James J. Whittaker Fcinstces Email & Phone Number

Lincoln, Gb

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Cleeve Commercial Services Inc. (cleevecommercialservices.com) providing consultant commercial leadership for Metrolinx and its partners on the Ontario Line, Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Commercial Director supporting the GO-Rail Expansion in collaboration with Metrolinx and as part of ONxpress Transportation Partners in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Auckland, New Zealand

Overall responsibility for development , performance and optimisation of all commercial matters in Higgins (part of Fletcher Construction Company); some key responsibilities include:- Active participant in Higgins Senior Leadership Team focussed on key operational and commercial outcomes of Health, Safety and Wellbeing, People and Performance, Financial, Work Winning, Operational Efficiency, Commercial Performance;- Board Director of P2W Services Ltd; Asset Management and Maintenance concession on Puhoi to Warkworth motorway north of Auckland, New Zealand;- Overview of key projects for Higgins such as City Edge Alliance; Te Aranga Alliance for Kainga Ora; Fiji Roads Authority; Waverley Wind Farm, Taranaki

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

A14 Improvement Scheme Between Cambridge And Huntingdon

Working as part of the A14 Integrated Delivery Team. Work on building the £1.5bn upgrade to the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon started in November 2016. The project included widening a total of seven miles of the A14 in each direction (across two sections), a major new bypass south of Huntingdon, widening a three-mile section of the A1 and demolition of a viaduct at Huntingdon which supported improvements in the town.

Maidenhead, England, United Kingdom

Crewe, United Kingdom

Working for Laing O'Rourke as part of the Stafford Area Improvement Project (SAIP Alliance). The Alliance Team of Network Rail, Laing O'Rourke, Atkins, and VolkerRail have formed the industry's first 'pure construction alliance' to deliver the £250m SAIP on the West Coast Main Line.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Worked for Laing O'Rourke's Rail Division based in Sydney overseeing all commercial aspects at Sydney Rail Operations which covers various track, overhead wiring, electrical and civil works throughout the Sydney Metropolitan Network.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Edinburgh Schools PPP2 – 2nr primary and 6nr secondary schools valued at £169 million. Position: Senior Quantity Surveyor. Commercial responsibility for four out of the eight schools. From August 2007 sole commercial responsibility for Forresters/St Augustines HS valued at £51m.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Edinburgh’s Telford College - £49 million 2 Stage Design & Build.Responsibility for all commercial activities from preferred bidder to practical completion on the above contract. Considerable client involvement including procurement of the fit-out of the college as a variation to the contract.The college's design heralded the utilisation of ETFE roof profiles.

Coventry Hospital Project - £335 million PFI Design & Build.Overall commercial responsibility for the Clinical Sciences Building on the above project

Oaks Park High School, Redbridge, London. £18 million PFI Design & Build. Position: Senior Quantity Surveyor. Second in command to Managing Surveyor with main responsibility of leading procurement of subcontractors for the project

HMP Dovegate, Staffordshire, UK. £70million PFI Design & Build.Commercial responsibility for the two main houseblocks within the prison – value approx. £26 million. Project successfully completed two months ahead of programme and well within budget.

HMP Kilmarnock, Scotland. £32 million PFI Design & BuildAn integral part of the commercial team on this flagship PFI custodial project with specific responsibility for overseeing preliminaries and material budgets aswell as subcontract procurement and administration. This was the first ever private prison to be successfully undertaken and completed in Scotland.

Bsc (Hons), Quantity Surveying

Pgdip, Post Grad Diploma In Management