Oct 1978 - Feb 1984      Burmah Oil Trading Ltd, Ellesmere Port
Site Engineer
As the Site Engineer I was responsible for :
Setting out
Supervision of labour
Ordering and checking all materials
Preparing daywork sheets

Feb 1984 - Apr 1984     Setting out duties on :
Moorland Avenue - road reconstruction
Warrington gas - pipeline foundations
Shell UK Lubrication Plant - earth movement contract

Apr 1984 - Jul 1985     M42 Birmingham to Nottingham Motorway, Water Orton Contract ( bridges contract )
Planning Engineer
The bridge section of the contract consisted of 14 No bridges of various designs at an estimated value of £11 million.

Aug 1985 - Nov 1985     Shell UK, Stanlow, Ellesmere Port - Lubrication Plant
Planning Engineer
This contract consisted of forming foundations for the new high bay warehouse and loading areas along with floor slabs.

Dec 1985 - Nov 1986     Shell UK, Stanlow, Ellesmere Port - Shell Upgrading Project
Planning Engineer
Fairclough were responsible for the construction of a new anti-blast control building for the new Cat-Cracker Plant. The contract was programmed for 52 weeks and it was essential that is was maintained to allow the commissioning of the process plant and therefore avoiding heavy penalty clauses.