Associate Professor James Beckwith

Biography

James Beckwith is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and Project Manager and has had a career in industry approaching 20 years working in Both Australia and the UK.

James works as a Professional Quantity Surveyor, Project Manager and Employers agent and has skills in recovering projects that are in distress. James is a Contracts specialist and has a keen interest in contract administration, team dynamics and behaviours in construction projects.

James has worked on some high-profile projects including the Greenwich Design District, Kew Gardens, COLPAI Tower in Barbican, HSBC Fitout projects in 8 Canada Square, the Albion Flour Mill and Rockhampton Hospital.

Appointments

UK Adjudicators
CIC Low Value Disputes Model Adjudication Procedure
CIArb Low Value Disputes Model Adjudication Procedure
CEDR Adjudication Panel Disputes Model Adjudication Procedure
Member of the College of Expert Witnesses Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors
RICS APC Assessor and Mentor

Qualifications and memberships

Teaching

Research interests

Industry

Qualifications and memberships

Qualifications

MA Master of Arts History, University of Aberdeen
MSc Surveying, Reading University (Studied through the College of Estate Management)
LLM Master of Law Construction Law RGU, Aberdeen
Dual Qualified Chartered Quantity Surveyor and Building Surveyor

Memberships

MRICS (Member of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)
FRICS (Fellow of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)
MCIArb (Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators)
FCIArb (Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators)
FAIQS (Fellow of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors)
CQS (Certified Quantity Surveyor the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors)

Teaching

James teaches on a range of subjects at undergraduate and postgraduate levels including:

Costing and Contracts
Measurement and Quantification of Construction work
Construction Technology
Law for the Built Environment

Research interests

James’ research interest lies in examining the relationship between contracts and behaviours on construction projects and the impact of such on project delivery.

Industry

James maintains a connection to industry and is a director of a quantity surveying practice which provides professional quantity surveying services via its virtual working environment. James also sits on several adjudication panels and undertakes appointments through his company.