Project Construction

Alan Hunter (British Expat)

APAC

Tel: +61-045*-***-***

Skype: hunter.alan

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Profile

Senior Construction Operations Director

Results-oriented, hands on construction and development professional with 35 years of expertise in all facets of the industry. Verifiable track record for the successful completion of multi-million dollar projects through coordinating trades, developing partnerships and building positive rapport with architects, engineers, local officials, vendors and clients whilst maintaining costs. Versed in contract negotiations, project estimating, impending design problems, documentation preparations, building code and regulations, material purchasing, supply chain management.

Experienced in writing and delivering presentations for executive meetings; site management through to certification of occupancy. Expertise in all facets of Construction from Traditional Construction from Concrete to Steel including Fast Track Construction, Stadia, Malls, Hotels, Sports Complexes, High Rise Construction, Mid Rise, Commercial, Residential, Infrastructure. Working with top contractors throughout the APAC region introducing our services from Marketing, PMCM and Construction Services, looking at company’s processes and advising on direction to increase their profitability and reduce their costs on best business practices. Solar power generation for Stadia Roofs.

Advising developers/contractors to study markets for new business opportunities and gaining competitive advantage; formulation of long-term strategies; taking strategic decisions in the area of building works, constructions, and business expansion; and taking profit and loss responsibility for the concerned divisions.

Professional Development

BA Hons in Design and Construction Management

Construction Cost Control, Construction Management

Institute of Supply Chain Management

Health and Safety Qualified NEBOSH

Scaffold Certified

NHBC Qualified

Certified Crane Awareness

Institute of Purchasing and Operations Management

Business Excellence House Build

Bills of Material Strategy

Sales and Operational Planning

Gloucester Technical Engineering College

Advanced Diploma in Professional Practice in Architecture RIBA 3

Project Management

100% project completion on time while meeting strict timelines and budget requirements.

Slashed material and equipment expenses by negotiating and establishing valuable vendor contracts.

Hired, scheduled and supervised sub-contractors developed and enforced company policies procedures and project safety regulations.

Client and Vendor Relations

Increased sales through educating clients on value added extras to increase property value and life enjoyment.

Scheduled client meetings, conducted needs assessment, explained cost effective options, planned estimated and managed the projects from start to finish.

Secured new business through customer relations hard work and word of mouth.

Staff Development

Developed strong employee and sub-contractor productivity and ability to identify, isolate and eliminate work hazards.

Allowed workers to provide input into work processes including scheduling responsibilities, completing jobs and using experiences to complete tasks.

Gaining trust and respect from the work force through demonstrating an optimistic attitude, resolving problems immediately and establishing open communication.

Establishing solid, positive and productive work environment by understanding the role and the needs of all team members.

IT Skills

Versed in Microsoft Windows, Excel, Word, Access, Publisher, Microsoft Project, Visio, PowerPoint, AutoCAD, Outlook and Internet, Primavera. Aconex.

My Core Values

Safeguard: The safety of our employees and the traveling public is everyone’s responsibility. Plan safety into every aspect of our work and do not deviate from that plan. Strive for zero incidents.

Integrity: Our business conduct will include the highest level of honesty, ethics, and moral correctness. We will not compromise employees, customers, or our company

Respect: Respect is the basic rule of behavior that guides every employee in all of his or her actions: respect for oneself and respect for other employees, customers, third parties, society, the company’s principles, laws and regulations, the environment, fairness and ethics in the broadest sense.

Teamwork: Our culture of teamwork allows us to work together within the Company, and with our customers to deliver better solutions and collectively accomplish our goals.

Transparency: Our actions must match our words. Each day we must strive to earn our reputation rather than simply manage it. To that end, we must operate in a manner in which our integrity and values cannot be questioned – that is, we must be authentic.

Leadership: Each day, every employee is expected to give the best of themselves, to strive constantly for quality and to demonstrate the highest level of professionalism – and to lead by example.

Accountability: Each individual is fully accountable for his or her decisions and actions.

Employment History

Hunter Asia Group Inc. (Philippines)

Operations Director (Freelance) January 2017 – May 2019

Advising Developers/Contractors, companies within Asia on Traditional Build and New Technology build. Construction Best Practices from Build to Infrastructure, Costs, Materials Management Procurement, Planning and Preparation, Valued Engineering etc.

Also introducing Western New Technology of Construction. Asia has a long way to go on construction, from practices, the way they construct, very labor intensive, Procedures, QMS Systems, Health and Safety, Contract Management, Project Management, Finance, Profit & Loss, Legalities and Local Authorities, Operational Risk Management etc.

My role was instructing and advising companies on new procedures and evaluating their present processes and advise them the western way of working so they can increase their profitability and reduce costs and complete their projects on time with excellent quality, this involved looking at all departments within the companies from Design, QS Department., Quality Department., Finance Department, HR Department, Legal Department, Procurement Department then the Construction aspects from the Managers, workers performance and the projects itself doing my own inspections with the management looking at all aspects of the project on site to look at their weaknesses and strengths for the projects.

Inspectorate of construction of High Rises up to 70 floors, Mid Rises, Commercial, Stadiums/Sports Complexes, Arena’s.

AECOM (China)

Senior Operations Director of Construction/Health & Safety

Contract Based. August 2014 – January 2017

Advising clients/contractors as AECOM was the PMCM for SIP Sports Complex in Suzhou outside Shanghai this is a $ billion project, ranging from Indoor Arena 22,000 capacity, Outdoor Stadium 45,000 capacity, Natatorium 6,000 capacity, Hotel/Commercial Complex and other buildings Dealing with all types of construction from Steel Construction, Concrete, and Infrastructure.

State of the Art Olympic Pool Arena and Indoor Convention Center using 3,650 solar modules for the roofs giving an annual generation of 1,500 MWh, 30% of Stadium power offset. Module type 60 cell series.

Also ensuring that my personnel were trained to the level required to ensure our clients receive the excellence that is required.

I have brought International Standards to this project in China at the clients request and as the only foreigner on this project; I have introduced international standards to our AECOM Team especially in Construction & Health & Safety whereas at the end of January 2017 we achieved 21 million person-hours with zero incidents, which was a safety record in China/APAC.

Working with the designers guiding them on stadiums structural steel and roofing as this is a state of the art sports complex.

Ensuring tender stages and contracts were submitted in the correct manner.

Working with general contractors ensuring they meet there project times from the Master Programme Schedule.

Working with the local authorities to ensure construction stages inspections were met, as this was a complex project and stage payments to the contractor was very important to keep the project running on time. In addition, my team dealt with claims with my legal team...

I have achieved great respect from the client in Suzhou and they have given me full permission to make decisions on the project and given me there 100% backing.

A personnel award received from the Chinese Government in Beijing for outstanding achievement in Design, Quality and Health & Safety.

Hunter Asia Group Inc. (Philippines/APAC) August 2011 – July 2014

Operations Director

Advising Developers/Contractors, companies within Asia on Traditional Build and New Technology build. Construction Best Practices from Build to Infrastructure, Costs, Materials Management Procurement, Planning and Preparation, Valued Engineering etc.

Also introducing Western New Technology of Construction. Asia has a long way to go on construction, from practices, the way they construct, very labor intensive, Procedures, QMS Systems, Health and Safety, Contract Management, Project Management, Finance, Profit & Loss, Legalities and Local Authorities, Operational Risk Management etc.

My role was instructing and advising companies on new procedures and evaluating their present processes and advise them the western way of working so they can increase their profitability and reduce costs and complete their projects on time with excellent quality, this involved looking at all departments within the companies from Design, QS Department., Quality Department., Finance Department, HR Department, Legal Department, Procurement Department then the Construction aspects from the Managers, workers performance and the projects itself doing my own inspections with the management looking at all aspects of the project on site to look at their weaknesses and strengths for the projects.

Inspectorate of construction of High Rises up to 70 floors, Mid Rises, Commercial, Stadiums/Sports Complexes, Arena’s.

Dubai Sports City, (UAE) September 2008 – August 2011

Senior Operations Director

Dubai Sports City is a 50 million square foot US $4 billion project, which features world class sporting venues Stadia and Sporting Academies, Golf Course including High Rise residential and commercial properties and all related amenities such as Hotels, Entertainment Centers, Schools, Medical Facilities and Retail Mall and the entire Infrastructure.

Directly reporting to CEO, I was responsible for directing multi-projects between the value of US $ 6m to

US$ 1.1billion.

Managed entire construction and project management team of 136 persons.

Managed the procurement team and Finance Team and the P&L and the CFO reported directly to me.

Managed the Contracts and QS Team.

Managed the Human Resources Team.

Managed all departments of the Construction Teams.

Administered relationship with 61 private developers and their associated contractors, ensuring compliance with project requirements.

Coordinating with project consultants on design development and construction details through weekly meetings and monitoring actual progress

Reporting construction progress to the Board of Directors on a monthly basis, one of the Directors was Sheikh Mohammed...

Identifying deviations from the project plan and giving appropriate solutions to bring the project back in line.

Ensuring parity with all budgets without compromising on quality requirements

Developed and implemented policies (3rd party developers)

Planning development and targets for all projects at DSC.

Ensuring compliance with government regulations.

In conjunction with Project Managers, oversaw the review of all contract claims and assessment of validity.

Or otherwise and also check constructability of all Projects

Dealt with all FIDIC contracts.

Planning and preparation before tenders, Valued Engineering, Bill of Quantities, and QS Teams verification before tenders.

Facilities Management Team reported directly to me.

Inspectorate of Heavy Gauge Steel for the projects from our Steel Manufacturing Suppliers in India.

Achievements:

Delivered Bradenton Preparatory Academy, US $72m on time.( Fast Track using LGS)

Delivered 12 High Rise build from Commercial and Residential mixed up to 72 floors in Steel and Concrete.

Delivered 30,000-capacity Cricket Stadium state of the art US $323m on time.

World Wide Sporting Academies US $440m.

Ernie Els Championship Golf Course and Club House (Fast Track using LGS)

Sewage Treatment Plant, first MBR system operational in the Middle East producing 29,000 cube per day for irrigation for Sports City.

Filtration Plants.

Infrastructure of Dubai Sports City.

963 Villas at Victory Heights.( Fast Track Using LGS)

Delivered the entire Infrastructure for the development, Pipelines, and the highways leading into the Sports City.

Panceltica Qatar, (Doha, Qatar) March 2005 - September 2008

Operations Director (Contractor)

US $700 million Fast Track Design and Build of 2000 Apartments in LGS G+3, private project for His Highness the Emir of Qatar.

Responsible for overseeing the project as an Operations Director, Reporting to Barwa Chairman and Royal Sheikhs., dealing with designers, client, all contractors, subcontractors and progression of build

Involved with all Design Stages throughout the Project

Planned and organised a 2000 apartment project fast track in LGS for completion within one year which included all the infrastructure as this project was out in the desert to deliver a township was a huge task, 6.8 kilometres of roads, sewage piping and power lines to the site.

Office Build at Ras Lafan Qatar in Light Weight Gauge Steel.

Planning and scheduling the project

On site planning and organisation

Manpower control of 6000 labour force

Overseeing all aspects of construction plus all departments within HQ.

Dealing with client and there 3rd parties on a day to day basis

Involved with updating the Royal Sheikhs on this project

Valuating all sub-contractors and vendor rating

Sewage Treatment plants.

Gas Tanks Yards and Pumping Stations.

Achievements:

Delivered projects on time, within budget, on a 24-hour working basis.

All Infrastructures delivered 2 months early which included all grading, aggregate base, and Asphalt. All pipelines to the Sewage Treatment Plant and all Power and Water Lines.

BauWerk GMBH, (Frankfurt, Germany) June 1989 – February 2005

Worldwide Operations Director (Contractor)

US Navy Project in San Diego Satellite Communication Base value US $420 m in LGS and Traditional Heavy Steel.

Germany Luxury Villas value US $3.2m

UK 137 Bedroom Hotel value US $120m

USA, California Luxury Villas value per property US $ 4.2 million in LGS

Projects for various clients in the UK, Europe and USA.

Fast Track Steel and Timber Frame Design and Build.

Design and build blueprint review and analysis of projects

All Infrastructures for the Development.

Preparation of construction documents

Bidding and negotiating for new projects

Selection of sub-contractors

Material purchasing and supplier setup

Scheduling

Project budgeting and development

Quality control and certification of occupancy

Supervision of crews of 2260 trade workers on sites

Training the company in the UK Health and Safety policies and procedures.

P&L

Achievements:

Delivered on time, within budget.

George Wimpey Homes UK

Project Director (Contractor)

George Wimpey was one of the biggest contractors in the UK constructing thousands of residential homes throughout the UK.

My role was to control the southern part of the UK running 13 projects visiting my sites and checking all Projects Managers to ensure they are meeting their schedules with inspections and ensuring costs are within our budget figures.

This had to be achieved on a weekly basis as all schedules and costs had to be presented to HQ on a weekly basis to Directors.

I started my career in the Construction business from ground level from groundworks, Masonry, MEP, Plastering, Brickwork, Roofing and Mechanical Engineering.

As a senior level director now inspecting a project comes easy as being an ex-tradesman it makes identifying problems easier,

Ex-Military

Special Forces

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