Construction Project Manager

BERARD Jean-Pierre

rue de Limauges, * B

B-**** Court Saint Etienne - Belgium

Tel. : ++ 32 10 61 20 42

Mobile : ++32-473-**-**-**

E mail: *.*.******@******.**

Management and Co-ordination of Industrial Investments

More than thirty years of experience as responsible for the management of large turn key projects, from their initial feasibility study, through their financial and commercial aspects, co-ordination of the sub contractors and the technical components, follow up of the planning of the works, budgets, etc .. up to and including starting up of the plants, final commissioning and project closures.

I have gained this large experience through my personal involvement in my projects and ended up as Senior Project Manager with the assistance of teams of specialised engineers dedicated to the timely completion of the investments.

2010 – 2011 Techspace Aero – Cenco International

Site project Manager

2009 – 2010 Shafa Contractors – Rep of Yemen – Aden

Project Manager

2008 – 2009 Groupe Bazano sprl – R. D. Congo – Kolwezi

Construction Department – General Manager

2007 – 2008 Soludec s.a. - G.D. Luxemburg

Project Manager Senior

2004 - 2007 New Baron & Leveque International

Contract manager

1999 - 2004 L. M. C. International

Export Manager

1999 BIOTIM

Project Leader

1974 – 1998 : SOBERI International (Sidmar Group)

Senior Project Manager

Activities and contracts completed as PROJECT MANAGER:

Pharmaceutical industries: 3 units, 42 mio USD, (Angola) (1987 – 1991)

• Aeronautical: 2 large jet engine test cells, 54 mio USD (Ethiopia – Egypt – K. S. A.), (1992 – 97/ 2010 - 11)

• Medical, equipment for hospitals, 6 + 1 units, 1,5 mio USD (Burundi), (1984 – 1986)

• Agro-industries, tea factories, 5 units, 14,4 mio USD (Rwanda), (1975 – 1983)

• Water treatment plant, 5 mio USD (Egypt), (1999)

• Airport rehabilitation of International airports, 47 mio USD (Kenya – Zambia - Djibouti) (1999 – 2004/2009)

• Wide Bodied Aircraft Maintenance Hangar (Kenya) 8 mio USD (2004 – 2006)

• Laying of optical fibre – 500 km (Kenya) (2006 – 2007)

• Implementation of the procedures for rehabilitation of a 500 rooms hotel (Congo Brazzaville) (2007)

• Set up of the new Soludec Qatar Contracting WLL, Doha (State of Qatar) (2008)

• Pre selection of SQC company for the rehabilitation of 7 sports clubs (Qatar) (2008)

• Start up of the new Construction Company in Kolwezi – Democratic Republic of Congo (2009)

• Rehabilitation of the container terminal Port Autonome de Dakar (2010)

Preliminary project phase:

• co ordination of the technical studies, utilities and architectural designs

• work out the global project investment costs

• preparation of the cash flow of the investment

• obtain the building permits

• follow up with the banks and the investors of the procedures and formalities

• negotiation of contracts and sub contracts.

Financial aspects:

• revision/adjustment follow up of the budgets.

• periodical update and charging of the expenses on the budgets

• check and approval of the subcontractors invoices and delays of payment

• follow up of the cash flow, evaluation of the necessary credits

Commercial involvement:

• call for quotations and price comparisons

• negotiation and wording of the orders to the suppliers

• relations with the insurers, management of the claims

• follow up of the eventual contract modifications

Technical requirements:

• checking the conformity of the equipment versus the technical specifications

• co ordination of the works, utilities, equipment

• follow up of the development of the specifications

• co ordination of the interfaces between the supplies

• relations with the design offices and client’s representatives

Delays:

• setting up and periodical up dating of the planning of deliveries

• synchronisation of the succession of the different tasks

• actions to recover and compress the delays

• follow up of the delays for submitting and approval of the drawings and documents

• checking of the delivery dates of the sub contractors

• organisation of the transports

Procedures and management:

• general management of the contracts, setting up of all the procedures

• organisation of the site installations

• evaluation of the necessities in workmanship and equipment

• co ordination of the activities

• collation and filing of the drawings and documents

• provisional and final acceptances of the equipment and supplies

N.B. several other projects have been studied, among others wood, hotels, medical technologies ...

Working tools:

Microsoft Project 3.0a, File Maker Pro, MS Office, Excel, Word, etc.

Training:

Financial back ground, 2 years High School for Economics, followed immediately by the management on site in Africa of industrial projects.

Languages:

French - English – Dutch - Swahili

Personal:

Belgian, born on 05/11/47, married, 4 children (all adults)

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