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Commercial Manager for the Scotland
SPL POWERLINES UK.
My main tasks when I started was to put together a commercial department that was conducive to working in the UK as Powerlines Group is an Austrian based business. This entailed starting from scratch and putting together and developing commercial systems to comply with the UK regulated system. It included the formation of new CVR reporting systems, invoice/payment trackers, minor project trackers, valuation application systems, allocation and measurement sheets for site operations we also had to put in place the early warning and CE systems and methods of recording and presenting variations. I manage all the commercial matters on core projects I am allocated to and prepare and put together all the commercial/operational reports and report to the UK board of directors on a monthly basis. I am the commercial lead on various OHLE projects with values ranging from £350k to £17million. Dealing with day to day commercial and contractual issues on all projects, produce CVR's reports with the PM/ Site QS and present information to the board. Prepared and submitted Change request/Early warning/CEs and valuing and agreeing with clients QS and Network rail where they are the direct client. I work closely with the Construction teams input and updates and also on the client requests and changes and insure full recovery of all cost associated.
Cost management tasks including taking off quantities from design drawings, comparing with the bills of quantity as result of changes requested by the client or alterations to the design elements.
Monitoring the cost through daily allocation sheets and remeasurement liaising with operations teams, working with the team to monitor and reduce costs, promote value engineering exercises and prepare proposals for costs savings.
Prepare and agree final accounts for the on projects
Projects include:
EGIP Cumbernauld New OHLE
Project Value: £ 3.20Million
RACE New OHLE
Project Value: £ 3.70Million
West Coast Main Line OHLE
Project Value: £7.80Million
Cost management tasks including taking off quantities from design drawings, comparing with the bills of quantity as result of changes requested by the client or alterations to the design elements.
Monitoring the cost through daily allocation sheets and remeasurement liaising with operations teams, working with the team to monitor and reduce costs, promote value engineering exercises and prepare proposals for costs savings.
Prepare and agree final accounts for the on projects
Projects include:
EGIP Cumbernauld New OHLE
Project Value: £ 3.20Million
RACE New OHLE
Project Value: £ 3.70Million
West Coast Main Line OHLE
Project Value: £7.80Million
Design, Management, Network, Engineering, It, Presenting, Monitoring, CVR, Manager
2012 - 2013
job
Central and South Sectional Senior Quantity Surveyor
Great Western Line OHLE.
Project Value:£9.00Million
BALFOUR BEATY UTILITY SOLUTIONS LTD. BEAULY TO DENNY PROJECT
AUGUST 2012 - MAY 2013
Main tasks as the Central and South Sectional Senior Quantity Surveyor includes the commercial management of the Beauly to Denny 400kv Overhead Line Project based on the Construction teams input and updates and on the client requests and changes of the construction elements on site.
Cost management tasks including taking off quantities from design drawings ,comparing with the bills of quantity as result of changes requested by the client or alterations to the design elements.
Monitoring the cost of each tower foundation site by remeasurement on site liaising with the construction teams, actively working with the entire team to monitor and reduce costs. Actively promote value engineering exercises and prepare proposals for project wide costs savings.
Prepare final accounts for the individual tower sites on projects and prepare final account documents
This management of all the contractual and commercial matters,estimating,client liason on the Central and South Section of the Project.
Beauly to Denny 400kv Overhead Line Project Central and South Sections: 398 Tower Sites
Project Value: £340 Million
Report on cost, manage change to design and adjust cost to reflect, remeasure all works and prepare, monitor and manage compensation events.
LUNDY PROJECTS LTD, RAIL ENGINEERING.
BALFOUR BEATY UTILITY SOLUTIONS LTD. BEAULY TO DENNY PROJECT
AUGUST 2012 - MAY 2013
Main tasks as the Central and South Sectional Senior Quantity Surveyor includes the commercial management of the Beauly to Denny 400kv Overhead Line Project based on the Construction teams input and updates and on the client requests and changes of the construction elements on site.
Cost management tasks including taking off quantities from design drawings ,comparing with the bills of quantity as result of changes requested by the client or alterations to the design elements.
Monitoring the cost of each tower foundation site by remeasurement on site liaising with the construction teams, actively working with the entire team to monitor and reduce costs. Actively promote value engineering exercises and prepare proposals for project wide costs savings.
Prepare final accounts for the individual tower sites on projects and prepare final account documents
This management of all the contractual and commercial matters,estimating,client liason on the Central and South Section of the Project.
Beauly to Denny 400kv Overhead Line Project Central and South Sections: 398 Tower Sites
Project Value: £340 Million
Report on cost, manage change to design and adjust cost to reflect, remeasure all works and prepare, monitor and manage compensation events.
LUNDY PROJECTS LTD, RAIL ENGINEERING.
Design, Management, Engineering, Monitoring
2010 - 2011
job
Quantity Surveyor
JBJ CONSTRUCTION LTD.
FEBRUARY 2010 - AUGUST 2011.
Following the cancellation of G.A.R.L I formed a business partnership with JBJ Construction Services Ltd a general construction company.
The main tasks are to manage the day to day commercial,contractural and financial aspects of the business. General commercial tasks include measuring and valuing all projects, carrying out monthly P&L reports, tendering and appointing all sub-contractors and measure and value subcontractors accounts.
Liaise with our clients from both the operational and commercial side. Produce monthly interim valuation and agree with the clients Quantity Surveyor.
All marketing activities to procure tenders by use of my previous contact base and increasing new contacts base. Compile tenders and progress them to the negotiation stage. Due to the downturn in the construction industry it was felt that the company should branch into the development of properties and it was agree to develop a former community hall property to form a purpose built children's nursery.This project and development was managed by myself and is now a successful separate business.
Selection of notable recent projects carried out by JBJ Constructionare as follows:
• St Enochs Centre Glasgow
Contract Value: £ 2.10 million
Internal fit out of a major city centre shopping centre, trades included dry lining, joinery,decoration,general builderworks
• Carronvale Homes Bathgate
Contract Value: £650 k
Internal fit out of flats to a bespoke constructed building with design and build roof, trades included dry lining, joinery,decoration,general builder works
Following the cancellation of G.A.R.L I formed a business partnership with JBJ Construction Services Ltd a general construction company.
The main tasks are to manage the day to day commercial,contractural and financial aspects of the business. General commercial tasks include measuring and valuing all projects, carrying out monthly P&L reports, tendering and appointing all sub-contractors and measure and value subcontractors accounts.
Liaise with our clients from both the operational and commercial side. Produce monthly interim valuation and agree with the clients Quantity Surveyor.
All marketing activities to procure tenders by use of my previous contact base and increasing new contacts base. Compile tenders and progress them to the negotiation stage. Due to the downturn in the construction industry it was felt that the company should branch into the development of properties and it was agree to develop a former community hall property to form a purpose built children's nursery.This project and development was managed by myself and is now a successful separate business.
Selection of notable recent projects carried out by JBJ Constructionare as follows:
• St Enochs Centre Glasgow
Contract Value: £ 2.10 million
Internal fit out of a major city centre shopping centre, trades included dry lining, joinery,decoration,general builderworks
• Carronvale Homes Bathgate
Contract Value: £650 k
Internal fit out of flats to a bespoke constructed building with design and build roof, trades included dry lining, joinery,decoration,general builder works
Design, Marketing, R, It, Development, Community, Interim
2006 - 2008
internship
Management of trainee and graduate
Currie and Brown Consultants.
April 2006 -2008
I accepted an offer from a major property and construction cost consultancy firm to work on the £250 million redevelopment of Marks and Spencers project.
Main tasks included the measurement and preparation of Cost Plans through the grip design stages based on the design teams input and updates.
Pre-contract tasks including taking off quantities from design drawings, compiling bills of quantity, preparing tender packages, issuing and taking tenders to award stages.
Cost Management during the currency of the projects by remeasurement on site liaising with the client, actively acting in tandem with the client's design to monitor and reduce costs.
Carry out interim valuations and remeasurements with the contractor, issue and certify interim payments. Carry out value engineering exercises and using my experience of previous projects put forward proposals for costs savings.
Negotiate and agree final accounts on projects and prepare final account documents
Management of trainee and graduate Quantity Surveyors working on major retail projects and general projects to provide guidance and assist in their development as the Senior Surveying Team Manager.
The projects for M&S involved a very close contact with a very demanding client thus meaning communication had to be paramount and did involve high level management meetings at both site and in the client's headquarters in London.
Along with the prior tasks mentioned above I was responsible for a team of Quantity Surveyors working on the M&S projects and the overseeing and finalisation of monthly project reports to be presented to the client.
Projects carried out for M&S for Currie & Brown over period:
• Redevelopment of M&S Pinces St Edinburgh
Project Value: £26 million
Compile Cost Plan, report on cost plan, manage change to design and adjust cost plan to reflect, compile monthly commercial report and present to direct to client.
• Redevelopment of M&S Braehead,Glasgow
Project Value: £24 million
Tasks as above
Redevelopment of M&S Argyle St,Glasgow
Project Value: £74 million
Tasks as above
• New Store Fit Out M&S Livingston
Project Value: £19 million
Tasks as above
• Redevelopment of M&S East Kilbride
Project Value: £20 million
Tasks as above.
I accepted an offer from a major property and construction cost consultancy firm to work on the £250 million redevelopment of Marks and Spencers project.
Main tasks included the measurement and preparation of Cost Plans through the grip design stages based on the design teams input and updates.
Pre-contract tasks including taking off quantities from design drawings, compiling bills of quantity, preparing tender packages, issuing and taking tenders to award stages.
Cost Management during the currency of the projects by remeasurement on site liaising with the client, actively acting in tandem with the client's design to monitor and reduce costs.
Carry out interim valuations and remeasurements with the contractor, issue and certify interim payments. Carry out value engineering exercises and using my experience of previous projects put forward proposals for costs savings.
Negotiate and agree final accounts on projects and prepare final account documents
Management of trainee and graduate Quantity Surveyors working on major retail projects and general projects to provide guidance and assist in their development as the Senior Surveying Team Manager.
The projects for M&S involved a very close contact with a very demanding client thus meaning communication had to be paramount and did involve high level management meetings at both site and in the client's headquarters in London.
Along with the prior tasks mentioned above I was responsible for a team of Quantity Surveyors working on the M&S projects and the overseeing and finalisation of monthly project reports to be presented to the client.
Projects carried out for M&S for Currie & Brown over period:
• Redevelopment of M&S Pinces St Edinburgh
Project Value: £26 million
Compile Cost Plan, report on cost plan, manage change to design and adjust cost plan to reflect, compile monthly commercial report and present to direct to client.
• Redevelopment of M&S Braehead,Glasgow
Project Value: £24 million
Tasks as above
Redevelopment of M&S Argyle St,Glasgow
Project Value: £74 million
Tasks as above
• New Store Fit Out M&S Livingston
Project Value: £19 million
Tasks as above
• Redevelopment of M&S East Kilbride
Project Value: £20 million
Tasks as above.
Design, Retail, Management, Engineering, Development, Interim, Manager
2003 - 2006
job
Managing Director I
Dundas Building Services ltd.
2003-2006
In 2003 I left the Rolland Group to form my own business called Dundas Building Services Ltd.
This company was a general Building Company based in Glasgow and carried out works direct for Councils, Housing Associations and Colleges. We also offered building services direct to larger construction organisations in the form of different types of work packages.
As the Managing Director I was responsible for the overall running of the company and would deal with all commercial and operational aspects of the company on a day to day basis. Estimating and commercial management of all projects were carried out by myself along with the other commercial and surveying tasks including fortnightly P& L accounts being carried out.
The management structure consisted of the site contracts being controlled by project managers who would report direct to myself on all the contract aspects. Board papers were compiled by monthly with the input of an external accounts company.
The companies turnover ranged from £1.50 million to £1.75 million.
The following is a range of projects carried out by DBS Ltd:
• Holm St,Glasgow Fit Out of 48 Luxury Flats £1.00 million
• Towerveiw,Crookson Fit Out of 40 Luxury Flats £1.10 million
• Park Cicus,Glasgow Fit Out of 12 Luxury Flats £0.90 milion
• Caledonian University Maintenace project £0.50 million/anum
In Dec 2004 I restructured my company as a direct result from an offer made by PBL Construction Ltd to form a joint partnership agreement to widen the market to benefit both companies.
The areas of responsibly adopted by me were to manage the commercial aspects as Commercial Director. The main responsibilities were to manage a team of Quantity Surveyors in measuring contracts, cost management, value engineering, overseeing and approving interim valuations to clients and sub-contractors prepared by the commercial department.
The control of all commercial matters of the joint companies were adopted by me following the partnership agreement including the preparation of cost management, estimating and commercial reports for the Board Meetings.
Projects completed under partnership are as follows:
• Molendinar Community Ctr, Glasgow Design and Build New Building
Contract Value £3.00 million
• Bridgeton Community Ctr,Glasgow Design and Build New Building
Contract Value £2.90 million
• Lancefeild Quay Glasgow 90 luxury Flats Joineryworks
Contract Value £1.00 million
In 2003 I left the Rolland Group to form my own business called Dundas Building Services Ltd.
This company was a general Building Company based in Glasgow and carried out works direct for Councils, Housing Associations and Colleges. We also offered building services direct to larger construction organisations in the form of different types of work packages.
As the Managing Director I was responsible for the overall running of the company and would deal with all commercial and operational aspects of the company on a day to day basis. Estimating and commercial management of all projects were carried out by myself along with the other commercial and surveying tasks including fortnightly P& L accounts being carried out.
The management structure consisted of the site contracts being controlled by project managers who would report direct to myself on all the contract aspects. Board papers were compiled by monthly with the input of an external accounts company.
The companies turnover ranged from £1.50 million to £1.75 million.
The following is a range of projects carried out by DBS Ltd:
• Holm St,Glasgow Fit Out of 48 Luxury Flats £1.00 million
• Towerveiw,Crookson Fit Out of 40 Luxury Flats £1.10 million
• Park Cicus,Glasgow Fit Out of 12 Luxury Flats £0.90 milion
• Caledonian University Maintenace project £0.50 million/anum
In Dec 2004 I restructured my company as a direct result from an offer made by PBL Construction Ltd to form a joint partnership agreement to widen the market to benefit both companies.
The areas of responsibly adopted by me were to manage the commercial aspects as Commercial Director. The main responsibilities were to manage a team of Quantity Surveyors in measuring contracts, cost management, value engineering, overseeing and approving interim valuations to clients and sub-contractors prepared by the commercial department.
The control of all commercial matters of the joint companies were adopted by me following the partnership agreement including the preparation of cost management, estimating and commercial reports for the Board Meetings.
Projects completed under partnership are as follows:
• Molendinar Community Ctr, Glasgow Design and Build New Building
Contract Value £3.00 million
• Bridgeton Community Ctr,Glasgow Design and Build New Building
Contract Value £2.90 million
• Lancefeild Quay Glasgow 90 luxury Flats Joineryworks
Contract Value £1.00 million
Design, Management, Contracts, Engineering, Community, Interim, Contracts, ME
1999 - 2003
job
Area manager of the West of Scotland
The Rolland Group.
The main task was to start a business with a zero turnover to £1.00 million turnover in the first year. This target being achieved with the first year's overall turnover being £2.50 million. The main services of the business were of a building nature including joinery, dry lining, painting and decorating and general building works.
My responsibilities were for the Management of all aspects of the Rolland Groups activities in the West of Scotland. This included the management of all the contractual and commercial matters,estimating,client liason,construction and marketing.The Groups turnover increased from £1.00 million in the first year to £5.00 million in the 3 rd. year. Over a period of 2 years with the through developing the company I secured many important clients and term maintenance projects such as follows
• Parkhead Housing Assc
• Caledonian University
• Glasgow University
• West Lothian Council
These clients also produced many other contracts won through the open tender process.
Other projects of note carried out were as follows:
• Novatel/Ibis, Glasgow All trades Fit Out £2.60 million
• St Mungos Accademy, Glasgow All trades Fit Out £1.00 million
My responsibilities were for the Management of all aspects of the Rolland Groups activities in the West of Scotland. This included the management of all the contractual and commercial matters,estimating,client liason,construction and marketing.The Groups turnover increased from £1.00 million in the first year to £5.00 million in the 3 rd. year. Over a period of 2 years with the through developing the company I secured many important clients and term maintenance projects such as follows
• Parkhead Housing Assc
• Caledonian University
• Glasgow University
• West Lothian Council
These clients also produced many other contracts won through the open tender process.
Other projects of note carried out were as follows:
• Novatel/Ibis, Glasgow All trades Fit Out £2.60 million
• St Mungos Accademy, Glasgow All trades Fit Out £1.00 million
Marketing, Management, Contracts, Contracts, Manager
1989 - 1999
job
Commercial Manager
Watson Construction Group.
1989-1999
Joined the Watson Group in1989 as a contract surveyor carrying out general Quantity Surveying Task. Cost management, measurement and valuations appointing measuring and valuing sub-contractors.
Preparing all profit and loss monthly management reports for the monthly board meeting. I was responsible for preparing and negotiating all final accounts with the with the clients representative.
Listed below a selection of projects completed:
• Glasgow Concert Hall Stonework Package £3.60 million
• Falkirk Sheriff Court Stonework Package £2.60 million
• Dalkeith B of S New Build All Trades £2.80 million
In 1992 I gained promotion to Commercial Manager of a new company introduced to the Watson Group called Watson Building Services tasks involved managing all commercial and estimating aspects of the business.
I was responsible for all estimating, quantity surveying and accounting matters and was managing a team of surveyors and accountants.
The production of monthly board papers for the monthly board meeting was my responsibility along with chairing the board meetings.
From 1993 to 1999 the turnover of the business raised from £600k to £7.50 million.
Joined the Watson Group in1989 as a contract surveyor carrying out general Quantity Surveying Task. Cost management, measurement and valuations appointing measuring and valuing sub-contractors.
Preparing all profit and loss monthly management reports for the monthly board meeting. I was responsible for preparing and negotiating all final accounts with the with the clients representative.
Listed below a selection of projects completed:
• Glasgow Concert Hall Stonework Package £3.60 million
• Falkirk Sheriff Court Stonework Package £2.60 million
• Dalkeith B of S New Build All Trades £2.80 million
In 1992 I gained promotion to Commercial Manager of a new company introduced to the Watson Group called Watson Building Services tasks involved managing all commercial and estimating aspects of the business.
I was responsible for all estimating, quantity surveying and accounting matters and was managing a team of surveyors and accountants.
The production of monthly board papers for the monthly board meeting was my responsibility along with chairing the board meetings.
From 1993 to 1999 the turnover of the business raised from £600k to £7.50 million.
Management, Production, Manager, Watson
1983 - 1989
job
Assistant Quantity Surveyor
Lafferty Construction Limited.
in a commercial department annual turnover exceeding £20 million per anum.The first 2 years tasks consisted of general Quantity Surveying task assisting senior Quantity Surveyors,remeasuring, paying and agreeing subcontractors.
Remeasurement of the contracts, preparing valuations, assisting in profit and loss reports.
Projects consisted mainly of rehabitation of tenements and new build contracts.In 1985 I achieved promotion to Project Surveyor where a range of contract was placed under my control.
A selection of the contracts is as follows:
• Castlefeild Nursering Home New Build All Trades
Remeasurement of the contracts, preparing valuations, assisting in profit and loss reports.
Projects consisted mainly of rehabitation of tenements and new build contracts.In 1985 I achieved promotion to Project Surveyor where a range of contract was placed under my control.
A selection of the contracts is as follows:
• Castlefeild Nursering Home New Build All Trades
Contracts, Contracts
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