Common drafting mistakes when amending NEC Contracts – a non-lawyers perspective with Jon Broome of Leading Edge Project Consulting Ltd (UK)
What is The Conflict Avoidance Process and The Conflict Avoidance Pledge? It all becomes clear with Len Bunton of Bunton Consulting and Julie Forsyth of Gunnercooke LLP (UK)
Resources
CAP Case Study – An Evaluation Approach to Collaborative ADR by Dr. Franco Mastrandrea of HKA
Conflict Avoidance Process (CAP)
LinkedIn: Conflict Avoidance Coalition
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Guest Speakers
Julie Forsyth Partner at Gunnercooke LLP (UK) LLB (Hons), DipICArb, FCIArb
Julie Forsyth, Partner at Gunnercooke LLP in the construction and engineering sector since qualifying as a solicitor in September 1991. She gives contract advice and negotiates contract documentation on a wide range of construction projects, with experience on a variety of standard form contracts, including FIDIC, NEC and JCT.
On the contentious side, Julie represents and advises clients on conflict avoidance and dispute resolution on national and international construction projects and has run numerous arbitrations on major infrastructure projects. She is President of the Society of Construction Arbitrators and a former UK Country Representative for the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation. She is an avid promoter of conflict avoidance tools in contracts and during projects, and she speaks regularly on their use.
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Len Bunton of Bunton Consulting (UK)
Long-time construction industry consultant, specialises in dispute avoidance, Former chair of the Scottish Building Contracts committee and the Scottish branch of the CIARB; presently chair of the Conflict Avoidance Coalition Steering Group. Highly experienced adjudicator and arbitrator and has been involved in projects in 11 different countries. Acts as a consultant to over 30 clients operating in the construction industry and acts an adviser to a number of the construction organisations in the UK.
Jon Broome of Leading Edge Project Consulting Ltd (UK)
Dr Jon Broome provides practical advice, training, and workshops to help organisations deliver their projects more successfully. He is a recognised expert practitioner on the NEC contract family and on contracts and procurement for projects and programmes. He is also an accomplished facilitator, and many of his larger assignments combine all three skills.
A trained civil engineer, Jon also gained the world’s first PhD in the applied use of NEC. Working for construction and heavy engineering clients and contractors throughout the world, he often works with senior management to develop ‘fit for purpose’ commercial and contractual arrangements to deliver successful projects. Often, but not always, this leads to using the NEC family of contracts, where he writes, reviews and improves the contract documentation.
