Expert profile
Highlights
- Chartered Quantity Surveyor and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
- Lead assistant in litigation, arbitration, adjudication, and mediation proceedings.
- Specialises in quantum assessments, including variations, disruption, prolongation, defects and valuation at termination.
- Experience across highways, tunnelling, rail, power, industrial, residential, and mixed-use developments.
- Experienced in major contract forms, including JCT, NEC, ICE, ICC and FIDIC, and procurement routes such as Traditional, D&B, Target Cost, EPC and Turnkey, PPP, and Framework Agreements.
Industries
Buildings | Industrial & Manufacturing | Power & Utilities | Transportation Infrastructure
Expertise
Charles Humphries is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with nearly 15 years of experience. He has supported the named quantum expert on thirteen occasions.
Charles has acted as lead assistant in litigation, international arbitration, domestic arbitration, adjudication, and mediation proceedings. He has drafted expert reports, assisted in schedule development and hearing preparation, and produced analysis of complex cost and valuation issues on disputes with values of up to QAR 7.8 billion.
Charles specialises in construction quantum analysis and the evaluation of cost, change, and performance across major infrastructure and building projects. His expertise includes valuation of works at termination, variations, disruption, prolongation, defects, cost-to-complete assessments, and analysis of loss and expense, overheads, and profit.
Background
Charles brings significant practical experience through his background as a commercial lead for major UK infrastructure works. There, he was responsible for the commercial delivery of complex engineering packages of up to £250 million, including high-risk subcontract administration, deeds of variation, claims, and change management. He has worked across a wide range of procurement routes, including traditional, design and build, target cost, EPC and turnkey, PPP and concession arrangements, and framework agreements.
Charles is qualified in construction management and surveying, and in construction law and dispute resolution, and holds a legal experience training advanced professional award in expert witness evidence. He is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a senior associate of the Academy of Experts, and a member of the Society of Construction Law.
Qualifications
MSc (Merit) Construction Law and Dispute Resolution
BSc (Hons) Construction Management and Surveying
LETAPAEWE
Professional Memberships
FRICS, FCIArb, SAAE, SCL
Contact Charles
Email: CharlesHumphries@hka.com
Location:
100 Victoria Embankment
London
EC4Y 0DH
