Specialist Support Services.
Our Specialist Support Services team provides independent construction claims and dispute management expertise across the full spectrum of commercial, contractual and technical challenges; from engineering and infrastructure disputes to distressed projects and complex capital programmes. We support our clients when the stakes are highest and the problems most difficult to solve.
How we help
Whether you’re managing a deteriorating commercial position, facing formal dispute proceedings, or requiring independent expert analysis, we bring the right experience to bear, quickly and decisively.
We help you:
- Identify and manage commercial risk before it escalates
- Prepare, pursue or defend claims with robust evidential support
- Stabilise and recover distressed or underperforming projects
- Access experienced commercial and contractual leadership without permanent overhead
- Navigate adjudication, arbitration, mediation and litigation with confidence
- Obtain independent expert analysis for tribunals, funders and boards
Specialist Support Services
Claims and Dispute Resolution Management
We provide strategic commercial claims and dispute management support across the full project lifecycle. From early issue identification and contemporaneous records management through to claims preparation, negotiation strategy and dispute avoidance, our team supports developers, employers, contractors at all tiers, insurers and lenders on complex construction, engineering and infrastructure projects.
Quantum, Delay and Disruption Expert Services
We deliver independent forensic analysis, expert reporting and tribunal support on disputes involving programme impact, productivity loss and financial entitlement. Our approach, informed by both contractor and private practice experience, produces clear, evidentially robust analysis that withstands scrutiny in adjudication, arbitration and court proceedings.
Investigation, Forensic and Insurance Advisory
We support corporate boards, legal advisers, insolvency practitioners, insurers and law enforcement agencies with structured forensic investigations into financial irregularities, governance failings and contractual disputes. For insurers, reinsurers and sureties, we also provide independent technical review, loss assessment and project completion risk analysis on complex construction and engineering matters.
Distressed Project and Margin Recovery
For projects experiencing cost escalation, programme slippage or leadership breakdown, we provide rapid diagnostic review, recovery planning and targeted commercial intervention. We work alongside existing management teams to stabilise situations, restore delivery confidence and protect stakeholder value – without disrupting the broader organisation.
Embedded Commercial, Contractual and Project Controls Support
We place experienced commercial, contractual, procurement and project controls professionals directly within project sponsors and supply-chain organisations, providing contract administration, change management, cost control, forecasting and reporting on a flexible basis. For organisations bidding for major work, we also offer strategic estimating, proposals and tendering support to improve commercial positioning and win rates.
Richard Lyndon, Executive Director - Specialist Support ServicesConstruction disputes and project crises rarely develop overnight — and the best outcomes come from combining genuine project experience with sharp commercial and legal thinking. That is what Wakemans' Specialist Support Services team brings to every instruction, and it is what makes the difference when it matters most.
Deep expertise, genuinely applied
Where many advisers approach complex problems through a single technical lens, Richard’s multi-disciplinary background allows our team to investigate, analyse and advise holistically – whether that means preparing a quantum expert report, leading a distressed project recovery, conducting a forensic investigation, or providing embedded commercial leadership to a supply-chain business under pressure.
Supported by Wakemans’ hundred-year heritage as a RICS-regulated construction consultancy, our Specialist Support Services team combines the credibility of independent professional practice with the operational instinct of people who have run real projects and real businesses
