FIDIC Adjudicator Details
International Client Manager
John Nicolson
Country of residence: UK
Citizenship: British
www.nicolsonandco.com
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Countries with experience
Other countries with experience:
Global regions
- West Europe
- Middle East
Languages spoken
- English
Construction contract experience
- Construction Contract, 1st Ed (1999 Red Book)
- EPC/Turnkey Contract, 1st Ed (1999 Silver Book)
- 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
- Claims
- Party Rep with Red 1999
- Silver 1999 & Yellow 1999
CV - Services offered
- Arbitration
- Adjudication
- Facilitator
- Expert witness
- Educational qualifications
Technical expertise
- Airports - air-side
- Airports - terminals and support
- Airports - other
- Building - domestic
- Building - commercial
- Building - industrial
- Building services - Heating/Ventilation/Air Conditioning
- Building services - lighting/electrical
- Building services - Gas
- Building services - water
- Building services - Communications
- Building services - Acoustics and insultation
- Building services - Security & Alarm Systems
- Building services - other
- Civil Engineering - Site Investigation
- Civil Engineering - Foundations and Subsidence/Settlement
- Civil Engineering - Land Drainage & Dewatering
- Civil Engineering - River & Flood Control
- Civil Engineering - Retaining Walls
- Civil Engineering - Dams and reservoirs
- Civil Engineering - other
- Chemical Engineering - Pharmaceutical
- Chemical Engineering - other
- Coastal engineering
- Construction law
- Cost engineering (QS)
- Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
- Environmental issues
- Energy & Power - Fossil Fuel Systems
- Energy & Power - Hydro Systems
- Energy & Power - Wind Wave & Tidal Systems
- Energy & Power - Solar Systems
- Energy & Power - Pneumatic Systems and Hydraulic Systems
- Energy & Power - CHP and district Heating
- Infrastructure, Rai
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Claims and variations
- Extension of time
- Project scheduling
- Defects
- Flood damage
- Technical issues
Short summary experiences
John Nicolson is the Principal at Nicolson & Co Consulting Ltd, a firm of Chartered Quantity Surveyors regulated by the RICS.
Nicolson & Co specialise in Construction, Engineering and Manufacturing Dispute Resolution Services.
John is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor, a Chartered Arbitrator, registered Adjudicator, and recognised Quantum Expert with over 40 years’ experience in construction within the likes of building, civil, petrochemical, power stations, structural, rail, utilities, mechanical, and M&E environments.
John Chartered with the RICS in 1984, became a Fellow of the RICS in 1996, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 2006, a Chartered Arbitrator in 2009 and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineer in 2019.
John is a practising Arbitrator, Adjudicator and Quantum Expert.
John has a master’s law degree in construction law from Strathclyde University, a post graduate diploma certificate in construction law and arbitration from The Robert Gordon University and a post graduate diploma certificate in adjudication from the RICS/RSPH.
John is also a full Member in the Practising Category as a Chartered Quantity Surveyor of the Academy of Experts.
Experieneced Adjudicator and Arbitrator having resolved disputes in the UK to values of £21 million in the UK and USD 2 billion internationally.
Works extensively throughout Europe (UK, Spain, Portugal, Germany & Gibraltar) and the Middle East (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Libya) on such contracts as FIDIC, JCT, SBCC, ICE, NEC , GC/Works, etc.
Position and experience
Acredited mediator:
No
Acredited arbitrator: Yes
Employment status:
Present position: Director / Owner
Previous positions:
Acredited arbitrator: Yes
Employment status:
Present position: Director / Owner
Previous positions:
Experience
- Chartered Arbitrator
- Chartered Quantity Surveyor
- Accedited Adjudicator and Registered Quantum Expert
Affiliations/Memberships
- FRICS - Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
- FICE - Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers
- FCIArb - Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- MEA - Memeber of the Academy of Experts
Panel listings
- RICS
- ICE
- CIArb
- Scottish Building
- CIC
- UK Adjudicators
Qualifications, jurisdiction and discipline
- LLM Construction Law - UK
- FRICS - Fellow of the RICS - Quantity Surveying
- FICE - Fellow of the ICE -
- FIArb- Chartered Arbitrator
- MAE - Memeber of the Acedemy of Experts - Quantity Surveying
- Dip Adj - Dipoloma in Adjudication - UK RICS
- Dip Arb - Post Graduate Diploma in Arbitration - UK
