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Chris Thomspon
Testifying Expert
- BSc (Hons) Cost Management of Building Engineering Services
- Professional Certificate in Arbitration and Mediation
- Professional Certificate in Adjudication (RICS)
- BTech HND in Quantity Surveying Services
- Six Sigma Black Belt
- City & Guilds 236 Electrical (Approved & Technician Electrician)
- Member, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)
- Member, Resolution Institute (RI)
- Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
Expert Highlights
- Over 30 years’ international experience in construction and engineering across the UK, Middle East, Europe, America, Australia, and New Zealand.
- Registered Adjudicator and Arbitrator with extensive ADR expertise, including arbitrations, mediations, and ~100 adjudication applications.
- Party-Appointed Expert Witness, cross-examined in the High Court of New Zealand.
- Combines trade background as an electrician with professional Quantity Surveying expertise and Six Sigma Black Belt skills in business process improvement.
Testifying Experience
- Acted as testifying expert in multiple matters, including litigation in the High Court of New Zealand
- Cross-examined as Expert Witness in court proceedings.
Specialisms
- Quantum analysis & expert witness services
- Cross-examined as Expert Witness in court proceedings
- Contract administration & risk management
- Adjudication, arbitration, and mediation (acting as adjudicator and party representative)
- Programme analysis, delay analysis, planning and scheduling
- Cost-to-complete reporting and financial analysis of engineering/construction works
- Business process improvement and commercial management
Sector Experience
- Rail
- Roads & Highways
- Airports & Ports
- Bridges & Tunnels
- Energy & Utilities
- Oil & Gas
- Defence
- Mega Projects
- International
- Mining & Resources
Regional Experience
- Australia (all states)
- New Zealand
- United Kingdom
- Middle East (Saudi Arabia)
- Europe (Holland)
- America