Timothy R. Chitester, P.E.

HKA Global LLC

Timothy R. Chitester is a Registered Professional Engineer with over 45 years of experience in the engineering, design and construction industry. His wide breadth of experience includes the resolution of construction disputes, construction claims, property loss and business interruption claims, as well as project design, engineering and project management.

Mr. Chitester has been directly involved in the design, scheduling, construction, and retrofit of more than 50 fossil fuel, hydroelectric, biofuel, and nuclear plants as both the engineer of record and the EPC contractor. He has specific experience and knowledge in scheduling and implementing energy related projects, including oil & gas, mine operations, pipelines, distributed generation, cogeneration, combined cycle, simple cycle, district energy and renewable energy projects.

He has been responsible for the technical development, engineering and design, hiring and management of subcontractors, and operation of projects in 12 countries. Mr. Chitester has also completed, as the EPC contractor, more than 10 lump sum turn-key power and energy projects, also known as demand side management performance contracts. Mr. Chitester has completed feasibility studies including scoping audits and investment grade audits of more than 20 developmental projects. Mr. Chitester has also served in two roles directly in a utility position on loan to major utilities on operating plants.

Mr. Chitester is recognized as an expert on construction claims and has testified in federal court, state court, AAA arbitration, ICDR arbitration, ICC arbitration, Canadian ADR arbitration and Chinese Arbitration Association of Taiwan arbitration relating to matters of construction management, contractor and engineer standard of care, trade use of contracts, cost, schedule, and productivity with resultant delay and disruption.