Haitham Khaireldin is a civil engineer with nearly 20 years of experience. He has been appointed as a delay and quantum expert on numerous occasions.
Haitham has acted as a party‐appointed expert in arbitration and as an expert in litigation. He has given written and oral evidence to the arbitral tribunal and been cross‐examined by counsel. He has also been appointed more than 200 times by the court as an expert, providing independent review and determination as part of legal proceedings for various types of disputes, including civil engineering, building and real estate.
Haitham has extensive experience in planning, project controls and delay analysis and has worked as an expert on projects in the oil and gas, power and utilities, infrastructure, and buildings sectors with disputed values of up to $30 million. He is familiar with numerous standard forms of contract and is adept with all forms of planning software.
Haitham specialises in valuations for extension of time entitlement and enforceability of liquidated damages. He has expertise in giga projects having led the preparation of detailed delay analysis and advisory services on the third expansion of the Holy Mosque project and the King Salman Park in Saudi Arabia.
Haitham holds a master’s degree in both quantity surveying and construction law and arbitration, and a legal experience training advanced professional award in expert witness evidence. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a member of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors, practising member of the Academy of Experts, and a member of the Society of Construction Law and of the Guild of Project Controls.
EXPERT HIGHLIGHTS
- Appointed as a delay and quantum expert on over 200 occasions.
- Proven as a credible expert witness under cross-examination.
- Delay expert on the Grand Holy Mosque with a project value of $40 billion.
- Worked on multiple giga projects.
- Bilingual in Arabic and English.
Expert Information
Qualifications
BEng Civil Engineering
MSc Quantity Surveying
LLM Construction Law and Arbitration
Advanced Professional Award in Expert Witness Evidence
Professional Memberships
FCIArb, MCInstCES, MAE, SCL, GPC
Contract Experience
FIDIC, NEC, JCT and bespoke
Services
Construction Delay and Disruption Analysis
Construction Quantum Analysis
Industries
Aerospace and Defence, Buildings, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Oil and Gas, Power and Utilities, Real Estate and Tourism, Sports and Entertainment, Transportation Infrastructure
Regional Experience
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East
Arabic 
English