Curious about ADR or simply want a refresher? Look no further. Join us for our 2-day intensive course on the practical aspects of construction law, arbitration, adjudication and expert witness. Our speakers and facilitators who are themselves construction law and/or ADR practitioners will draw from and share with you their wealth of knowledge and experience viewed from a practical and real-world perspective.


SYNOPSIS AND BIODATA OF SPEAKERS

Day 1 (Morning): Common Issues on Construction Contract Mangement: Avoiding Disputes - This is an intensive course on the topic of Common Issues in Construction Contracts: Avoiding Disputes meant as a refresher course for project personnel such as Architects, Engineers & Quantity Surveyors involved in claims assessment as well in the implementation of contracts.

Ir. Leon Weng Seng graduated with Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering in 1980 and went on to obtain an honours degree in law with the University of London and a postgraduate Diploma in Arbitration with the University of Reading. He is a corporate member of The IEM and a registered professional engineer and is an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya (non practising). Ir. Leon is the principal of a civil and structural engineering consultancy firm. He has vast experiences in the administration of construction contracts including giving advice on contractual, mediation, adjudication and arbitration matters. His other areas of particular interest are forensic engineering and investigation of collapsed structures and slopes, and assessment of fire damaged structures. He acts as expert witness in courts and arbitration. Ir. Leon is also a CIDB accredited mediator, Fellow and a Chartered Arbitrator of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London and an Adjudicator of KLRCA. He is a committee member of the Dispute Resolution Practice of the IEM and the past Chairman (2008–2010) of the Chartered Institute Arbitrators (CIArb) Malaysia Branch. He is sitting as arbitrator in many on-going arbitrations.    

Day 1 (Afternoon): Disputes from a QS’s Perspective – Differences in opinion are common among stakeholders in construction projects. Those differences if not managed properly become issues. However, usually, it is only cost issues which are not resolved in a timely manner may in turn be escalated into disputes. This session will involve a sharing by a consultant QS of his personal experience of cost disputes in construction and his take on true resolution.

Sr Lim Kok Sang is the Principal of Sang QS Consult; a Registered Consultant Quantity Surveyor with BQSM; a Fellow Member of Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM); a Chartered Surveyor and Fellow Member of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, United Kingdom (RICS); a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb); and a Panel Adjudicator of Asian International Adjudication Centre (AIAC). He has over 20 years’ experience working with building and civil engineering works in Malaysia, Ireland and the UAE. He has also served the professional bodies in various capacities including Deputy Vice President, Education and Accreditation Board Deputy Chairman, Exam Board Secretary of RISM, Panel Assessor, technical committee and sub-committee member.


Day 2 (Morning): Arbitration - What is Arbitration? Is it any different from going to court? Find out about these and more at our session on arbitration where our speakers and facilitators will take you through the arbitration hearing and process as well as the role played by an expert witness.

Ms. Karen Ng Gek Suan is an advocate and solicitor and a Partner in Messrs. Azman, Davidson & Co in the firm’s Building, Construction & Dispute Resolution department. She specialises in building & construction law and represents clients in contentious and non-contentious building & construction matters, in domestic and international settings. She is the current Deputy President of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators.

Kevin Prakash’s practice is in dispute resolution and has been involved in complex disputes in various forms for over 15 years. He has wide experience in diverse types of disputes including corporate and commercial disputes, contractual, civil and shipping disputes. He regularly appears in Court proceedings as well as Arbitration mainly for building contract disputes. He was a partner with a large law practice in Kuala Lumpur before joining a boutique dispute resolution practice, Mohanadass Partnership. He is the Past President of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators.

Day 2 (Afternoon): Adjudication - It is ironic that the construction industry, which depends on coordination, cooperation, and teamwork among various parties, should be the most problematic and adversarial. A dispute might arise at any point during the construction process as a result of differing expectations or misinterpretations of the contract documents, which leads frequently to unnecessary problems and delays. This seminar will explore adjudication as the new way of resolving construction disputes.

Topics covered will include:
●Essentials of CIPAA 2012 - Overview of the Act and its Purposes    
●Practice and Procedure  
●Common Challenges to Adjudication  
●The ideal Adjudicator?

Ar. David Cheah APAM, APPM, FCIArb is an Architect, Urban Planner, Adjudicator, Mediator and Chartered Arbitrator. He believes that due to the nature of construction and the multiplicity of players in the construction industry, it will be unavoidable for consultants to be involved with dispute resolution, in one way or another. Although the best form of dispute resolution is dispute avoidance, it’s easier said than done.