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Chris Spandau

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Highlights

Widely experienced civil engineer.
Proven as a credible expert witness under cross-examination.
Served as technical lead and testifying expert on a £650 million design build highway dispute.
Technical expert on various high-profile projects from the Panama Canal to the Saint Lawrence cable stayed bridge.

Services

Forensic Engineering | Geotechnical Engineer | Commercial Litigation | International Arbitration

Industries

Buildings | Industrial & Manufacturing | Power & Utilities | Transportation Infrastructure

Chris Spandau is a favourite with peers and clients who commend him for his technical construction expertise. He has acted in disputes involving transport, civil engineering and major infrastructure projects, and provided testimony in litigation, arbitration and deposition proceedings. His top-rate practice includes the assessment of design issues, differing site conditions and engineering standards on complex construction schemes.

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Expertise

Chris Spandau is a professional engineer with more than 40 years of construction and engineering industry experience. He has been appointed as a technical expert on 40 occasions.

Chris has been cross-examined in both litigation and arbitration and provided sworn testimony at deposition on numerous occasions. He has acted as expert for projects with values of up to $5 billion and dispute values in excess of £600 million for projects ranging from highways, tunnelling, underground construction, grading and airports to PCC and AC paving, and utility installation. Chris also has experience in international arbitrations at a Middle East airport and a concession-run 150 km toll road in Poland.

Chris’s expertise includes strategic planning, project management, resident engineering, project review, scheduling and coordination. He has also been active in the evaluation of various construction disputes as they relate to differing site conditions, defective plans and specifications, and standard of care by design professionals.

Professional recognition

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Construction – Thought Leader
USA – Construction – Thought Leader
Consulting Experts – Construction – Quantum, Delay & Technical

Chris is very knowledgeable and thorough in his analysis. He is well known and respected in his fields of expertise. He has great presentation skills.
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Background

Chris spent more than 30 years in private practice as a civil engineer working with both public and private clients in the planning, design and construction of various facilities across the USA. His knowledge of the delivery of engineering professional services enables him to clearly evaluate both the context and substance of related project disputes.

Chris is a member of the American Council of Engineering Companies and the Construction Management Association of America. He holds a degree and master’s in civil engineering and is also a registered geotechnical engineer.