CHRISTIAN BOATENG
51 Curzon Crescent, Barking, Essex, IG11 0LA
Email: Tel: +44(0) 208 5918930 (home) +44(0) 07534177029 (mobile)
Emails: [email protected]
Profile:
- Positive, Flexible, Motivated, Committed, Quick Learner, Fair, Decision Maker and Seeking New Challenges.
- Proficient in the use of various I.T. packages including Excel, Word, Primavera P3 and P6 together with experience of other planning and data management software.
- Professional Development has included Leadership and Motivation courses as well as Report Writing, Last Planner seminars and various Construction Site Safety courses.
- Experience in planning and budget management in Telecommunications, Building Services, Electrical, Instrumentation and Mechanical disciplines
- Project experience gained in the Financial, IT, Telecommunications, Airports, installations, Rail Signalling, bridge, track works, Highways and Landscaping.
EDUCATION:
Sept 04 – June 07 De Montfort University
International Relations and Politics (2:2)
Sept 98 – June 04 Barking Abbey
Comprehensive School and
Eastbury Six-form
A Level (Fine Art)
Advanced Award (Advanced Art.
and Design Double Merit Award)
GNVQ (Advanced Business.
Merit)
7 GCSEs (Including English and.
Mathematics)
Work Experience:
Jul 13 - Current BARHALE PLC Farringdon, St Johns Street and Fisher Street (Crossrail & BFK)
(NEC Project) Senior Planning Engineer
Project Details
Crossrail is carrying out a major up-grade of Farringdon Station to meet the ever growing transport needs of London in the 21st Century and beyond.
When complete, it is planned that over 140 trains per hour will flow through the Farringdon interchange when it becomes a link between Thameslink, Crossrail and London Underground services. Farringdon will be the only station from which passengers will be able to access all three networks. Farringdon will become one of Britain’s busiest train stations, and will be a key link in bringing passengers from outer London to the business hubs in the City and Canary Wharf.
Situated at the intersection of a new east-west and north-south axis, it will be possible to directly connect with three of London’s five airports (with single interchange to the other two), providing a highly desirable railway connection between Heathrow and Gatwick.
The scope of Barhale’s project comprises at Farringdon
The major works outlined above will necessitate significant tunnelling works at several different levels covering a large area beneath Farringdon Road and the Surrounding Streets between the new Western Ticket Hall (near Farringdon Road) and the Eastern Ticket Hall (at Charterhouse Square).
As a result of these proposed tunnelling works the following Thames Water asset protection works is deemed necessary:
- Two trunk water mains, one at 30-inch diameter and one at 14-inch diameter are to be re-laid for an approximate length of 200m each.
- The replacement of all laterals connected to the 14-inch main with barrier pipe.
- The decommissioning and removal of the above ground rider mains.
The scope of Barhale’s project comprises at St Johns Street
- One trunk water mains, one at 12-inch diameter to be re-laid for an approximate length of 200m
- Additional works to Sewer including excavation , backfill and reinstatement
- The decommissioning and removal of the above ground rider mains
The scope of Barhale’s project comprises at Fisher Street
Consists of a 15-meter-wide underground concrete shaft; Crossrail’s ground-level headhouse and an above-ground apartment building.The single-story headhouse provides intervention access to the shaft, which is required for emergency access, ventilation, and mechanical and electrical maintenance, as well as general access to the tunnel system’s four underground levels. The headhouse also features a street-level entrance lobby for the apartment building.
Project Management
- Producing compensation event programmes to show delays to completion date to claim time and resources to proceed
- EOT Programmes along with its narratives explaining variances and change
- Daily site visits to assess the works, taking photos and notes as evidence of carried out works on day
- Developing Work Breakdown Structures from the scope of works
- Responsible for updating the project plan throughout the project lifetime
- Monthly Updates and Submission for acceptance, including narratives
- Producing look ahead programmes
- Producing work breakdown structure with regards to additional CE Works
- Recording of 'as built' information to develop more reliable construction programme
- Developing baseline programs, monitoring and updating progress, progress reporting, plus reviewing programs in existence
- Assess and plan time, resources and material for projects
- When required, produce support documentation for submission on Extension of Time applications
- Preparation of progress reports
- Identification of the planned programme and critical path(s)
- Establishing provisions in the contract for submission and approval of
Programme
- Preparation of progress reports
- Preparation and maintenance of as built records to establish start/finish dates, intermittent working, accurate progress
- Supporting extension of time applications, awards and basis assessment.
- Preparation of delay analysis using accepted techniques Preparation and maintenance of as built records to establish start/finish dates, intermittent working, accurate progress
Feb 13 – Jul 13 BAM NUTTALL Queen Elizabeth Transformation Project Stratford
(NEC Project) Planning Engineer
The size of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is560 acres (226 hectares) equivalent to Hyde Park or 357 football pitches.
Around £300m is been spent on transforming the Olympic site into a new piece of London after the Games. The project is called ‘Clear, Connect, Complete’.
This money is spent on clearing the Games overlay including temporary venues, walkways and stands. Connecting the Park to the surrounding areas with new roads and pathways.
Scope of the works covered by myself
The works include but are not limited to the design, construction and deconstruction of the South Park Transformation Project including but not limited to roads, bridges, removal of F14 bridge and approach ramp north of the
Greenway, removal of temporary bridges including H08 rail over bridge, underpasses, modification to the Greenway, Stratford High Street at grade crossing modifications, retaining walls, Utilities, soft and hard landscaping, Multi Use Venue building modifications, installation of development plot perimeter hoarding, removal of perimeter security fence and allotments.
The works also include construction management services in connection with the Employer’s Waterpolo Tier 1 contracts.
The works alsoinclude the followingOptional Works
• Optional Works 1 – APM services for Venues (Handball)
• Optional Works 2 – APM services for infrastructure
• Optional Works 3 – APM services for soft landscaping
• Optional Works 4 – Aquatics Island external works (Zone 1)
Project Management and Controls Duties
- Applying the principles of strategic baseline management and performance measurement baselines
- Adding Project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to the associated WBS dictionary
- Making sure the Project time phased budget aligned with the Accepted Programme andthe Activity Schedule
- Project Performance Measurements for all activities.
- Develop, maintained and report by using Primavera P3e/c version 6 or other version as agreed with the Project
- logic linked, with each activity having predecessor and successor dependencies, critical paths, free float and total float
identified. A list is provided showing reasons for all activities with no successors or constraints within the AP for acceptance
submit a forecast of Defined Cost at the intervals stated in the contract data Part 1 to allow the project manager to calculate the adjusted actual costs for performance in accordance with the Earned Value Methodology;
- Interfaces for dependencies with other projects or stakeholders
- Measure, analyse and report performance on a monthly basis;
- Making sure it’s a true and accurate report to progress of the work
- The use of EVA to monitor progress against baseline
- Coordinating with Buckingham, Frost Landscaping and Thames Water to align the Programme, i.e. issuing Early Warning/ PMI and Compensation Events to the Client
- Producing compensation event programmes to show delays to completion date to claim time and resources to proceed
Feb 13 CLESHAR LTD London Gatwick Airport
(GAL Process) Planning Engineer &
Consultancy Support to GAL
Fit out of Gatwick Ashdown House, Pier 2, and Accommodation and Retail Churn facilities.
Fully cost loaded and forecasted financial period cost of project on Primavera P6. Produced
EWNs and 4 weeks look a heads for client information.
- Programme & Project Controls
- Provided cost management
- Provide a framework for development and application at all levels of programme and project performance and is applicable throughout the lifecycle of a Project
- Applying the principles of Strategic Baseline Management and Performance Measurement Baselines
- Fully cost loaded the programme showing finance period breakdowns and resources available to each section of works
Sep12 – Feb 13 JACOBS ENGINEERING MSP London Heathrow Airport
(Gateway Process) Senior Planner &
Consultancy Support to BAA
A responsibility of planning varies projects. The management of activities across all the projects on the T3IB Building, together with the execution and process of the companies planning tools such as the Gateway 1 to 7 process.
- To provide a robust approach to Programme & Project Controls
- Provide a standard framework to integrate programme and cost management
- Provide a framework for development and application at all levels of programme and project performance and is applicable throughout the lifecycle of a Project
- Ensures alignment with other Programme Controls processes for Time Management, Commercial/Cost Management, Change Management, Performance Measurement and Risk & Opportunity Management
- Applying the principles of Strategic Baseline Management and Performance Measurement Baselines
- Give supported in more detail by Performance Measurement and the production of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
- Delivery of integrated Airport programmes and costs, clearly defining key interfaces and all Projects to understand their position within the strategic plan.
- Coordinating with Ferrovial and Vanderlander Industries with regards to alignment of P6 Programme
- Chairing in minute meetings with board members in charge of the project, cost, architects, risk managers, technical director etc.
- Interactive Planning session to arrange Key and Smart milestones.
- Progress Meetings with Ferrovial and Vanderlander Project Managers to discuss interfaces and interface milestones.
May 11 – Aug 12 NG BAILEYS IT SERVICES London Heathrow Airport
(NEC PROJECT) (M & E Fit Out)
Planning Engineer and Support to Hetco
- Responsibilities included, as well as planning on my own projects. The co-ordination of the other planning engineers activities across all the projects on the airport, together with the implementation and operation of the companies planning, progress monitoring and productivity systems.
- Review of design schematics for commissioning.
- Day to day site management, chairing Services related meetings with Clients, Architects, & Sub Contractors
- Tender-stage Sub contractor interviewing, and tender compliancy reviewing
- Programming construction stages
- Delivery and commissioning of mechanical and electrical, data integration elements of project includes; HV and LV Supply Integrated Control System and building Management System
- The system includes an in-built cellular, Wi-Fi, CCTV, help points and Comms rooms networked through copper & fibre-optic cabling.
- Project Tracking/reporting
- Benchmarking And Troubleshooting Preparation of contract programmes at Tender
- Developing Work Breakdown Structures from the scope of works
- Responsible for updating the project plan throughout the project lifetime
- Preparation of as built-detailing critical path and the impact of variations on the works
- Preparing and monitoring the work plan to ensuring it is compatible with available resources
- Conduct and attend meetings with HETCO the main Contractors in relation to planning
- Monthly report and update for Executive meeting and as required on other meetings attended with other Contractors such Siemens, Honeywell, Crown house and BAA
- Frequent contact within the business and with external and internal customers
- Work with estimating with regard to producing plans for new tenders together with resource capabilities
- Updated target programme based on 6 week look ahead.
- Issued 4 week look ahead to Hetco.
- Ensured 4 week look ahead is in line with Hetco’s race card.
- Attended weekly progress meeting for construction.
- Updated EPPR (Engineering Performance and Progress Reporting) on a weekly basis to track percentage completion and dates.
- Updated weekly procurement tracker.
- Use of EVA to monitor progress against baseline.
- Developing and Monitoring Risk Analysis/Management on Tender Programmes and Live Programmes Responsible for the production, updating and maintenance of detailed programmes by location and ring section for the engineering, logistics, installation and testing of all of the power, optical, DSCR and control equipment required for the initial implementation and technology upgrades of networks. The co-ordination of underground duct and fibre installation / splicing, together with real estate acquisition / refurbishment, forming part of the programme make up. Part way into the programme we converted from Microsoft Project to “Primavera Enterprise” (P6.7) planning package where we integrated the equipment, labour and financial aspects of the project to provide a comprehensive project forecasting tool.
- Tools in use: - Primavera Enterprise (P6), Primavera P6, Microsoft Access, other Office packages.
This role was at Heathrow Terminal 2TA, which was a Joint venture (JV) Hetco – Ferrovial Agroman and Laing O’Rourke – the
cost of project is £812 million (€900m). TheT2A project includes the design and construction of the new Terminal building, aircraft
stands. The connection with the T2B satellite building, the access road, a new cooling plant and all related services. Services
provided by Ng bailey included cable install of 42 Comms rooms on 6 floors, entrance facilities, vertical passenger movements, head
of stands, and also installs on three floors in the cooling station of which I planned and produced a 52 week programme for both the
design phase and construction phase.
Jun 09 – Jan 11 CARILLION RAIL Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link (Glasgow)
Framework Planning
- Reviewed and adjusted schedules and plans as required ensuring completion of projects on time.
- Planning and Scheduling for managing overall project resources and scope requirements, budgets and cost.
- Utilize work breakdown structure (WBS), project breakdown structure (PBS) and evaluation of schedule float and utilization of critical path method (CPM).
- Planning organizing, controlling, evaluating, Coordinating construction projects from start to finish according to schedule, specifications and budget Prepares schedule and cost performance reports using Earned Value techniques and Invoice.
- Plan and develops Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to manageable level in conjunction with Project Management Team and Team Leaders.
- Planning and preparing Master project, schedules, milestones and monitoring progress against established schedules and measure delays. Perform detail follow-up on the progress based on the earned value. Preparing contracts and negotiating revisions, changes and additions to contractual agreements with architects, consultants, clients, suppliers and subcontractors.
Provide analysis of contractor schedules to client, and make recommendations
Professional Accomplishments and responsibilities.
This project was on the Airdrie – Bathgate Rail link, providing support services. On the 28th April 2009 Carillion Rail was awarded a £80 million contract for the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link project, which included the provision of new structures, stations, earthworks, ground treatment and filling operations up to ballast level. The project was scheduled to complete within eighteen months.
The contract was a major project to improve rail links in Central Scotland, providing a fully double-tracked and electrified line linking communities between Glasgow and Edinburgh. The project was completed in October 2010. Project value £9.5million.
Nov 07 – May 09 GRANT RAIL Hull Docks Branch Enhancement Project
Planning Engineer
- Constructed schedules for managing overall project resources and scope requirements, budgets and cost. Utilized work breakdown structure (WBS), weight factor, project breakdown structure (PBS) and evaluation of schedule float and utilization of critical path method (CPM). Procurement, construction details.
- Monitors contracts requirement list and prepare progress
- Identifying schedule variances and trends developing solution with appropriate discipline leads.
- Maintaining Level 1 and 2 Milestone scheduler.
- Prepare and maintains weekly Project Review Action Lists, Monthly, Weekly Report for Clients.
- Monitors and update the schedule with progress for all Functional Departments, with emphasis on hardware & supply services, Sub-Contractors and Site installation
- Prepared weekly and monthly reporting procedures in order to ensure effective project implementation and documentation preparation.
- Prepare the monthly, weekly report and prepared various spreadsheets for material milestone, require at site and Schedule Analysis.
This project was onthe Hull Docks branch enhancement project. The project involved upgrading the King George Dock branch line, which links the Associated British Port facilities at Hull Docks with the national network at Hessle Road Junction.
Works undertaken by GrantRail included permanent way, civil’, power supply and signalling and telecommunications elements. Upgrading the line to RA10 capacity, to enhance its gauge clearance to W8, and increase route capacity from 10 to 22 train paths per day in each direction, with a line speed of 30mph.
Miscellaneous:
Hobbies/Interests– Travelling, Entrepreneurship, Reading, Running, Gym, Basketball, Football, Music and Movies
Driving License– Full UK License, clean since 2001
Languages –English, African Dialect (Ghanaian),
Nationality: British
References Available on Request