Peter Evans - profile

Outline

Following almost 10 years in Dubai and Eastern Europe as a Director of Cost and Project Managers for Davis Langdon, Peter left the firm in August 2009 to establish his own practice, operating under the name of Peter Evans.

Peter has gained vast experience of the construction industry in the Middle East over his 35-year career, during the course of which he has lived and worked in Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt and, most recently, the UAE.

Before taking up his role with Davis Langdon, Peter was principal of UK based quantity surveyors Evans Watson (1990-1999) and a director for London property developers Rossmore Limited (1986-1990).

From 1978 to 1986 Peter lived in Saudi Arabia running his own practice under the name of Evans Associates, which acted mainly on behalf of major contractors in tender preparation, risk analysis, and contract administration.

Until 1978, Peter worked with international quantity surveyors D G Jones & Partners, based in Beirut and operating throughout the Middle East. During that time he established the company’s offices in Muscat, Riyadh and London, working his way from the position of quantity surveyor to equity partner.

Specialist Experience

• Experience as a client, consultant and contractor;
• Director-level involvement in contractual management of mega-projects;
• Pre-contract cost planning, estimating and value engineering;
• Masterplanning and infrastructure budget formulation and control;
• Development project feasibility studies and risk assessments;
• Consulting for banking institutions; advising on project viability and documentation;
• Lender's supervision for international bank financed projects;
• Site audits for large-scale industrial sites, facilitating key corporate investment decisions;
• Construction procurement processes from development of contract strategies through to contract close-out;
• Preparation, production and management of tender documents;
• Post-tender adjudication and negotiation through to contract awards;
• Post-contract financial and commercial management and administration;
• Preparation, review and evaluation of contract claims; planning and management of negotiation and settlement strategies; formulation of defence and counter claims;
• Preparation of construction tenders and formulation of contracting strategies.

Qualifications Associations

Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors;
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Lee Simões - Profile

Outline

His Middle East experience has in summary covered Expert Witness support, Contract Advice, Claims, Arbitration, Cost Consultancy and Project Management Services. He has provided high level advice to clients particularly relating to the evaluation of quantum for delay and disruption and disputed change orders and variations, in Contractual administration, claims preparation, defence and counter and has been involved in arbitration and litigation support proceedings, Cost Management and Quantity Surveying for a wide range of project types and values.

He has executed projects in Government and Private Sectors in the majority of GCC countries, including dredging/land reclamation, infrastructure roads and networks, residential, offices, hotels, retail malls, sports stadia facilities, airport engineering facilities, hospital, education and conference centres. Projects have ranged in value up to USD 3 Billion and executed under a wide range of procurement systems from traditional to partnering.

He has gained experience in most of the FIDIC and JCT based forms including EPC/Design & Build, Target Cost and Management contracts and bespoke forms of the same, in a variety of jurisdictions.

Areas of Expertise

• Arbitration Consultancy
• Expert Entitlement & Quantum reporting
• Claims Evaluation/Risk Analysis
• Claims analysis and preparation
• Procurement Strategy, Contract and Commercial Management
• Contract Reviews and Drafting
• Final Account settlement and negotiation
• Project Technical Audit

Employment

• Peter Evans Partnership
• Navigant Consulting
• Blair Anderson Construction Consultants
• Currie & Brown International
• Faithful & Gould (WS Atkins)
• Nigel Rose & Partners
• McBains Cooper Construction Consultants

Professional Associations

• BSc (Hon's) Quantity Surveying
• MRICS
• FCIArb
• LLM Construction Law and Arbitration - Thesis stage
• SCL Member