Our Team

Fouad is the founder and Managing Director of FC International with over 20years of experience in the construction industry in New Zealand and the USA.

In addition to his qualifications as an architect, Fouad is highly regarded and recognized as a specialist in forensic delay analysis with extensive experience in producing over 250 expert reports for adjudication, arbitration and court proceedings.

Fouad has invaluable knowledge and expertise across four facets of the construction industry - claims & disputes, client representation, construction management and design & build.

Fouad is highly respected amongst construction law firms, consultants and educational institutions. He has worked closely with over 15 construction law firms and barristers and has produced

Neville has over 50 years’ experience as a commercial manager and financial controller within the construction industry. His experience is vast, having worked on numerous major civil and commercial projects, both nationally and around the globe. He has provided advice and support for the concept stages for developments and tender documentation. Neville began his career as a quantity surveyor and progressed through the industry into commercial management roles, leading quantity surveying teams on multi-million dollar projects. Neville’s broad work history in construction means he is able to provide sound advice for procurement, financial reporting and management of supply chains. He is proficient in negotiating amicable conclusions of contract deliverables and

Hani is a Civil Engineer with Bachelor and Master of Engineering Studies and is currently undertaking his PhD in Construction Law at Massey University. His PhD is focused on forensic delay analysis and concurrent delays.

Over the last fifteen years of his professional career in the Construction Industry, Hani has been providing our clients with true independent advice and forensic analysis on major claims and disputes. Hi vast exposure as a Planning Engineer, Forensic Analyst on delay and disruption claims and his hands on experience in project management provides our clients with invaluable practical knowledge and support.

Hani stands out by being a team player and a hard worker. He is currently involved

Don is an exceptional planning engineer with more than 18 years’ experience in construction planning and delay analysis for major building and infrastructure projects in Auckland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Sri Lanka. His experience includes critical path analysis using detailed programmes and 4D planning and reporting, as well as contract administration, including extension of time claims, pre-construction planning and design review. He has recently worked for Fletcher Infrastructure as a Senior Scheduling Engineer in charge of the Waterview Tunnel project for NZTA. He is a professional, dedicated worker who picks things up very quickly. He is analytical, methodical and detail orientated, with great commitment to the task in hand.

Key projects: 

• Waterview

Ahmed is a claim analyst with excellent communication, organisation and co-ordination skills. With over 15 years’ professional experience, Ahmed has successfully managed different aspects of projects including contract administration, claim reviews and detailed project schedules. He has handled reporting, highlighting concerns regularly and proposing mitigation strategies. Ahmed has also evaluated the detailed construction schedule submissions by various contractors in terms of suitability, schedule health and buildability. Ahmed has hands on experience in the evaluation of variation order requests and extension of time claims. He is fully conversant with Society of Construction Law Delay and Disruption Protocol and delay analysis techniques. In addition, he has experience working with various forms of