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Global Practice Director, CH2M, Various

START Date: 
October, 2009
Global Practice Director – Performance & ControlsWater Business Group, CH2M
  • Management and continuous improvement of an integrated approach to program and project controls throughout the $1.4bn (annual) Water Business Group (WBG), covering the functions of planning/scheduling, cost management, estimating and document management and economic modelling.
  • Direct responsibility for around 80 staff and wider functional accountability for all WBG Project Controls staff across the world. Management of multi-million dollar annual overhead budget.
  • Supporting and developing Program Management (including portals), Cost Management and Project Controls software and tools for the WBG in conjunction with CH2M Hill corporate efforts.
  • Providing project controls support to programs or projects across the WBG, across the globe, as required. Recent highlights:
    • San Mateo Clean Water Program: Start-up of major capital investment program for the City of San Mateo, CA. Use of project controls toolset in the first year resulted in $250m reduction in capital required and 10 year reduction in the program.
    • Seattle Public Utilities (SPU): Consulting role to re-invigorate the project controls systems for SPU projects using Oracle Primavera P6 to assure delivery of their annual capital investment portfolio.
    • City of Fresno Water Division CIP: Senior Program Controls advisor for initial setup of ~$1.5bn clean water program, going from start-up to deployed web-based portal with full cost-loaded schedules in less than 6 months.
    • London Tideway Tunnels: 8 month assignment as Project Services Delivery Manager, filling vacant role, developing improved systems and rebuilding a team of 50 covering estimating, scheduling, cost management, document management, IT systems and operations and office administration.
    • Fargo Moorhead Red River Diversion: Establishment of portal and program/project controls on a $2bn river diversion program.
    • I2020: Development of Baseline Master Schedule and other delivery proofs for Istanbul’s final presentation to the IOC for their bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
    • CPRA Project Controls system – consultancy to migrate to Oracle P6 scheduling and reporting platform.
    • Bull Run Supply Treatment project in Portland, other Portland Water Bureau projects: Project Controls support to a key CH2M Hill client.
Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
13000
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
13000
Experience Hours (Forensic Analysis): 
1000