Gerry Brannigan is a Partner and Forensic Technical Services (FTS) Growth Development Lead in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for HKA.
Since 2012, Gerry has been appointed more than 50 times as an expert witness in building services engineering (MEP) and has acted as the lead expert in multi-disciplinary construction disputes. He has given oral evidence at arbitrations, adjudications and dispute adjudication boards. In addition, he has assisted at mediations and provided a deposition in the USA.
Gerry’s appointments have concerned disputes in different jurisdictions including; Scotland, England, Ireland, Norway, UAE, Qatar, Australia and the USA Federal Court. As well as undertaking individual building services / MEP expert witness appointments, Gerry has experience of managing and coordinating multi-disciplinary expert teams on complex construction disputes. He has opined on liability, design responsibility, client scope, performance issues, risk, professional responsibility, design duties, contractor duties, systems failures and contributed to the assessment of delay factors.
With a background in design engineering and design management, Gerry has experience in almost all types of buildings including residential, universities, healthcare, high-rise, multi-use developments, data centres, industrial facilities, commercial office developments, museums, galleries and airports. Gerry has extensive skills, knowledge and expertise in building services engineering with a focus on heating, cooling, ventilation, air conditioning, controls, public health engineering, sustainability and project planning. He has detailed knowledge of building physics, energy efficiency & sustainability, building regulations and the interaction of users on the performance of buildings. He has significant experience in project and design management, problem-solving, design quality, client briefing and scope development, site inspection, project financial management, project programming and the coordination between disciplines on complex construction projects.
Gerry is listed in Who’s Who Legal guides for “Construction”, “Arbitration”, “Thought Leaders – Construction”, and “Consulting Experts – Construction”. Gerry has also been won a Lexology Client Choice Award for Construction Expert Witnesses 2024. Peers and clients say: "His analysis is well considered and clearly explained", "He is very confident in the box and comes across very well", "He delivers genuine independence and objectivity", and “Gerry is very user friendly, has good skills in report writing and getting complex information across in an accessible way.”
