1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Stephen Norman Baird
Date of Birth: 25th
December 1956
Qualifications: B.Sc., MRICS
Profile: Commercially minded Chartered QS with over 35 years
experience gained in London, Middle East and North East of
England working as Quantity Surveyor, Employer’s Agent,
Project Manager, Commercial Manager and Contracts Manager.
Proficient in all aspects of projects from inception to completion
employing traditional, two stage tendering, design and build,
partnering, framework agreement, ProCure 21 and Cost Plus
forms of procurement.
Key Skills: Ability to work on own initiative or within a team
Excellent organisational and communication skills
Ability to meet deadlines
Extensive knowledge of JCT Standard, FIDIC and PWA General
Conditions May 2007 Forms of Contract
Proficient in RIPAC electronic measurement and cost planning
system
Employment History:
August 2009 - David Adamson & Partners Overseas
Present Doha, Qatar
Type of Contract: Local Roads and Drainage Programme, Value of projects
$7billion
Upgrading existing and creation of new infrastructure in the
Western Districts of Doha on behalf of Ashghal
Responsibilities: Programme Management Consultant Area Contracts Manager
administering one of five Consultant’s contracts responsible for
designing 37 projects and supervising 8 construction contracts.
Duties comprise: recommending to the Client for approval
project estimates at each design stage, recommending to the
Client for approval project tender documents, managing
Consultant’s design change and claims, recommending to the
Client for approval Consultant’s interim fee applications,
ensuring supervision Consultant administers the construction
contract in accordance with the terms of the contract,
reviewing Consultant’s recommendation of Contractor’s interim
valuations and variations to his construction contracts and
recommending acceptance to the Client
Type of Contract: A’ayan Tower, Qatar, Value of project $215m
50 Storey residential tower comprising 340 apartments, health
spa, restaurants, two levels of basement parking
Responsibilities: Site based Contracts Manager responsible for all commercial
aspects of the project reporting directly to the Client. Role
comprised monitoring the budget, recommending interim
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2. applications in respect of both Consultants and Contractor,
agreeing variations and assessing claims in respect of both
Consultants and Contractor, preparing tender documents for
work packages, evaluating and reporting thereon
Type of Contract: Tourist Resort, Syria, Value of project $450m
(Initial three months of Beach – front resort complex comprising villas, apartment
employment spent in blocks, sport facilities, 5 star hotel, utility plants, marina and
Doha, subsequently all associated infrastructure including hard and soft landscaping
site based in Syria
Responsibilities: Commercial Manager administering contract on a cost plus
basis. Duties comprised: establishing project development
budget, authorising and monitoring expenditure against
budget, advising on procurement packages and analysing
returned tenders, preparation of interim valuations and cost
control reports, preparation and agreement of variations,
agreement and settlement of final accounts, claims resolution.
February 2009 - Midlothian Council,
July 2009 Scotland, UK
Types of Contract: Measured Term Maintenance Contracts for Council’s entire
housing stock and public buildings £20m
Central Heating Installation Contract for part of Council’s
housing stock £5m
Responsibilities: Reviewing and up-dating Council’s standard PQQs, up-dating
Council’s Contractor and Consultant tender documents to
reflect JCT 2005 Contracts and CDM Regulations 2007,
evaluation of returned PQQs, production of tender and contract
documentation, tender analysis, reporting thereon and award
of contracts.
December 2002 - Summers-Inman
November 2008 Newcastle upon Tyne
Types of Contract: Police office accommodation £2m
Improvement to housing stock £28m
Redevelopment of existing theatre £6.5m
Alteration to existing Mental Health facility £8m
Refurbishment of hospital wings and infrastructure £80m
Alteration to University premises £750k
Housing Development £3m
Responsibilities: Pre contract responsibilities included feasibility studies, cost
planning, advice on procurement routes, preparation of
Employer’s Requirements, production of tender and contract
documentation, tender analysis and reporting thereon.
Post contract responsibilities included Employer’s Agent role,
cost monitoring, preparation of interim valuations and cost
control reports, agreement and settlement of final accounts,
claims resolution.
July 1991 - Timothy J Brown, Chartered Quantity Surveyor
November 2002 Newcastle upon Tyne
Types of Contract: Various social housing schemes £500k
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3. Various Care in the Community Schemes £750k
Multi-Arts Centre £2.5m
Church extension/refurbishment £600k
Railway Maintenance Depot £25m
After school facility £1m
Responsibilities: Responsible for all aspects of contract implementation from
feasibility through to final account.
Also pre and post contract services to contractors.
October 1989 - Grieves Edwards Partnership
June 1991 Newcastle upon Tyne
Types of Contract: Competition pool £9.8m
Sports centre £2.2m
Leisure pool £1.5m
Office block £1.8m
Responsibilities: Duties included preparation of feasibility studies, preparation
of Bills of Quantities, preparation of Cost Plans, agreement of
Interim Valuations, agreement of Variations, agreement of Final
Accounts.
June 1985 - Timothy J Brown, Chartered Quantity Surveyor
September 1989 Newcastle upon Tyne
Types of Contract: Social housing, office, stately home and public house
refurbishment, Youth Hostel, surgery, church and factory
extension, concert venue conversion and new-build housing as
well as forays into the petro-chemical industry.
Contract values ranged from £20,000 to £1,000,000.
Responsibilities: Responsibilities included preparation of feasibility studies,
preparation of Bills of Quantities, preparation of Schedule of
Works, preparation of Contract Documents, tender evaluations,
agreement of Interim Valuations and Final Accounts.
October 1983 - Davy McKee, London
May 1985
Type of Contract: Gas Oil Separation Plant, Tanajib, Saudi Arabia.
Davy McKee were employed as the Project Management Team
for the construction of the GOSP as well as some six separate
contracts providing auxiliary services to the main contract, e.g.
roads, security fencing, firewater and sewer lines etc., whose
contract values ranged from £250,000 to £3,600,000.
Responsibilities: Responsibilities included monitoring the weekly progress of the
works, agreement of interim valuations, reporting on financial
effect of changes to the contract during the progress of the
works, agreement of value of changes to the contract,
agreement of Final Accounts.
September 1982 - Pegel Arabia, Saudi Arabia
October 1983
Type of Contract: Land Forces Facilities Project, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
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4. Pegel Arabia was an international contracting organisation,
employed to design and build a completely self-contained
military township comprising some 45 building types.
Contract value: US $287,000,000.
Responsibilities: Responsibilities included weekly progress report for internal
cost appraisal, submission of monthly Interim Payment
applications, compiling competitive tendering bids for other
schemes.
July 1981 - Sogex Services (UK), London.
August 1982
Types of Contract: This large international contracting organisation tendered only
for multi-million pound contracts in the Middle East. Projects
were as diverse as desalination plants, housing schemes,
industrial estates, schools, airport terminal buildings and
equestrian complex.
Responsibilities: Duties for the most part entailed taking off and billing
quantities for competitive tender bids.
During this period, I also undertook a three month secondment
contract in Saudi Arabia from April – July 1982, working as an
on-site Quantity Surveyor during which time I prepared
quantities for such buildings as schools, officers’ club and
swimming pool, Mosque, cold storage warehouse, power plant,
sewage treatment plant.
August 1978 - Summers & Partners, Newcastle upon Tyne
August 1979
(This twelve months of Contract Values of projects I was involved with ranged from
employment formed an £250,000 to multi-million pound developments and
integral part of my encompassed various building types including hospitals,
degree course and factories, warehouses, housing schemes, sports pavilion and
constituted my third municipal swimming pool, aged persons’ flats, office block.
year of study)
Duties included taking off and billing quantities for inclusion in
Contract Documents, Site Surveys, preparation of Schedule of
Works, agreeing Interim Valuation payments, re-measurement
of work executed.
PERSONAL
Marital Status: Married
Children: Two
Address: 318 Wingrove Road North
Fenham
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE4 9ED
Telephone: UK Home +44 191 2748255
UK Mobile +44 7952280461
Qatar Mobile +974 6632 1824
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5. E mail address: bairds@talktalk.net
Driving licence: Clean UK and Qatari driving licences
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6. E mail address: bairds@talktalk.net
Driving licence: Clean UK and Qatari driving licences
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