LAX Bradley West Terminal Expansion, Los Angeles, CA

LAX Bradley West Terminal Expansion

Los Angeles, CA

During the $1.2B Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) Expansion Project (Bradley West) at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), TRAUNER performed professional construction claim management services related to change orders during construction and to the close-out of the CMAR Contract at the completion of construction.

TRAUNER helped Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) manage changes and avoid claims on the multi-billion-dollar development program. The program included construction of a new international terminal with two-level gate concourses designed to accommodate the A380, double-deck, wide body, jet airliner. The terminal project included 540,000 sq. ft. of gate area and 693,000 sq. ft. of departure facilities and amenities. The program also included new and upgraded taxiways and renovation of existing terminal areas.

TRAUNER’s work consisted of the analysis of project delays and resolution of change order requests that alleged delay and productivity impacts asserted by the CMAR against LAWA. TRAUNER also analyzed change orders that involved design changes and evaluated those changes to determine the adequacy of the contract plans and specifications. TRAUNER maintained a full-time staff on the project and helped LAWA with closing out the terminal construction contracts. TRAUNER’s on-site tasks required interaction with the construction management team on a daily basis, in multiple ways, while analyzing subcontractor change orders for delay and inefficiency.

Initially, TRAUNER concentrated on interviewing and consulting with the entirety of the project management team to fully understand all the pertinent issues that were likely to be part of the subcontractor delay and inefficiency change orders submitted to the airport.

Once the analysis of these change orders was underway, TRAUNER undertook the task of refining critical arguments of entitlement by working with LAX’s subject matter experts (SME’s) for each discipline in which a subcontractor had submitted a change order request. Then, TRAUNER identified what information was needed to determine entitlement, including information provided by the SME’s and project managers, to develop an ultimate recommendation for resolution.

Finally, TRAUNER presented these recommendations to the executive management team and provided support while they negotiated these costs with the subcontractors. By working with multiple disciplines and multiple levels of employees within a project management structure for a major airport project, TRAUNER demonstrated the ability to become immersed within a team and provide a valued service that advanced the project’s interests.