Senior MEP Commissioning Manager
COMMTECH
Total years of experience :15 years, 2 months
● Jan 2014 to Present - COMMTECH (Spain) as Senior MEP Commissioning Manager
"SIDRA Medical & Research Centre" - Overall new build contract value circa £1.8 billion (M&E TBC)
New build medical project for the client Qatar Foundation, Design & Build Building services by JV KVC (Kentz & Voltas) using Hoare Lea Consultants. Being built by JV (OHL and Contrack) in Doha-Qatar-Middle East. This was a 6 Months reinforcement appointment during a JV's restructuring team period due to project delays. Robert planned resources, analysed dependencies to input and produce over 10No Micro-programmes for High Priority Areas which were closely monitored and merged into the Master Programme and asessed Cx resources to match.Also focused into critical medical systems serving equipment like Fume Hoods and Bio Safety Cabinets, were discovered design and installation shortcomings.
● June 2013 to Jan 2014 - Freelance for Dome Group as MEP Commissioning Manager
"De Vere Gardens-Luxury Apartments" - M&E new build contract value circa £60m.
New build & retained facade residential project design by DCA Architect and Hoare Lea Services Consultants. Being built by Sir Robert McAlpine in Kensington, London comprising 97 Apts up to 7 floors, underground car park and leisure centre swimming pool/spa/sauna. Witnessed various large systems on the landlord areas ie.HV dead and live testing, drainage, flushing, fire fighting, main LTHW and CHW Systems to static and dynamic completion, whilst continuing with all the Mech side on the Apts. Attended plant Factory Tests of Smoke Extracts, FCU's and produced reports. Monitoring progress of QA/Testing documentation. Chairing specialist meetings to detail and coordinate dependencies including FA Cause & Effect, BMS systems, etc.
● Feb 2013 to April 2013 - Freelance for Initec & Tecnicas Reunidas (Spanish Consultancies) as UK Representative Bidding for Stanstead Airport 3 Years Framework on Small Works up to £5m
● July 2011 to Feb 2013- Freelance for Sol Melia Hotels (Client & Main Contractor) as Resident Engineer/Senior Package Manager Building Services MEPF, Lifts and Commissioning of Building Services
"ME Hotel" New build contract value Ongoing M&E Package + Lifts £23 m.
Flagship Hotel for the Melia Group by Star Architects Foster +Partners, Buro Happold Structural & Fire Engineers and BDSP Services Consultants. (section 20 type in Westminster -London) . Robert was brought into this challenging commercial Fast-Track Fit Out Project by the Client and Principal Contractor (Adprotel/Melia Hotels Group) as Resident Engineer after disruptions caused by a major fire incident. Design & Build Fit Out Subcontractor teams include British, Spanish and Italian. This is a 16 storey, high profile modern 154 Room Hotel Building with significant BOH and Front of House Areas and Restaurants, ventilated and fire protected underground car park in addition to combined works serving adjacent luxury apartments by Galliards Construction Ltd. Amongst numerous key tasks he coordinated and monitored design input from Consultans and ESTEL Subcontractors whilst fine tuning Lighting Part L achievement. Key liason with Commissioning Specialst proving Life Saving Systems to the Local Authority representatives. The Hotel opened to the public before Christmas 2012 and won numerous insustry awards soon after.
● Apr to Dec 2010 - Freelance for VVB Engineering Ltd. (Specialist Contractor) Commissioning Manager.
"Belvedere Energy from Waste Power Station" - M&E new build contract value £19m.
Largest industrial facility of this type in UK. This is a key role as overall Building Services Commissioning Manager. The main building includes an Administrative Block and numerous electrical rooms served with HVAC and FM200 gas fire suppression systems. Includes planning and management of all the various HVAC and Mechanical Building Services i.e, fire systems, drainage, HVAC (DX VRF systems, adiabatic chiller and dry air cooler linked to CHW Fan Coils, domestic services, smoke ventilation, etc) . Producing detailed ITP/Test Packs documentation system by system and witnessing static & dynamic completion. Managing Mech. Commissioning Subcontractors and in house teams. Testing & monitoring water supply quality serving 3No buildings. Cranes and anti odour spray system. Demonstrating for approval to District Surveyor, clients, etc. HVAC Training and assessment documentation to the Facilities Management team.
● Sept 2009 to Oct 2009- Norman Disney & Young. (Consultancy) Senior Mech. Eng./ Project Leader.
"Madrid Data Centre" - M&E Bid new build value circa €300m.
NDY was in a consortium formed to bid for a Hub Data Centre Complex in Spain.
Robert was responsible for the detail Brief Translation and liaison with Spanish Counterparts. He was also involved in producing Mech. Schematics, plant & equipment selection/specification and writing initial bidding documents.
Unfortunately the Main Contractor (Bovis) pulled out of the Bid for Economic Reasons and Project involvement was cut short.
"The Rolls Building" - M&E Shell & Core new build value £14m (July 08 to July 2009)
A new building for private and public use housing office & financial courts for the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
Is a Section 20 Type building which also includes CHP & UPS Systems. Robert worked closely to produce 3D modelling from 2D drawings and was fully responsible for the procurement and design development of water services, Htg & CHW pumping and AHU's. Significant plant procurement savings achieved.
Used BIW System liaising with the Main Contractor (Carillion) and others as an efficient contractual tool to issue RFI's, Technical Submittals, co-ordinate drawings.
Project involvement was cut short by voluntary pay out.
● June 2005 to July 2009- EMCOR Engineering Services Ltd. (acquired Rosser & Russell Ltd. Feb 07) Senior Project Eng.
"Embassy Court" - M&E new build value £5.5m (June 07 to Sept 2008)
Comprising 25No top end luxury apartments in St. John's Wood, London (sold at approx. £4 -£8 -£12 million each) . Main Contractor Laing O'Rourke.
M&E Services used Geothermal Heat Pumps to provide Htg & CHW serving under floor system and wall inbuilt FCU's. Condensing Packaged Boilers installed as Htg back-up. Mechanical "Passivent" ventilation used throughout the apartments and boosted via the Kitchen Extract Hood. Significant profit achieved in Controls/BMS.
"Wittington Hospital New Acute Wing & Day Care" M&E £13.5m (Jun 05 to Jun 07) Completed a very complex and challenging phased PFI Contract acting as Snr.Mech. Eng +Commissioning Manager (Team Bonus Reward for completing in time over target profit).
The new build and refurbishment was within a large and live hospital environment. Large plantrooms were upgraded, Energy Centre and changed from Steam Systems to LTHW. Included approx 350 beds with Day Wards, A&E, Isolation Wards, 6No Operating Theatres and MRI and X-Ray Equipment.
● Sept 2004 to June 2005- Mitie Technology Ltd. Freelance Mechanical Project Manager
● May to Sept 2004- Michael J. Lonsdale Ltd. Freelance M&E Project Manager
Willesden Centre for Health & Care - NHS Hospital PFI. Design & Build M&E value £ 3m (May 04 to Sept 04)
Took over previous PM role one year into the Project after enabling works and main plant procurement completed but several sub-contracts to be done. Achieved a remarkable progress of installation/programme under a very challenging situation. This is considering the inherited week design, lack of Mech. Engineer, minimum QS input and poor H&S situation.
● June 2001 to April 2004 - Rotary Southern Ltd. Freelance Mech. Project Engineer & QA
K2 Project-Fast Track New Office Building (Arch. Richard Rogers Partnership)
M&E Shell & Core value £ 7.3m (Nov 03 to Jan 04)
Mech. Procurement, , drawing co-ordination, RFI's and Health & Safety Method Statements. Liaison with Architect on Foyer Displacement Ventilation.
Acute Mental Health Unit and Annexe Building-Charing Cross Hospital M&E Fit-out value £4.5m (March 02-Nov 03) Input from Tender to Project Completion. Main building comprises services typical of a high security mental residence with activity areas and the Annexe Building dedicated to administrative, offices and lecture rooms. Duties and responsibilities typical of a Project Engineer and focusing into management of the air side installations including noise attenuation and fire strategy. Plant Procurement, drawings co-ordination and updates, RFI's, Site Instructions, H&S, management of fit out subcontractors and commissioning, O&M's, snagging and project handover. A particular challenge was the high number of variations carried out following the "unfinished" design at Tender Stage.
Hackney Technology Learning Centre- New Design and Build PFI Project- value £ 3.2m (June 01 to March 02), Comprising 4 levels: museum, library and offices. The installation included non active chilled beams in offices, fan coils and perimeter heating in foyer, DX cooling split systems in IT rooms, air handling units in museums and library, etc. Duties also include assisting senior Project Manager, Procurement, Technical Submittals, H&S Method Statements, O&M's, etc. He was also responsible to design and implement a new specific and comprehensive PFI Quality Assurance System to monitor the correct installation and handover of M&E services.
● Sept. 2000 to June 2001- Bellwater Ltd. Mechanical Design Engineer
Designing Mechanical Building Services for the international communications industry, for the in house multidisciplinary specialist team. Main involvement with design & build turn key projects such as Switch, Collocation and Data Centres, with a typical program of 20-24 weeks.
Developed concept through to detail design for HVAC services to a variety of European projects i.e Globalmetro-Vienna, Energis-Zurich, etc. Close control environmental design including air-con free-cooling systems, chilled water ring systems, inert gas fire suppression, pressure relief and make up air and typical services for office areas.
Inclusive of scheme design, detailed co-ordinated drawings, specification and spreadsheet calcs and Hevacomp.
Feasibility Study CERN-Geneva: floor area expansion and upgrading HVAC Systems
Helped Bellwater into the Spanish market, leading to the opening of Madrid office.
● July 2000 to Sept. 2000 - Apollo Air Conditioning Ltd. Freelance Air Conditioning Engineer/Site Supervisor
Working mainly on a £24m. luxury residential property in Chelsea.
Supervising a small team during the installation of split, heat pump and ventilation systems (total 16 No units), integrated into Victorian Style surroundings.
Duties and responsibilities include the co-ordinating of the installations with other contractors and site project manager.
● Feb 98 to March 2000 TPS Consult (Carillion Group) Principal M&E Engineer/ Project Co-ordinator
Madrid Airport-Barajas New Air Terminal Feb 98 to March 2000 Value £1bn (360, 000m²)
Robert's full dedication to this project proved most valuable assisting the project leaders of the joint venture (Richard Roger's Partnership/E.Lamela & TPS Consult/Initec) coordinating, assessing and managing the full design process as well as using his bilingual skills in this international project.
Particularly, during the concept adaptation and scheme design stages, undertook design and project management roles dealing initially with mechanical and electrical systems but broadened his experience to include co-ordination of the whole range of professional disciplines, presentations, client liaison and contract supervision (internal and external)
During the detailed design stage of the project he was partly responsible and focused with the multidisciplinary team (25+ people) on the production and translation of deliverables (i.e. drawings CAD14 and calculations CADlink/Cymap), while maintaining team morale in high pressure situations. This included continuous liaison with the Madrid/London Project Leaders for local regulations, standards, programme, architectural changes, client communication, etc. Also managed design subcontractors in UK (DSSR-facade engineering, Arup-Solar Modelling) and Madrid (External Water)
This is the first Airport in Spain designed with "Displacement Ventilation" for the Terminal and Satellite Piers for which CFD Modelling was produced in house and integrated with Halton's Manufacturing. TPS was one of the UK Consultancies pioneering large scale drawing production in India (approx. 70% of over 860 No Autocad drawings)
Robert stated "The proudest moment of my career was attending the invitation to the opening of Barajas T4 in 2006, enjoying the experience with great Architects, Engineers and a very happy Client".
Key
HNC=Higher National Certificate Passed with various Distinctions (Maths, Thermoodynamics, end of year project