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Speaker: Ar. Koh Beng Teck
Date: 10 March 2018
Time: 9:00am – 12:30pm
Venue: Auditorium, Level 2, PAM Centre, Jalan Tandok, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur

Speakers' Biography

Ar Koh Beng Teck, at the nice age of 73 years, has been in the field of architecture for close to 50 years.

He graduated from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom in the year 1969 with the degree of Bachelor of Architecture, Honours. Koh attended Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur for his
secondary school education.

Koh began his architectural career with the firm of James Ferrie & Partners in Kuala Lumpur. Over
the years he also worked in many of the major firms in Kuala Lumpur. For a period of time Koh had his own practice known as BT Koh & Associates. Currently he is an Associate with Hajeedar & Associates, the firm of his good and long-time friend.

Koh has been in the Arbitration sphere for some 15 years or so. He is on both the PAM and LAM Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) panels. The latter deals with disputes on architectural fees, while PAM deals with disputes arising in the PAM building contract. Koh has sat as arbitrator on some 30 - 40 cases, the bulk of which is on PAM 2006. Values of the arbitrations have ranged from RM100,000 to RM70, 000,000.

Koh’s speciality or focus in arbitration is the PAM Agreement and Conditions of PAM Contract 2006 (which superseded the 1998 version).

Finally, Koh is a consultant, on architectural and contractual matters, to several architectural firms as well as employers, contractors and sub-contractors.

Structure of the talk

SESSION 1 OF 3 ARBITRATION IN A NUTSHELL
In General & in Malaysia - 30 mins

SESSION 2 OF 3 ARBITRATION AND PAM BUILDING CONTRACT 2006
(WITH 3 or 4 CASE STUDIES - 60 mins.)

When is an NSC not an NSC?
Determination – Terminology in Contract & Arbitration
Final Accounts – Adjudicate, Arbitrate or Litigate?
Interim Certificates – What deductions are allowed? Pay when paid?
Defects, DLP and Third Party Contractors

SESSION 3 OF 3 Q & A ON MATTERS RAISED BY THE AUDIENCE
(On Arbitration or PAM 2006 -60 mins)

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