Fit out & Refurbishment since 1996
Design & Build 14 yrs+
Detail & Build 9 yrs+
Construction / Refurbishment / Restoration
Over 30 years of estimating and pre-contract commercial experience with national Tier 1 companies
5 years practical on-site experience in commercial and management roles (multi-million pound new build, complex refurbishments & fast-track fit out projects)
Experienced in all tender formats/contracts with the ability to produce comprehensive, analytical and competitive estimates from any information
- Design & Build
- Detail & Build
- Traditional – specification/drawings/BOQ
- Lump sum – Single Stage
- Two stage – Framework (SCFW, IESE)
- Two Stage – Schedule of Rates
- Negotiated
Experience gained in all sectors
- Commercial
- Public bodies
- Retail & Banking
- Industrial
- Laboratories
- Universities
- Media
- Hotels & Restaurants
- Government bodies/agencies
- Healthcare – NHS, Private & High Security
- Schools
- Prisons
- Airport & Aviation Authorities
- The Services
- Leisure
- Cinema & Theatres
- Museums & Galleries
- Housing Associations
Project values and scope
- £25 k to £25 m
- Cat A
- Cat B
- Refurbishment (vacant & occupied)
- Major Refurbishment (structural)
- Historic restoration
- New build
Competitive tender statistics
Key skills, knowledge & attributes
- Estimating from first principles
- Benchmarking & Cost Planning
- Digital & manual drawing take-off
- IT & mainstream software literate
- Excel (advanced trained)
- Windows & Mac user
- Estimating system software user
- NBS software user
- Pro-active & Client focused
- Analytical & meticulous
- Mechanical & Electrical systems understood in terms of design principles & specification
- Value engineering from both practical & specification solutions
- Breeam trained & sustainability aware
- Building my own website
“My approach to estimating is that you must fully understand what it is you are trying to build/achieve, then to build it/visualise it in your mind. It is only then you can work out how you are going to approach costing it to achieve the most competitive outcome and solution”
Now you have read what my capabilities are, please see how I can assist you as a freelance estimator
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