Curriculum Vitae: Kunihisa Oba
Family Name

OBAFirst NameKUNIHISA

NationalityJapaneseAddress

7-22-4 Kokuryo, Chofu, Tokyo, 182-0022 Japan

Date of Birth

05 September 1950

Telephone Number+81 (0) 50-1800-1720 (Office)+81 (0) 42-485-2320 (Residence)+81 (0) 90-6927-3794 (Mobile)

Fax Number+81 (0) 3-5226-3648 (Office)E-mail Address

Oba.Kunihisa@jica.go.jp

Current Employment Status
Senior Advisor
Loan Procurement Policy and Supervision Division
Infrastructure Engineering Department
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Professional& Educational
Qualification*First Class Civil Engineering Works ExecutionManaging Engineer, Japan*Dispute Board Adjudicator (Engineering and Consulting
Firms Association, Japan: ECFA)*Project Management Professional (NO. 12678), USA*VE Leader, Japan Value Engineering Association*Member, Dispute Resolution Board Foundation, USA1

*Master of Science in Engineering (Civil Engineering)
University of Michigan, USA, 1988
*Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Civil Engineering),
Osaka University, Japan, 1974
Legal & Dispute
Training*FIDIC’s Practical Use of the FIDIC Contract, andManagement of Claim and the Resolution of Dispute,(Modules 1 and 2), 2010 (successful)*FIDIC’s Dispute Board Adjudicator Training Workshop,2010 (successful)*FIDIC’s Dispute Board Adjudicator Assessment
Workshop, 2010 (successful)

Language Capability

English (fluent)Japanese (mother tongue)
German (some knowledge)
French (some knowledge)
Indonesian (some knowledge)

Overall Experience
2020-now: Joined Japan International Cooperation Agency in April 2020.
Working as a senior advisor, handling mainly contractual matters such as;*Interpretation of certain sub-clause of FIDIC which causes trouble between
parties*Advising executing agencies on draft bidding documents, especially certain
sub-clauses which might cause troubles in future.
*Holding seminars for staffs of JICA, construction firms, consulting firms, etc. inregard with FIDIC contracts, DB case studies, etc.
Re-employed by Taisei Corporation as a staff in September 2018.
Retired from Taisei Corporation in September 2010 and re-employed by Taisei
Corporation as a counsellor.
2During 2010 and 2019, mainly in charge of contracting issues such as preparationof claiming documents, negotiation with clients in regard with construction
disputes, analyzing DAB decisions, preparing various documents for bidding, etc.
for Taisei Corporation.
Being a dispute board adjudicator, attending DAB hearings, occasionallysubmitting papers, describing opinions, making presentations to the Governmental
authorities, authoring some parts of university textbook, etc.
1996 to 2010: A civil engineering manager of the Estimate Section, Civil
Engineering Department and Sales & Marketing Department, International
Operations Headquarters, Taisei Corporation.
Worked in estimation, project planning, bidding documents preparation, claiming
documents preparation, negotiation with clients and consultants, marketing, etc.
for these 15 years.
Handled many projects for various countries.
1994 to 1995: Worked as a deputy project manager for the Flood Protection
Breakwater project in the Republic of Maldives, JICA project.
1994: Worked as a civil engineering manager of the Estimate Section, InternationalDivision.
1991 to 1993: Worked as an assistant manager for the design and construction ofToyota Motor’s proving ground project in Arizona, USA.
1989 to 1991: Worked as a civil engineer of the Estimate Section, International
Division, Taisei Corporation.
1987 to 1988: Studied “Construction Engineering and Management” at theUniversity of Michigan based on a Taisei scholarship, and was awarded a master’sdegree.
1986 to 1987: Worked as a civil engineer of the Contract Management Department
at the H.Q.
1984 to 1986: Worked as a construction engineer for a subway station construction
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project in Singapore.
1974 to 1984: Worked as a civil engineer for domestic projects and for the Civil
Engineering Design Section.
Employed by Taisei Corporation of Japan after completing BSc at Osaka
University in 1974.
Speech“What is Contracts?”, “Tunnels”, “DB System”, JICA
2022 Tokyo“FIDIC Emerald”, “FIDIC Gold”, JICA 2021 Tokyo“DB Case Studies”, JICA 2020 Tokyo“DAB Free Talking”, Panel Discussion, JICA 2019 Tokyo“DAB Case Studies”, OCAJI 2018 Tokyo“DAB Case Studies”, ECFA 2017 and 2018 Tokyo“Case Study of Dispute Adjudication Board”, DisputeResolution Board Foundation Japan, 2013, 2017, 2018 and2019 Tokyo“ADR system and DAB”, Engineering Association ofOsaka University, May 2015
“Practical Application of Dispute Boards”, DRBF 14th
Annual International Conference, May 2014, Singapore“Japanese Ecological Model Construction Projects”, 2ndWorld Roads Conference, 2009, Singapore

Publishing*Infrastructure System Management. (Co-author), August2015, Gihoudou

4Contract Management & Dispute Resolution
Experience*Marmaray project, Bosphorus immersed tunnel
construction project, Istanbul, Turkey, FIDIC Silver based
and financed by JBIC;
Preparation for the claimant statement of cases and data
analysis for DAB Referral, attending DAB site meetings,
site tours, etc., 2004 to 2018
*National Highway N-70 East West Road Improvement
Project, Pakistan, FIDIC based and financed by JICA:
Participated in claiming work, etc., 2017.
*Land Transportation Authority’s projects C853, C854,
C907, T226 and T316, Singapore: Participated in projectplanning, estimation, bidding documents, claiming work,etc., 2004 to 2015.
*Outer Circular Highway, Northern Section, FIDIC basedand financed by JICA: Participated in claiming work,
analysis of DAB decisions etc., 2014.
*Outer Circular Highway, Southern Section, FIDIC based
and financed by JICA: Participated in project planning,estimation, bidding documents, claiming work, etc., 2010

Projects/ManagementDuration
2020-nowProject
Position
Joined Japan International Cooperation Agency in 2020 afterretirement from Taisei Corporation.
Working as a senior advisor at Loan Procurement Policy andSupervision Division, Infrastructure Engineering Department,
Japan International Cooperation Agency

2018-2019

Profit Achievement Ratio Management
5StaffSectionInternational Projects Management Department
Civil Engineering Division, Taisei Corporation.
2013-2018

International Projects Coordination
SectionCounsellorCivil Engineering Department
Civil Engineering Division
2010-2013

Estimate Section
Civil Engineering Dept.

Counsellor

International Division
Head Office, Taisei Corporation
1999-2010

Estimate Section

Manager

Civil Engineering Dept.
International Division
Head Office, Taisei Corporation
1996-1999

Marketing & Sales Dept.

Manager

Civil Engineering Dept.
International Division
Head Office, Taisei Corporation
1995-1996

Estimate Section
Civil Engineering Dept.
International Division
Head Office, Taisei Corporation

Manager

1994-1995

Male Seawall Works
Government of Maldives,Male, Republic of Maldives

Deputy Project Manager

1993-1994

Engineering Section,Civil Engineering Dept.

ManagerInternational Division
Head Office, Taisei Corporation
61991-1993

Toyota Arizona Proving Ground

Civil Engineer

Toyota Motor Corp.
Arizona, USA
1989-1991

Projects Section, Civil

Assistant Manager

Engineering Dept.
International Division
Head Office, Taisei Corporation
1987-1988

Postgraduate Study

Assistant Manager

Construction Engineering &Management, the University ofMichigan, USA
1986-1987

Contractual Administration Dept.
International Division
Head Office, Taisei Corporation

Assistant Manager

1984-1986

MRT 108 Subway Construction Works

Chief Engineer

Mass Rapid Transit, Singapore
1981-1984

Misato Water Filtration Plant
Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Project Engineer

Chiba, Japan
1979-1981

Kashima Power Plant
Tokyo Electric Power Corp.
Ibaragi, JapanProject Engineer

1978-1979

Railway Viaduct Works,Chiba Express Corp.
Chiba, Japan

Junior Site Engineer

1977-1978

Nagareyama Water Filtration

Junior DesignerPlant, Tokyo Metropolitan
Government, Chiba, Japan7

1975-1977

Civil Engineering Design Dept.

Junior DesignerTokyo Branch, Taisei Corporation
1974-1975

Ikata Nuclear Power Plant
Shikoku Electric Power Corp.

Junior Site EngineerEhime, Japan

Major Overseas Projects Planned or Estimated*Rades La Goulette Bridge, Tunis, Tunisia*Budapest Metro 4 Line Stage 1, Budapest, Hungary*Sofia Metro Extension, Sofia, Bulgaria*Bourgas Port Expansion, Bourgas, Bulgaria*Port of Constanza, South Container Terminal, Constanza, Romania*Road Improvement for National Road No. 6, Craiova Bypass, Romania*Brightwater Conveyance West, Sewage Tunnel, Seattle, USA*Seattle Light Rail Link U220, Seattle, USA*The Panama Canal Third Set of Locks, Panama*Asahan No. 3 Hydroelectric Power Plant, Indonesia*Tanjung Priok Access Road Projects E-2, E-2A & N-S, Jakarta, Indonesia*Tanjung Priok Port Rehabilitation, Jakarta, Indonesia*Padan Airport Extension, Sumatra, Indonesia

8*Bali Airport Extension, Bali, Indonesia*Bali Island Coasts Protection, Bali, Indonesia*Peusangan 1 & 2 Hydroelectric Power Plant, Indonesia*LTA Subway Projects C-854, C-855, C-905, C-908, C-909, C-925, C-928, C-932
C-933, T-226 & T-316, Singapore*LTA Kallang Expressway C-424, Singapore*Industrial Ring Road, Bangkok, Thailand*The Second Mekong International Bridge, Thailand*Bacolod Airport, the Philippines*The Metro Manila Food Control, West of Mangahan Floodway, the Philippines*New Iloilo Airport Development, the Philippines*Batangas Port Development, the Philippines*Kien Bridge, Vietnam*Nhat Tan Bridge Package 2, Vietnam*Thang Long Water Purification Plant, Vietnam*Saigon East-West Highway, Immersed Tunnel, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam*Pahan-Selangor Raw Water Pipeline, Malaysia*Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks, Misawa US Air Base, Japan*Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks, Iwakuni US Marine Base, Japan9*Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks, Yokota US Air Base, Japan*Spine-Crescent Under the Sea Tunnel, Palm Island, Dubai, UAE*400KV Cable Tunnel, Abu Dhabi, UAE*Highway and Infrastructure, Al Habel Al Abyad, Abu Dhabi, UAE*Dubai Light Rail Transit, Dubai, UAE*Saadiyat Bridge, Abu Dhabi, UAE*Shahid Beheshti Port, Chabahar, Iran*Chamera Hydroelectric Power Plant, Chamera, India*Kotlibhel Hydroelectric Power Plant, Kotlibhel, India*Southern Transport Development, Package 2, Dodangoda toKurundugahahetekma, Sri Lanka*Outer Circular Highway, Northern Section-1, Sri Lanka*Outer Circular Highway, Southern Section, Sri Lanka*Marmaray Project, Bosphorus Immersed Tunnel, Istanbul, Turkey*Sindhuli Road Section 1, Nepal*Kohat Tunnel and Access Road, Kohat, Pakistan*National Highway N-5, Peshawar to Torkham, Section II, Peshawar, Pakistan*National Highway N-70, RakhiGuji to Bewata Section, Pakistan*Paksey Bridge, Pabna, Bangladesh

10*Rupsa Bridge, Rupsa, Bangladesh
Whole or parts of the above projects were either planned or estimated by myself. Not
all of the above projects were successfully awarded to Taisei Corporation.

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