Construction Contract & Claim Management Specialist
NICK LONGWORTH
(MANAGING DIRECTOR)
LLM, FRICS, FCIOB, FInstCES, FCMI, FAPM, FACostE, FInstPet, MCIPS,MAICA,
MAE, FCIArb
Chartered Quantity Surveyor
Chartered Builder
Chartered Procurement Advisor
Registered Arbitrator and Adjudicator
Chartered Manager
Construction Lawyer
Age 57
TECHNIALLY QUALIFIED ADMINISTRATOR, CONTRACTUAL AND LEGAL ADVICE SPECIALIST
KEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE
International lecturer and contractual administrator, and legal advisor
on projects in the United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East and the U.S.A.
on Engineering, Construction and Building Projects. Conduct and acting
as Adjudicator and Arbitrator. International advisor to contractors, joint
ventures/consortiums, consultants, employers and their representatives,
and international trainer of project teams
EDUCATION
1960 to 1965 Sale County Grammar School
1965 to 1969 Stockport Technical College
1995 to 1997 University of Strathclyde - LLM, Masters in Construction
Law
2000 to present University of London - LLB, English Law Degree -ongoing
CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE
Over 38 years of wide experience. Qualified Engineer, Chartered Surveyor,
Chartered Builder, Chartered Procurement Advisor, and Registered Expert
with the Academy of Experts, actively involved in construction projects
in U.K. and internationally. Managing Director of the Longworth Consulting
Group of Companies, advising clients on contractual and procurement problems
and their resolution on a daily basis within the engineering and construction
industries. Advice includes PFI/DBFO/BOOT projects in U.K. and Europe
on power stations, roads, highways and bridges, desalination plants, schools,
hospitals and airport projects. Expert Witness in building, civil engineering
and specialist engineering matters. Registered Adjudicator, International
Arbitrator and Legally Qualified to draft and administer construction
and engineering contracts.
CAREER RECORD
1965 - 1969
Trainee Structural Engineer and Site Engineer in multi-storey buildings
1969 - 1977
Site Agent to Contracts Manager -Major national contractor in roads bridges
and civil engineering projects
1977 - 1979
Senior Contracts Engineer -Oil and Gas Process Plants. Saudi Arabia and
North Sea Project. Foster Wheeler Limited
1980 - 1981
Senior Commercial Engineer - Aluminum Smelter. Dubai. John Brown Engineering
1981 - 1984
Branch Manager and Cost Control Manager -International Power Plant Projects.
John Brown Engineering
1984 - 1986
Purchasing Manager and Claims Manager. John Brown Engineering
1986 - 1990
Senior Consultant. Associate Director. then Executive Director - James
R. Knowles
1990 - 1992
Group Commercial Director and Divisional Managing Director - Major Department
Stores fitting out. Havelock Europa plc
1994 - 1999
Regional Managing Director. James R Knowles Limited and James R. Knowles
(Middle East) Limited
1992 - Present
Managing Director James R Knowles (Cyprus) Limited
1998 - Present
Managing Director -Longworth Consulting Worldwide Limited and Longworth
Consulting Limited
OFFICIAL POSITIONS HELD
Past Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors. Scottish
Region, 1989-1991
OTHER ACTIVITIES
International Lecturer at Seminars on Construction Law. Contractual matters
and Arbitration, Tutor at Training Courses for all sectors of the construction
and engineering industry.
Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University for Masters Degree courses
on Construction Law and Management and Health & Safety .
Member of the Society of Construction Law and registered with the Law
Society and Academy of Experts as an Expert Witness. |
