 Gas Pipeline
- Willbros West African Gas Pipeline
- Williams Oil Mountaineer 20″ Pipeline
- Williston Basin Grasslands Pipeline
- XTO Energy Freestone Trend Pipeline
- Agip Grand Isle Block 102
- Apache Foxtrot A-1 Field Development
- Articulated Tug Barge Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge
- ATP Cheviot Tension Leg Platform Fabrication
- Baobab Field FPSO Tanker Facility
- BHP Billiton Neptune TLP Hull Remediation
- Bukha Field Development
- Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Nemba Project
- Cal Dive Q4000 Multi-Purpose Service Vessel
- Challis Salram Oil Storage Facility
- Chevron Big Foot Offshore Platform
- Chevron Big Foot Topsides
- Chevron Hermosa Platform Topside Facility
- Chevron LL-652 Field Development
- Chevron Opuekeba Production Facility
- Chevron Platform Edith
- Conoco Belida Field Development
- Conoco Jolliet Green Canyon Block 184
- Delaware River Port Authority River Barge
- Diamond Offshore Ocean Yatzy Platform Brazil
- Dominion Devils Tower Spar Topsides & Suction Caissons
- East Cameron Block 66 Platform
- Edison Chouest Offshore Marine Vessel
- Enserch Garden Banks 388 Development
- Enserch Ocean Voyager
- Enterprise Oil Bijupira & Salema Fields FPSO Development
- Esso Angola Kizomba Deepwater FPSO Unit
- Esso Chad/Cameroon Development
- Esso Malaysia Production
- Esso Nigeria Erha Deepwater FPSO
- Euromar/Orinoco Transfer Station
- Exxon Santa Ynez Unit
- Gemini Navigation M/V GRACE
- Gemini Navigation M/V NOMAD
- Global Industries SWATH Vessel
- Guayaquil Port Expansion
- Husky Energy White Rose Subsea System
- Iroquois Saturation Bell Incident
- Kehl Casino River Boats
- Khafji Offshore Field Development
- LeTourneau Tarzan IV Jackup Drilling Rig
- Leviathan East Cameron Block 373 Platform
- Liuhua Field Subsea Systems Development
- Marathon Alba Field Development Phase III
- Marathon Steelhead Platform
- Marine Vessel Schedule Management System
- Marine Well Containment System Modular Capture Vessels Topside Modules
- Market Research on Platform Salvaging
- Mauritania Banda Gas Project
- Mobil Oil Nigeria NGL Recovery
- Mobil Oso NGL Recovery RX Deck Fabrication
- MODEC Moses TLP Hull
- MODEC Prince TLP Hull
- Momentum Phase II Drilling Rig Conversion
- Murphy Oil Medusa Spar Topsides
- Mustang Island 828 Platform
- M/V MAERSK KENTUCKY Allision with High Island 642 Platform
- M/V Seacor Master GA-395A Platform Allision
- Ocean Energy Drilling Rig
- Ocean Rig Bingo 9000-1 & 9000-2 Drilling Vessels
- ONGC Panna/Tapti Platforms
- Orinoco River Spread Mooring System
- Pemex Cantarell Field Akal-C
- Petrobras P-37 FPSO
- Petro-Canada Terra Nova Field Development
- Pogo Tantawan Field FPSO
- Port of Houston Barbours Cut Container
- Rowan Drilling Rig
- Samedan Platform Installation
- Santa Fe Rig 127 Incident
- Schlumberger Sedco Forex PRISA
- Shell Garden Banks Block 426 Development
- Shell Mars Tension Leg Platform
- Thunder Hawk Semi-Submersible FPU
- Total E&P Matterhorn SeaStar TLP
- US Navy T-AGM (R) Missile Range Instrumentation Ship
- USAF Gulfport Ocean Tower
- USAF Homestead Ocean Tower
- Velasco Terminal Berth 7 Wharf
- Walter Coelacanth Field Platform at Ewing Bank Block 834
- West Cameron Block 518 Platform
- American Acryl Bayport Plant
- Amoco Chocolate Bayou Polypropylene Plant
- Archer Daniels Midland Boiler
- ARCO Chemical PO/SM Upgrade
- BASF Freeport Syngas Plant
- BP Canada Prairie Rose LAO Plant
- DuPont Sabine River Works Plant Incinerator
- Enviral Leopoldov Bioethanol Plant
- EQUATE Air Separation Plant
- Exxon BOP-EX Refinery & Chemical Plant
- Exxon Mt. Belvieu Finishing Expansion
- ExxonMobil Baytown Olefins Plant
- Formosa Plastics Poly-Catalyst
- Fort Stewart Propane Air Mixing Plant
- Freeport Air Separation Unit
- Goodyear Rubber Plant
- Huish Detergents Orion Project
- Liquid Air Engineering Port Neches Facility
- Lonza Anhydrides Bayport Plant Enhancement
- Lonza Bayport Diketene Plant Expansion
- LSB El Dorado Chemical Ammonia Plant
- Lyondell Chemical Tank Explosion
- MEROCO Leopoldov Biodiesel Plant
- Mobil Beaumont Olefins Expansion
- Oxy Chemical Plant Fire Protection Upgrade
- Phillips Houston Chemical Complex Plant 8 Turnaround
- Port Arthur Light Olefins Unit Rebuild
- PPG Industries La Porte Chemical Plant
- Quantum Chemical Ethylene Plant
- Shell Chemical Plant
- W.R. Grace Rubberized Asphalt Mixing Plant
- Aguaytia Yarinacocha Power Plant
- Air Liquide Geismar Cogeneration Plant
- BP Rodeo & Helios Center CHP System
- Calpine Channel Energy Ctr. Cogeneration Unit
- CPS Energy JT Deely Power Plant
- Crown Paper HRSG Cogeneration Facility
- Eastex Cogeneration Power Plant
- GENA Termo Colon Power Plant
- Hays Energy Power Generation Plant
- HB Robinson Coal-Fired Plant Unit No. 1
- Inland Empire Energy Center HRSG Installation
- Kamine Natural Dam Cogeneration Power Plant
- Kinder Morgan Geismar Methanol Terminal
- Lon Hill to Nueces Bay Power Transmission Line
- LSB El Dorado Chemical Ammonia Plant
- Maraven Cardon Power Plant
- Marion Power Shovel Rehabilitation Project
- Midwest Electric Joppa Power Plant
- Newark Boxboard Cogeneration Power Plant
- Nikiski Power Generation Plant Combined Cycle Conversion
- NRG Cedar Bayou Generating Station
- Parlin Cogeneration Power Plant
- Riyadh Power Plant 9
- Rocky Road Power Plant
- Smith-Enron Puerto Plata Power Plant
- Wildflower Energy Indigo & Larkspur Facilities
- AGE Refining ULSD Compliance Upgrade
- Aguaytia Gas Fractionation Plants
- Air Liquide Gulf Coast Hydrogen Steam Methane Reformer
- Amoco Hugoton Jayhawk Natural Gas Plant
- Chevron Gaviota Gas Plant
- CITGO Lemont Refinery Turnaround
- Clark Refining Heavy Oil Upgrade
- CMS Energy Lake Charles LNG Expansion
- Coastal Corp. Blacks Fork Gas Processing Plant
- Conoco Westlake Hydrocracker
- ConocoPhillips Rodeo Refinery ULSD Revamp
- CORCO Terminal Facilities
- Eagle Ford Central Processing Facilities – McCarty Ranch & Neu Wassenberg Ranch
- ExxonMobil Golden Pass LNG Terminal
- ExxonMobil Qua Iboe Terminal
- Gulf Chemical Puerto Rico Refinery & Terminal
- Gulf Liquids Gulsby-Bay NGL Plants
- Hannibal Gas Treating Plant
- Hess Hawkeye Compressor Station
- Houston Oil/Water Separator
- HOVENSA St. Croix Delayed Coking Unit
- Ichthys LNG Project
- Keystone Generating Station Flue Gas Desulfurization
- Kinder Morgan New Caney Compressor Station
- Kuwait Oil & Gas Facility
- Lyondell-Citgo 1994 Coker Turnaround
- Lyondell-Citgo 1995 Coker Turnaround
- Marathon Equatorial Guinea LNG Plant
- Mauritania Banda Gas Project
- Meeker & Pioneer Gas Plants
- Merey Sweeny Delayed Coking Units
- Mobil Oso NGL Recovery Facilities
- Murphy Oil Meraux Refinery Turnaround
- NatGasoline Methanol Production Plant
- Neftegas Crude Oil Processing Plant
- PDVSA Lake Maracaibo Lama NGL Plant
- Pemex Atasta Compression Upgrade
- Pemex Cantarell Field Akal-C Complex
- Petrotrin Process Facility
- Ryckman Creek Gas Storage Facility
- Saudi Aramco Riyadh Refinery
- Setal Lummus Niteroi Fabrication Facilities
- Sonatrach Bethioua LNG 2Z Retrofit
- Sonatrach Menzel Ledjmet East Field
- Targa Johnson Cyrogenic Gas Processing Plant
- Tesoro Anacortes Refinery Incident
- Trintoc Pointe-a-Pierre Refinery Upgrade
- Trunkline LNG Lake Charles Terminal Expansion
- US DOE SPR Big Hill & Bryan Mound Degassing Facilities
- Valero Aruba Refinery
- Venezuelan Extra-Heavy Oil Project Refinery
- Williams Partners Fractionation Facilities
- Yemen LNG Balhaf Development
POWER PLANTS & LNG FACILITIES
- Over 25 projects in 10+ countries, including the following industry sectors: Electrical & gas transmission lines; heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs); LNG & NGL; cogeneration facilities
PETROLEUM REFINING & GAS PROCESSING
- Over 100 projects in 20+ countries, including the following industry sectors: Refining facilities; oil & gas facilities; turnarounds & plant maintenance; compressor stations; gas storage facilities; biofuels facilities; oil storage & loading terminals
LAND & SUBSEA PIPELINES
- Over 75 projects in 15+ countries, including the following industry sectors: Onshore & offshore oil, natural gas, and other petroleum-based pipelines; gas transmission, distribution, and gathering pipelines; water utility pipelines
MARINE VESSELS
- Over 20 projects, including the following industry sectors: Jackup, derrick, pipelay, supply & diving support vessels; shipbuilding; tugboats
MARINE & OFFSHORE FACILITIES
- Over 80 projects, including the following industry sectors: Fixed & mobile oil & gas production platforms; ports, piers & wharfs; offshore drilling platforms
COMMERCIAL, PUBLIC & RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
- Over 80 projects in 10 countries, including the following industry sectors: Commercial buildings; education; entertainment & sports facilities; government buildings; healthcare; hotels & convention centers; industrial & manufacturing facilities
TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE
- Over 55 projects in 8 countries, including the following industry sectors: Airports; dams & water diversion facilities; heavy civil; mass transit; roads, highways & bridges; telecom & technology; utilities; wastewater plants