Dan Phelps Email & Phone Number

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Working for the main contractor managing both sub-contractor works and direct plant and labour for all civils work associated with the construction of a new tram network through the city of Edinburgh. The construction comprises a 12.5km tram line, from Edinburgh Airport to St Andrews Square with an overall contract value of £770 million. Activities and Responsibilities:Managed and supervised a wide variety of works including major earthworks, rail track formation, structural and general concreting, reinforced earth walls, soil nailing, piling, road construction, drainage (including large attenuation tanks), ducting and finishing works.• Inspecting all section works to ensure they are constructed in accordance with the contract drawings, schedule and specifications and executed according to the project programme.• Track completion and create weekly progress reports, identifying differences to critical path.• Manage site dimensional control ensuring contractors have facilities for setting out. Setting out works and surveying completed works, undertaking as built to design analysis using survey manipulation and analysis software and CAD.• Produce and review construction method statements, risk assessments and work permits ensuring that the works are constructed efficiently and safely.• Create and manage sectional document control system.• Assist in management of costs and budgets, and with measuring of the works for valuations.• Identify design and construction issues both prior to and during construction, surveying and analysing the problem, then producing a detailed report identifying a practical economic solution for approval by the designer.• Snagging works, preparing snagging documentsand ensuring completion by sub-contractor.• Ensuring that all work is undertaken safely and in accordance with health, safety and environmental legislation and the site HSE plans. Undertaking weekly HSE inspections.

Online auction mail order business for non-prescription veterinary products.• Refining and improving/developing the company to a stable monthly turnover of £15k.• Responsible for the business strategy, marketing, pricing competitiveness, systems design and financial accounts.• Presented and then negotiated with our supplier a proposal enabling a move to a drop shipping operation.• Developed full automation for our order, dispatch, confirmation and feedback systems.

Glasgow

Member of the M80 Project comprising an upgrade of the A80 carriageway, tie in of the M73 Interchange and new construction of the M80 carriageway. The project consists of 19.3km of dual carriageway and 61 structures with a contract value of £320 million consisting of works in different Municipalities/Councils and Government agencies. Activities and Responsibilities:Held site wide responsibility for managing the finishing works package during the challenging closing phase of the project. Package comprised of fencing, noise fencing, landscaping, safety barrier (concrete and steel), road markings and signs.• Planned and programmed multiple works site wide to meet project deadlines.• Chaired weekly meetings between subcontractors, quantity surveyors and engineers enabling me to centrally schedule and co-ordinate work, solve problems and asses progress. • Independently created and maintained weekly progress reports, comparing actual against predicted completion, allowing establishment of increasingly accurate completion dates.• Decisively solved installation and design issues in conjunction with all parties, constantly considering the contractual, financial and health and safety implications of all solutions.• Proactively supported all site sections, coordinating, organising and supervising work on site.• Ensured work was undertaken following health, safety and environmental legislation and completed according to drawings and specifications using the projects quality management plan.• Snagging all finishing works with designer and ensuring completion by sub-contractors.• Provide detailed completion information to QS department to enable appropriate sub-contractor payments.• Enabled considerable financial savings by negotiating rates and prices for contractual variations.

Civil Engineering With German, Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering