Brian Rodden

Awards including bid invitation preparation, evaluation of bids contract preparation & award.
Post award activities, correspondence drafting, review & preparation of variation orders & claims, & preparation of all back up documents
Review of issues with legal & contracts departments
Administration of all Contracts, preparation opf letters to Client, Contractor, & subcontractors
Identification & resolution of all contractual / legal problems
furnish business & financial information as requested
Supervision of Quantity Surveyors in the group

Supervise quantity surveyors in group
Pre & post contract award duties, negotiation, bid evaluation & award
Post contract administration including drafting all correspondences to Client & Contractor
Preparation of Adjustment Orders & supporting back up
Provision of advice, & contract strategy to Project Management, Client & Snr. Managment
Claims management & dispute resolution advice
Ensure contract administration is carried out in accordance with the Contract & Company requirements

Manage & Supervise quantity surveyors in the group
Pre & post contract award, drafting of bid packages, tender award & evaluation.
Responsible for all correspondences of engineering, contractual, claims or dispute related matters
Provide Company & WPK Snr Project Management with advice relating to Contract strategy, claims management & dispute resolution
Preparation of adjustment orders inclusive of all supporting documentation
ensuring WPK & Company audit requirements fully adhered to and complied with.
Project management & contracts management

Manage & Supervise quantity surveyors in the group
Pre & post contract award, drafting of bid packages, tender award & evaluation.
Responsible for all correspondences of engineering, contractual, claims or dispute related matters
Provide Company & WPK Snr Project Management with advice relating to Contract strategy, claims management & dispute resolution
Preparation of adjustment orders inclusive of all supporting documentation
ensuring WPK & Company audit requirements fully adhered to and complied with.
Project management & contracts management

January 2007 - Date
Parsons Engineers Ltd. (WorleyParsons) Kuwait
Lead Contracts Administrator
New Ahmadi Hospital & Residential Buildings - Is responsible for all post contract award activities, management of a small team maximum of 3 persons (currently two (2) Snr. Quantity Surveyors) reporting to appropriate line managers inside PMC & within KOC user departments, drafting of subcontract agreements, drafting of sub contract agreement for medical Equipment, all contract submittals & correspondences. Preparation and processing of Adjustment Orders, claims, variations, extensions of time, provision of contractual advice & development of contractual strategies. Liaising closely with multi discipline engineers (electrical, Mechanical, civils, telecommunications, low voltage & services etc in the drafting and checking of technical / contractual correspondences and specifications / scopes of work. Negotiating & settlement of all Adjustment orders, and ensuring KOC Policies & Regulations for Contracts are fully implemented.
New 20" Gas Oil Pipeline from MAA to New Gas Turbine Station at Subiyah Power Station Approx.230 Kms of pipeline & associated civil works, & miscellaneous buildings inclusive of Control Room in MAA and Consumer network Building in Subiyah. Prepared Tender packages for Company review approval, recommendation and award. Undertook Tender evaluation and bid assessment. Reviewed Tenders & issued clarifications. Prepared and drafted recommendation for award with Project management Team. Prepared and issued of Final Contract Documents. Responsible for general Contracts administration, writing of contractual correspondences, defining contract strategy & advising Project Management on all contractual issues / potential claims. Reviewed & advised on issue of adjustment orders and recommendations for dispute resolution. Liaised with, and was responsible to Client Management commercial / engineering / construction for obtaining approval of contractual correspondence. Provided contractual advice on Purchase Orders (PO's) issued & formed part of audit team ensuring contractual compliance of PO's / procurement documents with Company procedures. Attended weekly / monthly progress meetings & commercial meetings, taking minutes of meeting.

Feb 1999 - December 2007,
Dillinger Stahlbau GmbH / Ferrostaal

Contracts Administration, claims management & dispute resolution

Jan 2006 - December 2006,
Kharafi National, Kuwait,
Snr Contracts Administrator
Claims Management, administration & drafting of subcontracts, minor work orders & quantity surveying functions on Aromatics Project Kuwait, multi discipline project - civil, mechanical, structural steel & painting, E&I, Insulation & commissioning works Attended progress meetings, prepared correspondences related to commercial & technical issues. Responsible for contractual strategy & provision of commercial assistance to Project Management. Worked directly under the Project Manager & Site Project Controls Manager.

October 2004 -Nov. 2005,
Snr Sub Contracts Administrator / Manager
Maritsa East III Power Company AD Bulgaria: for the reconstruction, improvement & refurbishment of existing Power Station - 4 Nos 226 MW Turbines & reconstruction of Cooling Towers.
Claims management and administration of Subcontracts placed. Attended weekly subcontractor progress, commercial, and commissioning meetings. Assisted procurement department with Purchase Order payment, commercial strategy, provision of contractual advice, and auditing. Drafted correspondence, general & commercial, for Subcontractors. Responsible to Project manager, Directors & Legal counsel within own Organization.

February 1999 to April 2000,
Snr Contracts Engineer / Dispute Resolution/ Claims Management
Cracker Expansion & Part Shutdown Project, Stenungsund - BOREALIS (Sweden): Same duties as before described. Multi discipline project involving works related to extending of existing operational facility - Civils - (foundations & infrastructure), installation testing & commissioning of all Mechanical Equipment, piping, part shutdown & refurbishment of existing equipment, E & I works, fabrication & erection of structural steelwork. Succeeded in obtaining a significant variation / increase to Contract Price, due to re-measurement, negotiation & settlement of variations, and payment for acceleration undertaken. Attended discussions in Paris with Refinery / asset owners alongside MD & Project director to justify claims made with regards to acceleration of the Project.

February 1996 to February 1999,
ABB Lummus Global
Snr Contracts Engineer / Administrator
- MSPO 2 Project - Shell (Holland): - Gas Oil Hydro Desulphurisation Project -
OKR Rafinaderri - (Gothenburg, Sweden): Same duties as before described. Multi discipline projects involving construction of a new facility from green park site. Drafted and evaluated bids received, negotiating & awarded Contracts from same. Responsible for award & administration of Contracts for the procurement & installation of Site Establishment. Civil works - (foundations & infrastructure), installation testing & commissioning of all Mechanical Equipment, piping, E & I works, fabrication & erection of structural steelwork, as well as specialist activities such as piling, heat tracing, insulation, medical facilities, temporary buildings, de-watering (well pointing system)

February 1989 to December 1995,
Babcock Contractors / Babcock King Wilkinson Oil & Gas
Snr Contracts Engineer / Administrator
Prepared Tender / ITB packages for various construction Projects.
Member of the Team delegated to prepare, in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, of the ITB for Soda Ash Plant to be constructed in Saudi Arabia including the incorporation of the process license from AKZO NOBEL.
Member of the Team delegated to carry out preliminary engineering visit to Kuwait for Reconstruction Projects for Joint Operations Wafra (Kuwait) after Iraq War. Contracts were drafted in England using KOC standard Terms & Conditions. Contracts included Mechanical Inspection, Third party inspection, Piping, Power Generation, Power Distribution, Tanks & Foundations, Geotechnical & Topographical site surveys.
SHIPLIFT PROJECT FASLANE - SCOTLAND
Quantity surveying, post contract award administration, re-measurement, claims preparation, attendance at commercial & progress meetings, drafting of contractual correspondences, preparation of interim valuations, agreement of variations, monthly forecast to complete estimates, Final accounts. The Team successfully secured a significant increase to the Contract Sum, as awarded, & obtained an EOT.

August 2000 - October 2004,
Snr Contracts Engineer / Dispute Resolution/ Claims Management
Coke Calcining Plant & Jetty Facility Upgrade - ALBA (Bahrain): Same duties as before described. Multi discipline project involving Civils - (foundations & infrastructure), installation testing & commissioning of all Mechanical Equipment, piping, E & I works, Desalination Units (4 Nos), Boilers (2 Nos), fabrication & erection of structural steelwork & painting / insulation.
Drafted, researched & prepared the initial claim notice / variation document. Thereafter, participated at site in Bahrain, & with claim preparation in Germany through to project completion & financial close out. Responsible for variation order, claims management, claims team member who drafted the Claim & substantiating documents, and facts for Legal counsel responsible for negotiations / arbitration proceedings.
The Claim succeeded in securing a multi million Euro settlement, EOT, and waiving of Liquidated damages. Claim did not go to arbitration. Responsible to Company CEO, Project Director, Bahrain in country Gen. Mngr / MD / Company legal representative.

February 1995 - August 1995,
Cegelec / Franco British Consultants
Contracts Engineer / Administrator
MAA Upgrade - New Control Room, Installation of ESD / DCS Control System & Associated Electrical & Instrumentation Cabling - KNPC (Kuwait): Duties as before described.

March 1987 - January 1989,
ADGAS / Sechaud & Metz Consultants - Client Organisation
Section Lead Contracts Administrator / Snr Quantity Surveyor
Concrete Rehabiltation Project / Construction of New Laboratory/ Control Room & Installation of Cathodic Protection System (Das Island - Abu Dhabi)
Lead / head of Contracts / QS Section with 7 Nos Surveying / Contract administration staff acting for & on behalf of ADGAS. The Section was responsible for the preparation, drafting & award of Contracts & negotiation & settlement of the Final Accounts / Adjustment Orders, & submitting "field" sketches used in the drafting of "AS BUILT" drawings. The Consultant Group provided PMC Services, and acted for and on behalf of ADGAS Project Management Organization.

September 1986 - February 1987,
Strachan & Henshaw - Specialist Electrical Contractor
Contracts Administrator / Snr Quantity Surveyor
Torness Nuclear Power Station - S&H was responsible for the design, construction, installation, testing & commissioning of the Fueling machine. This was specialist work involving mechanical handling equipment which transported spent radioactive fuel rods within the Charge Hall area to newly constructed S&H irradiated fuel disposal cells - high tech mechanical, & E&I work. Contracts administration duties as before described.

February 1984 - August 1986,
ADMA OPCO - Client Organisation
Section Lead Contracts Administrator / Snr Quantity Surveyor
Member of the ADMA OPCO Offshore Projects Group located on Das Island - ABU DHABI. Contracts administration duties as before described. The Projects I worked on included Crude Oil Storage Tanks, Trunk Lines & Flow lines, Condensate Treatment Unit, replacement of Heaters & Knockout Drums, Potable Water Storage Tanks & distribution System, Upgrade of Fire Reticulation System / Services, Construction of a new Telephone exchange, troposcopic scanner & telecommunication cabling & switchgear distribution system, Power distribution System & associated electrical & instrumentation cabling, Crude Oil Loading facilities, Construction of Roads & bridges, various production facility upgrades.
OTHER POSITIONS / EMPLOYMENT

1983-1984 Abu Zaidan, Saudi Arabia. Qty Surveyor

1981-1983 ARAMCO, Cost Engineer

1980-1981 BECHTEL, Cost Engineer

1973-1976 WEIR, Scotland, Qty Surveyor

1966-1971 LAING, Trainee Surveyor