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Norman Faifer has over 30 years of extensive experience in the Building and Construction industry. |
A summary of Norman's experience , qualifications
, CPD , other professional activities
and corporate clients
is listed below.
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Extensive experience, gained in over 30 years involvement in the Building
and Construction industry as a Master Builder, Quantity Surveyor and Building
Disputes Settlement Practitioner.
Experienced
in medium to large, industrial, commercial, residential, educational and
institutional works (L.U. Simon Builders – 15 years) and in large
project management arrangements, e.g.:
Station Pier Condominiums.
Sound grounding
in both office and on-site building operations including technical, financial,
administrative, organisational, managerial, tendering and purchasing functions.
Director/General
Manager of own building company (MBAV member) specialising in prestige
home and smaller multi-unit residential and medium size commercial/industrial
building works.
Principal in
private practice as a consultant, as a consulting Master Builder, Quantity
Surveyor and Building Disputes Settlement Practitioner.
Intricate knowledge
of Building Contracts and their operation including: AS 4000, AS 2124,
JCC, GCC, NPWC, SBW 2, HC 5, HIC 4 and SC 6, head contract and relevant
companion sub-contract standard form suites. Expertise with financial
institutions tripartite agreements.
QUALIFICATIONS
Master of Technology
(Construction) (Swinburne)
Majoring in Project Management, Construction Technology, Construction
Law & Administration, Human Resources.
Thesis: Arbitration as a Disputes Settlement Procedure in
the Building Industry
Certificate
of Concrete Technology (Monash)
Diploma of
Quantity Surveying (RMIT)
Diploma of
Building (RMIT)
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(CPD)
A) In accord with current professional and building industry practice have
attended may courses including the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators
Australia Arbitration and Adjudicator Accreditation courses, the
Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors Adjudication Seminar and Expert
Witness Course, the Master Builders Association of Victoria Certificate
III in Occupational Health and Safety and other occasional seminars, the
Australian Institute of Building and the Building Disputes Practitioners
Society’s occasional seminars and site visits and other matters
pertaining to the Building and Construction Industry. This is a continuing
commitment.
B) In addition to attending courses and events I was
the President of the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of
Building (2007 – 2009) and a member of the AIB’s National Council
(2007 – 2009). In these capacities I have kept up to date with trends
and practices in the professions and in industry.
Member of the Master Builders Association of Victoria
(Registered Master Builder no. 4297)
Registered Building Practitioner (Vic):
Quantity Surveyor
(QS 1037)
Domestic Builder
Unlimited (DB U 3930)
Commercial
Builder Unlimited (CB U 2726)
Registered
House Builder
(Housing Guarantee Fund Limited reg. no. 24083)
Occasional lecturer in Building and Quantity Surveying
subjects at:
RMIT University
Swinburne University
of Technology
The University
of Melbourne
Have regularly consulted for large property and asset groups
to advise on development and maintenance aspects of new and existing holdings
and beginning and end of term lease arrangements. (Joss Property Group,
Austrim Textile Group, Adams Group, Caprice/Calum Group, Keller Group).