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HKA DECODING COMPLEXITY POWER & UTILITIES
Who we are
HKA is the world’s leading consultancy of choice for multi-disciplinary
expert and specialist services in risk mitigation and dispute resolution
within the capital projects and infrastructure sector.
We also have extensive experience advising clients on the economic
impact of commercial and investment treaty disputes and in forensic
accounting matters.
In addition, HKA supports companies that conduct business with the US
Federal Government, providing them with consulting services on complex
government contracting matters.
We bring a proud record of excellent service and Our forensic accounting and commercial damages
high achievement – established over more than teams specialise in areas such as valuations,
40 years – to bear on today’s challenges. economic damages, investigations, bankruptcy
and intellectual property.
As trusted independent consultants, experts and
advisers, we deliver solutions amid uncertainty, HKA experts’ experience in government
dispute and overrun, and provide the insights that contracting is profound and covers contract
make the best possible outcomes a reality for disputes, investigating allegations of false claims
public and private sector clients worldwide. and defective pricing, compliance reviews and
audit services as well as other tailored support.
As well as more than 500 expert witnesses,
HKA now has in excess of 500 advisors and This profile document highlights our extensive
consultants – in over 40 offices across 17 experience of worldwide power and utilities 1
countries – with the skills and experience that projects, including thermal (coal-, gas- and oil-
are essential to get to the heart of even the most fired) power plants, cogeneration and combined
complex issues. heat and power (CHP) plants, combined-cycle
gas turbine (CCGT) plants, as well as power and
Our people have vast first-hand experience
desalination stations, and nuclear.
spanning all major industries and the world’s most
complex megaprojects, as well as an international We also have an impressive portfolio of
track record of achieving successful outcomes. assignments in renewables, including
HKA’s global portfolio includes prestigious hydroelectric, wind, solar, geothermal and energy-
projects on every continent and in market sectors from-waste.
that include buildings, industrial, infrastructure, oil
We are thought and gas, power and utilities, and technology.
In the utilities sector, HKA has extensive
experience of supporting utility providers,
leaders in our space, Clients have access to proven leaders and
problem-solvers who decode complexity through
contractors and subcontractors delivering the
infrastructure required for the safe, efficient and
decoding all aspects collaborative working and innovative thinking. reliable delivery of water, electricity and gas.
of complexity.
Global Member,
Energy Industries Council
“ Clients have access to
thought leaders with diverse
skills and the ability to
anticipate, investigate and
resolve complex challenges.
Renny Borhan
Partner & Chief Executive Officer ”
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HKA in numbers
100,000+
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Experience in project disputes resolved around the world, valued in excess of
100+
countries on all
Countries
US $250 BILLION
in the last forty years
7 continents 2,000+
engagements per year
1,000+
40+
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40+
People
Years of
experience Offices
500+ 500+
Consultants and Quantum, engineering, architecture and
advisors technical, delay, disruption, damages
and government contracts experts
Instructed by Involvement in
6,500+ Fluency in
clients worldwide
including government agencies, local authorities,
investors, developers, owners, operators, architects,
30+
of the world’s
100% 250+
engineers, project & construction managers, most spoken
contractors, specialist suppliers, manufacturers, languages
banks, lawyers and insurers of the world’s first-of-a-kind and global
top 20 law firms megaprojects
(by revenue)
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Consulting services
HKA has developed an international reputation for
innovative approaches to preventing and resolving
time and cost overruns on major construction
projects worldwide.
Our highly experienced professionals We have unrivalled knowledge
— comprising commercial and and experience in the preparation,
contracts managers, quantity appraisal, defence, negotiation and
surveyors, cost engineers, contract management of claims for extensions
administrators, planners and of time, prolongation, disruption,
schedulers as well as technical acceleration, loss and expense,
engineering specialists — are available changes in legislation and variations.
to support client teams at any stage
of a project’s life cycle. Our claims specialists investigate
and analyse the cause and effect
Many of our consultants are multi- of events, prepare submissions
qualified, holding both technical and and present cases. Our skills and
legal qualifications. Our experience experience are invaluable when
covers bespoke and standard forms of analysing contractual entitlement and
contract used in the procurement of causation, and quantifying the effects
major projects in various jurisdictions in pursuing or defending claims. This
Our services
around the world. thorough evaluation leads to the
4 best solutions for our clients. 5
Our professionals are highly
experienced in providing authoritative HKA is widely experienced in all
advice and assistance in selecting, forms of dispute resolution and in Adjudication Preparation and evaluation
drafting and reviewing construction managing the dispute resolution
y Issue evaluation and advice
of contract claims
contracts and establishing effective process, including representing
contract management procedures parties in mediation, conciliation and y Preparation of applications y Complex and major variations
to reduce the likelihood of adjudication, and providing support for adjudication y Extension of time
disputes arising. in arbitration and litigation.
y Preparation of responses y Delay and disruption
to adjudication y Acceleration
y Provision of adjudicators y Prolongation costs
Arbitration and litigation y Forensic data analytics
y Claims visualisation
y Strategy and advice
y System dynamics
y Provision of arbitrators
Our international reputation for resolving Seminars and training
Dispute avoidance
time and cost overruns is hard-earned. y Contractual awareness
y Dispute avoidance and management
Credible, objective analysis and innovative y Forms of contract
y Project audits and ‘health checks’
approaches to dispute resolution save y Dispute review board appointments
y Claims for time and money
our clients time and money. Clients who y Adjudication and dispute resolution
Mediation and conciliation
rely on our pragmatic advice know they y Bespoke in-house courses
y Strategy and advice
have the world’s most experienced claims
y Technical and commercial
consultancy on their side. position papers
y Provision of mediators and
conciliators
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Expert services
HKA is the world’s leading expert witness firm in the engineering and
construction industries. Our teams draw on hundreds of experts and vast
experience in every major industry sector and discipline. They have the
commercial, financial, planning, scheduling, technical and language skills
to get quickly to the heart of the most complex issues.
Our experts also quantify various types process. Expert teams with the most
of damages involving lost profits, business comprehensive experience from our global
valuation, business interruption, bankruptcy, network are assembled and deployed rapidly.
class action or intellectual property, This approach promotes greater collaboration
as well as leading fraud and regulatory and provides better value for money.
investigations; and we have a similarly
strong track record supporting contractors HKA experts help to resolve disputes in
to the federal government. expert determination, mediation, adjudication,
arbitration and litigation. Experienced as party-
Whether providing expert advisory, expert or tribunal-appointed experts, we are able to
determination or expert witness services, HKA advise and, if needed, give evidence under cross-
provides the unique, multidisciplinary service examination – including concurrent ‘hottubbing’
that combines quantum, engineering, delay, – in every jurisdiction.
disruption, damages, and government contracts.
HKA was awarded Who’s Who Legal’s (WWL)
With over 500 experts, including more than Construction Expert Witness Firm of the Year
350 engineering and technical experts, HKA has in 2018 and 2020. We have ranked as the top
a footprint on every continent. Our engineering firm in WWL’s Construction Expert Witnesses HKA employs some of the world’s foremost experts in many
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experts operate in many disciplines, including analysis for the last four years, with our leading disciplines, including:
architectural and building services; civil and quantum, engineering and delay experts being
structural; geotechnical; health, safety and recognised for their skills and reputation.
environmental; instrumentation and control Our expert witnesses also feature in WWL’s y Architectural y Project management y Mechanical engineering
systems; marine; mechanical and electrical; Arbitration, Litigation, Quantum of Damages, y Forensic accounting y Project monitoring y Metallurgy and materials
metallurgy and materials; and process Forensic Accounting, and Investigations analysis,
and energy. selected for their excellence across a wide range y Commercial damages y Civil engineering y Power engineering
of matters in dispute. y Business valuation y Electrical engineering y Process engineering
Clients have seamless access to stand-alone
experts or an integrated multidisciplinary We share this unparalleled expert knowledge y Business interruption y Fire engineering y Structural engineering
expert team of problem-solvers, who thrive with industry stakeholders. HKA has long hosted y Insurance claims y Health, safety and y Systems engineering
on decoding complexity. knowledge forums, seminars and workshops in environmental
association with leading QCs, barristers, lawyers y Construction management y Buildings defects
Our multidisciplinary expert service streamlines and trade associations around the world. y Delay and disruption y Instrumentation and control y Construction failure
and improves the entire dispute resolution systems
y Financial quantum y Professional competence
y Marine engineering
y Planning and scheduling y Standard of care
Recognition and professional standing
WWL Construction Ranked #1 in WWL Browse our Expert Centre to find the expertise that
Expert Firm of the Construction Expert matches your needs
Year, 2018 & 2020 Witnesses analysis in 2017,
2018, 2019 and 2020
Click here
Consistently HKA is the world’s largest
Ranked Highly in Corporate Provider to
the GAR TOP 100 The Academy of Experts
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Power & Utilities
Experience Americas
HKA has an extensive track record We also have an impressive portfolio of
assignments in renewables, including
in the power and utilities sector, hydroelectric, wind, solar, geothermal and
including thermal (coal-, gas- and energy-from-waste.
oil-fired) power plants, cogeneration In the utilities sector, HKA has extensive
and combined experience of supporting utility providers,
contractors and subcontractors, delivering the
heat and power (CHP) plants, infrastructure required for the safe, efficient and
combined-cycle gas turbine reliable delivery of water, electricity and gas.
(CCGT) plants, as well as power and The following is a representative selection of
desalination stations, and nuclear. recent projects where HKA has provided a range
of consulting, expert and advisory services.
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CHANGUINOLA I DAM COMANCHE 3 COAL-FIRED POWER JIRAU HYDROELECTRIC PLANT
CHANGUINOLA, BOCAS DEL TORO, PANAMA PLANT MADEIRA RIVER, BRAZIL
The largest roller-compacted concrete arch- PUEBLO, COLORADO, USA The fourth largest hydropower plant in Brazil.
gravity dam in Colorado’s first new coal-fired electric
the world. generating unit in nearly 30 years, featuring
state-of-the-art pollution controls.
CRESCENT DUNES SOLAR
ENERGY PROJECT
TONOPAH, NEVADA, USA
The first utility-scale facility in the world to
use molten salt for energy storage.
DURHAM YORK ENERGY CENTER INTERIOR TO LOWER MAINLAND
CLARINGTON, ONTARIO, CANADA TRANSMISSION LINE
The first new North American energy-from- MERRITT-COQUITLAM, BRITISH COLUMBIA,
waste facility in 20 years. CANADA
One of the province’s largest construction
projects in decades.
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Power & Utilities
ANDASOL 3 SOLAR PLANT
GRANADA, SPAIN
Europe’s largest solar energy site.
Experience Europe
OLKILUOTO 3 NUCLEAR POWER
PLANT
OLKILUOTO ISLAND, FINLAND
One of the largest industrial projects ever carried
out in Northern Europe.
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GREATER GABBARD OFFSHORE MARITZA EAST 1 LIGNITE-FIRED BEŁCHATÓW POWER PLANT SKÆRBÆK POWER STATION
WIND FARM POWER PLANT ŁÓDŹ PROVINCE, POLAND CONVERSION
SUFFOLK COAST, NORTH SEA, UK GALABOVO, BULGARIA The largest thermal power station in Europe FREDERICIA, DENMARK
One of the world’s largest offshore wind farms. One of the largest greenfield investments in and the world’s second largest coal-fired power Conversion of gas-fired power station to a
south-east Europe and the first large-scale plant. combined heat and power (CHP) plant using
power plant to be built in Bulgaria in more than sustainable wood chips to generate green
20 years. energy.
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Power & Utilities
SHUAIBAH INDEPENDENT WATER
& POWER PLANT (IWPP)
SHUAIBAH, SAUDI ARABIA
Experience Middle East & Africa The first IWPP in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and
the world’s largest desalination plant.
MEDUPI POWER STATION
LEPHALALE, SOUTH AFRICA
The world’s largest dry-cooled power station and
the fourth largest coal-fired plant in the world.
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AL QATRANA INTEGRATED POWER INGULA PUMPED STORAGE
PLANT (IPP) SCHEME
AL QATRANA, JORDAN KWAZULU-NATAL/FREE STATE BORDER, SOUTH
The second largest power plant in Jordan, AFRICA
supplied through the Arab Gas Pipeline. South Africa’s largest underground, pumped-
storage hydropower project.
YANBU 3 POWER & DESALINATION UMM AL HOUL POWER PLANT GRASSRIDGE WIND FARM
QATAR ECONOMIC ZONE 3, SOUTH OF DOHA, PORT ELIZABETH, EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH
PLANT QATAR AFRICA
AL-MADINAH PROVINCE, SAUDI ARABIA
Integrated combined-cycle power and The first wind energy project in South Africa
One of the Kingdom’s first supercritical power seawater desalination plant, supplying to be established on mining land at a working
plants to run on heavy fuel oil. almost one quarter of Qatar’s electricity limestone quarry.
needs.
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Power & Utilities
Experience Asia Pacific
MANJUNG 4 POWER PLANT
PERAK, MALAYSIA
Southeast Asia’s first ultra-supercritical
coal-fired power plant.
ESSENTIAL ENERGY, NETWORK TANJUNG BIN ENERGY
DELIVERY REFORM PROGRAMME POWER PLANT (T4)
NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA JOHOR, MALAYSIA
Australia’s largest electricity network. Malaysia’s first privately-owned coal-fired power
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KUDGI SUPERTHERMAL POWER
PROJECT (STPP)
KARNATAKA, INDIA
West Bengal’s first supercritical coal-fired power
plant.
THE MARDI-MANGROVE LINK THEUN-HINBOUN HYDROELECTRIC
PIPELINE POWER PROJECT EXPANSION
WYONG RIVER-MANGROVE CREEK DAM, NAM THEUN RIVER, LAOS
NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA The first PPP project in Laos developed under a
The largest water infrastructure project BOOT contractual arrangement.
undertaken on the Central Coast for 25 years.
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CRUX 2020 CRUX INSIGHT
Engineering and construction
HKA’s integrated research programme, CRUX, A regional analysis of causation
draws on our unprecedented bank of knowledge Find out more about
to provide valuable insights into the most common our CRUX research
Lessons learned from claims and disputes
causes of claims and disputes on engineering and
construction projects where our experts have
provided claims consulting and dispute resolution
services across multiple sectors around the world.
As the world’s leading construction claims and dispute
resolution firm in the industry, we have access to a rich
resource of major project data from more than 1,100
projects with a combined value exceeding US$1.8 trillion.
All decision-makers on projects can profit from a clearer www.hka.com/crux
understanding of the recurring causes of claims and
disputes. We encourage governments and professional
bodies to engage with the CRUX research programme’s
findings and its implications for planning, procurement,
project governance and controls. Please feel free to contact
a member of the CRUX team should you be interested in
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Download the report here
ENQUIRIES@HKA.COMOur people
We employ the best people with
diverse skills and the insight to
anticipate, investigate and resolve
project challenges.
Our greatest strength is our people. At HKA, we have honed highly effective
ways of working, which we always follow.
Their knowledge and expertise Whether we are providing consulting,
repeatedly deliver the best possible expert or advisory services, our people
outcomes for our clients. will:
We attract, retain and develop the y Focus on your organisation’s business
leading talent from across the industry imperatives
and a wide spectrum of disciplines. They y Challenge conventional thinking and
are knowledgeable people with strong
approaches
skills and experience, many of them
multi-qualified in technical and legal y Work with you and your team to
professions. shape shared solutions
As part of the world’s pre-eminent y Work relentlessly in pursuit of the
consultancy in the field, our people get best outcomes
to work on the most challenging and
exciting projects with a rich variety of y Use inventive thinking to deliver
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clients. HKA people live and breathe practical and innovative answers
complex projects, and commit to our core y Implement and carry through change,
principles. if required, as well as propose it
y Act with integrity and respect to earn
our place as your trusted independent
advisor
Our people are leaders and problem-
solvers, who thrive on complexity. By
collaborative practices and innovative
thinking, our clients receive an
offering that is constantly evolving and
improving in response to their needs.
ENQUIRIES@HKA.COMOur values
When we engage with our clients, our
success revolves around individual
relationships and trust.
We convey a message of careful thinking Our brand values and core principles
and planning, offering a steady hand to help shape our behaviour and actions,
our clients. At the same time, we deliver a ensuring we remain on the right path and
responsive service with an ability to bring fulfil our goals to our stakeholders. We
out our values and knowledge to bear on continuously strive to add value, create
any situations that arise throughout the solutions, deliver excellence and exceed
life cycle of projects, programmes and expectations.
portfolios.
Agile Innovative
We embrace and adapt rapidly to change, We know what we are doing and how
challenges, events and opportunities. We to innovate. We encourage different
are very clear about what we stand for. thinking and are open to the potential of
We look to the future. new ideas, methods and technologies.
Collaborative Passionate
20 We embrace the principles, practices and We are inspiring and distinctive, and our 21
processes of collaborative organisational professional commitment earns the most
structure that enhance communications interest and authority in our space, both
and the exchange of ideas, and on- and off-line.
foster teamwork.
Confident
We inspire clients to trust us with their
business and business-critical projects
and decision-making.
We foster a culture that encourages
a collaborative environment where
ideas are shared and opinions are
openly discussed in pursuit of the best
outcomes for our clients, people and
other key stakeholders.
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