Siobhan Fahey BA BAI LLB (Hons) CEng Dip Arb FCIArb MIEI MICE RConsEI
Gold Coast Road,
Ballinacourty,
Dungarvan,
Co. Waterford
Contact Details
Ph +353 (58) 44505
Email siobhanfahey@cablesurf.com
Qualifications
BA, BAI (Hons) Civil/Structural Engineering, Trinity College Dublin 1989
LLB (Hons) Bachelor of Laws, University of Wolverhampton 1997
Postgraduate Diploma in Arbitration, College of Estate Management Reading 2000
Chartered Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers UK 1996
Chartered Member of Engineers Ireland 2006
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 2007
Chartered Arbitrator with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 2009
Registered Consulting Engineer with the Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland 2009
Professional Dispute Board Member of the Dispute Board Federation, Geneva 2010
Accredited Mediator with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 2011
FIDIC International Accredited Trainer: Module 1 - 2012, Module 2 - 2013
CIArb Accredited Adjudicator (Republic of Ireland) 2014
Professional Member of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation, 2015
Member of FIDIC President's List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators 2016
Career History
2004 – present: in private practice. Acting as Arbitrator, Adjudicator, Conciliator and Mediator. Advising clients on the details of construction contracts, and giving practical advice on dispute avoidance and resolution. Previously, preparing written submissions for construction arbitrations and conciliations. Objective examination of the substance of claims and defences prepared by others.
2012 – present: international trainer for FIDIC forms of contract, formally assessed and accredited by FIDIC. Holding in-house and public training courses in Europe, UK, Ireland, Africa and Asia.
1999 – 2004: the Railway Procurement Agency, Dublin - in-house contracts advisor responsible for drafting, negotiating and advising on contracts and agreements procured by RPA in connection with construction ofthe Red and Green Lines of Luas: working agreements with utility companies/local authorities, bonds, collateral warranties and guarantees, and the construction, supply and professional services contracts.
1999: Staveley & Partners, Dublin - providing contractual advice to clients in respect of civil engineering contracts.
1998 – 1999: James R. Knowles Ltd., Hong Kong – Claims Consultant advising and drafting claim pleadings on behalf of construction contractors and developers.
1995 – 1998: Mott MacDonald Ltd., Hong Kong (seconded to the Government of Hong Kong) – Resident Engineer (Claims) responsible for claims management on a number of contracts for a large infrastructure/land reclamation project of total value circa €130 million.
1993 – 1995: Mouchel Asia Ltd., Hong Kong - Section Engineer responsible for detailed design of buildings, structures, sewage treatment works and large capacity fuel/water storage tanks of a new electric power station of total value circa €60 million.
1989 – 1993: L.G. Mouchel & Partners Ltd., Bath, UK – Graduate Engineer with responsibilities for design of civil engineering projects, and acting as Resident Engineer for construction of river control structures.
Positions Held
2015 – present: Chair of the Dispute Resolution Board of Engineers Ireland.
2012 – present: Committee Member of the FIDIC Contracts Committee (and principal drafter for updates of FIDIC works contracts).
2015 – present: Chair of the FIDIC task group for updated Dispute Adjudication Board rules.
2015 – present: Editorial Board Member of the Construction, Engineering and Energy Law Journal of Ireland
2011 – present: Chair of the FIDIC task group for a new Subcontract for Design-Build contracts.
2009 – 2015: Committee Member of the Dispute Resolution Board of Engineers Ireland.
2014 – 2015: Leader of the FIDIC working group for liaison with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in respect of revisions to ICC Dispute Board Rules.
2007 – 2011: Member of the FIDIC task group for the new FIDIC Construction Subcontract 2011.
Experience
Conciliator on over thirty Irish construction disputes since 2009 (including twenty-four cases arising from the Irish Public Works (GCCC) forms of contract) - between employer/clients and main contractors; between main contractors and subcontractors; and between employer/clients and consulting professionals - all of which were successfully resolved during conciliation.
Sole Arbitrator on a number of Irish construction disputes, of various values up to €10 million (main contract and subcontract disputes). I have also acted as the Arbitrator under consumer schemes run by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Irish Branch).
Adjudicator for a complex €8.5 million Irish construction dispute (contractual adjudication under a bespoke subcontract) issuing my decision within the required 28 days plus 14 days - despite one party's non-participation and having to proceed ex-parte with the adjudication.
Mediator for a high-value construction dispute involving five parties (the client/employer (a private sector developer under examinership) in dispute with his project manager, structural engineer, main contractor and piling subcontractor), which was successfully settled at a 1-day mediation meeting.
I have successfully proven my expertise: in arbitration, by passing CIArb's Chartered Arbitrator assessment (in 2009), which included two years of pupillage with a leading international Arbitrator; in conciliation, by passing Engineers Ireland's conciliator training course and assessment for eligibility as member of EI's panel of conciliators (in 2010); in mediation, by passing CIArb's accredited mediator training course and assessment (in 2011); in adjudication by passing the Adjudication conversion course run by ACEI/CIArb/EI/SCS/RIAI (in 2014); in dispute boards, by passing FIDIC’s assessment for the FIDIC President's List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators (in 2016).
I am a panel-member of: the panels of Arbitrators, Conciliators and Mediators held by the Charted Institute of Ireland (Irish Branch), the panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators held by Engineers Ireland, and the FIDIC President's List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators.
