Dan is joined by Laura Lintott and Theresa Mohammed from Trowers and Hamlins LLP and discusses the best ways to cope with stress including puppies and spin classes and the benefits of effective dispute resolution provisions within construction contracts. More information about the services provided by Trowers and Hamlins LLP is available at https://www.trowers.com

Dan is joined by Wendy MacLaughlin who is a senior partner at GB², at the time of the recording Wendy was in Australia but is based in GB²'s London office.

Wendy is a Chartered Civil Engineer and a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. She has over 25 years of experience in the engineering and construction industry, specifically on major projects in the power sector during her time with Arup, in both site based roles and project office roles. Her years working as a consulting civil engineer provides her with a sound basis for her primary role as a programming and delay expert.

Wendy specialises in delay analysis and is known for her pragmatic and proportionate approach to her analyses, and her keen eye for detail. She has undertaken analyses on major projects around the world in most sectors. These include power stations in South East Asia, MENA, South America and Europe; oil and gas projects in the UK, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Vietnam, South Africa, and Australia; rail systems (heavy rail, light rail, rapid transit), roads and highways projects in the UK, Romania, East Africa, Middle East and Australia; large scale mining projects in Australia and renewable energy projects.

She was cited in Who’s Who Legal: Construction 2016 as an “intellectually rigorous authority”, in 2017 as “able to explain the complexities of her analysis to lay people in an accessible and persuasive manner, and everything you would expect of an expert”, and in 2018 as “awesome on the delay side” and a “delay superstar”. In 2019 she was recognised by her peers in Who’s Who Legal as Construction Expert Witness of the Year.   

Aquila Forensics Director, Daniel Miles, is joined by DLA Piper Partner, Edward Shaw.

Edward focusses on construction, engineering and infrastructure dispute resolution. He has experience in litigation, arbitration and all forms of alternative dispute resolution including adjudication, mediation and conciliation. He has acted for contractors, sub-contractors, employers, owners and financiers in significant disputes, internationally and in the UK.

"Ed Shaw is a very capable lawyer and provides excellent management and advice. He is easily approachable and is able tocommunicate complex issues in a clear and considered manner." (Legal 500, Construction Contentious, 2021)

His experience includes advising on major projects ranging from the transport, power and energy, process plant, water andheavy engineering sectors to the retail, hospitality and health sectors, office developments as well as PFI/PPP infrastructure.

Aquila Forensics Director, Daniel Miles is joined for our inaugural podcast by David Richards who has over 40 years' experience as a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and over 20 years' experience as a Chartered Arbitrator. He has been a member of Council of the Society of Construction Law and is a past chairman of the (UK) Southern Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

David is widely experienced in UK and international engineering and construction claim and dispute resolution. He has been appointed as arbitrator on approximately seventy occasions and adjudicator on thirty-five occasions and has, on many occasions, given expert opinion evidence in the area of delay and disruption assessment and cost evaluation, his main area of occupation. He has also been appointed member of Dispute Resolution Boards and has undertaken expert determinations.