David Ives

Background

About David Ives

A Construction Manager with extensive experience in infrastructure, civils, highways, remediation and landscaping contracts from pre-construction to handover. I have a methodical approach with excellent attention to detail with high standards of quality and health and safety. Excellent communication skills, Client facing, with the ability to operate at all levels. With strong leadership and mentoring skills, I am a team builder and motivator. Construction aspects: Bid Management, Site Establishment, Enabling Works, Groundworks, Substructure: Structural Steelwork, External Works, Roadworks. Plant Management aspects: Concrete Batch Plants, Craneage, Crushing and Screening, Earthmoving Plant, General Construction Plant, Marine Works, Piling Equipment. Construction Types (Civil Engineering & Building) Bridges, Drainage, Marine Structures, Flood Alleviation Schemes, Motorways, Roads, Tunnels, Industrial Buildings. Design Management: Alternative Design Solutions, Value Engineering and Optioneering. Design Period Programmin8g, Designer Selection, Management of Designers, Management of Subcontractors, Production and use of Design Management Plans. Geotechnical Engineering: Ground Improvement, Groundwater and Dewatering, Site Investigations, Soil Stabilisation. Highways: Boundary Fencing, Drainage, Earthworks, Landscaping and Horticultural, Lighting, Planning, Road Marking, Safety Fencing and Barriers, Structures, Traffic Management. Project Planning: Concept-Feasability-Implementation-Design Structural Engineering: Bridges, Reinforced9 and Prestressed Concrete, Structural Steelwork. Supply Chain: Quality and Risk Management, Supplier Evaluation, Selection and Negotiation. Temporary Works: Cofferdams, Deep Excavations, Craneage and Lifting, Falsework / Formwork, Dewatering, Marine Works, Scaffolding and Access Systems, Piling, Temporary Bridges, Temporary Works Design, Tower Crane Bases, Trenching and Temporary Support Systems.