David's first employment as a planning engineer was as part of his industrial placement in 1977 then subsequently he began his career proper as a planning engineer in 1978 with Sindall Construction both head-office based pre-tender and contract planning for a number of projects and site-based leading planning teams on major hospital projects.
Head-office based/site visiting pre-tender and contract planning responsible for the planning function for the main and a number of subsidary companies.
Head-office based pre-tender and contract planning for a number of projects and site-based leading planning teams on major residential projects.
As a result the fall of the residential market in the late 1980’s David returned to head office and, in addition to his previous duties he also carried out delay analysis on completed projects, ultimately leading to his first appointment as an expert witness in 1989 where he used innovative network techniques to analyse the delays.
David joined Kyle Stewart (subsequently HBG Construction and now BAM Construct) as Deputy Chief Planner in a department of 12 planners.
David joined Kyle Stewart (subsequently HBG Construction and now BAM Construct) as Deputy Chief Planner in a department of 12 planners.
Planning, programming, project management and delay analysis; both on live work (tender and contract programmes, monitoring and progress monitoring and forecasting) but in particular in giving contractual advice and preparing time delay claims, reports for arbitrations and litigation and appointments as an expert witness.
Planning, programming, project management and delay analysis; both on live work (tender and contract programmes, monitoring and progress monitoring and forecasting) but in particular in giving contractual advice and preparing time delay claims, reports for adjudications, arbitrations and litigation and appointments as an expert witness.
Current Role
Planning, programming and delay analysis; both on live work (tender and contract programmes, monitoring and progress monitoring and forecasting) but in particular in giving contractual advice and preparing time delay claims, reports for adjudications, arbitrations and litigation and appointments as an expert witness.