Commercial Director responsible for Developments, Construction and Construction related divisions within the group of companies (Structural Steel Framing, Scaffolding & Joinery)

Head of Commercial at Henley Construct and its sister companies.We specialise in turn key high end developments from land acquisition to handover and are always on the look out for land in and around London.We own our own Structural steel frame, joinery and scaffolding divisions and supply to the open market.I'm always on the look out for new talent to support our rapid growth.If you are a PM, Site Manager, QS, Buyer, Estimator, Planner or in New Business feel free to get in touch to join our vibrant and visionary business

Lead Quantity Surveyor for Morgan Sindall PLC, London.Commercially overseeing 2no two-stage JCT 2011 Design & Build projects in Southwark, South East London.

Lead Quantity Surveyor for South Terminal Airside Development Project (STAD) at Gatwick Airport

Commercially overseeing commercial rebuilds and repairs in Canterbury after the devastating Earthquakes that have taken place in 2010 and 2011.

West East Link Main 1200mm dia welded steel pipeline (Manchester region)Project Value: £95million NEC Option C; Subcontract management value: £9millionSubcontracts placed: Options A & BResponsible for:A team of site and office based QS's - Coordinating the team daily to ensure all requirements for both internal management and Client are met in a timely and cost effective manner with reports, measurements and any variation monitoring that is required.Weekly Cost forecasting for the entire project for Subcontract, labour & plantDaily & Weekly collation of progress and reporting to senior management.Procurement - Ongoing cost comparison exercises between utilising own labour versus Subcontract lump sum packages taking in to consideration risk, engineering for value, programme, quality and cost etcOngoing collation of potential or actual variations, maintaining registers and submitting to higher level management for discussion for later forwarding to the client for target increases.All subcontractors on site including:Procurement of all major subcontracts (Tunnelling, Drainage, Ground Works, steel fixing, Demolition, Shafts, Piling) - Holding various meetings (Design, Pre-award, Award, Pre-start, Final Account etc) comparing costs against tender allowances, Agreement of inclusions/exclusions within price and termsOnsite commercial subcontract managementInterim assessmentsFinalising subcontract accounts within budget and passing forwards any relevant additional works items to the client for agreementCompilation of as-built bar charts for submission to the client detailing works completed to date.Weekly measurements for temporary works items, agreed with the client for submission within the valuation.Introduction and continuation of various visual aids showing progress for all works ongoing at any one time

Quantity SurveyorAberford to Pannal and Ganstead to Easington steel Pipelines (Yorkshire region)Project Values: £60million NEC Option C [2008-2009]Subcontract management value: £5.5millionSubcontracts placed: Options A & BResponsible for:A 3 man team - Coordination of responsibilities ensuring requirements laid out are met for covering works on 2 projects within relatively close proximityCompilation of various Compensation Events for submission to the Client for agreement.Daily & Weekly collation of progress and reporting to senior managementWeekly reporting of subcontractor and own labour activityOngoing collation of potential or actual variations, maintaining registers and submitting to higher level management for discussion for forwarding to the client for compensation.All subcontractors on site for commercial issues including final accounts of all the major subcontractsCompilation of as built bar charts for submission to the client detailing works completed to date.Weekly measurements for temporary works items, agreed with the client for submission within the valuation.For maintaining concise records of ground conditions encountered.

Ganstead to Asselby 1200dia gas pipeline & Easington AGI (Kingston-upon-Hull region)Project Value: £55million NEC Option C [2005-2007]Subcontract management value: £4millionSubcontracts placed: Options A & BResponsible for:Compilation of various Compensation Events for submission to the Client for agreement ranging in value from £50k to £500kAll specialist Subcontractors on site (Drainage, Tunnelling, Directional Drilling, Piling, Civils) for commercial issues including final accounts, day works and agreement of Compensation Events for later submission to the client.Daily & Weekly collation of progress and reporting to senior managementWeekly reporting of subcontractor labour activityOngoing collation of potential or actual variations, maintaining registers and submitting to higher level management for discussion for forwarding to the client for compensation.Weekly measurements for temporary works items, agreed with the client for submission within the valuation.

South Wales Expansion Pipeline and Stations (Brecon & Herefordshire region)Project Value: £128million NEC Option C [2007-2008]Subcontract management value: £4.5millionSubcontracts placed: Options A & BResponsible for:Compilation of various large and small Compensation Events for submission to the Client for agreement ranging in value from 3k to 1.5MillionFor maintaining concise records of ground conditions encountered to form part of a substantial ground conditions claim in which I was solely responsible for building up and presenting it to our senior management for the issue to the client for agreement.Daily & Weekly collation of progress and reporting to senior managementCost & Value reportingBudget Forcast reports

Company disciplines: Refurbishment, Internal Alterations, Extensions, ground works Building, Commercial Services (invoicing, measurement, payroll, accounts etc)(Part time role whilst full time employed as a Quantity Surveyor)Set up and managed a small building company whilst maintaining full time employment. Although the business was closed down due to focusing on career progression with a new employer the business gave valuable experience in the building industry.Duties included but not limited to the overall running of the business which involved estimating, measurements, agreement of additional works items, final accounts, payroll & TAX & CIS returns, abiding to Health, Safety and Environmental legislation, managing subcontractors and Project Management of each project.

Started life as a Trainee QS while carrying out my academic studies at the same time. Through the years gained valuable experience and promoted/increased responsibility which ultimately ended with my own site due to sudden loss of the previous QS. I worked in this position during Christmas 2004 period and early 2005 until moving on to Murphy Pipelines Ltd once a replacement was found. I valued this experience which put me in good stead for the future and enjoyed the responsibility and pressure of a hectic atmosphere.Working on various Pipeline projects and Utility schemes around the United Kingdom including (most recent first):Stevenage [NEC Option C Framework] - Responsible to the Regional QS and promoted to Quantity Surveyor - handed reigns of contractual responsibility for all gas schemes in East Anglia including management of subcontractors, cost and value exercises, cash flow forecasts and monthly valuations.London [NEC Option C Framework] - Assistant QS on Gas Utility project in Barnet. Reporting to Site QS.Darlington - Working at departmental Head Office Assisting finalising claims from previous project in Hull - gaining valuable claims experienceKingston-upon-Hull [NEC Option A]- Working as an assistant QS reporting to the senior site QS and assisting with daily roles - continued studiesChester [NEC Option A] - Trainee QS continuing with training and gaining valuable site experience.Middlewich [NEC Option E] - Trainee QS. Started training scheme working 5 day weeks (inc Saturdays) while studying 1 day per week.