Company Oil & Gas Experiences

Mr. Alphonse Dell' Isola, PE, RICS, FSAVE
President
A J. Dell'Isola Consulting

The value engineering methodology for manufacturing was first developed by the late Larry Miles a General Electric employee during W.W.II, and later pioneered by Mr. Alphonse Dell' Isola, PE, RICS, FSAVE for its application, and use in the construction industry twelve years after his graduation from MIT in 1950.

The Value Engineering Law, now known as Public Law 104-106 is, in great part credited to, Mr. Alphonse Dell' Isola pioneering of the application in construction, and his expert testimony to several Senate and House Committees. He has been instrumental in introducing VE Programs in over 35 countries, 30 government agencies and 30 large corporations. He has conducted over 1000 contracts for various organizations and agencies on projects valued at over 55 billion dollars that resulted in implemented savings of some $2.5 Billion.

Company experience on facilitating and conducting successful Value Engineering workshops for Offshore Projects / Onshore Oil and Gas Projects:

1. Saudi Aramco Corp. – Corporate Office Complex, Aramco Compound-Dhahran, SA
2. Saudi Aramco Oil Refinery – Oil Storage Facility, Aircraft Hangers, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
3. Offshore Gas/Oil Platform, North Sea for Kaeverner, H&G Ltd., London, England
4. Oil Refinery & Plant Electrical Upgrade, California and Saudi Arabia, Chevron, CA
5. Star Enterprise/Texaco Oil Co. VE Workshop Training Seminar, Houston, Tex.
6. Off Shore Drill Platform, North Sea ($1 Billion)

Richard D. Ridgeway
VE Program Manager


A former Saudi Aramco Expatriate, Mr. Ridgeway’s, career in Value Engineering began in 1972, when Mr. Al Dell’Isola his eventual mentor of more than 40 years in, the value engineering methodology hired him to a full-time department staff position as, a VE Workshop Team Member (Electrical) for, 250 VE studies involving a major Chicago School Rehabilitation Program (250 schools).

Mr. Ridgeway’s, experience in the Oil & Gas industry began in 1975, when he accepted a position as, a Construction Engineer for Fluor Engineers & Constructors during construction of, the Valdez Oil Terminal at Valdez, Alaska.

In 1976, while still a construction engineer for Fluor Engineers & Constructors during construction of, Valdez Alaska Oil Terminal, Mr. Ridgeway completed his thesis on “Japanese Steel Imports for the Alaskan Oil Pipeline” that summer semester at, The University of Chicago, Graduate School of International Economics. The research paper was highly critical of, The United States Steel Industry.

During that summer semester a department faculty member, Dr. Milton Friedman, Professor Emeritus, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics.

Mr. Ridgeway’s, experience expanded in the Oil & Gas industry in 1981, when he accepted a position as Senior Cost Estimator (4 years), Northern Area Projects, Project Design & Construction, ARAMCO at, Ras Tanura Saudi Arabia.

As Senior Cost Estimator he provided hundreds of cost estimates for, major capital expenditures involving Oil & Gas projects (including 2 offshore platforms from Japan) for review and approval by, ARAMCO Board of Directors

Other Oil & Gas Services:
Star Enterprise/Texaco Oil Co. VE Workshop Training Seminar, Houston, Tex.

Company experience on facilitating successful ARAMCO cost estimates for Offshore Projects / Onshore Oil and Gas Projects:

1. ARAMCO Refinery & Gas Plant, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia (More than 500 estimates)
2. ARAMCO Offshore Platforms, Oil Pipelines, Gas Pipelines (More than 500 estimates)