Tom Francis

Tom developed his technical skills as a site engineer. He has worked across the process, building, and civil engineering sectors in both a project planning and expert witness capacity. Tom has worked with leading legal teams in negotiation, adjudication, arbitration, and litigation proceedings. 

Tom’s professional experience includes: 

• Refurbishment, England: Appointed as a delay expert to a multi-party dispute (client, contractor, project manager, design team) in the Technology and Construction Court (TCC). Dispute related to a complex refurbishment (settled in mediation). 
• High-rise cladding refurbishment, England: Appointed as a delay expert by the employer for a £10 million high-rise cladding refurbishment project. Extension of time and liquidated damages counter claim. Bespoke form of contract (negotiation). 
• School project, England: Appointed as a delay expert by the employer in relation to a £7 million school project. Extension of time and liquidated damages counter claim (negotiation). 
• Residential, England: Appointed as a delay expert by the employer in relation to an extension of time and liquidated damages counter claim. JCT Design & Build form of contract. £10 million dispute (negotiation). 
• Office development, England: Appointed as a delay expert by the employer relating to a professional negligence claim against a structural engineer. £2.5 million dispute under a bespoke appointment (negotiation). 
• Hotel, England: Appointed as a delay expert by the contractor relating to a hotel refurbishment. £17 million dispute under a JCT form of contract (adjudication / negotiation). 
• Hotel, England: Appointed as a delay expert by the contractor relating to an extension of time and delays upstream (to employer) and downstream (to subcontractors). JCT standard form of contract. £8 million dispute (negotiation). 
• Highways / Infrastructure, England: Appointed as a delay expert by the employer relating to extension of time claims. JCT contract. £7 million dispute (negotiation). 
• Water Treatment Works, England: Appointed as a delay expert relating to a professional negligence claim against a structural engineer. Civil works under NEC Professional Services Contract. £1 million dispute (adjudication). 
• Gas pipeline, England: Appointed as a delay expert by the contractor relating to extension to the completion date associated with a series of compensation events. NEC3 form of contract. £4 million dispute (adjudication). 
• Oil & Gas, Spain: Appointed as a delay analyst by the contractor on a subsea gas line. Bespoke form of contract. €50 million dispute (negotiation). 
• Process plant, England: Appointed as a delay expert by the contractor on a delay dispute relating to a floating roof storage tank. FIDIC (Yellow) form of contract. £4 million dispute (negotiation). 
• Oil & Gas, North Sea: Appointed as an assistant to the delay expert by the contractor for an offshore sub-sea manifold frames subcontract. £7 million dispute (arbitration). 
• Appointed as a delay analyst on various Energy from Waste (EfW) and Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) disputes (mediation / adjudication). 

In addition to his delay experience, Tom has worked in a project planning / project controls capacity on major infrastructure projects including a pharmaceutical site in Belgium, airports in England and Ireland, as well as a stadium in England.