FIDIC Adjudicator Details

International Client Manager

Vladimir  Vencl

  Country of residence: Serbia

  Citizenship: Serbian and Czech

  www.vladimirvencl.com

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Countries with experience

Other countries with experience:

Global regions

  • East Europe
  • Sub Sahara Africa

Languages spoken

  • English
  • Serbian
  • Croatian
  • Bosnian
  • Montenegrin

Construction contract experience

  • Plant & Design-Build Contract, 1st Ed (1999 Yellow Book)

Consultancy contract experience

  • Not applicable - none of the above

Specialist contract experience

  • Not applicable - none of the above

Other contract experience

  • Construction Contract
  • 1st Ed (1999 Red Book)
  • Construction Contract
  • MDB Harmonised Ed
  • June 2010
  • EPC/Turnkey Contract
  • 1st Ed (1999 Silver Book)
  • EPC/Turnkey Contract 2nd Ed (2017 Silver Book)

CV - Services offered

  • Arbitration
  • Adjudication
  • Conciliation
  • Contract Expert/specialist
  • Independent expert
  • Councillor

Technical expertise

  • Building - commercial
  • Civil Engineering - Site Investigation
  • Civil Engineering - River & Flood Control
  • Construction law
  • Cost engineering (QS)
  • Geotechnics and foundations
  • Energy & Power - Natural gas and LNG Facilities
  • Infrastructure, Railways, Bridges
  • Road and highways - bridges and car parks
  • Road and highways - other
  • Rail - Track Engineering and Construction
  • Rail - other
  • Waste Disposal - Solid Waste Management
  • Water - drainage and sewerage
  • Water - Water Supply
  • Water - Sewage Treatment
  • Waste Water - Treatment and Pumping Plant
  • Claims and variations

  • Extension of time
  • Project scheduling
  • Technical issues

Short summary experiences

Vladimir Vencl is a civil engineer who is versed in procurement, contract and claim management, dispute avoidance and resolution on large construction projects. Having supported various main contractors, subcontractors, employers, developers and consultancies he is well aware of different perspectives that parties involved in the construction industry might have while performing their respective roles. Projects where he has been involved include large bridges, highways, regional roads, plants, residential, retail, railway projects and various infrastructure works. This involvement covers management of tender processes from prequalification to awards, including drafting and negotiating of contract terms, performing day to day contract management after the contract award, preparation and negotiation of claims and variations as well as deciding on the same (depending on the actual role performed), representing parties in front of the dispute boards and arbitration panels, acting as a dispute board member, acting as an arbitrator. He is experienced in management of various construction contracts – based on FIDIC 1999 Red, Yellow, Silver and later MDBH – Pink books as well as management of various bespoke construction contracts. Sources of projects financing included private developers, governments, various funding entities (EBRD, EIB, IBRD, EU) or was achieved through combination of these. Experience with entities from China, Spain, Italy, Austria, Poland, UAE, Serbia, Croatia, Portugal, Mexico etc.

Position and experience

Acredited mediator: No
Acredited arbitrator: Yes

Employment status:
Present position: Director
Previous positions: Contract Manager, Contract and Claim Manager, Senior Contract Manager

Experience

  • Acting as a dispute board member and as an arbitrator
  • Representing parties in front of the dispute boards and arbitration panels
  • Versed in procurement / contract and claim management / dispute avoidance and resolution on construction projects of various sizes and complexities (from 1+ MEUR to 3000+ MEUR)
  • Involved in projects related to complex bridges / highways / regional roads / plants / residential / retail / hospitality and various infrastructure works. This including tendering and contract negotiation
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  • Prepared and negotiated claims and variations and alternatively has decided on the same (depending on the actual role performed)
  • Experienced under various FIDIC forms of contracts other lesser used standard forms of contracts and bespoke contracts
  • Involved in projects financed through private developers governments and various international funding institutions

Affiliations/Memberships

  • FCIArb
  • AACEI
  • DRBF

Panel listings

  • FIDIC President's List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators
  • Czech Arbitration Court
  • ACES CDRC Arbitration Panel
  • ACES National list of Adjudicators
  • UK Adjudicators Dispute Board Panel

Qualifications, jurisdiction and discipline

  • MSc Civil Engineer (Structural) (SRB)
  • MBE International Construction: Practice and Law (DEU)
  • LLM Construction Law and Arbitration (GBR)