Engineering, Construction & Management Consulting Ltd.

ECMC Ltd is proud to announce that its Managing Consultant, Chartered Engineer/Chartered Surveyor, Egbert Louis passed the assessment of professional competence and has therefore been upgraded to Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).

The CIArb (www.ciarb.org</span>) is a not-for-profit, UK registered organisation which has a global membership of individuals who have professional training in private dispute resolution.  The CIArb acts as an international centre for practitioners, policy makers, academics and those in business who are concerned with the cost-effective and early settlement of disputes.

Of the three grades of CIArb membership, Egbert has advanced from Associateship to Membership and is now entitled to use the designation "MCIArb". This Membership grade is for individuals who can demonstrate a detailed level of knowledge of an area of dispute resolution.

In addition to his primary areas of practice in civil and structural engineering, Egbert, through ECMC Ltd, has worked in alternative dispute resolution in the construction industry in Saint Lucia for several years and has acted as an expert witness in various cases.  He has also attended training seminars in alternative dispute resolution and is one of three founding members of the recently launched Saint Lucia Chapter of CIArb.

Egbert, who is already a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (www.rics.org</span>) intends to pursue Fellowship with CIArb.  He urges other engineers to join CIArb noting that an engineer, Joe Behan (Chartered Engineer, FCIArb, FIEI, BE) was elected World President of the 12,000-strong CIArb for the year 2010.