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Philip Hudson

23 Easby Close,

Ilkley, West Yorkshire

LS29 9DJ Telephone: 01943 600153 Mobile: 07772 786840

E-mail: philhudson1@btconnect.com

Personal Objective

I am looking for a position within the Construction Industry that would be challenging, rewarding and where my skills and experience would be a valuable asset to my Employer. Through my experience in civils, steelwork, utilities, services, telecoms and nuclear decommissioning I am able to use my

knowledge in problem solving and optioneering. I am highly motivated, proactive and enjoy rising to any challenge. I am a “team player” as well as being able to take full responsibility and to work on my

own initiative.

Relevant Skills Thirty five years’ experience as a Quantity Surveyor at all levels both in private practice and in a

contracting environment covering all aspects of quantity surveying from simple domestic

construction to major commercial projects in both public and private sectors.

Experience of cost planning, budget preparation and value engineering.

Production of bills of quantities under SMM 5, 6 and 7 and CESMM.

Measurement and agreement of final accounts.

Experience of measuring and agreeing work carried out under JCT, NEC, cost plus, target cost and MOD/PSA measured term contracts.

Cost/value reporting and monitoring including earned value management.

Preparing estimates from first principles based on bills of quantities or specification and drawings

from enquiry through to director level presentation.

Preparing cost models either from scratch or adapting generic models.

Identification of and pricing project risk.

Preparing, managing and concluding subcontract packages.

Claims preparation, negotiation and final settlement from both sides of the contract including domestic subcontractors.

Man management skills gained over the last twenty years as a team leader, Area Surveyor and Contracts Manager.

SC security cleared. IT skills especially in MS Excel, MS Word and MS Project, also experience using Vector

Estimating/CATO software. I have completed Level 2 Certificate in Information Technology for Business.

Professional Qualifications Professional Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors from 1984 to 1994.

Fellow of Faculty of Building from 1986 to 1994

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Career History February 2016 – present Kier MG, Leeds

I agreed to transfer to Leeds to help with the workload on a framework contract with the Canals and Rivers Trust. I am currently responsible for running four projects, one is for towpath/bank repairs, one

is for a replacement bridge deck and two are for emergency demolition of two bridges following the Christmas floods. Total value of these works is £1.45million and they are under NEC3.

December 2015 – January 2016 Kier MG, Exeter

Following completion of the South West Water project I was asked to assist the Exeter office on

closing out a flood defence contract for the Environment Agency. My task was to analyse the costs on forty work packages, apportion these to the various elements of work and then put this information into bespoke EA forms. The value of this contract was £12million. I also helped put together

subcontract enquiries for a major flood defence tender that was underway..

March 2015 – November 2015 Kier MG, St Austell I was engaged on a self employed basis as a Senior Quantity Surveyor working on AMP5

Development Services Project for South West Water. My role was to prepare and submit final accounts for a large number of schemes on the clean water side within an overall NEC 3 framework contract. Once the accounts had been submitted I reviewed and agreed them with the Clients Auditor.

All accounts were successfully submitted and agreed within the KPI deadline. The value of accounts submitted was £8.5million.

December 2008 to March 2015 Babcock International, Plymouth

I was engaged on a self-employed basis as a Senior Quantity Surveyor providing estimating and cost management on a £15 million project for the disposal and recycling of nuclear implicated legacy plant

and equipment. The contract arrangement was cost plus within an overall budget and had to meet annual control totals which was challenging. The project was innovative and required a high degree of lateral thinking to overcome problems and select viable options. I had a high degree of autonomy and

carried out the role of Cost Manger reporting to the Project Controls Manager. My duties involved day to day cost management, preparing various monthly cost reports, forecasts and models, preparing

estimates and business cases and attending joint customer meetings. I was also responsible for day to day project planning using MS Project and was expected to challenge the project team on progress. I also deputised for the Project Manager when required including acting as temporary Project Manager

for three months in 2012 for which I received a “Valuing People” Award. Outside of my main project I also assisted in estimating for various heavy civils projects within the dockyard. I was also involved

in the early stages of the Submarine Disposals Project and carried out the initial cost planning for the three options under consideration. These were between £0.5 billion and £1.5 billion including life cycle costing.

January 2008 to December 2008 MOD Defence Estates, Plymouth

I was engaged on a self-employed basis as a consultant quantity surveyor providing cost advice to DE on the regional prime contract for the South West. This involves checking budgets and tenders for

major schemes and preparing tender and “value for money” reports. The schemes included £4million

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flood defence scheme, £4million command centre and a £20million hanger replacement. I also prepared initial cost plans for schemes up to £5million and also one for a £40million refueling jetty.

January 2007 to January 2008 E C Harris, Plymouth

I was employed on secondment to DML in Devonport as part of a small team tendering for commercial nuclear work. This involved setting up the estimating systems as well as producing

tenders. There were four major schemes; £9million process cells, £1.5million process crane, £1.75million storage facility and £13.5million LLW waste retrieval system. DML were successful in winning the last of these projects in a three stage tender process but unfortunately the project was

shelved the day the contract was due to be signed. This resulted in the section closing and I moved within DML to be change control manager on a £90million super yacht.

October 2004 to January 2007 Interserve Engineering Services, Plymouth I was employed as Regional Quantity Surveyor for the South West responsible for the commercial

management of M & E services for two major projects, Armada worth £15million to provide new accommodation for the Navy and Cornwall Schools comprising 15 refurbishments and two new builds

worth £9million. Both of these were PFI schemes with a design and build contract. My duties included cost/value reporting, subcontract package preparation and management and project cost control. I had a small team of surveyors and administrators to assist in this.

November 2003 to October 2004 Bam Nuttall Ltd, Scarborough

I was employed on a temporary basis as a senior quantity surveyor on a coastal protection contract in Scarborough valued at £25million. My main role was to prepare and measure the compensation events on the contract totaling some £20million. I was directly responsible to the project quantity surveyor. September 2000 to November 2003 Skanska Construction UK Ltd, Morley, Leeds

Employed as a project quantity surveyor with Skanska in the Telecommunications Division. I was involved with the 3G infrastructure rollout principally Orange worth £5million and Crown Castle worth £13million both of which are design and build. I was responsible for a team of four surveyors

and directly responsible to the commercial manager for financial cost/value reporting, preparing and negotiating budgets, tenders and final accounts with the Client as well as negotiating tenders, carrying

out monthly payments and agreeing final accounts with subcontractors. October 1997 to 31 August 2000 William Hare Ltd, Scarborough

Quantity surveyor with a major structural steelwork contractor. My role was the post contract control of major contracts including preparing and agreeing valuations, measuring and agreeing variations,

preparing and negotiating claims, internal cost control, etc. The projects I was involved with were; 4000te £8million Saltend power station; 2500te £5million plastics process plant for BP/Total at Grangemouth; 2200te £4.5million ethanol process plant for BP at Grangemouth; 1200te £3million

ethanol process plant again for BP. I also was involved with an 800te £2million pharmaceutical plant for Pfizer. The BP contracts were all Target Cost contracts.

June 1997 to September 1997 Atlas Ward Structures Ltd, Scarborough Estimator/Quantity Surveyor for the Atlas “package building” system. I was responsible for taking off

quantities, preparing estimates, writing specifications and obtaining quotations using computerised systems on projects varying from £50,000 to £300,000. On the post contract surveying side my

responsibility was for measuring and pricing variations and agreeing final accounts. October 1996 to June 1997 McCain Foods (GB) Ltd

Clerical Assistant in Engineering Buying involving ordering engineering items to maintain stock levels.

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August 1995 to September 1996 Self Employed Quantity Surveyor, Scarborough.

During this period I completed a “Training for Work” course in setting up and running a small business. I also carried out quantity surveying work on a freelance basis for architect colleagues involving budget preparation, estimating and specification writing on domestic/small commercial

projects. Again I also carried out jobbing building works.

September 1994 to August 1995. Forge Plastics Limited, Scarborough. Although being initially employed as a Specification Administrator, I recognised a need and was given the task of writing a spreadsheet application to produce standard specifications. In February 1995 I

was promoted to Contracts Manager responsible for a rolling programme of signage works for Shell petrol stations covering between ten and twenty sites per week. My task was to lead a small team of

designers and specifiers and carry out the surveying, designing and specification writing as well as to deal with all the problems arising and to manage the programme which was constantly changing.

June 1991 to September 1994. Self Employed Quantity Surveyor, Thirsk and Scarborough After being made redundant I made use of my contacts and started up my own practice. I gained a

number of contracts and was able to successfully compete for a time in a very competitive marketplace. I provided full quantity surveying services on petrol filling station projects for Shell and Repsol and car dealership refurbishments for Caffyns PLC ranging in value from £50,000 up to

£500,000. I also wrote specifications and prepared pricing schedules for a number of small commercial/domestic contracts. I also carried out work as a jobbing builder mainly repair work and

minor alterations April 1990 to April 1991. Mills Taylor Partnership, Harrogate.

Quantity Surveyor I was employed as a senior quantity surveyor responsible for my own projects reporting back to the

partners. Projects covered mainly pub refurbishment up to £250,000 together with a PSA contract refurbishing hospital operating theatres worth £450,000.

October 1987 to April 1990. F Parkinson Limited, Blackpool. Quantity Surveyor

I was initially employed as a senior quantity surveyor responsible for a measured term contract at RAF Leeming using the PSA Schedule. After six months I was promoted to Yorkshire area quantity surveyor with responsibility for a team of six surveyors working on MOD and British Telecom

measured term contracts throughout North Yorkshire. I was also responsible for contracts for PSA and British Rail up to £250,000 in value.

April 1977 to October 1987. Sawyer & Fisher, Maidstone. R J McComb, Gillingham. Holden & Lee, Blackpool

On leaving polytechnic I started my career in private practice in Kent as a junior quantity surveyor and progressing to senior quantity surveyor. I carried out the full range of pre and post contract duties for

private, commercial and public sector clients on a wide variety of projects from simple housing schemes to multimillion hospitals.

Personal Details

Marital Status: I am married with two grown up children. Nationality: British.

Age: 60 Full UK driving licence with no penalties.

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Secondary Education Scarborough High School for Boys 1966 to 1973.

GCE “O” Levels gained in 1971: - Maths, English, Physics, Biology, History, and Latin GCE “A” Levels gained in 1973: - Geography ( C ), History ( D ), Economics ( E )

Further Education Sheffield City Polytechnic 1973 to 1977.

HND Building gained in 1976 Diploma in Construction Management and Economics gained in 1977

Scarborough Sixth Form College 2000 to 2001 RSA Stage 2 Certificate in Integrated Business Technology

Other courses/qualifications CSCS Construction Surveyor Manager Level. Skanska Construction Rail Awareness course Skanska Safety Management course

Skanska Environmental Management/Awareness course Thomas Telford Preparing for Adjudication course

References Available on request.