Risk and Insurance in Construction (PDF)

Nael G. Bunni is a Chartered Engineer, Registered Chartered Arbitrator and Conciliator. He is also a visiting professor in construction law and contract administration at Trinity College Dublin. He is a past president of the Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland (1987-88); past president of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2000-01); past chairman of its Irish branch (1986-89); and a member of the Board of Directors of the LCIA (1994-2007). Over the last 25 years, Nael Bunni has been closely involved in FIDIC issues related to risk, liability, insurance, contracts and dispute resolution. He was involved in the development of the 1999 Suite of FIDIC Contracts. He was a full member of the FIDIC Contracts Committee 2004-2009, and has been a Special Advisor to the committee since then, especially on insurance and related matters. He has also been closely involved in the development of insurance clauses within the recently published 2017 Suite of FIDIC Contracts and the 2021 Edition of the Green Book. In 2018 he received the FIDIC Louis Prangey Award, the highest recognition for dedicated service to FIDIC.

Lydia B. Bunni is a Barrister practicing in Ireland specialising in Construction Law, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Planning and Environmental Law. Lydia was one of the founding members of the Construction Bar Association of Ireland and remains on the Executive Committee, serving as Treasurer of the Association. Lydia delivers lectures on the Diploma in Construction Law and Contract Administration at Trinity College Dublin and to the School of Architecture at University College Dublin. Lydia is also a Tutor on the Barrister at Law Degree with the Honourable Society of Kings Inns. In September 2020, Lydia was appointed by the Minister for Housing and Local Government to the Pyrite Resolution Board.