Maximilian Benz is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with almost 10 years of construction industry experience. He has acted as assistant to the named expert on numerous occasions, including as lead assistant.
Maximilian has provided analytical and technical assistance in the development of the expert’s opinion on various quantum matters for disputed values of up to $300 million and for project values of up to $1 billion. He has assisted the expert for disputes in arbitration and litigation related to buildings, infrastructure, industrial, oil and gas, and nuclear power projects.
Maximilian has worked for professional quantity surveying consultancies, contractors and developers across the leisure, commercial, retail, rail, oil and gas, and aerospace sectors. This varied background includes work on a number of iconic construction projects around the world, with his geographical experience ranging from the UK, Malta, across the Middle East and North Africa, to Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, Indonesia and Australia.
Maximilian’s expertise includes claims management, commercial management, risk management, quantum analysis and assessment, capital project advisory, estimating, tendering, contract advisory and post contract administration. He has managed commissions to determine the contractual basis for claims, conducting forensic analyses of project data and accounts to determine the quantum, undertaking contract review, and drafting reports for the defence and implementation of claims and expert determinations.
Maximilian is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and an associate member of the Academy of Experts. He has undertaken the RICS expert witness certificate and holds a bachelor’s degree in quantity surveying and a Master of Laws in construction law and arbitration.