David Parfitt

Contract Management and Claims on 168 Mw Hydropower Station comprising 3 No. Dams and 20 Km of tunnels.

Contract: FIDIC Red Book

JULIUS BERGER (NIGERIA) PLC

• CONTRACT MANAGER - ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND PARASTATAL PROJECTS

Liaison with clients and Contractual control of all Federal, State, and Parastatal Contracts.
Contracts include Roads, Bridges, Harbours, Railways, Airports, Industrial Developments, Business and recreational developments, Power generation, Government and Private buildings etc.

Annual Turnover = approx. Euro 800, 000, 000, including the following major Projects:
CIVIL & INFRASTRUCTURE
• Ajeokuta-Warri Rail Line: Construction of 274km. new railway line with associated structures. Form of Contract: Federal Ministry of Works (ICE V)
Value: Approx. € 1, 000, 000, 000.
• Abuja Airport expressway: Enhancement of a 38km. four lane duel carriageway to 10 lanes. Form of Contract: FIDIC Red Book.
Value: Approx. € 500, 000, 000.
• Duelisation of urban expressways B6/B12: addition of an additional 16km. of 3 lane carriageway with associated structures: Form of Contract: FIDIC Red Book. Value: Approx. € 350, 000, 000.
• Rehabilitation of Warri Port, Section C: Replacement of Sheet piling and general renovation. Form of Contract: FMW
Value: Approx. € 50, 000, 000.
BUILDING
• National assembly: New Government building: Form of Contract: FIDIC Yellow Book.
Value Approx. € 250, 000, 000.
• Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Headquarters Building: New Building. Form of Contract: Bureau of Public Procurement (New local form for general use subject to negotiated Particular Conditions)
Value: Approx. € 150, 000, 000.
• National Institute for Legislative Studies: New Building. Form of Contract: Bureau of Public Procurement.
Approx. value € 200, 000, 000.
PPP
• Assistance in preparation of Bid Documents for Sapele Power Station and the Second Niger Bridge.

VOITH - SIEMENS HYDRO GENERATION LIMITED (India/Germany)

• BAGLIHAR HYDRO POWER STATION

Contracts Manager responsible for Contract Administration and the preparation of a general disruption and extension of time claim for the installation of turbines and Generators. Form of Contract: FIDIC Yellow Book. Value: Approx. € 150, 000, 000.
Contractual assistance to the Civil Works Contractor, Jaiprakash, building the RCC Dam, tunnels and Chamber.

MERCK SHARPE & DOHME (France)
• PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTION FACILITY

Contract Administrator/Construction Auditor on the expansion of a major production facility in central France. Form of Contract: FIDIC Red Book.

CURRIE & BROWN (France)
Seconded to:
STOLT OFFSHORE

• OFFSHORE PRODUCTION RIGS

Settlement of subcontract accounts, and preparation of claims for a final Agreement with the Employer of the Amenam Project in Nigeria. Form of Contract: ELF Petroleum


SIX CONTINENTS HOTELS
• HOTEL REFURBISHMENT.

Contractual and commercial audits on new hotels and hotel refurbishments for the Carlton hotel in Cannes, the Grand hotel in Paris, and a new Holiday Inn at Eurodisney.


CITIBANK CORPORATION
• HIGH QUALITY BUILDING REFURBISHMENT

Contract administration on various high quality building projects in the Paris area.

ALCATEL CONTRACTING
• LEVEL (3) FIBRE-OPTIC NETWORK

Following all Contractual matters on the installation of a 1000 KM fibre optic network and associated Works. The main Contract, being in the English language; to liase throughout the Project with the Client, and to prepare, present, and negotiate Contractual claims. The 35 sub-contracts, being in the French language, to defend against claims, negotiate accelerations, and assure that all Contractual elements, particularly those regarding reporting were correctly followed. Formulation of a successful Extension of Time claim; Form of Contract: FIDIC Yellow Book.

BOVIS (France)
• TOYOTA CAR FACTORY - NORTHERN FRANCE

Contractual Control of the Structural Steel package. Form of Contract: Bovis Sub-contract.

CEGELEC (France/Turkey)
• ISTANBUL METRO PHASE 1

Establishment of grounds and preparation of an interim Delay and Disruption Claim for the design and manufacturing stage of the Electro/Mechanical Works Contract.

Seconded to:
HYUNDAI ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD

• SELETAR SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS (Singapore)

To prepare, negotiate and settle Contractual Claims, assist in the preparation of Construction programmes, and advise on all commercial and Contractual matters.

SHINSUNG CORPORATION
• NUSANTARA CEMENT PLANT (Indonesia)

To prepare a Final Account and give advice on possible areas of Claim. This Contract was the largest Structural Steelwork Contract ever to be undertaken in Indonesia.

HYUNDAI ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD

• CHASHMA HYDROPOWER SCHEME (Pakistan)

To prepare, negotiate and settle Contractual Claims, assist in the preparation of Construction programs, and advise on all commercial and contractual matters.

JAPAN TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANTS
• CIKAMPEK-CIREBON RAILWAY PROJECT (Indonesia)

As Chief Cost Estimator, to establish the anticipated project cost and advise on the adjustments to design and documentation necessary in order that Tenders may be received within the amount of the Japanese O.E.C.F. loan. Also to provide expertise in the preparation of Contract Documentation.

COODE BLIZARD CONSULTING ENGINEERS (Mozambique)

• OIL AND GRAIN JETTIES - MAPUTO

The original contract having been terminated by the Employer, a Project Management team was set up in order to ensure that the Project was completed within a revised programme and within the O.D.A. budget.
Input on this project was to agree the strategy for the completion of the Project, prepare Tender Documents, assess the Tenders received, report to the client, prepare the Contract Documents, and let the Contracts.

CONTRACTUAL CONSULTANTS EUROPE LTD. (Egypt)
• CAIRO METRO - LINE 1

Working as Consultant to the Leader of the Consortium, who acted as Contract Managers for the entire Project, my responsibilities covered the full Contractual and Financial Control, coordination and interfacing of this turnkey Project for all activities (Civil, including cut and cover tunnelling in an urban area, Electrical, signalling, centralised Control, Power supply, Rolling Stock, the construction of Structural Steel workshops, etc ) to provide a fully operational Metro system, together with the management of the funding provided by various Franco/Egyptian Protocols and loans obtained from French Banks.

• CAIRO METRO - LINE 2

Again, acting as Consultant to the leader of the Consortium, responsibilities covered: - advice on the preparation of the Tender
- preparation of the Tender submission itself
- negotiation and variation of the offer in order to successfully win the award of the contract (valued at 5.2 Billion FF)

CONSOLIDATED CONTRACTORS INT. COMPANY LTD. (Greece)

• ESTIMATING DEPT., ATHENS.

Responsible for the checking and reporting on tenders Documents received and the preparation of submission Documents. Contractual and general advice to the Estimating Department. Support and advice on running contracts in both French speaking and English speaking Africa and the Middle East.

BALFOUR BEATY CONSTRUCTION LTD (U.K.)
• A406 - CONTRACT 4

Working with the Special Projects unit, responsibilities were the formulation and agreement of the Final Account and claims on the A406 / Contract 4.

FAIRCLOUGH CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD (U.K.)
• TUNNELLING WORKS

Reporting to the Group vice-president, responsibilities were the total financial and Contractual control of various projects in the Southern region, including: - 12 KM of open cut and pipe jacked sewer in the Darenth Valley, Kent
- Kingsnorth Power Station Flood Defence Scheme
- Tunnel shafts at Liverpool St. Station
- Road tunnel at Dartford, Kent.

FREELANCE OUANTITY SURVEYOR (France)
• Tendering advice for new Works
Coordinating and finalising running Contracts largely for offshore platforms.

1983 1985
PAN ARAB CONSULTING ENGINEERS (Kuwait)
• HIGH QUALITY BUILDING WORKS

Projects included Villas for the Royal Family, High quality High rise
buildings, and interior works.
Responsibilities included: Preparation of Contract Documents and letting of Contracts
Preparation of Tender budgets and estimates
Preparation of a master Specification
Advisor to the Design Team
Overall contractual and financial administration of a prestigious bank headquarters building let on a "cost plus fee" basis, with progressive cost ceilings, and directly let lump sum sub Contractors. This Project was the first high-rise Structural Steelwork Project to be undertaken in Kuwait.

AL MARZOUK & ABI HANNA (Kuwait)
• KUWAIT WATERFRONT PROJECT

Assigned as part of a multi national team to oversee the construction of a $600M. redevelopment of 26Km. of waterfront to provide amenity areas consisting of Marinas, Restaurants, Museums, etc., including the construction of an offshore recreational island.

• KUWAIT OUTER BY PASS & JAHRA GHAZALI
EXPRESSWAY

Seconded to Freeman Fox International to assist in the preparation of Tender Documents.

• GENERAL

Assistance in the preparation of Tender and Contract Documents

JOHN LAING CONSTRUCTION LTD. (U.K.)
Training included all aspects of Q.S. work such as Programming, Claims, Accounting procedures, Production and Cost Control leading to I.Q.S qualification. Contracts included:
• M27 Contracts 1&3

Formulation and negotiation of Final account and Claims.

• M63

Original Ground Level Survey and earthworks quantity take off

• SKERTON WIER RIVER INTAKE AND PUMPHOUSE

All Q.S. functions for the finalisation of the Contract (Final Account and claims formulation and negotiation)

• PEELE COMMON SEWAGE WORKS

Financial control and Claims preparation

• HODDESDON BY PASS

Preparation of GeneralDisruption Claim
• CATTERALL WATER TREATMENT PLANT

Freshwater treatment works and delivery pipeline
My duties included: calculation of increased costs
applications for payment
Contract budgets and forecasting
Q.S. for mechanical installations as Civil Works sub Contractor to
Degremont (Water Treatment specialists)

• ISLE OF GRAIN POWER STATION

interim and final account measurement and interim applications for payment
daywork claims
interim measurement and recording of variations and sit instructions
assistance in the compilation of claims