| Lam Sai-hung, NEC Asia-Pacific Users' Group Chair Permanent Secretary for Development (Works), Development Bureau, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
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Ir LAM Sai-hung was appointed the Permanent Secretary for Development (Works) in October 2018.
Ir LAM graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong in 1983. He is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, the Institution of Civil Engineers and the China Hong Kong Railway Institution.
Ir LAM joined the Government as an Assistant Engineer in 1986. He was promoted to Chief Engineer in 2009, to Government Engineer in 2012, and to Principal Government Engineer in 2014. He was the Project Manager of the Hong Kong Island and Islands Development Office in the Civil Engineering and Development Department from June 2015 to August 2016. He was the Director of Civil Engineering and Development from September 2016 to October 2018 before his appointment as the Permanent Secretary for Development (Works). |
| Dr. David Hancock, NEC Users' Group Chair & Construction Director, Infrastructure and Projects Authority Cabinet Office |
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Dr. David Hancock leads the Government Construction Team and chairs the Government Construction Board for the Cabinet Office and the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA). Prior to joining IPA he was Head of Risk for Transport for London. Renowned internationally as a leading thinker and practitioner in the field of risk, he is the author of the bestselling book “Tame, Messy and Wicked Risk Leadership” in which he developed the concept of Risk Leadership. He was Head of Risk for the Terminal 5 Project at Heathrow and champions the case for rethinking project management as a social interaction rather than delivery solely through the application of process and policy.
He is a high-risk project reviewer and sits on the advisory boards for Buckingham Palace refurbishment, British Virgin Islands Redevelopment and the British Antarctic Survey. In autumn 2017 he was appointed as the NEC UK Users’ Group Chair. |
| Ben Mellors, Partner, HFW |
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Ben is a specialist construction lawyer with over 19 years' experience in the industry. He advises clients on all aspects of construction and engineering projects, from contract drafting and negotiation to project delivery, claims and disputes. He has advised on a wide range of projects around the world, with particular knowledge and experience in international infrastructure, heavy engineering and technical projects.
Ben has extensive experience of a broad range of standard form contracts, including NEC, FIDIC, ACE and JCT, as well as bespoke agreements and forms of PPP and PFI. He has advised on the spectrum of NEC Contracts, including ECC, PSC and subcontracts, covering NEC2, NEC3 and NEC4. This has involved advising on procurement, risk allocation, selection of Options, Z-clauses, Compensation Events and adjudication, with an emphasis on the use of NEC for international projects. Examples of his NEC mandates include:
- advising on liabilities arising from defects causing a structural collapse in a complex, infrastructure project involving multiple participants engaged under a suite of back-to-back NEC contracts, requiring the determination of project management responsibilities under these contracts and allocation of responsibilities for the failure;
- advising in relation to entitlements to Compensation Events due to changes to the Works Information on a project for the upgrade of an underground metro station, involving allegations of failures to comply with the NEC contract management provisions, technical issues as to whether there was an instructed change and the interpretation and application of payment provisions.
Ben regularly speaks on NEC contracts, most recently on the changes introduced by NEC4.
Ben originally trained and worked as a civil engineer. Tunnelling and complex ground work is a particular interest for Ben, originating from his Engineering Science degree when he specialised in geotechnical engineering and has worked in the geotechnical departments of Consulting Engineers. He is an Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a member of the British Tunnelling Society. |
| Ian Heaphy, NEC4 Contract Board and Director at IN Construction Consulting |
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Ian has over 20 years of experience in the construction industry, including aviation, oil & gas, rail, water, highways and building. He has worked with clients across the UK, Middle East, Far East and North America including government bodies, private employers and international contractors. He specialises in the development and implementation of innovative procurement strategies with particular expertise around incentivisation, partnering, alliancing and target cost / cost reimbursable contracts for major projects and programmes of work.
Ian is a member of the NEC4 Contract Board has been directly involved in drafting and shaping the next generation of NEC contracts.
Ian regularly facilitates workshops and delivers training in contract forms and procurement & contract strategies. He also frequently speaks at industry events and has had numerous articles published in construction journals. In addition to his NEC and procurement work Ian also acts as adjudicator, dispute resolver and quantum Expert Witness. |
| Robert Gerrard, NEC Users' Group Secretary & NEC Consultant |
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Robert specialises in NEC contracts, both setting these up and successfully managing them. He has over 30 years’ experience in contract management and carries out training around the world, currently splitting his time between UK and Hong Kong.
He is an examiner for the Institution of Civil Engineers Certificate in Law and Contract Management course and has also held the position of NEC Users’ Group Secretary from 2006 to date. Robert was an NEC4 Contract Drafter and part of the NEC3 contracts working group.
Robert’s publications include NEC3 and NEC4 Compared (2017), NEC2 and NEC3 Compared (2005), joint author in NEC4 Avoiding and Resolving Disputes (2019), NEC4 Practical Solutions (2017) and NEC3 Practical Solutions (2015).
Robert can be contacted on robert.gerrard@neccontract.com |
| Tim Knee-Robinson, BEng(Hons) CEng MICE MAPM MCIHT, NEC4 drafter and Director at TKR Consultancy Ltd |
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Tim is a chartered civil engineer and NEC specialist with over 25 years of project experience across a wide range of sectors including civil engineering, highway infrastructure, waste water, energy and building. Tim has experience of working for contractors, clients and consultants.
Tim has over 16 years of experience successfully delivering NEC procured projects and supporting clients in the implementation of the NEC. This includes undertaking the role of the Project Manager / Supervisor, providing contract advice and training on numerous projects in the UK and Hong Kong. Tim has delivered over 350 training courses on behalf of numerous clients in the UK and Hong Kong, including CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd, HyD, ArchSD, DSD and CEDD.
Tim was the NEC adviser on Hong Kong Government’s first NEC pilot project and is currently advising CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd on their 2nd generation Transmission Substation Programme as well as providing advice and training to a number of Government work departments including HyD and CEDD. Tim is currently advising CEDD on the four separate contracts comprising the HK$3.5bn Lam Tin Tunnel eastern approaches project. Tim was a key member of the NEC4 drafting team which included leading the drafting of all the user guides (24 no. books) and drafting key elements of the ECC. He has extensive experience of preparing NEC contracts including developing a Works Information (now Scope) structure which formed the basis of all the contracts used on the 2012 Olympics (130+ contracts) and the user guide checklist.
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| Mr. Kan Jun, Managing Director of China Road and Bridge Corporation (Hong Kong & Macau) |
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Mr. KAN is the Managing Director of China Road and Bridge Corporation (Hong Kong & Macau Region) and fully responsible for the engineering and investment business in Hong Kong, Macau and Pearl River Delta regions. More than 35 years striking in the construction industry both in the territory and aboard, Mr. Kan has fully devoted himself in this industry and obtained highly recognition from the peer. Currently he is actively involved some major projects in Hong Kong and the total sum is about HKD20 billion. They are:
- Tuen Mun – Chek Lap Kok Link – Northern Connection Toll Plaza and Associated Works
- Liantang /Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point Site Formation and Infrastructure Works – Contract 6
- Kai Tak Development – Stage 3 Infrastructure Works for Development at the Southern Part of the Former Runway
- HKAA Three Runway System Project Contract 3204 – Deep Cement Mixing Works (Package 4)
- HKAA Three Runway System Project Contract 3302 – Eastern Vehicular Tunnel Advance Works
- Tseung kwan O – Lam Tin Tunnel, Road P2 and Associated Works
- Tseung Kwan O – Main Bridge and Associated Works
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| Dr. Isabelle Chan, Assistant Professor and Deputy Program Director of BSc (Surveying) in the Department of Real Estate and Construction, University of Hong Kong (HKU) |
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Isabelle is an Assistant Professor and Deputy Program Director of BSc (Surveying) in the Department of Real Estate and Construction, University of Hong Kong (HKU). In the past few years, she has participated in more than 10 government- /university- /industry-funded research projects covering the areas of NEC, construction innovation, sustainable development, underground space, health and safety, and so on. In line with these projects, she has over 60 international publications in books, journals and conferences. In addition to research, Isabelle also teaches NEC and construction project management in HKU. She is also the Chairman of the Institute of Safety and Health Practitioners in Hong Kong. |
| Frank Randles, Operations Director, Mace |
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Frank Randles is Mace’s Head of Sports and Events, responsible for leading the company’s global sporting and events growth aspirations.
Following a number of years working across residential, mixed use and transportation projects, Frank established a sports and events focus in 2009, when he joined the CLM joint venture responsible for delivering the London 2012 venues and associated infrastructure.
After playing an integral role in ensuring key venues were games ready, Frank transitioned into a legacy role, first becoming Mace’s lead for stadium transformation and then for the redevelopment of Stratford Waterfront.
In addition to heading up Mace’s sports and events division, Frank is currently Project Director for the Lima 2019 Pan American Games. Working as part of a UK Delivery Team consortium, on behalf of the Department of International Trade, he’s using his experience of procurement and delivery strategy, project and programme management, public sector delivery, project controls, and NEC contract management to support the effective and timely delivery of the games venues. |
| Victor Wu, Deputy General Manager, China State Construction Engineering (HK) Ltd |
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Mr. Victor WU, Deputy General Manager of China State Construction Engineering (HK) Ltd. Victor is a Chartered Civil Engineer, with more than 38 years of experience in project management for large multi disciplinary infrastructure projects in both the HK and China. Since Mr Wu joined China State in year 2010, he has been responsible for more than 10 major infrastructure projects for the Cedd, Highways, WSD, Mtrc and AAHK. From 2015 to present, Victor has been responsible for over 7 AAHK projects for 3RS and CWD division in the capacity of Project Director.
Victor truly trusts that Collaboration between the Employer and Contractor would be the best approach to deliver the project. |
| Darrel Kingan, Deputy Director, Third Runway Construction, Airport Authority of Hong Kong |
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Darrel is a Chartered Civil Engineer, with more than 30 years of experience in project management for large multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects in both the UK and HK including the original CLK Airport Construction and the HZMB BCF Project. He is now overseeing the AAHK’s Third Runway Division’s Project Delivery Office |
| John Cock, Chartered Arbitrator, Accredited Mediator, Accredited Adjudicator, Registered Architect |
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John is an Architect, Chartered Arbitrator, Accredited Mediator and Accredited Adjudicator. Working as as an architect, designer and project manager, he gained experience in Hong Kong, Australia, Malaysia and Singapore.
John acts as third-party neutral and provides advice and support to parties in commercial disputes, particularly those involving architectural or building issues. He has been appointed as an expert in numerous construction and related disputes. John has also been appointed as Dispute Resolution Advisor (DRA/DRAd) for several Hong Kong Government contracts. He is listed on arbitration and mediation panels in Hong Kong, Malaysia and internationally, and has been appointed as arbitrator and mediator in construction, commercial matters and consumer disputes.
He is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Construction Adjudicators and also accredited as an adjudicator on the panels of HKIAC, HKIA and AIAC. |
| Jimmy Chan, Director of Highways |
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Ir CHAN Pai-ming, Jimmy graduated from The University of Hong Kong in 1986 with a BSc(Eng) degree. He obtained an MSc degree in Information Technology from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1990. Ir CHAN is a corporate member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and the Institute of Civil Engineers.
Ir CHAN joined the Government as Engineer in October 1991 and has since then worked in various bureaux and departments responsible for managing different kinds of infrastructure projects, including airport development, site formation, roadworks and building development in Hong Kong. Ir CHAN had also involved in formulation of works policies related to construction manpower, water supplies, flood control, slope safety, safety control of lifts and escalators, and construction site safety in public works projects. Ir CHAN had also been responsible for overseeing the planning, design and implementation of major highways and tunnel projects, as well as overseeing the planning and implementation of local and cross-border railway lines in Highways Department before he was appointed the Director of Highways in October 2018. |