The Team

Kerrigans lawyers, consultants and staff bring a wealth of experience to the team. See below for individual profiles.

  • Mark Wright
  • John Riley
  • Chris Holden
  • Nikki Sharp
  • Jenny Kerrigan
  • Dawn Tew
John Riley

John Riley: Senior Consultant

Specialist skills: Over 25 years UK Construction experience involving Project and Commercial management working mainly for main contractors but recently acting for clients and specialist contractors

Wide range of construction experience with both large complex projects and multi-site smaller projects including civil engineering, land remediation and improvements, infrastructure works, service diversions and adaptations, building construction, modular and off-site construction specialist M&E and industrial installations. 
 
Project and Commercial skills applied to projects from the cradle to the grave covering conception, design, co-ordination, delivery and life-cycle and planned maintenance of public and private sector contracts involving bid management, cost plans, estimates, sub-letting, contract and sub-contract agreements, change control, peer reviews and appraisals, variation and final account and claims settlements.
 
Dispute resolution and avoidance experience including arbitrations, adjudication and commercial litigation including forensic planning experience with master programme and critical path auditing, retrospective and contemporaneous delay analysis, critical path reviews, delay modelling and prospective planning and formulating the transition to commercial claims evaluation and quantum.
 
Experienced with various procurement methods and contracts including negotiation, traditional tendering, 2-Stage Selective tendering, client designed, frameworks and partnering, design and build, Target Cost (NEC) and PFI/ PPP.
 
Computer literate including use of spreadsheets, databases, documentation and leading programming software.
 
Employment History: 2006 to date - Senior Consultant providing commercial and operational support for Construction and M&E contractors
 
2003-2005 - Construction Director for a medium sized contractor undertaking projects from £300k to £15m
 
1999-2003 - Project Director for Skanska and then Jarvis Construction accountable for large complex projects from £20-£350m
 
1990-1999 - Senior Project Manager/ Business Manager for Birse Construction accountable for various sized projects
 
1984-1989 - Project Engineer, Planning Manager and Site Agent for A. Monk Building and Civil Engineering
 
 
Professional Highlight: 25 years of experience within the construction industry involved in a wide range of projects up to £350m in value
 

Personal Highlight: Being married to Heather and watching our children Jennifer and Sophie grow into adulthood

Interests: Innovation and inventions, football, reading, cars and computers

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