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Mr Scott Donaldson BSc(Hons.) LLM FRICS FCIArb FCInstCES SAAE

BSc (Hons.) LLM FRICS FCIArb FCInstCES SAAE
Job title: Director
Country: United Arab Emirates

Membership type: Fellow membership
Primary branch: UAE
Secondary branches: Scotland
Disciplines: Other dispute resolution, Arbitration, Adjudication

Personal bio

Scott Donaldson is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor (FRICS) and RICS Registered Expert Witness with 18 years of international experience in construction, engineering, and offshore oil and gas projects. He has led teams on multi-billion-dollar projects and acts as a quantum expert in complex construction and engineering disputes.

Mr. Donaldson is a Director with PwC, specialising in the provision of quantum expert services and analysis for construction and engineering disputes, including the assessment of work done, valuation of variations, final accounts, remeasurement, damages, disruption, acceleration, and other quantity surveying matters.

His experience spans a wide range of sectors, including oil and gas, marine, coal-fired power generation, airports, nuclear, highways, schools, hotels, and other building and infrastructure projects.

Mr. Donaldson holds an LLM in Construction Law & Arbitration and a BSc (Hons) degree in Quantity Surveying. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS), the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), and the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (FCInstCES), and is a Practicing Associate Member of the Academy of Experts.

He is a testifying quantum expert and has been involved in the resolution of a significant number of disputes in DABs, arbitrations, and litigation, across the UK, UAE, KSA, Qatar, Ethiopia, and South Africa.

Mr. Donaldson has previously served on regional boards of both the RICS and CICES in the UAE and is an active assessor for both professional bodies.