Industrial EPC/EPCM Expert Witness for Construction Delays, Technical Defects, and Project Performance Disputes
Flavio Augusto Boccardo is a PMP-certified project management professional and industrial EPC/EPCM specialist with more than 30 years of experience managing, evaluating, and recovering complex pulp and paper, energy, petrochemical, ethanol, and process-industry projects.
He supports law firms, counsel, owners, contractors, and tribunals with delay and disruption analysis, forensic scheduling, technical root-cause assessment, installation-defect analysis, contractor-performance evaluation, and expert documentation for U.S. and international arbitration.
For Industrial Clients
Technical project evaluation, recovery planning, constructability review, commissioning support, and independent assessment of project performance
For Counsel and Legal Teams
Independent technical analysis for industrial construction disputes, including delaysm disruption, defects commissioning failures, contractor non-performance, and performance shortfalls.
Representative Project & Dispute Outcomes
The examples below illustrate how Boccardo Consulting has helped owners, contractors, and law firms deliver complex industrial projects, recover schedules and budgets, and secure favorable results in high‑stakes claims, arbitration, and disputes.
New Cardboard Production line, Mexico
Reduced remaining completion horizon from 240 to 89 days, avoiding ≈US$130,000/day in lost sales and generating ≈US$19.8M in cash‑flow benefits.
New Paper Mill, Brazil (EPC Open-Book)
Fast‑track implementation in 18 months instead of 24, achieving ≈US$59M in savings and receiving the client’s Highest Achievement Award.
EPC Arbitration, Brazil
Led technical and schedule analysis for ≈US$48M in additional works; structured evidence and strategy that resulted in full payment of the claimed amount.
Ethanol & cogeneration plants, Brazil
Managed large industrial installations under extreme weather and strike conditions, recovering schedule and avoiding significant production losses.