Sijo Joy, an Associate Director based in Dubai, brings more than 20 years of experience in the construction industry, specializing in project scheduling, construction and contract management and forensic delay analysis. His primary expertise is delay analysis and he has assisted clients on a wide variety of construction and engineering projects in the building, energy, infrastructure, and oil and gas sectors in the Middle East and Asia.

Mr. Joy has consulted on construction projects mostly in the Middle East in relation to the preparation of forensic delay analyses and independent assessments, schedule control, and dispute resolution matters. Additionally, he has experience in the areas of general contracting and civil engineering. His experience includes preparing and reviewing schedule analyses relating to matters of delay, disruption, productivity, time impacts, acceleration, and other project management and dispute issues.

Prior to joining Secretariat, Mr. Joy worked with global construction claims consultancies as a Senior Consultant on some of the major claims in the Middle East region. Before that, he spent 10 years with reputable and high-profile main contractors in the Middle East and Asia.

Education

• LLM, Construction Law and Arbitration, Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen, Scotland)
• B.Tech, Civil Engineering, Mahatma Gandhi University (Kerala, India)

Professional Associations

• Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)