Name of Candidate:

ANDREW LAINTON

Date of Birth:

1965

Country of Citizenship/Residence

UK / Saudi Arabia (Iqama)

Contact KSA: +966*********

Contact Ken: +254********

Portfolio https://www.dropbox.com/s/g1omy5mg2kb29xc/Portfolio.pdf?dl=0

Key Skills

Masterplanning/Urban Design of megaprojects – 22 years experience. Civil 3D/Autocad/Microstation and Vectorworks expertise/ 3d/Cad/GIS integration expertise.

Urban planning, Infrastructure and Transport – 31 Years Experience. Advising governments in many countries on urban planning, infrastructure, transformation and Smart City Planning.

GIS, Data And IT Business Process Transformation Expert – ARCGIS, advanced including all major extensions (new works and spatial analyst), ETL, FME, Database Management, CAD and data integration, development of management of large scale models for projects in several countries, managing specialist GIS staff on large scale models in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Development of Single window and business process transformation projects for planning in several countries – 20 Years experience.

Project, Programme and Design Management of large interdisciplinary teams up to 40 members in scale across several offices and time zones; Microsoft project, PMBOK and Prince 2

Data Analysis – Tableau, ETL, Rapid Miner, SQL Server, Postgres/PostGIS

Business Development, leading proposals on many major projects including successful tenders and proposals up to $6 million in value in seeral countries in Asia and the Middle East.

3D Modelling and Rendering – City Engine, Infraworks, SketchUp and VRay, Keyshot

Education:

1984 – 1989: Edinburgh College of Art, Heriot Watt University, BSc (Hons) Town Planning (5 year course Msc Equivalent); Graduated first class honours

Experience

Period

Employing organization and title/position.

Country

Summary of activities performed relevant to the Assignment

2019-Current

Strategic Planning Manager – Saudi Arabian Customs - Aecom

KSA

Managing Design Guide/Prototype development for standards for development of 13 land ports

Managing concept design for capital investment programme of over 1 billion dollars at 7 land ports – new land ports and retrofit

Managing client side for oversight of detailed design consultants

Managing financial evaluation and business planning of capital programmes/RFPs on over 100 projects

Managing a GIS team of 4 people

2019

Senior Planning Manager

Countryside Properties

UK

Managing the planning team in the South Midlands/Oxford-Cambridge Arc

Advising on land acquisitions

Managing masterplan production

Contributing to viability studies

Leasing with engineering and construction teams

Ensuring Planning consent is secured

2018 -2019

Associate Edge Planning Manchester

UK

Managing the Manchester office

Managing client side portfolio and planning applications from Coop group and British legion

Managing sub consultants, architects etc.

Dealing with local planning authorities

2018 (July-Oct)-

Southend on Sea Borough Council

UK

Lead on MHCLG Innovation Fund Digital Local Plans Project. Commissioning platform for digital local plan and consultation on options for revised local plan and South Essex Strategic Plan.

Lead on Garden City prospectus bid and masterplanning for Garden City of approx. 3,000 houses jointly with Rochford and Essex County Council. Dealing with complex brickeart and sand safeguarding issues and complex issues regarding biodiversity offsetting/SPA mitigation on reclaimed former landfill sites.

Planning Consultant – undertaking Urban Intensification Study

Work on Joint Strategic Plan for South Essex, GIS and transport modelling, advised on Green Belt, Landscape and heritage reviews and commissioning of A127 realignment study

Drafting matching parts of Issues and Options consultation

2018 (March-June)

Copeland Borough

Planning Consultant

UK

Planning Consultant, drafted local plan and updated SHLAA/HELLAA. Managed update to new GIS and IT system. Advising on DCO process for Moorside Nuclear power station and low level disposal facility.

2017-18

Project Manager Urban Planning Public Investment Fund

KSA

Urban Planning Project Manager. Management of Qaddiya Masterplan for new leisure city 300 sq km. Managing the overall masterplan liaising with interdisciplinary consultants.

2017

Planning Consultant

Freelance Leicestershire

UK

Advising on the East of Lutterworth strategic masterplan (3,500 homes), integration of numerous GIS and CAD datsets, analysis if traffic modelling, preparations of site analysis and constraints map and concept materplanning,. Liaison with numerous agencies including Highways Agency and Leicestershire County council on new access Bridge over M1. Data integration using Arcgis and Oracle via SDE.

2017 (4 months)

Principal Planning Consultant

Torridge District Council

UK

Development management consultant processing major and complex applications.

Urban Design and Conservation advice on sensitive landscapes, listed buildings, conservation areas and AONB

Working with Devon CC on com plex highway layout and traffic issues

Liaison with members and parishes on controversial cases

Skilled Uniform User.

Advising the National Infrastructure Commission on the CamNMKOx strategy ahead of the Autumn 2001 Budget. Advanced GIS modelling and Capacity testing of very large sites using the new ‘Planagon’ GIS model developed by myself over several years to deal with large scale urbanisation issues.

2016-17

Khatib & Alami (Offshore)

Principal – Urban Planning

For References:

Dr. Youssef Choucair - Vice President -City & Regional Planning

Address: Jnah - K&A Building

Tel: +961-*-***-*** - 844 944

Fax: +961-*-******

P.O.Box: 14-6203 Beirut 1105 2100 Lebanon

Lebanon

Provide subject matter expertise on technical complex and focused topics and to design teams during all stages of design delivery

Leading on major GIS/Urban Planning/infrastructure projects in several countries as a Platinum Esri partner – the only one in Middle East. Leading on advanced models of allocation of sites for 1000s of new schools and many other community Facilities in Doha, Riyadh and Saudi Arabia in conjunction with national Ministries working at a high level with ministers and their teams.

Management of design projects of high complexity, particularly with respect to schedule and cost control

Provide sophisticated technical subject matter expertise to junior planning teams and project managers

Key Projects:

Kabul Masterplan

Negotiated full zoning map preparation for Kabul and its expansion

Updated Arriyadh Integrated Plan for the Provision of Public Facilities – Riyadh, KSA

assess the baseline situation in terms of provision of public facilities

formulate strategies and scenarios to address the existing situation using a complex Arcgis location/allocation model/ Instructing a team of 5 GIS and technical staff.

promote the level of service of such facilities by the year 2023.

2014 – 2015

Khatib & Alami (Offshore)

Project Manager

For References:

Dr. Youssef Choucair - Vice President -City & Regional Planning

Address: Jnah - K&A Building

Tel: +961-*-***-*** - 844 944

Fax: +961-*-******

P.O.Box: 14-6203 Beirut 1105 2100 Lebanon

Lebanon

Key Projects:

Shrashif Mountain Development – Makkah, KSA

Data Collection and Surveys

Feasibility Study

Conceptual Alternative Plans

Final Conceptual Master Plan

1,5 sq km Sirte

Master plan Bawabat Makkah Zone 9 – Makkah, KSA – Project leader

Prepare Structure Plan for 7 sq.km site

Implement form-based codes and revise public facilities standards

Integration of Cad and GIS data across site – complex geographical coordination system reprojections.

Schools Master Plan – Qatar

Allocation of proposed location of schools through ARCGIS location/allocation model, and assessing the current situation of distributing the schools in the country of Qatar in order to implement the current and future schools to a map thru a GIS program in an application and web.

2013

Policy Cambridge City Council

Interim Head of Planning

policy

UK

Key Projects:

Urban Planning, Master planning and coding of Urban Expansion Scheme valued at US$ 500.00 Million and considered the largest in U.K.

41 Sq Km area, growth in population of 30$

2013—2014

Oriental Consultants and Railtranz Ltd

Urban Planning and Real Estate Expert

UK

Key Projects:

Design of Infrastructure Scheme and master planning/TOD of areas surrounding stations involving over 1000 km length of Roads / Utilities Network. Construction Cost was US$ 50.00 Billion.

Sites totalling of 100+sqkm

Integration of CAD and GIS data across the whole 200km length corridor.

2003-2014

Cutting Edge Planning and Design – Urban Planning Consultancy

Director

UK

Freelance Consultancy Services on several Urban Planning, Masterplanning and Urban Design and Development Project.

Involved in urban planning zoning and planning / control regulations drafting and implementation over 9 years

Key Projects:

CPRE Drafted National GIS based report – England’s Wider Unprotected Countryside

Stratford-upon-Avon – Drafting Core Strategy, over 16,000 homes. 978 sq KM

North Herts – Urban Plan/Master plan/design code for Letchworth Town Centre, first Garden – Town centre scheme in area of international heritage importance

Hammersmith – client sidle for White City Master plan – Rem Koolhaus – Development of over 5 Million Sm Largest development site in West London, On Site of BBC HQ and adjoin facilities. Complex issues concerning minerals recycling plant proximity.

Drafting of research report on live work

Drafted policy and SPG on Affordable Housing. Pioneering through the London Affordable Housing Officers Working Group the policy innovation son affordable housing now more widely adopted by the GLA and others.

Richmond – Crane Valley Development Framework. 4 SSQ Km. River Restoration and mixed use scheme

Wealden – New development plan for large regional, four towns and 100 villages. 835 Sq Km, with several national landscape and international nature designations

Kingston – lead on updated urban plan for London Borough. 27,25 Sq Km including major redevelopment in Hogs Valley Area.

Haringey- drafted Haringey Heartlands master plan/urban plan – largest development site in North London.

West Northants Development Corporation – Developing a successful approach for dealing with applications for 3 conflicting very large urban extension applications.

States of Jersey – Ministerial Advisor on Planning, drafted options paper on Island plan (urban plan for whole island) and proposals map including major port and other infrastructure.

2010—2011

Suburban Studios

Planning and Design Principal

UK

Supervising a Team of Planners, Architects and Lawyers submitting planning applications on dozens of sites nationally.

Managed £100 Million Property Portfolios.

2009—2010

Government of Bahrain, Ministry of Housing Manama,

Urban Planning Advisor

Bahrain

Urban Planning, Setting out plans for several new towns, industrial cities, new ports, power stations, freeways and high speed rail.

2003—2009

London Borough of Lambeth

Principal Planner Head of Policy Team

UK

In charge of drafting urban plan for Lambeth including urban design frameworks for Vauxhall Cross, South Bank and Briton

Setting up of first major cases programme management approach in London towards integrated urban design/policy/DM/conservation and goal driven process for management of major cases.

Leading Best Values review leading to massive DM process improvements widely copied.

Dealing with issues concerning relocation of civic amenity site and recycling centre.

1989—2003

London Borough of Brent

Senior Planner

UK

Drafted urban plan for Brent including urban frameworks for Park Royal National Stadium and Several Estates. Drafting of SPG,

10 years Development management experience.

Leading a task group with RSLs to increase dramatically affordable housing completions to the highest in London

Language Skills: English

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