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Senior Planner, Focus Project Management/Loliwerail Solutions, See above

START Date: 
March, 2013

Focus Project Management/Loliwe Rail Solutions

Senior Planner responsible for production of tender and contract programmes and methodologies and progress reporting on in house turnkey projects. Also interrogating Main Contractor programmes for approval by Principle Agents. Working with Main Contractors to draw up contract programmes.

Value engineering with design teams.

Design programmes and monitoring.

Project concept planning and value engineering, managing client expectations.

Overseeing the Western Cape Resignalling Project for the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa a two billion Rand signalling system replacement project. Interrogating progress updates, claims, and programmes from the signalling contractor. Contribute the programme and progress aspects of the team's internalreport to the client.

Overseeing the planning and scheduling aspect of the national roll out of the In-Cab signaling project for the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa. A 3 billion Rand automatic train system. ETCS level 2.

Contract programme for a 500 bed regional hospital in Durban. Project ongoing.

Tender programme, methodologies, and management plans for a 3 billion Rand and a 2 billion Rand train depot upgrade. extensive civil and rail infrastructure.

Forensic analysis on Main Contractor time claims.

Runway upgrade and Roads upgrades in Bangui, Central African republic - Programmes & methodologies production, procurement and construction oversight.

Dalbridge and Congella rail re-alignment project for the Passenger Rail Agency South Africa. A turnkey project over a period of a year to slew existing lines, build new sections of electrified line, re-position points and install new points with associated re-siganlling works and electrification. Carried out under live environment. Detailed occupation and installtion planning required to maintain tight programme and PRASA's occupation acceptance. Executed on time and within budget.

Duffs Road station upgrade. Refurbishment of existing buildings and pedestrian bridge, raising of platform heights, installation of new track slab system, relocation of area electrical feeder lines. Carried out on time and within budget.

Training in-house project managers in planning and scheduling and to use Asta Power Project or P6 when required.

Asta Power Project, CCS Candy, Primavera P6, MS Project.

Have attended the Building Information Modelling (BIM) course run by Asta in Newcastle.

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
6000
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
200
Experience Hours (Forensic Analysis): 
200