10/2008 – October 2009 LogiKal Programme Management Consultancy – Planning Consultant
East London Line Refurbishment - Balfour Beatty Carillion Joint Venture (value £363m)
Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
§Creation of a schedule for Line side Civils works to cover the works being done for Power, Signalling and Telecoms based on available designs. Working with the design team by creating a schedule to show which structure designs are required and outstanding. Weekly and period reporting both written and graphic with KPIs
§The role of Electrification and Power delivery planner involved working on the schedules for the construction of 2 Bulk Supply Points, 3 Traction Substations, 3 Station Transformer Rooms and a Track Paralleling Hut. The construction works covered all works from design through to completion. Subcontractor plans were integrated into our construction programme after being checked and challenged where necessary. Liaising with both construction and installation contractors, planners, commercial teams and managers.
§Included in this work was the installation and commissioning of all the switchgear within the buildings and also trackside. Installation and commissioning was done by subcontractors - progress was tracked with their daily reports and site visits and where necessary any extra resources needed were passed on to the commercial teams for procurement. Checking, integrating and monitoring the subcontractor’s schedule for the SCADA system. The schedule also monitored installation of 166,484 linear metres of HV, LV and DC cabling which carried the power through the project.
§Creation of the Critical Paths and analysis for the project. This was used by all project managers and directors so delays could be mitigated where possible before passing the critical paths on to the Board of Directors. This was done as part of the 4 weekly reporting cycles which required communication with everyone from Directors down to site managers.
§Creation of a one off programme for the Testing & Commissioning of all project works. The works covered all M&E for the construction and refurbishment of all stations new and existing, Signalling, Telecoms, Electrification and Permanent Way.
§Created the schedules for Electrification and SCADA and an improved risk register
§Improved reporting tools to make sure all works were tracked properly from design through to final handover of installed equipment with KPIs and better information for Board Meetings
§Created Schematics for the entire job to track Electrification works
§Trained up other planners on Critical Path Analysis which was done for both Interim and Period End reporting