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4th December 2024

Mandatory Australian climate-related disclosure: Implications of AASB S1 & AASB ...

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22nd November 2024

India-CRUX Construction Dispute Causation Series Part VI: Design Issues

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21st November 2024

Essential risk management for electric vehicle plant construction

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21st November 2024

Approach to Delay Analysis involving NEC Contracts

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10th October 2024

Is it time to make Single Joint Experts compulsory in mediation?

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10th October 2024

Increased complexity in risk mitigation and failure analysis

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7th October 2024

Beyond the basics: Best practice in project reporting, recording and administrat...

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7th October 2024

Sustainable Construction: Reducing disputes, enhancing outcomes

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11th September 2024

Embracing Efficiency and Innovation in the Public Sector

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19th August 2024

Design-build projects – Engineering considerations from concept to bid to detail...

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6th August 2024

Improving efficiency and productivity in construction projects with machine lear...

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30th July 2024

Energy Charter Treaty – Sunset or Resplendent Bloom?

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30th July 2024

Inspecting fire protection elements of construction – an Architect’s perspective

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16th July 2024

How to find the perfect expert witness to win your case

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20th June 2024

PFAS, Fire Protection and a Global Rise in Legal Cases

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13th June 2024

Why the Saudi Vision 2030 demands a new delivery model

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10th June 2024

Can a contract price be paid in Bitcoin?

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4th June 2024

Procedural considerations of being an Expert Witness – Part 2

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16th May 2024

How market turmoil can affect large projects

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15th May 2024

A commentary on potential reparations claims arising from the Russia-Ukraine con...

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13th May 2024

Our top five articles of quarter one, 2024

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2nd May 2024

How Forensic and Quantum Experts can Assist Counsel and Triers of Fact with Juri...

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30th April 2024

Do all construction projects that delay end up in disputes? A review of how dela...

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25th April 2024

Avoiding Construction Delay Claims with Key Project Controls

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22nd April 2024

Navigating Data Centre Fire Protection: Understanding Lithium-ion (Li-ion) Batte...

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17th April 2024

CAP – An Evaluative Approach to Collaborative ADR

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16th April 2024

DoD Guidance on Contractor Accounting Changes Stirs Debate: DoD Guidance on Cost...

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11th April 2024

CARES Act in 2024 – Fraud investigations are just beginning

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9th April 2024

DAABs: Dos and Don’ts

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8th April 2024

Design considerations for Internal Fire Protection – an Architect’s perspective

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26th March 2024

AI Applications and Risks in Construction

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21st March 2024

Don’t Leave Your Best Players on the Bench: Involve Your Subcontractors Early an...

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19th March 2024

Procedural considerations of being an Expert Witness

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15th March 2024

Is there still a role for the Hudson formula?

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13th March 2024

Following the Money: Forensic Accounting Tracing Methods & Best Practices

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11th March 2024

Choppy waters ahead for offshore energy?

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14th February 2024

Mitigating the Risks of Delegated Design

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7th February 2024

Acceleration of construction projects

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31st January 2024

Can uncontroverted expert evidence be rejected?

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16th January 2024

Our top five articles of quarter four, 2023

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11th January 2024

Forewarned is Forearmed: How to change the behaviour driving claims and disputes...

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13th December 2023

International practitioners assessing value for deals and disputes take note – p...

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13th December 2023

Prolongation Claims: The Basic Principles

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12th December 2023

Cost reimbursable contracts – Owner’s recovery of overpayment

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12th December 2023

From delays to lessons learned: Understanding the impact of Covid-19 on the cons...

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11th December 2023

The DNA of the Fit-for-Future Project Manager

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6th December 2023

Profit is not a dirty word

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28th November 2023

Managing Supply Chain Disruption and Construction Price Fluctuation

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24th November 2023

Driving change in the construction industry

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23rd November 2023

Navigating the Building Safety Act’s position of Principal Designer

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25th October 2023

The Benefits of Early Geotech Risk Mitigation 

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11th October 2023

The Build America, Buy America Act (BABA): Applicability and Implications

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27th September 2023

A clear view – how ‘skylines’ show the domino effects of delay

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1st September 2023

Designs on better outcomes – Getting to the CRUX of time and cost overruns on ca...

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29th August 2023

India-CRUX Construction Dispute Causation Series Part V: Late Approvals

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28th August 2023

How to be more attractive (to suppliers)

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14th August 2023

Unforeseeable Ground Conditions in Construction Claims

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9th August 2023

Enforceability of Multi-Tiered Dispute Resolution Clauses Revisited in the Court...

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19th July 2023

Articulos anteriores: Modelos o Plan v. Acontecimientos Reales (As-Built)

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26th June 2023

U.S. Department of Justice report on false claims act settlements and judgments

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22nd June 2023

U.S. Department of Defense memo – cost-reimbursement contracts

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21st June 2023

Effect then cause…but how?

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19th June 2023

U.S. Department of Defense proposed rule – acquiring innovative commercial produ...

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15th June 2023

Exploring the use of ChatGPT by Damages Experts

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15th June 2023

U.S. Department of Defense Final Rule – definition of commercial product and ser...

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14th June 2023

Software issues can add to project delays, challenges

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12th June 2023

U.S. Department of Defense Final Rule – Independent Research and Development

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7th June 2023

U.S. Department of Defense Small Business Strategy Report

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6th June 2023

Giga-projects in the Middle East: How to manage risk effectively

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5th June 2023

Reducing disputes in road construction – are we on the right track?

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5th June 2023

ICC Guest blog: Managing recurrent claims and disputes on large-scale projects –...

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23rd May 2023

U.S. Defense Contract Audit Agency MRD: Early engagement of forward pricing pric...

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15th May 2023

U.S. Department of Defense Class Deviation – Section 890 Pilot Program to Accele...

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4th May 2023

Ireland Chapter in The Construction Disputes Law Review; edition 2

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2nd May 2023

Sectional completion – pitfalls & risks

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2nd May 2023

Can the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 Giga Projects afford not to take a collaborative a...

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1st May 2023

Implementing Alberta’s Prompt Payment Act – Lessons learned from decades of adju...

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30th April 2023

India-CRUX construction dispute causation series part IV: ‘Late materials or pro...

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27th April 2023

U.S. Defense Contract Audit Agency MRD: Contractor compensation cap for statutor...

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13th April 2023

Time Slice in Window Analysis (Hybrid Delay Analysis)

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6th April 2023

Recording Employer’s Costs following Termination for Contractor Default

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4th April 2023

Arbitration clause separability re-visited in the court of appeal

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3rd April 2023

Procurement: Creating complexity or driving efficiency – The search for value

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30th March 2023

The engagement of expert witnesses in complex construction disputes

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29th March 2023

Sorting the wheat from the chaff: Which key records should be produced to help p...

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29th March 2023

Catastrophic weather events lead to unanticipated delays, costs in construction

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23rd March 2023

Delay analysis in unconventional contracts (EN)

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15th March 2023

Contractors continue to face myriad challenges in 2023

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14th March 2023

Zero emission future urban air transport – who has the lead?

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2nd March 2023

Concurrent Delays

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14th February 2023

Hot-tubbing – The Expert’s Friend?

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1st February 2023

Salt of the Earth

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30th January 2023

The importance of emotional intelligence within Project Controls teams

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23rd January 2023

Criticality in Construction Claims

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6th December 2022

Conventional wisdom, green education

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1st December 2022

A conspiracy theorist’s phone, disclosure, and the challenges posed by BIM files

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1st December 2022

Supporting Covid claims with resource, progress and productivity analysis

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23rd November 2022

Causation and Common Sense

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2nd November 2022

Variation order time impact in unconventional contracts

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10th October 2022

Data and standardisation

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29th August 2022

India-CRUX construction dispute causation series part III: ‘Unforeseen Physical ...

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2nd August 2022

Essential Living (Greenwich) Ltd v Elements (Europe) Ltd [2022] EWHC 1400 (TCC)...

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27th July 2022

Leading with influence – confidence and solution-oriented conversations

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18th July 2022

How will the new Procurement Bill affect architects?

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14th July 2022

Remaining at the forefront of power sector development

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13th July 2022

Leading with difference – inclusion and diversity

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4th July 2022

Proof by sampling in construction disputes

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29th June 2022

SEC rulemaking necessitates updating incident response plans

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28th June 2022

Anticipating material supply chain issues in construction projects

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27th June 2022

Stablecoins and the construction industry – a solution to chronic cash-flow issu...

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16th June 2022

A statistical review of delay analysis methods used over the last decade

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15th June 2022

Fire safety issues related to the storage and handling of consumer goods contain...

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30th May 2022

Market Talk: The growing role of forensic accountants

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6th May 2022

Why is my infrastructure project delayed by software bugs?

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25th April 2022

Delay Events in Construction Delay Claims

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20th April 2022

NEC4 Contract: Early Contractor Involvement (ECI)

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20th April 2022

What does a court or tribunal want (and not want) from a party-appointed delay e...

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14th April 2022

India-CRUX construction dispute causation series part II: ‘Access issues’

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28th March 2022

Compensation for delay on VA projects

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16th February 2022

India-CRUX construction dispute causation series part I: ‘Change in scope’

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7th February 2022

Prevention > Cure: Construction concerns in India’s US$80 billion PPP pipeline

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3rd February 2022

The art of performance…

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2nd February 2022

Reducing the risk of disputes on major construction programmes in KSA

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31st January 2022

Cyber Attacks in the Construction Industry: How to Reduce the Risks

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27th January 2022

Are we entering the eye of an insolvency storm?

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13th January 2022

新冠疫情与亚太区域经验推动FIDIC发展

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13th January 2022

Race to Net-Zero

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17th December 2021

Key takeaways from the SEC interpretive guidance

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14th December 2021

Cybersecurity in private equity – time to take a closer look at portfolio compan...

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8th December 2021

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1st December 2021

A guide for commercial litigators: working effectively with financial damages ex...

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17th November 2021

The growth and development of Saudi Arabia’s Cybersecurity Landscape

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14th November 2021

Beware increased enforcement of FCPA Provisions, especially for recent internati...

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14th November 2021

Crypto fraud incidents on the rise

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14th November 2021

An investigator’s ‘inside’ perspective: investigation techniques must continue ...

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3rd November 2021

Collaboration matters – taking an integrated approach to infrastructure delivery

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3rd November 2021

Building better places – A systems approach to infrastructure delivery

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3rd November 2021

Building design and climate change

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3rd November 2021

Future of forecast: machine learning

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28th October 2021

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and construction disputes: the road ahead!

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26th October 2021

Transportation sustainability in a post-pandemic world and the importance of man...

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22nd October 2021

Controlling oil and gas emissions carries unique benefits for cryptocurrency ind...

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21st October 2021

Why critical paths are ‘critically’ important in delay analyses

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20th October 2021

Sec ramping up its cybersecurity enforcement actions

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18th October 2021

Project controls under pressure

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13th October 2021

Anti-Corruption Drive in KSA

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6th October 2021

Performing disruption analysis for construction projects

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5th October 2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s cybersecurity stance

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28th September 2021

The causal link and the dark art in delay claims

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21st September 2021

Best practices can help businesses mitigate growing vendor and third-party cyber...

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21st September 2021

Hostile terrain – navigating the cybersecurity landscape

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13th September 2021

Supply chain cost increases lead to proliferation of cost escalation on construc...

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9th September 2021

Explosion risks related to Ammonium Nitrate

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31st August 2021

The role of the technical expert in assessing standard of care in construction d...

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31st August 2021

Restoring confidence in product safety

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17th August 2021

Thinking about a contract termination? Consider this…

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4th August 2021

Cryptocurrency mining presents challenges, opportunities for oil and gas industr...

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3rd August 2021

The contractor’s entitlement to construction claims

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13th July 2021

The future is light, the future is green, the future requires detailed design

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13th July 2021

The Principal Designer for building safety – will architects rise to the challen...

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4th July 2021

Dealing with concurrent delay in construction projects

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23rd June 2021

What does a Court or Tribunal want (and not want) from a party-appointed quantum...

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21st June 2021

Applying linear scheduling methodology tools to simplify forensic delay analysis...

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14th June 2021

The distinction between disruption and prolongation claims

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1st June 2021

Dispute avoidance in the decommissioning sector

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12th May 2021

Planning and programmes: hints & tips for structuring and integrating programmes

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22nd April 2021

Virtual Site Visits – a necessity borne of COVID-19

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7th April 2021

Liquidated damages

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3rd April 2021

Duchenne Smile; A.I. Deception Detection

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18th March 2021

Construction in the Middle East: Conflict causation, avoidance and resolution

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17th March 2021

How best to use lessons from the past to optimise EPC delivery in the future?

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25th February 2021

Experienced forensic advisors key to disaster recovery

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25th February 2021

More common, more costly: Is COVID-19 causing conflict in the construction secto...

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18th February 2021

Project time extensions and the relational impact on unabsorbed home office over...

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16th February 2021

Mediation – voluntary in name only?

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12th February 2021

Cyber-attack near super bowl stadium threatens local water supply

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10th February 2021

The second wave: The pandemic changed the world, but how has it changed disputes...

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9th February 2021

Representation and warranty insurance AICPA guidebook now available

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27th January 2021

Insolvency & the JCT contract

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14th January 2021

Weaving innovation into the fabric of infrastructure: Project Management Offices...

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12th December 2020

Thinking full picture, whole-of-lifecycle, integrated and people centred

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8th December 2020

You Asked Us: Why are construction disputes so common and so costly?

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4th December 2020

The $50 billion question: Why are construction disputes so common and so costly?

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1st December 2020

Great expectations

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27th November 2020

Community housing providers prepare for stimulus boost

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26th November 2020

Time and money: Counting the cost of conflict in the construction industry

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20th November 2020

Expert report writing – the do’s and don’ts

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5th November 2020

Variations arising under a construction contract

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4th November 2020

What can we learn from the last oil crash in the current crises?

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16th October 2020

Quantum snapshots, article one: valuing variations

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13th October 2020

Project records from a delay analysis perspective

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7th October 2020

Site investigation – a UK perspective in the 2020s

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30th September 2020

The dangers of construction insolvency

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16th September 2020

Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat

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15th September 2020

Productivity claims: Why you won’t win on data alone

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15th September 2020

Unabsorbed head office overheads: Prove it

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1st September 2020

Frameworks in a ‘post covid’ world

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5th August 2020

Scope creep – how to keep the client happy without catching a cold

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20th July 2020

Survey results: Are the force majeure provisions in your contract fit for purpos...

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16th July 2020

MEP interfaces – complexities of MEP design

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15th July 2020

Technology in construction claims management

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9th July 2020

Notices – an employer’s perspective

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7th July 2020

COVID-19 recovery – the devil is in the detail

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16th June 2020

Key failings and risks impacting construction

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9th June 2020

NEC Contracts – The Saviour of Alternative Dispute Resolution?

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5th June 2020

Covid-19 impact on damages – looking for reasonable certainty in uncertain times

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3rd June 2020

COVID-19: A briefing on claims for loss and expense

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20th May 2020

Leading practices to help manage COVID-19 related work shutdowns

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18th May 2020

Dispute avoidance using risk management principles

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13th May 2020

Working in the post COVID-19 world – contracting for successful delivery

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5th May 2020

The role of the structural engineer

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30th April 2020

Ten golden rules for testifying experts

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28th April 2020

COVID-19: Business interruption policy claims – key points to consider

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27th April 2020

Emerging from the crisis – potential issues and opportunities

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23rd April 2020

Giving expert evidence at an ICC International Arbitration via video conferencin...

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15th April 2020

Is delay analysis becoming too complicated for its own good?

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10th April 2020

Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in America

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2nd April 2020

Is it time KSA’s private sector widely implements adjudication to resolve constr...

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23rd March 2020

COVID-19 impact – it’s not only about the possibility of recovering time!

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21st February 2020

Positive Train Control implementation paves way for the future

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20th February 2020

LOGIC and BIMCO decommissioning contracts – a practical comparison

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20th February 2020

Catching the wave – rising to the infrastructure challenge

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17th February 2020

Has the coronavirus affected the Middle East’s construction sector?

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28th January 2020

The gender pay gap – what are the statistics telling us?

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21st November 2019

For commercial damage matters, numbers are not enough

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21st November 2019

Beware FCPA provisions while seeking international business opportunities

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29th October 2019

Practical completion and the persian flaw

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22nd October 2019

Delay analysis with a human touch

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3rd October 2019

Dispute avoidance: FIDIC 2017

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3rd October 2019

The enhanced claims provisions of the 2017 FIDIC contracts

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2nd October 2019

‘Picking up the tab’ – the importance of commissioning in the built environment

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1st October 2019

Five years on: A review of statutory adjudication in Malaysia

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23rd September 2019

How causation should be analysed in construction claims

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17th September 2019

Public-private partnerships help universities fund capital projects

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11th September 2019

[Not always] keeping the [good] faith

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28th August 2019

Collaborate to succeed – the ultimate panacea or the current management fad?

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1st August 2019

Aligning performance measures and increasing maturity – a better recipe for proj...

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14th July 2019

Abu Dhabi Executive Council circular outlines new payment period for contractors...

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26th June 2019

Considerations in respect of contractual time-bars

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10th June 2019

The enhanced claims provisions of the 2017 FIDIC contracts

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14th May 2019

NEC contract project manager: Friend or foe?

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26th March 2019

Barristers’ Chambers in England and Wales: Impartiality and independence in inte...

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26th March 2019

Forensic delay analysis of linear projects

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19th March 2019

A Second Bite of the Cherry? Referring a dispute to a DAB in a FIDIC contract

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19th February 2019

To partake of part 8

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14th January 2019

Time to set new fire safety benchmarks

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7th January 2019

Mediation – a Middle East perspective

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29th November 2018

The servant of two masters: How can an expert witness square the circle of servi...

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12th October 2018

The value of a scheduling standard of care

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17th September 2018

Transit oriented development (TOD): The complexity of TOD decoded

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17th September 2018

More than a simple question of quantum? A cautionary guide to expert evidence

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31st July 2018

Deficient geotechnical project support for Middle Eastern residential developmen...

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28th July 2018

Forensic delay analysis: Modeled or planned v. as-built – in periods

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30th June 2018

Making an effective and persuasive case to a dispute board

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20th June 2018

The evolution of collaboration in building construction, disputes and expert ser...

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30th April 2018

Reasonability in constructing fragnets: A crucial perspective required for the r...

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30th April 2018

Digital and specialist skills help clients see the bigger picture as Asia-Pacifi...

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30th December 2017

What really convinces arbitral tribunals? The delay expert’s view

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29th December 2017

Acumen fuse schedule quality index: understanding the method

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15th December 2017

Brexit: The answer to the UK’s productivity problem?

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30th November 2017

Delay analysis, a valuable tool or ‘black magic’?

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25th November 2017

Cost engineers and transport infrastructure: The vital role cost engineers play ...

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20th November 2017

“How much?!” Expectations v reality in architectural design

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6th October 2017

Watch out, watch out… Concurrent delay is being struck out!

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14th September 2017

The analysis and valuation of disruption

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6th June 2017

The provisional sum loophole in the Middle East

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15th May 2017

What is constructive about acceleration?

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