Stuart Burns Email & Phone Number

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Engineering Manager on the A82 Tarbet to Inverarnan trunk road improvement. This 17km project involves aligning an improved road with cycle facilities and three viaducts along the western shore of Loch Lomond. Responsibilities include leading the roads, bridges, geotechnical, hydrology, landscape and construction management input for this £400m project.Project manager for civils aspects of SSE Renewables new 400kV AC substation and HVDC converter station at Fanellan, Beauly. Connecting the existing Beauly / Wester Balblair substation, the existing Beauly - Denny overhead line, and new 400kV connections between Spittal and Beauly and Beauly and Peterhead. Offsite works include a new 90m span truss bridge carrying Fanellan Road.P6 Oracle Primevera planner for four ASTI Renewables substation projects.

Assisting contract OCR deliver £65 million annual roads and bridges maintenance programmes across trunk roads in south west Scotland. Providing technical expertise and ensuring high performance across all business functions. Including cyclic and winter maintenance, network management functions and design services.

Managing 66 roads, bridges and environmental professionals delivering design services across trunk roads in south west Scotland. Accountable for delivering annual programmes of roads and bridgeworks, value £40 million. Delivering the technical and quality standards expected by Transport Scotland.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Responsible for technical delivery of infrastructure improvement projects. Overseeing 15 professional staff whilst coordinating a wider network network of specialist disciplines. Including bridge design, pavement engineering, geotechnical, traffic modelling and environmental specialists.

Responsible for managing commercial and technical risks whilst overseeing the effective delivery of a £45 million annual programme of maintenance works. The attainment of high quality standards through performance monitoring leading to continuous improvement were key objectives. The 2007/08 Performance Audit Group reported that ‘there was sustained improvement in performance’ whilst Stuart was the Business Manager.

Managing PQQ, customer consultation processes, financial and quality submissions for 5 year South East Scotland trunk road maintenance commission (£100m). Assisted on South West Scotland trunk road maintenance commission (£175) delivering customer consultation process and managing team writing quality submission.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Responsible for the management of trunk road improvement and road safety projects from conception to construction. Particular tasks included DMRB stage 1, 2 & 3 assessment, compulsory purchase & road orders, detailed design including geotechnical, environmental & economic assessments, ICE 5th contract documentation, procurement and site supervision.

Responsible for administering 2G North West Scotland term maintenance contract and overseeing management of routes such as the A9, A82 & A87. Stuart liaised with council officials, community councils, the public and other stakeholders regarding trunk road authority obligations. He also advised Scottish Minsters on road maintenance practices, roads safety engineering, road design and development control matters.

Responsible for the project management, design, procurement and supervision of urban road improvement schemes.

Responsible for the project management, design, procurement and supervision of trunk road and local authority improvement schemes. Developed specialist expertise in project cost estimating and economic assessments.

Responsible for the project management, design, procurement and supervision of A1 Dualling schemes being promoted by the Scottish Development Department