Grahame Durcan

Experience

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  BJS Consultants Ltd.

  Sept 2010 - Feb 2011

  Structural Engineer

  Chartered Civil & Structural Engineering Consultancy that deal with all types of engineering work including;Planning Applications & Planning searches, Design work, Project Management, Consulting, Tendering Contracts, Surveying & Monitoring, Residential Refurbishments, Underpinning etc.Vibration monitoring, crack width monitoring, structural surveys, condition surveys, underpinning surveys. Wrote up reports for all of the aforementioned types of surveying and submitted to insurance companies, councils, the OPW and major contractors such as BAM, Mott MacDonald and ARUP.Main Projects include;Continual upgrades & projects @ PepsiCo, Little IslandContinual upgrades & projects @ PepsiCo, CarrigalineKinsale Main DrainageClonmel Flood Relief SchemeMallow Flood Relief SchemeCork City Council Road Improvement Schemes Show less

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  Lorclon Ltd

  Mar 2011 - Aug 2011

  Construction Site Administrator

  Underground-Railway-Civil engineeringIn charge of all on-site documentation (Weekly accident returns, plant check sheets and labour returns, etc.). Created and maintained the weekly site costs for a number of seperate sites on the Athletes' Village and one at Custom House DLR station which were used to keep the job costs under control and monitored. Resolved employee & sub-contractor pay disputes with company. Wrote up incident reports & incident statements when accidents/incidents occured. Gave weekly toolbox talks to two seperate sites. Also got stuck in assisting engineer in setting out and assisting labourers in pouring concrete footing, making up temporary boxes for concrete footings and laying grout around downpipes. Show less

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  McAleer & Rushe

  Aug 2011 - Sept 2011

  Site Engineer

  Setting out all major structural elements using an EDM on a new build RC 13 storey hotel building. Also setting out internal walls and doors. Cubing up concrete quantities for concrete pours and transferring datums.Preparing concrete testing cubes.

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  Donaldson Associates Ltd

  Oct 2011 - Apr 2013

  Graduate Structural Engineer

  CROSSRAIL - LONDON Crossrail is Europe's biggest infrastructure project on a scale not seen since the Jubilee Line Extension or the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. It will transform rail journeys, providing much needed additional transport capacity as well as reducing congestion on the Tube.BFK - Crossrail C300/C410 Western Running Tunnels project:Design of RC Portal Arch for unstable soil conditions around Bond Street Station tunnel eye opening (as seen below).http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/londons-crossrail-welcome-to-the-underworld-8524774.htmlClay cover calculations for station tunnels at Bond Street, Tottenham Court Road and Fisher Street Stations. Probe length calculations for Depressurisation Investigation Strategy.Marking up of Temporary Measures drawings at Bond Street Station with regards to probe lengths and distances between probing. Document Control: Comprehensive database management; Document Registers & control of FTP file share site. Writing and issuing of EWNs and RFIs to Contractor.Liaising with BFK and (Austrian) consultants IGT and BCS. OTHER JOBSAlso carrying out, structural design and structural design checks on shafts, steel girders, bearing capacity of a slab, load dispersion in soil and ground bearing capacity above a tank.Amendments to Junction Chambers redesign for Wandsworth to Pimlico.Load capacity for a tower crane matt. Design check for crane matt on tracks over services no-loading zone.Survey of footbridge and roadbridge for refurbishment scheme. Recommendations and report.Settlement calculations and Monitoring for TBM tunnels at Beckton SW. Design of face dowels for shaft eye at Beckton SW. Shaft excavation propping and diaphragm wall load calculations. Show less

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  Roadwork Solutions

  Jan 2014 - May 2014

  Traffic Controller

  Co-ordination of traffic safely across numerous sites. Always being alert to dangers on-site and recommending possible adjustments to the Traffic Management Plan that could make the work safer for the public, the workers on-site and ourselves.Received a site safety award from Lend Lease for outstanding work. Received a monthly site safety award from Lend Lease for outstanding contribution to site safety. Received an employee award for the month of April for positive feedback from our client. Show less

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  Walan NSW Pty Ltd.

  May 2014 - Sept 2020

  Project ManagementManage the day to day running of all projects delegating tasks to civil engineers, site engineers and supervisorsOrganising plant and materials comprehensively across all sites with the assistance of the plant and allocations manager and site managersManaging subcontractors and resolving contract disputesLiaising with clients, updating programmes and keeping teams accountable as well as attending project meetingsManaging ongoing project costs and monthly invoicingBid Manager/Head Estimator;Monitoring and reviewing all tenders that get sent out by the company at tender stage.Reviewing projects at award stage in greater detail with the project engineers and estimatorsContract award and tender negotiations with builders and developersLiaising with client, builders, design engineers and architects to establish ways to improve design, programme, construction methodology and inevitably reduce overall project costsHSEQ Advisor/Manager;Accountable for the implementation and review of any change management processesEnsure health and safety is integrated into business planning and does not get downgraded based on competing priorities, profit margins, and lack of resourcesPromote and encourage open discussions on health and safety at all levels of the business to Ensure workers can achieve outcomes based on open communication, consultation, negotiation and agreementEstablish and promote fair and equitable issue resolution processesLodging SafeWork NSW notifications for all demolition and asbestos removal worksHRW and SOP SWMS review and implementation Show less Roles encompassed within this position are :Project ManagementManage the day to day running of projects delegating tasks to civil engineers, site engineers and supervisorsManaging subcontractors and dispute resolutionsLiaising with client, updating programmes and attending project meetingsLiaising with council and authorities to undertake works safelyManaging ongoing project costs and monthly invoicingBid Manager/Head Estimator;Monitoring and reviewing all tenders that get sent out by the company at tender stage.Reviewing projects at award stage in greater detail with the project engineers and estimatorsLiaising with client, builders, design engineers and architects to establish ways to improve design, programme, construction methodology and inevitably reduce overall project costsHSEQ Advisor/Manager;Accountable for the implementation and review of any change management processesEnsure health and safety is integrated into business planning and does not get downgraded based on competing priorities, profit margins, and lack of resourcesPromote and encourage open discussions on health and safety at all levels of the business to Ensure workers can achieve outcomes based on open communication, consultation, negotiation and agreementEstablish and promote fair and equitable issue resolution processesLodging SafeWork NSW notifications for all demolition and asbestos removal worksHRW and SOP SWMS review and implementation Show less Position Responsibilities:All company WHS Documentation across a number of sitesProject Costing and InvoicingProject ProgrammingAll Plant and Equipment Maintenance and servicing arrangementsLiaising with clients and subcontractorsOrganising material deliveries and subcontractorsEstimating and pricing tender quotations3D Project visuals for excavation, construction and safety proceduresElevations with borehole information and subsoil/rock strataCivil DrawingsBusiness Responsibilities:Building an online profile for the companySet up and regular updating of a LinkedIn Business page, a Facebook Business page and a Google Plus Business PageSet up of a Hire Company called Walan Hire Services under Walan Construction ServicesCollaboration with Heard Design to set up a new website for the companySet up of a generic company wide email sign-off/footer with hyperlinks to the company Facebook page and Google Plus page as well as a hyperlink to a client made company video on Vimeo Show less

  • Project Director

    Dec 2017 - Sept 2020

  • Senior Project Engineer & Head Estimator

    Nov 2016 - Dec 2017

  • Civil Project Engineer

    May 2014 - Nov 2016
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  Chalouhi

  Nov 2020 - Aug 2021

  Pre-Construction Manager

  Heading up the Pre-Construction & Estimating team. Looking at a holistic approach to each and every project and providing expert advice to our valued clients.Management of all company tenders with an in-house team of estimators and design engineers.Consultation with project managers, project engineers, designers, estimators and site managers for the best fit solution to each and every project. Submission of both Government and non-government tenders.

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  Ward and Burke

  Nov 2021 - Nov 2022

  Cost Engineer/Project Manager

  - Mallow Sewerage Scheme - Removal of CSOs.Over 3.5km of new combined sewers including 5 micro-tunnels and a river crossing. Road reinstatment, landscaping reinstatment to town park and other areas across Mallow, numerous third party stakeholders and interfaces.Preperation of all claims including hyper-inflation claim for the project.Final account negotiation with Irish Water.- Glashaboy Flood Relief SchemePricing review of tender.Review of OPW OGP hyper-inflation relief framework and it's effect over the proposed project period and use of the OGP mechanisms for additional payments.- Ballina and Newport Wastewater Treatment PlantPricing of ESB undergrounding enabling works.Assessment of Japanese Knotweed on the project. Review of site mobilisation set-up options.Assisting with Purchase Orders for numerous other projects such as Bandon, Passage West Greenway, Bray & N28 Enabling Works. Show less

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  Arup

  Nov 2022 - now

  Senior Cost Consultant