Personal Details

Name:      Steven John HEWITT          

Position: Senior Construction Manager     

Born: 1966     

Joined WBH: June 2004
     
Previous Employers: Bovis, Galliford Try Limited, HBG, Bowmer & Kirkland, Birse Build, Howard Associates, Tarmac Construction, Trafalgar House Construction, John Laing Construction and Wiltshier Construction Limited     
     
Key Skills/Training Courses:

Steven’s broad range of experience includes areas of specialism in the construction of schools, hotels and major office warehouse structures and multi-discipline, high-tech fast track industrial projects. He has a deep understanding of how to make things happen and is totally committed to the achievement of his projects’ objectives. Steven is excellent at developing relationships and getting all individuals to work as a high performance team. Steven has a CRB certificate.

Steven has first hand knowledge of working with Northampton College before on their Town Centre Building followed by knowledge of the area and sub contractors used on the 41 schools built by GTC in Northampton.

Experience
WBH Limited 2004 – Present
Steven is accountable for all aspects of delivery of a sustainable and profitable construction business. Steven grew the business into a construction consultancy business over the past four years. He has been responsible for everything from accounts to websites as well as securing and carrying out work for our clients.

Birmingham Schools BSF 2008 - Present

Steven was initially seconded to help win Bovis’ £1.2 billion pound tender. He re-wrote many areas in more detail and made it more user friendly for the schools to understand. He programmed the sample schools and drew up 3D and time sliced logistic, fire, safety & security, phasing and decant plans to explain to non-construction personnel in the schools.

After the contract was won Steven was requested to develop the next batch of projects. He has developed generic stage one, two and three programmes for the BSF tender framework and is currently detailing programmes for two academy schools; three refurbishment/new build schools and an all through school.

Shopping Centre Claim 2009

Steven worked for Costain to deal with an extension of time claim on a £78 million shopping centre that had fallen behind due to lack of information and proper instruction by the their client.
He substantiated the claim and was able to demonstrate where the delays were occurring by strategic mapping and baseline programmes of cause and effect.


Housing Estate Construction Claim 2008-9

Steven helped demonstrate and substantiate an extension of time for this client. The contract should have lasted for a few months and had been already exceeded three years in duration and was likely to continue for another three.


Northampton Schools PFI 2006-2008

Completion and Certification
Steven ensured that the facilities were built in compliance with the contract.
Steven coordinated with numerous parties, NCC, sites, contracts managers, sub-contractors, Northamptonshire building control, Design and Construction Co-ordinators and Independent Certifiers.
Steven carry out internal inspections, check rooms against Architects and Mechanical & Electrical data sheets and specifications.

Certification Manager
This project is enabling Northamptonshire County Council to switch from a three to a two-tier education system. With a total value of ₤192m this 3 year contract is the largest education PFI project in the UK to date
This contract involves a combination of New Building, Refurbishment and Re-modelling at 42 schools. The new build consists of 5 new Secondary Schools and 6 new Primary Schools. Refurbishment and Re-modelling with some new extensions which make up the remaining 31 schools.

Strategic Planning 2004-2008 (Various Main Contractors)
The following list is a sample of Tender & Site projects Steven has worked on for WBH

2005 - 2008     £30m Coventry University
£2.5m Ansley School, Rugby (First of Seven Schools)
£15m On city Hotel, Car park, Retail.
£20m Domino’s Commissionary Warehouse / production facility and offices.
£30m Development in Littlemore, Dartford. Infrastructure and warehouses and offices.
£60m M&S warehouse and offices, car park building, Bradford.
£20m Domino’s Commissary facility, Milton Keynes.
£33m New pier for Birmingham Airport (Terminal 1).
PFI £192m project for 41 schools in Northampton.
Asda / George offices at Lutterworth.
Unilever Cold store in Gloucester.
Calthorpe House, Inner city 9 storey Offices / basement car park.
£55million Warehouse and office development at Rotherham.
£50 million inner city 11storey building with car parking retail and student accommodation.
£30million contract for Argos.

Whittlebury Hall 2004-2005

WBH were employed to project manage the new prestigious Spa built for Whittlebury Hall in time for the Grand Prix.

Project Manager
The spa boasts new facilities which include a Hammon facility with rusal area, saunas, steam rooms, foot spas, multi functional showers, caldarium, crystal steam room, sunarium, ice cave, salt steam room, treatment rooms, quiet room, hair salon, manicure area, a comprehensive retail area and cafe/bar serving healthy cuisine.
Whittlebury boasts an impressive Conference Centre as well as an elegant, innovative spa that offers a variety of exciting treatments and fitness facilities to suit every type of business or leisure orientated guest.

BIRSE BUILD LIMITED 1996 – 2004

Business Operations Manager 2001–2004

Steven was accountable for all aspects of Building Operations, delivering projects within cost criteria, to customers’ programme, quality and safety criteria. Responsible for projects that contributed a turnover value £40-50million per annum to the region. This approximately equated to over two million square feet of high bay warehouse space and over one million square feet of office space in the past three years.

The sites under his control consistently achieved high standards of quality, safety, profitability and client satisfaction.


2004 – 2004     Fire Station & Retail Park Aylesbury. (£14m)
The design and construction of a new Fire Station, brigade headquarters and workshop, plus the design and construction of eleven new retail units of approximately 159,000 ft2 with phased demolition of all existing buildings and structures.

2004 – 2004     Northampton College (£4m)
Design and construction of a new inner city 4 storey steel framed college The elevations comprise Kingspan Microrib and Kingspan Flat panelling, facing brickwork fair faced blockwork, Sto Render system, glass blocks, aluminium windows and metal fascia panels.

2003 – 2004     Scottish Courage, Cabot Park, Plot P11, Bristol (£5m)
Design and construction of a new distribution facility comprising storage warehouse and offices for Scottish Newcastle.

2002 – 2003     Mainstream 1, Rugby (£15m)
Design and construction of a 350,000 sq. ft warehouse with 69,208 sq. ft mezzanine and 24,000 sq. ft of offices

2002 – 2003     Mainstream 2, Rugby (£6m)
Design and construction of 212,000 sq. ft warehouse and a 12,000 sq.ft. 2-storey office block.

2002 – 2003     Multi Modal Interchange, Birmingham (£6m)
Design and construction of new concourse and bus terminals with an aerofoil canopy, terrazzo floor, escalators and an infrastructure to join the airport via a Doppelmayr train link to Birmingham International Railway Station.
          
2002 – 2003     DFDS, P2a Cabot Park Plot P2a, Bristol (2.0m)
Design & construction of a new distribution facility comprising storage warehouse and offices for DFDS. Building works involve earthworks, driven pre-cast piling, erection of steel frame, cladding, and internal concrete slab together with mechanical and electrical installation. External works include drainage, access roads, concrete service yards, car park, landscaping and fencing

2002 – 2003     Hams Hall Plot 10, Birmingham (£6m)
Design & construction of a single storey warehouse unit of 215,000 sq. ft with an attached two-storey office of 10,000 sq. ft.

2002 – 2003     Sandpit Road, Dartford (£6m)
Brown field site, removal and crushing of existing hard standings and foundations, treatment of Japanese knotweed and contaminated land.
Design & construction of a single storey warehouse / production unit of 144,420 sq. ft. gross internal area, with an attached two storey office of 15,450 sq. ft.

2002      Grange Park, Plot 6, Northampton (£5m)
Design & Construction of 150,000sqft Warehouse, with attached 10,00sqft Offices and all associated external works, drainage and Landscaping

2002     Unit 2 – Lakeside, West Thurrock (£3.1m)
Brown field site, demolition and crushing of existing hard standing, treatment of contaminated land.
Design & construction of a single storey warehouse unit of 105,000 sq.ft. with an attached two storey office of 5,000 sq. ft.

2001 – 2002 Holiday Inn Express, Oxford (£5.2m)
Design and construction of a 162 bedroom Holiday Inn Express hotel, plus co-ordination of the clients FF&E Suppliers

2002     Plot 2 Extensions, Marston Gate (£4.5m)
A 150,000 sq. ft. warehouse and two-storey office of 10,000 sq.ft.

2002     Arensen Way, Dunstable (£2.4m)
Brown field site, removal and crushing of the existing hard standing.
Design and construction of five number units total office/warehouse area 6400m2.

2001     Project Knight fit out, Corby (£1.1m)
Design and construction of warehouse and office Sprinklers, lighting, fire alarms. Tank bases and office fit out.

2001     Grange Park, Plot 4, Northampton (£4.1m)
Design and construction of a warehouse of 157,500 sq. ft. and two-storey office of 10,000 sq.ft.

2001     Hams Hall 3A, Birmingham (£5.1m)
Design and construction of a warehouse of 114,000 sq. ft. and two-storey office of 10,000 sq. ft.

2000 – 2001     Enfield B      (£2.7m)
Design and construction of a warehouse unit of 49,875 sq.ft. Gross internal area, office accommodation of 5,080 sq. ft.

Project Manager 1996-2001

Steven supervised Birse site teams of ten persons plus and a workforce numbering 60-150 persons. He promoted and shared learning throughout the business and exerted influence over site teams quickly as necessary.

2000 – 2001     John Lewis, Solar Park, Birmingham (£4m)
Design and Build. Warehouse including mezzanine. Ground floor area 70,794 sq.ft. Mezzanine area 17,792 sq.ft. Office core areas 8,402 sq. ft.

1999-2000     Four warehouse/office units, Solar Park, Birmingham (£6m)
Design and build. Four industrial units – totalling 259,243 sq. ft.

1998-99     Units 3A & 3B, Hams Hall, (£6m,)
Design and Build. Two warehouse office units totalling 190,000 sq. ft. warehouse and 11,000 sq. ft. office areas.

1998     Stanley Tools, Unit H, Northampton (£6m)
150,000 sq. ft. of warehouse area and 12,000sq. ft. of offices. Design and Build.

1997 – 98 Site Manager     
After setting up a planning department I moved back into my preceding role as site manager

Tesco National Distribution Centre, Milton Keynes (£26m)
Design and Build. Distribution and Training Centre totalling 560,000 square metres, with 80,000 sq.ft. of office space.
Here I looked after all the finishes and M&E plus the planning for the entire project.

1996-97Senior Planner     
Following the success at Argos I moved into the office to help set up a planning department as nothing existed before my arrival.
I gave input on tenders regarding durations, how to build to preliminary costs on projects ranging from a £0.5m road diversion to the £26m Reading Football Club Stadium. .
Plus Site planner for Tesco National Distribution Centre above.

1996 Site Planner     
Steven was initially taken on by Birse as a junior agent but was asked to fulfil the role as planner for

Argos Distribution Centre, Stafford (£16m).
Design and Build. Distribution facility totalling 40,000 square metres.
At this time Birse had only one planner without the required experience. I planned the whole project and client fit out from tender to completion. I invented strategic planning, which brought planning forward from just bar charts to a client friendly display-monitoring tool.

1995 Construction Manager     HOWARD ASSOCIATES
Booker Distribution Centre, Banbury. (£12m.)
Food Distribution facility. Works included a high bay warehouse, cold store, chilled store and ambient food storage areas, offices, plant rooms, other ancillary rooms and external works.
Again the site team were self sufficient and my roles were similar to that of the project manager but we employed up to 40 main contractors for work packages instead of sub contractors

Sub Agent 1990-94
Steven ran contracts in the Agent’s absence and managed subcontractor’s programmes and progress, and developed relationships with professionals, client, sub contractors etc.

1994     TRAFALGAR HOUSE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Ashurst Mental Health Hospital, Oxford. (£4.2m)
Demolition of existing hospital and building of a new complex.

1993-94     MEMEC Components, Thame. (£2.1m)
High bay factory, offices with underground-reinforced sprinkler tank. Plus refurbishment of existing units.

1993     Milton Keynes Shopping Centre, (£9m)
Large extension to existing complex.

1993     WILTSHIER CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Haileybury College, Hertfordshire. (£2.3m)
New build/refurbishment. Dorms for students aged 6-18 years

1992-93     John Lewis Depot, Stevenage. (£1.1m)
New Build/refurbishment of depot, offices and canteen.

1992     Fire Services Accommodation, Worcester. (£2.2m)
Four storey bedroom accommodation made from pre fabricated pods clad in brick with a traditional roof

1992     Old Peoples Home, Luton, (£1.2m)
Three storey brick building and day centre with decorative stone lintels for bed ridden elderly persons

1991 Agent     Norfolk Punch Drinks Factory, Upwell. (£1.3m)
High bay Factory and offices to incorporate production line bottling plant.
I was made agent due to my knowledge of heavy civils works

1990-91     Four-storey office building, Milton Keynes. (£9m)
High specification five storey offices for council ‘poll tax’ and fraud departments

Engineer to Senior Engineer 1985-86 (Sandwich year) and 1988-90

Steven started his career as a setting out engineer and progressed to senior engineer where I supervised and trained a team of setting out engineers.