Since 1998, Dr. Apirath has been an international construction management consultant specialized in contract and claim management, forensic delay analysis, dispute resolution, scheduling and document management on mega construction and property projects such as the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) project in Africa, the Big Dig project in Boston, GSA Office Building and U.S. Courthouse in New York, Enron Power Plant in Puerto Rico and Ronald Reagan Building in Washington D.C, the MahaNakhon Project in Thailand. She was appointed as a schedule expert witness on Samut Prakarn Wastewater Treatment Plant Project in Thailand.

She has outstanding technical, contract and management experience in construction projects; analysis of project delay and cost-overrun, evaluation of labor productivity and inefficiency, evaluation of project damages, analysis of CPM scheduling and performance and business performance optimization. She has also experienced in construction claim preparation for arbitration and litigation procedures worldwide.

To prevent and resolve any construction claims from escalating, she has promoted the effective use of electronic document management service, namely QConzol in the construction society starting in Thailand. QConzol service is the combination of ConZoL system and our Quantum PPP service which can fairly and accurately manage all project records for all parties involved including the tender documents until the handover documents during the entire life of construction projects. The outstanding benefits of our QConzol service is to reduce costs, increase the accuracy of all document submissions and approval status, prevent unnecessary delays and claims and ultimately build a good working relationship among all parties.

Education 

• Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering (Construction Management) Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia 2003
• M.G.A. in Marketing, University of Maryland University College, College Park, Maryland 1997
• M.Sc. in Operation Research and Management Science, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 1995
• B.B.A. in Industrial Management, Thammasat University, Bangkok Thailand 1992

Experiences 

• Quantum PPP Consulting Limited
  (previously named Warner Construction Consultants (Thailand) Limited)
  Construction Contract and Claim Management Consulting
  Managing Director, Forensic Delay Analyst, Construction Claim Consultant, Mediator 06/2010 – 2017
• PPP Consultants, Bangkok, Thailand
  Construction Contract & Claim Management Consulting
  Managing Director 02/2005 – present
• Hill International, Inc., Washington, DC
  Construction Claim Consulting Group
  Claim Analyst / Consultant 06/1998 – 01/2005
• S.P. Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Power Transformer Manufacturing, Bangkok
  Project Management and Planning 1992 – 1993

Highlighted projects 

• West African Gas Pipeline Project, Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, Togo in Africa. During litigation process, providing a claim consulting, reviewing numerous drawing revisions and critical delays and schedule analysis for a main contractor (2011-2012)
• Package 5, Suwannaphum Airport, Phase 1, Thailand. Providing a claim consulting for the Owner’s representative in the preparation of arbitration. (2012-2013)
• NDIA – New Doha International Airport. Preparation of EOT claim submission for a MEP subcontractor (2011)
• XRL 822 TSE UK Tsuen to Shek Yam Tunnels, Hong Kong. As a third party consultant, evaluating the project delay and overbreak overrun for the Owner and Contractor during their third-party intervention (2016-2017)
• Housing development, Maiden Lane, UK. Preparation of EOT claim and VDO presentation (2016-2017)
• OSBL & ZLD Projects in Doha. Scheduling and EOT claim preparation (2017)
• MahaNakhon Project, Bangkok Thailand, 77-storey Condominium, providing contract, scheduling and document management consulting for MEP Contractor during the project (November 2013 to 2018)
• The River Condominium, Bangkok Thailand. Preparation of EOT and design change claim notice for MEP subcontractor (2012)
• The Met Condominium, Bangkok Thailand. 66-storey Condominium, providing claim management consulting for MEP subcontractor (2007)
• Show DC Project, Bangkok Thailand ((2015-2016)
• Zpell Project, Bangkok Thailand (2015-2016)
• Nissin Factory, Thailand. (2016)
• Capella Hotel Georgetown, Washington D.C., USA
• ERP system implementation, for a government in the US.

October 2007 – July 2008: Schedule Expert Witness Experience

• Samut Prakarn Wastewater Treatment Plant, Wastewater Collection System Construction, Samutprakan, Bangkok. Providing schedule and delay analysis for the Project, which are the construction of 210 manholes and installation of 26,784 linear meters of large-diameter pipelines.

August 2005 – October 2007: Project Consultant

• Chevron Asia South Limited, Bangkok, Thailand. Deploying and applying world class Capital Stewardship and the Gold Standard Assessment efforts in aiming to be the best performing SBU in CIEP. Enhancing CPDEP and project management skills in the SBU organization by conducting and organizing project management training workshops (06/2007 – 10/2007)
• Business Process Improvement Project at CUEL Limited, an Oil & Gas Platform EPCI Company aiming to completing construction projects on time and within reconciled costs. (08/2005 – 07/2006)

June 2003 – February 2005: Construction Claim Consultant

• “Big Dig” Central Artery/Tunnel Project, Boston, Massachusetts $14.6 Billion, most complex and technologically challenging highway project ever undertaken in the world. (Project duration: 2002-2005)
• Theater Provided Equipment Refurbishment Program (“TPER”), providing for Army line haul, medium tactical, and heavy tactical vehicles to receive regular maintenance as well as unscheduled maintenance and repairs, Kuwait (2005 – 2006)
• Four Seasons Hotel, Emerald Bay, Great Exhuma Island, Bahamas $110 Million, 470 acre World-Class Residential Resort and Hotel Construction Project (2005)

June 1998 – May 2003: Construction Claim Analyst – Various Projects

• $720M Ronald Reagan Building (Federal Triangle Project), Washington, DC
• $354M Bank One Ballpark Construction Project, Phase II & III Claims, 14th Street Tunnel Project, Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority, Washington, DC
• Metropolitan Detention Center, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Miami, Florida
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Project, General Services Administration, Boulder, Colorado
• GSA Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse Project, Reno, Nevada
• GSA Office Building and U.S. Courthouse, Islip, New York. $212 Million Office Building and U.S. Courthouse Construction Project, a Richard Meier design. (Project duration: 1996 - 2000)
• Penuelas Combined Cycle Power Plant, Penuelas, Puerto Rico. $450 million combined cycle power plant construction project consisting of a combined cycle 507MW gas turbine powered cogeneration plant, an LNG pipeline, water lines, and a 2M gallon per day desalination plant. (Project duration: 1996 - 2000)

Training & Certificate 

• FIDIC Module 2 & 3 Course:
  Certificate: Claims and Disputes Resolution
  Certificate: Understanding Dispute Adjudication Boards (DABs) (2020)
• Consepsys, Document Control Professional in UK – 3 Online Courses
  Certificate: Document Control: Managing the Risks related to Documentation
  Certificate: EDMS Implementation
  Certificate: Project Document Control (2019)
• International Chamber of Commerce and Dispute Review Board Foundation,
  Dispute Board Workshop (2018)
• The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Association, Thailand (CIArb), Thailand
  Introduction to Mediation (2012)
• Chevron Asia South, Thailand
  CSOC Regular Certificate (2007)