Giga Project Development Programme
HKA is supporting a landmark giga project in Saudi Arabia through the provision of specialist claims, delay, and dispute advisory services. Working as an integrated extension of the client’s team, HKA helps strengthen contractual governance, manage commercial risk, and address complex project challenges, supporting the successful delivery of a major mixed-use development programme.
Brief
A flagship giga project in Saudi Arabia comprises extensive infrastructure, utilities, transportation networks, public realm works, hospitality assets, cultural facilities, residential communities and mixed-use developments being delivered through numerous concurrent construction packages. The scale of investment, fast-track delivery strategy and extensive interface requirements have created a complex contracting environment involving multiple contractors, consultants and stakeholders across the programme.
To support effective contract administration, risk management and commercial governance, the client, a major development company, engaged HKA to provide independent claims, delay and dispute advisory services.
What we are doing
HKA is embedded within the client’s Contract Management and Claims function, providing independent claims, delay and dispute advisory services across multiple major development packages. We review and assess contractor claims for extensions of time, prolongation costs, disruption and variations, undertaking forensic delay analyses to determine entitlement and evaluate the impact of claimed events on key milestones and project completion. Our team reviews programme submissions, assesses contractual compliance and supporting evidence, and supports the preparation of engineer determinations through independent technical, commercial and contractual analysis.
In parallel, we advise on commercial exposure and contractual risk, helping the client make informed decisions on high-value claims and complex project issues. We work closely with project, commercial, and legal stakeholders to identify emerging risks, support negotiations, implement dispute-avoidance strategies, and, where necessary, provide specialist delay, quantum, and contractual expertise in formal dispute resolution proceedings. Through this integrated approach, HKA helps the client to strengthen contract governance, improve consistency in claims management and support the successful delivery of one of the Kingdom’s most significant development programmes.
Outcome
HKA has helped the client strengthen its approach to claims management, contractual governance and risk management across a complex portfolio of major development packages. Through independent claims assessments, forensic delay analysis, and strategic commercial advice, HKA has supported consistent, evidence-based decision-making on contractor claims, extensions of time, and other contractual matters.
Working as an integrated extension of the client’s team, HKA has enhanced the quality and robustness of claim evaluations, improved visibility of programme and commercial risks, and helped identify and address potential disputes at an early stage. This has enabled the client to manage contractual exposure more effectively, support timely claim resolution and maintain a consistent approach to claim assessment across the programme.
The engagement remains ongoing, with HKA continuing to support the client through claims management, delay analysis, commercial risk assessment, dispute avoidance and dispute resolution activities as the development progresses.
