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John Paget Elsden

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Family Name    Elsden
 
First Name John Padget
 
Country of Residence Hong Kong
 
Address 32 E, Tower 22, South Horizons, Ap Lei Chau, Hong Kong
 
Date of Birth 2 August 1942
 
Tel. Number
 
Fax Number +852 26 01 39 88
 
E-mail Address elsdenjp@bv.com
 
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Educational Qualifications
(qualification, discipline)
B.Sc.(Civil Engineering) 1963, University of Manchester UK
 
Professional Qualifications
(qualification, jurisdiction, discipline)
Registered Professional Engineer (Civil) (HK) 1991
Chartered Engineer (UK) 1970
Member, Institution of Civil Engineers (UK) 1970
Member, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers 1989
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 1992
Member, Institution of Highways & Transportation 1965
Member, Association of Consulting Engineers (Hong Kong) 1993
Member, the FIDIC List of Arbitrators 1994
Member, the FIDIC Panel of Experts/Mediators 1999
 
Current employment status
(if employed)
Independent Consultant
 
Present position
(if employed)
Sole Proprietor "John P. Elsden" - Engineering Consultancy; also Consultant to Binnie Black & Veatch Hong Kong LimitedDispute Adjudicator
 
Positions held
(position, organization, dates)
Consultant, Binnie Black & Veatch Hong Kong Ltd (formerly Binnie Consultants Ltd), 1997 to present
Contracts Consultant and Quality System Manager, Binnie Consultants Ltd, 1988-96
Senior Contracts Administrator, Singapore Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (SMRT), 1985 -88
Involved in motorway and highway construction in UK for 22 years after graduation in 1963.   
 
Particular technical expertise Contract Administration and Dispute Resolution and practice as arbitrator, mediator adjudicator, dispute resolution adviser covering a broad spectrum of building and engineering, including highway construction, major bridges, heavy railways, water supply, geotechnics and foundations, dredging, land reclamation infrastructure, pavement construction and building structures, services and specialist leisure installations.
 
Dispute resolution experience Appointed Mediator in TDD/Contractor dispute - matter successfully resolved.
Appointed Dispute Resolution Adviser in ASD contract.
Advice on World Bank and Asian Development Bank works contracts and consultancy contracts;
Appointed Mediator in Contractor/Sub-Contractor dispute, 1997.
Expert advice for contractor on programming & contract administration, 1996.
Arbitrator in construction dispute - settled by consent award, 1996.
Appointed Arbitrator in Construction Dispute - settled, 1995.
 
Standard forms of contract familiarity ICE General Conditions of Contract 4th and 5th Editions
 
Other panel listings
(organization, country, list)
Member, the HKIAC Airport Core Programme Mediators Panel 1995
Member, the HKIAC Airport Core Programme Adjudicators Panel 1995
Member, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Hong Kong Branch) Arbitration Panel 1996
Member, the Hong Kong Mediation Council Mediators Panel 1996
 
Languages
(language, level)
English (mother tongue), French (fair written)
 
Publications
(publication, date)
 
FIDIC Secretariat; November 2007

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