Madden & Associates

Expertise Witness

Independent construction expertise for complex disputes

Madden & Associates provides Project Manager and Contractual advice, construction cost and quantity surveying expertise to assist parties and their legal advisers in understanding and assessing financial issues arising from construction disputes.

Our work may include quantum assessments, analysis of variations and claimed costs, review of incomplete or defective work, assessment of rectification costs, and examination of project records and contractual information. Expert opinion on contract practice and contract administration of different contract documents. Each engagement is approached methodically, with conclusions tied to the evidence and the questions within the agreed scope.

Where engaged as an expert, our role is to provide independent, objective opinion evidence within our area of expertise. 

 

Potential matters we can assist with

  • Construction cost and quantum assessments
  • Assessment of variations and disputed costs
  • Costs associated with incomplete work
  • Rectification and defect-related cost assessments 
  • Review of progress claims, final accounts and supporting records 
  • Preparation of expert reports and assistance to legal teams within the expert's area of expertise
  • Delay & disruption claims
  • Contract administration assessment
  • Contract practice knowledge and expertise

One of the key matters that Robert Madden recently represented on was Geoghegan v Wood; Wood v Geoghegan [2025] NSWSC 586 before the Supreme Court of NSW.