Başar Şahin
SCL Türkiye / Treasurer | Civil Engineer
Mr. Sahin is a civil engineer with a law degree and arbitration qualifications.
He has held contract, commercial and project management positions for over 20 years and gained extensive experience in contract-claim management with a special emphasis in cost control, scheduling and dispute resolution. He serves as dispute board member, arbitration expert witness and contract claim consultant.
During this time Mr. Sahin has taken responsibilities from tender to post contract stages in all aspects of commercial management including negotiation of change orders, delay, acceleration, differing site condition and inefficiency claims for lump sum contracts as well as cost reimbursable contracts.
Mr Sahin’s hand-on experience includes involvement in a wide variety of projects such as railroads, highways, tunnels, airports, power plants, marine works, housing and oil-gas business in Europe, Africa, Middle East and the USA.
Mr Sahin holds a BSc in Civil Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, Turkey and an LLM degree in Construction Law from the Robert Gordon University, Scotland. He is the Country Representative for Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF) in Turkey, and member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb).