Edward Van Doorn Email & Phone Number

Perth, Australia

Orange Edge – Small specialist consultancy that specialises in providing remote worldwide capital cost estimating services.- Provision of Estimating Services in the following industries: Infrastructure, On Shore and Offshore Oil & Gas, Mining & Metals, Roads, Ports, Rail, Buildings, Marine.- Delivery of all kinds of estimates: OOM, PFS, FS/DFS, FEED, with different project execution strategies (EPC, EPCM, D&C).- Development of Estimating Procedures, Basis of Estimates Estimate Plans, Job-hour databases.- Cover all disciplines: Earthworks, Civil, Concrete, Steel, Piping, Architectural, Mechanical, E&I. - Cover all indirect costs: EPCM, Temp Facilities & Services, Camp, Escalation, Contingency, FX, Spares.- Development of Labour Rates, Growth, Productivity Analysis, MTO checks, Freight, Start-up & Commissioning.- Estimating projects worldwide: Australasia, Europe, Africa, Asia, North and South America.- Clients: BHP, Rio Tinto, Bechtel, FMG, SRK, Alcoa, EVM, Wood, Allied Projects, HanRoy, Santos, ECT, Turner & Townsend

Perth, Australia

• Evaluated over 50 worldwide mining projects to determine investment deal prospects. These ranged from scoping level to operating, both private and public companies, open pit and underground.• Subject matter expert offering support, guidance and oversight to portfolio companies and specifically management to ultimately provide value by de-risking projects.• Used statistical analysis to identify insights and conclusions from complex data for the following: Capex overruns, Opex overruns, execution schedule delays, ramp-up delays.• Researched the role of biases in project & risk evaluations and the use of decision tree analysis.• Presented a paper on private equity evaluations at the 10th ICEC World Congress in Rio de Janeiro (2016)• Presented a panel on the role of the CFO in Capital Projects at the CFO conference in Toronto (2017). • Held effective steering committee meetings for Toro Gold, a project build on time and budget. • Developed a detailed project specific risk analysis that covers geology, schedule, budget, scope, ramp-up, mine & mill productivity, market risk, political risk, environmental risk, social risk.• Communicated effectively with portfolio companies the following: use of stage gate process, proper framing of the project, ensure project sponsor involvement, set clear objectives, investing in Owners teams, reach strong project definition, set appropriate contingency in accordance with risk profile, build effective steering committee, use a robust risk management process and keeping stage gates strong.• Created an empirically proven and realistic project evaluation analysis based on John Hollmann’s “Project Risk Quantification” method. It’s the most accurate method to predict cost & schedule overruns.

London, United Kingdom

• Assisted in the development of the estimate for phase 1 of the Johan Sverdrup project, one of the largest offshore oil discoveries ever made (2.7 billion barrels, $10.3 billion).• Developed a variety of different conceptual, feasibility, pre-FEED and FEED estimates, both greenfield and brownfield, for FPSO’s, subsea pipelines, jackets, topsides, drilling vessels.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Managed a team of 6 estimators: 3 junior, 2 senior and 1 semi-retired estimator. Together, we developed capital cost estimates for scoping, pre-feasibility and feasibility study projects ranging from $22 million to $1.3 billion. Commodities: Gold, Copper, Coal, Nickel, Phosphine, Iron Ore, Moly in locations worldwide.• Recruited and mentored two junior estimators with no prior estimating experience.

Brisbane, Australia

• Managed 4 estimators and developed estimates for all levels of studies, with costs ranging from $200 million to $5 billion, in coal (Daunia), aluminium (Raz Az Zawr), alumina (GAC, Worsley).• Developed a detailed manhour benchmarking and productivity tool in Excel.• Participated in stage gate project analysis sessions under review by independent peers (IPA).

Paris Area, France

Provision of consultancy services in Paris, Milan, Moscow, and San Francisco• Member of a junior resource company (Canico) that was successfully acquired by Vale. Canico were focused on the development of the Onça-Puma Nickel laterite project ($1.1 billion) in Brazil.• Developed the capital cost and successfully negotiated the EPC contract ($330 million) with Ma’aden in Saudi Arabia for a phosphoric acid plant. Reported directly to the CEO of Litwin Italia.• Developed the capital cost for a commercial shopping centre ($80M) in Moscow for Mace. Negotiated through interpreter with Russian suppliers.• Integrated into the owner’s team (Guinea Alumina) where I developed the capital cost for the Guinea Alumina refinery ($5 billion).

Perth, Australia

• Delivered under budget the annual Australasian capital project costs ($300 million).• Implemented a project controls and reporting system for Australasia. This involved successful incorporation of project controls training across six sites with frequent audits.

Brisbane, Australia

• Started as an estimator & planner (2 years) and then switched to a new role as a project controls engineer (2 years) where I learned on the go. Promoted to project controls manager (2 years) with budget accountability of $10 million. Completed my tenure as financial analyst (1 year) working with the CEO and CFO on the financial model.• Created a deterministic financial model for a combined mining and oil & gas operation. Frequently updated the model to incorporate additional features and learned advanced Excel skills. • Established and implemented a system for measuring progress and earned value. This improved productivity and led to on-time schedule completion.• Created effective joint Owner/EPCM dashboard reports that are kept constantly up to date. This resulted in management having the ability to take effective action and provided project transparency.• Ensured that adequate scope control, accounting, and project controls were established at the outset.

Brisbane, Australia

• Learned the difficult skill of refinery shutdown estimating and planning.• Delivered two planned and estimated shutdowns at the Caltex refinery on time and on budget.

Master Of Engineering Science, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Soccer, The University of Queensland Debating Society• Master thesis: Attitude stability of an asymmetric.

Bachelor Of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Honours

Activities and Societies: Soccer, The University of Queensland Debating Society• Graduated with Honours IIB. First year was undertaken.