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Reading, England, United Kingdom

Site Based

Joining an existing small team working on a new access road for our client Homes England, this site in West Sussex, has a new junction from the nearby main road at one end and a bridge over an Environment Agency main river at the over. The project has multiple service diversions in the main road as well as a main water pipe diversion and overhead power. A really interesting project and a great team to be start working with on this.

Site Based

Working on the Connect Plus framework, primarily on and around the M4, taking projects from early contractor involvement through to completion. Up coming projects include concrete repairs to the support piers of the elevated section of the M4 and surveying of the half bearings of Denham Viaduct on the A40.Moved over to the Hertfordshire framework heading up the site team on the New River Bridge project. A £6m link road and bridge in Hoddesdon, working with both new and existing colleagues we build a fantastic team to get this project over the line during the COVID pandemic and a very hot couple of days during the summer, to the satisfaction of our client Hertfordshire County Council. There was great collaboration all round between the HCC Structure team and the Osborne Infrastructure site team, which enabled this project to be such a success for all.

Site Based

Day to day management of construction sites delivering earth work support, footbridges and platform extensions based on the railway network.Moving over to the Highways part of Osborne Infrastructure I worked on the Featherbed Lane road of rail bridge, which was a fantastic experience. Joining the team as the new Site Manager, we constructed new abutments either side of the open West Coast Mainline and installed a new steel bridge (partly fabricated on site) using a Sarens Demag CC2800-1 crawler crane with super lift tray. Working in a very restrictive area, due to existing housing and access requirements, we constructed a new much safer road junction between Featherbed Lane and Kind Edward Street on time and on budget.

Swindon, United Kingdom

Initially working on a project that covered minor bridge repairs to a number of subways, culverts and bridges for Swindon Borough Council (SBC). I was involved with the tender preparation on a number of other projects for SBC, which culminated on the widening and resurfacing of a 55m concrete bridge, which spanned the River Ray and a nature reserve. The bridge and connecting footpath had been designated part of a cycle route. This required the parapet railings to be replaced with a higher specification railing, the bridge and part of the footpath to be widened and a cross roads further along the route from the bridge to be reconfigured to provide better turning, altogether with a resurfacing of a stretch of path approximately 450m long. Unfortunately shortly after completing this project SBC decided to change their procurement process, which meant that Dyer & Butler took the decision not to tender for any future work with SBC.I therefore moved to the Network Rail Minor Works team based at Swindon, where we had won a project to support Network Rail to provide access for Amey to complete their touch examination of the railway arches and station subways along the Great Western route. This involved liaison between Network Rail Route and Network Rail Property as well as some of the tenants of the rented units, in order to gain access to the unit to carefully remove the internal cladding and then replace it on completion of the examination.

Aldershot Station new Access for All (AfA) footbridge for South West Trains (£1.1m) - consisting of a single span, two staircases and two 16 person lifts. This project was expanded to include a power up grade for the station, working with SSE Distribution, creating a substation base and a 100m cable trench through the car park to link up with the HV route. All works now completed and the new bridge and lifts handed back to SWT to acclaim.Southampton Central Station, completing repairs to the roof of the newly refurbished booking hall, requiring the roofing felt and insulation to be stripped back to the sub straight, checking for faults and preparing the sub straight for new insulation and Rhepanol roofing membrane.

Sussex Platform extensions (£1.3m) - Platform extensions to three stations, each using a different construction method (Traditional beam and block, GRP and Expanded Polystyrene Blocks). Called in to aid existing Site Manager and finish off stations using the traditional and EPB methods of construction, responsible for client and subcontractor facing, liaison with surrounding general public and interested parties, day to day requirements of site management.Clapham Junction new Ticket Hall (£2.6m) - Reporting directly to the Construction Manager, responsible for the day to day site management and completion on time of the project to be opened by Boris Johnson. This project converted the old Victorian Brighton Buildings, which had been used as a storage area, into the new step free access to Clapham Junction Station, including two shop units, new public toilets and a new ticket office, with staff restrooms, cycle shelters, and new entrance road with taxi rank, turning circle, drop off point and pedestrian area.Richmond Station Canopy refurbishment (£1.3m) - Remove and replace existing canopy roof with new GRP and Aluminium roofing sheets via purposed build scaffold, as well as structural repairs to the timber supports on platforms 6 and 7. Put together tender proposal and price for additional works to replace timber lining in tunnel.Stewarts Lane Depot works (£0.5m) - Replace nine roller shutter doors, as well as provide a new HGV car park and turning area, new access road lighting columns and AWR lighting together with brick repairs and pointing to the boundary wall.

Fratton Station AfA footbridge (£2m) - Responsible for day to day running of site, from sighting of cabins to clearing site, Health and Safety, Permits and adherence to Method Statements, weekly reports. Preparation of Health and Safety file for Fratton and Fareham stations.Twyford Station AfA footbridge (£3m) - Taking over from agency Site Manager following a hand over period to see through to the end of the project. Possession planning meetings, working with Subcontractors to overcome construction and aesthetic issues, supervision of the erection and dismantle of a temporary scaffold footbridge, over four lines and linking three platforms along with public right of way access. Preparation of Health and Safety file.Clapham Junction AfA lift installation (£12m) - Part of a large team from Osborne installing nine lifts linking the platforms at Clapham Junction to the existing footbridge. Responsible for the snagging and hand back of the Windsor line lifts (platforms 1 to 7).Forest Hill AfA footbridge (£2m) - Responsible for snagging works and clearing site along with preparation of the Health and Safety file

Bsc (Hons), Construction Management

Level 6 Nvq Diploma, Construction Site Management - Building And Civil Engineering

Pgcert, Construction Project Management, Merit