Keith Pickavance FCIOB, CIOB President
Keith Pickavance LLB (Hons), DipArch, DipICArb, RIBA, FAE, FCIOB
Keith Pickavance is an architect with construction management experience. He is a Senior Vice President of Hill International, specialising in the management of time-related risks and in the analysis of delay and disruption. Since 2000, in conjunction with the CIOB, he has led the Master class series of courses on the management of time-related risks and is considered to be one of the leading authorities on this subject.
Keith is the author of ‘Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts’ (3rd Edition 2005) and ‘Construction Law and Management‘ (2007). Both books are published by CIOB Construction Books Direct. Keith also contributes articles to www.i-law.com which is an on-line legal research service. He has had numerous articles published in leading technical and legal journals and regularly contributes papers on delay and disruption related issues.
His academic qualifications include a Diploma in Architecture, an honours degree of Bachelor of Laws, and a Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration. He is currently a Fellow of the British Academy of Experts, a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators, an international associate of the American Bar Association, a Member of the Project Management Institute and a Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
As an expert he has been appointed on over 400 occasions in a broad variety of cases involving such diverse projects as housing, shipping, IT supply, oil and gas, road rail and air transport, multi -storey buildings, power generation plants, hospitals, commercial and industrial buildings, petro-chemical and other process plants.
He has given evidence in a broad variety of civil courts and both domestic and international tribunals on more than 20 occasions over a period of 30 years as a testifying expert and has sat as an arbitrator, adjudicator or mediator on over 80 occasions.
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