Qualifications
- National Diploma Civil Engineering (South Africa) (1998)
- Member of the Chartered Society of Designers MCSD (2001)
- Member of the Association for Project Management MAPM (2006)
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators MCIArb (2012)
Expert Witness Snapshot
Tommy Wakefield-Smith is a civil engineer with over 20 years’ experience on engineering and construction projects across Australia, Middle East, UK and South-Africa, in the resources, rail, energy and construction sectors. He started in construction working for main contractors, has implemented national planning improvement programmes for two of the UK’s largest engineering firms and held lead planning roles on multi $bn projects with EPC firms Bechtel and Parsons Brinckerhoff.
He is an international expert in project planning, programming and the analysis of delay, disruption and acceleration, has undertaken numerous expert appointments, been instructed as expert determiner, testified multiple times and been ‘hot tubbed’. His experience in all aspects of the project life cycle provides him with a thorough understanding of the true cause and effect of project related issues.