Professional Profile

Amer is a Civil Engineer with 25 years’ experience in assessment of extension of time claims in landmark construction projects, expert forensic delay analyst and contract claims disputes.

Amer has acted as an expert witness/ third party consultant in disputes submitted to arbitration and litigation before Dubai Courts.

Amer is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Smart Action FZE which provides project and contract management consultancies, preparation, monitoring and controlling of construction baseline schedule and cost controls.

Acted as a council for general contractor in arbitration case over delay in handing over and unpaid variations for a gold A third party consultant in arbitration case between owner and main contractor over a dispute in delay in handing over of a G+ 8 residential building in Al Nahda 1 Area, Dubai.

Over a period of 20 years Amer has joined a number of international project management, engineering consultancies and general contracting companies in United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia as a Senior Planning Engineer, Project Management Control System Manager and Planning Manager.

Location

Dubai, UAE

Nationality/ies

Syria

Proficient Language(s)

English
Arabic

Main Profession

Delay Analysis

Current Ocupation

Chief Executive Officer - Smart Action Project Management Consultancy

Gender Identity

Male

Date of Birth

September 21, 1970

Employer and/or Professional Affiliation(s)

Smart Action Project Management Consultancy

Bar admissions

Bachelor Degree - Civil Engineering
Diploma - Project Management
Diploma - Forensic Schedule Analysis

Degrees / Certificates / Education

Certificate in Claims Preparation and Dispute Management

Professional Training

Fellow, Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals
Member, Association of Planning Engineers

Relevant memberships in professional organizations

Fellow, Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals
Member, Association of Planning Engineers

Number of arbitration disputes they were an expert witness to

2

Highest value of arbitration dispute they were an expert witness to

AED 50,000,000

Applicable jurisdictional laws to arbitration that they have experience in

UAE Civil Law

Value of arbitrator liability insurance

N/A