Team Member Profile

T: +31 (0) 10 307 04 08

E: kjeld.demeersseman@diales.com

Biography

Kjeld is a graduated architectural engineer and gained knowledge of the construction process during jobs at contractors and architectural firms where he developed from an architectural draftsman to a project manager. He has worked on many construction projects like housing, health care, school buildings and utility from design to implementation. In fulfilling this role, he had to deal with the various aspects of construction law and planning which immediately caught his interest.

Subsequently, Kjeld started ten twelve (or more than ten) years ago with contract- and claims management and soon after that picked up the skills of planning and delay analysis. Now he can work with all sorts of planning software and all well-known delay analysis methodologies have no secrets for him.

He has significant experience in advising clients on construction and engineering contracts, preparing, and defending claims including time and money, dispute avoidance / resolution issues as well as day to day assistance of clients with commercial and contract management services. He has assisted the legal team during several (international) arbitrations has been appointed as an expert witness several times and has represented many clients and assisted their legal teams in arbitration and litigation.

In addition, Kjeld is the Operations Director for Diales in the Netherlands. In this role his tasks include drafting new proposals, managing workload, verify financial administration, HR, and business development.

Qualifications

BSc

Offices

Rotterdam