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David discusses the Middle East's role in attracting top-tier contracting talent.

Driver Trett were Highly Commended in the Consultant of the Year category at the Construction Innovation Awards 2021.

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.

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,...

With first-hand experience of how contractors’ can spend significantly more than planned on labour and equipment during the course of a construction p...

We have collated the questions asked from our webinar on Delay analysis methods and techniques used in UAE court litigation, and provided the answers ...

Driver Trett announces collaboration with EVRA Consulting (PTY) Ltd (EVRA), based in Johannesburg, South Africa

New office open in Times Square, New York City - along with the hire of two new Senior Vice Presidents, who will be based there.

Driver Trett and Global Advocacy and Legal Counsel are pleased to invite you to their webinar on delay analysis methods and techniques best suited to ...

Driver Trett  and Charles Russell Speechlys are pleased to invite you to their webinar on disruption claims

Driver Trett Digital Digest

Driver Group announce new CEO

Chris Sunderland joins Driver Trett as Marketing and Business Development Director.

Welcome to the latest edition of the Digest which, as always, brings you a variety of articles from around the world. We hope you enjoy this issue!  

As part of Oman’s 49th National Day Celebrations (18th November 2019), Oman Post has issued a stamp featuring the Al Batinah Expressway.

In the fifth of a series of articles in the lead-up to EXPO 2020, Driver Trett’s Daniel Weller looks at mitigation; the obligations it places on a con...

Driver Trett are delighted to see Nour Tarabishi profiled in the November edition of Quality World magazine.

Evaluating Contract Claims (Third Edition) by John Mullen and Peter Davison

EXPO 2020 in Dubai is fast approaching. The immovable deadline for this incredibly important event for the UAE will put significant time pressure on...

EXPO 2020 in Dubai is fast approaching. The immovable deadline for this incredibly important event for the UAE will put significant time pressure on a...

Expo 2020 Time is Ticking - Disruption

Driver Trett are delighted to be supporting the CIICA's inaugural conference of its Young Arbitration Group (YAG) titled “International Arbitration in...

EXPO 2020 in Dubai is fast approaching. The immovable deadline for this incredibly important event for the UAE will put significant time pressure on a...

Congratulations to Peter Laing, Operational Director from the Driver Trett Oman office who was awarded the exceptional performance award from Outward ...

Driver Trett is delighted to be hosting a CPD event, run in conjunction with the RICS, on Optimising your Claims position ahead of a Final Account, ...

Driver Trett is delighted to announce the opening of its new office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia which underpins our ongoing commitment to the region and s...

Driver Trett were delighted to participate in the 9th International Gas Forum, that is taking place in St. Petersburg on 1-4 October 2019.

Join Ronan Kelly from Driver Trett's Qatar office at a seminar hosted by Constructing Excellence in Qatar, on 16th June in Doha.

Driver Group are pleased to announce that with immediate effect, Stefan Panourgias will in addition to his existing role of Country Manager for Qatar ...

Parkhouse Caledonia FC, proudly sponsored by Driver Trett Qatar, win an unprecedented treble.

Contractors often complain of ‘disruption’ and additional costs which are incurred during the course of a construction project. However, these claims ...

Join Stephen Osuhor and Richie Teehan from Driver Trett's Dubai office on Tuesday 16th April at an Irish Business Network event, where they will be di...

On March 29th, Parkhouse Caledonia FC, sponsored by Driver Trett, reached the final of the Alger Cup by beating African side Elite FC in the semi fina...

Join John Dowse on April 23rd for a webinar on Prolongation and Cost Claims.

Join John Dowse on the 1st May 2019 for an RICS CPD at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Kuwait. 

Driver Trett Dubai hosted a cycling morning for clients and colleagues around the Al Qudra Cycle Track, including a stop for breakfast at the beautifu...

Stephen Osuhour from Driver Trett's Dubai office and Fernando Ortega from Bin Nakhira and Partners will be hosting a 1 day training session in conjunc...

Peter Banathy and John Dowse were amongst the guests on the esteemed panel

Driver Trett in the UAE were delighted to support the Multiplex golf tournament on 7th March 2019. 

John Dowse, Diales Expert in the Middle East, will be speaking at the 3rd Kuwait Project Management Conference on 6th March about the need to adopt di...

Lee Barry, Regional Managing Director of Driver Trett Middle East will join Patrick McPherson from CMS to discuss the Do’s and Don’ts for Effective Cl...

Driver Trett was once again delighted to welcome clients and colleagues to our annual golf day on Thursday 7th Feb.

On 23 January 2019, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Quantity Surveyors and Bin Nakhira & Partners, Christian Merrett and Stephen Osuhor ...

On 23 January, Christian Merrett and Stephen Osuhor from Driver Trett in Dubai,  in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Quantity Surveyors and ...

Driver Group Plc is delighted to announce that it was awarded Large Company Turnaround of the Year at the prestigious Institute for Turnaround awards,...

Driver Trett celebrate 40 years anniversary with drinks reception at the Houses of Parliament

Driver Trett Dubai recently hosted a cycling morning for our contacts across the construction, engineering and legal sectors, collecting secondhand cy...

Construction Law: Identify, Quantify and Present Disruption Claims

Driver Trett Dubai hosted a cycling morning for colleagues and clients around the Al Qudra Cycle Track, including a stop for breakfast at the beautifu...

Join Peter Banathy on the 12th November 2018 for an RICS CPD discussing the role of an Expert Witness in construction claims, from the time of appoint...

​​​​​​​Peter Banathy was delighted to join an esteemed panel today at the Leaders in Construction event in Kuwait, discussing construction conflicts a...

Driver Trett and HFW were delighted to welcome around 50 legal and construction industry professionals this morning to the beautiful JW Marriott hotel...

Driver Trett is delighted to announce its sponsorship of Parkhouse Caledonia F.C., who play in the Premier Division of the Qatar Community Football Le...

Driver Trett and HFW are hosting a joint discussion on the contractual and legal issues on construction projects.

Driver Trett proudly sponsors Parkhouse Caledonia F.C.

Andy Smith gave a seminar to the Chartered Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyors in Dubai on the 24th September.  The evening covered:

Driver Trett are once again sponsoring Leaders in Construction - Kuwait on October 17th

FIDIC has published new editions of the Red Book (Construction contract), the Yellow Book (Design and Build contract) and the Silver Book (Turn-key co...

Driver Trett are once again proud sponsors of the annual ICC - FIDIC conference on 20th - 21st September this year being held in the beautiful city of...

Most contracts require a contractor to submit a notice of its intention to claim for an entitlement to an extension of time and additional costs. Wher...

Driver Trett are pleased to have sponsored and attended the RICS quiz on 26th June in Dubai. Not winners this time around but a great evening was had ...

Driver Trett country manager Kobus Havemann, and Khamis Al Souli, our local partner, attended the opening of the Al-Batinah Expressway and were awarde...

Following many years of supporting clients and projects in Kuwait, April 12th marked the official launch of the Driver Trett Kuwait office.

Lee Barry recently spoke at the first ever Dispute Resolution Question Time event – hosted by Construction Week magazine in Dubai.

Congratulations to the Driver Trett team in Oman for their work on the newly opened Muscat International Airport (MIA) which officially welcomed its f...

On the 8th March 2018, the Dubai office co-hosted a morning ride with Stephenson Harwood around the Al Qudra Cycle Track including a stop for breakfas...

On the 1st February 2018, Driver Trett hosted the annual Middle East golf day which took place at Jumeriah Golf Estates, Dubai – a world renowned golf...

Christian Merrett will be delivering a CIOB CPD seminar on 'Delay Analysis Methodologies - Making the Right Choice' on 28th March 2018 at the Address ...

Lee Barry, Regional Managing Director for the Middle East and Africa will be hosting a half day workshop on claims and disputes in conjunction with HF...

We are delighted to inform you that Ahmed Ismail, an Operational Director from our KSA office, will discuss Delay Analysis at an RICS CPD Webinar, whi...

During the month of November Driver Trett’s UAE offices’ supported the annual Red Crescent clothes drive. Many of us have clothes that we do not wear ...

Lee Barry, Middle East managing director of Driver Trett spoke at the Leaders in Construction event in Kuwait where he outlined the ways in which Kuwa...

Ahead of next week’s Construction Week: Leaders in Construction Kuwait Summit 2017, Anthony Crowley, Country Manager for Driver Trett in Kuwait takes ...

Driver Trett is sponsoring the ICC-FIDIC Conference on International Construction Contracts & Dispute Resolution