Middle East Capability Profile

www.systech-int.com

Burj Khalifa, Dubai Metro, Dubai

Who are we?• Global reach… local knowledge • Successful international project track record • Operate throughout the Middle East• Complete, co-ordinated international service from a

single business • One point of responsibility and contact for all services • Cost effective performance related fees• Contractor / subcontractor focus • High quality managed services• Quick response to client requirements• Your worksite is our office • High impact visualisations and apps• Training programmes

The consultant of choice for contractors on global projects

Systech International provides responsive, high quality multi-disciplinary managed services to contractors, supporting them in the delivery of complex and challenging construction, infrastructure and energy projects.

We are the leading global provider of commercial management, risk, planning and scheduling, claims, dispute resolution, expert, legal, visualisation and training services and our team of professionals operates over the full lifespan of projects – from bid to handover – from our offices across the Middle East and Africa, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Americas.

We understand the requirements and risks of projects and the need for robust and professional cost and schedule control throughout the duration of a scheme. We also manage and resolve claims and disputes using our contracts, forensic delay analyst and legal consultants who provide a co-ordinated and seamless service, avoiding the abortive work that often arises when using multi-party advisors.

Doha Metro, Qatar

Sectors

ConstructionBuilding, civil engineering, mechanical & electrical

TransportationRail, air, highways

EnergyPower, oil and gas, alternative

Mining, metals and minerals

Defence

Telecommunications and IT

Shipping and marine

Industrial and process

Facilities management

Riyadh Metro and King Abdullah Financial District, KSA

Commercial ManagementIndependent, pro-active and disciplined cost control and contract management to deliver a “no-shock” financial conclusion.

Our consultancy team comes from a contracting background and we therefore understand the requirements of contractors and the need to maintain or improve the margin.

• Procurement strategy• Bid support• Value engineering• Estimate and budgets• Contract documents• Project kick-off workshop• Commercial strategy and procedures• Contractual advice• Contract administration• Correspondence and notices• Project records• Cost control and cost/value reporting• Variations/change control• Payments• Final account• Project audit / health check• Commercial management of subcontractor’s

and supplier’s• Dispute avoidance

Leading provider of high quality services in the Middle East

Planning and SchedulingWe do not simply prepare the programme; we bring new ideas, fresh thinking and solutions with a focus on identifying opportunities to reduce time and manage risk.

Our strong team of planners prepares programmes at all stages of a project – from bid, to progress, to as-built to retrospective forensic for use in disputes.

• Resource and cost loading of programmes• Construction solutions to reduce risk and

project duration• Programme risk identification and mitigation• Interface co-ordination• Time impacts arising from change• Recovery and accelerated programmes• Earned value and other project benchmarks• Programme audits

Risk ManagementThe identification, evaluation and management of reputational, contractual, cost, programme and legal risks over the lifetime of a project.

• Risk management plan• Risk acquisition, capture and analysis;

monitoring and control; mitigation and transfer• Application of risk within target cost contracts• Management of risk events• Claims risk assessment and dispute avoidance

Dubai International Airport, Dubai

Supporting you at every stage of the project lifecycle

Claims ManagementHonest appraisal, strategic guidance and the preparation of cost and time entitlement documentation that is technically, legally and commercially accurate.

Cost claims• Strategic advice and options• Analysis of contractual terms and conditions• Review tender pricing, rates and productivity• Analysis of actual time spent, costs incurred

and achieved productivity• Analysis of facts and evidence • Identify contractual route to recovery• Prepare cause and effect analysis• Quantum calculations and supporting evidence• Recovery of disruption costs• Preparation, presentation and negotiation

Time claims • Strategic advice and options• Recommend delay analysis methodology• Identification of planned programme and

critical path• Analysis of revised / updated / as-built

programmes and reasons for change• Inspection of records and notices• Forensic delay analysis• Acceleration programmes and agreements• Preparation, presentation and negotiation

Dispute ResolutionCommercially focussed contractual, quantum, forensic delay, expert and legal services from the crystallisation of the dispute to the enforcement of the outcome.

Our offer is unique – lawyers, claims consultants, forensic planners, document managers and visualisers working under a single point of responsibility to provide a fully co-ordinated and seamless service, avoiding the abortive work that can arise when using multi-party advisors.

• Co-ordinated service from a single business• Full service from crystallisation to enforcement• Position review, opinions on merit of case• Strategic advice• Preparation of documents and evidence• Quantum assessment to tribunal standard• Forensic delay analysis• Negotiation• Arbitration, litigation and alternative methods

Expert ServicesQuantum and time experts with testimony experience, supported by our global operation.

• Global panel of time and quantum experts• Hands-on practical approach• Testimony under cross examination• Representation at DAB’s and other tribunal• Back up and support from business

Fujairah Port, Oman

Complete, co-ordinated service from a single business

LegalBritish trained and regulated construction and engineering lawyers offering contentious and non-contentious services with a focus on avoiding, managing and resolving disputes.

• Co-ordinated service within business• Construction and engineering specialists• British lawyers, trained, qualified and regulated

in the UK• Work globally• Specialist expertise in international arbitration,

DAB’s and FIDIC• Major projects experience across range of

sectors• Speak the language of contractors• Look for opportunities to agree quick,

commercially attractive settlements• Flexible work locations, “your site is our office”• In-house high impact visualisation service to

communicate key legal arguments• Competitive and innovative fee arrangements

Contentious services• Strategic advice• Claims management• Dispute resolution• Adjudication, mediation and litigation• International arbitration• Dispute boards• Advocacy/counsel

Non contentious services• Procurement• Contract advice• Partnering / JV agreements• Legal risk management

Secondment• 12 month renewable contracts for in-house

counsel positions• Fixed monthly all-inclusive fees

TrainingSystech training…your route to improved staff and project performance.

• Delivered by consultants with hands-on project experience

• Tailored to suit business needs and meet learning objectives

• Range of training options; company-wide programmes, specialist topic, project kick-off workshops, lunch and learn

• Duration, timing and venue of sessions to suit your requirement

• Comprehensive range of subjects• Workshops to aid learning• Use of real project examples to illustrate key

issues

Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi

Our innovative and technological approach

VisualisationsHigh impact presentations, video and apps to help contractors communicate key claims, dispute resolution and legal messages and win bids.

• Developed in-house to provide an innovative communication tool

• Animations, video and graphics to demonstrate key strengths to decision makers

• Brings clarity to complex issues• Support to experts giving testimony• Non-confrontational• Proven negotiation aid• Use of projects records and evidence• Admissible in tribunal

What our clients say:

“90% of disputes where a Systech visualisation is used reached early settlement”

“The visualisation accelerated the dispute resolution process, we therefore avoided significant legal costs”

“A Systech visualisation is extremely cost effective”

“Having seen the visualisation, the opposing party quickly realised the strength of our case and this brought them to the negotiating table”

Site Diary AppThe three most important aspects of good contract management are records, records, records! If it is not written down, it did not happen.

• In-house developed app to help contractors prepare project records

• Establishes a daily record keeping process and discipline

• Contemporaneous project record keeping• Configured for your project with specific,

relevant questions• Users aware of the key issues to look out for• Daily consolidated report distributed to agreed

project members• Improved project team communication and

information sharing• Early flagging of key issues• Evidence for additional entitlements and

defence to criticisms• Simple and easy to use

Our team

Kevin Timmons – Head of Operations - Middle East• Over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry• Sector experience includes air, rail, water, power, petrochemical, process

and construction• Developed a wide range of complementary skills relevant to construction

contracts consultancy• Dispute resolution specialist with arbitration experience• Commercial management, contract administration and claims expertise• Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Stephen Rayment - Regional Managing Director Middle East• Founded Systech in 1991• Over 35 years’ experience in the construction industry• 20 years living and working in Middle East Regions• Responsible for operations over global network of Systech offices in

MEA, APAC and the Americas• Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a Fellow of the

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a LLM in Construction Law and Arbitration, BSc (Hons) degree in Quantity Surveying, a MSc in Project Management, Member of the Society of Construction Law

Philip Walker - Quantum• 35 years’ construction experience • Sector experience includes civil engineering, building, infrastructure,

power, utilities and energy• Quantum expert with testifying experience• Arbitration and mediation experience• Management of claims and dispute resolution teams• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Member of the Royal

Institution of Chartered Surveyors, MSc Construction Law and Arbitration, Diploma in Arbitration, LLB [Hons], MBA

• Worked in Middle East, Africa, Europe, UK and USA

Erik Froonhof – Planning Director - Middle East• 30 years’ experience in the construction Industry• Forensic delay analysis specialist• Claims management, dispute resolution expertise• Compilation of cost/quantum claims for disruption, prolongation and

acceleration. • Member of the Royal Institute of Engineers in the Netherlands, Eur Eng

at the European Federation of National Engineering Associations and RICS Expert Witness Evidence Assessment

Our team

Paul Pring - Director - Qatar• 40 years’ construction experience • Sector experience includes rail, power, construction and industrial and

process• Director roles for rail contractors• Specialist project controls expertise• Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Fellow of the

Association of Project Management• Worked in MEA, UK and USA

David Smith • Over 20 years’ experience• Sector experience includes construction, oil and gas, power, nuclear,

petrochemical, rail and highways• Claims and dispute resolution expertise• Commercial management, contract administration, project controls, risk

management experience• MSc in Commercial Management and Associate of the Chartered Institute

of Arbitrators• Worked in MEA, South Africa, UK and Japan

Tom Allen - Director - Legal Services• Construction and projects solicitor, based primarily in the MEA• Considerable international experience across a range of sectors including

buildings, roads, airports, power and oil and gas• Dispute resolution expertise with emphasis on international arbitration

and mediation under the ICC, LCIA and DIAC rules• Contentious and non-contentious advice on a variety of contractual

issues arising under construction and engineering contracts such as FIDIC, IChemE and NEC

• Member of the Law Society of England and Wales, the Society of Construction Law (Gulf and UK) and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Richard Clegg

• 30 years’ experience in the construction and engineering industries• Sector experience includes oil and gas, petro-chemical, process, power,

rail, heavy civils and construction• Experience includes providing testimony at arbitration, claim preparation

and negotiation, risk management, contracts/commercial management and project controls

• Delivery of training programs and technical authorship• Worked in USA, UK, Spain, Algeria, Chile, Mexico, Egypt and South Africa• Speaks Spanish fluently

Our Middle East project experience

What our clients say What our clients say

“Systech contributed significantly to the success of the project”

“Outstanding leadership and expertise in claim management”

“...very competent, suitably qualified and experienced...”

“Undertaken assignment in a professional and competent manner”

“Not to be underestimated what has been achieved”

“...always responsive and flexible...”

“Thank you for clear and concise submissions”

“...value for money...”

“High calibre of staff”

“Pass on my gratitude to the whole Systech team”

“...successful relationship...”

KNPC Clean Fuel Project, Kuwait

Contact us

Office 1110, 11th Floor

Executive Heights Building, Barsha Heights, PO Box 213787,

Dubai, UAE

Local Contact:kevin.timmons@systech-int.com

Tel: +971 4420 8900

* Representative Office

Prince M. Bin Fahad St., (Dhahran Dammam Highway)

PO Box 9967Dammam 31423

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Local Contact:kevin.timmons@systech-int.com

Tel: +966 13 827 9737

Dammam *

www.systech-int.com

Doha45th Floor, Office No.5

Palm Tower-BMajilis Al Taawon Street, West Bay, PO Box 19613

Doha, Qatar

Local Contact:kevin.timmons@systech-int.com

Tel: +974 4042 7105

Dubai