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Introduction: the challenges of identifying root causes in construction and engineering disputes How long does it take to count to 2 million? If one were to count for eight hours a day, it would take 70 days to reach 2 million. Now, imagine reviewing 2 million documents manually, logging relevant ...

We are delighted to release our Interim Report for 2025. Please click here to view and download the report.

Often, I come across delay analysis reports and claims, especially those prepared by contractors inhouse, where a specific method is clearly identifie...

Having spent many years working for main contractors, both as a Project Planner and a Project Manager, I have seen first-hand how messy and expensive ...

The Netherlands is renowned worldwide as a country that lives in harmony with water. As a low-lying delta, the country has a long history of pioneer...

Discover the career pathway of recent civil engineering graduate, Mayar Matar.

A tool for successful monitoring of a project’s progress, or an unnecessary burden? A Delay Analyst’s point of view The use of sectional...

The current uncertainty about the future of British Steel is just the latest manifestation of the multiple and multi-faceted issues now confronting na...

CPD seminars across the UK throughout April and May. These seminars will address some of the common issues that occur when administering programmes an...

We are delighted to release our Annual Report and Accounts for 2024. Click here to read and download our final accounts.

Diales Australia is delighted to announce a new partnership with Smartsheet, the AI-enhanced enterprise-grade work management platform.

Unravelling the complexities and avoiding disputes in the completion phases.

The construction industry has often been faced with unique challenges, but price escalation has become a particular concern due to recent global facto...

A conversation between two of our Directors in Dubai, comparing and contrasting these two methods.

Robert Dean discusses established methods of ADR in the construction sector, and how emerging innovations are beginning to influence industry practice...

Data centres are also a fundamental part of the business enterprise, designed to support applications and provide services such as data storage, acces...

CPD seminars across the UK throughout October and November. The seminars will address the day-to-day issues that are common when assessing additional ...

We are looking forward to returning to Berlin Dispute Resolution Days for another year in a row, and to delivering a session as part of the programme.

A primary obstacle preventing Contractors from securing an extension of time or additional payment often stems from inadequate evidence in the form of...

If claims were truly detrimental, why would numerous contracts include provisions for them?

We are delighted to release our Interim Report for 2024. Click here to read and download our final accounts.

In the recent case of Panther Real Estate Development LLC v Modern Executive Systems Contracting LLC, the Dubai International Financial Centre (“DIFC”...

Just released, dates for our UK Spring seminar series. We will discuss the (fictional) fraught relationships on an offshore wind farm project, where t...

We are delighted to release our Annual Report and Accounts for 2023. Click to access.

This article discusses several of the essential elements required for substantiating the cause of the delay(s) and the subsequent effect of the delay ...

In an adaptation to his article, titled 'Compensation for Idling Owned Plant', Driver Trett Country Director for Korea, Jung-guk Lee, has issued a rev...

Scott Stiegler from Vinson & Elkins discusses prolongation claims, from notification, causation, and substantiation, to key points to remember for bri...

Diales Technical Expert, Colin Smith, provides an anecdotal assessment of civil engineering. The backgrounds from which students could come to study t...

In this article, Vincent Fogarty, takes an overview of the UN definition of Sustainable Development, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, ...

Rob Gray, Operations Director at Diales Technical, discusses some of the innovative approaches which have revolutionised the construction process and ...

Senior Consultants Balint Laszlo and Fernando Barragan Rajo, outline the project controls process which, some say, comprises best practice to objectiv...

The dividing date delineates ‘actual’ costs from ‘forecasted’ costs in the assessment of a compensation event – it is the ‘line in the sand’.

Natasha Fortune outlines the difference between delay and disruption, how to succeed with a disruption claim, establishing the event and causation; an...

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How can BIM be utilised to minimise the issues that would cause conflicts in construction projects, before they develop into disputes, and how can it ...

CEO Mark Wheeler discusses how a level of cynicism can can be a healthy thing, even more so when giga projects are concerned.

CEO and Head of Diales, recounts the development required to become an expert witness. Are you ready to take that step?

We are delighted to participate in the London Legal Walk for another year, raising vital funds to enable everyone to access legal aid.

"Focus solely on the issues in hand, relate every point being made back to the question, and be clear and concise in your answers." Toby Randle, Partn...

Diales Quantum Expert, David Brown, looks at how effective and accurate an AI chatbot is, when he proposes a series of questions on the measured mile ...

Shaun brings with him a wealth of valuable Board experience. Get to know him in this news post.

Leslie Harland, Regional Director based in Singapore, takes us through an overview of growth in Asia Pacific, and how the construction industry is con...

We are delighted to have opened a new office in Seoul, South Korea. View our photos from the night.

Associate Director Mark Blackmore discusses the common types of contra charge used in the construction industry: set-off, counterclaims and abatement.

We are delighted to release our Annual Report and Accounts for 2022. 

Driver Trett UK are delighted to launch their Spring Seminar Series, addressing some of the common issues encountered with the NEC4 form.

Ben Chamberlain, and Rob Foster, discuss the ambiguities in the statutory fire safety Building Regulations Part B, and the practical guidance of Appro...

In this article John Mullen outlines which management failures most commonly lead to problems that can end in claims, dispute and increased costs. See...

Delay Expert Andrew Agathangelou, shares his insight on writing an expert report to assist the adjudicator or tribunal, and shares a first-hand exampl...

Driver Trett COO and Quantum Expert, Tom Comerford, explores ways in which a party appointed expert can provide assistance (or not) to a court or trib...

Diales Associate Director, Rob Gray, discusses how we designed demountable seating to transform the London Stadium into a Premier League football grou...

Diales delay expert, David Wileman, reflects on his long career as a planner, the changing technologies of the industry, and how he sees the future of...

Writing for the Driver Trett Digest, Hamish Lal, Partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, discusses the '1782 disclosure' and how it was used in...

Technical Experts Hooman Baghi and Stuart Holdsworth consider the use of technology in the dispute resolution arena, encompassing AI, virtual and augm...

Driver Trett and C&E Legal Solutions are pleased to invite you to their seminar on suspension, termination, and quantifying your loss under Qatar Law ...

Get to know our new Director for Canada, Michelle McMillan.

Driver Trett UK deliver the second series of live seminars across the region, this time covering the key issues encountered when subcontracting ...

Here at Driver, we are always considering the best way to meet our clients’ needs. Reflecting on this, our CEO, Mark Wheeler, has collected his though...

With experience in international property, engineering, and construction consultancies, Charlotte brings a wealth of experience to the role.

We are delighted to release the second issue of the Driver Trett Digital Digest. This issue takes a global look at the most recent trends and developm...

Ian Hall, Driver Project Services Operations Director, discusses the need for planning at the early stages of a project, and the six rules every plann...

Paul Whatley, Driver Trett Technical Director based in the Middle East, discusses the practical considerations for sectional completions.

Kjeld de Meersseman, Operations Director for the Netherlands, and Hugo-Frans Bol, Managing Director for Mainland Europe, both analyse the new ‘delay a...

Khalid Yousri, Driver Trett Director – UAE Country Manager, looks at the growing trend of contracting parties to use Expert Determination as a vehicle...

Operations Directors for Driver Trett France, Marine Maffre Maucour & Antoine Clouet, discuss recent green initiatives in energy production, and their...

Khalid Yousri has been promoted to UAE Country Manager. We took the opportunity to ask him a few questions about his new role, his career path and wha...

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Driver Trett France est heureux de vous convier à la conférence webinaire, le jeudi 30 juin 2022.

Driver Trett CEO, Mark Wheeler, hosts our first round table session with industry peers and experts in London.

The first live seminar to be delivered in 2 years.

We are delighted to release our Annual Report and Accounts for 2021. Click here to read and download our final accounts.

Jon Sanderson, Country Manager for Oman, takes us through the development of Driver Trett’s service offering in the region, which has progressed along...

...and their contribution to the country’s vision 2030 plans Despite the impact of COVID-19 which resulted in the Kingdom’s borders bein...

In this article, Julian Haslam-Jones, Regional Director and UAE Country Manager, defines the role of a shadow expert, and puts forward an argument tha...

Issues have occurred in the construction of Father Christmas’s Grotto, and the strengths and weaknesses of the various issues will be reviewed. Valuat...

As part of issue 22 of the Driver Trett Digest, we took the opportunity to catch up with the Regional Operational Director for the Middle East & Asia ...

Since the global pandemic of covid-19, virtual hearings have allowed the wheels of dispute resolution to continue to turn, with little delay. I believ...

Construction disputes could end up in litigation from defective and vague arbitration agreements, or failed ADR procedures, and sometimes even, as a c...

Mustafa Abdulsalam, BSc Eng. PMP®, PMI-SP®, Senior Consultant in Kuwait, builds upon our earlier article of the same name in this feature, as he takes...

Daniel Morris, Technical Director in Qatar, considers the challenges faced by the State to deliver on its ambitious plans to host the FIFA World Cup 2...

New office in Seoul, South Korea, headed by Mark Murphy and Jung-Guk Lee, the office will provide our suite of services across key industry sectors, i...

Andrew Miller, Driver Trett Associate Director, discusses the reasonableness of the Plan, and the role of the quantum expert in the dispute resolution...

Driver Trett were Highly Commended in the Consultant of the Year category at the Construction Innovation Awards 2021.

Les incertitudes sont au cœur des relations contractuelles et constituent une limite à la recherche d’un contrat optimum.

Taking the form of a mock adjudication between a Client and a Contractor involved in an urban realm scheme under an NEC4 contract, the scenario will d...

La majorité des Contract Managers le savent, sur un marché à forts enjeux, il est primordial d’aligner les intérêts des sous-traitants avec ceux de l’...

Ils ont discuté des spécificités du métier de consultant en contract management et de la contribution du Contract Manager externe dans la gestion de l...

Get to know the newly promoted Country Director for Oman, Jonathan Sanderson.

Nous proposons ici de nourrir une réflexion basée sur les apports théoriques et empiriques des deux prix Nobel déconomie 2016 - Oliver Hart et Bengt H...

Alasdair Snadden, Managing Director for Asia Pacific, explores the need for diversity in the construction industry, and the strength of a team over th...

Ben Bury, Partner at HFW, discusses some of the recent events that have affected Hong Kong over the last 18 months, and considers how they may have de...

Driver Group Plc's Interim Report 2021

King Wah Liew, Country Director of Malaysia, discusses the typical challenges faced by contractors in the country during the covid-19 pandemic; and th...

Is mediation a fishing trip or a common sense solution? We are delighted to announce the next of our UK webinar sessions for 2021. This webinar wil...

Operations Manager Jung-guk Lee explores Claims under Contract; Claims for damages; and how to advance hire value claims for plants in the event of de...

Get to know the newly promoted Country Director for Australia, Mukul Soul. In this article, Mukul discusses his career path to date and considers some...

Regional Director for Asia Pacific, Ashlea Read, discusses how the use of drones in construction sites is increasing year on year, and how the benefit...

This short article focusses on the retrospective quantification of acceleration claims, written by Principle Quantum Expert, John Mullen.

Regional Head of Diales APAC, and Quantum and Delay Expert, Garth McComb, shares insight into what sets apart a Diales Expert, and some of his experie...