The latest HKA CRUX Insight report finds that construction projects in the Middle East faced the longest overruns of any global region, adding on average more than 80% to schedules, with claimed costs averaging 35.8% of project CAPEX. Amidst challenging global headwinds, how do trends in conflict causation, avoidance, and prevalence in the Middle East compare to the rest of the world? What are the key considerations for businesses wishing to avoid the risk of overruns on complex construction projects in the region? And as industry in the Middle East adjusts to more technically advanced projects, what lessons can be learned to avoid further distress on capital projects?
Moderator
RICS Director of Public Affairs and Thought Leadership
Ken Creighton, RICS Director of Public Affairs and Thought Leadership
Principal, HKA
Panelists
Nicola Caley, Principal, HKA
Nicola Caley has more than 22 years’ experience in construction with more than 11 years focussed on strategic claims management, claims determination, contractual claims preparation and defence and dispute resolution. She is a legal professional with an LLM in Construction Law and Arbitration, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and an RICS accredited mediator.
Nicola has led teams on many complex and technically demanding claims assignments where she regularly advises on claims and commercial matters on major projects within challenging environments. She has a wealth of commercial, contractual and management experience gained from working on complex infrastructure, buildings and oil and gas projects throughout UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa and India.
Other experience includes retail, housing developments, commercial and mixed-use buildings.
She is well versed with most current standard forms of contract and has an excellent working knowledge of the NEC, JCT and FIDIC suites of contracts. She has a particularly strong background in claims, bespoke contracts and the use of interim dispute resolution techniques on distressed projects.
RICS MENA MAP Chair and Member of regional management board Middle East, Africa, South Asia, Mott MacDonald
