Whitstable, England, United Kingdom
Qualified Land Surveyor (BSc) with over 20 years experience. I started my career at Costain at 18 years of age in 1999, and worked my way up from chainman to surveyor, including studying for a degree in Surveying & Mapping Sciences over 3 years. Experienced with all the usual Civil Engineering Surveying responsibilities associated with heavy civil engineering projects, such as setting out and engineering surveying for earthworks, structures, tunnels, marine, and temporary works. Efficient with all latest survey equipment and software packages, such as Leica total stations, Trimble GPS, LSS software, Leica GeoMos software, Star*Net software, and Trimble Business Centre. Achieved full membership of the Chartered Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyors in October 2011. Specialisms: Highly skilled with LSS software. Automated monitoring systems. Now retired from surveying and driving trains for a living!
Mainline train driver, driving class 375, 377, and 465 trains on routes throughout London and Kent.
Heading up geotechnical monitoring on Network Rail assets throughout Kent and Sussex, implementing remote and manual monitoring sites, subcontractor management, and procurement of innovative monitoring solutions.
Providing the team of this varied and wide ranging project with surveying expertise and assistance, including the following: Earthworks and structural monitoring - both survey and geotechnical - on Network Rail assets. Topographical surveying. Control installation. Setting out.
Pricing, planning, designing, and installing bespoke automated and non-automated deformation monitoring systems for London Underground and Network Rail assets (track and tunnel) as the TBM passes the zone of influence using Leica GeoMos and Leica total stations. Heading up extensive surface settlement monitoring on the east to west tunnel drive, as well as the usual civil engineering surveying responsibilities associated with a project of this nature.
All the usual civil engineering surveying responsibilities including heading up and controlling the following: Control installation Total station and GPS machine guidance Autonomous real time deformation monitoring (Leica GeoMos) Design of paving levels to tie in to existing port Volumetric calcs from hydrographical and topographical data