Toshihiko Omoto

Overview

Experienced Arbitrator, Mediator and Dispute Board Adjudicator.

Country Experience

Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsula, Borneo), Singapore, Bangladesh, Nepal, Turkey, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Nigeria, Kenya, Madagascar, Algeria.

Languages Spoken – Japanese, English

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Academic Qualifications

• Dr of Engineering (Kyoto University, Japan).
• BSc & MSc in Civil Engineering (Kyoto University, Japan).
• MSc in Construction Law & Arbitration (King’s College, University of London).

Professional Qualifications

• Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb.), UK.
• First-Class Civil Engineer (Works Execution Managing Engineer), Japan.

Professional Memberships

• Member, Engineering and Consulting Firms Association, Japan (ECFA).
• Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
• Member, Society of Construction Law, UK.
• Professional Member, Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF).
• Fellow, Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE).
• Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE), UK.

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Official Positions

• FIDIC President’s List of Approved Dispute Adjudicator.
• FIDIC Certified Trainer.

Panel Listings

• FIDIC President’s List of Approved Adjudicators.
• ECFA’s List of Approved Dispute Board Adjudicators.
• Panel of Arbitrators, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC).
• Panel of Arbitrators, Vietnam International Arbitration Center (VIAC).
• Arbitrator and Mediator, Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC).
• Recommended International Arbitrators, Pacific International Arbitration Centre (PIAC).
• Panel of Arbitrator, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA).
• Panel of Mediator, Japan International Mediation Center, Kyoto, Japan (JIMC).

Professional Committee/Activities

• Advisor, Japan International Mediation Center, Kyoto, Japan (JIMC).
• Visiting Researcher, Service Center of Port Engineering (SCOPE).
• Chairman and member of several committees of Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Japan.
• Advisor, Japan Chapter, Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF).
• International Chamber of Commerce Commission on Arbitration, Task Force on Dispute Boards.
• Senior Advisor, Japan Chapter of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

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Lecturing and Teaching

• Distinguished Professor, School of Management (MBA), Kyoto University.

Project Experience

Professional Experience

• Since completing MSc in Kyoto University in 1974 until June 2000, employed by a major Japanese international engineering and construction company. For the first ten years, the main assignments involved project management, i.e., work supervision, cost control, quality control, and schedule control. During last fifteen years, assignments involved mainly contract administration, claim negotiation, and dispute settlement.
• In July 2000, I established an independent consultant on construction management and dispute resolution in engineering and construction projects, advising owners, contractors, consultants, governmental bodies, manufacturers, insurers and other professionals. Also, have served as Neutral such as Arbitrator, Mediator and Dispute Board Member. As of April 2006, became a full time Professor at Kyoto University. Since April 2010, Distinguished Professor at Kyoto University.

Experience as Arbitrator

• Serving as Arbitrator for disputes in international infrastructure construction projects.

Experience as Mediator

• Serving as Mediator for both Japanese and international commercial disputes.

Experience as DB

As DB (Dispute Board) Member for international construction projects and as a one-person DRB for a plant operation and maintenance contract in Japan.

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Detailed Project Experience

Jul 2000 – Current

• DAB Chairman for Hydro Electric Power Plant Project in Cisokan, West Java, Indonesia
• DAB Member for Bridge Construction, Kalna, Bangladesh
• Sole DAB Member for Airport Construction, Papua New Guinea
• DAB Member for Port Construction 2, Toamasina, Madagascar
• DAB Chairman for Port Construction 2, Patimban, Indonesia
• Sole DAB Member for Bridge Construction, Gyain Kawkareik, Myanmar
• DAB Chairman for Batang Toru HEPP, Indonesia
• Sole DAB Member for Hospital Construction, Gale, Sri Lanka
• DAB Chairman for Port Construction, Patimban, Indonesia
• Sole DAB Member for Road project, Thilawa, Myanmar
• Sole DAB Member for Port Construction, Toamasina, Madagascar
• Arbitrator for Construction of Highway, Vietnam
• Arbitrator for Design of Hospital, Vietnam
• Advising Water Treatment Plant, Iraq
• Advising Water Main, Sri Lanka
• Advising Insurance Company for Analysis of Tunnel Collapse in Algeria
•  DAB Member for Port Construction, Port d’Ehola, Madagascar
• Advising Hydropower Station, Kenya
• Arbitrator for Irrigation Project in Nepal
• Sole DRB Member for Operation and Maintenance Contract for Gas Turbine Power Plant, Chiba, Japan (after successful settlement of Mediation below)
• Mediator for Operation and Maintenance Contract for Gas Turbine Power Plant, Chiba, Japan
• Advising Insurance Company for Analysis of Tunnel Collapse in Indonesia
• Advising Ministry of Construction for Preparation of Tender Documents for Haneda Airport D-Run Extension
• DAB Member, Water Main Tunnel, Kunming, China
• Advising Hydropower Station, Kenya/Water Main, Sri Lanka/Water Treatment Plant, Iraq

2010 – Current

• Distinguished Professor, Kyoto University

2006 – 2010

• Professor, Kyoto University

Jun 2000

• Resigned from Taisei Corporation and started Private Consultant for Contract Management & Dispute Resolution

Feb 1996 – Jun 2000

• Project Manager for Suspension Bridge for Highway, Taiwan. Project Manager for Rangoon Airport, Burma. Project Manager for Cement Factory, Vietnam, Project Manager for Water Treatment Plant, Kanpur, Pakistan, etc. and oversaw Company’s Overseas Projects in various areas worldwide such as Latin America, Middle East, South East Asia, South Asia, Africa.

Jul 1987 – Dec 1988

• Contract Management/Claim Settlement, Cirata HEPP (including Dam, Tunnels, Underground Power Station etc.), Cirata, West Java, Indonesia

Sep 1985 – Jul 1987

• Contract Management/Dispute Resolution from Head Office, including Marshyangdi HEPP – Nepal, Rio Grande HEPP – Colombia, Coal Power Plant – Peru

Jul 1983 – Sep 1985

• Project Control/Contract Management, Civil Work for Oil Refinery, Mina Ahamadi, Kuwait

Mar 1982 – Apr 1983

• Project Control, Site Preparation for Bintul Fertilizer, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Jan 1980 – Jan 1981

• Site Supervision/Project Control, Product Wharf (off-shore) for Honam Refinery, South Korea

Jul 1977 – Jul 1979

• Site Supervision, Civil Work for Oil Refinery, Kaduna, Nigeria

Apr 1976 – Jun 1977

• Site Supervision, Submerged Tunnel for Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Japan

Apr 1974 – Apr 1976

• Site Supervision: Pumping Station, Tone River, Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan

Apr 1974

• Joined Taisei Corporation (Construction and Engineering Contractor)

Mar 1974

• Completed MSc in Civil Engineering, Kyoto University

Mar 1972

• Completed BSc in Civil Engineering, Kyoto University