Antoine Aurelis

Experience & Activities

Having worked extensively throughout the United Kingdom, North America, and the Caribbean, he is a recognized provider of commercial management expertise during the pre-contract, delivery, and post-completion phases of complex projects in the public and private sectors.

Antoine is a Saint Lucian national currently residing in Canada and works as the Principal of ADR Solutions and an associate of JFS and Associates Inc. While in Saint Lucia, Antoine worked as a Quantity Surveyor with the Housing and Urban Development Corporation, predecessor to the National Housing Corporation. Antoine worked as Project Manager on several St. Lucia Rural Enterprise Project (SLREP) projects and also worked as Procurement Consultant with the Poverty Reduction Fund (PRF), these projects were financed by the CDB andWorld Bank. Antoine was the Quantity Surveyor on the Sulphur Spring’s Development Project in Soufriere.

Antoine currently provides consultancy services in Procurement, Costs, Contract Management, Commercial Management, Claims Management, Dispute Resolution, Fairness Advisory Services, and Training to clients across social and civil infrastructure, industrial, commercial, institutional, residential, and retail sectors.

Antoine provides advisory services on projects across Canada with respect to project cost predictability, identification of the factors contributing to cost growth during estimating and budgeting stages, and identifies measures to ameliorate the inherent adverse effects of these occurrences.

Antoine’s practice also focuses on the provision of early cost and procurement advice to public sector agencies, owners, and developers to safeguard their interests. In this regard, he supports construction companies, insurers, lawyers, and financiers of projects to identify sources of potential disputes and efficiently resolve disputes when they arise. He is recognized for providing written and oral expert evidence during litigation and arbitration in the areas of costs, quantum, and scheduling.

Antoine is a trained arbitrator and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators with expertise in the areas of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Claims Management, Procurement, Contracts, Cost and Delay Claims, Schedule Analysis, Independent Certification, and Quantum with respect to Civil & Social infrastructure, Commercial Developments, Residential Developments, and AFP/P3/PPP projects.

Antoine is an Assessor and Counselor with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and currently serves as a director on the board of the Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors. He also serves as the board liaison on the Prompt Payment Task Force, formulated to provide professional leadership as prompt payment legislation is introduced to various Canadian jurisdictions.
JFS & Associates Inc is pleased to have Antoine as an associate and to partner with us as we seek to bring the best team to work with you and solve your business problems to meet your goals.