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DAVID GURTON, Field Engineer

DAVID GURTON

Field Engineer·NETWORK RAIL

United Kingdom

High school or equivalent, Land Surveying

Work experience

Total years of experience: 38 years, 10 months

Field Engineer

January 2015 - September 2017

NETWORK RAIL

United Kingdom

January 2015 - September 2017

covering both Paddington and Kensal Green locations overseeing the technical aspects of construction activities, undertaking reviews as required of contractor technical submittals including method statements and test plans, material compliance records, drawings and specifications for RAMS team, Providing Field engineering input to RFI's NCR/ FCD process and where directed seeking input from the Technical Directors discipline specialists. Monitoring the contractor's compliance with Environmental, safety and health requirements, and escalating issues and seeking intervention when required. Full PDR reporting on all activities on a daily basis and given to relevant Network rail authorities.
Company industry:
Motor Vehicle Passenger Transport
Job role:
Engineering

January 1998 - January 2017

January 1998 - January 2017

Network rail, Mansell, McAlpines, Birse Metro, Volkers, Warners Surveys, Trackwork, Metronet, LUL,
Skanska, Nuttals, Clancy Docwa, Birse, May Gurney, 1st in Rail, Halcrow, Colas, Spencer's, Volkerail, Balfours
Job role:
Other

P-Way Engineer

May 2014 - January 2015

VOLKERRAIL

May 2014 - January 2015

setting track works at The Three Bridges Rail depot including numerous S&C units and track in maintenance sheds.
Company industry:
Civil Engineering
Job role:
Engineering

Engineer

November 2013 - May 2014

SPENCERS

November 2013 - May 2014

working on platform extensions for a number of London Overground stations.
Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Engineering

May 2013 - November 2013

COLAS RAIL

United Kingdom

May 2013 - November 2013

Laying slab track on Viaducts through the new station build and extended through to existing track either end of the project C350 on Cross Rail P Way Engineer for all track works.
Company industry:
Civil Engineering
Job role:
Other

December 2012 - May 2013

BALFOUR BEATTY

United Kingdom

December 2012 - May 2013

Survey Tech on Wessex upgrade contract working on a number of Network Rail track renewals on projects throughout the region

1STINRAIL ( FEB 12 -DEC 12 )
P-way Engineer on LUL Upminster depot extension placing 8x 500 metres lengths along with eight S&Cs and associated works.
Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Other

July 2011 - February 2012

CITY SURVEYS

United Arab Emirates

July 2011 - February 2012

Conducting surveys and setting out for Network rail around Essex, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Kent. Working on rail realignment, signal boxes platform extensions cable networking, monitoring, condition surveys and checking as builds and survey information. Bank/cutting stabilization.
Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Other

December 2010 - July 2011

BIRSE RAIL

December 2010 - July 2011

Bridge replacement and facades for Network Rail on main line to Southampton Docks and monitoring all five tracks during significant works. Used 3-D modelling and CAD laser scanning calculating by Leica Software, 2D & 3D dozing with Trimble GPS machine.
Using 3d modelling and CAD along with laser scanning calculating by Leica software, 2D and 3D dozing with Trimble GPS machine interfaced
Company industry:
Civil Engineering
Job role:
Other

Project Engineering Surveyor

December 2009 - December 2010

MANSELL CONSTRUCTION

December 2009 - December 2010

on LUL contract at Aldgate Station enabling works included probing, bored piling and pile cap construction between the Circle, District, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City tracks. The pile caps were to house stanchions which were used to lift the cut and cover tunnel roof higher to accommodate the new larger trains coming on the LUL tracks.
Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Engineering

Engineer

July 2009 - December 2009

BIRSE METRO

United Kingdom

July 2009 - December 2009

on step free access contract worth 11 million, refit and new comms room which was scrapped 7 months into the contract. All as built surveys of station, as built survey of existing signals room and additional comms room with reroutes of all existing signals. Monitoring of Piccadilly and District line tracks and tunnel, all construction works. Condition surveys of tunnels and existing track.
Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Engineering

Technical Engineer

January 2006 - May 2008

METRONET

January 2006 - May 2008

working out of Lillie Bridge Depot on LUL projects site inspections, scoping works, condition surveys, setting out, laying control for pre-works, cant, track and tunnel gauging and offset gauging, checking on design information and liaising with design teams. Marking sites with information for ongoing engineering works and possessions. Surveying comms and signalling. Using GXT Trolley manual and automatic, interpreting results for project use. Levels for track and tunnel checking and Total Station work for alignments and monitoring works. Rerailing, track recon, crossing replacements and points installation. Both pre and post engineering works recorded for record purposes. Working on Victoria line upgrade project going, out with the track maintenance teams during engineering hours on a daily basis and reporting back to depot on progress and liaison with the design teams and line management. Site supervision during works, in accordance with method statements monitoring, HS and temporary works. Reporting daily maintenance issues, attending meetings, providing concise records of defects and issues, documenting all quality issues, progress reports of all works daily, understanding construction health and safety laws in rail environments.
Company industry:
Telecommunications
Job role:
Engineering

January 1997 - January 1998

SAGE ENGINEERING

January 1997 - January 1998

Mobil rep on Bonny Project Nigeria overseeing dredging by Dredging International. pipeline laying and refinery and terminal construction.
Company industry:
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Job role:
Other

January 1989 - January 1997

Dam head Power Station

United Kingdom

January 1989 - January 1997

Partek ergon, Amec, Hungerford Bridge
Job role:
Other

January 1994 - March 1995

LAING LOY

January 1994 - March 1995

Client's representative on this £280 million package overseeing five separate contracts at Aylesford Paper Mill, the companies involved were Trafalgar House, Costains, Wimpeys. Mowlems and Wiltshire.The contracts were for large and tall commercial buildings of different constructions to house the new Paper mill with all its new machinery, my duties involved overseeing all works for the client, checking all constructions to specification and to make sure the tolerances of +/- 2mm were achieved for the installation of the machinery during the later stages of the contract.
Job role:
Other

January 1972 - January 1982

Brown & Root, DPC

January 1972 - January 1982

Total & Shell (Bahrain/Dubai) Costains M & B Dredging company
Job role:
Other

April 2005 -

VOLKER STEVIN THAMES BARRIER

April 2005 -

Co-ordinating works of Weld, Structural and Paint inspectors to improve Leaf and Gate arms on
Job role:
Other

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MAY GURNEY

-

DEC 10 - FEB 11)
Bridge/Viaduct replacement and on main Scotland to London line, south of Cambridge, piling, new rebuild and facades. Automated and manual Structure monitoring using Leica software along with 3D Dozing and Scanning techniques
Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Other

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CLANCY DOCWRA

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MAY 08 - JUL 09)
Site and Project Engineer on LUL Project Beck with CBS Media Wall installations, working track side within station grounds. Intrusive surveys, reporting, checking information, surveying as builts and producing drawings with site information, setting out and checking tunnel and platform clearances to specifications for hand back prior to trains running. Plus external facades supervising up to 48 different working operatives.
Company industry:
Utilities
Job role:
Other

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ALFRED McALPINE

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Method statements, risk assessments and design of embankment stabilization before Bridge replacement for Network Rail.
Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Other

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BRIDGEN RAIL

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Engineering Hours. Supervising subcontractor Perco on sites as they bored and pipe jacked under both LUL and Network Rail lines.
Job role:
Other

Project Engineer

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TRACKWORK

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Laying Network Rail tracks at both Selhurst Park and Streatham Hill depots 12 lines in total to tie in with existing track/structures outside.

NUTTALL RAIL (23 months
Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Engineering

Senior Surveyor

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on contracts 250 and 430 overseeing survey teams and conducting surveys, reports and Terramodelling all surveys to file. Supervising construction and go between LUL and British Rail when tunnelling through to Barking Station. Monitoring all structures, as builts, embankments and all construction works permanent and temporary. Leica and Trimble total stations were used throughout including GPS.

LONDON UNDERGROUND (18 months)
Engineering Hours. Laying traverse survey control over 54 km of both tunnels of the Victoria line and tying in at every other station with GPS and traversing down to the station platforms to correct any error. Levels were also taken throughout the entire 54 km detailed as built survey was then carried out of everything in the tunnels and the rails at every 2 m for an additional laser sweep survey by a third party. Surveys of all platforms for planned works and some design issues that evolved from the as built surveys, including all signalling equipment.
Job role:
Engineering

Senior Engineer

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KIER CONSTRUCTION

United Arab Emirates

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on two Gas Turbines and one steam Turbine at Dam Head Creek Power Station in Kent, controlling all construction works with RC frames in the field all bolt locations, embedment's, conduits and all related works directing the labour work force.
Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Engineering

Project Engineer

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MOWLEM CIVIL ENGINEERING

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construction of Docklands Light Railway extension to Lewisham. From construction, RC frames, ballast lying and rail line laying and rail setting platform construction. Setting out Engineer on RC frame in Essex from ground clearance, piling mat, bored piles 300 pile cap formations with holding down bolts, stanchion erection and all the relevant drainage such a large complex would have.

CHRISTIANI-HERBOSCH KIER J.V. (9 Months)
Directing surveyors on contract protecting the Underground tunnels beneath the Thames, this included the dredging of the tunnels and then the laying of fabricated modules on the exposed tunnels, this project required organization 24/7.
Job role:
Engineering

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WATERLOO INTERNATIONAL STATION

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Working for both Bovis Management and Briggs & Masco. The latter as setting out engineer for all the glass facades which covered the complete contract both internally and externally. I also worked at various stages for the client on the occasions when either survey control was needed or accurate setting out was required especially on RC frame construction and extension of platforms to conform to new rolling stock.
Job role:
Other

Dimensional Control Surveyor

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McDERMOTTS ARDERSIER YARD

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on the fabrication of the Amerada Hess Scott Jacket project which included bottles, pipe sleeves, leg fillers ect.
Job role:
Engineering

Surveyor

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PARTEK ERGON

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for the fitting of Facades panels on an eight floored steel frame building in the City. Setting out the fixings, to be cast into the concrete and the lines of control for panel installation. The building had eleven differing sides including curved sides.
Job role:
Engineering

Dimensional Control Surveyor and Coordinator

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REDPATH DOORMAN & LONG

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on the Earls Court II project. Overseeing 12 surveyors during the construction of the large steel frame for the building and for the construction of the enormous arched roof. RC frame buildings.

FAIRCLOUGHS (8 months)
Little Britain consists of 168 deep bored piles, 38m deep with 3m diameters. Pile caps are formed 15m below ground level with bolt assemblies to a 2mm tolerance. After the pile caps were formed stanchions were positioned on RC frame. A Diaphragm Wall around the contract and façade the building has over thirty floors and built from the ground up...
Job role:
Other

Engineer

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NORWEST HOLST

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on the Blue Bell Hill by-pass on the A229, M2-M20 link. The contract was 3 miles long with 6 lanes, 2 bridges and 4 slip roads all leading to roundabouts. The system connected with the existing roads at either end, with the slip roads leading to the motorways.

CONOCO (4 MONTHS) OFFSHORE NORTH SEA -
Survey Representative on the Victor/Viking project. The project consisted of the placement of the Victor platform and the 14 miles of pipelines from the Viking Field to the Victor Field. Based on one of the gas platforms.
Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Engineering

Surveyor

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SHELL

Syria

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providing survey information on pipe laying and construction. Additionally, regular checks were made on platforms for movement. Rigs were positioned in the North Sea in both the oil and gas fields. Was also involved when laying pipelines across other oil and gas fields.
Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Engineering

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COSTAIN CIVIL ENGINEERING

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5 yeas) LAND/HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYOR THAMES BARRIER
On the Liskard by-pass until such time as the Barrier began. On site from the first contract date to establish the survey control from which all control originated. One of four surveyors I was the only one with Hydrographic experience. I was on the contract from start to finish. The surveyors performed all setting out for permanent works. The tolerances of +/-1mm was achieved throughout the contract. The construction involved 9 “piers”, 2 abutments, and a series of sills which were sunk between the permanent piers, these were constructed in dry dock, 11 cofferdams were piled across the Thames to house the piers some 50m deep. Tens of thousands of holding down bolts were all installed by the surveyors. Dimensional control surveys were undertaken to assist in the placement of all the giant machinery in the RC frames of the piers.
Job role:
Other

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M & B DREDGING

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Surveys for dredging operations. The company had 10 dredgers around Britain, pipe laying, piling, trenching, reclamation. inshore hydrographic surveys were completed using there own survey boat all were drawn up and submitted. All quantities from our surveys were calculated.

OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE Nigeria, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi., Dubai, Qatar, Oman, Saudi, France & Norway
Job role:
Other

Education

North East London

July 1976

July 1976

High school or equivalent, Land Surveying

United Kingdom

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