ALAZ EXPERT
Project Management Services
ALAZ EXPERT is the independent consultancy of Ala Husni Zeidan, MCIArb — chartered arbitrator, forensic delay expert and FIDIC contracts specialist who sits as co-arbitrator and acts as counsel. Twenty-two years protecting the position of contractors, developers, government bodies and counsel across the UAE and the wider GCC.
Most experts master one of these disciplines. Ala Husni Zeidan works fluently across all three — which is exactly what high-value construction disputes demand.
Over two decades delivering and commercially managing projects worth more than AED 10 billion. He reads programmes, methods and site records the way they were actually built — not just how the paperwork describes them.
A Master's in Construction Law and a FIDIC Certified Contract Manager. He drafts, administers and dissects FIDIC contracts so that entitlement is protected — and provable — from day one.
A Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a DIAC-Listed Arbitrator who serves as co-arbitrator and counsel in numerous arbitrations across DIAC, ICC and SCCA — and has passed Phase 1 of the FIDIC Adjudicator Assessment. He knows how delay and quantum arguments are won and lost before a tribunal.
Like a crane hoisting the heaviest load, ALAZ EXPERT lifts the contracts, claims and paperwork off your team's shoulders — and resolves them before they become disputes.
Let me carry the load →Prospective and retrospective delay analysis using the methodologies recognised by the SCL Delay & Disruption Protocol.
Independent quantification of the financial consequences of delay, disruption and change across the full range of heads of claim.
Counsel and party representation through institutional and ad-hoc arbitration — from notice of dispute to final award.
Independent, tribunal-ready expert reports and testimony on delay, quantum and technical contract matters.
Pre- and post-contract review, drafting and administration across the FIDIC suite — building entitlement protection into the contract.
Live-project claims management, contract health-checks and dispute-board support that resolve issues before they escalate.
Ala has shaped the contractual and commercial strategy of some of the largest projects in the UAE — and tested those positions in the arbitration room.
Practical thinking on the issues that decide delay and quantum claims in the Gulf.
How tribunals in the region are treating concurrency — and what it means for your extension-of-time entitlement.
Read insight →The notice and time-bar traps in Sub-Clause 20 that quietly defeat otherwise valid claims.
Read insight →Methodologies that stand up to tribunal scrutiny when the as-built data is imperfect.
Read insight →Get a direct, senior assessment of where you stand and the strongest path forward — in strict confidence.
Request a Consultation →Senior, hands-on advisory across the full lifecycle of construction contracts and disputes — for contractors, developers, owners, government bodies and counsel, acting for claimant and respondent alike.
Establishing the cause, extent and responsibility for delay with rigorous, methodology-driven analysis that withstands cross-examination.
Independent valuation of the money consequences of delay and change, with the right methodology applied to the available records.
Strategy and representation from the first notice of dispute to the final award — and the judgement to know when to settle.
Independent expert evidence on delay, quantum and technical contract issues — for tribunals, parties and counsel.
Drafting, review and administration across the FIDIC suite so that entitlement is protected and provable from the outset.
Keeping live projects out of dispute through proactive claims management and dispute-board support.
Every analysis is built on recognised, defensible methodology — and explained in language a tribunal can follow.
From super-prime retail to defence infrastructure, Ala has delivered, administered and disputed projects across every major construction sector in the region.
Super-regional malls, towers and mixed-use developments — among the largest in the UAE.
Airside and landside works — runways, taxiways and supporting terminal infrastructure.
Acute hospitals and ancillary buildings delivered to demanding clinical specifications.
Dredging, reclamation and marine infrastructure with complex interface and weather risk.
Sensitive government and military works as client representative to the UAE Armed Forces.
Five-star hotels and high-rise residential delivered to handover and operation.
A career built across the contractor, consultant and client sides of major Gulf construction — and proven in arbitration.
I help the parties behind major construction projects protect their position — before, during and after a dispute.
Over more than twenty-two years I have worked every side of the table: as a contractor's commercial director, as a client representative for government works, and now sitting as co-arbitrator and acting as counsel in arbitration. That perspective is what clients value most — I understand not only what the contract says, but how delay and quantum disputes are actually won and lost.
My practice combines three disciplines that rarely sit in one advisor: the engineer who has delivered billions of dirhams of work, the contract specialist with a Master's in Construction Law and FIDIC certification, and the arbitration practitioner who sits as co-arbitrator and acts as counsel before DIAC, ICC and SCCA tribunals. It means I can build a delay or quantum case from the site records up — and defend it in front of a tribunal.
Senior attention on every engagement, commercial judgement over theory, and analysis rigorous enough to withstand cross-examination. No layers — you work directly with me, in strict confidence.
ALAZ EXPERT Project Management Services L.L.C is a Dubai-licensed consultancy (Trade Licence No. 1611036) serving contractors, developers, owners, government bodies and law firms across the UAE and the wider GCC.
Work with ALAZ EXPERT →A senior-led practice — you work directly with the expert, supported by a trusted network of delay, quantum and legal specialists.
Arbitrator & counsel · forensic delay, quantum & FIDIC contracts. 22+ years; AED 10bn+ projects; DIAC-Listed Arbitrator.
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