SYNOPSIS

1.0    INTRODUCTION:

•  This is an intensive one day course comprising four (4) Sessions on the topic of Arbitration in
    Engineering and Construction Contracts.
•  The course is intended to be more of a workshop involving active participation by the attendees
    especially during the Q&A Session.


2.0    PURPOSE:

Arbitration is one of the most commonly occurring forms of dispute resolution in Engineering/Construction Contracts as it augments mediation & adjudication.

Practitioners will encounter it in their practice and as such need to be familiar with it.    

Therefore, this course has been formulated with the principal aim of exposing the participants to:

•  The principal substantive facets of the consequences of claims & disputes and their resolution
    through Arbitration.
•  The prevailing provisions in the more commonly occurring Standard Forms of Conditions of
    Contract pertaining to the instant subject, their nature,  effects and limitations.
•  The important procedures vis-à-vis the initiation/commencement, undertaking, the Hearing
    Process & Practice, Expert Witnesses, the Award & its effect, etc.
•  The legalities pertaining to the topics under consideration inclusive of the review of the
   Arbitration Act 2005 (Rev.2011) and the relevant case law.


SPEAKER BIODATA

Ir. Harbans Singh K.S.

Ir. Harbans Singh K.S. is a Professional and Chartered Engineer, Chartered Arbitrator, Mediator, and Adjudicator. He is a Council Member of the Borneo International Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (BICAM). Called to the Malayan Bar in 1995, he is at the moment however not in active practice as an Advocate and Solicitor.  He commenced his career with the Public Works Department (JKR), Malaysia before joining an international German consultancy practice with whom he worked locally and then in Koblenz, Germany as a designer, resident engineer and contract administrator.  Later, Ir. Harbans served with a local consultancy firm in various professional capacities and presently is heading HSH Consult Sdn. Bhd and HSKS Dispute Resolution Chambers.  He is a regular contributor to “The Ingenieur”, “The Malayan Law Journal”, “The Law Review” and other publications and is the recipient of a number of awards. Ir. Harbans is also the author of a series of four books entitled ‘Harbans’ Engineering and Construction Contracts Management’, co-author of “Construction Law in Malaysia”, “Practice and Procedure of Mediation” and “The PAM Contract 2006”, contributor to ‘The Malaysian Standard Precedents and Forms (Vol.N)’ and is a regular speaker at courses/seminars and conferences both locally and internationally.