Laing O'Rourke

• Assist project team with the construction of detailed logic linked into plans for execution and delivery.

Planning Manager

Overseeing planning dept of 4 No. planners and 2 No. 3d/ 4d modellers

Projects value €10M - €80M

Tender planning throught to construction plans and claims

Logistic plans

Project Planner, Laing O’Rourke, Nottinghamshire, UK, Jun 2008 – Aug 2009

Project: Staythorpe Gas Power-station – Alstom Power – £54m

Construction of 4No 400 MW power-train units and cooling towers for a combined cycle gas turbine power-station. Works consisted of deep excavations, concrete foundations, duct, drainage and water cooling pipe installation.

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Project Planner, Laing O’Rourke, Cumbria, UK, Sep 2007 – May 2008

Project: Sellafield Nuclear Encapsulated Product Store – Sellafield Ltd – £70m

Design and construction of a reinforced concrete nuclear waste storage facility, including overhead cranes, shield doors and full mechanical and electrical instrumentation and control.

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Planning Engineer, Laing O’Rourke, Cumbria, UK, Jan 2007 – Aug 2007

Project: A590 High & Low Newton Bypass – Highways Agency – £26m

Construction of a 3.8km dual carriageway situated within the Lake District National Park.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Weekly project planning.
• 6 weekly project schedules.
• Material wastage reporting.
• Timesheet coding and earned value management.
• Creation of output information.

Planning Engineer, Laing O’Rourke, Greater London, UK, Nov 2002 – Dec 2006

Project: Heathrow Terminal 5 – British Airport Authority – Projects £5 – 80m

Numerous projects including: piling and concrete works to the 440x50x20m concourse B building, rail, baggage and service tunnels, airside roads, a 6No level 400x60m multi-storey car-park, and site wide drainage and electrical infrastructure. 

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Project: University Hospital, Dubai Health Care City.

Project consisting 3 Basements (circa 31,000 m2 each), 5-storey (circa 15,000 m2/floor) Podium housing clinics operation theaters, public areas, and 14-storey (circa 4,500 m2/floor) Hospital Tower building, in addition to a 7-storey Admin building (circa 2,100 m2/floor).

Project value: US $ 180 Million.

• Project control and management (program of work, S curve, Resources plans. etc.)

• Provide a full planning, work management and analysis of construction activities.

I was site based full time, performing daily planning duties at this private design and build development for Crest Nicholson consisting of a health & fitness suite, a cinema, restaurants, a multi-storey car park and 200+ residential units, all in post-tensioned RC frames.

There were also two steel frame retail units (mostly shell and core), and extensive Section 278 works.

The challenge on this project was to achieve 20 sectional PC dates.