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Chartered Quantity Surveyors / Construction Contract Consultants / Expert Witness Services / Arbitration / Adjudication / Dispute Resolution

1.0) PERSONAL DETAILS...

1.1) NAME:   Michael Terence Wood.

1.2) NATIONALITY:   British.

1.4) PROFESSIONAL / TECHNICAL EDUCATION:

• Quantity Surveying, Building and Construction Courses at South Birmingham Polytechnic and Wolverhampton Polytechnic.
• Two years of a 3 year part time course studying for a Diploma in Management Studies. Adjudication Courses run by Wolverhampton
  University.

1.5) PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATIONS:

Final IQS 1972
Final CIOB 1974
Final RICS 1982
Final CIArb. 1992 (panel membership from 22/10/07).

1.6) OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:

Law Degree LLB (Hons.) October 2000.
ECDL (European Computer Driving License in April 2002).

1.7) MEMBERSHIP OF OTHER SOCIETIES:

Society of Construction Law.

1.8) PRESENT ADDRESS:

25 Garnet Avenue, Great Barr, Birmingham B43 7RJ.
Tel: 0121-366-7393
Mobile: 07813-977590
Email: mikewood01@tiscali.co.uk

2.0) CAREER DETAILS

2.1) PRESENT EMPLOYER:

M.T. Wood Ltd t/a Michael Wood Associates.

2.1.1) POSITION:

Senior Contract Consultant.

2.1.2) EXPERIENCE:

• Assisted various parties & companies (mainly main contractors and subcontractors) operating in the Construction Industry with the
  resolution of disputes.
• Represented and assisted parties in adjudication proceedings. Working as a Claims Consultant.

2.1.3) PERIOD:

1st May 2001 to present.

2.2) PREVIOUS EMPLOYER:

Citex Asia Ltd, Central, Hong Kong (formerly Bucknall Austin)

2.2.1) POSITION:

Senior Contract Consultant.

2.2.2) EXPERIENCE:

Seconded to the Hong Kong Airport Authority as Senior Contracts Engineer and working in the Employer’s Claims Management Section; reviewing and commenting on Claim Reports and proposed commercial settlements, in connection with extensions of time and cost claims for specific packages of works (Civil Engineering, Building and Services / Systems).

2.2.3) PERIOD:

31st May 1999 to 30th April 2001.

2.3) PREVIOUS EMPLOYER:

Paul Y.ITC Management Ltd, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

2.3.1) POSITION:

Assistant Chief Quantity Surveyor.

2.3.2) EXPERIENCE:

Attached to the Building Division of Main Contractor and assisted / advised on contractual issues / matters / problems arising with Clients and subcontractors. Dealing with disputes and the submission of Loss and Expense and extension of time claims. Sundry other assignments such as being attached to the Civil Engineering Division to carry out a cost and value audit for the Ting Kau Bridge.

2.3.3) PERIOD:

4th March 1996 to 30th May 1999.

2.4) PREVIOUS EMPLOYER:

Wood & Co, Chartered Quantity Surveyors and Construction Contract Consultants, Birmingham, England.

2.4.1) POSITION:

Consultant.

2.4.2) EXPERIENCE:

Working as a Consultant for various parties, organisations / firms operating in UK Building and Civil Engineering Industry and giving contractual advice, providing commercial management, dealing with disputes, claims and problem final accounts. Provided arbitration support and expert witness services.

2.3.3) PERIOD:

August 1988 to 3rd March 1996.

3.0) BRIEF PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Societe Auxiliaire D’Enterprises Saudi Arabia. (French International Building / Civil Engineering Contractor). Deputy Project Manager/ Senior Quantity Surveyor on project building a mini village with roads, sewage and water plants etc in the desert.

3.0) BRIEF PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT HISTORY (CONTINUED).

3.2) Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, Riyadh (Government Department). Advisor in Project Management Dept. Overseeing the construction of Major Bank Branches around Kingdom.

3.3) Hardy Hobbs Management Ltd (Management Consultant). Advisor to Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency. As above (3.2).

3.4) Salem Al Marzouk & Abi Hanna WLL, Kuwait (Consultant Engineers, Architects and Planners). Senior Quantity Surveyor on pre-contract work.

3.5) Bucknall Austin & Partners, Birmingham, England. Senior Quantity Surveyor on military runway site based in Libya.

3.6) Joe M. Rodgers & Associates Ltd, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Building & Civil Engineering Contractor, from USA). Office Engineer working on mini townships and hospitals.

3.7) Tara, Lusaka, Zambia (General Building Contractor). Manager of Construction Division. Working on schools, factories and telephone exchanges etc.

3.8) Amlew Division, Zambia (Building & Civil Engineering Division of Anglo American Mines). Area Quantity Surveyor (Kabwe Mining town). Working on various building and civil engineering projects in and around the mines i.e. Coke Plants, roads, sewers and water pipe projects etc.

3.9) David Charles Estates Ltd, Birmingham, England (developer of apartment and housing Complexes / Estates) - Group Surveyor.

3.10) Taylor Woodrow Construction, England. Site Quantity Surveyor working on hotels and office blocks.

3.11) W. J. Law & Sons Ltd, Birmingham, England ( General Building Contractor). Working on minor building works.

3.12) Egas Ltd, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire (Civil Engineering Contractor). Assistant Quantity Surveyor - working on roads, sewer / drainage projects.

3.13) Fram Russell Construction, Coleshill, Warwickshire (Insitu and pre-cast concrete subcontractor) - Trainee Quantity Surveyor.

3.14) George Wimpey Construction - Site Worker. Working as labourer, steel-fixer and hoist driver.