Dan Craven

Experience

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  Tesco

  May 2007 - Dec 2007

  Customer Assistant

  During university holidays I worked as part of a large team replenishing stock and dealing with customers. Developed key communication skills in a very high turnover store.

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  Knowledge into Action and Cornwall NHS Trust

  Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

  Environmental Consultant

  A placement through the ShellStep scheme investigating carbon foot printing methods and creating footprints for Doctors surgeries in Cornwall. This involved a lot of independent work as well as liaising with many contacts through phone, e-mail, meetings and working to deadlines which required excellent time management.

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  University of Exeter

  Sept 2009 - Jul 2012

  Assisting the project management team for a £48 million central campus regeneration project at Exeter University. I acted both as a personal assistant to the senior project manager (project director) and as a general assistant to the project team. As part of a nine strong team of recent graduates I worked on a project to migrate between two Virtual Learning Environments in order to deliver considerable cost savings and improved functionality to the University. The role involved working closely with Academic services and Academics in order to meet the requirements of online learning. Training academics to use new software and looking for ways to improve the quality of online learning resources in the institution.

  • Project Assistant - Forum Project

    Oct 2010 - Jul 2012

  • Educational Technologist

    Sept 2009 - Sept 2010
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  Scott Wilson (now part of URS Corporation)

  Jul 2012 - Feb 2014

  Project Management Assistant
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  AECOM

  Mar 2014 - Apr 2015

  Assistant Project Manager

  Assistant Project Manager based in Victoria, London (Previously URS Infrastructure & Environment UK).I have been involved in the management of major projects for the Rail London team including:HS2 C221 (London Metropolitan) & C321 (West Midlands to Leeds) - Project Management and PlanningBank Station Capacity Upgrade - Project Management and Project ControlsCrossrail - Financial ManagementAs part of my role I have also played a key part in in Bid Production & Management for large multi disciplinary projects such as Crossrail 2 Feasibility and Barking Riverside Extension. I am also involved in the management of the Rail London unit and have oversight of two financial administrators. Show less

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  London Bridge Associates Ltd

  Apr 2015 - Nov 2019

  Working as a consultant for LBA has given me greater variety in my roles across the construction sector, some key achievements to date are:Providing a Proof of Concept report for HS2 exploring the creating of 5D BIM animations & Augmented Reality data viewers. For this I undertook in depth analysis of software products in use, exampled the data flows and suggested validation points. As well as software evaluation I produced a cost loaded programme for the hypothetical project and gave several progress presentations and updates to HS2.Creation of a Excel programme using VBA to create Logistics Lorry & Barge movements datasets from a combination of P6 programme data and key design quantity take-offs. Data from which is currently being used to inform the E.I.A. and early stage planning of Thames Water, Counters Creek Strategic Floor Relief Sewer. I have also created analysis reports for the logistics data and provided support to the construction planning team managing our documents and liaising with key stakeholders. I am also managing the product development of LBAs innovative Tunnel Information Management software, TIM. (http://www.mytimapp.com/) TIM is currently in use on several major UK tunnelling jobs for both SCL and TBM tunnels. The software is under constant development and I am working with our clients and development team to ensure that the software is expanded in a safe and efficient manner taking on a Project Management role. I am also working with our perspective clients to implement TIM on their projects in a smooth manner which has required me to use my knowledge of networking and SQL databases as well as considering the needs of multiple stakeholders. Show less

  • Associate

    Oct 2018 - Nov 2019

  • Consultant

    Apr 2015 - Oct 2018
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  Houses of Parliament Restoration & Renewal

  Nov 2019 - now

  • Construction Schedule Estimating Lead | Cooper Moss Rutland

    May 2022 - now

  • Construction Planner | Cooper Moss Rutland

    Nov 2019 - Jun 2022
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  Cooper Moss Rutland

  Nov 2019 - now

  • Associate Partner

    Feb 2021 - now

  • Senior Consultant

    Nov 2019 - Feb 2021