CONSTRUCTION DRB - Key Persons
Andy is an astute planner, with over 10 years of experience in diverse industries such as Construction, Oil & Gas, Iron / Steel Mfg & Baggage Handling Systems. A data and process driven, strategic thinker with strong leadership skills and good Commercial Acumen.
Job Titles:
- Consulting Specialist
- Expert Witness
Chris is a consulting specialist in the fields of delay and disruption.
Chris has over 12 years' experience in the construction and engineering sectors providing planning, project management, forensic delay / disruption analysis and claims management services to clients in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
Chris is a tradesman, draftsman and civil engineer, qualified in Australia, and a member of multiple industry bodies. This combination of skills constitutes the basis for his current specialism in forensic delay and disruption.
As a delay and disruption analyst, Chris has experience in applying critical path methods of analyses to identify the incidence, extent and causes of critical delay to construction and engineering projects. He has also had experience in undertaking production and productivity analyses (measured mile, studied and baseline approaches) to quantify delay and loss attributable to disruption. Chris has previously prepared expert reports and acted in lead analyst roles for party appointed experts, preparing quantum, delay and disruption analysis used as evidence in adjudication, arbitration and litigation.
David is an extremely experienced planning professional predominantly working in the construction and engineering industry but his extensive understanding of the discipline means that he can apply methods and techniques to virtually any situation.
David is committed to the planning and programming discipline having been involved in this aspect of the industry for over 40 years. He started his career working for major UK construction contractors and since 2001 has provided consultancy in planning and programming with specific focus on forensic delay analysis. His academic and professional qualifications reflect his dedication and he has developed a number of techniques, in particular time impact analysis, that have become adopted as industry standards.
David is an experienced expert witness in adjudication, arbitration and litigation, including on international matters and under cross-examination by senior counsel.
Duncan has more than 35 years' experience as a quantity surveyor, project manager, and employer's agent, working for major consultancies and national and international contractors. This experience includes commercial and project management of infrastructure and power generation projects, offices, laboratories and research facilities, housing and residential schemes, retail, leisure and mixed-use schemes, and educational establishments. He has worked on projects using standard and bespoke main works contracts and sub-contracts including JCT, FIDIC, NEC3, IChemE and PPC2000.
Since 2008 Duncan has specialised in dispute resolution. He has been named as expert in many disputes and has provided written and oral evidence in court and in ADR. He has worked on disputes in several sectors and across geographies with claim values of up to several billion pounds.
Duncan also undertakes multiple dispute avoidance commissions on live projects to reduce claims, e.g. from subcontractors to main contractors, or main contractors to employers.
Finn practices in construction and property and provides advice and advocacy for contractors and owners on complex matters. Finn has acted in disputes for prominent developers, contractors and commercial property owners in the Wellington and Auckland regions. He has litigated major cases on defects, variations and time related claims. Many of these disputes have proceeded through arbitration. Finn has a deep understanding of expert evidence on construction related matters and has considerable trial experience involving experts. Prior to commencing as barrister sole in 2023, Finn was a partner for 9 years at Gibson Sheat, where he headed the firm's construction team department.
Finn's experience includes strategic and drafting advice on contracts and procurement related issues. He is familiar with a wide range of standard forms (including NZS3910, NZIA, NEC and FIDIC). He worked for a UK law firm, Freeths, in its construction and engineering team where he practiced in professional negligence and infrastructure claims before returning to New Zealand to set up a construction team at Gibson Sheat.
Finn provides legal advice and support for members of the Australasian Timber Flooring Association and is a regular article writer for that organisation's magazine. He is also a member of the Construction Law Society and a Board member for the Common Unity Aotearoa Project, a charity that works across Lower Hutt to address the lack of affordable and healthy food.
Job Titles:
- Capita in 2015 As a Director of Expert
An accomplished and professional programming expert, Paul joined Capita in 2015 as a director of expert witness and advisory services. Previously a director of Gleeds Advisory, Paul led a team of construction professionals offering expert advisory and CPR compliant expert witness services to any of the parties in a potential or actual dispute.
Paul has over 40 years' experience in construction and his personal expertise is planning & programming (scheduling) either for live projects or for forensic delay analysis - to evaluate entitlement to extension of time.
His international experience covers a wide range of sectors from buildings and infrastructure, to ship-building and oil and gas.
Raine has worked in the construction industry since the age of 17. She relishes the challenges it presents and has built an extremely successful career around the management and resolution of complex construction issues.
Raine spent her formative years working for private quantity surveying practices in the UK, studied for a law degree and latterly a masters degree in Construction Law and Arbitration whilst in full time employment, and following that, membership of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 1998.
For over 20 years, Raine has advised Clients and Contractors on best practice procurement, commercial management procedures and dispute resolution in addition to lecturing internationally on many related subjects, such as Construction legislation, Arbitration, FIDIC, NEC, NZS and other forms of contract along with commercial management, administration and dispute avoidance.
In doing so, Raine has built up a global reputation for successfully trouble shooting projects and resolving disputes without the need for formal litigation, working on many high profile, international contracts.
Raine founded CMC Asia Pacific in 2013 and, in a short time, has developed it into a professional and well-respected organisation within the region.
Raine has acted as Advocate, Neutral and Expert in numerous disputes both nationally and internationally.
Robert is a published author and an accredited mediator who focuses on civil and commercial mediation, drawing from over 30 years' experience mainly in the construction and engineering industry.
Robert favours mediation over other dispute resolution methods as the parties control their own destiny, with facilitation by a skilled mediator. With mediation, you will strive to arrive at an outcome that you can both live with and then move on with your lives. This is something you may not get with other forms of dispute resolution.
Job Titles:
- Civil Engineer
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Principal of CFPM Solutions
Shady is a Delay Analysis and Forensic Planning Expert with over 15 years of extensive planning and scheduling experience in different project profiles which varied from mixed use development, high-rise towers, infrastructure.
Shady is a civil engineer by qualification, he holds a Master of Laws in Construction Law and Arbitration that emphasize on delay claims in common law jurisdictions: in particular delay analysis, concurrent delay and a comparative approach between the different forms contract including the Australian standard form contracts, this had significant impact on the level of investigation and the standard of service provided for matters involving delay and requiring forensic analysis.
Shady is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), a graded Arbitrator with Resolution Institute, he also holds a post graduate diploma in project management, a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP).
Shady is the principal of CFPM Solutions, a boutique Construction Forensics and Project Management firm that provides the following services: Planning & Scheduling, Front-end Delay Analysis, Back-end Forensic Planning / Forensic Advisory, Expert Witness (Delay), Expert Determination and Arbitrations.
Job Titles:
- Expert
- Is Director of Alexander
Steve Alexander is an expert in building science, technology and regulations. Since 1997 he has investigated over 1000 buildings including appointments as expert witness in over 500 building and construction disputes. He has provided expert evidence in tribunals, adjudications, arbitrations and the High Court as well as appearing in hundreds of mediations as expert witness.
In determinative dispute resolution he conducts expert determination, adjudication and arbitration. His detailed understanding of the building industry assists with clarifying and resolving complex building disputes. Building disputes are invariably complex so the ability to accurately distill the issues into the facts and principals of law reduces cost.
Working throughout New Zealand in expert witness work he is regularly instructed by central and local government, insurers, institutional property owners and home owners. Has acted as Engineer to the Contract under NZS 3910 on many projects.
Steve is Director of Alexander and Co Ltd, Director of Eclipse Investments Ltd, Trustee or advisor to three trusts, Building Science Specialist, Building Surveyor and Dispute Resolution Consultant. He is resident in Auckland with interests in Christchurch, Hawkes Bay and Taupo regions.
Steven is an accomplished construction professional with 30 years' experience in the industry gained initially as a quantity surveyor for a major multinational contractor, and thereafter in senior quantity surveying and commercial management positions.
Since 2003, he has specialised in contract law and now combines his extensive practical experience with legal qualifications to provide high quality, realistic and cost effective dispute resolution, commercial management and training services to a variety of clients internationally.
Job Titles:
- Arb AACE RICS Accredited Expert Witness
- Senior Director in the Construction Practice of FTI Consulting 's Forensic
Thierry Linares is a Senior Director in the Construction practice of FTI Consulting's Forensic and Litigation team, based in Paris. He joined FTI Consulting in 2016, having spent most of his professional career on major oil and gas and infrastructure projects.
Thierry has 15 years of experience managing the various components of project controls, both on contractor and client side. Prior to joining FTI Consulting, he held positions with Technip, ECP and Saipem.
Thierry has been extensively involved in the set-up, management and development of activities of project control: budget and cost control, planning, contracts and subcontracts administration, risk management, analysis of key performance indicators.
As such, Thierry has developed a comprehensive knowledge of issues relating to cost, scheduling, procurement, risk and contract management within the construction project industry. In the past ten years, Thierry has focused on estimation and managing complex procurement bids, developping and managing claims as well as dispute resolution tools and strategies, and driving an in-house team for a Contractor.
He worked on greenfield onshore oil&gas, offshore modular process, mining and port projects, from engineering to commissioning, and has a large experience technical industrial problematics.
Thierry acts as delay and quantum expert witness and dispute board member on complex engineering and construction projects.