The Building Intelligence Group has appointed a specialist independent engineer to contract (ETC) lead/project director.
The Building Intelligence Group has appointed a specialist independent engineer to contract (ETC) role. Charles Brown has taken up the key role of ETC lead/project director, based in the company’s Auckland office.
As New Zealand’s longest-serving independent project management company, The Building Intelligence Group has always strived to be responsive and agile around client needs and this new role offers the market expertise and independence for projects.
In his role as expert adviser to the principal and to manage the requirements of the contract, Brown’s skills are around knowing the legislative requirements that are part of his role and managing the tensions.
He has a proven record as an impartial, practical, and professional engineer to contract, and has worked in many sectors over his 21-plus years in construction including commercial, government, education, and health.
Brown has significant ETC knowledge and experience in contract negotiations and claim adjudication. Recently he was invited by Kāinga Ora to be one of four ETCs on its working group panel to provide legal guidance to define and draft contractual responses to parties, as part of the Covid-19 lockdown response.
The Building Intelligence Group northern business manager Brent Thomson said Brown is supremely qualified and an expert at ensuring construction contracts are adhered to.
“We offer engineer’s representatives on many of our projects, but Charles, as engineer to contract, adds a layer of expertise that mean,s while he sits within our company, he offers standalone and independent consultancy,” Thomson said.
“We understand the significance of the ETC role being completely independent …
“Charles will be leading a programme of constant training and improvement for our project managers around the specialist engineer to contract skills,” he said.
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