Gary McLean

Background

About Gary McLean

As a dedicated Senior Building Consultant with extensive experience in the insurance and construction industries, I help insurers, property owners, and legal professionals navigate complex building claims with clarity, integrity, and precision. I’m passionate about delivering accurate causation analysis, practical solutions, and clear reporting that supports informed decision-making. I believe in upholding professional standards, fostering transparency, and ensuring every project I touch is guided by technical rigour, ethical judgment, and client-focused outcomes. I’m a results-driven Building Consultant with a deep commitment to technical excellence, integrity, and client-focused outcomes in the construction and insurance sectors. With extensive experience assessing complex property damage, structural failures, and defect claims, I specialise in delivering detailed causation reports that help insurers, loss adjusters, and legal professionals make confident, evidence-based decisions. My core strengths lie in combining hands-on site expertise with analytical rigour to interpret building pathology, clarify liability, and provide clear, actionable recommendations. Whether I'm investigating water ingress in a heritage property or coordinating disaster response assessments following severe weather events, I bring a disciplined, solutions-oriented mindset to every engagement. Areas of Expertise: Building causation reports & forensic inspections Construction codes, compliance, and risk mitigation Insurance-related property assessments Defect investigations Stakeholder reporting & expert witness support Waterproofing compliance & audit reporting Senior Building Consultant Sedgwick Australia | Since 2021 Key Achievements: Australia wide delivered over 100 expert building causation reports annually for insurers, achieving an average turnaround time 25% faster than industry benchmarks. Led complex multi-party investigations into waterproofing failures, water ingress, fire and storm damage, directly influencing claim outcomes with technical clarity and evidence-based recommendations. Advised national insurers on policy liability and scope of works across residential, commercial, and strata portfolios, reducing claim leakage by up to 15% in key cases. Directed on-site assessments post-catastrophe (flood, cyclone, bushfire), coordinating with contractors, engineers, and loss adjusters to streamline recovery timelines. Enhanced reporting templates and procedures, reducing administrative errors and improving compliance with regulatory and legal standards.