Recent and current appointments include:
- DAB Chairman Merowe Dam Sudan, $1.8B project.
- Sole facilitator / mediator in Sri Lanka on behalf of the Asian
Development Bank, Sri Lankan Government, UNHCR and the Affected
Communities in the $300M dispute relating to highway development
- Sole facilitator on the €130M dispute at the Burj Al-Fateh
Complex in Khartoum
- Chairman of the DAB in the Sudan on an €80M hotel and commercial
complex development
- DAB member Deglos Solid Waste Landfill project St Lucia
- Sole DRE (Disputes Review Expert) on 4 of the Ethiopian National
Roads Authority highway projects
- DAB tribunal member on various infrastructure projects in
Romania
- DAB tribunal member on Nicola Tesla power plant Serbia
- Sole facilitator on the Kosovo B power plant
- DAB tribunal on the Maritza East III power plant Bulgaria
- Sole adjudicator on the £120M dispute at the Devonport Nuclear
facility in the UK
- Arbitrator (ICC) Zabalgarbi Waste & Energy plant Bilbao Spain
- Arbitrator (ICC) Highway project Equatorial Guinea
- Arbitration Tribunal Expert Termoli Power Station (ICC/CANI –
Milan)
- DAB tribunal on 8 highway and infrastructure projects in
Mozambique
- Sole adjudicator Save River crossing Mozambique
I have to date issued well over 300 awards and decisions relating
to adjudication and arbitration and have extensive experience
internationally on the FIDIC form of contract. I also lecture and
teach others on behalf of FIDIC on the FIDIC system and present
workshops and seminars throughout the world on behalf of FIDIC. I
have during the past 2 years given teaching sessions within the EU
in relation to the ISPA funding programme. I have published papers
on the DAB system under FIDIC and am the author of Dispute Board
Rules and Procedures published by the ICE for UK and International
use. My book Dispute Boards Procedures and Practice is published by
Thomas Telford (2006).
I have served and continue to serve on many Dispute Boards under
the FIDIC system throughout the world and am President Listed by
FIDIC, having undertaken training and assessment for such listing. I
am nominated by FIDIC as required under the General Conditions of
Contract when a Presidential Nomination is requested.
I am a Chartered Arbitrator, Accredited Mediator and an
international Adjudicator and have extensive experience of dispute
resolution on a world wide basis. In addition to my law degree I
have undertaken training in dispute resolution in the UK and US over
a considerable period of time and continue to do so in order to
remain conversant with any new trends in both law and practice.
I have also undertaken the facilitation and mediation of
construction disputes where disputed values have ranged from modest
sums to claims in excess of $200M.
Membership of Professional Bodies:
- DRBF President 2007 - 2008
- FCIArb Fellow of the Institute of Arbitrators
- FConsE Fellow of the Association of Consulting Engineers
- FICE Fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineers
- CEng Chartered Engineer
- FIDIC President Listed
International Dispute Resolution Panel Membership:
- FIDIC Panel Listed Adjudicator
- International Arbitration Centre Lagos, Nigeria : Listed
Arbitrator
- DRB Foundation Sustaining Member (US)
- International Committee Chairman DRBF
- Centro de Arbitraje y Conciliacion de Colombia : Listed
Arbitrator
- ICC Listed Arbitrator : UK, Venezuela
- Centro de Conciliacion y Arbitraje Comercial Bolivia : Panel
Listed Arbitrator
- Centro de Conciliacion y Arbitraje Internacional Peru :
Panel Listed Arbitrator
UK Dispute Resolution Panel Membership:
- Past chairman Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Wales)
- Panel Member Arbitrator : Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Listed Arbitrator : London Court of International
Arbitration
- Listed Panel Adjudicator Climate Change Adjudication Service
- Construction Industry Adjudicator
- CIArb Panel Listed Adjudicator
- RIBA Panel Listed Adjudicator
- ICE Panel Listed Adjudicator
- CIOB Panel Listed Adjudicator
- RICS Panel Listed JCT Homeowners Adjudicator
Other Skills
Lecturing, teaching and giving seminars on behalf of FIDIC and
other organisations in relation to dispute resolution and the
understanding of the FIDIC form of contract. I have published works
on FIDIC and dispute resolution and provide workshops and seminars
throughout the world on the subject.
Present Position
Arbitrator, Adjudicator, Mediator, Tribunal Panel Member, Dispute
Adjudication Board member and Facilitator in the fields of:
- Legal interpretation and contract conflict issues
- Civil & Structural Engineering
- Power, Oil & Gas, Infrastructure
- Building
Consultant and advisor on contractual issues including:
- Contract risk analysis
- Contract strategy & negotiation
- Contract interpretation
- Project planning / management
- Project programming
- Unforeseeable site conditions
- Climate Change
- Site possession & access / payment provisions
- Claims preparation and analysis
- Dispute management and administration
Years of Professional Experience: 36 years since
qualification
Key Qualifications
Specialities
Dispute Resolution & Avoidance, Dispute Boards, Adjudication,
Arbitration, Mediation and Facilitation in disputes relating to:
Bridges, Dams, Civil Engineering Works, Roadways, Foundations,
Infrastructure, Logistics, Multi-storey Structures, Oil & Gas, Power
Stations, Tunnelling and Remote Location Projects including
Environmentally Sensitive Contracting.
Professional Experience Record (Major Projects):
Merowe Dam Sudan, Burj Al-Fateh Complex Sudan, Termoli Power
Plant, Zabalgarbi Plant, Sibiu Motorway, DN6 Romania, EN1
Mozambique, EN211 Mozambique, Save River Bridge East Africa, various
road projects in Ethiopia, QEII bridge Caribbean, Puente Durate
Bridge Dominican Republic, Maritza East III power plant Bulgaria,
Kosovo B power plant, Nicola Tesla Unit A power plant, Davenport
Dockyard nuclear facility UK, Alexander Court (UK), Awara Dam
(Nigeria), Baakens River Crossing (SA), Camisea Gas (Peru), Cata Dam
(SA), CERN (France), Eko Akete (Nigeria), Gibraltar Land
Reclamation, GIFMAC (Gibraltar), Grahamstown Sewerage (SA),
Liverpool Loop Line (Underground Railway), Malongo Terminal
(Angola), Oyimo Headworks (Nigeria), Port Elizabeth Freeway (SA),
Soyo Terminal (Angola), Urucu River Project (Brazil), Coari/Urucu
pipeline (Brazil), STDP Freeway Sri Lanka.
International Experience:
Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil,
Bulgaria, China, Equitorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gibraltar, Italy,
Kazakhstan, Korea, Kosovo, Latinamerica, Morocco, Mozambique,
Nigeria, Perú, Philippines, Romania, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Spain,
Sudan, Venezuela, Zaire
Tribunals over the last 24 months have included such Employers
as:
- UK Government
- Mozambique Government
- European Agency for Reconstruction
- Kosovo Trust Agency
- Sri Lanka Government
- Asian Development Bank
- Government of Romania
- Davenport Nuclear Facility
- Maritza East III Power Company
- Alstom Power Service
- Entergy USA
- Energia Molise
- Sener Ingenieria y Sistemas
- Government of the Dominican Republic
- The Government of the British Virgin Islands
- Ethiopian National Roads Authority
- Libyan Arab Foreign Investment Company
- Government of the Sudan
- Government of Equatorial Guinea
Published Work
- Underground Concreting (1975)
- Project Management and the Control of Risk (1996)
- Official Translation of the Bolivian Law of Arbitration
(1999)
- Arbitration in Latinamerica I (1999)
- Arbitration in Latinamerica II (2000)
- DRB Procedures Under FIDIC (2002)
- Chairman of draughting panel for new UK ICE DRB/DAB
Procedures (2004)
- Dispute Boards: Procedures & Practice (2007)
Brunel Tunnelling Prize (1975)
Bronze Award for contribution to Civil Engineering in Cape Province
SA (1978) |
