Eugene started his career working for major UK contractors, becoming a very experienced quantity surveyor / commercial manager, but since 2003 has also specialised in construction contract law and dispute resolution. He is a qualified Barrister*, Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Chartered Civil Engineering Surveyor and Chartered Builder.

Eugene has worked in the construction industry for over thirty years, with a wide range of organizations involved in numerous sectors of the industry. He has experience on a variety of projects, including commercial offices, hotels, leisure centres, schools, colleges, hospitals, wind farms, nuclear facilities, industrial facilities, rail, motorways, prestige residential developments and social housing developments.

Eugene advises on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious matters, including in respect of construction contracts, collateral warranties, adjudication and quantity surveying techniques. He is also a visiting lecturer at Coventry University and regularly lectures on JCT and NEC3/4 forms of contract, including as Guest Speaker at the Cambridge Seminar in October 2014. In addition, Eugene is a Review Examiner for the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors.

Eugene’s published articles Include:

“Z Clauses: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”

The Civil Engineering Surveyor, The Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (August 2014)

“Notice the Difference”

The Civil Engineering Surveyor, The Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (May 2014) (pp26-38)

 “Hard Facts on Construction Arbitration”

Construction Law, Volume 17, Issue 6 (July 2006) (pp 6-7)

“Injudicious Choices”

The Civil Engineering Surveyor, The Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (June 2006) (p37)

“Arbitration, The Facts Behind the Figures”

The Civil Engineering Surveyor, The Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (May 2006) (pp36-38)

“A Judicious Choice”

Construction Manager, the magazine of the Chartered Institute of Building (April 2006) (pp24-25)

“The Arbitration Files”

QS News (3 February 2006) (pp13-15)

“A Comparison between the ICC and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules”

International Chamber of Commerce UK Members Handbook 2005 (pp112-118).