QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
MY KEY QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE INCLUDE:
Honours and Post Graduate Degrees in Civil Engineering, Construction Law and International Commercial Arbitration, coupled with broad civil engineering design and construction experience gained with contractors and consultants.
MY PARTICULAR SPECIALISMS INCLUDE:
Harbour works, project management, contract accounts and quantum, interpretation of contracts and disputes avoidance and resolution by negotiation, mediation, conciliation, dispute boards, adjudication and arbitration.
PARTICULAR AREAS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE INCLUDED:
The construction of harbours, roads, pipelines, drainage, earthworks, structural steel buildings, structural concrete works (reinforced, insitu, precast, prestressed and underwater), crane rails, industrial tanks, foundations, bridges, piling (steel and reinforced concrete), cofferdams, post-tensioning and rock anchors, grouting, quarrying and underwater rock blasting, dredging, reclamation and revetment, land and hydrographic surveying and hydraulic models.
MY ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER ARE AS FOLLOWS:
| 1969 | BA, BAI (Hons.) in Civil Engineering from Trinity College Dublin. |
| 1976 | PhD in Shifting Bed Hydraulic Models from Trinity College Dublin. |
| 1980 | CEng, Chartered Member of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland. |
| 1993 | FIEI, Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland. |
| 1993 | FCIArb, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators |
| 2000 | MSc in Construction Law and Arbitration from King's College London. |
| 2003 | Accredited Mediator from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. |
| 2005 | Chartered Arbitrator from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. |
| 2008 | Accredited Conciliator from the Institution of Engineers of Ireland |
| 2008 | Professional Membership of the Disputes Board Federation |
| 2010 | DipICArb, Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators |
| 2012 | FDBF, Fellow of the Disputes Board Federation |
| 2015 | FCICES, Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors |
OTHER EXAMINATIONS PASSED INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
| 1991 | ICSA | Accounting and English Business Law |
| 1992 | ICSA | Taxation |
| 1993 | CIArb | Arbitration Fellowship Papers A, B & C |
| 1993 | ICE | Arbitration Endorsement Paper |
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS IMMEDIATELY ABOVE
(in alphabetical order):
CIArb: Chartered Institute of ArbitratorsICE: Institution of Civil Engineers
ICSA: Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
MY EMPLOYMENT RECORD IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER IS AS FOLLOWS:
EMPLOYMENT RECORD AS A DISPUTES RESOLVER
| Since February 1997: LAYNG ROSS | CONSTRUCTION DISPUTES RESOLUTION, Weybridge, UK. | Freelance Dispute Resolver specialising in the resolution and/or avoidance of financial and technical disputes within the construction industry by means of negotiation, mediation, conciliation, dispute review boards, early neutral evaluation, adjudication or arbitration, as appropriate, with emphasis on dispute avoidance techniques where possible. |
| May 1994 to January 1997: JAMES R KNOWLES LIMITED | CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS CONSULTANTS, Weybridge & London | Senior Consultant providing a range of construction contract advice including audit of clients’ management and administrative procedures, evaluation of work-in-progress and advice on appropriate means of recovering outstanding book debts, preparation of claims for extensions of time and extra payment arising from delay, disruption and contract variations, negotiation support to resolve financial and contractual disputes, comprehensive arbitration management and expert witness services in connection with building, civil engineering and quantum issues. |
| May 1990 to April 1994: LAYNG ROSS | CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT CONSULTANTS, Southampton, UK | Freelance Consultant principally providing rapid due diligence investigations of the value of the book debts and work-in-progress of insolvent construction companies, the preparation of final accounts and claims and the recovery of sums due on behalf of Insolvency Practitioners, including PWC and Fanshawe Lofts. Also provided project management and expert witness services. |
EMPLOYMENT RECORD AS A CHARTERED CIVIL & PROJECTS ENGINEER
| April 1988 to April 1990: | THEW (U.K.) LIMITED, CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS | Director & General Manager of Southampton based company engaged in civil & building projects for London Underground, Hampshire Local Authorities and Industrial Clients. |
| February 1985 to February 1988: | SAUDI CONSULTING SERVICES, CONSULTING ENGINEERS | Project Manager on Housing, Roads & Infrastructure associated with Hail Power Station Project, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. |
| August 1980 to January 1985: | ROSS & CO, CONSULTING CIVIL ENGINEERS, Cork, Ireland | Freelance Consulting Civil Engineer providing project supervision, structural & hydraulic designs, planning, arbitration & expert witness services. |
| January 1979 to July 1980: | IRISHENCO LTD, CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS, Dublin | Site Manager on Rosslare Harbour Pier Project, Rosslare, County Wexford, Ireland. |
| December 1975 to December 1978: | PUBLIC WORKS LTD, CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS | Section Engineer on Cork Harbour and City Water Supply Project and Site Manager on Verolme Cork Dockyard Fitting Out Jetty Project, County Cork, Ireland. |
| April 1975 to September 1975: | Writing PhD Thesis entitled “Arklow Rock – A Shifting-Bed Hydraulic Model Study”. | |
| January 1974 to March 1975: | McCABE, DELANEY & ASSOCIATES, CONSULTING ENGINEERS | Resident Engineer on Arklow Harbour Development Project, Co Wicklow, Ireland. |
| October 1972 to December 1973: | IRISH INDUSTRIAL TANKS LIMITED, TANK ERECTORS, Dublin. | Contracts Engineer responsible for tank erection operations and training. |
| January 1972 to October 1972: | ROADSTONE LTD, STONE, CONCRETE & ASPHALT SUPPLIERS | Resident Engineer on Belgarde Quarry Development Project, Dublin. |
| September 1969 to January 1972: | McCABE, DELANEY & ASSOCIATES, CONSULTING ENGINEERS | Research Engineer on Shifting Bed Hydraulic Model Study, Dublin. |