EDUCATION Port Glasgow High School

Stowe College - Glasgow

Glasgow College of Technology - (Now Caledonia

University)

Open University

QUALIFICATIONS O.N.C. Civil / Mechanical Engineering

H. N. C. Civil Engineering

B.Sc (Engineering Studies)

IN-HOUSE EXPERIENCES

F.E Proficient in the use of Computer Aided Design software

Finite Element Design packages such as GTS Stress 3,

PF5950 Portal Frames and OASIS BS8110 Structural

Concrete, and other EXCEL based design programmes.

MATHCAD Proficient in the use of Mathcad analysis in structural

design and checking.

AUTOCAD Proficient in the use of Computer Aided Draughting

Facilities such as AUTOCAD 2002

TRAINING

Trained extensively in the use of relevant British Standards and Codes of Practices used in the design of steel and concrete structures.

Other Codes like BS 7072, EN BS 12079 and DnV Codes on structural design

Proficient in the use of CSEMM 3 and the I.C.E Conditions of Contract - 6 ^th Edition.

Proficient in the use of surveying equipment such as EDM, Theodilite and Dumpy levels.

Fundamental knowledge in the design and application of other Engineering Disciplines such as Electrical, H & V Mechanical and Geotechnics.

Developed skills in the Conceptual design / Cost evaluation / Tender / Construct and cost control of Projects and liased with Clients / Contractors and Authorities within the Civil and Structural industry, which are essential for the success in any particular Project.

EMPLOYERS: -

PREVIOUS EMPLOYER R.G.JAMIESON

Jan(05) - Dec(05) STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

The Company are Civil Engineering Consultants based in

Shetland of which their main core of Work is onshore

Civil Engineering Projects. My role was to provide Structural

Analysis for the teams Commercial and Industrial projects, of

which, was mainly in the fishing industry.

They also provided Structural support to the Local

Authorities on Public Utility Schemes

PREVIOUS EMPLOYER PETROFAC MANAGEMENT FACILITIES

Jan(04) - Nov(04) STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

The Company are Duty Holders for Third Party Oil Companies

on offshore and onshore installations. Such as platforms, semi- submersibles, production vessels and oil and gas storage facilities. The company provides maintenance personnel, management co-ordination and design personnel for all the facilities under their charge.

My role was to design a safety and weight control procedure, for the destruction of an existing redundant drilling derrick, and all it's ancillary equipment on the Montrose Alpha Platform. A new drilling facility was installed onto the cleared drill deck therefore, new top side platforms and frames were designed, constructed on shore and installed to accommodate the new drilling facility.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYER BJ SERVICES

Apr(03) - Jul(03) STRUCTURAL PROJECT ENGINEER Short term contract)

The Company is major down hole service provider, with

many types of heavy and light portable equipment which is

constantly being sent offshore and back. My role was check

the structural integrity of each unit by use of a mathcad model

in comparison with the relevant industrial code, and certify

the units for B.V or DnV approval.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYER AEC TECHNOLOGY LTD

May (02) - Aug(02) DESIGN DRAUGHTSMAN (Short term contract)

The company is a small Engineering Consultancy providing

Design solutions and structural fabrication details of mainly

Topside structures, such as (winch bases, platforms, stairways,

Enclosures, LAR systems, sea-fastenings and crane

modifications. My role was to liaise with the Client, design

and draught up the requirements by Auto-Cad and

supervise the fabrication, prior to the structure being sent

offshore.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYER DSND SUBSEA LTD

July(01) - March (02) PROJECT ENGINEER

The company is a large subsea diving/ROV service provider and subsea contractor with a large fleet of DSV type vessels and pipelay type vessels, which can operate at various water depths.

EXPERIENCE Main role within the Company is to provide structural design support to the variable long term and small fast- track sub-sea projects, this involves structural analysis of top side platforms, frames ect, seafastening calcs, catenary loading, break over calcs for the likely physical situations. To provide operational and Installment Procedures.

I occasionally supervise the Fabrication of Sub-sea Structures and Top-side frames at the Contractors premises, and be involved with the daily routine of safety and progress reporting, and providing design checks on structural alterations on board.

Projects I have been involved in:

Petro-Canada : Tera Nova Project-Deck layout and seafastening

Balmoral : Air Dive system on Semi

Maersk : Seafastening Designs

Burlington : Lift Analysis of Spoolpieces

Generic : Seafastening Design

SONSUB LTD.

(May 98 - July 01) SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER

The Company is a large International Sub-Sea ROV Service provider and Sub-Sea Contractor specialising in the provision of Deep Water Engineering solutions. The Company have a number of different types of ROV systems complete with their own launch and recovery systems, operating at various water depths, and are presently designing an ROV operating trencher to work at 2500m depth.

The R & D / Design / Specifications / Installation Procedures / Procurement of Materials / Mobilisation Operations / Strategic Planning / Manpower requirements to complete any specific Project, is carried out at their offices and base at Bridge of Don .Aberdeen.

EXPERIENCE: - My main role within the Company is to provide

Structural design support to the variable long term and small fast- track sub-sea projects, this involves structural analysis of top side platforms, frames ect, seafastening calcs, catenary loading, break over calcs for the likely physical situations. To provide operational and Installment Procedures. To oversee all mobilisations of the systems on vessels which are hired from the Spot market

I occasionally supervise the Fabrication of Sub-sea Structures and Top-side frames at the Contractors premises, and be involved with the daily routine of safety and progress reporting, and providing design checks on structural alterations on board.

Projects I have been involved in so far,

Saga Snorre B (Norsk Hydro) design of 16" and 8" tie-in skids using Sonsub's own DFL System. - Norwegian sector.

Designed lift frame of the Venturer 3000 ROV system.

Designed Aeolus Traction Chassis Unit for the Bluestream Project to install 2 No. 24" pipelines between Russia and Turkey across the Black Sea. Also handling systems for the same project.

Site supervised the fabrication of 4 No. large sub-sea structures for Statoil at Babcock Offshore and Marine - Rosyth. 2No. of the structures were pipe protection covers and the other 2 were pipeline manifolds. Continued with the above project in Stavanger to complete commercial costs and final mobilisation.

Design installation details for the Centaur ROV System and the Flexjet trenching System on various types of vessels.

COFLEXIP STENA OFFSHORE LTD

.(April 97 - May 98)

PROJECT ENGINEER

The Company is a large International Sub-sea Contractor specialising in the fabrication and installation of flexible oil and gas pipelines along the seabed, and the installation of other sub sea structures of which, are included as an integral part of the overall tendered Works.

The R & D / Design / Specifications / Installation Procedures / Procurement of Materials / Mobilisation Operations / Strategic Planning / Manpower requirements to complete a specific Project, is carried out at their offices at LeTrait. France and Westhill Aberdeenshire. The Westhill base concentrates in the northern sector of the North sea.

They have their own fleet of DSV Vessels , based at Aberdeen Harbour.

EXPERIENCE: - My main role within my designated Project team is to provide

Structural design support to the variable small fast- track sub-sea projects, this involved rigging analysis, seafastening calcs, catenary loading, break over calcs for the likely physical situations, and to provide operational back-up to the rest of the team, who have a large depth of Diving experience and knowledge between them (i.e. Diving Operations and Installation Procedures ).

I occasionally followed the Works to completion offshore, and be involved with the daily routine of safety and progress reporting, providing dive plans, design checks on structural alterations on board, ensuring that tools used by divers are in-hand and all paperwork is completed and filed. The very nature of the type of the works to be done, can an does vary daily,

The Projects that I have been involved so far is: -

Texaco - Tartan Platform - Strathspey / Petronella / Galley Fields. - Installation of rigid and flexible gas and oil pipelines, and installation of gas and oil skids. Purging of systems and valve integrity checking

Amerada Hess - Hudson / AH001 / Platforms - Rob Roy / Highlander / Doubtless / Dauntless / PLEM Installations

Removal and Installation of spoolpieces. Purging of system and valve integrity checking. Choke valve changeover.

Visual recorded inspection of rigid and flexible risers, utilising an ROV from seabed to installation.

Other very small one or two day projects at other sites, mainly involving subsea metrology and soil sample recovery methods.

( OCT. 84. - APR. 97.) ARCH HENDERSON AND PARTNERS

Chartered Civil and Structural Engineers

SENIOR DESIGN TECHNICIAN.

The Partnership specialise in inshore Marine / Civil Engineering constructions (i.e. Harbours, Jetties, Quays, Breakwaters, Dry-Docks. Shipyards and Storm gates of which there is always an element of Mechanical and Electrical works involved.

In recent years the partnership has diversified into other types of mainstream civil engineering projects providing services such as Architectural, Environmental and Project Management to such schemes as Housing Developments, Commercial / Industrial buildings, Waste management, Sewage works and Oil / Service Related Industries.

EXPERIENCE: - PROJECT LIST

ABERDEEN HARBOUR BOARD:

Telford Dock Development - 500m length of quayside, sheet piled / relieving platform construction, including transit buildings and integral services.

Total cost: - 1.2m.

Multi-storey car park at Commercial Quay-bored - piled pre-cast concrete until construction, including integral services. Total cost: - 1.2m.

Point Law North - Tanker Terminal Development - 100m length of quayside, sheet piled /suspended deck construction including integral services.

Total cost: - 1.5m.

Albert Quay Development - New quay face - sheet piled / ground anchor construction. New jetties, sheet pile / relieving platform construction.

Total cost: - 1.5m.

Waterloo Quay Development - 150m length of quayside, sheet piled suspended deck construction, with bonded warehouse building.

Total cost: - 2.0m.

Mearns Quay West Development - 150m length of quayside, sheet piled suspended deck construction and integral services.

Total cost: - 1.2m.

Regent Quay Development - 250m length of quayside, sheet pilled pre-cast concrete suspended deck including transit sheds and integral services.

Total cost: - 4.2m.

Torry Quay Development - Sheet piled, relieving platform construction including integral services

Total cost: - 2.0m.

DUNDEE PORT AUTHORITY - (now forth ports PLC)

Eastern Wharf Development -Total cost: - 1.0m.

Caledon west Wharf - Tanker berthing dolphins. Total cost: - 1.1m.

LERWICK HARBOUR TRUST

Oil rig servicing base at Dales Voe. Piled / suspended decked jetty including office block, workshops, fabrication buildings. Works included massive rock excavation and integral services.

Total cost: - 5.0m.

EXPERIENCES PROJECT LIST

LERWICK HARBOUR TRUST

Fish Market Extension. Total cost: - 0.7m.

REGIONAL AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES

Shetland Island Council

Symbester - New quay development. - Total cost: - 2.2m

Foula - New breakwater and quay development - Total cost: - 1.5m.

Palegic Fish factory at Grimista - Production layout concepts, designed and Project Managed, All Civil and Structural works designed and detailed. - Total cost: - 3.0m.

Blackness Harbour Development - New quay development. Total cost: - 0.8m.

Pittenweem Breakwater Development - Floating concrete caisson assembly, sunk and filled to form gravity structure. Total cost: - 1.5m.

Grampian Regional Council

Various reconstruction and repair works to existing marine structures throughout the North East of Scotland.

Industrial and Commercial works: -

BP. OIL Distribution terminal at Point Law. Conceptual design / Project managed, all Civil and Structural works - Total cost: - 5.0m.

WOOD GROUP, Oil distribution terminal at Peterhead. Project managed, designed all Civil and Structural works. - Total cost: - 1.1m.

(1981 - 1984) W. A. FAIRHURST & PARTNERS (Glasgow)

Consulting Civil and Structural Engineers

DESIGN TECHNICIAN

Initially in Bridges Section within company working on Stonehaven by-pass on motorway construction and bridges.

Eighteen months spent on Deck Inspection Project for all SHELL / ESSO Platforms in the North Sea, as a Platform Supervisor for Fairhurst on rigs in the Brent, Cormorant, Dunlin, Fulmar and Auk fields. Duties included co-ordination of workforce in a safety to work permit system. Works comprised of inspection and repair of structural defects at pre-determined locations within the rig, record and report extent of defects and survey other areas for possible repair works.

Other works included to survey, design and document various sized civil and structural projects which included site supervision and liaison between Client and Contractor.

PROJECT LIST

Peterhead Power Station

Motherwell Bridge: (Oil related works in West Africa)

John Brown Engineering: (Power stations in Egypt and Saudi Arabia).

(1979 - 1981) MAPLINE ENGINEERING LTD. - (Glasgow)

Engineering Agency

CONTRACT DRAUGHTSMAN

Initially employed in Glasgow office for 3 months on mechanical and piping drawings for the DRAX B. Power station. Works co-ordinated by BABCOCK & WILCOX.

3 months on site supervision of a construction of a by-pass and flare-stack system at St. Fergus oil/gas separator plant designed by Redpath Engineering Ltd.

Employed by James Howden and Co. Ltd. (Glasgow) as a contract engineer / draughtsman. Designed new factory layout at Renfrew for the fabrication of gas circulators for the nuclear power industry, and worked on small in-house civil and structural projects at Scotland St. (Glasgow)

(1974 - 1979) COWAN & LINN - (Glasgow)

Consulting Civil Engineers

INDENTURED APPRENTICE TECHNICIAN

Basically,introduction to Civil engineering, including surveying, design and draughting of reinforced concrete, steelwork, sewage drainage works, excavation procedures and all aspects of documentation's associated with civil engineering works.