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Delay Analysis

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David Richards
BSc, FRICS, FCIArb

Consultant

Office: +44 1726 833 386
Mobile: +44 7891 570 409
Email:  David.Richards@tqef.uk.com
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Overview

David Richards has over 40 years of experience as a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and over 20 years of experience as a Chartered Arbitrator. The first 15 years of his career were spent on construction projects, including hotels, hospitals and prisons. He has been a member of the Council of the Society of Construction Law and is a past chairman of the (UK) Southern Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Background and experience

David is widely experienced in UK and international engineering and construction claims and dispute resolution. He has been appointed as arbitrator on approximately 70 occasions and adjudicator on 35 occasions and has, on many occasions, given expert opinion evidence in the area of delay and disruption assessment and cost evaluation, which is his main area of occupation. He has also been an appointed member of Dispute Resolution Boards and has undertaken expert determinations.

David was on the Society of Construction Law committee for the development of the 2002 Protocol on Delay and Disruption.

David has particular experience in delay analysis and complex disruption valuation, disentangling global claims to establish the relationship between particular cause and effect. He has been involved in a number of high-profile cases that have been featured in the construction press and law reports.

 


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