Murray Armes

Founder & Managing Director
Chartered Arbitrator Dispute Board Member
Adjudicator
Mediator
Expert Witness

Qualifications:
BA DipArch MA MSc RIBA FCIArb MAE

Experience:
Building defects, failures & non-compliance
Design management
Independent neutral dispute avoidance
Professional negligence
Tribunal member

Founder and Managing Director of Sense Studio Limited, Murray has enjoyed a diverse and rewarding career in the international construction industry. Specialising in dispute avoidance and resolution, he is a FIDIC President’s List international adjudicator and on the arbitration, adjudication and mediation panels of CIArb, RIBA, RICS and CEDR, among others, working on significant appointments relating to construction disputes. His verifiable track record in dispute avoidance influences his work as a Dispute Board Member and he is a past President of Region 2 of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation. Murray has been appointed as Dispute Board Member for the €17bn ITER Project and also for the High Luminosity Project at CERN.

An established Chartered Architect, Arbitrator and Expert Witness, Murray has worked on major global projects in sectors such as aviation, healthcare, and retail, as well as being involved in engineering projects and commercial interior design. As an expert, he has been instructed on cases involving some of the most complex projects and highest value disputes in the world, covering almost every aspect of the design and construction of building projects and professional negligence for contracts in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Central Asia. Alongside the company’s many appointments, Murray delivers conferences and seminars in dispute avoidance and resolution and has contributed many articles within academic journals, industry newsletters and professional guides, and takes an active role as an academic tutor and participant in international mediation and arbitration competitions.