I’m currently working as an outside party scheme project manager for Network Rail. The role involves consulting with the outside party, specialist rail consultants and principal rail contractors advising of Network Rail protocols. Negotiate and administer all agreements with outside parties, including local authorities, developers and the Strategic Rail Authority. I ensure the clients follow Network Rail’s structural Approvals in Principal Form A’s. Detailed design Form B’s all aspects of rail safety methodology by using work package plans and Form C’s Temporary works. The role also includes budgetary, costing, estimate and forecasting of charges associated with Network Rails management. This also involves Possession Management and associated fess and Possession compensation charges whilst liaising with colleagues in all rail aspects dependant on the scheme and the outside parties impact within the rail environment. I have currently completed a £4.5m scheme with the Environmental Agency in Lymington Hants.

My previous roles were providing an effective, efficient and maintenance service to ensure that the station premises assets are maintained and improved whilst safe and available for customer use. Conduct surveys to identify, evaluate and prioritise repairs and renewals so assets are maintained in a safe and serviceable condition. Consult with other parties to ensure that prepared and completed work met the needs of the business and statutory requirements. Provide expert advice on construction technology, design and materials to ensure the best available technologies applied to company buildings (value for money). My job brief included liaising with English Heritage regarding listed buildings and schedule ancient monuments. Consult with local authorities to ensure planning approvals and building regulations are efficiently achieved. Liaise with clients and contractors to achieve best practice construction methodologies during planning and costing. Client, Transport for London and Dalkia. Administer DDA requirements and party Wall notices and follow through Party Wall procedures. Network Railway audit for their 5 year planned maintenance programme.

Providing an effective efficient and maintenance service to ensure that the premises assets are maintained and improved whilst safe and available for customer us. Conduct surveys to identify, evaluate and prioritise repairs and renewals so assets are maintained in a safe and serviceable condition. Consult with other parties to ensure that prepared and completed work meet the needs of the business and statutory requirements. Provide expert advice on construction technology, design and materials to ensure the best available technologies applied to company buildings (value for money). My job brief included liasing with English Heritage regarding listed buildings and schedule ancient monuments.

Provide management in the client role, regarding Minor & Intermediate Work activities enabling arch structures for examination. Liase with tenants and property managers to facilitate the civil structures examination process. Responsible for and to contributed towards the effective and efficient delivery of the works process and liaise with the Structures Maintenance Engineers. Ensuring all works are delivered efficiently, on time and within budget and monitor safety & technical issues. Implementation of performance criteria to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and minimise abatement payments whilst working to a program and financial targets. Assess leasehold agreements for conformity with Structural examinations and minimise risk of litigation to the company.
Write small schedules of work against a schedule of agreed rates. Programme each project with the tenant, building contractor, Network Rail engineers, Owen Williams structures term contractor and Keir Rail structural repair contractor. Monitor progress using performance spreadsheets and a database.
Communicate at all levels to ensure clarity and understanding by all parties involved. Instigate a working team environment with those closely involved and recognise the commercial impact of any disruption to the tenant and alleviate this impact. CIOB member and training towards MCIOB membership.

Project Managing for Fluor on the “Connect” project. Designing and installing state of the art telecommunications equipment to London Underground Limited, assessing external specialist contractors’ final drawings in locating and assessing ideal sites to establish communications equipment. I have an understanding of communications equipment and routing cabling. Report writing, using photographs, sketches and detailed dimensions. These are then presented to the specialist communications contractor for approval and then form part of the tender process to enable cable routes. Also working within structures, enabling work for examination of structures to a programme and budget.
Metronet Rail Sub-Surface Lines in the building control department overseeing Quality Assurance and Quality Control of materials in accordance with the London Underground Engineering Standards and external approved codes of practice (Buildings Regulations), this also involved answering technical queries, implementing fire compartmentation issues, assessing fire escape routes as a safe means of egress, applying the DDA 2005 to projects for access into a building and within the transportation guidance documents, this also involved approaching agencies with specialist knowledge such as the RNIBA. I’m also involved in design meetings in accordance with the R.I.B.A. plan of works and monitoring the process of construction. I also ensure that work done by contractors meets with British Standards, European Numbers including assessing materials for use in section 12 stations.

I worked within the maintenance and capital works contract (Babcock Facilities Management) as a project surveyor, whereby one is in day-to-day communication between Surrey CC, Police, Community service buildings and Schools developing 5 year asset management plans which involved new build and maintenance to existing assets. This involved a condition survey followed up by suitability and sufficiency within a learning environment to complement the DFES guidelines. Access (DDA 2005) audits were undertaken to public and work place buildings and adaptations were made with due consultation with the user and client. School Access audits were only undertaken where a disabled pupil was likely to attend. My job brief included liasing with English Heritage regarding listed buildings and scheduled Ancient Monuments.

I provided responsive maintenance in the commercial sector, also involved in project work within maintenance. Surveying scope of work and preparing schedules of work and costs under the JCT/MTC. Preparing budget estimates under the MTC schedule of rates. Working with the client in managing a design to facilitate access to the clients public buildings for all disabled users. Overseeing sub-contract labour, site safety CDM, COSHH; risk assessment, quality control and preparing interim valuations. Liasing with the client in providing a best value for money service during project meetings and day-to-day business.

Prepare immediate and five-year maintenance reports for guesthouses and Hotels. This is primarily for financial reports within the companies as well as reports, which are acted upon to achieve sustainability of life costs to the fabric of the building.
The companies require knowledge of where they stand with regard to access and provisions (Disabled Discrimination Act) to commercial properties and submit reports to the client for immediate action such as parking and access to the main entrance and toilet facilities of the clients building. Valuations were £500 -£170,000.

Student Summer Work: Conditioning survey on Oxford City properties using Huskey hand held computer. The stock surveyed ranged from turn of the century houses, multi-occupancy(high and low rise),steel construction, timber frame and traditional build. The services H&E were also reviewed this was all aspects of heating from coal fire to gas boilers, Calorifiers and mains RCD wiring. The maintenance values were varied from £25 for a smoke detector to £15,000+for subsidence.

Taught unemployed people brickwork skills on the City & Guilds 588 and the N.V.Q level 2. I was also course tutor and course developer initiating new skills in communication e.g. reading working drawings.