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We have advised on a wide range of UK and international projects, including power, oil and gas, process, infrastructure, hospitals, airports, sports facilities, commercial, educational and public sector schemes.
As a multidiscipline practice, we can resource entire teams from within Ridge. We have the technical and commercial capability to analyse problems, establish the facts and present creative solutions to challenging issues. We are actively involved in the delivery of construction and engineering projects and closely follow technical developments. This enables us to provide informed, current advice and opinion on complex construction and engineering issues.
Our clients include leading international contractors, developers and employers, as well as government agencies and large public bodies. We regularly receive referrals from international law firms and we enjoy a first-class reputation.
Where litigation or arbitration is unavoidable, we have considerable experience of working as an integrated part of our clients’ legal teams.
Our EWAS team provides the following services:
Our multidiscipline team includes professionally qualified engineers, quantity surveyors, delay analysts, project and construction managers and claims specialists with further qualifications in law and arbitration.
Partner, Expert Witness and Advisory Services
Expert Witness and Advisory Services lead, Chartered Civil and Structural engineer (FICE) with 26 years’ experience.
Lucy is a fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE) and a fellow of the Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) with 26 years of experience, including 6 years in Dubai. Experienced in the design of steel, concrete, masonry and timber building structures, project management, the design process and FIDIC contracts. She has given evidence on numerous occasions in both litigation and high profile international arbitrations.
Partner, Expert Witness and Advisory Services
Chartered Structural Engineer with over 20 years of experience in the construction and engineering industry.
David is a Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers (FIStructE) and an experienced Expert Witness with a proven track record of delivering highly impactful technical opinion for clients in construction and manufacturing industry related disputes both in the UK and internationally.
David has contributed to successful client outcomes across all forms of dispute resolution, including court preparation and appearance.
David Pope is very knowledgeable in his field and his reports are thorough and objective. He is very responsive in dealing with our requests and we have no hesitation in recommending him as an independent expert in his field of expertise
Partner, Expert Witness and Advisory Services
In-house solicitor with 15 years’ in-house experience.
Robert is a commercial solicitor qualified in 2001, offering his experience and advice in commercial contracts, risk management and claims handling.
Partner, Expert Witness and Advisory Services
An experienced Delay and Quantum Expert, Claims Specialist, and Project/Construction Manager with over 30 years’ experience in the construction and engineering industry.
Tim has been appointed by private and public-sector clients, developers, contractors, sub-contractors, suppliers and consultants to work on a wide variety of projects. His experience has been in the provision of delay, quantum and project management expert services, claims preparation and defence, contract advice and project/construction management. This experience ranges across sectors including residential, commercial, infrastructure, health, rail and petrochemical in the UK, Europe and the Middle East.
Associate, Expert Witness and Advisory Services
Chartered Quantity Surveyor with 27 years’ experience in the construction industry.
Regularly assists on quantum expert witness matters resolved through adjudication, arbitration and litigation, with several years’ experience on large scale, high-profile international matters. Particular experience on infrastructure, energy and process engineering project disputes.
Regularly provides advice on contract disputes, including the preparation and defence of claims involving final accounts, loss and expense and valuations etc.
In-depth working knowledge of domestic and international forms of contract, including JCT, NEC, FIDIC and iChemE.
Associate, Expert Witness and Advisory Services
Chartered Quantity Surveyor with over 20 years of experience in the construction and engineering industry.
Experienced in providing expert quantum advice and evidence in all forms of dispute resolution concerning loss and expense, final accounts, delay, variations and defects.
Preparation and defence of claims including disruption, EOT and acceleration.
Project experience within buildings, rail, tunnelling, nuclear and infrastructure in UK and Overseas.
In-depth working knowledge of NEC, FIDIC, ICC, ICE, JCT.
Associate, Expert Witness and Advisory Services
Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Specialises in analysing construction contract claims, providing expert witness services and preparing claims.
He has extensive experience both domestically and internationally, including commercial and residential buildings, education establishments, health and infrastructure. He is also a registered arbitrator with the London Court of International Arbitration, and arbitrator panel member with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Associate, Expert Witness and Advisory Services
Chartered Quantity Surveyor with over 40 years’ experience.
Paul is experienced in the procurement and post contract financial control of a diverse variety of projects. He specialises in design and build, NEC and government contracts.
Over the years he has also had extensive involvement in dispute resolution including infrastructure, industrial, educational, leisure, and residential buildings. He’s equally skilled in the forensic analysis of complex data for dispute resolution and the accompanying preparation of reports.
Associate, Expert Witness and Advisory Services
Chartered Civil and Structural Engineer with 23 years of experience.
Matthew is a member of the Institute of Structural Engineers.
He also has more than 6 years’ on-site experience in the co-ordination and delivery of civil and structural design for several large projects within the UK.
He specialises in structural design, working in the UK with steelwork, concrete and masonry across several different sectors, most notably defence, industrial, commercial and rail. He has also worked outside of the UK in India and on projects in the Gulf States.
Senior Consultant, Expert Witness and Advisory Services
Chartered Structural engineer with 16 years’ experience.
Katerina has significant expertise in the design of steel, timber, reinforced concrete, and masonry structures using various software.
She also has broad experience in the refurbishment of commercial, industrial, educational, leisure, and historic residential buildings.
She investigates and advises on the causes of structural defects, such as ground movement, design and construction issues and also specialises in the impact of design progress / design changes.
Consultant, Expert Witness and Advisory Services
An experienced planning engineer with construction management and dispute resolution qualifications.
Dan is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building and holder of MSc in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution.
He is a specialist in the operational delivery of projects and the resolution of time-related disputes. Has provided expert evidence and expert reports for use in dispute resolution proceedings.
Dan has gained experience across a range of projects with values of £50k – £750million, across the UK and overseas.
“We have worked with Dan on many occasions to support us on delay related matters and have always found his work to be thorough, accurate and excellently communicated…”
Associate, Expert Witness and Advisory Services
Expert Witness & Advisory Services. Associate and researcher with 13 years’ experience of expert support.
Claire is a researcher with a background in chemistry and law (DPhil and MChem from the University of Oxford and a PG Cert in construction law from King’s College, London) who assists professionals instructed as experts.
She has experience of international arbitration (particularly in the Middle East and Australia), litigation and adjudication and assists experts to produce high-quality, relevant, and understandable reports.
Researcher, Expert Witness and Advisory Services
Katrina assists professionals instructed as experts.
She has experience of international arbitration, adjudication and advisory work and assists experts with non-technical work such as scheduling information, proofreading any report, and compiling appendices and exhibits.
Consultant, Expert Witness and Advisory Services
Architect with more than 35 years of experience in private practice and in the commercial sector.
Chris has extensive experience relating to the management, administration, building design and supervision of a wide variety of architectural projects. From early conceptual design through to procurement and construction.
He has acted as an expert many times in a variety of cases, including practical completion disputes, contractual disputes, and diagnosis and eradication of building defects.
Chris splits his time between expert work and design work.
Partner, Expert Witness and Advisory Services
Expert Witness and Advisory Services lead, Chartered Civil and Structural engineer (FICE) with 26 years’ experience.
Lucy is a fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE) and a fellow of the Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) with 26 years of experience, including 6 years in Dubai. Experienced in the design of steel, concrete, masonry and timber building structures, project management, the design process and FIDIC contracts. She has given evidence on numerous occasions in both litigation and high profile international arbitrations.
