1. EPC Contracts
Management
Summit
26th
- 27th
January 2016 | Dubai, UAE
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Chairperson
Key Speakers
Mohanad Alwadiya
Managing Director of Harbor Real Estate, Instructor
& Advisor at, DREI, Content Producer & Presenter of
MEMAAR TV Show
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Topics Like
• Differences between EPC contracts and design and build
• Impact of current market on the parameters for drafting a
contracts
• Managing risk and limiting liability for a efficient and
transparent functioning
• Understanding contract provisions and systematic reviews
for renegotiations
20 Presentations, focus session, case study, round table
discussion and 2 panel Discussions
Presentations on contracting of Mega Projects by Owners and
Contractors
Speakers From
• Majid Al Futtaim Properties LLC, UAE
• Drake & Scull International, UAE
• Abu Dhabi Sewerage services Company, UAE
• Dubai properties Group, UAE
Exclusive Case Study on: Contract life cycle and a focus on
post contract evaluation
Samuel Achampong
Head of Strategic Sourcing
Majid Al Futtaim Properties LLC
Mohamed A. Thabet
Head of Contracts
Eagel Hill, UAE
Loay Ghazaleh
Under-secretary’s Advisor on Infrastructure
& PPP
Bahrain Ministry of Works, Kingdom of
Bahrain
Masaab Khaled Al Khazraji
Contracts Section Head
Abu Dhabi Sewerage services Company.
Khalil Issa
Managing Director
ADC Energy Systems, UAE
O. Mike Anwana
FCIPS, Head, Contracts Services,
Operations Business Department, RasGas
Company Limited

2. Imad Burgan
Senior Contracts Team Lead
ESNAAD, UAE
Musbah Adnan Abu Jarad
Drilling Eningeering Contracts
Services Section Leader Drilling
Engineering Division
ADMA-OPCO, UAE
Loay Ghazaleh
Undersecretary Advisor on
Infrastructure & PPP
Bahrain Ministry of Works,
Kingdom of Bahrain
Jamal Mohamad
Director Contracts &
Commercial
Dubai properties Group, UAE
Ali Sadeddin
Sr. Procurement Manager
Emirates Falcon
Electromechanical Co. - EFECO
(L.L.C.), UAE
Contract management plays a significant role in project
management system. The contract determines the safety, quality,
schedule, and cost goals, which is the contractor’s main basis for
project control. In an international construction project’s contract
management someone needs to take charge of the signing of
the contract, the implementation of the contract, and finally the
termination of the contract in order to guarantee the project runs
smoothly and they receive the final expected result. No matter how
complex the project may be, only the best utilisation of all affordable
tools for risk mitigation will ensure mutual profit and benefit. At the
EPC Contracts Management Summit, learn the multiple experiences
and lessons learned with various EPC projects and benefit from the
vast industry experience of our speakers. Meet the leaders in the
field and adopt up-to-date strategies on risk mitigation into your
own organization.
Event Overview
Advisors
Media Partner Oil & Gas Media Partners
Loay Ghazaleh
Under-secretary’s Advisor on
Infrastructure & PPP
Bahrain Ministry of Works,
Kingdom of Bahrain
Ali Sadeddin
Sr. Procurement Manager
Emirates Falcon
Electromechanical Co. - EFECO
(L.L.C.), UAE
Adeel Memon
Regional Contracts Manager
CPECC, UAE
Mohamed A. Thabet
Head of Contracts
Eagel Hill, UAE
Khaled El Nahel
Corporate Contracts Department
Manager
Combined Group Contracting Co.
( K.S.C.C.)
Samuel Achampong
Head of Strategic Sourcing
Majid Al Futtaim Properties LLC
Asel El Housan
Commercial Manager
Drake & Scull International
Masaab Khaled Al Khazraji
Contracts Section Head
Abu Dhabi Sewerage services
Company.
Khalil Issa
Managing Director
ADC Energy Systems, UAE
Shailendra Chouhan
Lead Supervisor (Contracts)
RasGas Company Limited
O. Mike Anwana, FCIPS, Head,
Contracts Services, Operations
Business Department, RasGas
Company Limited
Madhu P Pillai, International
Board Member at ICEC & Project
Director at Kentz Engineering Int’l
Co Ltd (Member of SNC Lavalin
Group)
Sanjeev Jha, Commercial,
Contract and Claim specialist
Petrofac
Shiva Boppana
VP & Head of Contracts PTV Punj
Lloyd Limited, Abu Dhabi, United
Arab Emirates
Dr. Amjad Siddiqi
Advisor Contracts
ADCO - UAE
Musbah Adnan Abu Jarad
Contracts Section Leader
for An Abu Dhabi Based
Company. UAE
Speakers
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3. Who should sponsor
Companies providing contracts management consultancy and
services for EPC Contractors , Private and public organisations. These
consultancy services include pre- and post-contract management,
procurement strategy, the development of procedure manuals, design
management, and contract services and management consulting.
Whom will you Meet?
Departments
Contracts
Procurement
Legal
Compliance
Material Planing
Project Management
Project Control
Strategic Sourcing
Commercial Procurement
Supply Chain Management
Designations
Directors
President
Vice Presidents
Managers
Engineers
Leaders
Advisor
Specialists
Head of Department
Negotiator
Supervisor
Executive
Strategists
Commercial Manager
Contracts Drafting
Contracts Counsel
Value of Dubai Planned Projects by
Sector ($m)
Construction: 84,144 63%
Industrial: 52 1%
Industrial: 52 1%
Power: 5,764 5%
Transport, 40,970 31%
Water: 400 1%
* Source: MEED Projects
* Source: MEED Projects
* Source: MEED Projects Gas: 250 0%
Chemical
construction
Gas Industial
Power
Transport
Water
Oil
0
200
400
600
800
1000
Value of Planned Projects by Country
Forecast is for more than $172bn
of contract awards in 2015, which
would be a new record again
Budget value of Planned & Un-awarded
Projects by GCC Sector
($bn)
($bn)
Industries
Kuwait
180
Saudi
900
UAE
550
Bahrain
50
Qatar
200
Oman
150
Who will be Participating?
Government Infrastructure
Utilities companies
IWPP
Road and transport
bodies
Water Desalination
Bodies
Telecom
Contracting Companies
Sub Contracting Companies
Oil and Gas Refineries
Petrochemical companies
Construction Companies
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4. DAY 1 - 26th
January 2016
8:00 Registration and Coffee
8:45 Welcome address by Fleming.
8:50 Opening Remarks from the Chairman
9:00 Addressing the typical contractor’s qualifications and
strategies adopted by the Owners
9:15 Focus on Public Private Partnership and the way
forward
Contracts Drafting“Watertight Contract
Agreements”
9:30 Risk allocation a key focus while drafting a contract
• Lessons learned in the past
• Strategies for risk assessment
• Understanding how to create a risk free environment
• How to manage the risk involved during the life span of a
contract
Loay Ghazaleh, Under-secretary‘s Advisor on Infrastructure PPP
Bahrain Ministry of Works, Kingdom of Bahrain
10:00 Focus on Drafting a win-win Contract
• How to avoid a negotiation developing into an argument
• Understanding how to find an agreeable solution to a problem,
not an excuse to undermine others
• Monitoring negotiations to mitigate risk in multiple party
contract
Sanjeev Jha, Commercial, Contract and Claim specialist, Petrofac
10:30 Coffee and Networking Break
11:00 Employing key practical techniques for the project‘s
success
• Practical tools for the on time, on budget and dispute free
success of your project
• Conducting due diligence to identify contractors willingness to
work with a shorter warranty time
• Measuring supplier performance to ensure it meets contracted
targets
Ali Sadeddin, Sr. Procurement Manager
Emirates Falcon Electromechanical Co. - EFECO (L.L.C.), UAE
11:30 Evaluating the impact of the current market situation
on procurement departments and defining the right
way forward
• Outlining current market conditions, including declining oil
prices and its impact on operators to review budgets, operating
expenses and costs to avoid unnecessary expenditure
• Highlighting the implications of a changed market – from a
supplier to a buyer led market
• Evaluating the impact of the current market situation on future
directions of procurement projects
Samuel Achampong, Head of Strategic Sourcing
Majid Al Futtaim Properties LLC
12:00 Developing a reliable criteria for selecting the most
cost effective and reliable vendors to minimise
operational cost
• Addressing the main factors including pricing, quality of
service and experience to determine consideration taken when
selecting a long-term partner
• Identifying the criteria for selecting equipment and service
suppliers that have been shown to be effective specific
operations
• Creating a set of KPIs which factor in timeliness, accuracy,
efficiency and cost of a supplier to measure their overall
performance
Adeel Memon, Regional Contracts Manager, CPECC, UAE
12:30 Minimising Cost Overruns through Matured FEED and
Effective Cost/Time Validations during the project
execution
• Understanding the importance of analysis of a pre-contract
productivity and efficiency
• The role it plays to avoid disputes
• Using it to estimate the time schedule required for the
completion of the project
Madhu P Pillai, International Board Member at ICEC Project
Director at Kentz Engineering Int‘l Co Ltd (Member of SNC
Lavalin Group)
13:00 Networking lunch break
Effective negotiations during the contract stage
14:00 Considering effective contract risk allocation for
negotiations at the Contract finalisation stage
• Accounting for the current market situation during contract
negotiation
• Developing an effective risk management strategy that is
reflected in all contracts to reduce disruption
• Developing clauses that cover eventualities to reduce risk
Shiva Boppana, VP Head of Contracts PTV
Punj Lloyd Limited, Abu Dhabi ,United Arab Emirates
14:30 Limiting liability and shifting the risk during contract
negotiations to facilitate an efficient and transparent
function
• Analysing exactly how risk is distributed between operators and
contractors
• Exploring operational and mechanical changes which can
determine how risk is allocated to the parties involved in
contract negotiations
• Ensuring an effective planning, management and evaluation of
strategy to mitigate risk and avoid project failures in multi-party
agreements
Khaled El Nahel, Corporate Contracts Department Manager
Combined Group Contracting Co. ( K.S.C.C.)
15:00 Examining ways in which operators and suppliers can
collaborate to align their goals and create a win win
environment
• Outlining the importance of introducing risk management to
procurement contracts to avoid disputes
• Developing methods to mitigate risks in EPC projects to avoid
project delays and disputes
• Discussing effective ways of managing supplier relationships
and diversifying supplier base to mitigate risks and reduce costs
15:30 Afternoon Coffee
16:00 Differences between EPC contracts and design and
build
• What‘s the difference between the two?
• Is there an EPC equivalent of the“design-assist”or“fast-track”
design-build processes
• Comparison with traditional design-bid-build approach
Asel El Housan, Commercial Manager
Drake Scull International
16:30 Panel Discussion: Understanding contract provisions
and systematic reviews for renegotiations
• Analysing the right time and method to renegotiate contract
provisions
• Learning how to renegotiate risk allocation as the situation
changes to improve contract flexibility
• Implementing effective dispute resolution clauses with the
contract to mitigate risk
Panellists
Adeel Memon, Regional Contracts Manager, CPECC, UAE
17:00 Closing Remarks from the Chairman
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5. 8:00 Registration and Coffee
8:50 Opening Remarks from the Chairman
9:00 Discussing the necessity of a paradigm shift in
contracting strategies for a volatile market
• Conflating different Contract forms
• Implementation of equitable risk sharing Contract models
• Attenuating effects of a key project cost and schedule driver
(Procurement)
Keeping a Mega Project Within Budget and scope
9:30 A focus on developing fool-proof Project Control
Mechanism
• How to structure, plan and maintain delivery of the overall
project
• Distilling contract details down the contract matrix
• Delivering an in-house workshop to the project team, creating
awareness of deliverables, rights and red flag clauses
Khalil Issa, Managing Director, ADC Energy Systems, UAE
10:00 Exploring How to Contract a Mega-project
• Handling multiple contractors on-site
• Tackling confidentiality and non-compete clauses
• Successfully managing change orders
Dr. Amjad Siddiqi, Advisor Contracts, ADCO - UAE
10:30 Coffee and Networking Break
11:00 Understanding contract provisions and systematic
reviews for renegotiations
• Analysing the right time and method to renegotiate contract
provisions
• Learning how to renegotiate risk allocation as the situation
changes to improve contract flexibility
• Implementing effective dispute resolution clauses with the
contract to mitigate risk
Shailendra Chouhan, Lead Supervisor (Contracts)
RasGas Company Limited
O. Mike Anwana, FCIPS, Head, Contracts Services
Operations Business Department, RasGas Company Limited
Claims management
11:30 Understanding how to successfully manage claims
• A regular claim based on a monthly progress or a fixed payment
schedule
• A legitimate request for additional compensation (cost and/or
time) on account of a change in the terms of the contract
• A detailed project scope definition and clear interfaces with no
doubt of“grey-zones”
Mohamed A. Thabet, Head of Contracts, Eagel Hill, UAE
12:00 FOCUS SESSION on Contractual Ethics and Contractual
Clames
12:30 How Does Insurance Fit into the project‘s finance
Matrix
• What does the owner want for the project Insurance
• What does the Contractor want from the project Insurance
• What kind of insurance policies to be considered under the
current volatile market scenario
13:00 Networking lunch break
Dispute avoidance and Mitigation assessing new
alternatives
14:00 The effective ways to avoid disputes or to be prepared
for one
• Clauses to be considered while drafting a contract to avoid a
conflict of interest
• Getting to know one’s contract and understanding the risks and
opportunities in contractual clauses and technical exhibits
• The unique experience of handling a specific EPC construction
dispute – how to prevent its recurrence?
14:30 Roundtable : Implementing effective KPI’s in a
contract to ensure better contract performance
• Utilising KPI’s to spot potential challenges or opportunities to
further negotiate contracts
• Selecting the right KPI’s and using them effectively during the
lifecycle of the contract
• Creating clear transparency between client and the vendor to
avoid disputes
Membours
Adeel Memon, Regional Contracts Manager, CPECC, UAE
15:00 Afternoon Coffee
Post-contractual evaluation: Highlighting things
to avoid for Future Contracts
15:30 Comprehensive Risk analysis by evaluating the project
Life cycle
• Dissect individual risks and their sufficient coverage in
contractual terms
• Appraisal of the payment scheme and dealing with claims
• Apply lessons learned in future contracts: ensure effective
• knowledge transfer to the team
16:00 Case study on a successful completion of a contract
life cycle and a focus on post contract evaluation
• Tracking the progress with respect to different phases of a
contract
• Implementations of lessons learnt from the past from the
drafting till the completion of the contract
Masaab Khaled Al Khazraji, Contracts Section Head
Abu Dhabi Sewerage services Company
16:30 Panel Discussion: Understanding contract
provisions and systematic reviews for renegotiations
• Analysing the right time and method to renegotiate contract
provisions
• Learning how to renegotiate risk allocation as the situation
changes to improve contract flexibility
• Implementing effective dispute resolution clauses with the
contract to mitigate risk
17:00 Closing Remarks from the Chairman
Day 2 - 27th
January 2016
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6. Shailendra Chouhan
Shailendra Chouhan has 20 years of experience in procurement
profession. Currently he holds the position of Lead contracts
Engineer in RasGas Company limited. He began his career in India
with Engineers India Limited, a premier consultancy organization
in the field of Oil and Gas. He holds a Bachelor Degree in
Engineering and Professional Diploma in Procurement and Supply. He has been
actively contributing to the profession through community networking events
and paper presentations.
Khaled El Nahel
Highly versatile, result oriented competent claims consultant
and international chartered arbitrator civil engineering
professional 33 years’ experience, including over 10 years
international experience in the Middle East in KSA, Kuwait, Egypt,
Lebanon UAE for project management including contract
management, dispute resolution, legal commercial functions for large EPC
projects.
Khalil Issa
With a track record in developing partnerships, networks, and
multi-disciplinary teams, and minding an objective to associate
the business with a distinctive identity and service delivery
models, I have thrived in the development of start-up companies,
complex business models, or working for established companies
planning growth and diversification.
Some of my most relevant experience is highlighted herein:
• Led extensive team and business model as a founding CEO for a regional
utility and development company capitalized at $ 37.5 million, and a project
finance facility of $55 million
• Headed the development of project lifetime revenues nearing $400 million
worth for shareholders
• Managedgrowthwithlargeprofessionalteamaswellasachieveddownsizing
and restructuring objectives due to difficult market conditions and all that it
entailed in effectively hiring, empowering, and managing heads of units and
staff alike
• Built nearly twenty years of experience in specific disciplines; Business/Project
Development, Sales and Marketing, Communication, Engineering, and
Corporate Planning.
• Developed a good understanding of utilities (power, water, sewage, district
cooling), Build-own-operate schemes, project finance, establishing project
companies and subsidiaries, coordinating with the concerned authorities....
• Established governance processes as well as balance score cards (BSC) for an
enduring performance management culture
Loay Ghazaleh
Loay Ghazaleh, a 1986 Civil Engineering graduate from Texas
A M with Global MBA - Finance from Thunderbird , Arizona is
backed by over 22 years diverse experience in government and
private businesses spanning many sectors in several countries.
Currently I work as the Advisor to H.E. Undersecretary of Works
in Bahrain with primary focus on major infrastructure ,PPP/ affordable housing
advice including structuring, financing and implementation. Earlier I have led
several mega mix use green coastal developments in RAK Properties and with
Burooj Properties in UAE and implemented wide variety of industrial projects
including investors promotion with Zamil Steel , IBSF Saudi Arabia and Abu
Dhabi National Industrial Projects (ADNIP).
O. Mike Anwana
Mike is the currently Head of Contracts Services with RasGas
Company Limited - based in Doha, Qatar and working on major
contracts including EPC, EPCM, Unit rates and Call off contracts,
for operations, maintenance and construction services. Mike was
Managing, Supply Chain Management (Operations, Production
and Engineering) in Shell Group of Companies in Nigeria.
Between 2005 and 2008, Mike was the Contracts and Procurement Manager
with The Shell BP Refinery, in Durban, South Africa where he was responsible
for Contracts, Procurement, Legal, Warehouse and Inventory Management. Mike
also worked with Shell companies in the U.K., Nigeria, and The Netherlands and
handled projects in many others. Mike is currently the Qatar Country Chairman
of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) Mike is also a senior
Consultant with Global Guild-Point and Coleman Consulting Groups of Global
professionals. Mike is a lawyer by training and holds certificates in Supply Chain
Management (CIPS) and Management Competencies(CITAS). A professional
Legal, Contracts/Procurements Leader, with extensive knowledge and expertise
in all aspects of commercial, legal, procurement, contracts and project
Management and gained over 24 years of working in Operations, Production,
Maintenance, Legal and Major Projects in the oil, gas, petrochemical, refining,
off-shore and LNG industries. Mike is recognized globally as leading oil and gas
contracts, procurement and commercial expert. His areas of expertise includes
but not limited to Contract Strategy Dev/Management, Project Management,
Risk Management, Commercial Negotiation, Governance Controls, Supply
Chain Management, Inventory Management, Contract Terms Conditions,
Contract Planning Process, Business Controls, Strategic Commercial Leadership,
Procurement Management, Strategic Supplier Management amongst other.
Mike’s written works include Effectiveness of Tender Bonds in Tendering Process,
Value Driven Supply Chain Strategy in A Monopolistic Supply Market amongst
others.
Mohamed A. Thabet
Mohamed has over 15 year‘s professional experience working on
international construction projects. His integrated contractual
and legal experience covers various aspects of pre and post
contracts stages. Prior to joining Eagle Hills Mohamed was the
Corporate Contracts Commercial Manager at Al Mazaya Real
Estate in Dubai. Whilst at Al Mazaya, Mohamed was responsible for tendering,
contracts, and cost risk management. Prior to that he worked with RW
Armstrong in Abu Dhabi as the Contacts and Commercial Manager. Early in
his career, Mohamed worked in contract management across a number of
organizationsacrosstheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica.Mohamedgraduatedwith
a bachelor‘s degree in Architectural Engineering from Cairo University in Egypt
and has a master‘s degree in Construction Law Arbitration from Robert Gordon
UniversityinAberdeen,UnitedKingdom.MohamedisamemberoftheChartered
Institute of Arbitrators and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Samuel Achampong
Samuel Achampong manages the Chartered Institute of
Procurement and Supply (CIPS) organisation across the Middle
East and North Africa (MENA) region.CIPS exists to promote and
develop high standards of professional skill, ability and integrity
among all those engaged in procurement and supply chain
management. CIPS assists individuals, organisations and the profession as a
whole.
Sanjeev Jha
Commercial, Contract Management, Claims and Dispute
Resolution with 16 plus years of national international
experience (last 7 years in Oil Gas Sector) (last 5 years in
Kazakhstan) responsible for over 13 multi-million pipeline and
process plants (few on brownfield operations) on EPC basis,
averaging USD 250 Million each:-
• Contract Management (pre-award to contract close out) (both buy and sell
side):
Drafted (zero-based, bottoms-up), vetted/reviewed and negotiated
(including commercial aspects pertaining to time and cost) and concluded
contracts, in value terms over US Dollar 1000 millions. Dealt with all forms of
contracts, including FIDIC, Bespoke, etc.
• Claims Management (initiated and defended claims on various projects):
Managing all commercial, contractual issues (including claims and dispute
resolution) from pre-contract award till contract closeout, (project inception
to its completion). Initiated and sucessfully concluded claims over USD 110
millions and defending over USD 50 millions in claims and LD‘s
• Corporate Counsel :-
Established business entities (as JV’s) for doing business in various
jurisdictions/regions after considering regulatory and tax issues. Business
re-structuring process for divestment as well as acquisition of stake/shares.
Speakers
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