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Personal Profile & Objectives
Profile
I am a Civil Engineering graduate with over 16 years experience (13 years post-graduate, consisting of 5 years in England and 8 years in South-East Asia).
My roles have generally covered the engineering and management on a wide range of Civils and building projects including high-rise apartments & office buildings, pipejacking, tunnelling, shaft construction, soil stabilisation, roofing, curtain-walling, cladding, steel structures road & earthworks and utilities.
I have experience of the following:
I am a Civil Engineering graduate with over 16 years experience (13 years post-graduate, consisting of 5 years in England and 8 years in South-East Asia).
My roles have generally covered the engineering and management on a wide range of Civils and building projects including high-rise apartments & office buildings, pipejacking, tunnelling, shaft construction, soil stabilisation, roofing, curtain-walling, cladding, steel structures road & earthworks and utilities.
I have experience of the following:
- Site & project management.
- Design & design-team management.
- Sub-contractor management & co-ordination.
- Planning & programming.
- Creation & operation of management systems (including quality & administration)
- Surveying & setting-out.
I am ambitious, with a genuine passion for construction and can work independently with little supervision.
My next target is to hold a role where I am entirely responsible for a single project or part of a larger project.
In such a role I would be responsible for developing and maintaining a good working relationship with the Employer, Consultants and Authorities, whilst leading a team of staff to successfully manage safety, costs, quality, progress, claims and administration.
My ideal employer will recognize my abilities and motivate me with challenging and interesting projects, high levels of responsibility and authority and good career development potential. They will also value my desire to balance my personal life and career in order to maintain my high level of productivity and motivation.
In the long term I hope to move steadily into more senior positions. I still harbour hopes of becoming a Chartered Engineer, or at least furthering my career development with perhaps a Masters degree in Project Management or a qualification in Construction Law, Arbitration or Dispute Resolution.
Continuing Professional Development
Training
IEM half-day seminar, Nov 2006
2003
- Appointed Person (Lifting Operations) 2-day course.
- First Aid, 3-day course.
- Fire Extinguisher Use, 1-day course.
1998-9
- Precast Concrete Technology, 1-day course.
- ISO Quality Auditing, 2-day course.
- Introduction to Contract Management.
- Management Systems Appreciation.
- Setting-out & Surveying, 5-day course.
Continuing Professional Development
Annual Masons Lecture on "Developments in Construction Law" organised by The Lighthouse Club. Speakers - John Bishop and Tan Swee Im.
20 September 2006
Evening Lecture on "Dispute Boards for Resolution and Avoidance of Disputes", organised by the Malaysian Bar Council, The Society of Construction Law and The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (
12 September 2005
Half-Day Seminar on “Professional Liability in the Construction Industry”, organised by the Malaysian Bar Council, The Society of Construction Law and The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (
Papers
Delivered a Paper on “The Pantai Trunk Sewer & Networks on the National Sewerage Project - Phase 1: Package 1” at a half-day seminar organised by The Institution of Engineers,
IEM half-day seminar, Nov 20067-9 March 2006
Delivered Papers on "TBM Excavation Control Systems", "Soil Conditioning and Cutter-head Configuration" and “Pipejacking for Sewer Networks" on the National Sewerage Project - Phase 1: Package 1, at the International Conference and Exhibition on Tunnelling & Trenchless Technology organised by The Institution of Engineers,
Experience #4 (2003 - present)
Dates: June 2008 - present
Employer: Six Construct
Position:
Contract:
Client:
Consultant:
Location: Dubai, UAE
Contract Value:
Contract Type:
Notable Sub-contractors:
Project Description:
coming soon.
Dates: January 2004 - May 2008
Employer: Shimizu Corporation
Position: Deputy Site Project Manager
Contract: Sewage Treatment Plant Project - Phase 1: Package 1
Client: KTAK
Consultant: NJS
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Contract Value: RM978million (US$279million)
Contract Type: JBIC-modified FIDIC contract
Notable Sub-contractors: Nishimatsu, Kinden, Mersing
Project Description:
A major new sewer system involving over 13km of pipejacking from 300mm to 1.8m diameter, in mixed (clay, sand, silt, weathered rock) ground conditions. Over 10 TBM's from various manufacturers (Rasa, MTS, Herrenknecht, Iseki, Soltau Wirth and Okumura) used, some in busy urban areas with heavy traffic and many physical site constraints.
1.5m dia. pipejacking from a 25m deep in-situ caisson shaft.
My major roles are to manage our sub-contractor Nishimatsu Corporation, authority approvals, and liaise with the Employer and Engineer.
Other works:
Manhole construction inside an in-situ caisson shaft. Main sewer - left to right - is a segmental tunnel with pre-cast lining pipes. Link sewer - top - by pipejacking method.
Dates: May-December 2003
Employer: Mowlem Building (now Carillion)
Position: Site Manager
Contract: Cambridge Retail Park Phase 2
Client: Barrie Tankel
Consultant: Reid Architects, Environ, Cameron Taylor Bedford, Symonds
Location: Cambridge, England
Contract Value:
Contract Type:
Notable Sub-contractors: Stent, Dickerson, May Gurney, Spadeoak, ATG Access, Siemens Traffic
This 95,000 sq-ft retail warehouse park comprised 6 units with approximately 400 car parking spaces, and associated external works.
View from car-park
My role was to manage all site activities - sub-contractor planning and co-ordination, site logistics and controlling materials, plant and labour. I also carried out design co-ordination and dealt with local authorities.
Scope of Works:
Employer: Six Construct
Position:
Contract:
Client:
Consultant:
Location: Dubai, UAE
Contract Value:
Contract Type:
Notable Sub-contractors:
Project Description:
coming soon.
Dates: January 2004 - May 2008
Employer: Shimizu Corporation
Position: Deputy Site Project Manager
Contract: Sewage Treatment Plant Project - Phase 1: Package 1
Client: KTAK
Consultant: NJS
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Contract Value: RM978million (US$279million)
Contract Type: JBIC-modified FIDIC contract
Notable Sub-contractors: Nishimatsu, Kinden, Mersing
Project Description:
A major new sewer system involving over 13km of pipejacking from 300mm to 1.8m diameter, in mixed (clay, sand, silt, weathered rock) ground conditions. Over 10 TBM's from various manufacturers (Rasa, MTS, Herrenknecht, Iseki, Soltau Wirth and Okumura) used, some in busy urban areas with heavy traffic and many physical site constraints.
1.5m dia. pipejacking from a 25m deep in-situ caisson shaft.My major roles are to manage our sub-contractor Nishimatsu Corporation, authority approvals, and liaise with the Employer and Engineer.
Other works:
- Jet grouting
- Chemical grouting
- Steel sheet-piled shafts
- In-situ concrete caissons
- Manual excavation pipejacking
- Auger-boring
- 5km of open-trench pipelines
- 21 connections into existing sewers
- Development of an initially unfeasible schematic sewer design (by others) into a buildable alignment. Challenges to this development were - lack of information on existing sewers and utilities, numerous structures to be avoided, rapid concurrent urban development & land ownership issues.
- Improvement of safety awareness and measures to a level greater than that normally practised.
- Liaision with numerous authorities, utility companies and third parties with, in many cases, conflicting or overlapping or uncertain jurisdictions.
- Construction of numerous in-situ concrete caissons (up to 6m dia., 25m deep) in a variety of ground conditions.
- Successfully claimed an Extensions Of Time of over 20 months. This claim was based on major changes in the nature of the sites in the 4 years between the Tender and Construction stages.
- Project completed on-time on 10 March 2008.
- Production of US$15million of claims.
Manhole construction inside an in-situ caisson shaft. Main sewer - left to right - is a segmental tunnel with pre-cast lining pipes. Link sewer - top - by pipejacking method.Dates: May-December 2003
Employer: Mowlem Building (now Carillion)
Position: Site Manager
Contract: Cambridge Retail Park Phase 2
Client: Barrie Tankel
Consultant: Reid Architects, Environ, Cameron Taylor Bedford, Symonds
Location: Cambridge, England
Contract Value:
Contract Type:
Notable Sub-contractors: Stent, Dickerson, May Gurney, Spadeoak, ATG Access, Siemens Traffic
This 95,000 sq-ft retail warehouse park comprised 6 units with approximately 400 car parking spaces, and associated external works.
View from car-park
Satellite image of Cambridge Retail Park Phase 2.
My role was to manage all site activities - sub-contractor planning and co-ordination, site logistics and controlling materials, plant and labour. I also carried out design co-ordination and dealt with local authorities.
Scope of Works:
- Demolition
- Services Decommissioning
- Asbestos removal
- Contaminated land (landfill & petroleum)
- Utilities Diversions
- Traffic-light controlled junction
- Gas blanket and detection system
- Steel-fibre reinforced concrete floor slabs
- Pre-cast driven piles
- Single-storey steel-framed buildings
- Blockwork, cladding & glazing
- Drainage, Sewerage
- Earthworks and roadworks (with the use of Tensar & Terram geotextiles)
- Retaining walls
- Street-furniture and landscaping
- I designed the manhole and ducting system for the site to cater for CCTV, street-lighting, gas-detection, traffic control and telecommunications systems.
- Successful on-time completion of site and fit-out for anchor tenant Homebase opening on 26th December 2003, despite a very tight 9-month programme.
Experience #3 (1999-2003)
Dates: April 2000 - April 2003
Employer: Euro Iseki
Position: Senior Engineer
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Sub-Contract Type: Bespoke.
Click here to view a No-Dig Magazine article (pdf file) on "Pipejacking In Sout East Asia" from April 2000. This gives a good overview of the type of projects I worked on.
1. Samut Prakan Wastewater Management Project
Client: Nippon Comsys
Consultant: Atkins
Suppliers: Nippon Hume, CP&P
Project Description:
This was an approx. US$750million project funded by the Thai Government with assistance from the ADB and JBIC. Euro Iseki worked on a number of sub-contracts on this project as a specialist sub-contractor for pipejacking and manhole construction. Our major contract, SC27 & 28, involved almost 200 shafts and almost 20km of pipejacking from 300mm to 1800mm diamater, in marine clay. The shafts, consisting of HDPE-lined precast units, were then converted into permanent manholes.
Click here to view a No-Dig Magazine article (pdf file) giving for this project from April 2000.
Scope of Works:
A typical shaft location in the centre of a busy Bangkok road.
A cutting edge unit ready for the guide collar to be cast.
1200mm pipejacking from a 3.5m sq. HDPE-lined precast shaft located in a canal in Bangkok.
Benching formwork being placed in a shaft similar to above.
2. BMA-1
Client: Skanska
Project Description:
This project involved the construction of interceptor chambers over existing combined drains and sewer pipes. The flow was then diverted into a new sewer system located within the canals and channeled toa new pump station and treatment plant. Our contract involved the construction of numerous shafts upwards from 2m dia. inside the canals. These shafts were constructed from within over-sized steel tubes and some were accessed from temporary steel platforms resting on H-piles driven into the canal bed. Pipelines consisted of HDPE pipes laid using the very effective Bohrtec pilot-tube system.
Click here to view a No-Dig Magazine article (pdf file) on this project from November 2002.
3. Others
Clients: Italian-Thai, Nawarat
Project Description:
Various utilities projects in Bangkok involving pipejacking for sewerage, flood relief or cable ducts.
Click here to view a June 2001 No-Dig Magazine article (pdf file) on curved pipejacking carried out by Euro Iseki for a 1.8m dia. storm drain.
Notable Achievements:
Dates: April 1999 - April 2000
Employer: Sir Robert McAlpine
Position: Assistant Package Manager
Contract: ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Client: English Partnerships
Consultant: Moxley Architects, Buro Happold, Gardiner & Theobald
Location: London, England
Contract Value: £165million
Contract Type: Bespoke, Guaranteed Maximum Price.
Notable Sub-contractors: Hathaway Roofing, Space Decks, Portal, Severfield Reeve, Fullflow, Freyssinet
Project Description:
A 65,000 sq m state-of-the-art exhibition centre, on over 3000 CFA piles, with 80m span steel roof trusses and heavy-duty post-tensioned floor slabs. Built on land previously occupied by warehouses in the Docklands area. We found 13 WW2 bombs during site clearance! Part of the centre was built on a platform in the adjacent Dock, on 370No. bored piles. Click for details.
Piling from pontoons floating in the Dock.
The completed 65,000 sq m ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London's Docklands.
Satellite image of ExCeL.
ExCeL's glazed main entrance pyramid.
Inside view of pyramid showing solar-control blinds.
Notable Achievements:
With very little input needed from my superiors, I successfully managed all building envelope sub-contracts, with a value of £9 million, from tender to construction, including tender interviews & negotiations, design development & co-ordination, and site management.
For family reasons I sought to return to S.E. Asia and did so after I accepted a job offer from Euro Iseki (see above).
Employer: Euro Iseki
Position: Senior Engineer
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Sub-Contract Type: Bespoke.
Click here to view a No-Dig Magazine article (pdf file) on "Pipejacking In Sout East Asia" from April 2000. This gives a good overview of the type of projects I worked on.
1. Samut Prakan Wastewater Management Project
Client: Nippon Comsys
Consultant: Atkins
Suppliers: Nippon Hume, CP&P
Project Description:
This was an approx. US$750million project funded by the Thai Government with assistance from the ADB and JBIC. Euro Iseki worked on a number of sub-contracts on this project as a specialist sub-contractor for pipejacking and manhole construction. Our major contract, SC27 & 28, involved almost 200 shafts and almost 20km of pipejacking from 300mm to 1800mm diamater, in marine clay. The shafts, consisting of HDPE-lined precast units, were then converted into permanent manholes.
Click here to view a No-Dig Magazine article (pdf file) giving for this project from April 2000.
Scope of Works:
- Land & marine-based shaft construction using precast-caisson sinking method
- Slurry-system pipejacking
- EPB pipejacking with muck-pump
- Manual-excavation pipejacking
- Grouting
- Manhole & Interceptor chamber construction
A typical shaft location in the centre of a busy Bangkok road.
A cutting edge unit ready for the guide collar to be cast.
1200mm pipejacking from a 3.5m sq. HDPE-lined precast shaft located in a canal in Bangkok.
Benching formwork being placed in a shaft similar to above.I was also involved with Contracts SC24, 25, 26 and 47 for clients Nawarat and Pipejack International.
Client: Skanska
Project Description:
This project involved the construction of interceptor chambers over existing combined drains and sewer pipes. The flow was then diverted into a new sewer system located within the canals and channeled toa new pump station and treatment plant. Our contract involved the construction of numerous shafts upwards from 2m dia. inside the canals. These shafts were constructed from within over-sized steel tubes and some were accessed from temporary steel platforms resting on H-piles driven into the canal bed. Pipelines consisted of HDPE pipes laid using the very effective Bohrtec pilot-tube system.
Click here to view a No-Dig Magazine article (pdf file) on this project from November 2002.
3. Others
Clients: Italian-Thai, Nawarat
Project Description:
Various utilities projects in Bangkok involving pipejacking for sewerage, flood relief or cable ducts.
- BMA-1 Huay Kwang, for Nawarat and Drill-con (Sewerage)
- BMA-3 Rat Burana and Nong Khaem (Sewerage)
- Sapan Dum and Nang Lerng for DES (Elec. cable ducts)
- Sukhumvit Soi 42 for Italian Thai (Storm Drain)
Click here to view a June 2001 No-Dig Magazine article (pdf file) on curved pipejacking carried out by Euro Iseki for a 1.8m dia. storm drain.
Notable Achievements:
- During my time with EIOTL we maintained our position as the fastest and most accurate pipejacking contractor in Thailand.
- Up to 10No. pipejacking systems running concurrently, sometimes operating very short night-shifts, requiring excellent planning and logistics, in locations with tight physical constraints.
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Due to a downturn in work volume, and expats being a relatively high-cost, I was made redundant in April 2003. I intended to move to Malaysia to work on a project for Shimizu Corporation, but had to return to the UK temporarily due to a delay to the start of that project.Dates: April 1999 - April 2000
Employer: Sir Robert McAlpine
Position: Assistant Package Manager
Contract: ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Client: English Partnerships
Consultant: Moxley Architects, Buro Happold, Gardiner & Theobald
Location: London, England
Contract Value: £165million
Contract Type: Bespoke, Guaranteed Maximum Price.
Notable Sub-contractors: Hathaway Roofing, Space Decks, Portal, Severfield Reeve, Fullflow, Freyssinet
Project Description:
A 65,000 sq m state-of-the-art exhibition centre, on over 3000 CFA piles, with 80m span steel roof trusses and heavy-duty post-tensioned floor slabs. Built on land previously occupied by warehouses in the Docklands area. We found 13 WW2 bombs during site clearance! Part of the centre was built on a platform in the adjacent Dock, on 370No. bored piles. Click for details.
Piling from pontoons floating in the Dock.
The completed 65,000 sq m ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London's Docklands.
Satellite image of ExCeL.My role was to oversee the construction of the entire building envelope which consisted of..
ExCeL's glazed main entrance pyramid.
Inside view of pyramid showing solar-control blinds.Notable Achievements:
With very little input needed from my superiors, I successfully managed all building envelope sub-contracts, with a value of £9 million, from tender to construction, including tender interviews & negotiations, design development & co-ordination, and site management.
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For family reasons I sought to return to S.E. Asia and did so after I accepted a job offer from Euro Iseki (see above).
Experience #2 (1997-1999)
Dates: January 1998 - April 1999
Employer: Ho Lee Construction
Position: Project Engineer
Contract: Kallang Whampoa Contract RC28A
Client: HDB
Consultant: HDB In-House Team
Location: Singapore
Contract Value:
Contract Type:
Notable Sub-contractors:
This project consisted of 4 apartment blocks 16-18 storeys high, with a 5-storey car park and associated sewerage, drainage and external works.
Re-usable steel formwork with extensive use of precast components e.g. Civil Defence Shelters, wall panels, car-park perimeter walls.
(Ground beam construction)
(Block 16)
(Overall view, nearing completion)
I left Ho Lee as I did not believe that they would offer me the career development (i.e. promotions) that I wanted to achieve.
Dates: January 1997 - January 1998
Employer: MBf Property Services
Position: Deputy Site Project Manager
Contract: Brogaville
Client:
Consultant:
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Contract Value:
Contract Type:
Notable Sub-contractors:
A 500-acre mixed township development in Selangor, 50km south of Kuala Lumpur.
Satellite image of Brogaville, showing road layout.
Road and earthworks in progress.
Earthworks in progress.
I resigned from MBf as I anticipated the cessation of my project due to the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Indeed the project was shelved and remains so to this day.
Employer: Ho Lee Construction
Position: Project Engineer
Contract: Kallang Whampoa Contract RC28A
Client: HDB
Consultant: HDB In-House Team
Location: Singapore
Contract Value:
Contract Type:
Notable Sub-contractors:
This project consisted of 4 apartment blocks 16-18 storeys high, with a 5-storey car park and associated sewerage, drainage and external works.
Re-usable steel formwork with extensive use of precast components e.g. Civil Defence Shelters, wall panels, car-park perimeter walls.
(Ground beam construction)
(Block 16)
(Overall view, nearing completion)I left Ho Lee as I did not believe that they would offer me the career development (i.e. promotions) that I wanted to achieve.
Dates: January 1997 - January 1998
Employer: MBf Property Services
Position: Deputy Site Project Manager
Contract: Brogaville
Client:
Consultant:
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Contract Value:
Contract Type:
Notable Sub-contractors:
A 500-acre mixed township development in Selangor, 50km south of Kuala Lumpur.
Satellite image of Brogaville, showing road layout.
Road and earthworks in progress.
Earthworks in progress.I resigned from MBf as I anticipated the cessation of my project due to the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Indeed the project was shelved and remains so to this day.
Experience #1 (1994-1997)
Dates: March 1995 - January 1997
Employer: Sir Robert McAlpine
Position: Assistant Package Manager
Contract: Milton & Shire House
Development Team: Development Securities, CGI
Consultants: AYH, Sheppard Robson, Lerch Bates, Emmer Pfenninger, Pell Frischmann
Location: London, England
Contract Value: GBP45million
Contract Type:
Notable Sub-contractors: Schmidlin, Robore Cuts, Facade Hoists, Kilnbridge, Rock Asphalte, Fujitec, Southern Demolition
Satellite image of Milton & Shire House
November 1995 - removing existing curtain walling and installing new brackets.
Completed building envelope.
Milton & Shire House by night.
This was the first project on which I was involved from before the start of site work. The project involved the almost complete refurbishment of an existing 1970's-built 11/15 storey office building in the heart of London. The entire building envelope, services and fixtures and fitting were completely changed, with some major structural modifications.
My initial role was to manage the decommissioning of the building services. Subsequently my main role was to assist the Package Manager in charge of curtain walling, roofing and cleaning cradles. I was also involved in tower-crane base construction, demolition and fire-protection.
The building envelope consisted of structural silicon glazing panels, with aluminium and granite infill panels. This was designed and installed by Schmidlin. I was responsible for site-management of this sub-contractor - recording and monitoring progress, checking all support structures before hanging the panels, testing and inspection, safety management etc...
In order to create new atriums within the existing structures we had to demolish a portion of 5 main floor slabs. This was done by Robore Cuts using a Brokk remote-controlled demolition robot. Diamond-sawing was used to cut around the perimeter of the new atria. I also supervised this sub-contract. My other duties were setting-out and co-ordination with other trades.
Dates: October 1994 - March 1995
Employer: Sir Robert McAlpine
Position: Site Engineer
Contract: Bicester Value Retail Village
Client:
Consultant:
Location: Bicester, England
Contract Value:
Contract Type:
Notable Sub-contractors:
I was moved to this project in late 1994 and stayed a few months until early 1995. Again my main duties were site-based, setting-out and surveying for the external works - drainage, at-grade car-parks and landscaping.
Bicester Village.
Satellite Image of Bicester Village
Dates: August-October 1994
Employer: Sir Robert McAlpine
Position: Site Engineer
Contract: Heathrow Airport Terminal 3 Car-park Spiral Ramp
Client: BAA
Consultant:
Location: London, England
Contract Value:
Contract Type:
Notable Sub-contractors:
I spent just a few months on this project - a 4-storey spiral car-park access ramp. My main duties were the setting out of the ramp soffit and walls formwork, and checking the formwork and reinforcement before concreting. The setting-out was quite complicated as the ramp was circular, sloping and of varying thickness.
Employer: Sir Robert McAlpine
Position: Assistant Package Manager
Contract: Milton & Shire House
Development Team: Development Securities, CGI
Consultants: AYH, Sheppard Robson, Lerch Bates, Emmer Pfenninger, Pell Frischmann
Location: London, England
Contract Value: GBP45million
Contract Type:
Notable Sub-contractors: Schmidlin, Robore Cuts, Facade Hoists, Kilnbridge, Rock Asphalte, Fujitec, Southern Demolition
Satellite image of Milton & Shire House
November 1995 - removing existing curtain walling and installing new brackets.
Completed building envelope.
Milton & Shire House by night.This was the first project on which I was involved from before the start of site work. The project involved the almost complete refurbishment of an existing 1970's-built 11/15 storey office building in the heart of London. The entire building envelope, services and fixtures and fitting were completely changed, with some major structural modifications.
My initial role was to manage the decommissioning of the building services. Subsequently my main role was to assist the Package Manager in charge of curtain walling, roofing and cleaning cradles. I was also involved in tower-crane base construction, demolition and fire-protection.
The building envelope consisted of structural silicon glazing panels, with aluminium and granite infill panels. This was designed and installed by Schmidlin. I was responsible for site-management of this sub-contractor - recording and monitoring progress, checking all support structures before hanging the panels, testing and inspection, safety management etc...
In order to create new atriums within the existing structures we had to demolish a portion of 5 main floor slabs. This was done by Robore Cuts using a Brokk remote-controlled demolition robot. Diamond-sawing was used to cut around the perimeter of the new atria. I also supervised this sub-contract. My other duties were setting-out and co-ordination with other trades.
Dates: October 1994 - March 1995
Employer: Sir Robert McAlpine
Position: Site Engineer
Contract: Bicester Value Retail Village
Client:
Consultant:
Location: Bicester, England
Contract Value:
Contract Type:
Notable Sub-contractors:
I was moved to this project in late 1994 and stayed a few months until early 1995. Again my main duties were site-based, setting-out and surveying for the external works - drainage, at-grade car-parks and landscaping.
Bicester Village.
Satellite Image of Bicester VillageDates: August-October 1994
Employer: Sir Robert McAlpine
Position: Site Engineer
Contract: Heathrow Airport Terminal 3 Car-park Spiral Ramp
Client: BAA
Consultant:
Location: London, England
Contract Value:
Contract Type:
Notable Sub-contractors:
I spent just a few months on this project - a 4-storey spiral car-park access ramp. My main duties were the setting out of the ramp soffit and walls formwork, and checking the formwork and reinforcement before concreting. The setting-out was quite complicated as the ramp was circular, sloping and of varying thickness.
Pre-Graduate Experience
Between 1988 and 1992 I spent 3 summers (June - August) working for Sir Robert McAlpine as a Site Engineer or Assistant on various projects :
Summer 1992
Fort Sterling Paper Mill, Ramsbottom, England
This was a large new Paper Mill. My main responsibility was setting-out columns and plinths and carrying our pre-concreting checks. The Client was Fluor Daniel.
Satellite image of Fort Sterling paper mill, Ramsbottom, England.
Summer 1989
Marlowes Centre, Hemel Hempstead, England
A £32million shopping-centre project. My duties were setting-out & surveying.
Summer 1988
123 Buckingham Palace Road, London, England
This project involved the construction of new offices for The Department Of Trade & Industry in Central London. It has around 7 stories and a central atrium. My main duties were setting-out & surveying, and later snagging the completed works. The curtain-walling was installed by Josef Gartner.
Satellite image of 123 Buckingham Palace Road.
Summer 1992
Fort Sterling Paper Mill, Ramsbottom, England
This was a large new Paper Mill. My main responsibility was setting-out columns and plinths and carrying our pre-concreting checks. The Client was Fluor Daniel.
Satellite image of Fort Sterling paper mill, Ramsbottom, England.Summer 1989
Marlowes Centre, Hemel Hempstead, England
A £32million shopping-centre project. My duties were setting-out & surveying.
Summer 1988
123 Buckingham Palace Road, London, England
This project involved the construction of new offices for The Department Of Trade & Industry in Central London. It has around 7 stories and a central atrium. My main duties were setting-out & surveying, and later snagging the completed works. The curtain-walling was installed by Josef Gartner.
Satellite image of 123 Buckingham Palace Road.
Education
1990-1994
The University Of Leeds (Faculty Of Engineering), England
I graduated with a Class 2(ii) BEng. (Hons) in Civil Engineering.
The subjects of my theses were - Bus Terminal Design, CCGT Power Station Feasibility Study, Remote Sensing for Geological Mapping and a Trunk Road Envorinmantal Impact Assessment.
Subjects I studied included Structural & Stress Analysis, Civil Engineering Materials, Civil Engineering Economics & Finance, Steel & Concrete Design, Fluid Mechanics, Soil Mechanics, Engineering Mathematics, Statistics, Surveying, Photogrammetry, Building Services Design, French.
1985-1990
Samuel Whitbread Community College, Bedfordshire, England
I obtained the following certificates:
3 'A' Levels: Geography (A), Mathematics (B) and Physics (C)
1 'AO' Level: Mathematics (B).
9 GCSE's: A's - English Language, English Literature, Business Studies, Graphical Communication
B's - Mathematics, Geography, Science
C's - French, Double Science
For my 'A' Levels I particularly enjoyed Geography, was disappointend not to achieve an 'A' in Mathematics, and was pleased to get a 'C' in Physics after my teacher told me he thought I wouldn't pass.
The University Of Leeds (Faculty Of Engineering), England
I graduated with a Class 2(ii) BEng. (Hons) in Civil Engineering.
The subjects of my theses were - Bus Terminal Design, CCGT Power Station Feasibility Study, Remote Sensing for Geological Mapping and a Trunk Road Envorinmantal Impact Assessment.
Subjects I studied included Structural & Stress Analysis, Civil Engineering Materials, Civil Engineering Economics & Finance, Steel & Concrete Design, Fluid Mechanics, Soil Mechanics, Engineering Mathematics, Statistics, Surveying, Photogrammetry, Building Services Design, French.
1985-1990
Samuel Whitbread Community College, Bedfordshire, England
I obtained the following certificates:
3 'A' Levels: Geography (A), Mathematics (B) and Physics (C)
1 'AO' Level: Mathematics (B).
9 GCSE's: A's - English Language, English Literature, Business Studies, Graphical Communication
B's - Mathematics, Geography, Science
C's - French, Double Science
For my 'A' Levels I particularly enjoyed Geography, was disappointend not to achieve an 'A' in Mathematics, and was pleased to get a 'C' in Physics after my teacher told me he thought I wouldn't pass.
Skills
Language
I can speak and write English fluently. I am able to compose letters, reports presentations etc... on complex technical or commercial issues relating to construction. I also have good experience of making oral presentations to large and distinguished audiences.
Computing
I have taught myself to become proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Project and am able to create complex spreadsheets and schedules, and visual presentations.
I am familiar with many common email, web browsing and file-sharing applications and try to make full use of modern information technology for the benefit of the project on which I am working.
Others
I hold full UK and Malaysian driving licences. I am a certified Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver.
I can speak and write English fluently. I am able to compose letters, reports presentations etc... on complex technical or commercial issues relating to construction. I also have good experience of making oral presentations to large and distinguished audiences.
Computing
I have taught myself to become proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Project and am able to create complex spreadsheets and schedules, and visual presentations.
I am familiar with many common email, web browsing and file-sharing applications and try to make full use of modern information technology for the benefit of the project on which I am working.
Others
I hold full UK and Malaysian driving licences. I am a certified Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver.
Interests
Family
One great interest of mine is ensuring that my 6-year old son Lucas enjoys an interesting and active life. We attend sporting events (motorbike or motorcar racing), Hash runs, go to the cinema, theatre, museums etc...
Triathlon
My main interest is Triathlon. I train regularly and am an active member of PCC Cycling Club and Pacesetters Athletics Club Malaysia. I regularly take part in local running events, particularly 10km and Half-marathon distances. In 2007 I participated in several half-marathons, duathlons and triathlons (Olympic and Half-Ironman distances).
Kenyir Lake Triathlon finish, May 2007
Cycling
I am a keen road cyclist and regularly enjoy long weekend rides of up to 200km, and occasional faster training rides.
In 2007 I initiated and organised a successful individual time trial event. Click here to see the event website.
Time Trial awards ceremony (with me in yellow T-shirt), March 2007
Sport
As a spectator, I enjoy watching professional road cycling races, MotoGP and English Premiership football.
Others
I enjoy reading novels or autobiographies when I have time. I particularly enjoy listening to my favourite music, which spans a variety of genres. One interest that is yet to develop is Classical Music.
I am particularly interested in construction law, arbitration and dispute-resolution but am yet to develop this interest as much as I'd like to.
I enjoy keeping up-to-date with S.E. Asian politics and current affairs and look forward to travelling to more far-reaching areas of that region.
One great interest of mine is ensuring that my 6-year old son Lucas enjoys an interesting and active life. We attend sporting events (motorbike or motorcar racing), Hash runs, go to the cinema, theatre, museums etc...
Triathlon
My main interest is Triathlon. I train regularly and am an active member of PCC Cycling Club and Pacesetters Athletics Club Malaysia. I regularly take part in local running events, particularly 10km and Half-marathon distances. In 2007 I participated in several half-marathons, duathlons and triathlons (Olympic and Half-Ironman distances).
Kenyir Lake Triathlon finish, May 2007Cycling
I am a keen road cyclist and regularly enjoy long weekend rides of up to 200km, and occasional faster training rides.
In 2007 I initiated and organised a successful individual time trial event. Click here to see the event website.
Time Trial awards ceremony (with me in yellow T-shirt), March 2007Sport
As a spectator, I enjoy watching professional road cycling races, MotoGP and English Premiership football.
Others
I enjoy reading novels or autobiographies when I have time. I particularly enjoy listening to my favourite music, which spans a variety of genres. One interest that is yet to develop is Classical Music.
I am particularly interested in construction law, arbitration and dispute-resolution but am yet to develop this interest as much as I'd like to.
I enjoy keeping up-to-date with S.E. Asian politics and current affairs and look forward to travelling to more far-reaching areas of that region.
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