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Auditing & Refuting Engineering Expert Reports on Critical Path Delays and FIDIC Claims in the GCC
Engineering Claims & Delay Analysis KSA • Qatar • UAE • Egypt
Executive Legal Study Summary

Leveraging Critical Path Method (CPM) delay analysis and Concurrent Delay doctrine to overturn multi-million-dollar delay penalties and recover prolongation costs.

Foundational Judicial Principle

Established Supreme Cassation & Tamyeoz Principle

“Engineering & Legal Rule: A contractor cannot be assessed liquidated damages for periods where employer-caused delay events impacted the project’s Critical Path concurrently.”
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1. The Role of Critical Path Method (CPM) Analysis in Construction Litigation

In mega-projects across Riyadh, Doha, Dubai, and Cairo, narrative descriptions of delay are insufficient; each delay event (late drawings, utility obstructions, variation orders) must be forensically linked to its impact on the Primavera baseline Critical Path.

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2. Defeating Liquidated Damages & Proving Prolongation Cost Claims

When a court-appointed engineering expert overlooks Concurrent Delay and attributes full delay penalties to the contractor, our audit unit prepares an integrated legal-engineering refutation proving entitlement to penalty reversal and time-related prolongation costs.

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3. Auditing Taking-Over Certificates, Defects Liability & Price Escalation

We rigorously litigate deemed Taking-Over Certificate (TOC) claims where employers wrongfully withhold completion sign-off, alongside statutory and contractual material price escalation claims.

Dedicated Practice Area for This Study

Forensic Accounting Audit & Expert Report Refutation

Auditing court-appointed accounting and engineering expert reports, exposing calculation errors and duplicate entries, and drafting technical objections.

Counselor Mohammad Al-Hawi
Authored & Judicially Reviewed By

Counselor Mohammad Al-Hawi

Founder & Managing Partner of AL-HAWI LAW FIRM, High Appeal & State Council Counsel holding an LL.M. in Public Law and Diploma in Private Law, with 14+ years of expertise in Supreme Cassation/Tamyeoz appeals, expert report refutation, and B2B legal outsourcing across the GCC.