Summary Lyndon is a long experienced and self-motivated consultant with in excess of 28 years experience in providing topical advice and assistance to government, public and privately owned and operated entities in relation to the appropriate engagement and delivery mechanisms for the successful planning, construction, operation and maintenance of roadways, tollways, busways, airports, drainage and stormwater systems, sewerage and wastewater systems and pipelines for the carriage of other fluids and gases. His project and organisational experience spans Australia, East and South Africa, South Asia, South East Asia and includes work in Argentina, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Tanzania and Thailand, using Australian Standard, FIDIC and bespoke relationship and hard dollar contracting mechanisms. Lyndon has a background in civil engineering and road and airport infrastructure works which has allowed him to specialise in contract management and dispute resolution for the purposes of assisting clients with navigating simple, complex and complicated contractual issues. He is a nationally accredited Mediator in Australia and PNG and is a Registered Adjudicator for construction contract disputes. Employment History Jan 2000 Present Contracts Manager and Corporate Adviser providing Contract Management services as follows o 2011-2014 Contracts Manager and Senior Construction and Procurement Contracts Advisor to Origin Energy for APLNG Upstream Coal Seam Gas pipeline and facility construction contracts in excess of $1 Billion in value supervising teams of 9 contracts professionals o 2010 CEO of, recovering the Institute from financial peril and re-establishing the entity as the premier dispute resolver nominating authority in Australia supervising a team of 15 spread across 5 Australian States o 2009 Senior Construction Contracts Adviser to Queensland Urban Utilities, developed, established and embedded in-house training programs and sessions for up-skilling employees for a divested government water and wastewater entity with respect to construction contracts to the value of $350 million per annum o 2008 Contracts Manager services to EOS for PNG LNG Project contracts in excess of $11 Billion in value supervising a team of 4 contracts administrators o 2007 Contract Advice to Brisbane City Council, Georgiou Group, Main Roads Queensland, SMEC India, Transpacific Industries, Pioneer Road Services by reviewing incoming claims and outgoing communications to ensure that disputes were identified, managed and resolved appropriately and that contractual entitlements were paid at the agreed values o 2000-2006 Technical and Contractual advice and support to various Construction Owners, Contractors and Subcontractors in Australia, South East Asia including TPI Group Thailand, Georgiou Group, MacMahon Contractors, Pioneer, Road and Runways Contracting 1991 2000 - Technical and Contracts Manager Boral Asphalt Western Australia 1985 1991 - Pavements and Laboratory Manager - Shoalhaven City Council 1 of 5
Qualifications and Professional Development Graduate Certificate In House Practice College of Law 2012 Master of Applied Law University of Queensland, 2008 Graduate Certificate of Applied Law University of Queensland, 2007 Civil Engineering Certificate Gateway Review Team Member Training 2009 Certificate in Adjudication (BCIPA) 2007 Mediation Master Class 2006 Expert Determination Course 2006 Practitioners Certificate in Mediation and Conciliation 2005 Illawarra Institute of TAFE BTLi Professional Memberships and Voluntary Involvements o o Member - Australian Mediation Association,, International Association for Contract and Commercial Management, LEADR Adjudicator for construction contract disputes in Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia o National Association of Testing Authorities NATA Assessor 11777 Publications, Presentations and Contributions The influence of ill-will and poor records in construction contracts IACCM Contract Management and Commercial Management Book Author, work in progress for publication in 2016 Contributing Author, IACCM UK and USA, 2012 Establishing Your ADR Practice Author, Queensland Law Society, IAMA, 2010 Effective technical reports in dispute resolution Construction Contractor Magazine Qld Sep 2008, NATA News Dec 2008 Auditing of Sprayed Sealing Works Why do it? What is important? What about the results? ARRB International Sprayed Sealing Conference Adelaide 2008 Better Contracting for Road Surfacing West Australian Local Government Association 2006 Limiting exposure to usual and unusual contract clauses AAPA Conference Surfers Paradise 2005 Monitoring bitumen from refinery to pavement CAP South Africa 2004 A guide to the selection and use of naturally occurring materials as base and subbase Australian Institute of Geomechanics 2002 2 of 5
Selected Projects and Experience profile and restoring it as the premier dispute resolution nominating entity for facilitative, determinative, evaluative and transformative dispute resolution processes. Dispute Resolution Queensland Building Services Authority (now QBCC) July 2007 August 2014 Registered Adjudicator under the Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004 (Qld) for construction contract disputes in Queensland. Responsible for receiving and deciding payment claim disputes under the Act via an Authorised Nominating Authority. Northern Territory Department of Justice July 2007 August 2014 Registered Adjudicator under the Construction Contracts (Security of Payment) Act 2005 (NT) for construction contract disputes in the Northern Territory. Responsible for assisting disputing parties with resolving disputes, receiving and deciding payment claim disputes under the Act via an Authorised Nominating Authority. Building Commission of Western Australia March 2009 August 2014 Registered Adjudicator under the Construction Contracts Act 2004 (WA) for construction contract disputes in Western Australia. Responsible for assisting disputing parties with resolving disputes, receiving and deciding payment claim disputes under the Act via an Authorised Nominating Authority. Supreme and National Courts of Papua New Guinea August 2010 August 2014 Accredited Mediator and Panel Member for ADR process administered under the PNG court system. June 2010 December 2010 Interim CEO for IAMA during a period where restructure and financial management were necessary and paramount to the survival of the institute during its 35 year anniversary. Creating strategies for organisational survival, overseeing the implementation of strategies, rationalising assets and resources, developing the Institute Gas Origin Energy Resources Limited February 2011 August 2014 Contracts Manager and Construction Contracts Advisor to Pipeline and Facility project teams for the design and construction of the Australia Pacific LNG mega project in Gladstone and associated pipeline and gas compression facilities along the pipeline system routes. Responsible for contracts, managing a team of 9 personnel to for construction contract values in excess of $1 billion. Public and Private Infrastructure Broome International Airport Holdings May 2001 December 2006 Technical Advisor to airport owners for the purposes of assisting with the analysis of the remaining asset life and selection of rehabilitation or maintenance treatments. Contractual Advisor to corporate entity for the purposes of improving harmony between local resource constraints and overall capital and operational expenditure on an International airport and its terminal. Various Mine and Remote Sites in Western Australia April 2000 December 2006 Technical Advisor and Construction Superintendent for airport surfacing design and installation at more than 20 airports in Western Australia for a number of clients. Focussed on selection of raw materials from local deposits to lower construction and completion costs. Airport locations include Esperance, Kalbarri, Kalgoorlie, Laverton, Meekatharra, Mount Keith, Mount 1 of 5
Magnet, Murrin Murrin, Newman, Paraburdoo, Port Hedland, Telfer, Tom Price. SMEC International May 2007 October 2007 Functional Manager for South Asian office in India. Providing technical and contractual advice to Clients for the management of Contractors and Designers. Providing advice on and contributing to dispute resolution processes for World Bank and Asian Development Bank funded projects. SMEC International July 2014 August 2014 Contracts and Claims Expert for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Infrastructure Project in Dar Es Salaam Tanzania. Providing technical and contractual advice to Clients for the management of Contractors and Designers. Providing advice on and contributing to dispute resolution processes for World Bank and African Development Bank funded projects. Brisbane City Council January 2007 May 2007 Construction Contracts Advisor and Technical Advisor to raw material and road construction business unit. Assisting Managers in contractual matters and technical investigations for annual expenditure in excess of $100 million. Main Roads Queensland May 2007 December 2007 Main Roads Western Australia February 2001 December 2006 Main Roads Queensland May 2007 December 2007 Western Australian Local Governments April 2000 December 2006 Technical Advisor to more than half of 150 local government entities in Western Australia for the purposes of assisting with raw material and finished product selection for road construction and maintenance. Annual collective expenditure in excess of $200 million. Contributing to the upskilling of numerous local government employees for the purposes of improving asset whole of life costs and general performance of road pavements. Boral Asphalt February 1991 April 2000 Technical and Contracts Manager for raw material and manufactured road construction and surfacing products. Advisor to other business units for the purposes of assisting Managers in contractual matters and technical investigations for annual expenditures in excess of $100 million in New South Wales and Western Australia. Shoalhaven City Council December 1985 February 1991 Pavements and Laboratory Manager to raw material and road construction business unit. Assisting Managers in contractual matters and technical investigations for annual expenditure in excess of $100 million. Wolpers Grahl Pty Ltd December 2009 August 2014 Contracts Advisor supporting Project Managers in the construction and completion of sewerage and waste-water pipelines and systems in the Northern Territory. Responsible for resolving disputes with Clients and Subcontractors. Queensland Urban Utilities January 2007 February 2011 Construction Contracts Advisor and Mentor to 11 Contract Managers and 14 Procurement Officers. Responsible for mentoring employees in preparing tender and contract documentation, receiving and reviewing tenders, gaining internal governance approvals for expenditure, awarding contracts, managing contract administration teams, 2 of 5
reviewing claims for payment, certifying payment certificates, issuing certificates of completion, closing-out contracts for annual expenditures in excess of $350 million. Developed, established and embedded in-house training programs and sessions for up-skilling employees. manner. Other sub-projects included overseeing Commonwealth Government grant money use for investigating the use of used oil in heating of products and lowering the cost to serve. Administering contracts, reviewing claims for certificates of completion and closing-out contracts. Oil and gas Origin Energy Resources Limited February 2011 August 2014 Contracts Manager and Construction Contracts Advisor to Pipeline and Facility project teams for the design and construction of the Australia Pacific LNG mega project in Gladstone and associated pipeline and gas compression facilities along the pipeline system routes. Responsible for contracts, managing a team of 9 personnel to for construction contract values in excess of $1 billion. EOS (KBR/WP JV) June 2008 December 2008 Acting Contracts Manager and Construction Contracts Advisor to Pipeline FEED project for ExxonMobil PNG LNG Project. Responsible for contracts, managing a team of 4 personnel to for expenditure around $1 billion. SAMI June 2002 December 2006 Construction Superintendent and Technical Advisor for the design and construction of a 20 mega-litre purpose-built elevated temperature and dangerous goods tank facility in Fremantle. Also responsible for liaising with overseas suppliers and shipping entities to enable compliant products to be delivered in a timely Mining and Metals MacMahon Contractors May 2002 May 2004 Technical Advisor to Project Managers building haul roads, water transport systems and dams in regional and remote locations in Western Australia. Project sites include Cape Lambert rail car washing facility. Georgiou Group August 2008 June 2010 Contracts Advisor to Project Managers constructing haul roads, sub-soil drainage and other works for the extraction and transport of mined materials from mine sites to export and national markets in Australia. Project sites include Cape Preston and Exmouth. Boral Resources February 1991 April 2000 Technical Advisor to quarrying and raw materials division for the purposes of locating and determining feasibility of extracting raw materials from 53 remote and rural locations in Western Australia for the extraction, transport and use in construction works. 3 of 5