Chris is an exceptionally driven and highly motivated executive who has extensive experience and expertise in preparing and negotiating contracts and managing contractual issues and outcomes. His engineering, legal and tribunal experience together with his excellent strategic skills enables him to resolve complex disputes so as to achieve early and effective settlements for his clients.
He is a qualified engineer having led the implementation of complex services designs in fast-tracked design and construction projects and has experience across a broad range of projects, including electrical power generation and distribution, telecommunications, broadcasting, information technology, commercial and residential building and construction, rail and road infrastructure and industrial plant.
He has also prepared numerous reports as an expert witness in extension of time, compensable delay and disruption matters for those types of projects.
Expertise:
- contract administration
- preparation of contract documents and contract risk reviews
- preparation and defence of contract claims
- preparation of payment claims, payment schedules, adjudication applications and adjudication responses under security of payment legislation
- preparation of submissions for formal dispute resolution processes
- expert reports and expert witness services in extension of time (EOT), compensable delay and disruption matters
- mediator, adjudicator, expert determiner and arbitrator
Qualifications:
- Radio Technicians Certificate (RTC) - New Zealand Polytechnic Institute
- Bachelor of Engineering (BE) – UNSW
- Graduate Diploma in Management (Technology) - Deakin
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB) - UTS
- Graduate Certificate in Legal Practice - UTS
- Accredited mediator, adjudicator, arbitrator, expert determiner, expert witness - Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia
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