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Avoiding punching shear is essential to the safety and stability of a concrete slab structure. This article delves into the basics of punching shear to demystify the concept.

Construction and engineering contracts typically contain clauses known as "time bars". These are clauses which set a time limit by which claims must b...

The construction industry has often been faced with unique challenges, but price escalation has become a particular concern due to recent global facto...

A Chartered Architect with over 30 years' experience, we caught up with Euan in this Q&A to get to know more about his background and personal interes...

Data centres are also a fundamental part of the business enterprise, designed to support applications and provide services such as data storage, acces...

CPD seminars across the UK throughout October and November. The seminars will address the day-to-day issues that are common when assessing additional ...

We are looking forward to returning to Berlin Dispute Resolution Days for another year in a row, and to delivering a session as part of the programme.

A primary obstacle preventing Contractors from securing an extension of time or additional payment often stems from inadequate evidence in the form of...

If claims were truly detrimental, why would numerous contracts include provisions for them?

We are delighted to release our Interim Report for 2024. Click here to read and download our final accounts.

In the recent case of Panther Real Estate Development LLC v Modern Executive Systems Contracting LLC, the Dubai International Financial Centre (“DIFC”...

Just released, dates for our UK Spring seminar series. We will discuss the (fictional) fraught relationships on an offshore wind farm project, where t...

We are delighted to release our Annual Report and Accounts for 2023. Click to access.

This article discusses several of the essential elements required for substantiating the cause of the delay(s) and the subsequent effect of the delay ...

Director Mark Blackmore shares his experiences from 25 years' in the industry, taking a look at both the advantages and disadvantages of the tradition...

In an adaptation to his article, titled 'Compensation for Idling Owned Plant', Driver Trett Country Director for Korea, Jung-guk Lee, has issued a rev...

Scott Stiegler from Vinson & Elkins discusses prolongation claims, from notification, causation, and substantiation, to key points to remember for bri...

Diales Technical Expert, Colin Smith, provides an anecdotal assessment of civil engineering. The backgrounds from which students could come to study t...

In this article, Vincent Fogarty, takes an overview of the UN definition of Sustainable Development, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, ...

Rob Gray, Operations Director at Diales Technical, discusses some of the innovative approaches which have revolutionised the construction process and ...

Senior Consultants Balint Laszlo and Fernando Barragan Rajo, outline the project controls process which, some say, comprises best practice to objectiv...