
CCi Stories – Costa Franceskides
Costa Franceskides MEng MSc PhD CEng MIMechESenior Forensic Consultant (London, UK) In this article, we sit down with Costantinos (Costa) Franceskides, a Senior Forensic Consultant

Welcome to CCi – April 2022
CCi welcomes the talented people who joined the team in April 2022 Thank you for choosing to build your career with CCi. We welcome your

CCi Stories – Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy MRICS MCIARb MCIOB Senior Associate Director (Sydney) In this article, we sit down with Sean Murphy, a Senior Associate Director based in our

Welcome to CCi – March 2022
CCi welcomes the talented people who joined the team in March 2022 Thank you for choosing to build your career with CCi. We welcome your

Welcome to CCi – Lee Simões
CCi announced today that Lee Simões, a leading quantum expert, has joined the team as Managing Director, MENA. Lee is a professionally qualified Quantity Surveyor

Ed. 4: Offshore Wind Construction – New Vessels, New Risk?
Risks Associated with Proliferation of Highly Specialised New Build Offshore Wind Installation Vessels Daniel Sim – Associate (CCi) Daniel.Sim@ccint.co.uk +44 (0)7730 445 020 Mr. Daniel

Women of CCi – Breaking the Bias
International Women’s Day 2022 fell on 8th March, with an overarching focus on breaking down gender biases that cause gender inequality in our societies #BreaktheBias.

Sinead Waldron on Breaking the Bias
International Women’s Day 2022 falls on 8th March, with an overarching focus on breaking down gender biases that cause gender inequality in our societies #BreaktheBias. In

Project Memory: Canterbury (NZ) Earthquake Recovery Programme
CCi’s Laz Varga (Associate Director, Melbourne) shares a project memory and career highlight from his time working as Lead Quantity Surveyor on the Canterbury, New

Origin of the Quantity Surveyor Species
In this article Andrew Merrilees – Expert Witness, Chartered Quantity Surveyor and Director at Capital Consulting International (CCi) examines the evolution of the QS profession

Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc. Acquires CCi
HOUSTON, TX – December 22, 2021 – Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc. (“Rimkus”), a worldwide provider of forensic engineering and technical consulting services, today announced the

CCi Further Extends Capabilities and Reach
As part of its ongoing expansion plans, CCi has today announced that it has acquired Aston Consult, an impressive 30 strong dynamic consultancy, specialising in

Concurrent Delay in Canada – What Now?
In this article Capital Consulting International’s Seán Hollywood FRICS, FCIOB, MCIArb, PQS, MSc, BSc (Hons) opines on why Concurrent Delay relating to Construction Projects has

The Global Construction Industry is Changing – Will you be Left Behind?
In this thought leadership piece Steven Root B.Eng (Hons), a Delay, scheduling and risk expert at Capital Consulting International, provides expert opinion on why it

Provisional Sums – Back to Basics Part 3 – (under JCT Contracts)
The third and final part of this series considers further case law related to provisional sums. Omitted Provisional Sums and Breach of Contract Under JCT

Provisional Sums – Back to Basics Part 2 – (under JCT Contracts)
Part 1 of this series on provisional sums considered a pertinent case law definition, and the contractual procedure for how such works shall be valued.

Provisional Sums – Back to Basics Part 1 – Definition and Procedure
In this 3-part series of articles we cover provisional sums, including what they are, how they are dealt with under JCT contracts, and a review

Ed. 3: Offshore Wind – Is the MWS still the eyes and ears of underwriters?
Marine Warranty Survey – New JRC Clauses for Offshore Wind The offshore wind construction market is booming. As mentioned in the 2021 offshore wind report

Estimating the Cost of Structural Repairs
Accurately assessing the cost of structural repairs is one of the key issues addressed by experts in construction arbitration and litigation. In this article D.

Prolonged or Elongated?
Introduction During a lecture given by a construction judge, I made the following handwritten note on my handout. “It is clear and understandable that the

Ed. 2: Going deeper, the future of offshore wind?
Emerging from the grip of a global pandemic, the world faces unprecedented times. Times that have challenged the global society about their attitudes and perceptions

CCi expands its team in North America
CCi is pleased to announce that the CCi North America business led by Henry Densham, will be further strengthened with the addition of a leadership

Loss of Productivity Claims: Where do we begin?
Introduction Production loss claims are one of the key issues addressed by quantum experts in construction arbitration and litigation, and because such a variety of

Ed. 1: Delay Analysis – The Most Appropriate Method
Risks Associated with Proliferation of Highly Specialised New Build Offshore Wind Installation Vessels Yazeed Abdelhadi Senior Associate DirectorDelay Expert Yazeed Abdelhadi, specialises in delay analysis

How a forensic engineer differs from a design engineer
When there is a structural failure, it is important to understand the differences between the expertise and skills required to investigate that failure as opposed

The Project Programme Should Be a PM’s Best Friend
The growth over the last 20 years of the use of project management software has been a success story. Many project managers and end users

Why I Joined a Specialist Insurance Consultancy
CCi and I both have the same passion and share a common view that the landscape for insurance claims is changing, particularly for property risks

CCi Hires Oliver Newick as Global MD Insurance Services
CCi today announced the strengthening of its insurance services team with the appointment of Oliver Newick to the position of MD Global Insurance Services. Ollie

DSU and Increased Cost of Working – A Stitch in Time
From a Delay Analysis perspective, increased Cost of Work (ICoW) is a bit of an insurance policy outlier. Generally speaking, as a matter of indemnity

Is Remote Working the New Normal?
As we near the end of lockdown 2.0, I’m sure many of us are wondering what 2021 will bring in terms of the way we

How to successfully manage time in Business Interruption
Effective resolution of a Business Interruption (BI) claim, from a timeline perspective, has three essential components – early involvement, transparency and collaboration. Early involvement is

Project Controls Fundamentals and Interrelationship with Insurance Claims
One of the best mentors I have been fortunate enough to work for once proclaimed “there is no difference in managing a schedule of work

Hurricane Related Business Interruption Claims
The 2020 US hurricane season has been unprecedented after the formation of 26 named storms, including 10 hurricanes. While not all these storms made landfall,

Substantiating a Claim
What is a Claim? The word ‘claim’ is often used to describe a party’s potential entitlement to additional costs or time but for which there

The development of CCi into a global consultancy offering
Many people will have witnessed the growth of CCi over the last 18 months or so, starting with the acquisition of CNS and then the

CCi further expands its services with a new office in Canada
The success and growth that CCi has enjoyed in the US market has stimulated demand for its services from both the insurance and construction sectors

Business Interruption (BI) Claims
Hurricane Sally is the latest storm to make landfall in the US. It is inevitable that interruption to normal business practices will be caused by

Team of 7 from Gardiner & Theobald Fairway join CCi’s London Expert Practice
CCi has today announced that it has recruited 7 members of the Gardiner & Theobald Fairway Expert Services & Dispute Consultancy business. This acquisition significantly

CCi increases its Technical Expertise with the appointment of Dr Aime Harrison as Managing Director of Technical Services
In his recent article our CEO Alan Purbrick asked the question “What is it that Insurers actually want?” Following any form of property damage, Insurers

Insurance Claims are Changing – So Must We
It cannot be denied that Covid 19 has made the world re-evaluate what we all considered ‘normal’ only 6 months ago. Nowhere is that more

CCi Asia Pacific Expands Expertise of Singapore Operations
As part of our ongoing expansion plans and continued commitment and investment to our Singapore and Asia Pacific clients, we are delighted to announce the

Mitigation versus Acceleration
The world continues to adjust to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The only ‘normal’ we can expect from the ‘new normal’ is more change

Do Not Walk Alone – Employers may prefer a pragmatic approach on revising Project Manager’s Assessments under NEC
Following the Covid-19 impacts Project Managers and Employer’s may have different and competing objectives under NEC form of contract. It may be worth considering the

Professional Indemnity Insurance
Contracting strategies for major infrastructure projects have seen a transition from traditional Design-bid-Build towards an EPC/Design and Construct strategy. Design is often conducted at pace

Coronavirus – matters of Delay and Quantum
Whilst the government have issued “guidance ” – and to date the UK government has preferred guidance to mandatory restrictions. However, many projects have faced

What’s the benefit of CCi’s involvement to the Insured?
The response to that question is dependent on the specific context of the project, the parties involved, their ongoing relationships, and the pressing commercial considerations

JCT Contracts – Health Risks – COVID 19
The impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to escalate and will likely significantly affect projects in the construction and infrastructure sectors. Essentially, delay and disruption

NEC3: Have you contractually vaccinated against COVID-19?
The Coronavirus has now spread to over 100 countries and the World Health Organisation has declared a pandemic. Some countries have taken drastic measures to

Improving an insured’s claims experience following storm damage
The recent deluges brought about by Storms Ciara and Dennis will be keeping many construction projects busy for the coming weeks and months. As project

How can construction underwriting prepare for a BIM-driven future?
As the pace of Building Information Modelling (BIM) increases, insurers and underwriters must adapt their practices to take full advantage of the information available. Although

CCi 2019 Claims Debate
Hugely privileged to have had such a great turn out of industry leaders and stakeholders. As well as some excellent case studies, we debated the

COD Wars: Defining a project’s commercial operation date
Measuring delay under DSU policies can be full of difficulties. Away from dealing with conflicting contractual priorities, legal precedents that may not be applicable to

CCi further extends its capabilities and reach with the acquisition of CNS Consult
Capital Consulting International (“CCi”) is a successful specialist project management and claims consultancy and is the market leader in providing independent time, cost and engineering

CCi’s Annual Claims Debate 2018
On Thursday 4th October, CCi held their annual claims debate in the Old Library at the Lloyds of London Building. 120 people across the insurance

CCi Present at the Asia Power Forum 2018
CCi’s Alan Purbrick gave a presentation at the Asia Power Forum entitled “Time is an Illusion”, which covered the background to Delay in Start Up and the methodology for

CCi welcomes four new consultants to the ever growing team
We are pleased to announce four new consultants who have joined our offices in both UK and USA. Click here for the full publication (PDF).

Reserve your space at the CCI Annual Claims Debate
We are 4 days away from our CCi Annual Claims Debate to be held in the Old Library at Lloyds of London on Friday 24th November 2017, where
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