PCE
PROFESSIONAL CHARTERED ENGINEERS
PCE
UAE
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES GROUP
UAE
2009 JUNE EVENTS

823P90602PCE UAE(EVENTS) (NOTICE 2009 06)(A Karim)     VERSION IN WORD                              CHECK WEB:   www.pceuae.net        

PCE

UAE

PROFESSIONAL CHARTERED ENGINEERS

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES GROUP(PCE UAE)

EVENT NOTICES – 2009 JUNE

2009 06 02, 09, 16, 30

PCE UAE International Group aims to support the Engineering Profession and welcomes all UAE based UK Engineering Council (EC) Qualified Registrants ie: Chartered Engineers (CEng), Incorporated Engineers (IEng) and Engineering Technicians (EngT) plus all other members of the 36 EC licensed Professional Engineering Institutions (PEI) who have agreed to support the Group plus potential members.

PLEASE REGISTER INTENTION TO ATTEND SPECIFIC EVENTS WITH PCE UAE Honorary Secretary  (See contact below)

EVENT, DAY, DATE, TIME

1.    TALK – Tue 2009 06 02 at 19:00Hrs for 19:30

VENUE, CONTACT

ABU DHABI, The Club (02-673 1111) off Mina Road

THEME, TOPIC, SPEAKER

‘CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT’

Some Critical Provisions in Problem Solving in Construction Contracts’

Aziz N Karim BSc(Eng), BSc(QS), FRICS, MCIArb, Senior Contracts Engineer,

Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd (GASCO) (02-603 709)(681-4577)(anka@emirates.net.ae)

It is now thirteen years since PCE UAE was established based on the result of a survey of wishes of over 600 engineers in UAE.  The Chairmen of the then UAE Branches of the ICE and IMechE signed a petition sent to the respective Councils in UK  to disband the branches and give a lead to form one body - PCE UAE – better able to welcome and serve all members of the then 40 EC licensed Institutions should they have members in the country.  The Councils of these two key Institutions confirmed acceptance of the agreement.  Branch Chairmen signing at the time were Er David J Spearing CEng, FICE Partner in Godfrey, Heath & Spearing, still a member of the PCE UAE Committee, and ErEurIng Harry A Carrier CEng, FIMechE  then General Manager of GASCO – an Operating Company within the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Group.   Then and now ADNOC Group employs many multi-discipline national and expatriate engineers and other professionals welcomed by PCE UAE.  It is therefore a pleasure to welcome as speaker for June Aziz N Karim an executive with GASCO Commercial Division.       

TOPIC OUTLINE

The lecture will address the contract definition and existence, under different legal jurisdictions, with reference to UAE law, the classification of contracts, and provisions of particular importance that face professional practitioners in their daily work such as the law of contact, the role of the engineer, variations, liquidated damages, surviving clauses, ADR, etc.  The topic will be presented to encourage interactive discussion.  Reference will be made to Conditions of Contract used in the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries and to FIDIC and ECC Suite used for London Olympics contracts and some contracts in the UAE.

SPEAKER PROFILE

Aziz Nouri Karim is Iraqi, Married and able to deal in English, Arabic, Kurdish languages.  He is a graduate Civil Engineer from the University of Baghdad and Graduate in Quantity Surveying from the University of Greenwich, UK and Fellow Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and Member Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK  He is an Arbitrator and registrant with Arab bodies in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Ajman, Jordan & Iraq

Aziz started work as an engineer in Baghdad prior to studies and work with QS companies in UK before returning to Iraq in 1978 where he became head of the Contracts Department and later Design and Studies Division of the State Organisation for Building.  Between 1987 and 1994 he undertook posts as Project Manager on major developments, becoming Head of Projects Department of the State Commission for Supervision and Follow-up at The Ministry of Housing & Construction with a staff of 60 engineers before moving to Jordan in 1994 to join a major Project Management and Quantity Surveying practice prior to joining GASCO in 1997

He has recently published a book ‘Contracting Strategies and Management’ announced in ‘Construction week’ 2009 04 04-10.

Experience has been summarised – the speaker will elaborate appropriate to audience

 

EVENT, DAY, DATE, TIME             

2.    TALK, Tue 2009 06 09 at 19:00Hrs for 19:30

VENUE, CONTACT

DUBAI, Seafarers’ Centre (04-5553941) near port entrance

THEME, TOPIC, SPEAKER        Repeat of previous week’s lecture in Abu Dhabi   SEE ABOVE

‘CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT’

 

EVENT, DAY, DATE, TIME

3.     VISIT – Tue 2009 06 16 at 16:00 Hrs    

VENUE, CONTACT  

To Be Confirmed (TBC) (eg Petroleum Exhibition) subject to interest registered  

 

EVENT, DAY, DATE, TIME             PROFESSIONAL REVIEW PREPARATION (PRP)

4.    PRP MEETING - Tue 2009 06 30 at 19:00 Hrs for 19:30

VENUE, CONTACT

GHANTOUT, Golden Tulip, Jazeera Resort Hotel, (02-562 9100)  

Located at Abu Dhabi-Dubai Emirates border approx 100km from the Capital, Al Ain and Sharjah

PCE UAE HonSec,   Er Roderick J Chisholm BSc, MSc(Eng), CEng, FICE, FIStructE,  050-458 1619    chisholm@arencoar.com