HKA welcomes Jim Johnson as partner in forensic technical services

Jim Johnson has turn into the newest senior appointment to HKA forensic technical services group. With 4 a long time of engineering expertise and knowledgeable witness monitor report, he joins as a partner to assist the agency’s disputes and investigations work main infrastructure, power, and constructed surroundings tasks.

Kourosh Kayvani, head of forensic technical services worldwide, HKA, commented, “Jim’s appointment strengthens our skill to supply strategic, multidisciplinary experience on advanced disputes. His management expertise and technical depth in geotechnics, danger, and sustainability might be invaluable as we proceed to ship even higher worth to purchasers going through advanced challenges in infrastructure, power, and the constructed surroundings, globally.” 

UK-headquartered HKA is international consulting agency with over 45 workplaces in 17 international locations. Its investigations group works for purchasers throughout sectors, primarily in extremely regulated industries. With a worldwide community of specialists and deep sector data, HKA additionally recurrently provides knowledgeable witness services throughout building and engineering disputes.

A chartered engineer with 40 years in the consulting engineering sector, with greater than 20 years as a director at Arup together with board-level obligations, Johnson brings broad infrastructure lifecycle expertise and a confirmed knowledgeable witness monitor report. He has acted on over twenty forensic geotechnical investigations and has offered written and oral proof in the expertise and building courtroom. 

Past his dispute-focused work, Johnson has held international and regional management roles throughout assurance and danger, digital transformation, innovation, and sustainability, shaping methods and governance frameworks for main infrastructure programmes. He has chaired alliance and JV boards, led multi-disciplinary engineering groups from feasibility by commissioning, and has helped advance data-enabled observe and climate-aligned decision-making throughout the sector. 

The brand new partner in forensic technical services at HKA added, “The intersection of engineering, sustainability, and danger administration in a data-enabled surroundings is vital for at this time’s infrastructure tasks. HKA’s dedication to excellence in knowledgeable services aligns completely with my ardour for delivering readability and assurance in high-stakes environments. I look ahead to making use of my geotechnical experience and infrastructure management expertise to assist purchasers resolve advanced technical disputes, ship clear, goal evaluation, and assist strong decision-making in litigation, arbitration, and investigations.”