by webmaster FAB | Jul 9, 2013 | Featured Slider, News
Faculty of Built Environment’s Professor Amran Hamzah now serves on the Steering Committee of International Union for Conservation of Nature – Commission on Environmental, Economic & Social Policy (IUCN-CEESP) as the Co-Chair of the joint CEESP and World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Theme on Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities and Equity in Protected Areas (TILCEPA) for two years from January 2013-December 2014. He was personally appointed to the post by Aroha Te Pareake Mead, Chair of the IUCN CEESP on June 18. As a member of the Steering Committees, Professor Amran Hamzah will share the role of Co-Chair with Dr. Nigel Crawhall of South Africa and Dr. Trisha Kehaulani Watson of Hawaii, USA.
The appointment of Professor Amran Hamzah comes on the heels of the renewed mandate of the IUCN-CEESP during the World Conservation Congress held in Jeju, South Korea in September 2012, and in reaffirming the importance of the work of CEESP to provide insights and expertise and promote policies and action to harmonise the conservation of nature with the crucial socioeconomic and cultural concerns of human communities.
Before his appointment, Professor Amran Hamzah who is the Director of Centre for Innovative Planning and Development (CiPD) of the Faculty of Built Environment, was the deputy vice chair of the IUCN WCPA Asia for Southeast Asia region. Aside from his academic obligations and advisory roles to several government agencies, he is currently working on a research project for the development of Asian Protected Area Philosophy proposed under the auspices of the IUCN WCPA.
The appointment of Professor Amran Hamzah to the post is indeed an honour to the faculty and to Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. This goes to show that even internationally renowned organisations such as the IUCN, which is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organisation, recognises the contribution of one of our own. The IUCN currently has thousands of field projects and activities carried out by almost 11,000 voluntary scientists and experts in some 160 countries.
by webmaster FAB | May 27, 2013 | Featured Slider, News, Uncategorized
The “Pay first Argue Later: Making Sense of Adjudication Under CIPAA 2012” seminar was successful held on 14th May 2013 at the Convention Hall, Block B12, Faculty of Built Environment, UTM. It was jointly organized by the Master of Science in Construction Contract Management Programme, the Department of Quantity Surveying, UTM, the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA) and the Royal Institutions of Surveyors Malaysia, Johor Bahru Branch. The Dean of the Faculty of Built Environment, Associate Professor Dr. Roslan Amirudin had delivered the opening speech and officiated the seminar. In his opening speech he spoke about the importance of understanding the law set out in CIPAA 2012. The sole speaker of the seminar was the distinguished Professor Datuk Sundra Rajoo, the Director of Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA).
In his presentation, Professor Datuk Sundra Rajoo deliberated on the main content of the 2012 Act, its main aims, the conditions and procedures for referring payment disputes to adjudication. He also explained the qualification required to become registered adjudicators. He also informed the participants that KLRCA is the authority that is responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the Act. The Centre is now drafting the necessary regulations for the purpose of enforcing the Act in June 2013.
The seminar agenda was divided into two sessions. Each session provided informative insights of the CIPAA 2012. The first session was essentially an introduction to statutory adjudication generally and then proceeded with an explanation of the adjudication process, jurisdiction of arbitrator and adjudication authority. The second session concentrated on the CIPAA regulations: registration and administration of adjudication, appointment of adjudicator, costs of adjudication, adjudicator’s fee, adjudication proceedings and exemptions.
This one day event had attracted an impressive 100 participants from various professionals in the construction industry such as architects, quantity surveyors, lawyers, entrepreneurs and the other surveyors. They had actively participated in the question and answer sessions. Several pertinent issues were brought up. The participants’ main concerned was basically about the strategies to embrace the implementation of CIPAA 2012 and the need for more qualified adjudicators. The seminar had receive remarkable support from the industry players and many of them had indicated interest to participate in any upcoming programme.
To the organizing committee of the Seminar on Pay First Argue Later: Making Sense of Adjudication under CIPAA 2012, a hearty congratulation and thank you is surely due for a job well done.
