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Dr Ruaidhri Farrell

Job title: Director
Country: Ireland

Membership type: Fellow membership
Primary branch: Ireland

Personal bio

I am a Director in Yendall Hunter’s Construction Disputes and Advisory Practice, a Chartered Civil Engineer, a Fellow of the Charted Institute of Arbitrators, and have over 14 years of experience in the engineering and construction industries. I specialise in providing independent expert advice on delay and disruption matters prior to, or as part of, litigation and arbitration proceedings. I have supported my clients through this process in forums such as the UK Technology and Construction Court (TCC) and various arbitral institutions (including the ICC, LCIA and DIAC) across both civil and common law jurisdictions. I have experience across a range of projects including railways, roads, airports, biomass power plants, hotels, high-rise, residential and mixed-use developments, cable laying vessels, submarines, jack-up oil rigs, and oil and gas facilities, amongst others. Before transitioning into the construction disputes advisory sector, I spent one year as a graduate geotechnical design engineer, after which I spent four years with Laing O'Rourke, a contractor, delivering large and complex infrastructure projects. After that I moved into an advisory role with PWC where I supported clients with the delivery of large-scale programmes and performed cost, baseline and schedule reviews for numerous other projects. In recent years, I completed an MSc in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, for which I was awarded a distinction. I have been awarded a Ph.D. for my research into the effects of tunnelling on overlying structures.