Water Treatment Construction

Profile

Dedicated, hardworking professional with almost 25+ years of experience in construction & engineering.

12+ years of estimating and quantity surveying experience.

Excellent knowledge of many types of construction, from structural alterations and refurbishment of residential & commercial properties, new build construction of houses, industrial buildings, roads & associated drainage systems, utilities, pipelines, process equipment and structures for water & waste water treatment facilities.

Ability to work autonomously or as part of a team as well as being highly adaptable and always ready to face new challenges.

Work History

Senior Estimator – Sept 2014 to current – United Utilities

Achieved many savings for the client by appraising submitted tenders and negotiating with framework contractors to reduce tender prices leading to lower contract award values.

Enabled the client to control overall spend more effectively by providing accurate cost estimates for many re-active & planned projects on water and waste water treatment plants. Using a combination of unit cost databases and first principles estimating to create prices for projects ranging from new build to repair and maintenance of process structures such as settlement tanks, many types of filters, UV plants, grit treatment facilities, pipe work, sludge treatment facilities, pumps and other mechanical equipment, instrumentation, flow meters, car parks, internal roads, large concrete bases and many other items and assets.

Utilised a comprehensive cost capture strategy for all past and future projects, allowing the business to justify spend to the regulators and to be more confident with future tender submissions from contractors.

Maintained databases of cost information and provided reports to allow the business to monitor and execute effectively on-going programs of work.

Preparing contract documents to enable contractors to submit tenders in the business’s desired format, allowing for an easier cost capture process and more effective appraisal of the tenders.

Civil construction knowledge of large concrete water retaining structures, tanks, reservoirs, on site road construction, drainage systems, building renovation and refurbishment (exterior & interior), new & existing pipeline works, fencings, car parks and all other civil elements of process items. Mechanical knowledge of various types of pump installations, conveyors, screens, detritors, bio gas systems, instrumentation, filters, UV plants, valves & pipe work.

Senior Estimator– MWH Global - Sept 2011 to May 2014

Enabled the business to meet regulatory requirements on Carbon by producing around 100 Carbon models based on construction activities for assets in the water & waste water industry.

Managed a team to price up a complex scheme of work comprising of over 1,400 individual projects as part of the PR14 (Asset Maintenance Program 4) pricing exercise.

Produced hundreds of project estimates with values ranging from £10k to £20Million+ for ongoing reactive and planned maintenance activities and construction of new water treatment process equipment and assets.

Quantity Surveyor / Estimator - United Utilities, Feb 2007 to Sept 2011

Allowed the business to set budgets for water & waste water engineering projects by providing civil & mechanical estimates ranging from £10k up to £20million+.

Extensive involvement in the formulation of a cost capture process including the creation of a coding structure and related training documents to be used across the business for capturing the costs of repairing, refurbishing and replacement of water & waste water process equipment.

Analysis of historic (Asset Maintenance Programme 3), project estimates, tendered costs and final out-turn costs in order to apply codes to activities and capture the costs

Assistant Quantity Surveyor – E C Harris - May 2005 to Feb 2007

Auditing of contractors accounts.

Monthly interim payments to contractors.

Settlement of Final Accounts

Negotiating with contractors on contractual issues

Assistant Quantity Surveyor – Solomon’s Europe - May 2004 to May 2005

Taking off quantities from drawings for network pipelines and pricing up using the company Unit Cost Database.

Monthly interim payments to contractors.

Preparation of bills of quantities

Time Served Bricklayer - Self Employed - July 1987 to Jan 2004

Mastered all aspects of brickwork and general construction techniques. From structural alterations and refurbishment, to new build housing and commercial or industrial buildings. Gained valuable experience of many different types of project with a full range of values from small domestic works to commercial properties and large industrial projects.

Qualifications

Member of the Association of Cost Engineers (MA Cost E)

Higher National Certificate in Building Studies - 2006 University of Central Lancashire

City & Guilds Advanced Craft Certificate in Brickwork - 1991 – Preston College

City & Guilds Craft Certificate in Brickwork. - 1990 – Preston College

Interests

I enjoy going for walks or hiking in the countryside, cycling, fishing, camping and generally promoting sport and other activities. I keep fit mainly with running and some time in the gym. I love learning new software in my spare time such as Photoshop & Adobe Illustrator and creating interesting images, as well as doing puzzles and brain training types of games. I have played the guitar for many years and sometimes write songs.

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