QS/Commercial Manager/Open Book Cost Consultant

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Freelance QS/Commercial Manager/Open Book Cost Consultant Worcester, Worcestershire, UK

Experience: NEC/JCT/ICE/Bespoke Contracts. Contractor/Client Side. Private/Public Sector. Small Works/Major Projects. Civils/Building/Housing/Commercial/Retail/Roads/Petrochemical/Telecoms/Utilities.

Rating:	Unrated (New)
Hourly Rate / Cost:	£41.67 per hour
Daily Rate / Cost:	£312.50 per day
Available From:	Now
Seller ID:	320196
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CV (Curriculum Vitae) / Résumé

My final year dissertation at University was a study of “Implementing & Integrating IT Within the Construction Industry”. This gave me a great insight into all aspects of IT, which led to me utilise IT to both greatly improve reporting and greatly improve team efficiency.

Over the years I have written database programmes for many business uses, such as:-

Resource Planning,
Timesheet and Client Invoicing,
Marketing,
Supplier Enquiries, Ordering and Financial Reporting,
Sub-Contractor Enquiries, Ordering and Financial Reporting,
Client Invoicing with Financial Management and Retention Monitoring,
Auditing,
Schedule of Rate Pricing (including £1 million daywork account),
Address Books,
CIS Management,
Insurance Management,
Building Surveys (utilising PDA’s),
Drawing Registry Systems,
Paperless Statutory Road Notice Systems, and
Patient Monitoring for NHS Radiologists.

Due to my interest in contract law (improving contract delivery through better and more efficient administration), database programming and web development, I am currently writing programmes for the administration of NEC contracts and developing a simple communication portal for construction projects.

Route Two Limited – Crown Castle

Period: May 2004 to August 2004
Company: Crown Castle
Position: Senior Surveyor
Contract Title: Estimating
Contract Value: £500k per week
Contract: Bespoke
Contract Type: Rate Card
Brief: Pricing of telecom facilities for the major clients Orange, T Mobile, O2, Hutchison G3, and Vodafone.

Route Two Limited – Gridcom (UK) Limited

Period: December 2003 to May 2004
Company: Gridcom (UK) Limited
Position: Senior Surveyor
Contract Title: Backlog Final Accounts
Contract Value: £20 million
Contract: Bespoke
Contract Type: Rate Card
Brief: Reconciling circa 400 Final Accounts with major Clients Orange, T Mobile, O2, Hutchison G3, and Vodafone, for the construction and rental of transmitting facilities, such as rooftop aerials, monopoles, pylons, etc.

Route Two Limited – Leadbitter Construction Limited

Period: Jun 2003 to Dec 2003
Company: Leadbitter Construction Limited
Position: Project Surveyor
Contract Title: Dacre Road
Contract Value: £750,000
Contract: JCT 98
Contract Type: Guaranteed Maximum Price Partnership
Brief: Construction of 10nr new build timber frame bungalows. Project in severe delay and over budget.

Route Two Limited – Leadbitter Construction Limited

Period: Jun 2003 to Dec 2003
Company: Leadbitter Construction Limited
Position: Project Surveyor
Contract Title: Purley Avenue
Contract Value: £450,000
Contract: JCT 98
Contract Type: Guaranteed Maximum Price Partnership
Brief: Construction of 3nr traditional new build semi’s and refurbishment of 1nr 100 year derelict house. Project in severe delay and over budget.

Route Two Limited – Nike Construction

Period: Jan 2003 to Jan 2004
Company: Nike Construction Limited
Position: Project Management / Project Surveyor
Contract Title: The Swan at Streatley
Contract Value: £500,000
Contract: Insurance Claim
Contract Type: Cost Plus
Brief: Repair / refurbishment of four star hotel, victim of Thames flooding, with hotel remaining fully functional during repair.

Route Two Limited – Citex (Defra - Government)

C&D Audit Panel Leader

The panel for this project consisted of myself as panel leader, 4Nr QS’s and 2Nr administrative staff.

The project consisted of auditing 532Nr claims accounts (value circa £5 million) submitted by farmers employed by Defra during the Foot and Mouth Outbreak of 2001. The accounts consisted of applications (over 1,500Nr) made by farmers for their resources to cleanse and disinfect (C&D) their farm premises, ie washing down farm buildings with disinfectants, etc. The applications themselves were based on either a standard schedules of rates (Defra’s or FCEC), rates agreed onsite between Defra’s employees and the Farmer, or cost plus.

The audits needed to be completed within strict European Commission deadlines, and at a later date would be scrutinised by the European Commission, and the National Audit Office. Due to the significant amount of documentation and the strict timescales involved, a very systematic management strategy was required. To do this standard forms were devised, through consultation with the relevant Defra departments, for auditing each application and a Database Management System (DBMS) employed for the overall control of the project. This DBMS, written in Microsoft Access, made light work of the overall management of the project, and allowed the following:-

a) Document Flow Management – The management

Employment History

(Mar 2008 to Mar 2009)

Company: LAPN (www.lapn.org.uk)
Position: Commercial Cost Consultant

Project Title: LAPN (www.lapn.org.uk) – Pilot and Phase 1
Contract Value: £1 billion
Contract: NCA Framework Agreement / NEC ECC Option C / NEC TSC Option C
Contract Type: Target Cost Pain/Gain with KPI Incentivisation
Brief: Draw down and procurement of framework contractors form the eleven framework Agreements
Post contract cost management of contracts
Producing guidance notes on pre and post commercial procedures

(Mar 2008 to 2009)

Paralegal

Company: Neil Price Law
Position: Paralegal

Project Title: Brookside v Thomas Vale
Contract Value: Claim of £800,000
Brief: Providing paralegal services, including production of 63 page disclosure notice

Project Title: General
Brief: Providing paralegal services

(Jun 2008 to Dec 2008)

Senior Cost Consultant

Company: Impartlinks
Position: Senior Cost Consultant

Project Title: Merlin Housing Society
Brief: Set up web tendering for two number work streams.

Project Title: Mercian Housing Association
Brief: Set up web tendering for three number work streams.

Project Title: Homes in Sedgemoor
Brief: Set up web tendering for one number work streams.

(Oct 2008 to Oct 2008)

Consultant

Period: December 2008
Company: Octavia Housing
Position: Consultant

Project Title: Refurbishment of Lifts to Frances House and York Street
Contract Value: £300,000
Contract: NCA Framework Agreement / NEC ECC Option C
Contract Type: Target Cost Pain/Gain with KPI Incentivisation
Brief: Providing Letter of Intent

(Nov 2005 to Feb 2008)

Commercial Cost Consultant

Company: Collaborative Working Centre
Position: Commercial Cost Consultant

Project Title: London Area Procurement Network LAPN (www.lapn.org.uk) – Pilot and Phase 1
Contract Value: £1 billion
Contract: NCA Framework Agreement / NEC ECC Option C / NEC TSC Option C
Contract Type: Target Cost Pain/Gain with KPI Incentivisation
Brief: Procurement of eleven framework agreements and partnering contracts for LAPN.
The management, preparation, issue and scoring of two pilot work streams (Gas Servicing and Gas Replacement), including e tendering and web management.
The management, preparation, issue and scoring of nine work streams, (Asbestos Consultancy, Asbestos Removal, Adaptations, Cyclical Decoration, General Contracting, Electrical, Lift Consultancy, Lift Replacement and Maintenance, Mechanical, Roofing) ,including the management of a marking panel consisting of six QS’s from local London PQS practices.
Production of electronic system and detailed procedure manual for the Direct Call Off or Mini Competition of the Framework Contractors.
Providing consultancy to ALMOs on procurement of eight NEC ECC and NEC TSC contracts using both Direct Call Off and Mini Competition.
Carrying out Open Book Reviews on Contractor’s Businesses.
Target Cost Setting for contracts.
Providing consultancy to ALMOs on post contract management.

Project Title: COPROP – Cost Database (www.coprop.org.uk)
Brief: Development and management of national web based cost benchmarking system.

Project Title: CWC – Cost Database
Brief: Development and management of web based cost benchmarking system.

Project Title: Resource Planning Manager
Brief: Developing systems for resource management of 40 plus staff. Reporting to Exec each month.

(Jan 2007 to Dec 2007)

Company: Danson Bancom (Contractor)
Position: Project Surveyor (Contractor side)
Contract Title: 54 Hagley Road, Birmingham
Contract Work: Construction of eight level multi-storey RC car park onto existing office block, construction of two level underground RC car park and external works.
Contract Value: £2 million
Main Contract: JCT 98 Approx Quantities
Subcontract: Wates’ S/C
Contract Type: Remeasure
Brief: Project surveying.

(Oct 2006 to Dec 2007)

Project Surveyor

Company: Barnsley Marshall Limited (Engineering Practice)
Position: Project Surveyor (Client side)
Contract Title: Williams Refrigeration Limited, Kings Lynn, Norfolk
Contract Work: Construction of extension to existing manufacturing facility
Contract Value: £2 million
Main Contract: JCT 2005
Contract Type: Lump Sum
Brief: Contract administration including drafting the Contract, Letter of Intent, Collateral Warranties, Certifications, etc

(Feb 2005 to Nov 2005)

Project Manager

Route Two Limited – Worcester Community Housing

Company: Worcester Community Housing
Position: Project Manager
Contract Title: Refurbishment of Housing Stock to Decent Homes Standard
Contract Value: £30 million
Contract: NEC Partnering
Contract Type: Target Cost Pain/Gain with KPI Incentivisation
Brief: Client’s Project Manager, for refurbishment, to Decent Homes Standard, of 5,000 properties in the City of Worcester.
Managing internal team of 3 to 5 people.
Liasing directly with internal department directors, external consultants, main contractors, subcontractors, tenants, etc.
Developing new and improved business systems.
Target Costing and Open Book auditing.
Programming and Progress Reporting to Board.
Cost Control and Financial Reporting to Board.
Value Engineering.
KPI Incentivisation, etc.

(Dec 2004 to Feb 2005)

Claims Surveyor

Route Two Limited – Balvac

Company: Balvac (Balfour Beatty’s specialist sub-contractor)
Position: Claims Surveyor
Contract Title: Cathodic Protection to M5 and Cathodic Protection to M6
Contract Value: £2 million
Contract: NEC (Partnering)
Contract Type: Lump Sum with Design
Brief: Identifying, pricing and negotiating historical compensation events.

(Aug 2004 to Dec 2004)

Project Surveyor

Route Two Limited – Wates

Company: Wates
Position: Project Surveyor
Contract Title: Refurbishment of 1 Colmore Row, Birmingham
Contract Value: £2 million
Contract: JCT 98 Design and Build
Contract Type: Lump Sum
Brief: Refurbishment of office building, with a total of 12 floors.

Professional Qualifications

Degree: BScHons Commercial Management & Quantity Surveying

A’Levels: Pure Mathematics (A)
Applied Mathematics (A)
Physics (D)

O/A’Levels: Mathematics (A)

O’Levels Mathematics (A) English (C)
Physics (B) English Literature (C)
Chemistry (B) Geography (C)
Biology (B)

Further employment as Route Two Ltd

of documentation within the panel (ie to know the exact location of the relevant claim account files). This was very important as we were sharing the files with other Defra departments at the same time.

b) Audit Progress Management – Management of the progress of each claim account, in terms of status (ie knowing whether files had been audited, were being audited, had been checked, were complete, had been handed over, etc).

c) Automated Real Time Reporting – Reports were automated through the DBMS, that is, at the touch of a button real time reports were automatically produced by the DBMS. Such reports included, audit summaries for each claim account, audits complete to date, the monitoring of each auditor’s productivity, etc.

All in all, the DBMS was very successful, making light work of the management of the project.

EU Submission - Contractor’s Claims

The panel for this project consisted of myself as panel leader, 2Nr QS’s and 2Nr administrative staff.

The project consisted of producing the application for 3Nr Contractor’s claims (value circa £50 million), to the European Commission. This involved ascertaining the account values that had adequate audit trails, and thus formulating summary accounts for each in the required European Commission’s format.

Farmer Negotiations

The project consisted of assessing the financial and legal positions of claim accounts, with the view of formulating settlements with the farmers. It included the drafting of legal agreements which would effectively offer settlement of the accounts.

Report – C&D National Contingency Plan

This report was written as a contingency plan for future disease outbreaks. It demonstrated how financial management procedures of farmers’ claims could be improved.

Report – Web Based National Procurement

This report was written as a contingency plan for future disease outbreaks. It demonstrated how a self-administering web based system could be used to procure contractors.

Route Two Limited – Galiford Midland

Period: July 2001 to June 2002
Company: Galiford Midland
Position: Site Project Surveyor
Contract Title: Keypoint, Swindon
Contract Value: Circa £18 million
Contract: JCT Design and Build amended by developer Wilson Bowden Developments
Brief: Construction of two number warehouses (80x180m and 80m x 300m with full HVAC ), associated road infrastructure and rail terminal off main line, all to facilitate Honda’s new production line. Running QS team onsite, consisting of two Galiford QS’s. Reporting to Galiford’s Head Office Based Project Surveyor.

Route Two Limited – Walter Lawrence

Period: Jan 2001 to Mar 2001
Company: Walter Lawrence
Position: Claims Surveyor
Contract Title: Wessex Water Rehabilitation
Contract Value: £5 million per annum
Contract: Wessex Waters Terms and Conditions
Contract Type: Pain/Gain Target Cost Contract
Brief: Generally identifying and pursuing claims to settle the First Year Account.
Improving management systems for following year. Implementing procedures and
writing database programs.

Period: Apr 2001 to June 2001
Company: Walter Lawrence
Position: Site Project Surveyor
Contract Title: BP Air and OPA Pumping Facilities for Heathrow.
Contract Value: Circa £5 million (Lump Sum)
Contract: BPA and OPA
Contract Type: Lump Sum
Brief: Site a and b - Increasing existing pumping facilities for fuel pipelines to Heathrow.
Site c – Constructing new pumping buildings on Greenfield site. Site d –
Redirection of pipeline through new pumping facilities.

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Freelance QS/Commercial Manager/Open Book Cost Consultant Worcester, Worcestershire, UK

CV (Curriculum Vitae) / Résumé

Employment History

Paralegal

Senior Cost Consultant

Consultant

Commercial Cost Consultant

Project Surveyor

Project Manager

Claims Surveyor

Project Surveyor

Professional Qualifications

Further employment as Route Two Ltd

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