Delays & Disruptions to Building Projects Delivery

He directed the SIAC Group’s civil engineering business since 1979, serving as a director for 23 years, during which time SIAC grew into one of Ireland’s largest, most diverse and successful construction groups. He is a member of the Dispute Resolution Band Accreditation Boards of Engineers Ireland. He has been actively involved in the Construction Industry Federation, and served as President of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association and the Chairman of the Contracts Committee which consulted with the Department of Finance on the introduction on the new GCCC forms of contract.

Fiona trained in London with the legal team of a global firm of consulting engineers before acting as legal adviser to their Irish offices and has experience in both contentious and non-contentious legal construction work. She holds a Masters Degree in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, a Postgraduate Diploma in Irish Construction Law and Contract Administration and an LLM in Public Procurement Law and Policy. As a Barrister, Fiona has been instructed across the full spectrum of engineering and construction disputes from professional indemnity insurance, loss, expense and prolongation claims, defects claims, public procurement and adjudication. Fiona is familiar with all the major forms of construction contracts from the traditional Irish RIAI and IEI forms to NEC, FIDIC and the Irish Public Works forms.

He has extensive experience having worked on large & high profile educational, healthcare, commercial, residential & infrastructural projects. Working with Mulcahy McDonagh & Partners (MMP) since 2000, he has served on many professional committees within the Construction Industry, and is Chairperson of the Society of Chartered Surveyors’ Dispute Resolutions Committee as well as Vice Chairman of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Dispute Resolutions Standing Committee. He is currently on the panel of conciliators/arbitrators for the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, the CIF and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and is an accomplished author.

He is a visiting lecturer at the Vienna University of Technology and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building. He previously held the positions of Head of Department of Construction Management & Technology and Head of the School of Construction in DIT in a career that spans over 30 years of experience in construction education and practice.

She has over 20 years’ experience in communications and public relations. Neasa and her team in RPS provide project communications advisory to construction, environmental sustainability and public infrastructure projects throughout Ireland. She has successfully managed crisis communications for projects including construction site accidents, protests, court injunctions and IR issues that resulted in work stoppages and delays.

He is a member of
the Panel of Adjudicators appointed by the Minister under section 8 of the Construction Contracts Act 2013; Engineer’s Ireland Arbitrators Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators; Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland Panels of Adjudicators; Arbitrators/Experts; and Conciliators/Mediators and the Construction Industry Federation National Contractual Dispute Services Panel.

He is a specialist in programming and analysis of delay and disruption on complex, major projects. Geoff’s sector experience includes oil and gas facilities, power and process plants, roads and bridges, retail and industrial developments, as well as hospitals, schools, colleges and other public buildings.
Geoff moved into consultancy in 1999, drawing on his management and commercial experience in construction to advise clients on project management, dispute avoidance and bid management. Geoff has also assisted clients to establish record and control systems that enable responsive monitoring and management of production in their construction works, and provides support and training to clients concerning time management skills and procedures.

He has 15 years commercial experience on a range of projects in civil engineering, transport, airports, mixed-use, high rise, commercial, residential, industrial, health and local authority sectors. John is currently providing cost and commercial management services, expert witness services and dispute resolution services to a number of clients across a broad range of sectors specifically construction, civil engineering and gas pipelines. In the course of his career, John has acted as a Senior Consultant on multi million pound disputes, arbitrations, adjudications and provided claim preparation / management on a number of projects under both standard and bespoke contracts.

He is an experienced architect and has worked across a wide range of building types and scales; cultural institutions, courthouses, libraries, visitor centres and office buildings. He has acted as Employer’s Representative on a number of public works contracts. He also has experience of PPP Procurement and is Project Architect for Cork Criminal Courthouse. Earlier in 2017 he won the RIAI’s Award for Conservation and Restoration for his work on Kilmainham Courthouse and Gaol. He is currently working on case studies for the implementation of NZEB – Nearly Zero Energy Buildings for OPW owned estate. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.