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SENIOR PLANNING ENGINEER / Contracts Manager / Lead Expeditor / Delay Analyst:, Veolia Water Technologies (Oil & Gas), Various (See below)

SENIOR PLANNING ENGINEER / Contracts Manager / Lead Expeditor / Delay Analyst:, Veolia Water Technologies (Oil & Gas), Various (See below)

START Date: 
February, 2011
END Date: 
January, 2018

SENIOR PLANNING ENGINEER / Contracts Manager / Lead Expeditor / Delay Analyst:

Standard Senior Planning responsibilities including the provision of tender and live project planning inclusive of weekly, bi-weekly and monthly planning & reporting internally to management & externally to client;

Collaboration and liaison with Process, Engineering & Procurement Departments in order to provide tender schedules as well as updating, progress and making necessary schedule adjustments etc.

Major roles included that of lead planner on the ‘Carmon Creek’ Project [New Oil Production Facility, Peace River, Alberta, Canada (Value: $435m)] requiring to lead the interface between 4 Veolia Business Units and the Client with respect to the schedule / progress reporting and the like.

Additional scope of work includes that of Contracts Manager & Lead Expeditor on the later projects within which he collated data for & wrote contractual correspondence together with the necessary planning, impact planning and drafting of narratives for contractual EOT and Quantum Claims.

Duties also included being part of the team that introduced ‘IFS’ to the company for overall project control with regards Resources, Schedules, Process, Engineering & Procurement documentation & Costs relating to a project(s).

Neil also assisted with the establishment of procedures and protocols for standardized Scheduling, WBS together with methodologies and standard procedures of weighted progress calculations and reporting of KPI, SPI CPI’s & EVA’s etc

During his time with Veolia Oil & Gas some of the Projects, Neil worked on included:

  • SHELL Carmon Creek Project - New Oil Production Facility, Peace River, Alberta, Canada (Value: $435m) – Lead planner between 4 different BU’s around the world
  • Jazan IGCC (EP): Biological, Oily Water & Metal Removal Treatment Packages, Saudi Arabia (Value: $60m)
  • ECOPetrol, Columbia:  Djeno Feed Study &  Karbala Refinery (Value: $70m)
  • BP West Nile Delta Project (E) - Onshore Facility (Value: $4m)
  • Tatweer I & III (WWTP TB 2, 3, 4, 1, 5 & 6) (EPC) – Bahrain (incl Claim(s) for EoT) (Value: $55m)
  • Tatweer New Tank Battery (NTB) (EPC) – Bahrain (Value: $15m)
  • Iraq West Qurna I (Tender)
  • SONARA Camaroon (draft for negotiations)
  • Qatar Petroleum (draft for negotiations)
  • RMP2 Petron Daelim WWTP – Philippines (Value: $25m)

 

During the 7 year period with Veolia Water Technologies, Paris, Neil also assisted other Business Units with regards contractual claims planning and narratives for claims

 

Contractual Claims included:

  • JazanIGCC WWTP (ARAMCO):
  • Bahrain (Tatweer);
  • Korea (KNPC);
  • Saudi Arabia (BP Kazzan)
  • Finland (KPP / NJ)
Company Director / Construction Project Planner / Senior Planner / Forensic Analyst, : 3D Risk Ltd:, : Various Projects (See experience below)

Company Director / Construction Project Planner / Senior Planner / Forensic Analyst, : 3D Risk Ltd:, : Various Projects (See experience below)

START Date: 
April, 2004

Owner / Company Director:

Supplying Planning & Claims Consultancy Services to Higher Management level (See experience below)

Claims Analyst, Planner & Various other roles as contracts dictate, Self / Contract Employed, Various (See below)

Claims Analyst, Planner & Various other roles as contracts dictate, Self / Contract Employed, Various (See below)

START Date: 
June, 1996

WORK & Project HISTORY:  1996to Date (by Sector)

 

  • COMPLEX SPREADSHEET SOLUTIONS (Unique – Irrespective of Project):
 

2012:  Consultant / Provide Spreadsheet Solutions to DRIVER TRETT - To enable extraction of information from circa 100 individual spreadsheets in a simplified and understandable manner in order to compile associated claim

 

2011:  Consultant / Provide Spreadsheet Solutions to ENTERPRISE UTILITIES - To extract, handle, calculate and summarise data from and  return  findings to approx 93 individual spreadsheets associated with an EPC contract & further maintenance valued in the region of £80m+

 

  • INFRASTRUCTURE:
    • TRANSPORTATION:
      • RAIL:

 

2010:  Provision of Tender Programmes for framework projects including Southend-on-Sea (£2.5m) continuing on to live progress reporting etc; Victoria Gateway & Deeping Closure; Progress Road; Cuckoo Corner:  Carillion

 

2009:  Delay Analysis & prep of Advisory / Independent Review Documents for the client: Snowhill Railway Station Secondary Entrance, Birmingham:  NR v Ed Nuttall Ltd

 

2007:  Network Rail Ltd (Employer):  Assist in the preparation of contract documents ICE 7th for the Airdrie to Bathgate rail scheme of value £300 million (Scott Rail Glasgow)

 

2005:  P3/Excel Programme Analyst:  Littlehampton ~ Amec / Systech

 

2001-2002:  Management/Claims presentation ~ CTRL Stratford (Vent Shafts valued at £25m) 4D modelling against programme to show different types, options & methods of design/construction (Conventional v Slipform)

 

2001:  Delay/Claims Analyst:  Channel Tunnel Rail Links (CTRL) under NEC3~ Kvaerner (Ashford, Kent)

 

1996-1999:  Assist in Delay/Claims Analyst & Sub-Contract Accounts: Stratford Stn Redevelopment - JLEP ~ Kvaerner

 

1998:  Tender:  D&B BoQ submission for Copenhagen Mini-metro ~ E Nuttall

 

1998:  Rail Maintenance: Assist in the assembling contractual terms etc for a Partnership proposals offered between Contractor & Client

 

  • MOTORWAYS & ROADS:

 

2009:  Prepare Delay Analysis & Claims Document: Slough High Street Pedestrianisation:  Enterprise v Slough Borough Council together with London Road, Improvement Scheme, Headington, Oxford:  Enterprise v Oxfordshire County Council

 

2009:  Delay Analysis & prep of Claim Documents in connection with the Guildhall, London:  Bovis Lend Lease

 

2008:  RNCMNR (Ministry of Transport Romania):  Assist and support Expert in FIDIC Dispute Adjudication Board (DAB) for €13 million prolongation claim at Proodeftiki.

 

2008:  RNCMNR (Ministry of Transport Romania):  Assist and support Expert Witness in FIDIC Dispute Adjudication Board (DAB) for €5 million claim on road rehabilitation scheme at Pantechniki, Romania.

 

2007:  RNCMNR (Ministry of Transport Romania):  Assist and support Expert Witness in FIDIC Dispute Adjudication Board (DAB) for €18 million extension of time (EoT) claim with costs on road rehabilitation scheme knows as 4R13

 

2007:  Colas (Contractor):  Assist in the preparation and submission of a claim for €23 million of prolongation costs for road rehabilitation in Romania (FIDIC Conditions of Contract).

 

2006-2008: RNCMNR (Ministry of Transport Romania):  Assist and support Expert Witness in Delay Analysis to calculate interim extension of time and prolongation claim of €23 million for 150km of motorway construction (FIDIC Conditions of Contract)

 

2006-2008:  Romanian National Company of Motorways and National Roads (RNCMNR) (Ministry of Transport Romania):  Assist and support Expert Witness in Delay Analysis to calculate interim extension of time and prolongation claim of €30 million for 23km of motorway construction (FIDIC Conditions of Contract)

 

2001:  Assist in the Tender of:  A422 Hennef Way Dualling ~ Norwest Holst

 

1992-1993: Deputy Resident Engineer on Sleaford By-Pass – New Construction including various junctions, bridges & culverts

 

1991-1992: Resident Engineer on John Adams Way, Boston – Road Improvement Scheme incl associated traffic management

 

  • AIR/AIRPORTS:

 

1996:  Delay/Claims Analyst:  Assist in the preparation of a claim on works being carried out at RAF Lakenheath;

 

  • UTILITIES:
    • WATER:

 

2010:  Claims / Delay Analyst / Forensic Planner:  B&H Water Treatment Works 4D Brighton

 

  • ELECTRICITY:

 

2010:  Tender programme(s) & schedule of rates for various (9 in total) electrical  maintenance & upgrade schemes:  Utilities ~ Enterprise Utilities

 

2010:  Tender programme(s) & schedule of rates (& associated spreadsheet solutions) for various (11 in total) substation improvement schemes through the UK:  Utilities Enterprise Utilities (Total Value £8.5m)

 

  • CIVIL ENGINEERING (where not included elsewhere):
    • BRIDGES:

 

1994-1995:  Project Manager ~ Grantham Rail Bridge Refurbishment for Local Government Contractor

 

  • TUNNELING:
 

2000:  Marketing & Tender of works for Specialist Tunnelling Contractor.

 

  • BUILDING / PROPERTY:
    • COMMERCIAL:

 

2006:  Delay/Claims Analyst: St Alban’s Housing Refurbishment ~ ****

 

2005-2007:  MJ Gleeson v GE Frankona (Client): Assist in the assessment and response to a £2 million claim for damages associated with remedial works caused by dry rot during the conversion to and refurbishment of flats.

 

2004-2005:  Delay/Claims Analyst + Accounts:  for extension of time claim associated with building services work at the new Wembley National Stadium, London, UK.

 

2004:  Delay/Claims Analyst: £15m Claim ~ Yarm Road & Cleveland Bridge -v- Hewden Tower Cranes Limited ~ Hewden Cranes Limited

 

2002-2004:  Delay/Claims Analyst for claims for extension of time and loss and expense incurred in the construction of Triton Square & Atlantic House, Holborn, London, UK ~ Skanska

 

2002:  Project Management on the Swiss Re Development (New London HQ – The Gerkin) ~ Skanska

 

2001-2002:  Delay/Claims Analyst:  Harrods Crown Court  Redevelopment ~ Kvaerner

 

2001:  Claims including Multimedia Presentations: ‘The Gate’ (Grade I Listed Bldg) ~ Skanska

 

  • EDUCATION:

 

2005:  QS / Commercial Support:  Nottingham Beeston College ~ Jarvis Construction / Systech

 

  • HEALTH:

 

2005-2007Assist in the preparation and submission of a £20 million claim for delay and disruption to the regular progress of the works at Coventry Hospital:  Skanska Coventry Joint Venture (Contractor)

 

2003:  Delay/Claims Analyst & S/C Accounts Analysis: Long Grove Hospital ~ NBA International Ltd / Bluestone

 

2003:  Assisting with Tender rates and schedules & phasing of works etc:  Barts & London  Hospital ~ Skanska

 

  • RETAIL:

 

2004:  Delay/Claims Analyst: Wetherby New Build ~ Holroyd Construction

 

2004:  Delay/Claims Analyst: Wakefield Building Refurbishment ~ Holroyd Construction

 

2004:  Delay/Claims Analyst: Fulham Island Building Reconstruction and Refurbishment ~ Arbitration CZWG

 

  • ENERGY:
    • OIL & GAS / WATER TECHNOLOGY:

 

2017-2018 Veolia STI BU – Project in Finland (KPP / NJ) Claim schedule for EOT

 

2017:  Korea (KNPC) Claim narrative & schedule for EOT through Delay & Disruption;

 

2016-2018:  Jazan IGCC (EP): Biological, Oily Water & Metal Removal Treatment Packages, Saudi Arabia (Value: $60m) – including Claim for EOT & associated costs

 

2016:  Saudi Arabia (BP Kazzan) for Middle East BU – Claim for EOT & Associated costs resulting from delay & disruption

 

2014-2016:  SHELL Carmon Creek Project - New Oil Production Facility, Peace River, Alberta, Canada (Value: $435m) – Lead planner between 4 different BU’s around the world

 

2015-2016:  ECOPetrol, Columbia:  Djeno Feed Study &  Karbala Refinery (Value: $70m)

 

2015:  Planner:  Tender & live schedule / reporting for the BP West Nile Delta Project (E) - Onshore Facility (Value: $4m)…  early termination.

 

2014-2015:  Planner:  Tender & live schedule / reporting for Tatweer I & III (WWTP TB 2, 3, 4, 1, 5 & 6) (EPC) – Bahrain (incl Claim(s) for EoT) (Value: $55m)

 

2014-2015:  Planner:  Tender & live schedule / reporting for Tatweer New Tank Battery (NTB) (EPC) – Bahrain (Value: $15m)

 

2014:  Planner:  Tender for Iraq West Qurna I (Tender)

 

2014:  Planner:  Tender for SONARA Camaroon (draft for negotiations)

 

2013:  Planner:  Tender for Qatar Petroleum (draft for negotiations)

 

2011-2013:  Planner:  Tender & live planning / reporting for RMP2 Petron Daelim WWTP – Philippines (Value: $25m)

 

2008:  Romanian Ministry of Finance (Employer):  Assist Expert advisor in a FIDIC DAB for €13 million prolongation claim on Timisoara Waste Water Treatment Plant.

 

2006-2007:  Veolia Environmental (Contractor):  Assist in the preparation and submission of €30 million claim of Compensation Events that have caused delay and disruption to the construction of a water treatment works in Secunda, South Africa. (NEC Option B)

 

2006:  Delay/Claims Analyst: Isle of Grain ~ Skanska

 

2011-2017: Numerous Oil & Gas (Water Tech) Tenders on behalf of Veolia, Paris

 

  • NUCLEAR:

 

2004:  Tender/Programmer: £30m Nuclear Low Level Waste Prog. ~ Skanska Cementation.

 

  • NATURAL RESOURCES:
    • MINING & METALS:

 

2008:  Metinvest – Ukraine (Employer):  Programme/Contracts Manager preparing P6 programme in association with NEC3 contract documents for procurement and management of contractors for the construction / extension of 3 iron and steel factories valued at €13 billion.

 

2008:  VAI – Defurco Contract:  Delay Programme Presentation detailing Effected Works within Possession / Close Down Period of Steel Works

 

2000-2003:  Delay/Claims Analyst:  CST – Hot Strip Mill, Brazil ~ VAI (UK) ltd valued at £280m

    Various (See below), Self / Contract Employed (PROJECT MANAGEMENT - Non claims), Various (See below)

    Various (See below), Self / Contract Employed (PROJECT MANAGEMENT - Non claims), Various (See below)

    START Date: 
    June, 1991
    END Date: 
    June, 1996

    1983 to 1996:  Self Employed for Construction Clients & Contractors:

    • 1983 to 1991: Project Manager & Setting Out Engineer; Q.S./Claims; Site Engineer; Clerk/Inspector of the Works; Design, Drawing & Tracing; Topographical Surveyor
    • 1991 to 1992: Resident Engineer (John Adams Way, Boston – Road Improvement Scheme)
    • 1992 to 1993: Deputy Resident Engineer (Sleaford By-Pass – New Construction)
    • 1993 to 1996: Contract / Project Manager & Q.S (incl Grantham Rail Bridge Refurbishment)
    Various (See below), Lincolnshire County Council, Various (See below)

    Various (See below), Lincolnshire County Council, Various (See below)

    START Date: 
    June, 1976
    END Date: 
    January, 1983
    • 1982 to 1983: Clerk / Inspector of the Works
    • 1978 to 1982: Technician
    • 1976 to 1978: Technical Assistant

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