FIDIC Adjudicator Details

International Client Manager

Donny  Mackinnon

  Country of residence: Scotland

  Citizenship: United Kingdom

  www.mackinnonconsult.com

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Countries with experience

Other countries with experience:

Global regions

  • Latin America
  • West Europe
  • Middle East

Languages spoken

  • English

Construction contract experience

  • Construction Contract 2nd Ed (2017 Red Book)
  • Construction Contract, 1st Ed (1999 Red Book)
  • Construction Contract, MDB Harmonised Ed, June 2010

Consultancy contract experience

  • Not applicable - none of the above

Specialist contract experience

  • Construction Subcontract, 1st. Ed. 2011

CV - Services offered

  • Arbitration
  • Adjudication
  • Conciliation
  • Technical expert
  • Contract Expert/specialist
  • Independent expert
  • Expert witness

Technical expertise

  • Airports - air-side
  • Airports - terminals and support
  • Building - domestic
  • Building - commercial
  • Building - industrial
  • Building services - Heating/Ventilation/Air Conditioning
  • Building services - lighting/electrical
  • Building services - Gas
  • Building services - water
  • Civil Engineering - Site Investigation
  • Civil Engineering - Foundations and Subsidence/Settlement
  • Civil Engineering - Land Drainage & Dewatering
  • Civil Engineering - River & Flood Control
  • Civil Engineering - Tunnelling and piling
  • Civil Engineering - Retaining Walls
  • Civil Engineering - Dams and reservoirs
  • Civil Engineering - other
  • Construction law
  • Cost engineering (QS)
  • Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
  • Geotechnics and foundations
  • Energy & Power - Fossil Fuel Systems
  • Energy & Power - Hydro Systems
  • Energy & Power - Wind Wave & Tidal Systems
  • Energy & Power - CHP and district Heating
  • Infrastructure, Railways, Bridges
  • Irrigation and Land Reclamation Manufacturing and Process Plant
  • Marine and ports
  • Metro railway and stations
  • Metals and Mining
  • Road and highways - bridges and car parks
  • Road and highways - other
  • Rail - Hardware and Software, Control and Monitoring Systems, Equipment and Drives
  • Rail - Infrastructure Engineering and Maintenance
  • Rail - Signalling and Communications
  • Rail - Track Engineering and Construction
  • Water - Flooding and Drainage
  • Claims and variations

  • Extension of time
  • Project scheduling
  • Defects
  • Failure investigations
  • Technical issues
  • Other Workmanship

Short summary experiences

1 Panel adjudicator on $185m project (ongoing). International parties. FIDIC subcontract. 2 Sole arbitrator on professional services contract dispute. NEC3 contract. 3 Sole arbitrator on residential project. JCT standard form of contract. 4 Adjudicator on final account, including defects, variations and delay. JCT contract. 5 Adjudicator on rail project, dispute on specification interpretation and assessment. NEC3 contract. 6 Adjudicator on dispute concerning valuation. CECA subcontract. 7 Adjudicator on several disputes concerning workmanship, delay and valuation. Bespoke public procurement contract. 8 Combined residential and commercial project, dispute on variations, delay, and valuation. JCT contract. 9 Adjudicator on dispute for service utilities installations, concerning measurement, variations, and valuation. 10 Adjudicator on remedial works costs to harbour, concerning liability and assessment. NEC3 contract.

Position and experience

Acredited mediator: No
Acredited arbitrator: Yes

Employment status:
Present position: Arbitrator / Dispute Board Member / Adjudicator
Previous positions: Dispute Resolution Consultant/Project Manager, Mackenzie Partnership, Regional Director, JR Knowles Ltd, Projects Manager, Barry D Trentham Ltd, Contracts Manager/Engineer, SMC (Fabrications) Ltd, Site Manager/Engineer, Barry D Trentham Ltd, Site Manager/Engineer, Dunedin Property Development Co Ltd, Site Engineer, Rush & Tompkins PLC

Experience

  • 1 Panel adjudicator on international waste to energy project
  • 2 Arbitrator on international city centre public realm works project
  • 3 Arbitrator on domestic residential project
  • 4 Adjudicator on domestic hotel project
  • 5 Adjudicator on domestic rail project
  • 6 Adjudicator on international environmental project
  • 7 Panel adjudicator on schools project
  • 8 Independent expert determiner on residential/commercial project
  • 9 Adjudicator on domestic service utilities project
  • 10 Adjudicator on domestic harbour works project

Affiliations/Memberships

  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow
  • Institute of Civil Engineers
  • Fellow
  • Chartered Institute of Building
  • Fellow
  • Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
  • Fellow
  • Chartered Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyors
  • Fellow
  • Dispute Resolution Board Foundation
  • Member
  • The Academy of Experts
  • Member

Panel listings

  • CIArb President's Arbitration Panel
  • ICE Register of Arbitrators
  • RICS President's Arbitration Panel
  • CIArb Scottish Branch Arbitration Panel
  • FIDIC President's Adjudication Panel
  • CIArb President's Adjudication Panel
  • ICE Register of Adjudicators
  • CInstCES Adjudication Panel
  • RICS President's Adjudication Panel
  • Construction Industry Council Adjudication Panel

Qualifications, jurisdiction and discipline

  • BSc Building (Construction Management) - United Kingdom
  • LLM Construction Law - United Kingdom
  • Pg.Dip Arbitration - England
  • Advanced Professional Award in Expert Witness Evidence - UK
  • Pg.Dip International Commercial Arbitration - International
  • Pg.Dip Adjudication - United Kingdom