CSR Chartered Surveyor Construction Claims Leeds

COLIN STEWART ROBERTSON

MBA – MRICS - MCIArb

Chartered Surveyor

Final Accounts : Negotiation : Claims – Assembly & Defence : Mediation Preparation & Support : Arbitration & Adjudication Support :

Due Diligence/Post Acquisition Audit : Insolvency/Forensic Support : Expert Reports

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Professional Specialisations :

1. Preparation/negotiation/resolution of Final accounts and interim valuations.

2. Research/assembly/submission/negotiation and resolution of financial claims.

3. Defence of applications/claims for additional project costs.

4. Defence and analytical deconstruction of loss and expense applications/claims

and in particular global claims allied to forensic programming submissions.

5. Assistance with Receivership/Liquidation – assessing valuations/liabilities –

resolving accounts to enable payment/cashflow.

6. Assistance with due diligence, post acquisition audits and forensic fraud

investigation.

7. Ascertaining fair valuation of delay/disruption and as-built programming and

causation analyses in conjunction with forensic planning specialists and expert reports.

8. Interim management to assist or act as short-term/emergency stand-in for your

commercial staff on a day to day or part-time basis.

9. Advice on undertaking Mediation including preparation, support and representation.

10. Preparation/support/submission work for arbitration, adjudication and court actions.

Background :

Colin Robertson has considerable experience in a wide range of industries ranging through building, civil engineering, property development, refurbishment, local authority, NHS, rail infrastructure, manufacturing, electrical, oil, petrochemical, process, electrical and power generation.

Before setting up as a sole practitioner in the early 1980s he had trained for and attained senior positions in both major cost consultants and medium-sized contractors. As a sole practitioner he has worked on a huge variety of project work from day to day cost management, final account recovery/negotiation, project management, due diligence, post acquisition audits, fraud investigation, receivership/insolvency support, interim management, contaminated soils, in-house seminars through to claims production/defence, adjudication, arbitration and mediation support. Within the latter categories he has considerable experience in assembling causation financial analyses for claimants as well as defending actions based on global claims/loss and expense applications. Additionally, he has also advised and supported clients entering mediation both before and during the process.

The value of some of the project work has ranged from settling construction disputes on accounts for large sub-contractors of less than £50k to several million GBP and being part of teams on power generation project claims valued at over £200m with many other permutations in between. Clients have ranged across the board from main contractors, large sub-contractors, consultants, developers, solicitors, manufacturers, Administrative Receivers, management consultants, and project clients.

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Though based in the Leeds/North & West Yorkshire area he has worked extensively throughout the U.K. as well as on assignments in the U.S.A, Holland, Italy, mainland Spain and projects based in Australia, Middle East and Russia.

Originally trained and qualified as a Chartered Surveyor he also attended Henley Business School/Brunel University as part of a Masters Degree in Business Administration programme and was awarded a MBA in 1996. He has acted as a visiting lecturer/examiner in Contract Law. Additionally, in the late 1990s he became a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, in 2009 completed the RICS Expert Witness course and in 2012 the RICS Mediation Accreditation course. He is a member of the Society of Construction Law and a committee member of the North-East Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

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Approach to Involvement :

1. Methodical/logical and pragmatic and the most direct resolution of contracts,

accounts or projects that have run into administrative or financial control problems.

2. Flexible/energetic and resourceful focus on client's requirements coupled with

positive working relationships with all personnel.

3. All levels/values of construction projects covered either individually or part of a team.

4. Enquiries welcome from all parts of the construction and heavy/oil/petroleum industries, legal practitioners

and project employers, as well as larger consultants in the same field.

5. Mediation advice/support for private and business disputes

To set up a no obligation discussion of your requirements contact :

e-mail : csrobertson@csrcharteredsurveyor.co.uk

Useful Links

Paper on Importance of Negotiation Preparation by Colin Stewart Robertson – Chartered Surveyor

Henley Business School - MBA Member Profile (Colin S. Robertson)

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Last updated 1 May 2012