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Date
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Location
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Company
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Position
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Description
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11 June 2010 - ongoing
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Sydney
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John Holland Group/TIDIC
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Member DRB
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- New Down Main track at Liverpool station, NSW Australia
- Amended form of AS 4916 - 2002
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1st January 2010 – June 2010
Intermittent
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South Africa
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Parsons Brinckerhoff
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Individual Specialist International Consultant
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- Medupi Power Station project. FIDIC contracts – Yellow book, Red book (1999) NEC
- Services provided:
- Contract Administration – Claims specialist, Preparation of 20.1 responses, 3.5 determinations, training in FIDIC contract provisions
- Commercial Management – proactive support to procurement, facilitator in negotiations, audit submissions to procurement/tender committees.
- Co-ordination of Legal Advice - Monitor and contribute to the establishment and management of Dispute Adjudication Boards (DAB) and support DAB process.
- Develop Processes/Audit Process Compliance
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July 2009 - ongoing
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Ethiopia
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ERA/Keangnam Enterprises Ltd
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Sole Dispute Board Member (SDBM)
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- Aposto Wondo Negele Road Upgrading Project – Contract 1
- FIDIC MDB Harmonised Conditions of Contract
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May 2009 – August 2009
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Home Office Australia
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Coffey International Ltd
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Consultant – Contract Specialist
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- Preparation of contract documentation for project in Iraq
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January 2008 - ongoing
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Home Office Australia
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Dalland Associates Pty Ltd
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Contract claims Adjudicating Building and Construction Disputes Expert reports
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- Preparing and evaluating Construction Contract Claims
- Adjudication of several Building and Construction Disputes under the NSW Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2000.
- Preparation of Expert Reports – litigation support – structural failures – flood damage
- Construction Contract reviews
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Mar 2007 – end Dec 2007
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Sri Lanka
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Asian Development Bank
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Contract Management Specialist and
Independent Observer, Advisor, Facilitator
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- Independent Observer, Advisor, Facilitator – Contract Negotiations and Bid Assessments
- Facilitator and Advisor – Contract Restructuring
- Advising on establishment and operation of Dispute Adjudication Boards.
- FIDIC 4 Contract Conditions.
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May 2007 – June 2007 worked in with Sri Lanka above
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India
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Asian Development Bank
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Construction Management Specialist
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- National Highway Authority India involving FIDIC 4 Contracts.
- Assessment of Project performances.
- Advising on non–adversarial options for improving contract performance.
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2007 – January 2008
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Papua New Guinea
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Department of Works
Port Moresby
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Advisor, facilitator negotiator
Principal
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- Advisor/facilitator during contract negotiations with Employer’s Project Manager Consultant on World Bank funded Road Reconstruction and Maintenance projects in 8 provinces in PNG.
- Chaired contract negotiations.
- Advised on Special Conditions of Contract using WB SRFP and WB contract conditions.
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1996 - 2009
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Home office Australia
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Dalland Associates Pty Ltd
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Principal
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- Conducted over 25 Arbitrations, Mediations and Adjudications.
- Acted as Ad-hoc Single DAB member delivering 3 non-binding determinations in separate constructions disputes resulting in amicable settlement of all disputes.
- Organiser and presenter of 3 seminars on Dispute Adjudication Boards in association with the Association of Consulting Engineers Australia (ACEA) and Dispute Resolution Board Foundation Australasia.
- Preparation of numerous expert reports and opinions relating to:
- Construction Methods
- Construction Accidents
- Contractual Disputes
- Contract Claims
- Structural Failures
- Flooding Issues.
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1980 - 1996
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Australia
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Dalland Associates Pty Ltd
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Principal
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- Consulting in the fields of civil and structural engineering.
- Contract administration and construction management.
- Flood mitigation.
- Expert reports.
- Claims assessment and claim preparation.
- Specialist consultant to Department of Housing and Construction :
Assessing Survivability Ratings for over 80 public buildings and structures in Darwin after cyclone “Tracy” including military installations, Darwin airport structures, hospitals, lighthouses and weather stations in remote areas of NT.
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1972 –1980
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Australia
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Stait Constructions P/L and Dalland and Sleeman P/L
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Construction Manager and General Manager
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- Construction - water supply, roads, bridges, mining, heavy foundations and subdivisions.
- Hands-on experience, competent operator of most types of earthmoving machinery and explosives handling.
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1970 - 1972
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Norway
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Ing. Groener AS
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Senior Design Engineer / Project Manager Deputy Team Leader Bergen office.
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Responsible for :
- Design
- Contract documentation
- Contract administration for roads, water supply and sewerage for “New City Development” (45,000 people).
Concurrently Project Manager for construction of water supply scheme involving concrete buttress dam, high level concrete reservoir and water supply reticulation.
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1968 - 1970
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UK
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Leonard Fairclough Ltd
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Project Manager Design
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- Project Manager Design on major oil refinery extension project and petro-chemical plant for Burmah Oil
- In charge of Design-and-Construct tenders
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1968 – 1970
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UK
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Leonard Fairclough Ltd
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Project Engineer
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- Motorway bridge design and construction including bridge “slides”.
- In charge of Design-and-Construct tenders.
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1965 –1968
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Australia
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NSW Department of Public Works
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Assistant Resident Engineer
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- Assistant Resident Engineer at Clarence Harbour Works.
- Quarry operations, concrete plant, breakwater construction, piling operations, wharf construction and dredging operations.
- Concurrently in charge of Lower Clarence Water Supply scheme which comprised over 200km of water mains, 5 water reservoirs and submerged pipe lines across the Clarence River.
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1965 –1968
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Australia
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NSW Department of Public Works
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Design engineer
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- Sewage treatment and reticulation work.
- Tender assessments.
- Harbours and Rivers.
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