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George Matta

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Highlights

Construction delay expert with nearly 35 years of experience.
Proven as a credible expert witness under cross-examination.
Specialises in delay and disruption analysis on complex construction and infrastructure disputes.
Project Management Professional and a Planning and Scheduling Professional.
Dual-qualified in law and architecture.
Fluent in English, Arabic, and French.

Services

Construction Delay & Disruption

Industries

George Matta is “a good construction expert” specialising in delay claims. He has assisted his clients in a variety of matters, including expert determination and representation in disputes. Our market sources also appreciate his language skills.
Lexology Index - Construction

Expertise

George Matta has nearly 35 years of construction industry experience. He has been appointed as a delay expert on 18 occasions.

George has testified in the Supreme Court of Western Australia and in arbitration in Australia, Asia, and the Middle East and has provided expert determinations in Australia and the Middle East. He has produced expert reports on disputes with values of up to $30 million.

George specialises in delay analysis and the assessment of acceleration and disruption claims in complex construction and infrastructure disputes. He has expertise in extension of time and concurrency analysis, as well as critical path and causation assessments.

Professional recognition

Lexology Index

Construction

George Matta is a renowned expert in delay and disruption, with over three decades of advisory experience on complex infrastructure and commercial projects across the Middle East and Australia.
Lexology Index - Consulting - Quantum, Delay & Technical

Background

George has a background in architecture and first-hand experience working for an international contractor. He has provided advisory services on more than 80 infrastructure and commercial projects, including power stations, airports, water infrastructure, healthcare and educational facilities, railways, tunnels, roads and bridges, oil and gas, mining, and residential and recreational developments, ranging from $5 million to more than $500 million.

George is a Project Management Professional and a Planning and Scheduling Professional. He is dual-qualified, with a master’s in construction law and a degree in architecture. George is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia, and the Australian Institute of Project Management.