The structural expert deconstructed

Please join us for an evening panel discussion where members of our structures team will present on the technical and practical aspects of their involvement in construction disputes. We will highlight four key phases of the structural engineering expert’s role, and hope to foster a lively discussion of how and why structural engineering advice and evidence can be used in a dispute context.

• Analyse: the role of the structural engineer
• Communicate: turning complex ideas into clear, concise reporting
• Articulate: the challenges of joint meetings and cross examination for an engineer
• Collaborate: a speaker from HKA’s delay team discusses the value of technical input

Programme (in-person event only)

18.00 – Registration
18.30 – Panel discussion
19.30 – Drinks reception and networking

Who should attend?

Barristers, Counsel, Lawyers, Solicitors and other Dispute Resolution Professionals, Contractors and Employers

Moderator

Helen Collie – Principal

Helen is a structural engineer with 15 years of construction industry experience. She has been appointed as a technical expert on more than ten occasions and has assisted the named expert numerous times

Helen has a background in the design and coordination of arts, education, healthcare and commercial structures. Her experience spans the commercial building design arena from high rise concrete structures in the Middle East, to adaptive reuse of existing London building stock, to complex steelwork arrangements.

Panel Members

Panos Rousakis, Senior Engineer

Panos is a chartered civil and structural engineer with over 14 years’ experience as a Consulting Engineer involved in the management, design and supervision of UK and international projects.  

He has worked in a broad range of sectors including Buildings, Industrial, Infrastructure, Mixed-Use Commercial, Water and Telecommunications. Clients have included contractors, local authorities, RNLI, architects, project managers and private clients.  

Jon Bird, Technical Director

Jon is a Chartered Civil & Structural Engineer with over 25 years of experience on a variety of commercial, educational, industrial, rail and residential projects. He is experienced in the commercial delivery of projects and financial reporting, as well as managing a profit & loss centre.

Jon has team and project management experience on a variety of projects including leading multi-disciplinary teams and thorough experience and understanding of a wide range of structural analysis and design software packages including finite element analysis. He has also been involved in staff training and mentoring of young engineers. Jon’s design experience includes complex building and foundation projects ranging from refurbishment to high rise, including basement structures and temporary works. These projects have mainly been steel or concrete framed, with elements of masonry and timber.

Jon has been involved a number of structural disputes with experience in the preparation of written evidence, expert meetings and preparation for adjudication/arbitration. Jon has attended hearings as a technical assistant. 

Philip Ebbatson, Technical Director

Phillip is a Chartered Engineer with 45 years of construction industry experience including 35 years in the fields of civil and structural engineering. He has been appointed as a technical expert on more than 35 occasions.

Phillip has acted as an expert witness and expert advisor for matters in litigation, arbitration, adjudication and mediation and has given expert evidence in the courts and at planning enquiries. His expert roles have covered a wide range of disputes across varied building and infrastructure projects including materials, design, construction and operational issues.

Konstantinos Lytos, Director

Konstantinos is a civil engineer and delay analyst with over 8 years’ experience in the design, management and forensic delay analysis of construction projects. He has worked on major and iconic projects throughout the UK, Europe, Africa and the Middle East including residential buildings, infrastructure projects, hospitals, airports, process plants and pipeline projects. 

Konstantinos specialises in delivering services in the field of delay and disruption analysis and has assisted the appointed experts in the preparation of numerous expert reports for the purposes of arbitrations and adjudications. He is also familiar with the FIDIC and NEC types of contracts.