Regional Director, Delay
PgDip, BA (Hons), CUBS, MSCL
Gary is an expert forensic planner with over 35 years of experience working in the UK and internationally for consultants, client organisations, and contractors. Over the last 17 years, Gary has specialised in forensic planning and delay analysis as an independent expert in formal disputes.
Gary has been instructed on over 30 occasions in respect of formal dispute resolution proceedings acting as an independent expert (under CPR35) and has been instrumental in assisting the parties and their advisors in the resolution ofa number of mediations, adjudications, and litigation.
Gary has also acted in an advisory role, assisting clients in the production and/or defence of extension of time (EOT) claims. He has also undertaken various non-contentious commissions, including project planning and project controls, programme audits, the development of planning and project control systems in the UK and overseas, and the delivery of planning-related and project controls training.
Gary is conversant with the various forms of delay analysis methodologies and is a fully competent practitioner of manual- and computer-aided planning and project control techniques and systems. He has also delivered NEC training courses in-house and to contractors and legal firms.
Gary has extensive software experience in planning applications such as Primavera P6, Primavera P3e, Primavera P3, SureTrak, Asta Power Project, Microsoft Project, CS Project, Plantrac, and Trackstar.
Gary has knowledge and understanding of all the major forms of contract,which include JCT, NEC, ICE, ICC, FIDIC, and other bespoke forms.
Gary is a Recommended Expert in Lexology Index’s Consulting Experts – Construction – Quantum, Delay & Technical research. His peers say that he is “great for delay disputes” and has “meticulous focus on and comprehensive assessment of project timelines and delay analysis.”
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Education and Certifications • Strategic Environmental Planning Studies, BA (Hons):Liverpool John Moores University (1980-1983) • Environmental Planning Studies, PgDip:Liverpool John Moores University (1983-1985)
• Civil Expert Certificate: Cardiff University Bond Solon (CUBS)
Society of Construction Law (MSCL)
