Experience

Beaumont Morgan Developments Ltd.

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Director

  • Oct 2015 - Present



Independent Project Management Services

• New Zealand
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Construction Professional

  • Jan 2012 - Oct 2015



Browns Construction Group Ltd.

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Construction Director

  • Jun 2004 - Aug 2011

  Browns Construction Group 2004 – 2011A medium sized construction company servicing blue chip clients engaged in large scale infrastructure, commercial, residential, leisure and retail projects with a combined value in excess of £100m.Operations and Construction Director Reporting to the Managing Director with responsibility for the day to day running of all construction operations, managing tenders, working with stakeholders and specialist consultants.• Negotiated with all novated consultants and appointed specialists in the field to deliver complex projects including the Gateway Plaza, a £47.2m development.• Monitored financial expenditure on all programmes to ensure margins were protected and sustained at a level of around 7% on large scale projects.• Used creative design skills on a project that allowed addition of 2 floors and 10 extra apartments, providing the developer with an additional £2.75m in profit.• Introduced a waste management system that reduced our landfill deposits to 14% saving £250k on one site alone.• Communicated with clients and consultants to ensure contract compliance and established a coordinated value-engineering programme, beneficial to all parties.• Introduced a protocol for the management of tenders to include the introduction of the specialist subcontractors, consultants and clients.• Introduced weekly group subcontractor resource meetings, to ensure each contractor retained sufficient resources to meet their commitments for the forthcoming week • Implemented an electronic management system within the company to reduce overhead costs, manager’s time at HQ and to give sites more autonomy.



David McLean Contractors Ltd

• Contracts Manager

  • Jun 1999 - Jan 2004

  A medium to large construction and development company, constructing diverse projects including high rise residential, commercial, retail, leisure, hotels, factories and warehouses. Senior Contracts Manager.Reporting to the Construction Director, with the responsibility for all large, high value projects within the company, regularly communicating with stakeholders and consultants. • Managed the construction of the largest student village in the UK for the Moorfield Group• Consolidated a working method for fast track construction to maintain seven day continuity for all trades• Innovated creative design to improve programmes, ensure fast track continuity, reduce budget costs and improve margins• Aligned the production of the Contractor Proposal Document(CPD) with the Employers Requirement Document (ERD) to start final tender negotiations• Demonstrated at Board level that CVRs proved that each project was meeting the financial forecast established at tender stage and established better buy improvements.



Watkin Jones Group

• United Kingdom
• Real Estate
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Contracts Manager

  • Mar 1996 - Jun 1999

  Watkin Jones Group 1997 – 1999A medium to large construction and development company, Senior Contracts Manager.Responsible for the profitable and timely completion of all projects.• Created detailed construction programmes, from contract periods set out within the ERDs, to establish critical path benchmarks• Developed the construction phase plan to comply with CDM regulations and monitored mandatory site updates on a weekly basis• Introduced two weekly project CVR meetings, to monitor smaller projects to ensure forecast budgets and margins were being achieved due to the speed of the works



Saudi Aramco

• Saudi Arabia
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • May 1991 - Jul 1996

  The largest oil and mineral company in the world Responsible for the preparation and review of all ERDs and drawings, work package job explanations, preparation of programmes and monitoring of projects. • Visited remote GOSP sites to survey existing buildings, determine value and prepare feasibility reports for selective demolition, transportation, reuse and modernisation • Developed construction programmes, including critical milestones, bearing in mind logistics for the delivery of specialist materials from outside of the Kingdom• Negotiated final tender returns, contractor selection and approval of the selected works package contractor and issued completion certificates to the works package contractor• Arranged sign off of projects with the commissioning department of Aramco