Engineering & Construction Disputes
- Transportation Infrastructure
- Building and Construction
- Ports
- Utilities
- Oil and Gas
- Communications
- Aerospace and Defence
Transportation Infrastructure
2006 MBABANE-NGWENYA MR3 ROAD, SWAZI – Dispute Review Board member for $68million, 11km dual carriageway road with six grade separated interchanges, twenty four slip roads, ten footbridges and adjacent service roads, all in mountainous terrain. The project also includes construction of more than 200 new houses in resettlement areas.
2006 KAMPALA NORTHERN BYPASS, UGANDA – Independent expert determination on liability, extent and quantum of delay and disruption relating to unforeseeable physical conditions affecting the 30 month programme and execution of a $60million roads project of 21kms of single and dual carriageway road and various bridges, access roads and junctions.
2006 A4 MOTORWAY AT SOSNICA, POLAND – Quantum Expert to claimant contractor JV to value acceleration, delay and disruption for arbitration. The motorway project was delayed by difficulties in achieving subgrade compaction and by the deferment of the design of a crucial interchange.
2006 BISUNJU-KIBOGA-HOIMA ROAD, UGANDA – World Bank approved Contract Claims Specialist to Ugandan Government on claim for assessment of extension of time and valuation of delay, variations and disruption on 145km regional highway upgrading project.
2003 RUSAYL TO NIZWA ROAD, OMAN - Quantum Expert to claimant contractor on £40m claim for valuation of variations and disruption arising from rock instability on 64km regional highway duelling project.
2003 BOLE AIRPORT EARTHWORKS, ADDIS ABBABA - Quantum Expert to claimant subcontractor on £8m claim for disruption arising from variations to sequence and timing of work. Evidence given.
2001 A12 GORLESTON RELIEF ROAD - Delay and Quantum Expert to respondent on £5m claim for prolongation and disruption to road construction arising from piling difficulties.
2001 M57 to A562 LINK ROAD - Delay and Disruption Expert to respondent local authority on £10m claim for disruption to highway earthworks and structures.
1999 A469 - Quantum Expert to claimant main contractor on £15m claim for re-rating, prolongation and disruption relative to nature of material encountered in cut and fill operations on roadworks. Evidence given.
1998 A34 NEWBURY BYPASS - Advice to highway structures sub-contractor on substantiation required to justify application for £0.6m payment for disruption and analysis of merits.
1998 MERSEYRAIL SUB-SURFACE STATIONS - Technical assessor to Rail Industry Dispute Resolution Committee on maintenance costs of stations.
1998 PEASEHOLME BRIDGE, YORK - Quantum Expert to piling contractor defending a £0.3m claim for delay and disruption, brought before the OR by the tripod piling sub-contractor. Evidence given.
1997 M6E BROMFORD VIADUCT - Quantum Expert on defence against £3.7m delay and disruption claim related to Viaduct waterproofing system.
1997 A19 EASINGWOLD BYPASS - Project analysis and guidance of £3.7m delay and disruption matter, concerning embankment and overbridge civil construction, to negotiated settlement
1997 A20 COURTWOOD TO DOVER - Contractual advice to the Employer on beach reclamation and sea wall civil engineering dispute that was eventually settled by conciliation.
1996 A31 JUNCTION BRIDGE, FARNHAM - Contractual advice, dispute management and advocate for the Employer in this £0.5m civil engineering arbitration concerning temporary works arrangements for a skew bridge and the contractors responsibility for executing the works.
1996 A406/A10 JUNCTION ARBITRATION - Quantum Expert to the defence on major £14m civil engineering dispute. Analysis of effect of delay and disruption events on complex junction remodelling scheme.
1995 A406 FALLODEN WAY - Investigation, claim preparation, provision of commercial advice and administrative assistance to piling and diaphragm wall sub-contractor on £3m problem relating to concrete quality and constraints on diaphragm wall construction forming part of underpass in a civil engineering scheme.
1991 CONWY ROAD TUNNEL APPROACH - Review of piling difficulties and establishment of quantum for piling sub-contractor's £4m claim on this civil engineering project.
1990 M6 RESURFACING - Provision of expert evidence in £0.15m arbitration on delay and disruption suffered by earthworks sub-contractor on civil works. Evidence given.
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Building and Construction
2005 49 WELLINGTON STREET, COVENT GARDEN – Programming Expert to Claimant on claim for extension of time. Evidence given.
2005 CITY INN, WESTMINSTER - Quantum Expert to Respondent on claim for extension of time and loss and expense.
2004 PHARMACEUTICAL FACTORY, SLIGO, IRELAND – Programming Expert to Respondent on claim for extension of time.
2004 SURREY UNIVERSITY – Programming Expert to Respondent on claim for extension of time.
2002 CAIRO MEDIA CITY - Quantum Expert to claimant contractor on £65m claim for valuation of variations, remeasurement and assessment of disruption on major building project
1998 HEATHROW TERMINALS 2 & 4 - Quantum Expert to defendant on £0.3m ceiling and partitioning installation delay and disruption claim.
1998 BURLINGTON HOTEL, BIRMINGHAM - Quantum Expert to defendant on £0.1m electrical installation delay and disruption claim.
1994 BOTSWANA NATIONAL HEALTH INSTITUTE REDEVELOPMENT - Establishment of project planning and project management systems for £6.5m redevelopment of 450 student residential nurses college on fully developed city centre site to be kept fully operational during redevelopment.
1994 1400 HOUSING UNITS - Preparation of electrical sub-contractors claim and provision of commercial advice on major international civil engineering project in Botswana
1993 YIEWSLEY SHELTERED HOUSING - Preparation and negotiation of contractor's claim for £0.5m for delay and disruption on housing scheme.
1992 NORWICH CITY CENTRE REDEVELOPMENT - Preparation of fire alarm sub-contractor's claim for £0.5m.
1989 BROADMEAD REDEVELOPMENT, BRISTOL - Cost management for contractor on £3m piling and diaphragm wall works contract.
1989 CANARY WHARF - Agreement of figures as figures for arbitration proceedings between electrical controls sub-contractor and sub-sub-contractor.
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Ports
1992 NEWPORT DOCK - Independent liability report for the Employer in this £0.65m civil engineering dispute concerning the refurbishment of dock gates.
1991 BARROW DOCK ENTRANCE - Assessment of contractor's £13m claim for the employer and provision of advice to the Engineer for Engineer’s Decisions on overdosing of plasticiser, obstructions to caisson sinking, jetty drainage, blasting operations and piling.
1990 KORANGI FISHERIES HARBOUR, PAKISTAN - Project analysis including consideration of technical review of problem areas for preparation of £5m contractors claim relative to hydraulically placed land fill, wick drain installation and precast jetty piling grouted into chiselled rock sockets.
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Utilities
2006 DUBLIN BAY SEWAGE PIPELINE, IRELAND – Quantum Expert to main contractor JV, valuing site and head office overheads resulting from delays in laying the pipeline. The pipeline is the longest single pull curved submarine pipeline in the world.
2005 IRIS MEARY VEG, ISLE OF MAN – Delay and Disruption Expert to main contractor, assisting in preparing presentation on delay and disruption for conciliation to recover £8m losses on sewage treatment scheme consolidating whole island’s facilities.
2005 YUNCAN HYDRO POWER PROJECT, PERU – Assistant to Delay Expert in ascertainment of facts on two year overrun of 25km run-of-river dams and tunnels scheme.
2002 LESOTHO HIGHLANDS WATER PROJECT - Quantum Expert to claimant jv contractor on £10m claim for prolongation costs, disruption and labour escalation on arch dam construction. Evidence given.
1990 ROSEIRES POWER STATION, SUDAN - Project analysis, preparation of delay and disruption claim on the civil engineering element of the extension to the hydroelectric turbine hall.
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Oil and Gas
2005 RUWAIS REFINERY, ABU DHABI – Quantum and Delay Expert to subcontractor on £35m claims related to late issue of materials and information, delay, disruption and inefficiencies due to instructions on manning levels on a ULG extension to the refinery.
1987 AWG1 - Claim preparation for electrical and instrumentation contractor relating to shoreside and offshore work to a North Sea gas production platform
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Communications
2005 LAS VEGAS MONORAIL – Delay Expert to respondent insurer on £8m claim in arbitration for recovery of liquidated and ascertained damages related to delays concerning automated train control system.
1997 M4/M5 COMMUNICATIONS - Quantum Expert to main contractor on motorway signals installation. Providing expert opinion on defence to £1m delay and disruption claim being brought by sub-contractor on this project which was extended by 52 weeks. Evidence given.
1996 CAA EN-ROUTE CENTRE AT SWANWICK - Quantum Expert on defence against £1.5m disruption claim related to the fire alarm and instrumentation installation system.
Aerospace and Defence
1996 RAF BENSON - Quantum Expert to mechanical and electrical works sub-contractor claimant on £1m delay and wrongful determination dispute. Calculation of delay and disruption costs.
