Steven Evans is a senior construction, commercial and dispute resolution advisor with more than 35 years’ experience across project delivery, commercial leadership and complex project disputes. He advises clients across Australia, New Zealand and the wider Asia Pacific region, with particular expertise in NEC4, commercial management, claims and dispute resolution.
Steven’s career has spanned contractor, consultant and advisory roles across infrastructure, energy, buildings, public works and major capital projects. He has held senior and director-level positions with international contractors and specialist dispute resolution consultancies, giving him a practical understanding of how projects are procured, delivered, managed and disputed.
His experience includes commercial management, quantity surveying, project management, contract administration, claims preparation and defence, adjudication, arbitration, mediation, contract drafting and industry training. This breadth allows him to approach issues from legal, commercial and operational perspectives.
Steven is widely recognised for his NEC4 expertise. His work focuses not only on the contract itself, but on the management systems, behaviours, project controls and governance required to make NEC4 work in practice.
Clients value Steven’s direct and practical approach. He is known for challenging assumptions where necessary and for giving advice that is commercially grounded, operationally realistic and capable of being implemented on live projects.
Raine Selles is a construction and dispute resolution specialist with more than 35 years’ experience across commercial management, contract administration and the resolution of complex project disputes. She advises clients throughout New Zealand, Australia and the wider Asia Pacific region and is widely recognised for her expertise in NZS forms of contract, dispute resolution and commercial risk management.
Raine’s career began in the construction industry at the age of 17 and has since spanned contractor, consultant and advisory roles across a broad range of sectors and project environments. Her experience combines practical commercial management with extensive involvement in the resolution of construction disputes, giving her a deep understanding of both project delivery and the issues that commonly arise when projects go off track.
Over the course of her career, Raine has been involved in the resolution of more than 800 construction disputes across New Zealand and Australia, with a combined value exceeding $5 billion. Her work includes acting as an adjudicator, mediator, arbitrator, expert witness and advisor to project participants, although her preference is always to help parties resolve issues before formal proceedings become necessary.
Raine is widely regarded as one of New Zealand’s leading authorities on NZS3910 and related forms of contract. For more than a decade she has delivered training and advisory services to contractors, consultants, clients and public sector organisations, helping project teams understand not only what contracts require, but how they operate in practice.
With qualifications in both law and construction-related disciplines, Raine brings a combination of legal, commercial and technical expertise to her work. Clients value her ability to quickly identify the issues that matter, cut through complexity and provide clear, practical advice.
Alongside her advisory and dispute resolution work, Raine remains actively involved in industry training, professional development and the promotion of better contract and commercial management practices across the construction sector.
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Concordia provides practical, senior-led advice across commercial management, dispute resolution, NEC4 implementation and project delivery. Clients work directly with experienced practitioners who understand the realities of construction projects and provide clear, commercially grounded advice.
We support clients across Australia and New Zealand on projects in infrastructure, energy, water, transport and the broader built environment. Our experience spans project delivery, contract administration, commercial management, dispute resolution and industry training.
Clients work directly with experienced practitioners while benefiting from access to a trusted network of specialist delivery and capability partners when additional expertise is required. This approach combines personalised service with the flexibility to support a broad range of projects and challenges.
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