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HKA launches its 2019 CRUX Insight, A Global Market Sec...

HKA, the world’s leading engineering and construction claims and dispute resolution firm, publishes its second…

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Project 13 Events in Oceania

Over the past month, in partnership with the Australian British Chamber of Commerce and the…

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Derek Nelson Elected as Liveryman at WCA Livery Ceremon...

Having received the Freedom of the City of London earlier this year, on 24 October…

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PRACTICAL COMPLETION AND THE PERSIAN FLAW

The Persian Flaw is the concept that despite the fine craftsmanship and hours of skill…

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CULTURE CHANGE NEEDED IF CONTRACTING IS TO TAKE ON A NE...

Based in Perth, the head of HKA in Western Australia fervently believes BIM (building information…

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HKA forms a JV with CIArb in South Africa to deliver in...

HKA is delighted to be part of an exciting, new collaboration with the Chartered Institute…

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Dispute Avoidance: FIDIC 2017

Talk to any dispute board member and they will tell you that their primary function…

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The Enhanced Claims Provisions of the 2017 FIDIC Contra...

In December 2017, the long-awaited updates of the 1999 editions of the FIDIC Red, Yellow…

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‘PICKING UP THE TAB’ – THE IMPORTANCE OF COMM...

Buildings are designed to meet the needs of the people who live and work in…

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Five Years On: A Review of Statutory Adjudication in Ma...

Statutory adjudication was introduced in Malaysia when the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012…

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HOW CAUSATION SHOULD BE ANALYSED IN CONSTRUCTION CLAIMS

Causation is one of the topics rarely discussed but plays a key role when dealing…

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PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS HELP UNIVERSITIES FUND CAPI...

Introduction Initially used primarily in the transportation market, P3s now are being used in other…

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[NOT ALWAYS] KEEPING THE [GOOD] FAITH

With an increasing number of standard form construction contracts adopting the language of ‘good faith’…

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HKA APPOINTS SIMON MOON AS PARTNER AND CHIEF OPERATING ...

HKA, the world’s leading construction claims and dispute resolution firm, today announced that Simon Moon…

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COLLABORATE TO SUCCEED – THE ULTIMATE PANACEA OR ...

From HKA’s experience of supporting the delivery of projects, with a collective capital value exceeding…

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HKA Advisory wins two awards at the AIPM

HKA is proud to announce that two of its consultants won at the Australian Institute…

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HKA and NEC to explore strategic partnership in Austral...

Companies to partner on new collaborative contracting option in the Australian Infrastructure Market. NEC, a…

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CONSTRUCTION’S CONUNDRUM

WILLIAM KERR’S VIEWS ON, BIG DATA, F1 & DRIVING PRODUCTION ON MEGA PROJECTS Some contractors…

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HKA is the primary source of architect experts in RIBA ...

HKA is the primary source of architect experts with three of its Technical Experts, Hamish…

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Paul Blanchard Interview

Paul is a Chartered Geologist and highly experienced tunnelling engineer with a career spanning more…

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Aligning performance measures and increasing maturity &...

Delivering major programmes successfully is intrinsically difficult. They are often large scale, technically and operationally…

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HKA announces the appointment of Dale Evans as Executiv...

HKA, one of the world’s leading providers of expert, consulting and advisory services for the…

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HKA ACQUIRES THE KENRICH GROUP

HKA, the world’s leading construction claims and dispute resolution firm, announced today that it has…

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ABU DHABI EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CIRCULAR OUTLINES NEW PAYME...

Abu Dhabi Executive Council recently issued a circular in relation to the payment period to…

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QUANTIFYING THE FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF TERMINATION ...

Introduction Most standard form construction contracts contain provisions under which the employer can terminate the…

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ARNOLD AN HO KOH APPOINTED AS ARBITRATOR OF THE KOREAN ...

HKA is pleased to announce that Arnold An Ho Koh, Director and Country Manager for…

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HKA CELEBRATES MOVE TO ICONIC DOHA TOWER

Following the recent relocation of HKA’s Qatar operations to Doha Tower in the prestigious West Bay…

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Considerations in Respect of Contractual Time-Bars

Introduction In my profession as a claims consultant for HKA, I get the opportunity to…

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People Profile: Tracy Doyle

Tracy Doyle. discusses her background and path into the construction industry before starting at HKA…

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The Enhanced Claims Provisions of the 2017 FIDIC Contra...

This article is based on a talk by the author given at the FIDIC Conference…

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NEC Contract Project Manager: Friend or Foe?

Can the NEC Project Manager inadvertently act against the interests of the Employer? Is there…

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People Profile: Sonia Guerra

Sonia Guerra, Managing Consultant, wasn’t sure where to start with her career. After admittance as…

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People Profile: David Foxley

What is your role at HKA? I’m a Director and leading the Advisory business stream…

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Realistic and achievable productivity?

Does the second edition of the SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol clarify the measure of…

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HKA Makes Changes to Middle East and Asia Leadership Te...

HKA, the world’s leading construction claims and dispute resolution firm, makes changes to its Middle…

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People Profile: Julia Villalobos, Americas

Julia Villalobos, Associate Consultant, started her career with working with construction contractors gaining experience in…

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From Brand Building to Bridging the Professional Divide...

Rather than fixating on risk when setting out contracts, clients can benefit from thinking more…

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Corporate Social Responsibility Update

We look back at the amazing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives HKA employees have taken…

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HKA Expands Buildings Expert Engineering Team with Seni...

HKA, the world’s leading provider of multi-disciplinary expert engineering services in the buildings sector, expands…

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HKA and TSA Management Appointed by Roads and Maritime ...

HKA and TSA Management have been appointed by Roads and Maritime Services to provide contract…

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People Profile: Mark Lombardi

Mark Lombardi has spent 20 years providing commercial advice on complex projects for a range…

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HKA Tops List of World’s Leading Construction Exp...

HKA, the world’s leading construction expert witness practice, maintains its number one position in Who’s…

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Digitisation of the Regulatory Compliance Systems

The concept of automated checking can bring tangible advantages including increased efficiency and a reduction…

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Barristers’ Chambers in England and Wales: Impart...

Introduction International construction contracts often include a multi-tiered dispute resolution clause under which the final…

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Forensic Delay Analysis of Linear Projects

Introduction Clear presentation when demonstrating a fact in construction dispute proceedings is essential. It can…

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Forensic Accounting Adds More Value in Harness with Exp...

Coupling forensic accounting to specialist expertise in quantum, engineering and delay analysis can provide extra…

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People Profile: Rhiann Storey

Rhiann Storey, Associate Director at HKA, discusses her background as a Quantity Surveyor and her…

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A Second Bite of the Cherry? Referring a dispute to a D...

HKA Executive Director, Craig Enderbury and HKA Partner Damian Waters, highlights one of the pitfalls…

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Iryna Akulenka Appointed as Vice Chair of the Chartered...

Iryna Akulenka is appointed as Vice Chair of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) for…

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People Profile: June Conolly

June Conolly, Training Manager at HKA in South Africa, discusses the impact that training had…

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To Partake of Part 8

INTRODUCTION With an average of 1,500 referrals each year in the UK of what are predominantly payment related…

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HKA Appoints Jonathan Humphrey to Expand Forensic Accou...

HKA, the world’s leading construction expert witness firm, appoints Jonathan Humphrey as Partner to expand…

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HKA Partner Participates in WCA Annual Arbitration Comp...

Partner Derek Nelson took part in the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators’ (WCA) 2019 Arbitration Competition.…

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Time to Set New Fire Safety Benchmarks

As building design gets more innovative, the industry needs to come up with alternative fire safety…

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Mediation – A Middle East Perspective

Mediation is one of a number of forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). It is…

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Why are energy-from-waste (EfW) schemes so troublesome?

With contractors getting their fingers burnt on energy-from-waste projects, Roddy Wilkie, Partner and Head of…

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Top Eight News & Insights 2018

As 2018 draws to a close, we look back on some of the most exciting…

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HKA-sponsored Dubai Hurricanes Take the Gulf Men’...

The Dubai Hurricanes, proudly sponsored by HKA for the past two years, took the Dubai…

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Sue Kim Joins HKA’s Growing Team of Experts

HKA, the world’s leading construction claims and dispute resolution firm, welcomes Sue Kim to its…

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The Servant of Two Masters: How can an Expert Witness S...

Introduction Goldini’s classic 18th century tale entitled ‘The Servant of two Masters‘ tells the story of…

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Head of Oceania Plots Course for Controlled Growth amid...

HKA’s rapid growth in Australia and the region has accelerated over the last 18 months,…

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CRUX Insight – Claims and Dispute Causation

HKA’S CRUX PROGRAMME PROVIDES VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO CONSTRUCTION CLAIMS AND DISPUTE CAUSATION HKA, the world’s…

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HKA COMPLETES NATIONAL BIM REVIEW ON FUTURE CITIES PROG...

HKA partnered with Steer and Northumbria University to assess the maturity of Building Information Modelling…

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At What Cost?

As a QS (Quantity Surveyor), this is a question I get asked a lot. I…

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Shaping the World: HKA celebrates 200 Years of Engineer...

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) launched Shaping the World to commemorate 200 years of…

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Global Collaboration at HKA

Global collaboration enables teams to operate continuously, irrespective of the time zone. At HKA, we…

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Andrew Drennan Talks About Why HKA was his Employer of ...

Watch the video to find out why Andrew Drennan, Executive Director based in our Edinburgh…

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Jessica Qiu Elected as Deputy President of Engineers Au...

Jessica Qiu is elected as Deputy President of Engineers Australia for its Sydney Division. Engineers…

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The Value of a Scheduling Standard of Care

LACK OF ACCURATE PERFORMANCE DATA Since 2011, individual construction disputes have globally averaged $40 million and…

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Mark Borg Returns to HKA

HKA is delighted to welcome Mark Borg back to the business. Based in HKA’s London…

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People Profile: Suzanne Chinner

Suzanne Chinner, an Associate Director at HKA Australia, has been with HKA for seven years;…

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HKA is Proud to Contribute to Shaping the World, the IC...

To celebrate 200 years of engineering excellence, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has created…

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Transit Oriented Development (TOD): The Complexity of T...

Imagine there was a way to deliver high-quality modern housing with fantastic transport links whilst…

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More Than a Simple Question of Quantum? A Cautionary Gu...

The origins of the quantity surveyor can be traced back in history to the late…

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Agile Delivery for HKA’s Dubai-based Advisory Team

HKA, one of the world’s leading providers of consulting, expert and advisory services to the…

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Deficient Geotechnical Project Support for Middle Easte...

Of late, it has become progressively apparent that there is a general perception of the…

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Forensic Delay Analysis: Modeled or Planned v. As-built...

A forensic delay analysis should at least produce the following: Identification of activities that actually…

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Lorna Cuthbertson Tardif Joins HKA to Head Up Its Canad...

HKA has appointed Lorna Cuthbertson Tardif as Partner to head up its Canadian operations. She…

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Making an Effective and Persuasive Case to a Dispute Bo...

This paper is based on my involvement with some 100 referrals made to dispute adjudication…

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People Profile: Phil Urwin, Director

Meet Phil Urwin, Director. He started his career as a labourer for a local builder…

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The Evolution of Collaboration in Building Construction...

THE CHANGING FACE OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION What does the future hold for the building construction…

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People Profile: Chris Smedley, Senior Consultant

Chris Smedley, Senior Consultant, started his career as a quantity surveyor, working at some of…

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HKA is Named Construction Expert Witness Firm of the Ye...

HKA, the world’s leading expert witness practice in the engineering and construction industries, wins its…

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Expert People Profile: Baoqiang Zheng, Delay Expert

Baoqiang Zheng’s career has developed from an assistant planning engineer on a major hydropower project…

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Reasonability in Constructing Fragnets: A Crucial Persp...

Reasonability¹ is a crucial perspective required for the resolution of any type of dispute. Whilst…

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Digital and Specialist Skills Help Clients See the Bigg...

Digital technology is changing the landscape of engineering and construction, but clients and contractors must…

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Robert Eadie, Senior Engineer, Championing the Year of ...

Senior Engineer Robert Eadie has plenty on his plate at the moment, but he still…

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HKA Expands Experts Team with Two Senior Hires in the O...

HKA appoints two senior hires in the oil and gas industry to join its global…

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Core Values People Profile: Yazeed Abdelhadi – Agile

Many forward thinking companies and their employees understand that innovation goes hand-in-hand with being agile.…

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HKA Tops List of World’s Leading Construction Exp...

HKA, the world’s leading construction expert witness practice, sees 31 of its specialist delay, quantum and…

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HKA Core Values People Profile: Jessica Qiu – Pas...

Being passionate means different things to different people. Jessica Qiu, HKA Australia’s Lead Consultant, is…

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HKA Announces Two Executive Appointments for Middle Eas...

HKA, one of the world’s leading providers of consulting, expert and advisory services, is delighted…

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HKA Awarded Key BIM Role on Embedding BIM within the En...

HKA, with their digital strategy partner, Waldeck, has entered into an agreement with the UK’s…

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Hector Cubria Joins HKA as Principal within Houston Ope...

HKA, one of the world’s leading providers of consulting, expert and advisory services, announced today…

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People Profile: Mark Dixon, Partner

Partner Mark Dixon has built a successful career through HKA, with his work taking him around the…

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What Really Convinces Arbitral Tribunals? The Delay Exp...

Geoff Bewsey describes his view that ‘the foundation of persuasive expert evidence is the expert’s…

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Acumen Fuse Schedule Quality Index™: Understanding th...

APPLYING AND UNDERSTANDING THE ACUMEN FUSE SCHEDULE QUALITY INDEX™ Acumen Fuse is a software tool…

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HKA sponsors World Economic League Table 2018

HKA, one of the world’s leading providers of consulting, expert and advisory services for the…

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People Profile: Shamila Neelakandan, Director

Shamila Neelakandan’s career has evolved from practising law in her native Malaysia, to travelling the…

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Brexit: The Answer to the UK’s Productivity Problem?

Brexit is at the forefront of the UK’s construction community as they seek to prepare…

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HKA LEADS A TEAM OF SMEs TO SECURE PLACE ON CROWN COMME...

HKA has entered into a four-year agreement with the UK Government’s Crown Commercial Service (CCS)…

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Delay Analysis, A Valuable Tool or ‘Black Magic’?

IS DELAY ANALYSIS A VALUABLE TOOL TO RESOLVE DISPUTES OR OVERLY COMPLEX ‘BLACK MAGIC’? Delay…

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Cost Engineers and Transport Infrastructure: The Vital ...

In Australia, the Gold Coast Light Rail ran $350 million over budget. Parramatta Light Rail,…

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“How Much?!” Expectations v Reality in Arch...

Architectural Design: RIVA PROPERTIES LTD & OTHERS V FOSTER & PARTNERS LTD As well as…

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HKA YOUNG PROFESSIONALS: FIDEZ ORETA, CONSULTANT

Meet Fidez Oreta, Consultant If you enjoy ‘building stuff’ and being part of a team…

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HKA COLLABORATES WITH RICS TO DELIVER BEST PRACTICE COM...

HKA, one of the world’s leading providers of advisory, consulting and expert services, is working…

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HKA YOUNG PROFESSIONALS: KAITLIN REIDY AND BELINDA PAPP...

Meet Consultants Kaitlin Reidy and Belinda Papps (pictured) Here, HKA’s young and ambitious Kaitlin Reidy (Project…

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HKA ENDORSES MATTERPORT’S IMMERSIVE 3D MEDIA PLATFORM...

HKA, a leading provider of consulting, expert and advisory services, has announced a new service…

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HKA YOUNG PROFESSIONALS: LORNA BUCKLAND

Meet Lorna Buckland, Project Consultant Getting to know the people you work with and being…

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HKA YOUNG PROFESSIONALS: ALICE DICKINSON

Meet Alice Dickinson, Managing Consultant We’ve all heard about the common stereotypes of those working with…

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VINCENT MANUELE JOINS HKA IN PHILADELPHIA

HKA, one of the world’s leading providers of consulting, expert and advisory  services, announces a…

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HKA SELECTED FOR A HKIA FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT ...

HKA, one of the world’s leading providers of consulting, expert and advisory services, has entered…

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HKA LAUNCHES NEW BRAND IN GLASGOW, SCOTLAND

HKA, one of the world’s leading providers of consulting, expert and advisory services for the…

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Watch Out, Watch Out… Concurrent Delay is Being S...

The subject of concurrent delay has been before the English courts on many occasions. The…

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Glasgow Bears Witness to Expert Team HQ

HKA is delighted to open our new Expert Team HQ office in Glasgow, Scotland. The…

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HKA Drives Industry Engagement on Sydney Metro West

Sydney Metro is the largest urban rail project in Australian history, delivering a new generation,…

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HKA ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF NEW CHAIRMAN

HKA is delighted to announce the appointment of John Alexander as Chairman of its Board…

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Prolongation Cost Claims – The Basic Principles

A contractor holds an internal monthly meeting on a construction project that is in delay…

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The Provisional Sum Loophole in the Middle East

Provisional Sums or Problematic Sums! There is no widely accepted definition of the term “Provisional…

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Atul Patel Joins HKA as Chief Financial Officer

HKA is pleased to announce that Atul Patel has joined the company as Chief Financial…

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HKA kicks off down under

Sydney, Australia was the host city for HKA’s inaugural launch event following the completion of…

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HKA becomes the world’s largest construction consulti...

HKA becomes the world’s largest construction consulting, expert and advisory group following the completion of…

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Howard Gendler Joins HKA as Partner

HKA is pleased to announce that Howard Gendler has joined the company as Partner, Business…

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June Conolly Strengthens Africa Training Service

HKA’s training service for clients in Africa has been strengthened with the appointment of June…

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Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts 5th Edit...

Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts 5th edition, Andrew Burr (Didcot: Routledge, 2016), 1152pp, hardback,…

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Expert Determination: A User’s Guide

In its simplest terms, expert determination is a relatively quick, cost effective and binding method of…

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HKA launches its 2019 CRUX Insight, A Global Market Sector Analysis into claims and dispute causation factors.

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Dispute Avoidance: FIDIC 2017

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The Enhanced Claims Provisions of the 2017 FIDIC Contracts

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