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CPD seminars across the UK throughout April and May. These seminars will address some of the common issues that occur when administering programmes and compensation events under the NEC contracts.

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

Diales Australia is delighted to announce a new partnership with Smartsheet, the AI-enhanced enterprise-grade work management platform.

Ibrahim Elsisi discusses how AI and data science may be used to streamline information, analyse past performance and forecast future performance, and ...

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.

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

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.

Click here to view the Interim Report 2023

We are delighted to participate in the London Legal Walk for another year, raising vital funds to enable everyone to access legal aid.

Shaun brings with him a wealth of valuable Board experience. Get to know him in this news post.

We are delighted to have opened a new office in Seoul, South Korea. View our photos from the night.

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...

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 ...

Get to know our new Director for Canada, Michelle McMillan.

Driver Trett UK deliver the second series of live seminars across the region, this time covering the key issues encountered when subcontracting ...

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...

With experience in international property, engineering, and construction consultancies, Charlotte brings a wealth of experience to the role.

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...

Javier Sánchez Llopes, Driver Trett Operations Director in Madrid, Spain, takes a look at the effect of international investment on the development of...

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...

Click here to view the Interim Report 2022

Driver Trett France est heureux de vous convier à la conférence webinaire, le jeudi 30 juin 2022.

Driver Trett CEO, Mark Wheeler, hosts our first round table session with industry peers and experts in London.

The first live seminar to be delivered in 2 years.

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...

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

Les incertitudes sont au cœur des relations contractuelles et constituent une limite à la recherche d’un contrat optimum.

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...

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...

Get to know the newly promoted Country Director for Oman, Jonathan Sanderson.

Driver Group Plc's Interim Report 2021

This short article focusses on the retrospective quantification of acceleration claims, written by Principle Quantum Expert, John Mullen.

Our first session will look at key issues arising under the JCT suite of contracts. 

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...

Theo Hermantin and Antoine Clouet from our Paris office deliver this online webinar, in English, sharing their experiences on the operational and cont...

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.

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 ...

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...

Consultant Laura Geary evaluates and compares Negotiation and Mediation, and summarises the factors to consider when deciding whether either form of A...

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...

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

What’s the rush all about? To accelerate, or not? That is the question.

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 Group CEO, Mark Wheeler, talks about why the journey to becoming an Expert is just as important, as being a specialist in your field.

David Wileman deciphers the downsides to mediation, and whether there actually are any...

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

Interim Report 2020

Driver Trett Digital Digest

Michael Neill looks at common challenges encountered by contractors when dealing with change on construction projects.

Kelvin Ng takes us through his career, experiences, and training enabling him to become a Diales Expert.

Driver Group announce new CEO

Kirsti Olson, Partner at Dentons UK and Middle East LLPA takes a look at why it is crucial to ensure payment and pay less notices are served correctly...

Impacts of Covid-19 on British Colombia’s construction industry

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

Craig Palmer's insight into the importance of accurate cost records.

In this article Keith Strutt explains how important good experts are, and takes us through the development process that Diales experts go through to e...

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic affecting the economy and politics of most countries worldwide. Canadian provinces and territories are swiftly implementi...

The coronavirus pandemic continues to have a profound impact on the economy and it is expected to have a significant negative effect on the constructi...

Certain standard forms of contract, such as those in the CCDC, NEC and FIDIC suites for example, are very prescriptive as to when and how notices for ...

Those of you that have attended a Driver Trett seminar, or training course, in the past will be familiar with the mantra “Records, Records, Records”.

Claims that started and finished in the sewer. White Constructions v PBS Holdings

Messrs Stuart Holdsworth and Stuart Macdougald-Denton talk to us about what it’s like to be a Diales technical expert and give some tips and advice fo...

Gavin Hughes highlights the benefits of modular constructions and looks at its future.

Jeremy Ingham, one of our technical experts summarises how fire damaged buildings can be assessed to allow repair rather than demolition.

With the number of reported confirmed cases of the virus on the rise on a daily basis and on a mass global scale, we will explore the options of how a...

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!  

Peter Jansen, consultant at Maples Teesdale LLP explains why careful and decisive operation of the contract’s mechanisms to mitigate the effect of mai...

Dr Hamish Lal, Brendan Casey and Léa Defranchi, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld discuss the impact of issue conflicts in International Commercial Arbit...

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...

The time, cost and pain involved in resolving disputes (whether on complex multi-billion pound international projects, or smaller domestic contracts) ...

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

Jane Hughes, Senior Associate Solicitor Stevens & Bolton LLP looks at Willow Corp S.A.R.L and MTD Contractors Limited [2019] EWHC 1591 (TCC) and the a...

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

Construction claims and disputes team take to their bikes

David Wileman, Operations Director Driver Trett UK talks about the importance of a mentor, effective training and how knowledge should be shared.

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...

Mandatory adjudication has a history of more than 20 years. Although still subject to some criticism, it has proven to be a time and cost-efficient al...

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

Kevin O’Neill, Operations Director Driver Trett Canada asks if the new legislation is really needed and how do we prepare?

The Driver Trett – Hong Kong office has moved! We haven’t gone far, so feel free to drop in and say hello. Our new address is 14th F...

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.

This article reviews the adjudicator appointment procedure and timeframe by comparing the schemes under the UK’s Housing Grants, Construction and Rege...

Our Global Data and Development Team introduces construction visualisation with integration of Scheduling and Costing to our services

In this final post in our series, we look at one of the most difficult roles in any sport played anywhere. The role of referee or umpire is always a c...

Football is arguably the most popular game in the world. Although the individual must be their best, football is 100% a team sport.

What can the Ontario construction industry learn from adjudication in the UK?

Professional riders are now among the world’s fittest elite athletes. Every aspect of their training, nutrition physical and mental wellbeing is measu...