Principal Commercial and Contracts Manager
KBR International
Total des années d'expérience :39 years, 8 Mois
Riyadh City Development, Abu Dhabi - introduced into the $8 billion programme, based on the successes achieved with KBR in Qatar.
Develop and implement standardised commercial practices and procedures on the programme.
Advise on the balance of contractual risk/benefit and apply a creative approach and exercise sound judgement based on analysis of risk.
Ensure that contract costs are monitored and controlled against agreed budgets, and regularly present to senior management in a clear and concise format.
Make impartial priority calls and determine appropriate course of action, dealing with many different stakeholder views.
Ensure and review recommendations for variations, addendum, extension of time, claims.
Set out strategies and guidelines for the specialized ascertainment of loss and damage due to construction delay and implementing and overseeing the application of recognized methodologies in the industry standards regarding quantum analysis.
Advising Aldar on the interpretation of the applicable FIDIC Conditions of Contract relevant to the work.
Leadership, functional management and mentoring/training of 35 strong commercial team, involved in managing the $25 billion Doha Expressway Programme on behalf of Ashghal.
•Develop and lead the claim avoidance and defense management strategies, protecting client’s commercial interests.
•Conducting thorough analysis and investigations necessary to determine claims exposure and proposing appropriate settlement strategies and action plans.
•Handling claims consistent with client's corporate policies, procedures and best practices and in accordance with any statutory, regulatory and ethical requirements.
•In conjunction with the client's legal team, supporting the project team as expert when dealing with contracts.
•Supporting the Engineer and the project team with contract termination, claims and/or dispute settlements.
•Discerning analysis of technical, schedule and cost issues.
•Identification of root cause and responsibility, assessments of impact and quantum caused by disruptions, delays, changed conditions and circumstances to projects.
•Preparation of reports and claims’ documentation to summarise and support findings.
•Providing Engineer’s Determinations and contractual advice on contractors’ claims.
•Preparation of rebuttals to contractors’ statements of claim for Qatar Court of litigation.
•Overall responsibility for commercial reporting, change management, reviewing and drafting client and contractor contract correspondence.
•Implementation and management of commercial policies and procedures across the programme.
•Using thorough knowledge of contract language, claim process and legal requirements of construction contracts, including major complex bespoke contracts to identify and communicate risks and mitigation strategies to project and commercial teams
Headed quantum claims function for multi-million-dollar transport projects across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
•Streamlined all activities and operations by leading a diverse team of 20 cost engineers and quantity surveyors.
•Prepared cause and effect analysis to identify the entitlement and periods of claim.
•Preparation of statements of case for international arbitration, litigation and dispute adjudication boards and subsequent presentation to tribunals.
•Provided expert witness statements on behalf of clients.
•Responsible for the formulation of strategies and guidelines for quantum assessment of inter alia delay and disruption claims; preparation of causation analysis forming relevant part of claims;
•Responsible for the successful negotiation of variation accounts with engineers and advisors.
Successfully managed the design team and contractor to establish a baseline of work previously executed on the distressed Emirates French Hospital, together with a full suite of dilapidations schedules and re-programming of the works.
•Negotiated and implemented revised contracts with the design team and contractor, and developed funding agreements with shareholders and bank.
•Overall responsibility on site for the quality control and compliance management and introduction of an end-to-end health and safety compliance for all parties.
•Contract administration function on the project, part of which involved the development and management of a suitable change management system together with the ongoing design review of services provision for medical equipment.
•Securing the sign-off by Health Authority Abu Dhabi in respect of medical equipment and other aspects of the design.
•Development of schedules of accommodation incorporating medical equipment and other equipment and assisted with the reconciliation and finalisation of issues relating to legacy orders of medical equipment and furniture.
•Developed specifications and tender documentation for medical equipment and non-medical equipment.
•Despite all efforts, the client eventually decided against proceeding with the project.
New build 450-bed Ambulatory Care Centre incorporating 21 OTs, Qatar
Directed the commissioning program for development and transfer of clinical services with emphasis on defining the clinical disposition, operational profile, and mobilisation programme.
Developed clinical and referral pathways, workforce models, care programmes, space utilisation studies, medical equipment planning, mobilisation strategies, clinical procedure documentation, and recruitment processes.
Created strategies for FF&E procurement, move-management, design management and space utilisation studies, development of mobilisation plans, new operational and clinical procedure documentation, and management of recruitment processes.
Primary Health Care PPP Projects
Authored national guidance documentation on PFI/PPP procurements and drafted commercial and technical elements of standard contracts.
Procured and administered legal and financial advisor frameworks as part of the Department of Health primary care PPP procurement initiative.
Successful contract and commercial negotiation for the establishment of 18 primary care Special Purpose Companies, procured under the PPP initiative, with initial development value of circa £185m.
Steered bidders on complex high value PFI/PPP projects in the NHS.
As public sector Director on multiple SPVs, directed the companies in successful development and operational service delivery.
Secondary Education PPP Projects
Effected contract and commercial negotiation on behalf of Partnerships for Schools, for creation of 3 Special Purpose Companies in Sheffield, Solihull and Sandwell, with initial capital values of circa £350m.
Authored Business Cases for BSF Phase 1b and Phase 2 schools for Sheffield City Council, Oldham Borough Council, Stockton Borough Council, Wandsworth Borough Council, and Buckinghamshire County Council and negotiated PPP contracts with initial capital values of circa £700m.
Housing & Extra Care PPP Projects
Project Director for Salford City Council on £250m housing PFI Project, and directed the process to financial close, utilising PFI credits secured from Central Government.
Authored Outline Business Case for Stockton on Tees Borough Council for an extra care housing PFI project, and secured PFI credits through Central Government.
THE Student residential PPP project, University of Sheffield (£180m). Project Director, steered internal stakeholders to the project, appointed and led external legal, financial and technical advisors. Formulated commercial strategy for the project, and successfully negotiated the project through to financial close. Authored sector good practice guidance for the Higher Education Funding Council.
Heart of the City Masterplan, City of Sheffield (£140 million). Commercial Manager, administered the master-planning process and structured a commercially viable solution for the private sector. Successfully negotiated the development agreement and PFI project agreement, delivering the first successful use of PFI to UK civic accommodation.
New Engineering Building, University of Sheffield (£10m). Project Manager skilfully administered pre- and post-contract elements of the development.
V&A Museum, Sheffield. Successfully negotiated partnership between the V&A and Museums Sheffield to develop the new Millennium Galleries in Sheffield, enabling the V&A to open its collections to new audiences rendering Sheffield as a flagship exhibition venue in Yorkshire.
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