Simon Belton

Reporting to the Managing Director

Key responsibilities:

• Manage all operational aspects of the contracts
• Ensure the project is delivered on time and within budget, identifying potential problems and proposing solutions
• Exercise strict financial control, minimising exposure and risk and ensuring effective management of variations
• Develop, prepare & execute an effective project plan and programme with the correct resource allocation
• Supervise, organise and motivate the project team and assign individual responsibilities
• Identify project procurement and subcontract requirements. Manage subcontractors, ensuring completion within project deadlines and specifications
• Overseeing design management, providing expert technical advice
• Enforce strict company health and safety standards ensuring the safe execution of all construction activities
• Identify and obtain relevant authority permits
• Develop and maintain client relationships enhancing opportunities

Oct 2014-present
Project: Dubai Waterfront Development, Dubai, UAE
Client: Investment Council Dubai

Design and build of a multi-storey retail and car park building. This project required extensive coordination with the RTA Rail Agency and authorities due to its close proximity to an underground metro tunnel, and the requirement for a monitoring system to remotely observe the integrity of the tunnel during construction.

Construction works included: piling, reinforced concrete, post tensioned concrete, MEP building services, aluminium façades system, external services, road works, landscaping, building fit out and finishes.

March 2014-October 2014
Project: Royal Villa Complex, Dubai, UAE
Client: Engineers Office

Construction of an extensive private Villa complex comprising of a vast high-specification royal villa, guest villa, staff accommodation, office building, service yard, security buildings and multiple ancillary buildings for the Engineer’s Office, the private office of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. Construction works included: Reinforced concrete works, pre-cast concrete, high specification fit out and finishes, MEP building services, swimming pool, infrastructure, road works and landscaping.

Jan 2013 - March 2014
Project: Downtown Dubai Projects. Dubai, UAE
Client: Emaar

Responsible for a construction team of 3000+ direct labour, staff and subcontractors.

Construction of numerous fast-track building and infrastructure projects for Emaar on its developments including: Retail buildings, F&B buildings, Villas, hotel renovation works, Dubai Mall expansion enabling works, Dubai Lake Fountain and filtration system modifications, Downtown Dubai infrastructure and road works, Emaar Boulevard underground car park works, Dubai Mall Storm Water Network, Downtown Dubai Irrigation network, Mohammad Bin Rashid City show villa and infrastructure, Dubai Creek Harbour roads and landscaping, Al Reem Development roads and infrastructure.

Project: Emirates Aluminium. Abu Dhabi, UAE
Client: Emirates Aluminium

Sole responsibility for the construction of a double storey, 5000m2 footprint Gas Insulated Switchgear building for EMAL, including the adjacent transformer and rectifier structures inside an existing live aluminium plant. This extremely fast-track project was completed on time having successfully achieved all contract milestones dates.

Construction works included: reinforced concrete frame, pre-cast concrete, structural steelwork, MEP building services, building fit out and finishes.

Reporting to the Operations Director

Responsible for bid management of the following projects: Emirates Aluminium GIS project, The Guggenheim Museum Abu Dhabi, Cairo Festival City Mall external works, and Khalifa Port Industrial Zone Infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• The proposal of bids to existing or prospective clients for GCC construction projects
• Mange AFC bid teams ensuring all bid deliverables are correctly submitted
• Ensuring compliance with customer requirements and highlight company value proposition
• Prepare bid budgets, bid programme and identify all deliverables
• Ensuring the smooth running of the bid within financial parameters
• Provide construction expertise and technical requirements for bids (method statements, crane plans, plant and transport requirements, programme and sequencing)
• Coordinate and manage subcontractors and JV partners throughout bid

Project: Al Raha Beach Project. Abu Dhabi, UAE
Client: Aldar

Reporting to Operations Director

On a 3.5million m2 development, this project scope included management of all aspects of the site logistics contract to meet the demands of the Raha Beach project, infrastructure, road works, reinforced concrete structures, pre-cast concrete, temporary works and earthworks.

Project: Downtown Dubai Infrastructure Projects. Dubai, UAE
Client: Emaar

Reporting to Project Director

Construction of Downtown Dubai projects on Emaars flagship development including the construction of a 76, 000 m2 concrete Burj Khalifa Lake, lake filtration systems, water features, landscaped promenades around the lake at the base of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building in the world.

Works include earthworks, reinforced concrete structures, pre-cast concrete, waterproofing, infrastructure services, MEP building services, roadworks, and soft / hard landscaping

Project: Refurbishment of London city centre department store ‘Dickins & Jones’ into retail, offices and F&B space, (Regent Street, London)

SITE MANAGER - (Aug - Dec 06)

Site Management position working on the following projects: The Guildhall, London; Wembley Arena, London

GRADUATE ENGINEERING TRAINEE (June 04 - Aug 06)

Employed on the Graduate Training Scheme, experiencing all areas of the business: Design office - connection design, modelling complex 3D CAD drawings for industrial buildings, car parks, refurbishments; Contracts Department; Estimating Department; Site management