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Dr. Ben Daee is a highly qualified expert in civil/structural engineering, specializing in the forensic investigation of construction-based claims. Dr. Daee has over 20 years of experience in forensic investigation, analysis, and design of various construction projects across Canada, the US, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, and East Asia.
Dr. Daee consults clients on complex civil engineering litigation and claims, including building and structural failures, property damage, design issues, foundation problems, material failures, subrogation matters, and professional liability. His experience includes failure analysis of buildings, structural components, and foundation systems due to fire, flood, impact, natural disasters, or vibration.
As Vice President in J.S. Held's Forensic Architecture & Engineering practice, Dr. Daee consults on cases involving breach of contract, professional liability, errors and omissions, builders risk, damage causation, and remediation scope. He has presented expert witness evidence and provided litigation support in over 400 legal matters in Canada, the US, London, and Singapore. He has testified in arbitrations for large-scale P3 infrastructure projects and provided written expert evidence in numerous court proceedings and ADRs.
Dr. Daee holds certifications in construction and contract law as well as project delivery methods. He has attended mediation, arbitration, expert hot-tubbing, and settlement meetings and is pre-qualified as a Construction Adjudicator by ODACC under the Prompt Payment Construction Act.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Chamran University, a Master of Science in Structural Engineering from TMU, and a PhD in Structural Engineering from the University of Western Ontario.
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