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DAVID ALUN ROBERTS Qualified: Arbitrator AREAS OF EXPERIENCE: Acting for or employed by Developers, Clients, Contractors and Sub-contractors (including Contract Drafting/ EU Procurement Compliance/Advising on Procurement and Contracting and Commercial Strategy and Risk Management /Tender Evaluation/Negotiating/Administration/Claims/Final Accounts/ Counter Claims/ Insurance Claims/Expert Witness/Project Management/Arbitration/ ADR/Mediation/Adjudication) |
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Hotels, Railway Stations,
Port and Harbour Building, Airport Buildings, Housing, Flats, Schools,
Hospitals, Prisons, Luxury Villas, Leisure Centres, Shopping Centres,
Health Centres, Offices, Piling, Ground Works |
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Nuclear Power Station, Power Stations,
Railways, Port/Harbour, Sea Defences, Outfalls, Roads, Loading Terminals,
Piling, Pipelines (Oil, Gas, Water, Sewage, etc.), Sewage Treatment Plant,
Cement Plant, Factories, Telecoms, Power Distribution, Reservoirs,
Tunnels, Diving, Onshore Chemical Plants, Offshore Wind Farms |
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On and Offshore Projects (Integrated
Topsides, Gravity Based Structures, Modules –
Process/Power/Control/Accommodation/ Helidecks, Jackets, FPSOs, Subsea, Pipelines, Hook-up, Hydrographic Surveys, Well Stimulation, Drilling, Diving, Maintenance, Engineering, Operating, Alliance and Incentivised Contracts), North Sea, Ice areas, Middle/Far East and US, LNG, etc. |
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Hotels, Railway Stations, Port and
Harbour Building, Airport Buildings, Housing, Flats, Hospitals, Prisons,
Luxury Villas, Leisure Centres, Shopping Centres, Offices, Town Heating
Systems |
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Ship building contracts, Charter
Parties, CoA, Purchase Orders, Rental/Hire/Lease agreements, Joint Venture
Agreements, Crossing/Tie-in/Transportation agreements, Property leases,
Franchises |
COUNTRIES
Worked in:United Kingdom (Most Areas), Indonesia (Java and Sumatra), Saudi Arabia (East and West Coast), Bahrain, Oman, Dubai/Shajh, Qatar, USA, Holland, Denmark, Peoples Republic of China and Hong Kong (New Territories) and Russia
Dealt with:Korea, Japan, Germany, Singapore, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, FSU, Canada, USA, Mexico, Australia, Nigeria, Israel, Gaza, Egypt, Tunisia, Malaysia, Chile, Bolivia and Algeria
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS AND
EXPERIENCE TO DATE
| TECHNICAL EDUCATION | |
| • Willesden
College of Advanced Technology, London • Manchester School of Building • Ellis School of Building, Worcester |
- St Albans College of Building, - Thames Polytechnic, Chiswick, London - King’s College, London University |
| QUALIFICATIONS | |
| • MSc (Construction Law and Arbitration) • Graduate of the Institute of Quantity Surveyors • Fellow of the Faculty of Building • Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators • Fellow of the Quantity Surveyors Institute • Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors |
- Member of the Chartered Institute
of Building - Member Association of Cost Engineers - Member of the Institute of Petroleum - Member of the Institute of Architects and Surveyors - Member of the Energy Institute |
| REGISTRATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS | |
• Consultant:
Institute of Petroleum |
- Member of The Society of Construction Law - Member of LCIA (on panel) - Accredited Mediator (CIArb) - Chartered Mediator - Chartered Surveyor |
ADDITIONAL STUDIES
• CIArb; Mediation Course
• CIArb Adjudication Course
• CIArb, International Arbitration Award Writing Course and Exam (Barcelona)
• Computer Techniques, Planning, Claims, Structural Engineering
• Effective Supervision Techniques, TQM Course, CI Courses, Shell PMIS Contracts Computer Course
• Contracts NEC, CC Wks/GC Wks, FIDIC, CRINE, JCT, IChemE, ICC
• Lotus 123/Freelance/All In One/At Base/DW4/Scribble/Analyse/PROFS/Word/Excel/
• Powerpoint and the use of the Internet
• PETANS Survival Course, Environmental Awareness Course/First Aid/CDM
• Train the Trainer
AWARDS
LIOB
(now ACIOB) Exams:
Quantities - Distinction
Services -
Credit
Management - Credit
GENERAL INFORMATION:
David is practising Contracts and Claims Consultant, a Chartered Builder, Chartered Surveyor, Contracts Manager, Contract Administrator, Cost Engineer, Quantity Surveyor, Arbitrator, Adjudicator and Mediator with almost 40 years experience in construction and considerable experience in dispute resolution.
David has providing general advice, drafted, negotiated and administrated contracts, formulated and negotiated contract and insurance claims, assisted in refuting claims, prepared clients for litigation, arbitration, adjudication, mediation and expert determination carried out a number of construction adjudications on a variety of sizes and types of projects (including ground works, painting, test facilities design and build, civil engineering, interim and final accounts, house extensions, Oil and Gas terminals, Tank refurbishment, Building refurbishment and conversions) acted as expert witness on Building (from small domestic to major shopping complexes), Civil Engineering (from marine works to major concrete structures), Oil and Gas projects On and Offshore (including Gravity Based Structures, Pipelines and Subsea work)
David has published articles and in-house papers on contracting strategy, ADR, Audit in Construction, and has lectured and acted as an assessment panel member for graduate and PhD intake at Shell International.
David has acted as Adjudicator on nine occasions on a variety of construction matters from painting payment disputes to complex penultimate certification on major projects. In addition, David has assisted parties as claimants or respondents in a number of Adjudications and Mediations. David has prepared or assisted in the preparation of claims for negotiation, Adjudication, Arbitration and Litigation UK and International, matters ranged from small extensions and refurbishments to major offshore structures, pipelines and subsea developments including dealing with matters of professional negligence and has also assisted in defending against such claims
Published Articles:
Offshore Magazine – New Horizons Series - Contracting Strategy in the 21st Century
Occasional Contributor to QS Week
Imersive Media