Kagan Aktas has 20 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 and has testified numerous times. Mr. Aktas has particular experience with matters involving schedule delay analyses stemming from project impacts.

Mr. Aktas has consulted on construction projects worldwide about preparing forensic delay analyses and independent expert reports, schedule control, and dispute resolution matters. Additionally, he has experience in general contracting and structural and civil engineering. His expertise includes preparing and reviewing schedule analyses on delay, disruption, productivity, time impacts, acceleration, and other project management and dispute issues.

Before working as a consultant, Mr. Aktas worked in general contracting, construction management, and research and development. He held contract management responsibilities constructing various private projects worldwide and several research projects within the United States.

Mr. Aktas has been consistently ranked by Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) as one of the prominent delay experts in arbitration. As noted in Lexology, clients and peers regard Mr. Aktas as “an extremely diligent and technically informed delay expert” whose “diligent and thorough approach, combined with his extensive knowledge of delay claims, makes him a standout.” They praise his ability to offer “clear and concise insights on multiple sub-critical paths and concurrent delays” and speak “authoritatively on complex delay issues.”