Kagan Aktas is a managing director with Secretariat International and is based in Dubai, UAE. He has over 15 years of experience in the construction industry, specializing in project scheduling, construction and contract management, forensic delay analysis and expert advisory for construction and engineering projects. He has been appointed as an independent delay expert in numerous occasions and has extensive experience with matters involving schedule delay analyses stemming from project impacts.

Kagan has consulted on construction projects throughout the world in relation to preparation of forensic delay analyses and independent expert reports, schedule control, and dispute resolution matters. Additionally, he has experience in the areas of general contracting and structural and civil engineering. His experience includes the preparation and review of schedule analyses relating to matters of delay, disruption, productivity, time impacts, acceleration and other project management and dispute issues.

Prior to working in the consulting field, Kagan worked in the areas of general contracting, construction management, and research and development. He held contract management responsibilities for the construction of various private projects around the world and several research projects within the US. Who’s Who Legal recognizes Kagan as a future leader in the field who “is an ‘emerging leader’ in the space, commended as ‘technically excellent’ and ‘extremely client-focused’.”.

Education

• M.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ)
• BS in Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University (Ankara, TURKEY)