STEVE BENNETT | PRINCIPAL

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sbennett@procomgroup.com.au

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• Masters of Construction Law and Dispute Resolution
• Bachelor of Engineering (Hons)
• MRICS
•  CIArb

Steve has over 20 years’ experience as a commercial professional specialising in procurement, contract management and claim and dispute resolution, based on consultancy, contractor, owner and operator experience across Australia and the United Kingdom.

Steve has worked in multiple sectors including transport infrastructure, heavy civils, oil and gas, and power; to deliver large, complex, multi-disciplined projects under various contractual arrangements, including PPP/PFI and head contracts, at all stages of the project lifecycle from procurement strategy to dispute resolution and ongoing operations.

With a particular emphasis on claim management and dispute avoidance and resolution, Steve is a member of RICS and CIArb and has a degree in Civil Engineering and a Masters in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution.

BEN CONDREN | PRINCIPAL

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bcondren@procomgroup.com.au

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• MAICD
• FAICD in progress
• BSc Civil Engineering (HND)

Ben has a mature emotional intelligence which enables him to understand what, why and how to negotiate the best out of a situation. His strong communication skills provide him with the toolkit to transact successful and strategic outcomes with key stakeholders who often have diverging needs.

Ben has 17 years’ experience managing projects in the rail and civil infrastructure industry. His passion and experience make it easy for him to inspire, manage and lead teams on a multi project program of works. He will lift multi-disciplinary teams to overcome issues, mitigate risk, plan, develop, design, procure and deliver infrastructure projects. He has successfully led teams in both the client and Tier 1 management roles. Ben has excellent experience in procurement and project management.

Ben has excellent experience in the transport infrastructure environment. He understands linear infrastructure, systems, standards and safety culture required to deliver successful road and rail assets. Having worked across both the northern and southern hemisphere on major transport contracts he brings a depth of maturity and lessons learned in rail constructability and complex construction contract procurement. 

PAUL DIVINEY | PRINCIPAL

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• Certificate of Civil Engineering Law and Contract Procedure (ICE)
• Bachelor of Engineering (Hons)

Paul is experienced in project development, transaction management, procurement (construction), FEED, detailed design & construction, testing and commissioning and operations project phases.

Paul is a senior project professional who has worked at the front-end of delivery as a Senior Project Manager for 15 years and as a Senior Commercial Manager for the last 7 years. Paul draws on his extensive experience as an SPM and utilises his thorough understanding of major project delivery to offer pragmatic commercial solutions which balance the Principal’s position against the need to maintain delivery momentum and recognise legitimate project change. 

Paul has gained the majority of his experience in the transport (light rail, rail, roads and bridges) and power sectors, and has also worked in mining and water. Paul has an ability to interface between forward-facing management, delivery and technical teams as well as backward-facing teams such as legal, forensic planners and subject matter experts to demystify complex issues and communicate these to Executive level.