1. David McCarthy
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: David Gareth McCarthy
Qualifications: B(Eng) Hons in Civil Engineering 2/1 - University College of London
Graduated 1989
I.C.E. Training Agreement Signed Off 1995
Graduate Member I.C.E.
Year Joined John Jones: 1995
Final role at John Jones: Contracts Director
Overall Appraisal
As you can see from my project listings attached, I am a very experienced senior manager in
delivering large, complex, construction Contracts.
In order to progress through from Graduate Engineer to Contracts Director I have acquired the
following skills. These can be used in many disciplines, and are adaptable to many working
environments.
Man Management
Contract Planning
Budget / cost control
Programme analysis
Subcontractor control, tender analysis/appointments
Subcontractor accounts and final accounts.
Excellent Communication skills with both Client and Site Staff.
Value Engineering
Plant and labour control
Contract analysis and amendments to suit.
Soils analysis
Best use of materials
Flexibility
Expert Witness
Health and Safety issues, forward thinking and implementing on site.
Environmental issues
Working with all other disciplines
Final Accounts constructed and agreed with clients
Compensation Events reviewed.
Compensation Events Calculated and agreed with clients.
Monthly costs evaluation against budgets/tender analysis.
Adapt to change to give Client best value for money
Bid leadership
Target cost budgeting
Programme works and review plant and labour resources to give Client best value for money
Educating and bringing along junior staff to give them new skills such that they can progress in the
Industry
Working within environmental designations and managing works to suit Environmental Agency
constraints.
Working within archaeological constraints.
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2. Previous Contracts:
Employer: Amec Civil Engineering Ltd
Graduate Engineer
06/90 - 10/90 Dungeness ‘B’ Power Station
Car Parks and Access Roads
Site Engineer
10/90 - 10/91 Stansted Airport
New Satellite Building/Tracked Transit Tunnel Connection.
Site Engineer
10/91 - 10/92 A206 Dartford Northern Bypass
Structures/roads west section.
Section Senior Site Engineer
10/92 - 10/93 Design Secondment: Matthew Hall Engineering (Amec Engineering)
Offshore minimum visit installation conversion.
Design Engineer
10/93 - 12/93 A206 Dartford Northern Bypass
Finishes
Sub Agent
12/93 - 05/95 A249 M2-Iwade Improvements
Earthworks £ 4 M earthworks package
Site Agent responsible for site set up, management of Earthworks Subcontract.
Cost Control
Employer: John Jones (Excavation) Limited: Earthworks Contractor
05/95-12/96 A50 Derby Southern Bypass
West Section
Construction Manager and costs control.
12/96-05/97 West Duffryn Link Road, Newport
Project Manager
Include site management and all commercial issues
Final Account.
05/97- 09/97 A50 Derby Southern Bypass
Final Account
Final Account Manager
09/97-08/98 A249 M2-Iwade Improvement
Final Account
Specialist Claim Consultant / Chief Witness
08/98-04/99 A50 Derby Southern Bypass Contract B
£ 2.5M subcontract including borrow pit applications and approvals
Borrow Pit application won at appeal.
Contract Manager
Commercial Manager

3. 04/99-02/02 Ctrl Contract 420
£ 24M subcontract
Construction Manager for whole earthworks package 26km long monies circa
£ 22M
6 Million cubic meters of earthworks
Responsible for all on site activities, cost control, programme management
02/02-06/04 A120 Stansted to Braintree
£14M earthworks subcontract including site clearance, stabilisation and seeding.
Contracts Manager
06/04-03/06 A505 Baldock Bypass
£4 M earthworks subcontract
Contracts Manager /commercial
03/06 - 12/07 N2 Castleblayney Bypass
£18M euro earthworks £7M euro Drainage package
Contracts Director.
01/08-12/08 A421 Prequel.
Bid Manager
N2Castleblayney Claims and Arbitration.
Claims Consultant / Senior Witness
01/09-01/10 A421 Bedford
£22M earthworks and £4M drainage package
Contracts Director.
01/10-2011 A421 Bedford and A46 Newark - Widmerpool
A421£22M earthworks and £4M drainage package
A46 £31M Earthworks and £5M drainage package.
Contracts Director.
2012-2013 Self Employed Managing Director
McCarthy Samset Ltd
Specialist Earthworks and Drainage Consultants/Contractors
Claims Consultant
2013-Present Self Employed Managing Director
Earthworks and Drainage Consultancy Ltd
Outside Work Interests
Golf
Football
Cricket