EXPERIENCE
Mr Marshall is a Chartered Civil
Engineer, Arbitrator and Adjudicator with forty years of broad international
experience in both the public and private sectors.
He is a Fellow of three major professional bodies in the United Kingdom - The Institution of Civil Engineers, The Institution of Highways and Transportation, and The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
He has specialised in the procurement, administration and supervision of major infrastructure works - particularly projects supported by International Financing Institutions - while living and working in developing countries in Africa, the Middle and Far East, the Caribbean, South America, South/South-East Asia and Eastern Europe for almost thirty years.
This experience includes the hands-on implementation and interpretation of FIDIC-based contracts over the many years since his first site appointment as Resident Engineer in the Middle East, back in 1973.
He has served as Dispute Review Board Chairman, Dispute Adjudication Board Member, sole Dispute Review Expert, as well as Claims Advisor, Advocate and Auditor, on many international construction contracts.
Post-Graduation Courses
- Advanced Structural Analysis - Portsmouth Polytechnic
- Foundation Engineering - Twickenham College of Technology
- Finite Element Design - London Computer Bureau
- Advanced Structural Design in Steel - London Polytechnic
- Buildings Subsidence - Building Research Establishment
- Roads in Tropical Countries - Transport Research Laboratory
- Highways Design/ Project Management - University of New South Wales
- Diploma in Arbitration - College of Estate Management
- Advanced Arbitration Practice - Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Alternative Dispute Resolution - Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Assessment Workshop for Adjudicators - FIDIC
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| Motorway Design &Supervision - UK |
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| Structural Analysis - North Sea |
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| Desert Mountain Roads - UAE |
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| Airport Pavements - Dubai |
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| Container Ports - Port Rashid, Dubai |
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| Sewage Works Claims - Hong Kong |
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| Expressway Construction - Riyadh |
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| River Works - UK |
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| Project Management - Pakistan |
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| Roads Supervision & Arbitrations - Ethiopia |
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| Capacity Building Contracts - Nepal |
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| Major Bridge Claims - Tanzania |
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| Seismic Damage Assessment Repairs - India |
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| Environmental Assessment - Suriname |
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| Docks, Dredging and Roads - Bahamas |
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| Building Subsidence |
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| Ocean Causeway Contract - Bahamas |
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| Public Consultations |
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| Suspension Bridge DAB - Dominican Rep. |
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| Building CBuilding Contracts - Bahamas |
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| Expressway Claims Advisor - Sri Lanka |
Country/Project Experience
Examples of projects and assignments successfully executed from 1968:
UK
M3 & M27 Motorways * Trunk Roads - Road and bridge site investigations, surveys, design and construction supervision (ICE Conditions of Contract).
Paisley College of Technology Extension - Design and supervision.
All-steel North Sea oil gravity platform concept * Finite element and 3-D stress analyses on North Sea steel structures and loadout barges * Alternative tender design for 1500m Kessock balanced cantilever bridge * Edinburgh Airport Terminal Extension * Sharjah Sports Centre space frame roof * Post-tensioned flat slab multi-storey car park * Contractor's temporary bridgeworks - Head of Structural Design.
Dartmouth Embankment and Ferry Bridge Reconstruction * Buildings Claims Investigations (Fire, Settlement etc) and Remedial Works * Building Design and Restorations * Coastal Defences - Management of feasibility reports, design, ICE contract documentation and site supervision.
UAE
Khor Fakkan-Dibba East Coast Road (36 km) * Masafi-Dibba mountain road (25 km) * Three town road projects (32 km) - Route location, site investigations, surveys, preliminary design, FIDIC tender documentation and Resident Engineer (town roads).
Port Rashid Extension ($200M) * Sharjah Main Drainage Scheme ($7M) * Dubai Police Marine Base ($4M) * Dubai Airport Taxiways and Lighting ($4M). - FIDIC contracts preparation, negotiation and administration.
Hong Kong
Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works ($60M) - Resident Engineer (Contracts); analysis/settlement of $18M delay/redesign claim (HK CoC).
Brunei
Tutong-Jerudong Trunk Road (32 km, $32M) * Kianggeh River Canalisation and Redevelopment ($5M) * Bridges * Buildings - Project management; dispute resolution; defence for ICC arbitration (FIDIC).
Saudi Arabia
Section 2 Riyadh Outer Ring Road (22 km of 6 and 8-lane expressway, 5 grade-separated interchanges, $80M) - Resident Engineer (FIDIC).
Pakistan
N-25 Highway Balochistan, with reconstruction/repair of 270 existing bridges/culverts (160 km, $52M, WB) - . Construction supervision and FIDIC contract re-negotiation after total redesign .
Fourth Highway Programme - 65 rehabilitation/ maintenance contracts ($120M, WB) - Team Leader/The Engineer (FIDIC). Also prepared standard contractor prequalification documents, forms of contract and specifications for routine and periodic maintenance works by domestic contractors.
Nepal
Highways Maintenance Contracts (350 km, DFID) - Capacity Building Contracts Specialist: training of consultants, contractors and Government personnel in FIDIC contract procurement/administration and construction management/supervision.
Second Road Improvement Project (650 km, $95M, ADB) - The Engineer(FIDIC): Settlement of claims and final accounts.
India
Gujarat State Highway Project - Project Coordinating Consultancy (1700km, $533M, WB) - Team Leader: Coordination between client, WB, ICB contractors and international works supervision consultants; Completion of detailed design, contractor prequalification and tender documentation/evaluation for 14 No. FIDIC contract packages; Procurement of consultants for works supervision, Road Management System and accident data collection/analysis; Institutional development of Roads and Buildings Department and Environmental Unit (with. training of 500 selected personnel); Monitoring contractors and supervision consultants; Development of standard manuals and procedures; Claims advice and formation of Dispute Review Board)
Gujarat Earthquake 2001 - Team Leader: Emergency assessment, design and repair of roads and bridges damaged/ destroyed in the disaster..
Ethiopia
Gravel Roads Rehabilitation Contracts (770 km, $17M, WB) - Project Manager/CRE: Contract administration and supervision; then as The Engineer, amicable settlement of $10M Dispute under ICC arbitration.
Addis Ababa-Ginchi-Ambo Road (114km, $50M, KfW) - Design, FIDIC tender documentation and evaluation+ successful proposal for supervision services.
Awash-Harar-Dengego-Dire Dawa Road (302km, $67M, WB) - Design review.
Chida-Sodo Road (160km, $50M, ADF) - ICC arbitration/settlement advice.
Mille-Assab Road - Expert Witness, ICC artibration.
Azezo-Metema Road Contracts 1 & 2 (185km, $60M, BADEA) and Ambo-Gedo Road (57km, $20M, KfW) - Dispute Review Expert.
Kenya
Amala River-Narok Road (55km, $30M, KfW) - FIDIC Contract administration and dispute resolution.
Garsen-Lamu Road ((114km, $9M, KfW) - Design, tender documentation and supervision.
El Nino Emergency Road Project (790km, $15M, WB) - Design, tender documentation and supervision (World Bank Small Works CoC).
Nairobi-Mombasa Road (80km, $50M, EU) - Successful proposal for supervision services.
Sondu/Miriu Hydropower Project - Chairman, Dispute Review Board.
Namibia
Ondangwa-Oshikango Road Rehabilitation (60km, $12M, KfW) - Feasibility study
Tanzania
Rufiji River Bridge (800m bridge, 14km roads, $27M, KFAED/SDF) - FIDIC Contract administration and dispute resolution.
Backlog Maintenance Kigoma-Nyakanazi Road (335km, $6M, EU) - Design, tender documentation and supervision (EU CoC).
Moshi, Mwanza, Arusha and Mtwara Airports - FWD testing and PCN analysis of Runways, Taxiways and Aprons.
Uganda
El Nino Emergency Bridges Repair Project (86 structures, $6M, WB) - Design, tender documentation and supervision (WB Small Works).
Malaba-Jinja Road (80km, $36M, KfW) - Design, tender documentation and supervision.
Jinja-Bugiri Road (80km, $36M, EU) - Tender documentation (EU) and bid evaluation.
Zambia
Chingola-Kasumbalesa Road Rehabilitation (45km, $10M, WB) - Feasibility study, design and tender documentation (FIDIC).
Livingstone-Shesheke Road and Katima Mulilo Bridge (205km, 885m bridge, $20M, KfW) - Design and tender documentation (FIDIC)
Suriname
EIA for Suriname-Guyana Ferry Road (30km, $10M, EU) - Road Design and Construction Expert, EC Mission.
Bahamas
Construction Arbitrations
New San Salvador Airport ($11M) - design and construct bid proposal.
Cape Eleuthera Resort ($24M) - Infrastructure and airport planning.
Harold-Carmichael Dual Carriageway ($1.3M) - Contract management.
San Salvador Airport Bypass ($0.60M) - Contract management.
Customs Warehouse ($1.4M) - Tender preparation.
Private FBO terminal at Nassau International Airport - Sub-letting and supervision of contracts for earthworks, taxiways and apron ($5M).
Government Roads, Bridges, Docks, Airstrips and Buildings - Chief Engineer/ Deputy Director/ Director of Public Works - Management of design, construction and maintenance.
Examples: :
Sri Lanka
ADB Institutional Strengthening TA - Training Road
Development Authority in Claims and Dispute Resolution under FIDIC 1999 and
MDB Harmonised Conditions of Contract 2005.
Southern Transport Development Project (330km, $500M, FIDIC 4, ADB/JBIC) - Contracts
and Claims Specialist - Advisor to Government on major claims and disputes totalling over $160M. Determined over 600 claims on one contract.
Seminar, Construction Training Institute – Adjudication of Construction Disputes under FIDIC and Domestic Conditions of Contract.
Mongolia
WB/NDF Capacity Building TA - Training Consultants, Contractors and Ministry of Transport Engineers in Contract Management and Dispute Resolution under FIDIC 1999 and MDB Harmonised Conditions of Contract 2006.
Armenia
Road Rehabilitation Contracts 2008-2009, Package 1 (300km, Millennium Challenge Account) - Technical Auditor.