Ahmed Ismail

Ahmed Ismail is a Testified Delay Expert in FTI Consulting’s Forensic and Litigation Consulting practice and is based in Dubai. Mr. Ismail was appointed as an expert witness on several delay matters, including court cases and has given evidence and testified under oath in Dispute Adjudication Board process.

Mr. Ismail has more than 22 years of experience in the construction industry and delay analysis, and he is a Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Nominated Expert Witness.

Mr. Ismail also worked as a lead assistant to a party-appointed expert in an arbitration case under Dubai International Arbitration Centre (“DIAC”) rules and has prepared independent delay assessment reports for complex projects and disputes.

Mr. Ismail has experience in major projects including rail and metro construction, oil and gas and power installations, residential and commercial buildings construction, large horizontal residential developments, hospitals and luxurious hotels. He has worked in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE.

Relevant Experience:

• Appointed and testified on delay and concurrency matters for the main contractor on an EXPO project in Dubai, the hearing was held in Dubai
• Appointed by the Defendant on a court case in Abu Dhabi to prepare a detailed delay expert report concerning a petrochemical plant in the UAE; the instructions included analyzing the near critical path and assessing the impact of the claimant culpable delay events on the project completion; the report was produced in both English (client version) and Arabic (court version)
• Appointed by the Claimant (subcontractor) on a court case in Dubai against the main contractor to prepare a delay expert report; the instructions included an opinion on the previously awarded extensions of time (“EOT”) and an assessment of the impact of other delay events on the handover of the project; the report was produced in both English (client version) and Arabic (court version)
• Appointed on delay and concurrency matters for the main contractor on a large hospital project; the instructions included the preparation of an expert report to opine on the delays that the project suffered from as well as the preparation of a reply report to the opposing expert’s report and the preparation of a case presentation to the DLAD, the matter was then settled between parties
• Appointed by the client to prepare an expert report and advise on the contractor’s entitlement to EOT after the engineer failed to determine the same on a power station project in Dubai; the matter was then settled between parties
• Lead Assistant to the party-appointed expert in delay matters by the employer for DIAC arbitration regarding a dispute over delays to a commercial tower in Dubai; the seat of arbitration was in Dubai
• Lead Assistant to the party-appointed expert in delay matters by the employer for DIAC arbitration regarding a dispute over delays to a mixed-use development in Dubai; the seat of arbitration was in Dubai and the matter was settled between the parties
• Lead Assistant to the party-appointed expert in delay matters by the contractor on a court case regarding a dispute over delays to a residential building in Dubai