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Scott Hollingsworth

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Highlights

Proven as a credible witness under cross-examination, including arbitration, depositions, and negotiations.
More than 25 years of experience in litigation consulting, specializing in delay and quantum.
Presents to companies on schedule methods and procedures, cost tracking and contemporaneously tracking the impact of project issues.
Recognized in Lexology Index, Construction Expert Witness from 2018-2025.
Published on delay and disruption concepts, co-authoring ‘Time is on (Their) Side: The United Kingdom’s Society of Construction Law’s Delay and Disruptions Protocol 2.0’.

Services

Construction Delay & Disruption | Construction Quantum | International Arbitration

Industries

Scott Hollingsworth is a distinguished delay and quantum expert, renowned for his deep expertise in delivering top-tier expert testimony in complex, high-value construction arbitration proceedings. Sources highlight his “very convincing and objective” testimony in arbitration and court proceedings.
Lexology Index - Construction - Global Elite Thought Leader

Expertise

Scott Hollingsworth is a delay and quantum expert with more than 25 years of experience in the litigation consulting industry. Scott specializes in the investigation and resolution of business disputes related to the construction industry.

Scott has testified as an expert in arbitration and court proceedings and has presented schedule delay and damage analysis during settlement negotiations.

Scott has consulted on behalf of construction contractors, project owners, insurance companies, and government contractors. Scott has led teams analyzing critical path method (CPM) schedules to determine causes and durations of project delays. He has also led financial analyses to quantify project cost growth including those related to delay, disruption, acceleration, and productivity.

Professional recognition

Lexology Index

Construction – Global Elite Thought Leader
USA – Construction – Thought Leader

Scott Hollingsworth brings over two decades of international experience to construction-related business disputes, where he is lauded as “truly a go-to expert in North America”. He is adept at leading teams in the analysis of critical path method schedules and financial assessments of project delays, disruptions and productivity issues. His client base includes construction contractors, subcontractors, designers, owners and government entities, reflecting his broad sectoral expertise in buildings, industrial, transportation, defence and utility projects.

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Background

Scott has experience working in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, North America and Central America. He has worked with clients from sectors including buildings, defense, industrial, infrastructure, industrial, power and utilities, and technology. He also has further experience in waste remediation projects, education, hospitals, hotels, and data centers.

Scott holds a BS Engineering and is consistently recognized in Lexology Index (formally Who’s Who Legal) in its Construction Expert Witness publication. He is a member and fellow of the Project Management College of Scheduling (PMCOS) and has undertaken an Executive Education Finance course. He is a member of the Association of the Advancement of Cost Engineers (AACE), a member of the International Bar Association (IBA), a member of the American Bar Association (ABA), and a member of the Chicago Building Congress (CBC).