What the Audience Say

“Not only did this year’s conference tackle recent developments in the industry, it also looked forward to impending future changes.

Undoubtedly the most enjoyable, engaging and useful part of the conference for me, despite it being the last session of the day, was the interactive panel discussion ‘A Dialogue Between Leading Practitioners’.Presented by four esteemed Legal Experts, it ended with real life examples and questions from the audience, which were discussed and deliberated by the Panel from a legal aspect.

As it has now come to be expected, the conference was attended by a diverse audience of over 200 people from governmental and public sector bodies, contractors, sub-contractors, suppliers, lawyers and consultants, being testament to the wide reach of the Society.

Once again the organisation of the event, the venue and the refreshments were all above faultless.

Thanks goes out to the Secretariat and the Speakers for a splendid event.”

Jim Chessell - Associate Director, BK Burns Pte Ltd, Singapore

“This year’s Annual Construction Law Conference was held on 14 September in the Legends Ballroom at Hotel Fort Canning. The morning sessions of the conference dealt with expert assessments and legal opinion on dealing with and examining construction delay events and occurrences of defects on construction projects.

The opening morning session included a practical overview of delay methodology from Mr Jonathan Prudhoe of Navigant Consulting and Mr Trevor Lam of CTBH, which in turn led to a panel discussion with Ms Lucy Garrett of Keating Chambers and Mr Shourav Lahiri of Lahiri LLC regarding the current legal position on the use and recognition of prospective and retrospective forms of delay analysis, and a brief commentary on true concurrency of delay.     

The second half of the morning session delved into issues with construction defects, which included an engaging view on how structural defects are forensically investigated and examined by Dr Sean Brady of Brady Heywood and an insightful view on dealing with architectural defects and good practice by Mr Chan Kok Way of SD Architects & Associates. The session also included views on contractual provisions and common defect related disputes between parties by Mr Anil Changaroth of ChangAroth Chambers and Mr Ho Chien Mien of Allen & Gledhill.

Both sessions were followed by questions from members of the large group of attendees.

Thanks to all of those involved, who provided highly informative and stimulating viewpoints, which reflected the depth of experience in both delay and defect related matters.”

Samuel Widdowson - Director, Navigant Consulting (APAC) Pte. Ltd. (who was only able to attend the morning session due to pressing work commitments)

“I feel that SCL (Singapore) Annual Construction Law Conference 2017 is well organised and gives the practitioners in the construction industry an opportunity to hear from eminent speakers both local and overseas on the latest trends and developments relating to construction law and practice in changing times. The conference also gives industry players a platform to exchange ideas and discuss about hot button issues faced in the industry.”

Sim Chee Siong – Partner, International Arbitration, Construction & Projects, Rajah & Tann LLP

“As a first time attendee of the SCL Singapore event I was immediately impressed by the conference location in the sanctuary of Hotel Fort Canning.  I really enjoyed the panel format of the presentation, which created a range of views and some debate on different issues.  This made the sessions engaging and generated some lively discussions.  Finally there was great attendance from many different backgrounds including Clients, Contractors, Barristers, Lawyers and Consultants from various geographic locations to network during the breaks.  All in all a great conference.” 

Dave Andrews – Director, TBH, Melbourne