James Galbraith
Quantity Surveyor at Fit Out UK Ltd- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Bachelor of Science with Honours, First Class in Quantity Surveying
Birmingham City UniversityJul, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
HNC Construction
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Experience
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Fit Out UK Ltd
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United Kingdom
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Facilities Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Quantity Surveyor
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Jun 2023 - Present
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Lovell Partnerships Ltd
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United Kingdom
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Construction
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700 & Above Employee
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Quantity Surveyor
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Jan 2023 - Jun 2023
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VINCI Facilities
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Facilities Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Quantity Surveyor
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Nov 2019 - May 2022
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Murray & Willis Ltd
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United Kingdom
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Construction
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1 - 100 Employee
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Quantity Surveyor
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Sep 2015 - Nov 2019
Currently commercially responsible for the agreement, running and final accounting of an annual turnover circa £12million McDonalds Extensions & Refurbishment framework. Schemes vary within value and are between £200k - £1.2M. Schemes vary in scope but can entail the following; Full bay extensions, Crew room/ Managers office/ Presenter Booth extensions, Corral & BoH extensions, Folded Roof Installations, Side-By-Side drive thru Installations, New Shop-front windows and automated access doors, Full Internal Re-images including new floors, walls, ceilings finishes. As well as the above, the most recent Coventry Building Society branch refurbishments have now commenced which include completley transforming the branches to the new design specifications. Show less
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Assistant Cost Manager
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Jan 2011 - Jul 2015
Professional Quantity Surveying & Contract Administration duties including:• Cost estimating, budget setting & whole-life viability studies;• Value engineering;• Procurement strategy reports;• Contract selection;• Final Account negotiations;• Negotiating contract sums based on agreed rates;• Creating contract documents;• Employer's Agent role;• Contract Practice;• Post-contract cost control;• Earned value analysis;• Cost data analysis.• Tendering & reports;• Cost reporting;WORK STREAMS Various Work Streams• JS Sainsbury Small Works (£6.5 million turnover)• JS Sainsbury Competitor Impact Schemes (£3 million turnover)• Tesco Refresh Roll out circa £1.2m• MOJ (Ministry Of Justice) – Prison & Court Refurbishment nationwide circa £220k• Royal Mail (Delivery Office Refurbishments £1.2 million turnover)• Various Work-streams - Tendering Show less
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Administrative Assistant
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Sep 2009 - Dec 2010
Duties included:• Raising sub-contractor, Purchase Ledger and plant orders and payment certificates• Interaction with sub-contractors to confirm meeting requests• Accounting, Paying Sub-contractors• Answering and dealing with a variety of phone call’s daily• Using a variety of software packages, such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, etc., to produce correspondence and documents and maintain presentations, records, spread sheets and databases• Attending meetings, taking minutes and keeping notes• Speaking to various clients and sub-contractors to help with any queries Show less
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Birmingham City University
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Part-Time Student
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Sep 2013 - May 2015
Undertaking and completing the HNC Construction course at Birmingham City University. Completed whilst working for Longcross. Undertaking and completing the HNC Construction course at Birmingham City University. Completed whilst working for Longcross.
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Education
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Birmingham City University
Associate’s Degree, HNC Construction