Andrew Mellor is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor, expert witness and claims practitioner who has twenty-seven years of construction experience working in private practice and for contracting organisations, twenty-two of which have been spent specifically providing expert services (quantum) and claims advice; preparing, evaluating and resolving claims; and managing the claims/dispute process and those participating therein.
Mr. Mellor has extensive experience in the detailed research, preparation and presentation of claims for additional time and money, combined with widespread involvement in the defence, rebuttal and resolution of claim submissions and disputes. Having researched and prepared entitlement submissions on behalf of contracting organisations and having carried out detailed deconstruction of claims submissions on behalf of employers and responding parties, he specialises in the provision of strategic and best-practice advice relating to the management and resolution of complex claims concerning changed circumstances.
Mr. Mellor’s experience in the management and resolution of disputes spans a diverse range of sectors and project types, including high-rise buildings, schools, hotels, hospitals, airports, process plants, nuclear decommissioning works, power stations, oil and gas, major tolled motorways, bridges and pipelines.
Areas of Expertise
Industries
Education
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
LLB (Hons), 2007
University of Central Lancashire
MSc, 2003
Nottingham Trent University
BSc (Hons), 1997
Recognition
Accredited and Empaneled Civil Commercial Mediator
Gauteng Court-Annexed Mediation Scheme, South Africa, 2015
Northern Rock Prize
Best overall performance – LLB Part Time & Open Learning pathways, 2007
Oxford University Press Prize
Best overall performance on LLB Year 1, 2005