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DENNIS BALDWIN
PERSONAL RÉSUMÉ
BSc LLM DipArb CArb CEng FRICS FICE FCIArb Page 1 of 4
DoB: 7 November 1950
Tel/Fax: 029 2036 2435 Mobile: 07850 439481 e-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.somacontracts.co.uk
South Wales Office: 7 Ty Fry Gardens, Rumney, Cardiff, CF3 3NP
Summary of Experience
40 years’ professional experience in Building and Civil Engineering, Construction Supervision and Management, Cost Control, Claimsand Measurement, with a strong emphasis on achieving commercial targets and deadlines, which included four years as a Director witha Civil Engineering Contractor, with responsibilities encompassing all aspects of project management and contract administration frominitial tender submissions through claims negotiations to Final Account settlement.
• On-site experience at senior management level on Main Drainage and Public Health Engineering projects, River and Canal works, Tunnels, Reinforced Concrete Structures, Roads and Bridge works, Housing and Commercial developments • Extensive dispute resolution experience• Practising Adjudicator, Arbitrator, Mediator and Construction Contract Consultant Registrations
BSc LLM DipArb CArb CEng FRICS FICE FCIArb • Member of the Society of Construction Law • Member of the RICS Arbrix Construction Group • Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers • Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors • Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Education
- Royal Institute of British Architects [RIBA] - Chartered Institute of Arbitrators [CIArb] • ONC in Construction Technology [1968]
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors [RICS] • Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering [1973]
- Technology & Construction Solicitors Association • LLM Master of Commercial Laws Degree [1997]
- Association of Independent Construction Adjudicators • Diploma in Arbitration [1999]
Project Types
Activities
• Mechanical, Electrical & Process Plant Works • Construction contract management, planning & programming • Construction cost monitoring & measurement • Utilities, main drainage, tunnelling, sewage and water • Construction contract, claims submissions & negotiations • River, canal, marine and sea defence works • RC and fabricated steelwork structures • Mediation, Conciliation & Expert Determination • Commercial industrial and private building development MIDLANDS OFFICE
SOUTH WALES OFFICE
7 Ty Fry Gardens, Rumney, Cardiff, CF3 3NP Consultant: David Kenyon BEng CEng MICE MCIArb
Director: Dennis Baldwin BSc LLM DipArb CArb CEng FRICS FICE FCIArb
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Employment History
Offices Held
• Former ICE Conciliation & Adjudication Advisory Panel Member • Former Adjudication Society National Committee Member • Former ICE Contract Practice & Procedure Examiner Detailed Professional Experience
SOMA CONTRACT SERVICES LTD
Director (1990 - Date)
Construction, commercial and contractual consultant, providing technical advice and assistance on specifications, statutory regulations& Codes of Practice, legal advice on construction contracts, and commercial advice on resolution of construction contract problemsand disputes, including claim preparation, submission and negotiation. Occasionally engaged as Contract Administrator on JCT BuildingContracts and as Employer's Agent on Design & Build Contracts. Seminar speaker on contract administration and dispute avoidancefor contracting organisations, specialist trade organisations and professional bodies.
Over 20 years’ full-time dispute resolution experience, including acting as lay advocate in arbitration, mediation, conciliation andadjudication of construction disputes. Litigation support and Expert Witness reporting experience on a wide range of construction-related disputes. Practising Arbitrator, Mediator, Expert Determiner, and Adjudicator of 13 years’ standing, with Decisions/Awardsgiven in 200 Adjudications/Arbitrations with amounts in dispute ranging from £5k to £6m.
• Clients include:
Private & Public Sector Employers, Utilities Contractors, Building & Civil Engineering Contractors,Specialist Sub-Contractors, Manufacturing Companies, Insolvency Practitioners, Solicitors.
HIGH-POINT SCHAER
Senior Assistant Director (1988 - 1990)
Construction project support services to Main Contractors and Sub-Contractors, providing advice, opinion and technical aid oncontractual matters. Preparation of Method Statements, advice on specification compliance and Health & Safety matters, andassociated legislation and British Standards.
MIDLAND CONSTRUCTION GROUP OF COMPANIES
Contracts Director (1986 - 1988)
Responsible for maintaining commercial viability of contracts from tender stage through to completion. Preparation of technicalproposals, estimates and tenders; negotiations with sub-contractors and suppliers; agreement of rates and conditions. Contractprogramming and planning; labour and plant resource allocation. Preparation, evaluation and negotiation to settlement of claims,additional works payments, measurement additions and variations. Also active in Group Subsidiary Company, Construction PlanningServices, providing a commercial claims service to outside contractors.
MIDLAND CONSTRUCTION (DAVENTRY) LTD
Senior Contracts Manager/Junior Director (1984 - 1986)
Controlling specialist contracts, including tunnel and culvert repairs, sewer rehabilitation and replacement, sheet piling, pressurepointing and guniting, drilling and grouting works, and canal and bridge remedial works.
MIDLAND CONSTRUCTION (SOUTH WALES) LTD
Area Contracts Manager (1982 - 1984)
Management control of various heavy civil engineering contracts throughout South Wales, including Reservoirs, Sewage TreatmentPlants and Main Drainage Schemes. Responsible for maintaining overall profitability of activities in the region.
MIDLAND CONSTRUCTION (SOUTH WALES) LTD
Site Agent (1978 - 1982)
Site Agent on both major and minor civil and building projects. Reinforced concrete structures, flood prevention schemes, pumpingstations and sewerage schemes.
C H DOBBIE & PARTNERS
Resident Engineer (1976 - 1978)
Resident Engineer on large Urban Trunk Sewer Contract involving pipelaying, tunnelling, piled deep shafts, sheet piling and landreclamation.
C H DOBBIE & PARTNERS
Design Engineer (1972 - 1976)
Engaged on all aspects of major Public Health Engineering schemes from feasibility studies through to detailed design, preparation ofdrawings, bills of quantities and contract documents.
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Standard Forms of Contract Experience
ICE, JCT, NEC, IChemE, FIDIC, GC/Works, MF/1, CECA, ACE, RIBA Main Contract, Sub-Contract, Professional Services, 3rd Party Warranties, and Performance Bonds/Guarantees Major Project Dispute Resolution Experience
Great Britain
Paddington Station Hotel Refurbishment (M&E Works) Water Main & Sewer Rehabilitation Works Auger Boring & Pipe Relining Works at Dam & Reservoir Town & City Centre Redevelopment Works & Pedestrianisation Scotland
New Water Treatment Plant & Service Reservoir LNG Import Terminal, Storage Facility & Pipelines Brownfield Site Demolition, Land Reclamation & RemediationProjects – Barry, Swansea, Neath & Merthyr Tydfil Ground Stabilisation Works and Commercial & HousingInfrastructure Development DENNIS BALDWIN
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Major Project Dispute Resolution Experience
Great Britain (cont)
Northern Ireland
Overseas
Access Roads & Drainage Works to Existing Copper Mine

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