Expert profile
Highlights
- Chartered Quantity Surveyor.
- Proven as a credible expert witness under cross-examination.
- Experience as a quantity surveyor and contracts manager with contractors.
- Expertise in power generation schemes.
- Bilingual in Tsonga and English.
Services
Construction QuantumIndustries
Buildings | Transportation Infrastructure | Oil & Gas | Power & Utilities | Real Estate & Tourism | Sports & Entertainment | Technology, Media & Telecoms
Expertise
Wisani Bila is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with over 15 years of experience. He has been appointed as a quantum expert and has assisted the named expert on several occasions.
Wisani has testified in arbitration. He has assisted the quantum expert in adjudications and arbitration proceedings, and in alternative dispute resolution with disputed values of up to $48.8 million.
Wisani specialises in disputes associated with power generation schemes. He has expertise in evaluation of quantum for delay, disruption and loss of productivity, disputed variations, termination cost, final account negotiation, assisting with the drafting of contracts, prolongation cost audits, and assessment of interim payments.
Background
Wisani has held positions as a quantity surveyor and junior contracts manager with various contractors. His project experience includes residential, commercial, government low-cost housing developments, healthcare, education, and environmental facilities throughout South Africa and the Middle East.
Wisani holds a master’s in construction law and arbitration. He is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and a Practicing Associate of the Academy of Experts.
Qualifications
NDip Building
BTech Quantity Surveying
SA LLM Construction Law and Arbitration
Professional Memberships
MRICS, MCIArb, AMAE
Contact Wisani
Email: wisanibila@hka.com
Tel: +27 11 731 7000
Location:
4 Fricker Road, Illovo
P.O. Box 84325, Greenside 2034
Johannesburg 2196, South Africa