First Name
Paul
Last Name
Taggart
Website
Global Regions
East Asia & Pacific, Europe & Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Residence
United Kingdom
Citizenship
British
Educational Qualifications
BSc., Quantity Surveying, CNAA.
Post-Graduate Diploma, Business Admin, Strathclyde Graduate Business School, UK.
Post-Graduate Diploma, International Commercial Arbitration (with Distinction), Queen Mary College, University of London, UK.
Professional qualifications
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Member, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors;.
President, Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (Region 2).
Current employment status
Consultant
Particular technical expertise
Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Environmental issues, Geotechnics and foundations, Hydro projects, Infrastructure, Railways, Bridges, Irrigation and Land Reclamation, Marine Civil Engineering, Metro railway and stations, Metals and Mining, Pipelines, Power / Energy, Road and Storm water Defence Works, Rock Anchors & grouting, Tunnels and Shafts, Waste Treatment and Pumping Plant
Languages
English, French, German, Italian
Present position
Self Employed
Positions held
2006 - present: Construction Contract Services LLP, UK; Managing Partner
2001-2006: Züblin Int’l GmbH, Stuttgart Germany; Head Office: Manager, Overseas Contract Dept.
1993-2000: Strabag Int’l GmbH, Cologne, Germany/China: Manager, Contracts Dept.
1989-1993: High Point -Schaer Plc., United Kingdom: Managing Consultant.
1987-1989: Shanks & McEwen Building and Civil Engineering Contractors, United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Projects Quantity Surveyor
1993-1987: GIMOD JV/IHI - Impregilo – STFA JV
Turkey: 2nd Bosphoros Bridge & Motorway: Contract Administrator;
Iraq: Monsul Dam: Div. Manager, Contracts Dept
1979-1983: Monklands District Council, United Kingdom - Quantity Surveyor.
Mediator
Dispute resolution experience
DAB, UK/France, Channel Tunnel Project, case team member
DRB, PRC, Multi Purpose Dam, case manager
DAB, Pakistan, Power Channel and Barrage, case manager.
DAB, Uganda, Hydroelectric Power Project, case manager.
DAB, Pakistan, Barrage, case advisor.
DAB, Malaysia HPP, case manager.
DRB, Denmark, Metro, case manager.
DAB, Kazakhstan, Transit Corridor, case advisor
DAB, Serbia, Balanced Cantilever & Viaduct Bridges, Sole Adjudicator
DAB, Costa Rica HPP, Sole Adjudicator
DAB, Nigeria, Hotel, Sole Adjudicator
DAB, Turkey, Marmaray Project: Commuter Rail Upgrading, Adjudicator
DB, Tanzania, Bus Rapid Transit, DB Chairman
DB, Tanzania, Road Rehabilitation, DB Chairman
DB, Moldova, Road Rehabilitation, Adjudicator
DAB, Turkey, Marmaray Project, Submersible Tunnel, Adjudicator (JV Agreement)
DAB, Panama, 3rd Set of Locks Panama Canal, Supervision and case management
CAP, United Kingdom, Transport for London: Conflict Avoidance Panel, Member
Arbitration, Pakistan, ICSID, responsible for conduct of pleadings
Arbitration, Pakistan, UNCITRAL, responsible for conduct of pleadings
Arbitration, Lebanon, ICC, responsible for conduct of pleadings
Arbitration, Egypt, ICC responsible for conduct of pleadings
Arbitration, China, ICC, responsible for conduct of pleadings
Arbitration, Uganda, EDF, responsible for conduct of pleadings
Arbitration, United Kingdom, responsible for conduct of pleadings
Arbitration, Malaysia, SIAC, responsible for conduct of pleadings
Arbitration, Denmark, DAC, responsible for conduct of pleadings
Arbitration, Poland, ICC, Expert Witness Quantum, Roadwork’s
Expert Determination, Uganda, case manager
Country(ies)
China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Germany, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Moldova, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Tanzania, United Republic of, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates
Other panel listings
KLRCA Approved List of Adjudicators
Publications
- Dysfunctional Boards and How to Avoid Them, Gordon Jaynes ([email protected]) and Paul Taggart ([email protected]) ©
- The Engineer’s and DAB’s Role in Dispute Avoidance under FIDIC Contracts©
- Dispute Boards as Pre-Arbitral Tools: Recent Development and Practical Considerations. Kluwer Law Feb. 2015: http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2015/02/28/dispute-boards-as-pre-arbitration-tools-recent-developments-and-practical-considerations/
- International Construction Contracts and Dispute Resolution - The Contribution of Dispute Boards
(ISBN 978-605-152-350-7)
- DISPUTE BOARD RULES CURRENTLY IN FORCE: A SELECTIVE OVERVIEW, COMPARISON AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS: Paul Taggart and Yasemin Cetinel: N.Y. Dispute Resol. Lawyer Vol 8 Issue 2 (Summer 2016)
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