van Langelaar, Anton

Pr Eng, PMP ® , FAArb, MCIArb

Mr Anton van Langelaar, in addition to being a qualified and experienced Professional Engineer and Project Manager, is an Accredited Adjudicator, Mediator and Arbitrator and a Dispute Board and Contracts Specialist. Formal education includes engineering, project management, mediation, adjudication, arbitration and financial management qualifications.

 FIDIC Presidents List of approved Dispute Adjudicators – 2016
 FIDIC Certified Adjudicator – 1 April 2021
 FIDIC – Affiliate Member 2016
 Project Management Institute- member -73366 – May 1998
 National Adjudicator’s List – Senior Adjudicator (Namibia)- Nov 2019
 CESA President’s Panel of Mediators / Arbitrators/ Adjudicators
 Association of Arbitrators SA (AoA) Arbitrator, Adjudicator and Mediator Panel
 CD/ACDS – Accredited Commercial Mediator, SA
 CEDR- Accredited Commercial Mediator
 CEDR-Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution Exchange Network, UK– 8 July 2013
 Member – Dispute resolution Board Foundation (DRBF) – was also RSA Country representative
 Member- Society for Construction Law, UK
 ECSA Mentor- May 1997

This is my full-time occupation for the past 10 years andpart time prior to that. I serve on several Dispute Boards both as Member and as Chair and have conducted many adjudications, mediations and dispute avoidance sessions over this period. Jurisdictions of experience include Roman-Dutch, Common, Civil and State of New York Law.

FIDIC Emerald Book (2019); FIDIC Silver Book (1999 & 2017); FIDIC Yellow Book (1999 & 2017); FIDIC Pink Book (1999 & 2017); FIDIC Red Book (IV, 1999 & 2017); FIDIC White Book; ICE Design Build; ICE Employer Design

PRESENT AND PREVIOUS POSITION:

Dispute Avoidance and Resolution Practitioner and Dispute Board and Contracts Specialist.  Acts as both Chair and Member of Dispute Boards and as Adjudicator (FIDIC accredited) and Mediator (CEDR/CD/ACDS Accredited Commercial Mediator) for international (Asia, Europe and Africa) and domestic (South Africa) projects which include rail (rural and metro), road reconstruction and rehabilitation, bridges, tunnels, significant buildings, dams, hydropower, underground works, steel pipelines, waste and clear water treatment works and border post facilities. Listed on 10 Dispute Resolution and other panels. Total professional experience spans 40 years which included Contracts Expert / Specialist, FIDIC “Engineer”, Programme and Project Manager, Director and Head of Claims Section for US$ 19,000 million high speed rail project, Resident Engineer and Site Agent. 

PROJECT EXPERIENCE:

Includes High Speed Rail (US$ 19,000 mil), Intercity, Commuter and Freight Rail Immersed Tube, Tunnels and Stations (US$ 2,200 mil), Intercity, Commuter and Freight Rail (US$ 1,800 mil), Rural Rail Rehabilitation Projects (rail projects inclusive of TBM, NATM, D&B and C&C tunnels; heavy civil works; bridges, viaducts and other structures; track, stations and depots, incl. buildings and roads; core systems, incl. rolling stock, traction power, signalling, wayside E&M, overhead catenary system, OCC, SCADA, MMS, PIS, AFCS, etc.), River Bridge Project (US$ 282 mil), Bulk Water Supply (US$ 2,800 mil) (large diameter steel pipelines, pump stations, WTW, dams, tunnels), Acid Mine Drainage (US$ 210 mil), Roller Compacted Concrete, Earth Fill and Concrete Dams (US$ 3,000 mil) and hydropower, TBM and D&B Water Transfer Tunnels and Weir (US$ 1,200 mil), Clear and Waste Water Treatment Works (US$ 100 mil), National, Provincial and Major Municipal Roads (US$ 450 mil), Mining Project (inclusive of ancillary works) (US$ 350 mil), One Stop Border Post Facility (US$ 30 mil), various road and airport maintenance and rehabilitation projects, public buildings, shopping malls, property development, municipal and labour intensive construction projects. DB, programme and project manager for dealing with heavy civils, dam, tunnel, road, railway, pipeline, pump station and building specific claims/variations and disputes for additional payment and extension of time totalling some US$ 2,300 million. Jurisdictions of experience include Roman-Dutch Law, Common Law, Civil Law and State of New York Law.

OTHER:

Presenter and tutor at introductory and advanced workshops on Dispute Boards and guest lecturer at post graduate university programmes. Author of several articles and contributor to books on Dispute Boards and  dispute avoidance and resolution. Contributor to various standards and guidelines and reviewer of the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Underground Works, First Edition 2019. Past member of Assessment Committee for FIDIC President’s List “Adjudicator” Assessment.