Chris Underhill

Experience

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  Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd

  Jul 1996 - Aug 1997

  Site Engineering Surveyor

  Responsible for all site setting out and maintaining horizontal and vertical control for the extent of the 20km widening project.

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  SLC Associates

  Jul 1998 - Feb 2001

  Senior Surveyor, Aviation Support Division

  Providing technical support, WGS84 control implementation and flight path obstruction surveys to comply with CAA specifications required for licensed UK civil airports. Familiar with airside operating procedures and radio communication. Acted as Project/assistant surveyor at 27 UK airports.

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  Siac Construction Ltd

  Mar 2001 - Mar 2002

  Senior / Project Engineering Surveyor

  Responsible for all survey and setting out requirements throughout the construction of a new 14km section of motorway, incorporating 14 structures, link road and 3 major interchanges. Responsible for all horizontal and vertical control and coordination of design data and production of setting out information for all aspects of the works, drainage, earthworks and structures.

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  MVM BNI JV

  Mar 2002 - Nov 2003

  Senior Engineering Surveyor

  Covering a full scope of works including pre-installation surveys, structural setting out and monitoring, control surveys and stringent as-built surveys. Main responsibilities were processing and manipulating all interfaces of design data and production of all setting out, civil design, structural and rail data information for 13 sections of the 2 line project, interfacing between all site teams and sub contractors. A large emphasis also placed upon as built data analysis to comply with strict tolerances. Show less

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  Balfour Beatty Construction

  May 2004 - Mar 2005

  Section Engineer

  Ground works package for an ASDA superstore incorporating construction of a new insitu RC river culvert, including complex de-watering temporary works schemes; construction of insitu RC retaining walls and Kribloc retaining wall; Large earthworks scheme.

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  Laing O'Rourke

  Mar 2005 - Nov 2014

  Appointed TWC & AP for direct works.Senior Engineer for all concrete frame and drainage work at Manchester Town Hall redevelopment project. The Project is a full refurbishment of the existing Grade 2 listed Town Hall Extension and Central Library.Project Engineer and Project Manager roles for St Peter's Square development and Cenotaph relocation works. Appointed TWC.Responsible for all Engineering aspects involved during the P21 contracts at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, including:Enabling works for all schemes.Construction of £39M Surgical CentreConstruction of £15M Woman & Children’s Maternity Unit. Including ward refurbishments and a new £1M Safeguarding Centre.Construction of £3M Mortuary.External works manager. Supervising all enabling works prior to commencement of the new football stadium; due to LFC financial problems, stadium works indefinitely delayed. Appointed TWC.Responsible for all engineering aspects involved during the construction and fit out of the £25M new build High School, Gorton Education Village, the first project within the Building Schools for the Future framework in Manchester. One of the largest urban retail re-development projects in Europe. Regeneration of Liverpool City for the Capital of Culture, 2008. Key responsibilities were:Lead engineer for John Lewis store. Appointed TWC.Earthworks: Sub-basement car parking levels/service yards and new Bus Terminus.Seacant piled walls.Pre-cast concrete, post tensioning and steel frame construction.Supervision, management and planning.

  • Project Manager / Project Engineer

    Mar 2012 - Nov 2014

  • Project Engineer

    Oct 2008 - Mar 2012

  • Senior Engineer

    Jul 2008 - Oct 2008

  • Project Engineer

    Sept 2006 - Jul 2008

  • Section Engineer

    Mar 2005 - Sept 2006
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  Renaker Build Ltd

  Mar 2015 - Jul 2023

  Appointed TWC

  • Principal Engineer

    Jan 2016 - Jul 2023

  • Project Engineer

    Mar 2015 - Jan 2016
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  John Sisk & Son Ltd

  Jul 2023 - now

  Project Manager