In 2016 Lucia accepted the invitation to be part of the AACE Qatar Section Board of Directors in the role of Director of Marketing and Publicity. In 2017 she became President Elect which was the precursor to the taking on the President role for the 2018-2019 period. In her previous roles Lucia helped the organization to host regular technical workshops, she delivered the workshop ‘Practical Training – Windows Analysis’ and helped the team to organize best practice events with industry experts to further enhance awareness of AACE International amongst professionals in the State of Qatar and the Middle East. She recently developed the recommended practice paper for AACEI (CDR.2849) ‘Time Impact Analysis in Windows - Concurrency Analysis’ which was accepted for presentation at the AACEI Annual Meeting 2018 in San Diego, USA.
In her professional life she holds the position of Forensic Planning Director working for Quantum Global Solutions as a delay analysist with 13 years’ experience in carrying out all types of forensic delay analyses in several different countries. Recently she has been managing the planning department.
She has a sound working knowledge of planning software programmes including MS Project, Primavera P3 and P6 and forensic guidelines such as AACE Recommended Practice 29R-03. She has utilised these expert skills across multiple sectors including hotel development, football stadia, convention centre, power station construction, water and wastewater management, infrastructure, petro-chemical development, nuclear power and building construction. Lucia has an RICS recognised ‘Legal Experience Training Advanced Professional Award in Expert Witness Evidence (LETAPAEWE) accredited by Pearson Learning at a level 7 (Masters level) BTEC.’
She consistently takes a proactive approach and has good inter-personal skills which are essential elements that enable her to produce the required analysis schedules for claims and produce high quality and consistent results.
She believes that, a big part of her success story is due to reading the documentation available on the AACE International portal, being informed and adopting the knowledge which AACEI offers to professionals around the world. She believes in the motto “Work hard, follow your dreams and they will come true.”