Claims and disputes resolution. Construction contracts training. Power, refining, chemical, LNG projects. Business development in Asia.

Kit Werremeyer is the Owner and President of Southernstar Consultants LLC. Southernstar Consultants provides one and two day practical training courses in understanding and negotiating construction contracts, in addition to providing other professional services to US and international engineering and construction companies. He retired in 2001 from Chicago Bridge & Iron Company after 32 years of service. His last position was Vice President and Area Director of Sales and Marketing for Asia, located in Singapore where he was responsible for area sales, marketing and contracting, and for the general management of area subsidiaries. He has extensive US and international experience in the development, sales, contracting and construction of turnkey oil, gas, refining, chemical, power and LNG projects. He has 13 years of management, sales, engineering, construction and contracting experience in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan and the Peoples Republic of China. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois with a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

He has had successful US and international sales, contracting, claims settlement, dispute resolution and EPC project development experience with a broad range of major companies such as: Bechtel, Kellogg Brown & Root, Fluor, J.A. Jones, Black & Veatch, DuPont, Shell Oil, Caltex, Exxon/Mobil, BP/Amoco/ARCO, Air Products and Chemicals, Koch Industries, Florida Power and Light, Chiyoda Corporation (Japan), Japan Gasoline Corp., Mitsui(Japan), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries(Japan), Petronas (Malaysia), Thai Oil Company, Pertamina (Indonesia), SINOPEC (Peoples Republic of China), Van Ommeren (Holland), McConnell Dowell (Australia), Thiess Contractors (Australia), Sembawang Corp. (Singapore), Voest-Alpine(Austria), Daelim (Korea) and Hyundai(Korea).

He is the author of the book: Understanding and Negotiating Construction Contracts published by RSMeans, ISBN 0-87629-822-6.