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What is corporate sustainability? The United Nations (UN) defines sustainable development as ‘development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability ... Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 04 December 2023 Read more
Revolutionising the construction industry Rob Gray, Operations Director at Diales Technical, discusses some of the innovative approaches which have revolutionised the construction process and ... Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 20 November 2023 Read more
Earned value Senior Consultants Balint Laszlo and Fernando Barragan Rajo, outline the project controls process which, some say, comprises best practice to objectiv... Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 08 November 2023 Read more
Dividing date - NEC4 The dividing date delineates ‘actual’ costs from ‘forecasted’ costs in the assessment of a compensation event – it is the ‘line in the sand’. Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 31 October 2023 Read more
Introduction to disruption claims Natasha Fortune outlines the difference between delay and disruption, how to succeed with a disruption claim, establishing the event and causation; an... Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 24 October 2023 Read more
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BIM in the construction industry How can BIM be utilised to minimise the issues that would cause conflicts in construction projects, before they develop into disputes, and how can it ... Articles / Digest / Europe / Global / Middle East 30 May 2023 Read more
The giga cynic CEO Mark Wheeler discusses how a level of cynicism can can be a healthy thing, even more so when giga projects are concerned. Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 24 May 2023 Read more
Wanna be an expert? CEO and Head of Diales, recounts the development required to become an expert witness. Are you ready to take that step? Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 16 May 2023 Read more
Why construction disputes are like exams "Focus solely on the issues in hand, relate every point being made back to the question, and be clear and concise in your answers." Toby Randle, Partn... Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 04 May 2023 Read more
Measured mile analysis Diales Quantum Expert, David Brown, looks at how effective and accurate an AI chatbot is, when he proposes a series of questions on the measured mile ... Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 13 April 2023 Read more
Shaun Smith joins as new Non-Executive Chairman Shaun brings with him a wealth of valuable Board experience. Get to know him in this news post. Americas / Asia Pacific / Europe / Global / Middle East / News 11 April 2023 Read more
Asia Pacific Leslie Harland, Regional Director based in Singapore, takes us through an overview of growth in Asia Pacific, and how the construction industry is con... Articles / Asia Pacific / Digest / Global 04 April 2023 Read more
Korea office launch We are delighted to have opened a new office in Seoul, South Korea. View our photos from the night. Asia Pacific / Events / Global / News 03 April 2023 Read more
Contra Charges Associate Director Mark Blackmore discusses the common types of contra charge used in the construction industry: set-off, counterclaims and abatement. Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 27 March 2023 Read more
Annual Reports & Accounts 2022 We are delighted to release our Annual Report and Accounts for 2022. Annual Report and Accounts / Global 23 February 2023 Read more
NEC4 - The Devil's in the Detail Driver Trett UK are delighted to launch their Spring Seminar Series, addressing some of the common issues encountered with the NEC4 form. Europe / Events / Global / Training 14 February 2023 Read more
Part B or Approved Part B? Ben Chamberlain, and Rob Foster, discuss the ambiguities in the statutory fire safety Building Regulations Part B, and the practical guidance of Appro... Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 10 January 2023 Read more
Building Back with Better Commercial Management In this article John Mullen outlines which management failures most commonly lead to problems that can end in claims, dispute and increased costs. See... Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 04 January 2023 Read more
Adjudicator Decisions... Delay Expert Andrew Agathangelou, shares his insight on writing an expert report to assist the adjudicator or tribunal, and shares a first-hand exampl... Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 14 December 2022 Read more
Assisting the court or tribunal Driver Trett COO and Quantum Expert, Tom Comerford, explores ways in which a party appointed expert can provide assistance (or not) to a court or trib... Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 05 December 2022 Read more
A seat with a view Diales Associate Director, Rob Gray, discusses how we designed demountable seating to transform the London Stadium into a Premier League football grou... Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 23 November 2022 Read more
Time to reflect Diales delay expert, David Wileman, reflects on his long career as a planner, the changing technologies of the industry, and how he sees the future of... Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 15 November 2022 Read more
'1782', what is all the fuss about? Writing for the Driver Trett Digest, Hamish Lal, Partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, discusses the '1782 disclosure' and how it was used in... Americas / Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 01 November 2022 Read more
Technology in Dispute Resolution Technical Experts Hooman Baghi and Stuart Holdsworth consider the use of technology in the dispute resolution arena, encompassing AI, virtual and augm... Articles / Digest / Global 25 October 2022 Read more
Seminar: Suspension & Termination and Quantifying Your Loss under Qatar Law and FIDIC Driver Trett and C&E Legal Solutions are pleased to invite you to their seminar on suspension, termination, and quantifying your loss under Qatar Law ... Events / Global / Middle East / News / Training 10 October 2022 Read more
Q&A with Michelle McMillan Get to know our new Director for Canada, Michelle McMillan. Americas / Articles / Global / News 08 September 2022 Read more
Live seminar: The perfect Subcontract storm Driver Trett UK deliver the second series of live seminars across the region, this time covering the key issues encountered when subcontracting ... Europe / Events / Global / News / Training 18 August 2022 Read more
Why would you use a consultant? Here at Driver, we are always considering the best way to meet our clients’ needs. Reflecting on this, our CEO, Mark Wheeler, has collected his though... Americas / Articles / Asia Pacific / Europe / Global / Middle East 15 August 2022 Read more
Driver Group has a new CFO With experience in international property, engineering, and construction consultancies, Charlotte brings a wealth of experience to the role. Americas / Asia Pacific / Europe / Global / Middle East / News 19 July 2022 Read more
Driver Trett Digital Digest 2022 We are delighted to release the second issue of the Driver Trett Digital Digest. This issue takes a global look at the most recent trends and developm... Americas / Asia Pacific / Digest / Europe / Global / Middle East / News 05 July 2022 Read more
Planners! Do we need them? Ian Hall, Driver Project Services Operations Director, discusses the need for planning at the early stages of a project, and the six rules every plann... Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 01 July 2022 Read more
Watch out for Sectional Completions Paul Whatley, Driver Trett Technical Director based in the Middle East, discusses the practical considerations for sectional completions. Articles / Digest / Global / Middle East 01 July 2022 Read more
The new Dutch delay and disruption guideline... Kjeld de Meersseman, Operations Director for the Netherlands, and Hugo-Frans Bol, Managing Director for Mainland Europe, both analyse the new ‘delay a... Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 01 July 2022 Read more
The Impact of Expert Determinations... Khalid Yousri, Driver Trett Director – UAE Country Manager, looks at the growing trend of contracting parties to use Expert Determination as a vehicle... Articles / Digest / Global / Middle East 01 July 2022 Read more
The ecological transition... Operations Directors for Driver Trett France, Marine Maffre Maucour & Antoine Clouet, discuss recent green initiatives in energy production, and their... Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 01 July 2022 Read more
Q&A with Khalid Yousri Khalid Yousri has been promoted to UAE Country Manager. We took the opportunity to ask him a few questions about his new role, his career path and wha... Articles / Global / Middle East / Middle East - Careers / News 28 June 2022 Read more
Interim Report 2022 Click here to view the Interim Report 2022 Americas / Asia Pacific / Europe / Global / Interim Reports / Middle East / News 14 June 2022 Read more
Webinaire – la Réception, levier contractuel et commercial Driver Trett France est heureux de vous convier à la conférence webinaire, le jeudi 30 juin 2022. Americas / Europe / Events / Global / News / Training 24 May 2022 Read more
Round Table - Building Back Better Driver Trett CEO, Mark Wheeler, hosts our first round table session with industry peers and experts in London. Articles / Europe / Global / News 25 April 2022 Read more
Live seminar: JCT Design and Build Contract 2016 – 5 Key Issues The first live seminar to be delivered in 2 years. Europe / Events / Global / News / Training 24 March 2022 Read more
Annual Report and Accounts 2021 We are delighted to release our Annual Report and Accounts for 2021. Click here to read and download our final accounts. Annual Report and Accounts / Global 24 January 2022 Read more
How it all began Jon Sanderson, Country Manager for Oman, takes us through the development of Driver Trett’s service offering in the region, which has progressed along... Articles / Digest / Global / Middle East 05 January 2022 Read more
The growth of PPP Procured Projects in KSA... ...and their contribution to the country’s vision 2030 plans Despite the impact of COVID-19 which resulted in the Kingdom’s borders bein... Articles / Digest / Global / Middle East 15 December 2021 Read more
Are shadow experts having a positive impact on disputes? In this article, Julian Haslam-Jones, Regional Director and UAE Country Manager, defines the role of a shadow expert, and puts forward an argument tha... Articles / Digest / Global / Middle East 08 December 2021 Read more
Webinar: A contractual Christmas Claim Issues have occurred in the construction of Father Christmas’s Grotto, and the strengths and weaknesses of the various issues will be reviewed. Valuat... Europe / Events / Global / Training 29 November 2021 Read more
Virtual Hearings - An Expert's View Since the global pandemic of covid-19, virtual hearings have allowed the wheels of dispute resolution to continue to turn, with little delay. I believ... Articles / Digest / Global / Middle East 16 November 2021 Read more
Construction litigation in the UAE Construction disputes could end up in litigation from defective and vague arbitration agreements, or failed ADR procedures, and sometimes even, as a c... Articles / Digest / Global / Middle East 10 November 2021 Read more
Lost in Translation - Part II Mustafa Abdulsalam, BSc Eng. PMP®, PMI-SP®, Senior Consultant in Kuwait, builds upon our earlier article of the same name in this feature, as he takes... Articles / Digest / Global / Middle East 01 November 2021 Read more
Qatar World Cup 2022 Daniel Morris, Technical Director in Qatar, considers the challenges faced by the State to deliver on its ambitious plans to host the FIFA World Cup 2... Articles / Digest / Global / Middle East 26 October 2021 Read more
New office in Seoul, South Korea New office in Seoul, South Korea, headed by Mark Murphy and Jung-Guk Lee, the office will provide our suite of services across key industry sectors, i... Asia Pacific / Global / News 18 October 2021 Read more
You never said you were going to do THAT ... Andrew Miller, Driver Trett Associate Director, discusses the reasonableness of the Plan, and the role of the quantum expert in the dispute resolution... Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 18 October 2021 Read more
Construction Innovation Awards 2021 Driver Trett were Highly Commended in the Consultant of the Year category at the Construction Innovation Awards 2021. Global / Middle East / News 06 October 2021 Read more
Webinar: Covid-19 - Back to the Future Taking the form of a mock adjudication between a Client and a Contractor involved in an urban realm scheme under an NEC4 contract, the scenario will d... Europe / Events / Global / News / Training 14 September 2021 Read more
La relation de sous-traitance sur grand projet : un véritable exercice d’équilibrisme La majorité des Contract Managers le savent, sur un marché à forts enjeux, il est primordial d’aligner les intérêts des sous-traitants avec ceux de l’... Articles / Europe / Global 27 July 2021 Read more
Nos consultants parisiens invités à intervenir lors d’un colloque universitaire – Paris Ils ont discuté des spécificités du métier de consultant en contract management et de la contribution du Contract Manager externe dans la gestion de l... Europe / Events / Global / News 12 July 2021 Read more
Q&A with Jonathan Sanderson Get to know the newly promoted Country Director for Oman, Jonathan Sanderson. Articles / Global / Middle East - Careers / News 22 June 2021 Read more
Le Contract Management... Nous proposons ici de nourrir une réflexion basée sur les apports théoriques et empiriques des deux prix Nobel déconomie 2016 - Oliver Hart et Bengt H... Articles / Europe / Global 18 June 2021 Read more
The need for diverse teams... Alasdair Snadden, Managing Director for Asia Pacific, explores the need for diversity in the construction industry, and the strength of a team over th... Articles / Asia Pacific / Digest / Global 11 June 2021 Read more
Hong Kong is still 'open for business'... Ben Bury, Partner at HFW, discusses some of the recent events that have affected Hong Kong over the last 18 months, and considers how they may have de... Articles / Asia Pacific / Digest / Global 09 June 2021 Read more
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The impact of the covid-19 pandemic, and the challenges faced by contractors in Malaysia King Wah Liew, Country Director of Malaysia, discusses the typical challenges faced by contractors in the country during the covid-19 pandemic; and th... Articles / Asia Pacific / Digest / Global 03 June 2021 Read more
Webinar: A Mock Mediation Is mediation a fishing trip or a common sense solution? We are delighted to announce the next of our UK webinar sessions for 2021. This webinar wil... Europe / Events / Global / Training 01 June 2021 Read more
Compensation for Idling Owned Plant Operations Manager Jung-guk Lee explores Claims under Contract; Claims for damages; and how to advance hire value claims for plants in the event of de... Articles / Asia Pacific / Digest / Global 24 May 2021 Read more
Q&A with Mukul Soul Get to know the newly promoted Country Director for Australia, Mukul Soul. In this article, Mukul discusses his career path to date and considers some... Articles / Asia Pacific / Digest / Global 18 May 2021 Read more
Game of Drones Regional Director for Asia Pacific, Ashlea Read, discusses how the use of drones in construction sites is increasing year on year, and how the benefit... Articles / Asia Pacific / Digest / Global 10 May 2021 Read more
The Quantification of Acceleration Claims This short article focusses on the retrospective quantification of acceleration claims, written by Principle Quantum Expert, John Mullen. Americas / Articles / Asia Pacific / Digest / Europe / Global / Middle East 04 May 2021 Read more
Get to know Diales Regional Head of Diales APAC, and Quantum and Delay Expert, Garth McComb, shares insight into what sets apart a Diales Expert, and some of his experie... Articles / Asia Pacific / Digest / Global 26 April 2021 Read more
The emergence of third party funding Joe Durkin, Investment Manager at LCM Finance, gives insight into how contractors are increasingly turning to litigation funding across the Middle Eas... Articles / Asia Pacific / Digest / Global 20 April 2021 Read more
How is Singapore handling a new world order? Asia Pacific Managing Director, Alasdair Snadden, and Danna Er, Partner at Eldan Law LLP, take a look at Singapore's response to the Covid-19 pandemic... Articles / Asia Pacific / Digest / Global 13 April 2021 Read more
Closing the Infrastructure Gap - Indonesia Indonesia is the world’s 16th-largest economy, and as an archipelago country, infrastructure continues to play a key part in the growth of the country... Articles / Asia Pacific / Digest / Global 08 April 2021 Read more
Webinar: NEC4 - Time to change The second in our UK Spring 2021 webinar series, this session will look at key issues arising under the NEC4 contract, with a particular focus on an e... Europe / Events / Global / Training 01 April 2021 Read more
Wanna be rich? Build roads first. Senior Consultant, Angie Chai, discusses the infrastructure developments of the Greater Bay Area, China. Looking at their socio-economic impact, she t... Articles / Asia Pacific / Digest / Global 30 March 2021 Read more
Subcontractor Entitlement It is common practice for subcontracts to be placed at varying times during the course of the project. If delays occur during the currency of the proj... Articles / Global / Middle East 16 March 2021 Read more
Records - Programmes and Progress Reports This, the second in the series, covers programmes and progress reports, which show what you planned to do, what you actually did, and when. The impor... Articles / Global / Middle East 10 February 2021 Read more
Webinar: JCT D&B – cladding replacement Our first session will look at key issues arising under the JCT suite of contracts. Europe / Events / Global / News / Training 08 February 2021 Read more
Q&A with Simon Braithwaite In this Q&A for the Driver Trett Digest, we catch up with Senior Vice President in New York, Simon Braithwaite. We ask how he has found starting a new... Americas / Articles / Digest / Global 14 January 2021 Read more
Webinar: Securing Bids and Tenders, Post C-19 Theo Hermantin and Antoine Clouet from our Paris office deliver this online webinar, in English, sharing their experiences on the operational and cont... Europe / Events / Global / News / Training 11 January 2021 Read more
Introduction to Contemporary Records The first of a series of five articles, discussing the common inadequacies and problems with records that Driver Trett face, when producing or assessi... Articles / Europe / Global / Middle East 05 January 2021 Read more
Seeing the Wood for the Trees In this article, Operations Director for Driver Trett in Bristol, Nicola Huxtable, discusses a case where we supported a contractor to recover losses ... Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 21 December 2020 Read more
ADR: Independent expert determination Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) comes in a variety of forms and fundamentally means a process of resolving a dispute other than through litigatio... Articles / Digest / Global / Middle East 14 December 2020 Read more
Take or pay: does the law of penalties apply? Writing for issue 20 of the Driver Trett Digest, Dr Hamish Lal, Josephine Kaiding and Léa Defranchi of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, discuss the... Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 03 December 2020 Read more
Webinar: Contractual & Tax Implications of C-19 Driver Trett and BDO are pleased to invite you to their free webinar on Contractual and Tax Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kuwait. Events / Global / Middle East / News / Training 01 December 2020 Read more
Variations and Covid-19 Contractors looking to claim relief and compensation for the impact of Covid-19 have often looked at their contract provisions for Force Majeure and C... Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 23 November 2020 Read more
The claims process under FIDIC 2017 Phil Duggan, Head of Expert Services in the Middle East, discusses his recent experiences of comparing the FIDIC 1999 Conditions to those of the 2017 ... Americas / Articles / Asia Pacific / Digest / Europe / Global / Middle East 17 November 2020 Read more
Driver Trett open a new office in Madrid Driver Trett is delighted to announce the opening of a new office in Madrid, Spain, along with the hire of Operations Director, Javier Sánchez Llopes,... Americas / Asia Pacific / Europe / Global / Middle East / News 16 November 2020 Read more
Records, why so shy? Andrew Miller, Driver Trett Associate Director from our London office discusses the importance for time and cost records, when proceeding with a claim... Articles / Digest / Europe / Global 11 November 2020 Read more
Webinar: An insight into claims for disruption With first-hand experience of how contractors’ can spend significantly more than planned on labour and equipment during the course of a construction p... Events / Global / Middle East / News / Training 11 November 2020 Read more
Covid-19: Continuing operational challenges Consultant Jacob Petrou, based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, discusses how European contractors can ensure oversight and management of supply and sub... Articles / Asia Pacific / Europe / Global 05 November 2020 Read more
Negotiation v Mediation: key considerations Consultant Laura Geary evaluates and compares Negotiation and Mediation, and summarises the factors to consider when deciding whether either form of A... Americas / Articles / Asia Pacific / Digest / Europe / Global / Middle East 01 November 2020 Read more
Webinar: Common NEC issues explained Webinar: Common NEC issues explained Europe / Events / Global / Training 20 October 2020 Read more
World Mental Health Day 2020 In recognition of World Mental Health Day 2020, we asked members of our team around the world, how they have found looking after their mental health d... Americas / Articles / Asia Pacific / Europe / Events / Global / Middle East 14 October 2020 Read more
Celebrating Moon Festival We would like to wish a happy Moon Festival to all who are celebrating, and send our thanks to our clients China Gezhouba Group Co., LTD who delivered... Articles / Asia Pacific / Events / Global / Middle East 11 October 2020 Read more
Q&A's from our webinar: Delay analysis methods and techniques used in UAE court litigation We have collated the questions asked from our webinar on Delay analysis methods and techniques used in UAE court litigation, and provided the answers ... Articles / Global / Middle East / News 01 October 2020 Read more
Driver Trett announce collaboration with EVRA Driver Trett announces collaboration with EVRA Consulting (PTY) Ltd (EVRA), based in Johannesburg, South Africa Americas / Asia Pacific / Europe / Global / Middle East / News 21 September 2020 Read more
Webinar: Common JCT Design & Build issues explained After a break over the Summer, and following the success of our Spring webinars, Driver Trett are pleased to announce the first event in our Autumn we... Europe / Events / Global / Training 17 September 2020 Read more
The claim: honesty is half the battle Senior Consultant for the Netherlands, Erald Kahmann, discusses some basic principles about the preparation and management of a claim. The article is ... Articles / Europe / Events / Global / Training 11 September 2020 Read more
What’s the rush all about? What’s the rush all about? To accelerate, or not? That is the question. Americas / Articles / Asia Pacific / Europe / Global / Middle East 13 August 2020 Read more
Driver Trett open a new office in New York New office open in Times Square, New York City - along with the hire of two new Senior Vice Presidents, who will be based there. Americas / Asia Pacific / Europe / Global / Middle East / News 10 August 2020 Read more