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Neil Kirkpatrick is a chartered quantity surveyor, chartered construction manager, construction adjudicator, arbitrator, mediator, expert determiner and expert witness in quantum, delay and construction technical matters. He is managing director of Alexander Neil & Partners, an advisory practice providing consultancy services to developers, law firms, contractors, subcontractors and professional practices.
Neil has over two decades of experience assisting parties, clients, development companies and contractors internationally, solving problems, helping achieve real solutions and resolving complex, contentious and non-contentious issues that arise on projects in addition to determining disputes arising under contract and subject to security of payment legislation.
His experience embraces large scale developments, infrastructure projects, resource schemes and industrial, residential and commercial construction projects. Neil is experienced in quantum, delay, contract and technical matters including loss and expense, disputed variations, extension of time, disruption, acceleration, liquidated damages and defective work type claims across a broad range of projects.
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