Scott A. Fraser
Scott has worked with Watson Millican & Co. since 2009. He has over 45 years of developing/designing, operating and commercial experience in the electric power industry. Scott’s experience ranges from construction, commissioning and troubleshooting powerplants, providing technical support for clients specifically with natural gas, oil, solid fuel and circulating fluidized bed CFB plants.
Scott has testified five times in disputes in international arbitrations involving power plant design, construction and commissioning.
Qualifications
- Sc. Mechanical Engineering – Queens University
- M.B.A. – Dalhousie University
Designations
- Professional Engineer Retired Status, Nova Scotia
Expertise
- Construction disputes, Power Plant Development, Design, Execution, Commissioning, Testing, & Operations
Industries
- Electric Utilities, Independent Power, Large Industrial and Mining
Example Engagements
- Arbitration India – Provided expert investigation, prepared expert reports and testimony regarding an EPC construction dispute associated with a Circulating Fluid Bed (CFB) boiler coal fired co-generation facility.
- ICC Arbitration – Provided expert investigation, prepared expert reports and testimony regarding an EPC construction dispute involving a co-generation facility associated with an oil refinery which included conventional boiler firing high-asphaltene oil and sea water desalination issues.
- ICC Arbitration – Provided expert investigation, prepared expert reports and testimony regarding a technology transfer dispute regarding CFB boiler designs.
- ICC Arbitration – Provided expert investigation and prepared expert reports regarding a pulverized coal fired boiler which experienced combustion related boiler tube failures. Case settled before hearing started.
- Supreme Court Western Australia – Provided expert analysis and prepared expert reports regarding power plant testing procedures associated with a combined cycle gas turbine plant. Case settled before trial started.
- ICC Power Plant Arbitration – Provided expert investigation, prepared expert reports and testimony regarding a power plant completion dispute involving commissioning and testing procedures associated with a combined cycle gas turbine plant.
- ICC Power Plant Arbitration – Provided expert investigation, prepared expert reports and testimony regarding a power plant with a CFB boiler involving material handling and numerous piping issues.
