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Expertise

How ALAZ EXPERT works with you

Senior, hands-on advisory across the full lifecycle of construction contracts and disputes, for contractors, developers, owners, government bodies and counsel, acting for claimant and respondent alike.

Full spectrum disputes & contracts advisory

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Forensic Delay Analysis

Establishing the cause, extent and responsibility for delay with rigorous, methodology-driven analysis that withstands cross-examination.

  • Time Impact Analysis
  • Windows / Time-Slice
  • As-Planned vs As-Built
  • Primavera P6
  • Impacted / Collapsed As-Built
  • SCL Protocol

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Quantum & Damages

Independent valuation of the money consequences of delay and change, with the right methodology applied to the available records.

  • Prolongation
  • Disruption
  • Loss & Expense
  • Variations
  • Escalation
  • Loss of Productivity
  • Overheads
  • Finance Charges

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Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

Strategy and representation from the first notice of dispute to the final award, and the judgement to know when to settle.

  • DIAC
  • ICC
  • SCCA
  • Counsel & Arbitrator
  • Co-Arbitrator
  • Counsel

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Expert Witness & Determination

Independent expert evidence on delay, quantum and technical contract issues, for tribunals, parties and counsel.

  • Expert Reports
  • Joint Statements
  • Testimony
  • Expert Determination
  • Hot-Tubbing

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FIDIC Contract Advisory

Drafting, review and administration across the FIDIC suite so that entitlement is protected and provable from the outset.

  • Red / Yellow / Silver
  • Sub-Clause 20
  • Claims
  • Subcontracts
  • Notices
  • Clause 8 EOT
  • Clause 13 Variations

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Dispute Avoidance & Claims Management

Keeping live projects out of dispute through proactive claims management and dispute-board support.

  • FIDIC DAAB
  • DAB / DRB
  • EOT Claims
  • Health-Check
  • EOT Preparation
  • Records Strategy

Forensic Delay Analysis

Forensic delay analysis, in five steps

  1. 01As-planned.

    Every dispute starts with the programme as it was meant to be built.

  2. 02The event.

    A delay event lands on the critical path.

  3. 03Impacted.

    Its effect ripples through every dependent activity.

  4. 04The critical path.

    Rigorous method identifies exactly which delays drove completion.

  5. 05Entitlement.

    …and proves it to a tribunal.

M1M4M7M10M13MobilisationPilingSubstructureSuperstructureMEP rough-inFaçadeFit-out & handoverData dateDelay eventPlanned47 daysEOT entitlement (illustrative)

Illustrative programme: method, not a client matter.

  • Baseline
  • Float
  • Delay event
  • Critical path
  • EOT entitlement

Methodology

Rigour that withstands a tribunal

Every analysis is built on recognised, defensible methodology, and explained in language a tribunal can follow.

Delay Methodologies

  • Impacted As-Planned
  • Time Impact Analysis (TIA)
  • Time-Slice / Windows Analysis
  • As-Planned vs As-Built
  • Collapsed As-Built (But-For)
  • Concurrency & pacing assessment

Quantum Heads of Claim

  • Prolongation & extended preliminaries
  • Disruption & loss of productivity
  • Variations & rate review
  • Unabsorbed head-office overheads
  • Escalation & finance charges
  • Acceleration & mitigation costs

Contractual Framework

  • FIDIC Red / Yellow / Silver Books
  • Sub-Clause 20 claims & time-bars
  • Clause 8 extension of time
  • Clause 13 valuation of variations
  • UAE Civil Code interaction
  • SCL Delay & Disruption Protocol

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Facing a claim, a dispute, or a contract you can't afford to get wrong?

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Alaa Husni Zeidan, MCIArbMCIArb · FIDIC FCCM

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