AMP3 Construction Programme

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Long O Donnell Associates provided engineering and cost management Services including QS, Commercial Management, target cost development, control and negotiations, Programme Management, dispute resolution, for a range of water and multi-utility projects, including pipelines, sewerage, leak detectors report maintenance and other ad-hoc projects for a major national water networks contractor.

Key duties included: 

• regular audits are undertaken including independent reviews to provide support on performance analysis
• reporting and continuous improvements
• maintenance audit and upkeep of the costing information as per principal costing engine
• contract administration and management systems
• value challenge
• efficiency identification and implementation
• risk management, procurement strategy and implementation
• Sub-contract drafting and negotiation
• post contract administration
• budget forecasting
• change management and cost control and dispute resolution where appropriate

Working for P N Daly on projects required by the following clients:

• Scottish Water
• Thames Water
• United Utilities
• Severn Water
• Yorkshire Water
• Three Valleys Water

Client

Confidential

Project Value

€80M

Project Duration

2000 - 2005

Services Provided

Health and Safety Management
: Our wide range of Health and Safety Consultancy services complement those other services provided by Long O Donnell Associates. The range of these services is dependent on client expectation and may consist of Audit and Monitoring only. However, we also provide qualified and competent personnel to take up such key roles as Health and Safety Manager or Safety Advisor who will ensure compliance with the applicable Health and Safety Management System, develop Health and Safety Plans, undertake Risk Assessments, represent the client at meetings and generally ensure compliance with legislation.

Environmental Services
Operating within tight regulatory frameworks and governed by diverse UK and European legislation, Energy and Infrastructure companies are under constant pressure to undertake their activities whilst managing many levels of environmental requirements. Clients need cost-effective and robust advice to allow projects to proceed and to make key programme decisions. Our team has experience of working across all sectors, providing a full range of environmental services from planning through to design, construction and maintenance. We provide consistently robust advice and bring environmental expertise and innovation to all projects.

Site Supervision
Supporting the project management functions, our site supervisory team provide surety to our clients to ensure projects are being constructed professionally at site level.

QA/QC & Inspection Services
Long O Donnell Associates provide independent inspection services. We have a wide experience in providing QA/QC Managers, Inspection Controllers, Welding Specialists, Inspectors and Technicians on major capital investment projects. Our QA/QC Inspection Teams are fully trained and competent in ensuring the highest levels of inspection and quality control to meet the requirements of diverse and complex projects Long O Donnell Associates provide QA/QC and Inspection Services Teams to clients throughout the UK, Ireland and worldwide to independently validate mechanical and construction operations are being completed to the required standards.

Cost Engineering
Cost Engineering provide us with the tools to plan cost and manage those costs throughout the life cycle of a project to complete the project within the costs defined in the original plan

Project Management
Long O Donnell Associates believe that proactive Project Management is vital to ensure that projects succeed in terms of achieving core deliverables that include time, cost and performance, providing our clients with a one stop shop for project management and its associated supports to successfully complete projects and contracts

Engineering Services
The wide range of skills and experience within our engineering team enables Long O Donnell Associates to understand a client’s needs, industry specific requirements and design considerations. This can include refining front-end engineering, feasibility and working the conceptual design into the final detail plan for construction.

Contract Management
We provide Contract Management on a vast range of projects from project inception, feasibility, conceptual and detail design, procurement, construction, commissioning and completion. During these phases we provide Contract Management in the form of contract strategy, contract administration, award papers, claims evaluations, negotiation and settlement.

Quantity Surveying
As our original core business, we have been practicing Quantity Surveying since our company inception in 1997. Our Quantity Surveyors have significant experience in handling commercial and contractual aspects of major projects throughout the world and our current Chief Executive, Tom O’Donnell is a Board member of QS UK World Region Board for the Quantity Surveying and Construction Division.

Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution – providing the industry with an alternative means of dispute resolution from the traditional approach. Alternative Dispute Resolution enables our clients the ability to efficiently resolve contractual and commercial disputes to release value from their contracts. We have successfully completed dispute resolution for a number of key clients throughout the UK and Internationally.

Programme Management
Long O Donnell Associates provide a full spectrum of services to ensure successful international programme management within the energy and infrastructure sectors. Successfully delivering client’s business benefits from their construction programmes time and time again has provided repeated evidence of our strengths as a market leader in this field.

Procurement Management
We provide a full management service of the procurement cycle including PIN and OJEU Notices, invitation to tender (ITT), tender evaluation criteria, evaluation process, negotiations and contract award recommendations. We can implement a fully managed operational solution, which support the complete lifecycle of procurement management and adherence to current procurement rules.