Sezgin Ozbilgin is an Associate Director with Secretariat International based in Singapore. He has 14 years of experience in construction, diversified among complex building and infrastructure projects. He previously gained practical experience working for various multi-disciplinary engineering practices in all aspects including design, tendering, site supervision and contract administration. He specialized in a variety of project control techniques for successful change management on ongoing large-scale construction projects. In particular, he obtained significant experience in the preparation and management of multiple schedules for various projects simultaneously.

As part of his consulting experience, Mr Ozbilgin has provided service to project owners, contractors and subcontractors in relation to major capital projects in both the public and private sectors. He has worked on a variety of delay related matters such as baseline programme preparation, risk assessment and management; claim preparation and evaluation; and formal retrospective delay analysis for arbitration proceedings. In particular, he has obtained significant experience on large-scale oil and gas, subsea pipeline, mining, waste water processing facilities, transportation infrastructure and commercial/residential building projects. He has worked on projects in various countries and jurisdictions including Australia, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Romania.

Mr Ozbilgin is recognized by Who’s Who Legal in Construction Delay and Quantum Future Leaders in 2018, 2019 and 2020. WWL says:

“Sezgin Ozbilgin is a highly regarded figure in the Singapore market. He draws praise from peers and clients alike for his expertise in delay.” 2018
“Sezgin Ozbilgin ‘demonstrated a true mastery of all the ins and outs of complex delay analysis’ according to one impressed source this year.” 2019
“Sezgin Ozbilgin comes highly recommended for his quantum and delay work by sources, one of whom comments, ‘His attention to detail and ability to organise and analyse large amounts of information is very impressive.'” 2019
“Sezgin Ozbilgin is the “exciting new thing” on the market and receives praise for his “responsive and diligent” nature.” 2020

Education

• MSc. Transportation Engineering – Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
• BSc. Civil Engineering – Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

Professional Membership

• Society of Construction Law
• Chamber of Civil Engineers / Turkey