Arunothayan Selvarajah

A.Q.S Consultancy (Pvt) Ltd. - Commercial & Construction Law

Profile

Arunothayan Selvarajah is a Founder and Managing Director of the A.Q.S Consultancy (Pvt) Ltd., a reputed Sri Lankan based Cost Claim and Dispute Management establishment. As an internationally recognized construction professional and expert in the field, he handled complex and high-end claims. Arunothayan commercially astute and out-of-the-box thinker and excellent in delivering Specialised Quantity Surveying and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) services.

Arunothayan earned a B.Sc. (Hons) in Quantity Surveying from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in 2006 and an LL.M. in Construction Law and Arbitration from the Robert Gordon University, UK in 2018. He served in the construction industry over the last 15 years, predominantly worked in the Middle East (Oman and UAE) and also provided his professional advices to his colleagues and clients in Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Australia, UK and Canada. He is affiliated with many internationally recognised professional institutions holding memberships in Cost, Claim and ADR disciplines, including Institute of Quantity Surveyors-Sri Lanka, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb – Sri Lankan branch) and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors-UK.

As a built environment and legal professional, Arunothayan’s recent work and writing emphasis accurate estimates through digital BIM adoption and instrumental in greater awareness, collaboration and partnering strategy, proactive claim avoidance strategy and promoting flexible legal mechanism through effective ADR framework which balancing socio-economic aspects, ensure continuity and adding values to the community, businesses, investment and trades.