Nationality  British

Profession  Chartered Civil Engineer

Specialisation  Project Management, Construction Planning, Airports, Non Ballasted Trackform, Tunnelling, Drainage, PC Computing

Date of Birth  15 August, 1961

Marital Status  Married

E-mail  A-R-OMail  

Twelve years experience in multi-diciplinary project management teams on international construction projects.  Responsible for development of management strategies, contract documentation, site management, design co-ordination, project controls, resource and costs estimating .

Experience in the design and construction of non ballasted rail trackforms.

Experience in the engineering and supervision of tunnelling works and the use of Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM), hand work and NATM excavation.

Experience in the use and application of Critical Path Management software, notably Primivera.

Experienced in the analysis, design, construction and maintenance of sewer drainage networks.

Use and the development of IT systems to assist project management teams and computer programming skills in a number of computer languages.

Chartered Engineer, 1989

Chartered Member of the Institution of Civil Engineer, 1989.

B.Eng.(Hons) Second Class, Second Division in Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Bradford, 1983.

English : Mother tongue.  

1997 - present       Kowloon Canton Rail Corporation

Working within the Railway Operations and Systems team on the West Rail and East Rail Extensions projects.  Developing the permanent way design, construction plans and contract documentation for the 30.3 route km West Rail and providing technical assistance for the three East Rail Extension projects, around 20 route km.  All of the new lines are predominantly non ballasted trackform constructed in areas of extensive development, environmentally sensitive areas and with limited access.

1997 - present        Permanent Way Engineer

Reporting to the Permanent Way Manager, supervising the trackwork consultant undertaking the permanent way technical studies; including development of trackforms to meet the stringent noise mitigation requirements, interaction with the civil structures, system safety design analysis, value engineering and optimising the design for constructablity to maximise the rates of installation within the limited construction window.

Developing installation programmes, works areas, access requirements and drawings defining the interface between the permanent way and other project contractors, including track centres, derailment criteria, walkway location and sizing.

Responsible for the development of the West Rail permanent way contract documentation, budget value over HK$1 billion; including co-ordination of the Particular Specification, application of standard documentation and finalisation of the commercial terms.  Based on the installation programmes and following co-ordination with interfacing contracts, identification of key dates, milestones dates, descriptions and estimates for the associated liquidated damages.

Adopting standard policy to develop contractor pre-qualification and tender procedures, preparing tender documents, printing, distribution, management of tender addendum and corrigendum.  Part of the team undertaking the tender assessment, development of questions and finalisation of the letter of clarification.

1993 - 1997             Airport Authority Hong Kong

Working in the Project Division of the Airport Authority responsible of the design, construction and commissioning of the replacement airport for Hong Kong.

1995 - 1997            Senior Planning Engineer

Working for the Civil Works Planning Manager, supervising a team of 4 Engineers and 4 CADD draftsmen, developing and co-ordinating major interfaces between the construction and utility contractors.  Advising and monitoring the progress of a number of works contracts and co-ordinating the works required for the airport trials.

Developing contract strategy, programmes and work scope for future development phases.   Preparation of Contract  documentation, including Works programmes using critical path management software, ‘Primivera’ and Particular Specifications for the works associated with the second runway and terminal building extension.

Responsible for the planning and operation of the project wide facilities, including fill management, construction road, temporary utilities, marine facilities and land management.

Development of computer database programmes to assist in the management of CADD information, site management and document control.  Author of a number of project procedures covering document control, drawing management and site management issues. 

1993 - 1995            Planning Engineer

Working for the Logistics Manager, responsible for the identification of the major construction resources, both in terms of construction personnel and major materials.  Assessing the logistical needs of the project and developing strategies and plans to overcome the problems.

Participating in management Task Force teams, assessing and reporting on particular technical issues, seconded to a Government Committee examining the use of computerised document management.  Identifying the needs for computer systems within the project management team.

Working with a team of four planners, responsible for the development of a detailed construction programmes for the civils’ works in the Terminal Building (civils’ value HK$ 3.8 Billion).  Co-ordinating and progressing the design, identifying the scale of the works and contract interfaces, calculating the major resources requirements and developing the contract documentation.

Assisting in the development of the projects Contracting strategy, identifying contract scope, contracting methodology and reviewing alternate construction methods and philosophies.  Responsible for reviewing the planning and logistical details within Contract Tenders for a number of the Authorities works Contracts.

1987 - 1993             Sir William Halcrow & Partners Ltd, London, England.

UK :  Channel Tunnel Project

Seconded to Eurotunnel PLC as a site engineer to work in an integrated project management team for the UK Tunnelling group on the Channel Tunnel Project (value £1.1 billion).

1990 - 1993            Assistant Section Manager

Supervising a team of four engineers and assisting the section manager in monitoring and reporting on the permanent high speed track work installation, including design issues, methods of construction and quality records.

Carrying out technical assessments of the Contractors’ proposed design and methods of working, leading to the approve of the contractors’ submissions in respect of quality and for major subcontract.  Reviewing contractors’ claims and developing counter claims, assessing their value and impact on the project in relation to programme and cost.

Developing construction and installation programmes to forecast project completion dates and to support management in discussions with the contractor.  Development and application of an integrated reporting systems used to status progress and provide a statistical database for future claims development.  Planning and interfacing with the permanent systems designers and mechanical and electrical installation engineers.

1988 - 1990            Section Engineer, Channel Tunnel Project

Section Engineer, supervising a team of engineers monitoring the erection, commissioning  and operation of the Land Service Tunnel TBM (diameter 5.76m and 8km long) and two Land Running Tunnel TBM's (diameter 8.72 m and 8km long).  Auditing the complete tunnelling works and quality records, leading to final acceptance by the client.

1987 - 1988            Shift Engineer, Channel Tunnel Project

Reporting on the initial underground development works, consisting of hand dug adits, New Austrian Tunnelling Method drifts and the erection of the Marine Service Tunnelling TBM.

1983 - 1987             Sheffield City Council , England

Working in the Main Drainage Department as an Assistant Engineer engaged in the maintenance and development of the city's sewer network.  Resident Engineer on three small drainage contracts, largest value £333,000.

Assistant Resident Engineer, Don Valley Intercepting Sewer Stage 2, £8.7 million.  Responsible for checking setting out, shield control, face conditions and maintaining engineering records associated with the 4.11m diameter tapered gasketted bolted segmental main drive tunnel.  Designing shafts and below ground reinforced concrete structures for Stage 3 of Don Valley Sewer.  Preparing Bills of Quantities and documentation for new drainage schemes.

1981 - 1982             Nicholls Colton & Partners