Claim preparation and Expert Reports on merit, Quantum and Delay.
Do we have an entitlement? What is it worth? What is the fastest rational path to recovery?
Quantum Analysis
Detailed valuation of claims and entitlements under the contract.
Delay Analysis
Critical path and forensic schedule analysis for delay claims.
Claims Preparation
Structured claims for variations, EOT and disruption.
Adjudication Support
Security of Payment and adjudication advice across Australia.
Contract Disputes
Resolution of breach, termination and performance disputes.
Forensic Review
Contemporaneous record analysis and evidence review.
Extension of Time
Causation, concurrency and critical path analysis for EOT.
Expert Reports
Independent expert reports on quantum, delay and merit.
Industries
We act on domestic and international construction, mining, power and infrastructure disputes involving rigorous contractual, quantum and delay analysis.
Meet the Principal Expert
Albert Merolla explains how Build Conex approaches delay and quantum disputes with forensic rigour, clear contractual analysis, and proportionate reporting.
Quantum & Delay Services
Albert Merolla JD, MCIBSE, MRICS, MAIPM, is a multi-qualified Chartered Engineer, Chartered Quantity Surveyor, and Registered Adjudicator with over 30 years of experience providing independent expert reports, evidence, and testimony in delay and quantum disputes.
When your case depends on clear, defensible valuation evidence, you need an expert who understands both the technical and financial realities of construction disputes. Our analysis addresses causation, concurrency and criticality, rather than retrospective narratives.
Quantum Analysis
Valuation of claims using the contractual mechanisms and project evidence, not global allowances or reconstructed narratives.
Delay Analysis
Assessment structured to address causation, concurrency and criticality, rather than retrospective narratives.
Claim Preparation
Testing, refining and reconstructing claims so they can withstand scrutiny in adjudication, arbitration and court.
Expert Reports
Non-partisan reports that assist in clarifying the issues genuinely in dispute, facilitating early commercial resolution.
Our Process
Instruction and Briefing
Understanding the dispute, the contract, and the records.
Preliminary Review
Rapid assessment of entitlement strength and evidentiary gaps.
Forensic Analysis
Detailed examination of the programme and records.
Quantum Valuation
Valuation by reference to the contract and records.
Draft Report
Structured facts, analysis, and conclusions.
Final Report & Testimony
Independent expert reports for adjudication, arbitration and litigation.
How This Works in Practice
Change Process Misuse
A 540-day urban rail delay claim reframed through forensic analysis of the contractual change process.
Read case studyAs-Built Misalignment
Wind farm re-wiring and access impacts valued by mapping manual versus as-built conditions.
Read case studyForensic Labour Hours
Daily timesheet reconciliation and adjudication defence on a Queensland aquatic centre.
Read case studyReport Structure
Executive Summary
Background
Events Leading to the Dispute
The Dispute
Contractual Framework
Causation & Delay Analysis
Valuation and Quantum
Opinion
Expert Report Approach
Although I hold formal legal qualifications, I do not act as a lawyer in these engagements. I am retained solely as an independent expert. This separation is deliberate — expert evidence must remain independent of advocacy.
My function is to assist the court or tribunal by analysing the evidence and the contract, then stating what is supported — and what is not. Legal conclusions are left to counsel.
The report integrates causation, delay and valuation within a single framework. Each section builds on the previous. The analytical sequence is: Contractual Framework, Causation, Delay Analysis, Quantum, and Opinion. This prevents conclusions from floating without foundation.
Reports & AssessmentsCase Studies
Discover how we solve Complex Disputes
Case StudyChange Process Misuse
On a major urban rail EPC, a 540-day delay claim blamed Employer Change Notices, but forensic analysis showed the real driver was replacing the original design house and misusing the contractual change process.
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Case StudyDelivery-Model Misalignment
A principal technology provider's standard teaming model was undermined when a newcomer package was let on conventional lump-sum terms.
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Case StudyAs-Built Misalignment
On a large wind farm, outdated OEM manuals and pre-wired turbine masts clashed with site conditions, driving significant re-wiring and access impacts.
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Case StudyDefence Wharf Redevelopment
This case study relates to a concrete and formwork subcontractor engaged on a major Defence wharf redevelopment in the Northern Territory.
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Case StudyForensic Labour Hours Reconciliation and Adjudication Defence Aquatic Centre
Our client was engaged on the Mount Morgan Aquatic Centre project to perform concrete and associated construction works, with labour supplied on the basis of daily timesheets and job records.
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Case StudyCeilings and Partitions Extension of Time and Disruption Claim
This case study concerns claims support for a specialist interior linings subcontractor engaged to deliver the ceilings and partitions package on an industrial/logistics development at Wacol, Queensland.
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Where claims commonly fail and how we address these deficiencies
Our clients often seek an early, proportionate assessment of entitlement and value to minimise further commercial exposure. Our non-partisan reports assist in clarifying the issues genuinely in dispute, so that both sides have a clear understanding of entitlement, valuation and risk. That clarity facilitates early commercial resolution.
This is because construction disputes often turn less on the underlying work than on how entitlement is evidenced, priced, and presented. Common points of attack include alleged failures to notify, reliance on time bars, fragmented delay analysis, and quantum claims unsupported by contemporaneous records. Our work is directed to addressing those issues from the outset.
About UsOur analysis is structured to address causation, concurrency and criticality, rather than retrospective narratives. Quantum is assessed by reference to the contract mechanisms and the project records, not global or impressionistic allowances. Where notice provisions and time bars are raised, the analysis distinguishes between strict contractual compliance, waiver, knowledge, prejudice and the actual operation of the clause in context.
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