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Webinar

Managing delay claims in construction projects

Event organised by ICE

Date
20 May 2026
Time
14:00 - 15:00 EET
Location
Online

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Overview

Join Haris Katostaras, senior director at A&M and an experienced delay expert, as he presents a session on managing loss and expense claims in construction with a specific focus on delay.

This event explores why delays occur, from scope changes and design errors to tender inaccuracies, and how critical versus non-critical delays affect entitlement and project completion. It explains how to identify and evidence the critical path, referencing internationally recognised guidance documents commonly used for delay analysis.

The session also addresses practical pitfalls on both sides: poorly structured or exaggerated EOT claims, masking contractor delays, cursory client responses, and procedural stalling. Emphasis is placed on contractual compliance, timely notices, contemporaneous records, and proving cause-and-effect and costs on the balance of probabilities.

Speaker

Haris Katostaras

Haris Katostaras

Alvarez & Marsal

senior director

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Haris Katostaras

Haris Katostaras is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Dispute and Investigation. He is a chartered engineer, with the Greek Technical Chamber, and delay expert with 20 years of experience in construction. He specializes in delivering services in forensic delay and disruption analysis for complex projects. He is recognized as a in the Lexology registry of experts, which highlights him as a "thorough and efficient" expert for high-value disputes across North America, Asia, and the EMEA region.

Mr. Katostaras has worked on major and iconic projects throughout the UK, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia, including hospitals, rail projects, power stations, refineries, tank farms, residential developments, offshore wind farms, and shipbuilding projects. Mr. Katostaras has acted as an independent delay expert for UK adjudications, arbitrations and litigation including one case for the Technology and Construction Court.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Katostaras spent six years with HKA, where he served as Principal in the UK team. Previously, he spent four years as a Senior Consultant at Blackrock Expert Services (now Kroll). Before entering the consultancy industry, Mr. Katostaras worked for civil engineering and infrastructure firms, including one of the largest contractors in the Middle East.

Mr. Katostaras earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, an MSc in construction management, and an MBA. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Academy of Experts, and he is a Chartered Civil Engineer with the Greek Technical Chamber.

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