John Baxter

John Baxter is a Professional Engineer with 20 years of experience in the industrial, civil, and building construction industries. He is an expert in delay, quantum and technical matters and has been appointed on seven occasions.

John has opined on matters involving the calculation of delay, productivity, and the associated damages. He has testified in arbitrations as a damages and scheduling expert on mandates pertaining to the construction of LRT infrastructure projects, school construction projects, community center construction projects, government storage facility renovation projects, mixed–use residential high-rise projects, and pipeline projects.

Throughout his career, John has worked on various projects involving the construction of transportation infrastructure such as bridges, highways, airports, and rail terminals.  He has also worked on oil and gas pipelines, processing facilities, government data centers, and healthcare facilities throughout Canada. His project management experience includes design development, project costing and analysis, estimating, scheduling, risk and change management, and project delivery. John managed the cost control for the construction of a natural gas processing facility valued at over $1 billion. He has also prepared and managed an integrated schedule for the construction of a $2 billion international airport terminal program.

John’s expertise includes management of structural works (e.g., deep foundations) and all matters of concrete (e.g., footings, walls, substructures, superstructures), as well as temporary structural design and construction. He has created detailed models to analyze large and varied data sets for expert testimony assignments involving a myriad of construction matters.

John Baxter is a registered engineer in Alberta and Ontario, Canada and holds a degree in structural and geotechnical civil engineering. He has been recognised by Who’s Who Legal as a Construction Expert Future Leader.