Edward Albada is a Senior Coastal Engineer and a Principal at Smith Warner. He has superb team and project management expertise, and smoothly directs consulting and infrastructure development projects to ensure completion on time and on budget. Edward’s strong working knowledge of contracts allows for management of risks and contractual issues to proactively avoid the potential for disputes. During his expansive career, Edward has worked with global engineering firms on numerous large scale and complex developments including ports and marinas and minimizing the coastal impact of oil and gas projects,He has been called as an expert witness to give testimony in coastal development cases. His registrations and qualifications include: Registered Professional Engineer, Trinidad and Tobago; Registered Professional Engineer, State of Florida, USA; Registered Professional Engineer, State of North Carolina (inactive); MCArb; MASCE; BSc Engineering Science (concentration in Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering); MSc Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering; LLM in Construction Law and Arbitration (Distinction); Post Graduate Certificate in Construction Law and Arbitration; USCG Merchant Marine Officer.