Daniel Love

Freelance Groundwork/Civil Engineering Consultant, Estimator and Quantity Surveyor at Love Surveying

Greater Leicester Area

About

*** Recruitment agents, Talent acquisition managers, Specialist headhunters, White collar talent connectors or whatever you've named yourself this week ***. Do not waste your time attempting contact. Freelance doesn't mean try and convince me. Experienced groundworks Estimator/Quantity Surveyor with a demonstrated history of working from tender stage to final account on major groundwork projects. I'm a self driven individual that is interested in the success of whatever I work on. I have a good ability to remain impartial and advise on profitable progression for subcontractors regarding the usual groundwork disputes. I provide the following services: Live project Commercial Management; All Estimating take off and tendering documentation; Cash / cost flow forecasting reporting; Estimating final cost / value and final margin; Monthly client applications for payment; Sub-contractor account valuations; Variation pricing; Labour, plant and material cost monitoring; Sub-contractor liability reporting; Cost value engineering options; Cost / Value reconciliation; Section application admin, fees and start/stop notices; Adjudication / arbitration advice and support; Production of O&M manuals.

Experience

  • Freelance Groundworks Quantity Surveyor/Estimator at Love Surveying
    Jan 2014 - Present · 12 yrs 7 mos

    - All aspects of estimating and construction of BOQs for clients - Client negotiation - Preparation of contracts, including details regarding quantities of required materials - On-going cost analysis of contracts - Measuring of completed work and arranging payment to sub-contractors - Allocation and set up of work to contractors - Site visits, assessments and projections for future work - Valuations/stage payment and variation claims - Risk analysis - Writing and updating of RAMS

  • Paul John Construction (Coalville, Leicester)
    • Quantity Surveyor
      Aug 2013 - Jan 2014 · 6 mos

      First experience of Quantity Surveying. Learning all aspects of monthly valuations, client relationship building, risk analysis and contract management.

    • Estimator
      Jan 2013 - Aug 2013 · 8 mos

      All aspects of take off, estimating and billing up from client drawings. Site analysis, mark up and measure of materials and data inputting.

  • Field Engineer at Pharos Field Engineering Services
    May 2011 - Jan 2013 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Working nationwide on BT exchanges, Project managing and completing the companies internal building/joinery requirements. Adhering to high standards of Health and Safety on site and requiring independent working to tight work procedures. BREEAM, COSHH, CDM, Risk assessment and asbestos experience.