I have now retired. My thanks to everyone I have worked with over the years for making life so enjoyable – my very best wishes to you all.

As a Chartered Engineer Gordon specialised in contract law, contract drafting and procurement in the UK and internationally for nearly 30 years, mostly in the water industry but more recently advising and providing training in the process industries. He was until December 2015 a Fellow of the UK Institution of Civil Engineers and of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Previously an Affiliate Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), he was in April 2015 appointed an Honorary Fellow of IChemE.He is a former chairman of the IChemE Contracts Committee (which drafts the forms of contract published by IChemE), a former member of the IChemE Dispute Resolution Committee, and a former member of the ICE Contract Law and Procedures Committee (which is responsible for the ICE's annual Contract Law and Procedures examination, and associated exams). As a sole-trader during the period 2007-2015 Gordon provided numerous training courses, mainly in contract law, the structure and use of the IChemE forms of contract, contract management and dispute resolution. Courses were provided directly to clients and through bodies such as IChemE and Crown Agents.Gordon also advised on the drafting of engineering contracts, including using (and as appropriate amending) standard forms (eg FIDIC, ICC (formerly ICE), IChemE, NEC) for build-only, design-build & design-build-operate, for process plants, infrastructure and utilities work, and for consultancy services.He worked in this period both in the UK and internationally - in Australia, Belgium, India, Kenya, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, Spain and Ukraine.

Head of Contracts & Procurement function in Engineering Division; and advised UK Utility, Commercial and International divisions on engineering/construction contracts and procurement.Drafted forms of contract for capex contracts for Utilities in UK (Thames Water) & USA (Elizabethtown Water & American Water), and for major international DBFO projects in India, New Zealand, Thailand, UAE, all based on ICE, NEC, IChemE and FIDIC forms, together with the associated operation and maintenance contracts. Works included tunnelling, water and wastewater treatment plants, pipelines, services reservoirs, pumping stations, etc. Payment mechanisms were both price- and cost-based (including target cost).