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Richard Ovenden

First Name: 
Richard
Last Name: 
Ovenden

I have wide experience as Project Manager, Construction Manager, Project Controls Manager and various Planning roles.
I have been on several major projects world wide including - Humber Bridge; Riyadh International Airport; The Great Man Made River (Libya); Al Raha Beach Development (Abu Dhabi). Also smaller projects such as Sheffield & Hallamshire Hospital (26 stories), built in approx 1971-2, and M/Ways/Roads during the M/Way boom of the 1970's in UK. I was in charge of progress reporting on major structures for the Great Man Made River (Libya).

I have also been on Oil/gas and Process works including - Skikda (Algeria); Sirri Island, (Persian/Arabian Gulf); Shedgum Gas Plant, (Saudi Arabia); Bonny Island (Nigeria); Oil Pipeline (Gabon).

I have world wide experience of Building, Civil Engineering, Oil/gas and Process works, and have worked in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Croatia, Kosovo, Thailand, Pakistan, Iran, UAE, Gabon, Nigeria, UK, Europe, Algeria, Libya, Russia, Kazakhstan, I think that covers the Countries.

I am familiar with EOT, Forensic planning, claims/counterclaims, Delay Analysis, CPA, CPM, baselining, master programmes/inserting programmes into master programmes, detailed analysis of programmes.

Professional Since: 
Sep-1963 (60.9 yrs experience)
Oldest experience: 
Nov 2008 (15.7 yrs experience, WARNING: 45.2 years variance with Professional Since)
Years Experience: 
41

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