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Treasurer

Derek Kenneth Masters B. Eng., C. Eng., MICE, MCIArb.,

Chartered Civil Engineer

6 Shadwell Park Court
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS17 8TS

Telephone: 0113 294 3671
Facsimile: 0113 270 1292
Mobile: 07836 609 914
email: derek.masters@ntlworld.com

Derek is a Chartered Civil Engineer with a First Class Degree in Civil Engineering, and has been Chartered since 1970. Derek has over forty years' experience in client, contracting, Local Authority and consultancy organisations and founded his own practice, JSM Designs Limited, in 1978 which covered the whole range of Civil and Structural Engineering. He retired from the practice in late 2005, but has been retained as a consultant and is still actively involved. A specialist in Highway and Drainage design, Hydrology and Flooding, Contract Documentation Formation advice and claims management for small and large projects on behalf of Developers and Civil Engineering Contracts within the UK. He has practical experience in design and construction, and working with other professionals in preparing long term strategies in relation to major developments.

He has acted on behalf of Local Authorities in relation to planning issues and has many years experience acting as an Expert Witness. Derek administered construction contracts on behalf of clients and consequently has had experience of dealing with the resolution of contractual disputes. Over the last two years he has attended the M.Sc. course in Construction Law and Arbitration at Leeds Metropolitan University and won the Blake Newport prize for the Law of Arbitration examination.