Consulting

What Do We Do?

Our consulting services stem from our over thirty years of experience in the resolution of technical, cost, and schedule issues associated with construction and repair disputes in the marine and offshore industries. Fisher Maritime is able to assist in the resolution of these issues in a number of ways, including:

Specialized project management support for stabilization of troubled ship and rig construction situations
Contract disputes: Assistance in resolving ongoing disputes prior to litigation or arbitration
Closing-out troubled shipyard projects in a least-cost, least-risk manner
Claims: Preparation of and defense against claims associated with shipyard and offshore projects
Project Management Training: Focused training of company personnel to guard against future project troubles

When Do You Need Us?

Contract Formation

Fisher Maritime prepares drafts of contracts, specifications, and complete bid packages for new construction, conversion, overhaul, or repair. We also provide a quality assurance review of already-drafted contracts and specifications - see more.

Litigation Support

We support our clients involved with construction and repair disputes in courts or arbitration, as well as preparation for mediation. Our early intervention often helps clients avoid litigation - see more.

Project Dispute Resolution

Project dispute resolution takes many forms, from project-phase analysis through litigation. In every situation, we provide accurate assessments and incontrovertible analyses - see more.

Project Management

Fisher Maritime consultants are well grounded in commercial and naval fleet construction and repair practices. We provide on-deck project management services for shipyard construction and conversion projects - see more.

Specification Quality Assurance

Fisher Maritime reviews the technical specifications for major projects during contract formation to ensure absence of ambiguities, completeness of expressed intents, clarity of assignment of responsibilities, and correction of ambiguous assumptions that will be used for bidding purposes - see more.