Dr. Lifrieri was retained by a prominent New Jersey Law Firm on behalf of the County Government to evaluate the costs associated with a portion of the 2011 - 2012 development of an urban park called the Riverfront Park site in Essex County, New Jersey. The County requested that Dr. Lifrieri perform an independent cost breakdown of the actual expenditures the County had made to complete the environmental investigation and remediation of the Rubin Site. The County provided the actual construction costs to construct the cap and Dr. Lifrieri utilized these costs in conjunction with the Environmental Consultant’s costs to establish the total costs expended on this effort. In addition Dr. Lifrieri was asked to evaluate the cost to close the site had the site been used to store tractor trailers and storage containers only.

Dr. Lifrieri was retained by Crum and Forster to assist counsel to defend against a mold related claim against their insured relating to negligence and performance of work not in conformance with good engineering practice.

Dr. Lifrieri was retained by Lewis Brisbois to provide expert rock engineering services to assist them with a damages claim filed by a worker for a rockfall incident at the construction site for the Second Avenue Subway.

Dr. Lifrieri was retained by an Owner of a large piece of property to provide expert claims consultation for the remediation and repair of sinkhole settlement and occurrences beneath the ground floor slab in an existing hospital.

Dr. Lifrieri was retained by AJS Acquisition to document the losses sustained by its subsidiary before, during, and after Super Storm Sandy in October 2012 in accordance with the provisions noted in their business interruption insurance policy and to prepare a business interruption claim report. Dr. Lifrieri reviewed financial data prepared by AJS Acquisitions and developed a forensic financial approach geared towards quantifying AJS’ loss.

Dr. Lifrieri was retained by a major utility to provide expert consultation regarding an alleged impact to groundwater levels attributed to the client. The client was alleged to have installed a caisson foundation for a utility pole that reportedly may have caused the groundwater to rise in the proximate area and impact a nearby residence. Dr. Lifrieri performed an investigation of the hydro-geologic conditions of the region and assessed whether or not the construction work was responsible for the alleged rise in the groundwater table.

Dr. Lifrieri was retained by Endurance Insurance Company to provide a Claim Investigation and prepare a report concerning the loss attributed to the insurance company’s client as a result of his installation of a continuous emission monitoring system at a Pennsylvania Power Plant site. The claim investigation included a discussion with the client regarding background proposal and purchase order information, events leading up to the levying of the emissions violation and included discussions with PADEP. Dr. Lifrieri requested and received files for review from PADEP. Dr. Lifrieri provided a description of the loss claim and its history leading up to the levying of a Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems (CEMS) violation, provided a log of events leading up to the violation claim, provided a history and loss background, a description of performed remedial activities to prevent further lack of notification of emission exceedances from the CEM Data Acquisition System (CEMDAS) installed by the client, conducted an assessment of imposed fines and costs to date, and presented a discussion of subrogation, and our conclusions and recommendations regarding this claim.

Dr. Lifrieri was retained by a consultant hired by a contractor working for the USACE along the Sprain Brook River Embankment installing stream bank retaining structures. The USACE was concerned about the construction procedures utilized to install drilled shafts and potentially related settlement of adjacent structures. Dr. Lifrieri assisted in the conducting of a Forensic Analysis and Investigations; performed a construction defect analysis; and, helped prepare an expert report concluding that revised drilled shaft techniques would be successful.

Dr. Lifrieri was retained to assist on a project to provide expert consultation and testimony on a claim filed by a contractor alleging that the structures' foundations were damaged during construction following a storm event because the law firm's client failed to perform its work in a professional manner or to the standard of care required of it in its industry. Dr. Lifrieri reviewed voluminous documentation and attended meetings. Dr. Lifrieri has been asked to prepare an expert report regarding its findings and provide testimony.

Dr. Lifrieri assisted a confidential insurance client in the claim review for a petroleum discharge which was uncovered during the excavation for a PCB remediation at the Brook Warehousing Site in Bridgewater, NJ. Dr. Lifrieri concluded that the discharge was remnant from a UST tank closure that was performed in 1998 which received an NFA letter from NJDEP.