Neil Watson

Experience

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  Morrison Construction

  Jun 1989 - Jun 1996

  Quantity Surveyor

  Site based Quantity Surveyor on a broad range of Civil Engineering contracts across the North of Scotland; including tidal works; major road construction, site servicing; water treatment; airfield works and waste water treatment. Experience gained in Estimating Department and in Project Management.

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  Leiths (Scotland) Ltd

  Jun 1996 - Oct 2014

  Commercial Director

  P & L responsibility for Construction and Surfacing Division and for Defence Maintenance Division. Responsible for all commercial aspects of Leiths contracting organisation; including Business Development, Estimating over 1,000 tenders and Surveying over 400 contracts per year. Director responsible for Defence Maintenance Division and for Civil Engineering operations with a team of up to 20 Staff and over 100 operatives all works were self delivered.Board level involvement across the Leiths Group of companies.Involved in commercial aspects of Leiths subsidiaries; including Markon - Road Planing, Road Markings and Specialist Surfacing; Lawrie Demolition - Demolition and Asbestos Removal; M & M Road Surfacing - Road Construction and Maintenance. Show less

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  Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) NE Ltd

  Feb 2005 - Feb 2010

  Director

  CECA (Scotland) Ltd represents over 100 civil engineering contractors ranging in size from small rural contractors to multi-nationals. CECA maintains strong links within the Scottish Parliament, particularly its Local Government & Transport and Environment Ministers.

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  Nicol Of Skene Ltd

  Oct 2014 - Feb 2016

  Commercial Director

  Responsible for all commercial aspects of Nicol of Skene; including Business Development, Estimating and Surveying functions.Board level involvement across all aspects of the company.Nicol of Skene's contracting specialisms include civil engineering; directional drilling; road surfacing; utilities and private and commercial construction and maintenance.

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  Infrastructure Commercial Services Ltd

  Jan 2016 - now

  Director

  Infrastructure Commercial Services Ltd offers Chartered Quantity Surveying, Dispute Resolution, Insurance Claim Preparation Contract Management and Commercial Management services to the Highways, Civil Engineering and Utilities industries.Providing Commercial assistance to Main Contractor on the delivery of HS2.Provided Commercial assistance to Dragados UK on their £300m Aberdeen Harbour Expansion Project, construct an entirely new harbour.Consulting on contractual and measure and value issues for independent construction companies and sub-contractors.Provided Commercial Management on the Asphalt and Concrete Pavements and associated site wide work elements for AWPR CJV, on the longest road construction project in the UK. Approximately 550,000 tonnes of asphalt; over 200,000m3 of CBGM; almost 200,000m3 of CRCP; approx. 49km of Concrete Step Barrier; approx 1,000,000m2 of high pressure carriageway cleaning and associated road markings, joint sealing, road studs, road planing and high friction surfacing. Show less

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  Robert Gordon University

  Aug 2019 - Sept 2023

  External Examiner
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  Tailored Commercial Services Ltd

  Jun 2020 - Mar 2023

  Director

  Tailored Commercial Services Ltd provides Chartered Quantity Surveying, Dispute Resolution, Insurance Claim Preparation Contract Management and Commercial Management to the Construction Industry.

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  Atlas Commercial Services Limited

  Jun 2024 - now

  Director