Anders Axelson Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Australia

Founded Pezala Consulting. Advised institutional investors on infrastructure development in Australia. Worked with corporate clients to advise their owners and directors on operational and commercial risk. As a "Gateway Reviewer", performed independent reviews of the governance of projects on behalf of the Victorian State Government. Appointed independent delay and cost expert on disputed infrastructure and building projects. Carried out scores of delay analysis, disruption analysis and cost… Show more Founded Pezala Consulting. Advised institutional investors on infrastructure development in Australia. Worked with corporate clients to advise their owners and directors on operational and commercial risk. As a "Gateway Reviewer", performed independent reviews of the governance of projects on behalf of the Victorian State Government. Appointed independent delay and cost expert on disputed infrastructure and building projects. Carried out scores of delay analysis, disruption analysis and cost engineering engagements for clients in the Australian construction industry. Performed security classified assignments for Australian government agencies relating to national defence. Performed expert determinations in relation to extension of time entitlement. Testified in adversarial proceedings as independent delay and programming expert in state and international courts and tribunals. Prepared cost, disruption and delay claim submissions on behalf of clients in the building and mining industries. Developed the analytical model for forensic delay analysis associated with "DelayMaster", the forensic consulting software tool for modelling the cause and effect of delay on disputed construction projects. Show less

Melbourne

Software start-up business responsible for the financing, R&D, design, creation, marketing, commercialization, IP custody and potential sales of Delaymaster. Delaymaster is a dynamic software simulation engine. It has two primary purposes: (1) providing industry worldwide with a disruptive, game-changing standard from which to derive conclusions about the causality of construction delay that is analytically superior and less impeachable than documented pre-existing methods or analytical models;… Show more Software start-up business responsible for the financing, R&D, design, creation, marketing, commercialization, IP custody and potential sales of Delaymaster. Delaymaster is a dynamic software simulation engine. It has two primary purposes: (1) providing industry worldwide with a disruptive, game-changing standard from which to derive conclusions about the causality of construction delay that is analytically superior and less impeachable than documented pre-existing methods or analytical models; and (2) automating attendant calculations and reporting so as to reduce labor intensiveness, while at the same time promoting not only transparency and accountability but also scientific and forensic rigour. Show less

Co-Founder, Director and Board Member. Chair of Organizing Subcommittee of Brisbane 2011 National Conference and Annual Dinner, and of Editorial & Publications Subcommittee.

Returned to Australia from the UK and joined the Asia-Pacific office of the Nielsen-Wurster Group, a US-based management consultancy specialising in risk management and dispute resolution services in construction industries internationally. Performed a variety of consulting services. Advised a shortlisted consortium for Sydney's CityRail Train Rolling Stock PPP on project risk exposure and risk apportionment. Reviewed scheduling and delay-related issues on behalf of the Victorian State… Show more Returned to Australia from the UK and joined the Asia-Pacific office of the Nielsen-Wurster Group, a US-based management consultancy specialising in risk management and dispute resolution services in construction industries internationally. Performed a variety of consulting services. Advised a shortlisted consortium for Sydney's CityRail Train Rolling Stock PPP on project risk exposure and risk apportionment. Reviewed scheduling and delay-related issues on behalf of the Victorian State Government for Melbourne's Southern Cross Station PPP. Drafted technical contract provisions on behalf of the Victorian State Government for Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital PPP. Assessed expert evidence on cost overruns for a steel blast furnace facility in South Australia. Analysed delays on a disputed power plant project in Laos. Drafted expert report and investigated delays to multi-storey building project in Melbourne for an action in the Victorian Civil & Administrative Tribunal. Returned to London to co-author a report presented to a joint select committee of the House of Commons and House of Lords on the preparedness of and risks associated with the UK Parliament's Hybrid Bill for the Crossrail megaproject. Also performed a variety of security classified tasks for the Defence Materiel Organisation within the Australian Government's Department of Defence. Nielsen-Wurster closed its Australian and Asia-Pacific operations in January 2008 to till the soil for a US-parent company takeover by a US-based conglomerate. Show less

Advised a wide range of corporate clients and their legal counsel on causation and liability associated with construction delay. Prepared expert reports on an assortment of disputed building and engineering projects in the UK and internationally. These included delay disputes over a combined cycle power station in Wales, a hotel in London, a monorail in Las Vegas, a roadway in Ireland, a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Ireland and a hydroelectric power scheme in the Peruvian Andes… Show more Advised a wide range of corporate clients and their legal counsel on causation and liability associated with construction delay. Prepared expert reports on an assortment of disputed building and engineering projects in the UK and internationally. These included delay disputes over a combined cycle power station in Wales, a hotel in London, a monorail in Las Vegas, a roadway in Ireland, a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Ireland and a hydroelectric power scheme in the Peruvian Andes. Also lectured on construction delay at seminars conducted by the firm. Co-edited the third edition of well-known textbook "Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts" by Keith Pickavance. Co-authored more the practically-focused textbook "Construction Law and Management" with nine other practitioners. Wrote the module "Materials and Communications", one section of a ten-part distance learning course conducted by Informa Professional Development. Pickavance Consulting were taken over by Hill International, a US-based provider of construction claims and project management services. Show less

Schofield Lothian Transportation was a division of UK-based consultancy Schofield Lothian, specialising in rail and transportation projects. Seconded as an Assistant Project Manager to UK rail operator Railtrack to help implement rail infrastructure upgrades associated with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. After a spate of fatal derailments, Railtrack were then put into administration and reconstituted as Network Rail. Seconded to act as Disputes and Risk Manager for Network Rail's Great Western… Show more Schofield Lothian Transportation was a division of UK-based consultancy Schofield Lothian, specialising in rail and transportation projects. Seconded as an Assistant Project Manager to UK rail operator Railtrack to help implement rail infrastructure upgrades associated with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. After a spate of fatal derailments, Railtrack were then put into administration and reconstituted as Network Rail. Seconded to act as Disputes and Risk Manager for Network Rail's Great Western regional train operations based in Swindon, UK. Also worked on the quality assessment of maintenance operations of Croydon Tramlink, a tram network in South London. Show less

Consultancy specialising in claims, disputes and expert witness appointments in the Australian building and engineering industries. Projects included Melbourne CityLink tollway, Melbourne Museum, Sydney Superdome, and various multi-storey residential, hotel and commercial building projects. Gained experience in analysing delay, disruption and cost overruns, drafting expert reports and working with multidisciplinary teams in arbitration and litigation proceedings.

Project management support work on refurbishments of Exxon's oil and gas platforms in Bass Strait for an Australian division of Swiss-Swedish conglomerate ABB, during summer vacations, while an engineering student.

Bachelor Of Engineering, Civil

Masters' Level Law Courses

Completed Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice. Also completed various Masters' degree level (LLM) courses in Dispute Resolution.

Bachelor Of Laws (Honours)

Education record

Completed the Academy's expert witness training programme.