Volker Jurowich

Overview

Volker is a civil engineer with an engineering diploma of the Technical University Aachen, Germany. After completion of the diploma Volker joined Ed. Züblin AG, a major German contractor, working in Germany and in many countries worldwide. He has been working for Züblin for approximately 35 years.

After his retirement from Züblin until today Volker focused on dispute resolution on mayor infrastructure projects worldwide. He has also been retained as a contract advisor by Sinohydro of PRC for the development of its international business.

Country Experience

Germany, Austria, Jordan, Lebanon, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Sudan, Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa, Mali, Russia, PR China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Pakistan, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Cabo Verde.

Languages Spoken – German (native language), English (fluent), French (fair) and Spanish (fair).

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Academic Qualifications

• Post-graduate Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration – Queen Mary University of London, 2003/2004.

Panel Listings

• Beijing Arbitration Commission:  Listed on the Commission’s Panel of Arbitrators.
• German National List of FIDIC Adjudicators.
• Chairman of the Assessment Panel of VBI for FIDIC Approved Adjudicators in Germany (until 2023).
• FIDIC President’s List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators – Listed on the President’s List until 31 Dec. 2023, when retired.
• Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF) Seattle, Washington, USA – President of the Executive Board (Oct. 2011 to Oct.2012).

Project Experience

Professional Experience

May 1969 – Sept 1969 Ed. Züblin AG

• Technical design department, Branch office Duisburg, Germany.
• Responsibility: Stress analysis for industrial buildings.

Sept 1969 – June 1970  Ed. Züblin AG

• Delegated to Rio Lindo Joint Venture, Honduras, Central America.
• Construction of the Rio Lindo Hydroelectric Plant incl. Rockfill Dam, 8 km Steel Penstock, Powerhouse.
• Employer:  ENEE, Tegucigalpa.
• Contract value:  € 42 Mio.
• Responsibility: Section engineer for construction of penstocks, design of temporary works, measurement and monthly payment application, preparation of detailed construction drawings based on Engineer´s design.

June 1970 – Aug 1971 Ed. Züblin AG

• Technical design department, Branch office Duisburg.
• Responsibility: Stress analysis for industrial building.
• Participant in the contract negotiation team for Kamburu Hydroelectric Project, Kenia.

Aug 1971 – July 1973 Ed. Züblin AG

• Delegated to Tarbela Dam Joint Venture, Pakistan.
• Construction of Tarbela Hydroelectric Project.
• Rockfill Dam, hight: 145 m, crest length: 2,740 m, fill: 150 Mio m3, concrete: 2,5 Mio m3 (intake structures, service spillway, auxiliary spillway, tunnels, buttress dam, power house.
• Employer:  WAPDA, Lahore, Pakistan.
• Contract value:  € 1,250 Mio.
• Responsibility: Section engineer, intake structures and later Service Spillway, works preparation, works execution, responsibility for cost and progress.

Aug 1973 – July 1977 Ed. Züblin AG

• Delegated to Joint Venture Kölnbreinsperre, Austria.
• Construction of Double Arch Concrete Dam 220 m high in the Alps Mountains, concrete volume: 1.6 Mio m3.
• Employer: Draukraftwerke AG, Klagenfurt, Austria.
• Contract value:  € 100 Mio.
• Responsibility: General Works Superintendent.

Oct 1976

• Appointed Senior Engineer of Ed. Züblin AG.

Aug 1977 Ed. Züblin AG, Overseas Division Duisburg

• Position:  Technical Manager Overseas Division.
• Responsibility: Business development, project evaluation, tendering incl. construction methods, scheduling, pricing, contract negotiation, contract execution, staff selection and delegation, control of contract administration, evaluation of variations and claims. negotiations with Employer and Engineer Dispute Resolution, Arbitration.
  
   
  Major Projects Executed
   
  Puerto Limon, Costa Rica
  Construction of container berth and Ro-Ro jetty, spun concrete piles, gravity wall, dredging, fill, underwater blasting.
  Employer:  Ministry of Public Works.
  Contractor: Joint Venture Puerto Limon.
  Contract value:  € 35 Mio (1978 – 1980).
   
  Al Thawra, Main Sewer Line, Bagdad, Iraq
  Construction of 16 km Sewer line in Bagdad with precast concrete pipes, dia 1.8 – 3.0 m.
  Employer:  State contracting company for water and sewages projects.
  Contractor: Züblin.
  Contract value:  € 36 Mio.
   
  Methanol Plant, Labuan, Malaysia
  Civil works for Turnkey Methanol Plant.
  Employer:  Sabah Gas Industries, Klöckner-Ina.
  Contractor: Züblin.
  Contract value:  € 55 Mio.
   
  El Cajon Dam, Honduras
  Construction of Double Arch Dam, 225 m high.
  Concrete volume: 1,7 Mio m3.
  Employer:  ENEE, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  Contractor:  Joint Venture El Cajon.
  Contract value:  € 330 Mio.
  Add. assignment: Member of Executive Committee of the Joint Venture.
   
  Mosul Dam, Iraq
  Construction of rockfill Dam, high: 100m, crest length: 3600m.
  Powerhouse: 750 MW, pump storage scheme: 225 MW, fill: 94 Mio m3, excavation: 12 Mio m3, concrete: 3 Mio m3.
  Employer: Ministry of Irrigation, State Organization of Dams, Bagdad, Iraq.
  Contractor: Joint Venture Mosul Dam.
  Contract value:  € 1,500 Mio.
  Add. assignment: Member of Executive Committee and later Supervisory Board.
   
  Gallito Ciego Dam, Peru
  Construction of Rockfill Dam, hight: 102m, crest length: 750m, fill: 14,5 Mio m³.
  Employer:  Government of Peru.
  Contractor: Joint Venture, Züblin Sponsor.
  Contract value: € 125 Mio.
  Add. assignment:  Chairman of Executive Committee.
   
  Manantali Dam, Mali
  Construction of Buttress Dam, length: 471m, hight: 66m.
  Rockfill Dam, length:1000m.
  Employer: OMVS, Dakar, Senegal.
  Contractor: Manantali Joint Venture, Züblin Sponsor.
  Contract value: € 400 Mio.
  Add. assignment: Chairman of Executive Committee.
   
  Clyde Dam, New Zealand
  Construction of Concrete gravity Dam, hight: 103m, length: 500m, concrete volume: 850 000 m³.
  Employer: Ministry of Works, Wellington.
  Contractor: Clyde Dam Joint Venture, Züblin Sponsor.
  Contract value: € 100 Mio.
  Add. assignment: Chairman of Executive Committee.
   
  Yacyreta Dam, Argentina – Paraguay
  Construction of 60km Rockfill Dams, concrete structures, power house.
  Fill: 81 Mio m³, concrete: 3 Mio m³.
  Employer: EBY, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  Contractor: Joint Venture Yacyreta.
  Contract value: € 1,800 Mio.
  Add. assignment:  Member of Board of Directors.
   
  Port Lome, Togo
  Construction of Pier, 250m long.
  Employer:  Government of Togo.
  Contractor: Joint Venture Port Lome.
  Contract value: € 33 Mio.
  Add. assignment: Member of the Executive Committee.
   
  Oil Berth, Port of Aqaba, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
  On-shore and off-shore facilities for handling and discharging of crude-oil road tankers to 270.000 dwt vessels.
  Employer: Aqaba Ports Corporation, Jordan.
  Contractor: Ed. Züblin AG.
  Contract value: € 15 Mio.

1986

• Appointed Director of Ed. Züblin AG, Overseas Division Duisburg

Aug 1988

• Appointed Executive Director Ed. Züblin AG, Stuttgart.
• Position held to 31 July 2003, when retired.
• Responsibilities: Branch offices Berlin and Hamburg, Overseas Divisions Duisburg and Stuttgart.
  
  Major Projects Executed
• Xinsha Port, P.R. China.
• Sewerage Lines, Shanghai, P.R. China.
• Xiaolangdi HEP, Lot 2, P.R. China.
  • Construction of intakes, tunnels, outlets and spillways.
  • Contractor: Joint Venture, Züblin Sponsor.
  • Contract value: € 700 Mio.
  • Add. Assignment: Chairman of the Supervisory Board.
• Industrial Buildings, Shanghai, P.R. China.
• Subway Lines, Taipei, Taiwan (TBM).
• Krung Thep Bridge, Bangkok, Thailand.
• Ting Kau Bridge, Hongkong.
• Chip Factory, Malaysia.
• Container Port Sepangar Bay, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
• Underground Parking, Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• New Marine Base, Mussafah, Abu Dhabi.
• Subway Lines Singapore (TBM).
• Ghazi Barotha HEP Project, Pakistan.
  • Construction of Concrete Structures and 52 km Canal.
  • Employer: WAPDA, Lahore.
  • Contractor: Joint Venture Ghazi Barotha Contractors.
  • Contract value: € 500 Mio.
  • Add. assignment: Member of Supervisory Board.
• Lebanese University Hadath, Beirut, Lebanon.
  • Turnkey construction of new University.
  • Employer: Government of Lebanon.
  • Contractor: Joint Venture, Züblin Sponsor.
  • Contract value: € 200 Mio.
• Various contracts in Abu Dhabi, Egypt, Ethiopia etc.
• Lesotho Highlands Project, Lesotho.
• Various contracts in Chile.
• Housing projects in Russia for Russian Army.
• Development of Contract Mining in Chile (Copper Mines) and Peru (Gold Mine).
• In Germany:
  • Development of Züblin activities in East Germany, all fields of construction.

Other Activities

• Confederation of German Industries (BDI), Berlin.
  • Speaker of Working Group “International Trade in Services” (until May 2004).
• North Africa – Middle East Initiative of the German Industry (NMI).
  • Speaker of the German Industry for Afghanistan and Pakistan (until 2005).
• University of Stuttgart.
  • Lecturer “International Construction” (2003 to 2018).
• International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Paris.
  • Member of Working Group on Dispute Boards.
  • (Completed: ICC Dispute Board Rules published 9/2004).
• European Services Forum (ESF) Brussels.
  • Member of the Leaders Group (until 2003).
• German Pakistan Forum, Berlin.
  • Member.
• German National Committee on Dams (DTK).
• Member of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF).
• Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
• Member Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI).
  • (Federation of German Engineers).
• Member Verein Beratender Ingenieure (VBI).
  • (Federation of German Consulting Engineers).

Arbitration Experience

• Mosul Dam Joint Venture vs. Iraq – State Organisation of Dams.
  • ICC Arbitration Paris.
  • Involvement as Party.
• Clyde Dam Joint Venture vs. New Zealand – Ministry of Works.
  • Wellington, New Zealand.
  • Involvement as Party.
• Ghazi Barotha Contractors v.  Water and Power Development Authority Pakistan (WAPDA).
  • Pakistan.
  • Involvement as Party.
• Impregilo SPA vs. Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
  • ICSID Arbitration Washington.
  • Involvement: Consultant to Impregilo SPA.
• China National Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Corp. (CWHEC) China – Bureau 11, Sanmenxia, PRC vs. Kingdom of Nepal – Ministry of Water Resources – Sunsari Morang Irrigation Development Board.
  • Involvement: Consultant to Bureau 11.
• Various International Arbitrations Züblin vs. Subcontractors.

Dispute Board Experience

• Member of Dispute Adjudication Panel, Port Project, South Africa (completed).
• Chairman of the Panel of Experts, 5 stars Hotel Complex in Khartoum, Sudan (completed).
• Chairman DAB, Road Project, Tanzania (completed).
• Chairman of four (4) DBs, 14 nos. Road Contracts in Kazakhstan (completed).
• Chairman of two (2) DRBs, Metro Project, Copenhagen, Denmark (Completed).
• Chairman DAB, Road Project, Mozambique (completed).
• Member of three (3) DABs, Metro Project, Jakarta, Indonesia (completed).
• Chairman DAB, Offshore Wind Park Project, Germany (completed).
• Member DAB, Offshore Wind Park Projects, Germany (completed).
• Member DAB Sewage Outfall Project, Argentina (ongoing).
• Chairman DB Bridge Project in Botswana (completed).
• Sole DB Member of two (2) Road Contracts in Honduras (completed).
• Sole DB Member of Road Contract in Kampala, Uganda (ongoing).
• Chairman Dispute Review Board Immersed Tunnel Project Denmark/Germany (ongoing).
• Member DB MRT Project in Jakarta, Indonesia (retired).
• Member DB LRT Project, Philippines (completed).
• Member DB Road Project, Indonesia (completed).
• Chairman DAAB Port Project, Mindelo, Cabo Verde (ongoing).
• Chairman DB LRT Project, Philippines (ongoing).
• Member DB HEP Project, North Sumatra, Indonesia (Completed).

Consultancy

• Chairman Panel of Experts Hydroelectric Project in Ecuador, South America.
  • 25 km tunnel excavation with 2 TBMs.
  • Underground Powerhouse.
  • Auxiliary structures. (completed)
• Consultant River Training Works Contract in Bangladesh.