Construction Adjudication Prompt Payment Symposium Alberta

HKA is an event sponsor at the Construction Adjudication Prompt Payment Symposium Alberta hosted by ADRIA, ADRIC, and the RICS in partnership as the ADR Institutes/RICS Construction Adjudication Nominating Authority (Alberta) ARCANA (AB).

We are pleased to share that Franco Mastrandrea, Partner, will be speaking twice on the day.

At 12:35, Franco will be a speaker on a panel, moderated by Matt Ainley (General Contractors Allinace), with Chad Kopach (Blaney McMurty LLP) and Paul Winfield (FCIArb) on Getting Ready for Adjudication – Lessons Learned: Ontario & International Perspectives.

At 16:50, Franco will be speaking on a panel, moderated by Jordan Crone (Gowling WLG), with Paul Conway ARCANA (AB) Rep. on ARCANA (AB) Support on Practical Implementation of Adjudication Procedure, Process, Forms.

Franco Mastrandrea is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and Chartered Arbitrator with over 40 years of experience in the construction industry. He has acted as expert on more than 50 international project management, delay and quantum-related disputes.

Franco is widely regarded as an expert who is both well qualified and highly experienced in complex construction issues. He is able to identify the key issues of principle in construction appraisal disputes and provide clients with greater clarity as to project performance. Franco combines management, construction and legal knowledge, enabling him to deliver balanced opinions on the performance of those involved in projects, and objective appraisals of the appropriate or likely outcomes.

Franco holds a doctorate that addresses the law, practice and quantification of construction claims. He is a CEDR-accredited mediator, on the RICS register of Dispute Board Members and the FIDIC President’s list of adjudicators, a Chartered Arbitrator, and on arbitrator lists maintained by RICS and international arbitration centres in Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore. Franco has written extensively on the evaluation of construction claims and is listed in Who’s Who Legal as a “highly respected expert” who is “a really extraordinary witness”.