Nader Emile

Nader Emile is a legally qualified civil engineer with nearly 25 years of construction and engineering industry experience. He has been appointed multiple times as an independent expert witness in matters of project delay.

Nader provides claims consulting and dispute resolution services, including arbitration support, forensic delay analysis and planning advice on a wide range of projects across the Middle East and North Africa. He has been both party and tribunal appointed as a delay expert preparing expert reports and providing oral testimony in formal proceedings, including cross examination under various arbitration rules.

Nader’s experience portfolio includes many prestigious projects including retail malls, residential/office buildings, hotels, universities, airports, railways, power stations and oil & gas installations. He previously worked as a senior project planner for internationally renowned contractors on a variety of large and complex projects.

Nader has a proven ability to apply sophisticated scheduling and delay analysis techniques and has experience with a wide range of programmes and planning software used to manage construction projects. He is also familiar with many standard forms of contract, the Society of Construction Law (SCL) Delay & Disruption Protocol, the American Association of Cost Engineers’ (AACE) recommended practices for forensic scheduling and the Saudi Government Tenders & Procurement Law and its implementing regulations.

Nader holds qualifications in construction engineering, project management, business administration, construction law and arbitration, and contracts and claims. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and a member of the Society of Construction Law, the Saudi Council of Engineers, and the Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers. He is also an Accredited Expert Witness with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and has obtained his certificate in Independent Expert Determination. Nader is fluent in Arabic, English, and French. He delivers training and lectures regarding planning and scheduling techniques, the preparation of complex extension of time (EOT) claims, and different delay analysis methodologies.