Christopher J. Dillon

Christopher Dillon has over 35 years of experience in organizing and managing complex construction projects for both public and private owners in Panama and the region. He traditionally takes a “boots on” approach to managing construction problems in the field. As Project Principal he administers a key role in ensuring the project plan is built efficiently and within budget. Chris also assists owners, architects, engineers and other contractors on a broad range of constructability opportunities associated with infrastructure development, including “problem project” turnaround and delivery, optimum methodologies, critical path procurement, and project management.

Chris’s specific experience includes work on heavy civil and marine construction including:

• Ports, piers, docks and other marine structures
• Power plant civil works including structural steel assembly
• Bridges
• Complex mechanical structures

Recently Chris devised an alternative piling system for the foundation construction for crude oil storage tanks (620,000 bbl. each) in western Panama. The concept formed the basis for a proposal to the owners of Panama’s trans-isthmian pipeline. The foundation construction was successfully completed at a cost savings of several million dollars compared with the owner’s conventional solution.

Christopher is a graduate of Rollins College; the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird); and the Harvard Business School.