
Mike Allen
Global Leader of Contract Solutions, Arcadis, Hong Kong
Mike is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and Partner with Arcadis, and is the Global Leader of Contract Solutions, which is a specialist team (within the Arcadis Group) of 260 professionals based in USA, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He has over 30 years experience in the industry and has worked internationally for many years, with the last 13 years being based full time in Hong Kong. He has extensive experience in procurement and contract strategy, dispute resolution and providing strategic advice to clients on distressed or problem projects.
In addition to working on many construction projects, Mike continues to work on numerous disputes and live projects for Employers, Contractors and Subcontractors. He provides contract advice, has prepared claims and rebuttals, assisted in negotiations and appeared in many different tribunals.
He is experienced in a wide range of civil engineering, building, M&E and process plant contracts, which include the ICE 6th edition, Engineering Construction Contract (NEC), I Chem E Red and Green Book, G90, JCT, GC Works and Sub Contract Forms, which also includes bespoke, simple and situations of no written contract. He also has extensive experience of FIDIC and various standard and ad hoc forms of contract in various countries in Europe, the Middle East, Hong Kong, Philippines, Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, PRC and Australia.
He has also worked on a variety of works which include building, civil engineering, mining, infrastructure, LNG Facilities, Marine Civil Engineering and Process works. This has been in both a project related and Arbitration environment, where the work has involved the analysis of large amounts of data to produce independent valuations related to a range of options required for ‘a fair valuation’.
He has also been involved in a large number of ground, excavation, mining and reclamation works.
He has been appointed as a Quantum Expert Witness on a number of construction disputes, acting for both claimant and respondent, working with major firms of solicitors and barristers. He has given evidence in the High Court twice and in domestic and international Arbitrations on nine occasions, as well as in various Mediations and Conciliations.
Mike is also a CEDR accredited mediator