Languages:

working French and German; up to Intermediate Spanish

Phone:

+44 (0)1458 210 494

Email:

johnpapworth@ricsonline.org

Overview

Resumé

1992 - Present

John Papworth Limited
Managing Director
Engaged solely in international dispute resolution in engineering and construction.

• Appointed as one-person ad-hoc Dispute Board on disputes in Middle East and Eastern Europe – large infrastructure and civil engineering projects.
• Appointed Adjudicator in several disputes in UK – civil engineering, railway work, consultancy agreements, M&E work, building. Advising civil engineering contractors on disputes on various projects in UK in nuclear power plants and other engineering projects.
• Compiled notices of dispute and presented Contractors’ cases at DRB hearings and obtained favourable results on two power station projects in Kenya
• Preparation of claims and statement of case in arbitration for major Indian international oil and gas contractor on gas extraction project off Qatar. Advising Indian oil and gas contractor on dispute on power plant off Tanzania.
• Advising Saudi Arabian based contractor in two arbitrations on civil project in Mumbai, India
• Preparation of claims for Japanese, French, Indian and Kenyan contractors on projects in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania: sewerage and water supply schemes, power distribution lines, prisons.
• Preparation of claims for international contractors (French, German, Greek, Caribbean) and subcontractors on building and civil engineering projects in Arabian Gulf states, Caribbean, Europe and Far East.
• Preparation and negotiation of claims, and defences to counterclaims for one of the world’s largest power station constructors on gas turbine, steam turbine, combined cycle and coal-fired power plant projects in UK and Indonesia. Several projects valued from £25m to £660m.
• Preparation of claims and case for submission to arbitration of disputes on nuclear power station for international piping contractor.

1988 - 1991

International Consultancy
Contracts/Legal Executive/Associate

Legal and contractual advice to directors, senior staff and clients on contentious and non-contentious matters.

Contentious matters:

Prepared claims for contractor and subcontractor in Saudi Arabia.

Acted as Arbitrator on one dispute, and produced interim and final awards. Prepared submissions to arbitration for contractors and clients. Litigation support in contractual and professional indemnity claims, by way of technical reports. Preparation and negotiation of claims. Defence to claims.

Non-contentious matters:

Drafting contracts and subcontracts, often for novel contracting strategies on high-profile projects; drafting warranties, novations, consultancy agreements and other contract documents for clients including oil and pharmaceutical companies, the Property Services Agency and utility companies

1986 - 1988

Major Quantity Surveyor Consultancy
Project Leader

Led team of eleven Quantity Surveyors and Cost Engineers on M&E Phase of UK Ministry of Defence Project for Property Services Agency. Value £70m.

The project was badly affected by disputes between the contractor and the Superintending Officer. I attended numerous negotiation meetings at Property Services Agency headquarters with senior officials and the contractor's representatives, as well as carrying out the regular duties of cost reporting, valuations and supervising the team. I also had personal responsibility for the building and civil work.

Project Quantity Surveyor for £5m underground main replacement at same MoD establishment.

1981 - 1986

Costain Group, Central Contracts Department
Senior Quantity Surveyor

This was a department specialising in contractual matters for all operations from the UK down to North Africa undertaken by the Group's subsidiaries in building, civil and marine engineering. Embraced all standard forms used in UK, as well as some bespoke forms, and a number of FIDIC and other overseas contracts.

1979 - 1981

Kyle Stewart Limited (now part of HBG), Special Works Division
Head of Quantity Surveyors Department
Division reformed 1980. Profit and turnover targets exceeded. We undertook special projects in jacking of building, underground services and repairs, as well as new, prestigious fitting out work. Again, some estimating and post contract work.

Senior Quantity Surveyor with Major Works

1978

International Civil Engineering Consultancy
Claims Advisor

Advising Deutsche Babcock on claims from subcontractor on power station in Saudi Arabia.

Advising Engineers on several power stations in different parts of the world.

1977 - 1978

Regional Contractors
Quantity Surveyor and Construction Manager

Final account measurement. Leader of the technical team on industrial and domestic building and light civil projects. Responsible for progress, organising resources, meeting consultants and attending site meetings.

1975 - 1977

A. Lang Limited (Swiss), Accra, Ghana
Senior then Chief Quantity Surveyor

Reporting to Technical Director of premier construction company in Ghana. Projects ranged from minor domestic works to multi-million building and civil projects. Responsible for all commercial matters, including preparation, submission and negotiation of claims.

1971 - 1975

Kyle Stewart Limited (now part of HBG)
Quantity Surveyor

Assistant Quantity Surveyor on civil engineering work on Freightliner Terminal. Responsible for remeasurement and providing information for claims, which were compiled by external advisor.

Assistant Quantity Surveyor on civil engineering work on Freightliner Terminal. Responsible for remeasurement and providing information for claims, which were compiled by external advisor.

Promoted to Quantity Surveyor. Worked on office and industrial buildings up to around £0.75m.

1969 - 1971

International Contractor
Trainee/Assistant QS

After working with different surveyors on residential and industrial projects, I worked entirely on £2m local authority housing project. There was a major dispute on the civil engineering phase, which went to Arbitration.

Publications

• ICES Journal.
  Articles on Dispute Resolution Boards

Memberships

• Dispute Resolution Board Foundation
• Adjudication Society
• Association of Independent Construction Adjudicators
• Oil & Gas Branch of the Arbitration Club
• Resolex Mediators Group
• Editorial panel for ICE's Management, Procurement and Law