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Curriculum Vitae of William BUYSE, M.Sc.
C.E.O. of C.E.M. Consulting
Name: William BUYSE
Company Name: C.E.M. Consulting bvba
Street Address: Monshof 32
City: Bocholt
Postal code: 3950
Country: Belgium
Email Address: buyse@cem-eao.be
Phone: +32-89-47.13.29
Fax: +32-89-46.64.79
Education and training
M. Sc. in civil engineering in construction from the University of Ghent, Belgium. Legal degree obtained in 1965; engineering degree at university with "Sewerage works and water treatment systems".
Postgraduate qualifications:
CPM-planning from the University of Antwerp, Belgium
Management of New Projects and Computer at University of Leuven, Belgium
Business Administration from the University of Brussels, Belgium
Grout Techniques with Webac at Hamburg, Germany
Savety Co-ordination in Construction from Syntra at Hasselt, Belgium
Degree of "Expert
witness in litigation" from the Law Faculty of Ghent
Attended international conferences and workshops on arbitration, mediation and dispute resolution in New York, Geneva, Los Angeles, Brussels, San Francisco, Bahrain, Dubai and Orlando organised by the A.A.A., WIPO, I.C.C., G.C.C. Arbitration Center, FIDIC.
Dispute Resolution Board Training and workshops:
Dispute adjudication boards on FIDIC contracts in Brussels, Belgium
DRBF Administration and Practise Workshop in Seattle, USA
DRBF Advanced Chairing Workshop in Denver, USA
Career and professional positions held
1987- present: Founder and C.E.O. of C.E.M. Consulting, giving advice for solving technical problems in the construction industry incl. arbitration and mediation, expert witness appointments by the Belgian courts esp. in appeal cases.
1986-87: Special adviser to the secretary-general of S.A.E. (Société Auxiliaire d'Entreprises) in the Paris head office, France for the preparation of claims to overseas projects in the Middle-East and Africa. Also claim adviser for the French companies Someco and Quillery.
1984-85: Project manager for the Consultant M+R International on a major housing development in Saudi Arabia, located at Al Hofuf.
1971-84: Project manager for the contractor Six-Construct for different projects in the Middle East: fertiliser plant in Qatar, deepwater harbour in Muscat - Sultanate of Oman, cement plant in Sharjah - U.A.E., Al Qaim fertiliser complex in Iraq and for Six-Co Ltd in Houston - USA.
1968-70: Head of the technical and planning office on a major road project with the contractor ICECO in Burkina Faso - Africa.
1965-68: Engineer with SECO, an organisation controlling design and construction of all major government construction projects in Belgium.
Worked on different projects in joint-ventures with the French company Fives-Cail-Babcock, the German companies Thyssen Schachtbau and Hochtief and the Belgian general contractor Sybetra.
Memberships
Member of K.VIV, the federation of the Flemish Engineers M. Sc. in Belgium
Member of AIG, the civil engineers graduated from the University of Ghent
President of KRID, chamber of registered engineer-experts in Belgium
On the board of directors of FEBEX, Belgian federation of expert witnesses
Member of DBF at Geneva-Switzerland
On the panel of arbitrators with CEPANI and I.C.C. (International Chamber of Commerce, Brussels & Paris
On the panel of arbitrators with the G.C.C. Arbitration Centre in Bahrain
On the panel of expert witnesses in litigation with the Belgian courts
Member of the DRB Foundation at Seattle - USA
International Experience
Belgium, France, USA, Burkina Faso, Qatar, Sultanate Oman, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Saudi Arabia.
Further regular contacts in India, Sri Lanka, Lebanon, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Philippines, Kuwait and most of the EU countries.
Languages
Fluent as well spoken as written in Dutch (native tongue), English, French and German. Notions of Arabic.
Publications
Contractual Management: a comparison between the 3rd and 4th edition of the FIDIC contract conditions.
Lecturer in seminars on Contract Management, Arbitration and Expert Witness in litigation.
Various articles in business magazines and newspapers on the use of arbitration and mediation for business disputes incl. radio and television interviews.
Major project involvement
E40 motorway in Belgium, esp. bridges and flyovers
165 km asphalt road from Ouagadougou to the Ghana border in Burkina Faso, including various bridges and dams, project financed by the FED
Umm Saïd fertiliser plant in Qatar
Qaboos deepwater habour in Mutrah, Muscat in the Sultanate of Oman
Fishing harbour at Ajman, U.A.E.
Cement plant at Sharjah, U.A.E.
Al Qaim phosphate fertiliser complex in Iraq
Akashat mine project in Iraq
Major housing development in Al Hufuf, Saudi Arabia
Military Project in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Housing project in Qateef, Saudi Arabia
Electrification project in Baiji, Iraq
Irrigation project in Kirkuk, Iraq
Schoolcomplex in Algeria
Development project of the new Anah city in Iraq
Hospital project in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Important old people's home in Brussels, Belgium
Renovation of the Berlaymont building of the EU in Brussels, Belgium
Special experience
Professional engineer with 40+ years of experience in a very wide range of the construction business: roads and highways, bridges and flyovers, tunnels, dams, industrial complexes, fishing and deepwater harbours, residential and commercial site developments, power plants, pumping stations, water treatment plants, railroads, drainage and sewerage, infrastructure projects, low and high-rise buildings.
Experience as well as contractor as construction consultant in the function of resident project manager or resident engineer on overseas projects, especially in Africa and the Middle East.
Management of large construction projects involving high number of personnel.
Extensive, practical experience of the use of FIDIC contract conditions and this both as consultant and as contractor.
Substantial experience of construction contract matters in drafting contracts and subcontractors terms, estimating contract prices, scheduling and planning, field operations and organisation, claim preparation.
Regularly appointed as expert witness in litigation by the Belgian courts.
Held management and executive positions.
Major experience in solving constructions problems as well technical as contractual.
Specialised in contractual matters including legal share due to the obtained legal degree.
Special skills due to long experience (more than 15 years overseas) in working and negotiating with people of different cultures.
Substantial experience and skills in dispute resolution. Have been involved in over 300 procedures in arbitration and mediation.
DRB training course: ECV-FIDIC course in Brussels and with the DRBF in Seattle.
Fluent in Dutch, English, French and German.
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