Laura Palmer
FOUNDER

This project was a major new airport to replace the old, outdated airport in Qatar. The parties to main contract were NDIA and Contractors Turkish TAV & Japanese Taisei Joint Venture. Appointed by the JV main contractor at director level working with a team of 10 commercial quantity surveyors and 10 lawyers to prepare documentation for mediation to determine if additional costs were due to the JV main contractor. The contract was a bespoke contract based on the FIDIC format with extensive amendments. Key deliverables included preparation of pleadings associated with additional costs relating to the installation of the baggage handling equipment which were predominantly related to service clashes. Other areas of involvement included the cost associated with the moving of temporary office accommodation and storage facilities due to changes in the main programme sequencing.