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Mr Richard Roberts MSc Construction Law & Arbitration

Job title: Head of Contracts and Commercial
Country: United Arab Emirates

Membership type: Member membership
Primary branch: UAE

Personal bio

I am a Chartered Surveyor (Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS)), Chartered Project Manager, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building (FCIOB), Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyors (FCInstCES) and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) I also have a Master of Science in construction law & arbitration. I am a very conscientious, committed, hardworking and ambitious person who has over 30 years’ international experience financially managing and controlling an array of complex new build and refurbishment construction projects in the UK, and the Middle East. I have worked with some of the most recognized Clients and consultants in the Middle East. My areas of expertise and applicable skills include: •Cost planning and leadership • M&E evaluation & reconciliation• Quality management systems • Business revenue improvement • Value Engineering • Procurement• Commercial management, budgetary and financial control • Risk management and mitigation • Project budgets• Bid/tender preparation and management • Staff and succession development • Team building, vision and motivation • Public and private sector experience • Cost control systems • Dispute resolution • Commercial and contractual negotiations • Design evaluation & reconciliation