Expert profile
Highlights
- 30 years of engineering design and leadership experience on technically complex projects across the globe.
- Proven as a credible expert witness under cross-examination.
- Expert witness experience on some of the most complex structural failures and engineering disputes in Australia, the Middle East, and the UK.
- Member of Standards Australia’s code committees on concrete structures and wind loads for many years.
- Extensive experience in expert advisory and peer reviews.
- Special skills in design of sports stadia, tall buildings, steel structures, cable-supported structures, long-span roofs, vibration and earthquake engineering, and finite element analysis.
Industries
Buildings | Industrial & Manufacturing | Transportation Infrastructure
Kourosh has an impressive depth of knowledge in his field of expertise. He is a skilled engineer and experienced expert witness. Kourosh can convey and explain complex issues with ease to laymen.
Lexology Index - Construction
Expertise
Dr Kourosh Kayvani is a Chartered Professional Engineer with over 30 years of experience. He has been appointed as a technical expert on numerous occasions.
Kourosh has been cross-examined in litigation and arbitration, and has delivered expert reports for disputed projects and structural failures in reinforced concrete and steel structures, long-span roofs, high-rise buildings, industrial facilities, and transport infrastructure.
Kourosh’s expertise involves structural analysis, design and construction engineering of sports stadia, tall buildings, cable-supported structures and bridges, long-span roofs, telecommunication towers, and transport infrastructure. He has specialised experience in finite element analysis (FEA), wind engineering, seismic design, fatigue assessment, and development of design codes and standards.
Professional recognition
Lexology Index
Client Choice – Arbitration
Construction
Transport
Commercial Litigation
Australia and New Zealand – Construction and Arbitration
Dr Kourosh Kayvani is recognised for his “depth of expertise” and “commercially minded approach”, advising on billion-dollar international transport infrastructure projects and complex transport hub disputes.
Lexology Index - Transport
Background
Kourosh’s experience spans academia, expert advisory, expert witness roles, and engineering practise. He has played leading roles in the design and delivery of many innovative, complex, and award-winning projects across Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the UK, the Middle East, and Africa. His project portfolio includes Wembley Stadium in London, West Kowloon Terminus in Hong Kong, 5 Martin Place commercial tower and CommBank Stadium in Sydney, ANSTO OPAL nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights near Sydney, and Melbourne Star Observation Wheel, amongst many others.
Kourosh is a fellow and board director of Engineers Australia, a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, and the incoming chair of the Australian Standards for Concrete Structures (AS3600). He has received numerous awards and plaudits for his structural engineering prowess, with particular emphasis on his contribution to long-span structures worldwide. Kourosh has also served as member of Standards Australia’s code committees for concrete structures (AS3600) and wind loads (AS1170.2) for many years.
Qualifications
PhD Structural Engineering
MEngSc Structural Engineering
BSc Civil Engineering
Professional Memberships
CPEng, NER, APEC Engineer, IntPE(Aus), FIEAust, FTSE, MAICD, MAE
Contact Kourosh
Email: kouroshkayvani@hka.com
Tel: +61 2 9255 9100
Location:
Suite 1001, Level 10
309 Kent Street
Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
