I have more than 13 years of experience in dispute resolution working with global multi-disciplinary contractors, clients and consultants on high-profile projects. I have been in the GCC for the past 7 years predominantly preparing and defending extension of time claims, prolongation claims, disruption claims and acceleration claims. I have worked on a series of high-profile arbitrations and adjudications in the Middle East. I have also provided commercial management and contract administration services on a wide range of projects, in a variety of construction and engineering sectors.
With regards to my academic qualifications, I have an LLM in ‘Construction Law…
It can be argued that excessive change on mega projects can have unpredictable effects, so how do contractors substantiate this in associated claims for time and money?
You may well think that the term “chaos” isn’t something that should be associated with construction, yet you’d be wrong.
At its simplest chaos theory can be illustrated by the “butterfly effect”, a term coined by the American mathematician and meteorologist, Edward Lorenz.
In 1963 Lorenz created a model of a weather system that led to a powerful insight about the way nature works: small changes can have large consequences. The idea came to be known as the butterfly effect after Lorenz suggested that the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil might ultimately cause a hurricane in Texas. …
Robert Dean
Disputes & advisory consultant, technology & futurism enthusiast. Visit Dean.ae for information.
