An anonymised career profile showing the breadth of project environments, roles and responsibilities behind TQS.
More than four decades of international experience in contracts, commercial management, claims and project delivery across oil & gas, refining, petrochemicals, power, marine, process plant and heavy civil construction. Roles have been undertaken directly for owners, within PMC/PMT and EPCM organisations, for main EPC contractors, subcontractors and as an independent adviser.
The durations below show approximate cumulative exposure to each type of role or responsibility. Categories intentionally overlap: a single assignment may contribute to several areas, reflecting how contracts, commercial management, project controls, procurement and claims are integrated on major projects.
Independent reviews for owner and project interests covering delay, disruption, claims, counterclaims, commercial exposure, recovery opportunities, sequencing and dispute strategy. Work combines contractual analysis with cost, schedule, productivity and contemporaneous records.
Led internal forensic and quantum investigations across numerous live and concluding projects with aggregate value exceeding US$15bn. Coordinated project teams, engineering, planning, commercial, legal and external specialists. Supported major claim prosecution and defence, dispute boards and arbitration-standard matters.
Owner-side contracts, procurement and commercial leadership on major refinery and gas developments. Responsibilities included tendering, negotiation, contract administration, change, risk, procurement packages, contractor interfaces, claims, forecasting and executive reporting.
Direct owner-team roles on major petrochemical and power developments, covering EPC/EPCM interfaces, procurement strategy, tendering, subcontracting, cost controls, change, commercial reporting and project close-out.
Management of upstream owner obligations and downstream subcontract/supplier relationships on major power, process and infrastructure projects. Included commercial risk, claims, notices, subcontracting, project controls, cost, cashflow, productivity and settlement.
Earlier project roles developed strong practical grounding in quantity surveying, cost engineering, site records, materials, progress, productivity, subcontract administration, measurement, valuation and construction methods across multiple work fronts.
Experience has included investigation of a major turbine failure occurring only days after expiry of the warranty period. The work brought together technical root-cause investigation, insurance interests, contractual responsibility, physical damage and financial consequences.
This sits alongside wider prosecution and defence of high-value construction and engineering claims, including matters exceeding US$1 billion.
Rounded experience indicators are deliberately overlapping and are intended to show the duration for which these disciplines have formed a material part of project roles.
Contract administration, commercial management, negotiation, risk, change and close-out across the contractual chain.
Claim development and defence, counterclaims, delay, disruption, quantum, settlement and arbitration-standard support.
Cost control, forecasting, project accounting, cashflow, progress, productivity, KPIs and executive reporting.
Procurement strategy, tendering, bid evaluation, subcontract letting, supplier interfaces and package administration.
Quantities, measurement, site records, construction interfaces, materials, progress and productivity across multiple work fronts.
Direct Owner and integrated PMC/PMT experience, including governance of EPC/EPCM contractors and major packages.
Commercial and contractual responsibility within main EPC, contractor and subcontractor organisations, including upstream and downstream interfaces.
Direct participation within owner teams covering project commercial management, contractor governance, procurement and delivery.
Forensic, claims, dispute and legal-commercial support using project data, records, schedule, cost and technical evidence.
Independent advisory assignments supporting owners, contractors, legal teams and project leadership on live and disputed matters.
Experience ranges from early issue identification and negotiation through formal claim preparation, defence, counterclaims, adjudication, dispute boards and arbitration support. Individual matters have included claims exceeding US$1bn.
