Experience #4 (2003 - present)

Dates: June 2008 - present
Employer: Six Construct

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Location: Dubai, UAE
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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
Notable Achievements:
  • 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
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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.

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  • 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.