Career Summary
- 2001 - Managing Director of Gibson Consulting Ltd., Coventry.
- 1999 – 2001 Director of Hill International Ltd., London.
- 1991 – 1999 Director of Gardiner & Theobald Fairway, London.
- 1988 – 1991 Senior Planner, Lehrer McGovern Bovis, London.
- 1982 – 1988 Head of Project Controls, Consolidated Contracting Co, Greece.
- 1976 – 1982 Senior Planner, Ballast Nedam, Saudi Arabia.
- 1970 – 1076 I D C Ltd, Warwickshire.
- 1967 – 1970 Shepherd Construction Ltd., Yorkshire.
- 1960 - 1967 Planner, John Twiname Ltd., Cumbria.
Brief Summary
Roger Gibson has over fifty years experience in construction; a significant part of which was working for several contracting companies.
By the mid-1970’s, Mr Gibson had worked for various contractors in the UK in planning & programming roles reaching the level of Planning Manager. In 1976 he moved overseas, initially joining the Dutch contracting and engineering company, Ballast Nedam, and working in Saudi Arabia for 6 years; followed by a further 6 year period in Greece with a large construction and engineering company, Consolidated Contracting Company (‘CCC’) taking up the role of Head of Project Control. Mr Gibson returned to UK in 1988 to work for Lehrer McGovern Bovis and was primarily involved with the planning & programming of the first phase and early construction works at Canary Wharf in London’s Docklands.
In 1991, Mr Gibson joined Gardiner & Theobald Fairway who provide dispute resolution services. Mr Gibson received many appointments as an Expert Witness and was appointed a director in 1996. In 1999 he joined the Hill International organisation in their newly-opened London office, again becoming a Director and continued to receive Expert Witness and adjudication appointments.
In March 2001, he formed Gibson Consulting Limited to provide planning, programming and dispute resolution services to parties involved in construction and engineering disputes; with the emphasis on extension of time entitlements, delay & disruption, and associated loss and expense costs. Roger has received many Expert Witness and adjudication appointments.
Mr Gibson has considerable experience of claims avoidance and dispute resolution services involving construction and engineering projects. He has provided both written Expert evidence and oral testimony in Court and before Arbitration tribunals.
His speciality is evaluating delay and extension of time claims, involving concurrent delays, mitigation and disruption, through detailed analysis of programmes and other documents, together with the evaluation of associated time-related costs. He has a proven ability to communicate complex issues through simple easily understood graphics, illustrations and exhibits; and the linkage to time related costs.
Dispute Resolution Experience
Roger Gibson has been appointed as an expert on time related issues in numerous disputes up to more than £100M in value, carrying out forensic planning and delay analysis studies, for Contracting and Employer organisations. Recent appointments include projects such as hospitals, bioscience and other laboratory facilities, large residences, commercial developments and power stations.
He has testified many times as an Expert Witness before Arbitration tribunals and in the Technology & Construction Court, including being the only Planning Expert who gave oral testimony and was cross-examined in the ‘landmark’ case of Royal Brompton Hospital NHS Trust v Frederick A Hammond & Ors [2000] EWHC Technology 39.
Mr Gibson is a practising Adjudicator, and continues to receive appointments by adjudicator nominating bodies such as The Technology and Construction Solicitors Association and Construction Industry Council.
Summary of Dispute Related Appointments 10 no appointments, as an Adjudicator 3 no appointments, as a party appointed Expert, in Court proceedings. 9 no appointments, as a party appointed Expert in Domestic Arbitration proceedings. 11 no appointments as a party appointed Expert in International Arbitration proceedings. 36 no appointments as a party appointed Expert in Adjudication proceedings.
Appointments by Sector
Commercial; Appointed as an Expert on four residential/commercial development disputes, and two new Office Building disputes; appointments from both developers and contractors. Hospitals/Healthcare; Appointed as an Expert on two Hospital project disputes, and four new Laboratory disputes; appointments from hospital boards, contractors and subcontractors
Residential; Appointed as an Expert on two residential apartments development disputes, and four large new House disputes; appointments from both employers and contractors. Roads, Bridges & Tunnels; Appointed as an Expert on two Major New Road disputes, one with twin tunnels, and a new Major Road Bridge dispute; appointments from both government agencies and contractors.
Civil: General; Appointed as an Expert on two Major Airport/Airbase development disputes and a project with 5 new Water Treatment Plants in dispute; appointments from both government agencies and contractors.
Energy & Power; appointed as an Expert on three new Power Plant disputes, two large extensions to existing Power Station disputes, an Oil Gathering & Export Terminal dispute, a Hydroelectric Scheme dispute, and a major extension to an Atomic Waste Establishment in dispute; appointments from both government agencies and contractors.
Process Engineering; appointed as an Expert on a major new Cement Plant dispute; appointment from the main contractor.
Transport; appointed as an Expert on a major new Light Rail development dispute, and the construction of Rolling Stock for a major new Rail Link; appointments from the main contractor.
PI Insurance/Negligence; appointed as an Expert on a major new Hospital Extension to give opinion on the professional team’s actions, and to give opinion on two other PI Insurance/Negligence disputes.
Books and Published Articles
Roger Gibson is the author of “Construction Delays: Extensions of Time and Prolongation Claims”, was published by Taylor & Francis in April 2008. The book has now been translated into Chinese and is published by China Machine Press in mainland China.
He is currently working on his second book, “Acceleration and Productivity in Construction & Engineering Disputes”. The book is due to be published in mid-2014, by Wiley Blackwell.
He is commissioned to write his third book, “Construction Delays: Managing Extensions of Time and Prolongation Claims”, which is due to be published in late 2014, by Taylor Francis.