David Halford
BSc MRICS, Director
David heads up TQEF’s delay analysis expert witness capabilities. He has over 25 years’ experience in the construction industry having qualified as a Chartered Quantity Surveyor in 1997 at Davis Langdon & Everest. In 2001, David moved into the field of dispute related consultancy in Davis Langdon’s Legal Support Services Group where he focused on quantum analysis before then specialising in forensic delay analysis in 2005. He became a Partner at Davis Langdon in 2009. In 2012, David co-founded TQEF.
David has undertaken detailed forensic analysis of the nature, cause and extent of delay and disruption on a wide range of construction and engineering projects, including:
- Wastewater-to-energy plants
- Hydro-electric power plants
- Coal fired power stations
- Biomass power plants
- Decommissioning of nuclear power plants
- Crude oil pipelines
- Offshore oil (FPSO vessels and FPU platforms)
- Drillship preservation, maintenance and reactivation
- Low density ammonium nitrate production facilities
- Pharmaceutical and medical facilities
- Process engineering
- Sea Terminals
- Roads and bridges
- Overground and underground rail
- Airports
- Leisure Centres
- Residential developments and high‐end residential dwellings
- Museums
- Hotels
- Commercial developments
- Colleges and Universities
David has extensive experience acting on behalf of employer and contractor bodies in both international and UK domestic markets. He has a sound understanding of all major retrospective and prospective methods of delay analysis and the ability to apply them in a robust and effective manner in order to establish and analyse the nature, cause and extent of critical and non-critical path delays to projects. This may involve complex analysis of electronic programming data (using programming software including Primavera and Asta PowerProject) or simply a careful review and presentation of the facts in a logical and objective manner.
Regardless of the size and complexity of the project in dispute David recognises that it is essential for any analysis to be based firmly on a careful and thorough review of the facts, evidenced by contemporaneous records, and to set out the findings of the analysis in clear and concise written reports (in the context of both advisory reports to clients and expert reports served in Arbitral Tribunals and other examining bodies).
A copy of David’s CV can be downloaded here.
David’s Support Team
David is supported by a high-quality team of support analysts to ensure the most time and cost efficient delivery of our services. David’s support team comprises Stephen Murtagh, Marco Kwan and Ricky Moss
Stephen Murtagh
MSc (Civil Engineering), BEng (Mining Engineering)
Stephen is a qualified civil engineer with particular experience in site management on mining and tunnelling projects for major client bodies, both in the UK domestic market and internationally, including the USA and Portugal.
Stephen’s experience in conducting detailed and thorough forensic investigation and analysis of the nature, extent and causes of delay includes other project types, including: foundation and civils works for a Biomass Power Plant, University buildings, Science and Laboratory facilities, wastewater-to-energy plants and Drillship reactivation.
A copy of Stephen’s CV can be downloaded here.
Marco Kwan
BEng
(Civil Engineering), MCIOB
Marco is a qualified civil engineer with core experience in Hong Kong. Marco’s experience in both engineering and delay analysis includes sewage treament projects, residential projects, high-rise and commercial buildings.
A copy of Marco’s CV can be downloaded
here.
Ricky Moss
BSc MBA CEng MICE
Ricky has over 40 years’ varied experience in construction and civil engineering, and 13 years’ specialised experience in construction dispute related consultancy. Having qualified as a Civil Engineer in 1970 Ricky gained 16 years of conventional construction experience in the UK and overseas, followed by 13 years of varied project management and management systems consultancy work, before moving into full time dispute work in 1999. In 2003, Ricky joined Davis Langdon’s legal support group where he worked closely with David Halford on delay and disruption expert analysis.
Ricky has worked in various capacities on a wide range of construction and engineering projects including highways and bridges, railways, airports, oil pipelines, power stations, dams, harbour works, commercial and industrial buildings and hospitals both internationally and in the UK domestic market. In particular, Ricky has experience of working on overseas dispute related projects in Lesotho, Hong Kong, Philippines, the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar), Peru, Turkey, Ireland and Canada.
A copy of Ricky’s CV can be downloaded here.