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Portfolio of Work
Ben North
October 16
Ben North - Portfolio of Work 1

Date of birth 11 December 1977
Age 38
Nationality British
Location UK
Email bennorth60@gmail.com
Phone +447974116241
Linkedin https://uk.linkedin.com/in/ben-north-9631a577
I am construction professional with over 20 years experience working in the Design and
Construction Industry. I have managed my own construction company and have worked for
companies in the UK, Europe and Azerbaijan.
I have a Master’s Degree in Construction Management and have extensive site based management
experience specialising in co-ordination, planning, design and logistics. My knowledge of Revit and
AutoCAD is exceptionally strong and I currently provide private tuition, teaching to intermediate
level.
Throughout my professional career I have worked on many types of projects covering all aspects of
residential and commercial construction including, retail, sports arenas and infrastructure projects.
I have experience working on large projects with big teams so am well accustomed to working
under pressure to demanding deadlines to meet the needs of the business.
Personal Profile

SEPTEMBER 2014 - PRESENT
Role involves:
• Residential property development
• Undertaking residential property improvement projects
• New-build projects
• Renovations and Restoration
• Coordination of sub-contractors
• Liaising with all stakeholders including the client, architects and planning
authorities
Current Position
North Construction

Project Experience
June 2016
Ben North - Portfolio of Work
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Private Residence - Full Renovation
This 180m2 1960’s bungalow was completely renovated for
a private client to bring it totally up-to-date. As well as the
installation of ultra-insulated triple glazed units to all
windows and doors the project utilised an air-source heat
pump, solar panels and a power storage facility to contain
the generated power for later use. This property was
transformed into an almost self-sufficient eco-home.
Inside the entire property was gutted and refitted with all
mod-cons including energy efficient LED lighting and under
floor heating.

JANUARY 2015 – APRIL 2016
I gained a place at Nottingham Trent University on merit from my years of working on-site
and my previous project experience. NTU is a world renowned university with
endorsements from the most prestigious professional bodies in the construction industry
such as CIOB and RICs; both of which I am now a member. I earned a distinction for my
MSc and now have extensive up-to-date knowledge of construction management issues
including health and safety, contract law, programming, scheduling, innovation, working
with teams, sequencing and resource allocation, CDM 2015, asbestos awareness and
project management. The course also required the production of many construction
reports most of which I gained the highest grades. I chose innovation in construction as my
dissertation subject which required extensive research of how new ideas are effectively
adopted by the industry.
MSc Construction Management

MSc Coursework
Rutland Water Volunteer Training Centre
6
This module involved studying the plans for a proposed training centre to be built on the shores of
Rutland Water Reservoir. From the drawings, I had to produce a full BOQ, plant allocation chart,
labour histogram and a Gantt chart listing all the activities required to complete the build including;
critical path, network flow diagrams, WBS and risk analysis.

MSc Coursework
Resource Allocation
7

MSc Coursework
Risk Analysis
8
The risk analysis performed for this project was covered by a separate module which went into
great detail about pre and post mitigation strategies, risk scoring, opportunity capitalisation,
probability scales and weather modelling.

MSC Coursework
Business Environment Mace Group
9
This module required an in-depth look into a
construction companies profile and published
accounts to perform a critical review of the
company’s performance; past and present with
an aim to make comparisons against its
competitors.
Using information available in the public
domain and FAME analysis, statistics were
compiled to show such factors as turnover,
return on investment, shareholder dividends,
capital , debt and market sectors.

MSC Coursework Dissertation:
Innovation in Construction
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This 20,000 word piece of work constituted a third of
the overall degree and was the key component of
obtaining a MSc. I choose the subject of innovation in
the construction industry and reviewed as much of the
available literature as possible. From there I put
together hypotheses and tested them using survey
instruments and data analysis. Using my contacts in
the industry I was able to gain a valuable insight into
the levels of innovation already present in
construction and compare it to the perceived notions
given in the literature.
The results allowed me to put forward
recommendations to foster innovation with an aim to
take advantage of new technologies and gain a
competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Viking Engineering Project Manager
July 13 – September 14
Role included:
• Managing projects for various clients around the UK
• Design and development of 3D architectural models
• Interpreting architects’ drawings
• Creating full working manufacturing models and drawings for various
components and assemblies
• Working closely with clients to ensure compliance and timely delivery as
well as overseeing fabrication, logistics and installation
• Working on my own initiative to decide project timescales in order to meet
the client’s deadlines
• Leading meetings with the manufacturing teams to agree the specifications
and requirements including value engineering
• Conducting site surveys

Project Experience
Nottingham Train Station
Nottingham City train station was completely
overhauled with the addition of a £150M southern
concourse to connect the existing tram system to the
new Phase 2 Southern Line. This involved installing
new platforms, bridges, a state-of-the-art hub and
the conversion of the existing Victorian Porte
Cochere from a taxi terminal to a retail space and
booking hall.

Project Experience
Nottingham Train Station

Project Experience
Final photographs

Project Experience
Chiswick Point London
Design and construction of a major residential development in London providing two multi-storey
blocks to incorporate 124 high specification apartments and several ground floor retail units.

Project Experience
Princethorpe College Rugby
Proposed extension to Princethorpe College to
provide 14 classrooms to meet the growing
educational demands of the school. The new
classroom block was designed to be sympathetic to
the historic buildings on the site whilst providing
high quality modern teaching facilities and interior
spaces. For this project, I was responsible for the
design and installation of the bridges and parapet
walls shown here along with the stairwells.

Role included:
• Producing design drawings.
• Supervising various packages for the projects.
• Supervising quality and validating compliance against specification.
• Advising on day to day site issues.
• Seconded to Mace International to work as a Package Manager.
• Controlling the activities of a number of contractors.
• Full range of supervisory and managerial functions.
• Monitoring of programme and procedural expectations.
• Leading meetings with trade contractors and senior management involved
with the packages under my supervision.
Broadway Malyan – Package Manager
July 13 – September 14

Project Experience
Mall 28 Baku
A 65,000m2 shopping mall costing $65M involving the
reconstruction and re-design of fully constructed
concrete structure. Full design development and
coordination with the construction management
company and suppliers; coordinating site development
and detailed design information. During this project I was
responsible for assisting the architects with design and
co-ordination from stage D onwards. I was also seconded
to Mace International to help oversee various packages
onsite including, basement carparks, floor screeding, flat
roofing and internal walls. This role meant working with
trade contractors to approve workshop drawings and
installations.

Project Experience
Mall 28 Baku

Project Experience
Mall 28 Baku
Mall 28 Baku

Project Experience
National Gymnastics Arena Baku
A new $90M world-class gymnastics venue in the centre
of Baku containing 9000 seats and a 2,500m² training
hall. The arena was designed in accordance with FIG
requirements for the 2020 Olympic bid and was a key
venue in the 2015 European Games. For this role I
assisted with the design elements as with Mall 28.
However this project utilised Revit BIM models in which I
was also involved. Like the previous project, the main
contractor (Mace) used my experience of site
management to oversee several packages onsite
including blockwork, concrete and cladding.

Project Experience
National Gymnastics Arena Baku

Responsibilities:
• Producing technical drawings for planning applications with local authorities
all around the UK.
• Engaged in activities with the architect and the client to produce site lay-
outs and detailed construction drawings for agricultural buildings.
• Over-seeing day-to-day activities on-site and conducting site surveys.
• Co-ordinating site logistics, deliveries, plant and equipment as well as
leading construction teams to complete the works.
• Working on my own initiative to ensure site activities were carried out in
accordance with the wishes of the client and completed on time and on
budget.
• Planning and scheduling the works.
Goldholme – Site Manager
June 2009 – June 2013

Project Experience
Various Sites UK

Project Experience
Responsibilities:
• Worked as a partner in a construction firm in Lincolnshire.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with relevant statutory regulations
though the process of design and construction.
• Appointment of sub-contractors and their subsequent management for
constructing residential housing for private clients.
• Visualise client’s concepts so as to produce full technical drawings for the
projects.
• Hands-on experience on construction sites.
June 1996 – June 2009

Project Experience
Various Sites UK

Project Experience
Detailing In CAD
The following images are taken from various projects I encountered during my career.
They represent a cross-section of the type of detailed interfacing and connection
drawings that I have been required to produce and then oversee the site installation.
Many are taken from complex 3D geometry created in AutoCAD software.

Project Experience
Detailing In CAD

Education
2015 - Nottingham Trent University - MSc Construction Management - Distinction
The MSc covered all construction management issues including health and safety,
contract law, programming, scheduling, innovation, working with teams, sequencing and
resource allocation, CDM 2015 and project management. I gained a distinction for the
MSc.
2009 - New College Nottingham - City and Guilds Level 2 Solid Works 3D Parametric
Modelling
An intermediate course learning Dassault Systèmes Solidworks.
2008 - New College Nottingham - City and Guilds Level 2 Autocad 4353 – Distinction
An introductory course to Autocad. I finished this course in a few weeks and the tutor
allowed me to go on to do another 3 years of material in class and in my own time. I
gained a distinction in my exam.
1996 - Carres Grammar School Sleaford – 9 GCSEs
Including English, Math and the 3 Sciences.

BIM modelling – Revit and Autocad
Private ResidenceI designed this project to use as an example to my students
when delivering Revit lessons which I host once a week.
The property is a 1000m2 house over 4 levels featuring
basement parking, plant rooms, a lift, games room, a gym,
wine cellar, a cinema, pool and patio with indoor jet
powered swim lane, 5 en-suite bedrooms, an observatory
and solarium.
It is a highly detailed architectural model with all MEP
elements included and constituted around 200 hours of
work.

I.T. Skills
Autodesk Revit
Autodesk AutoCAD
Google Sketchup
SolidWorks
Autodesk 3DSMAX
MS Office
Primavera Risk Analysis
MS Project
Asta Power Project
Advanced
Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate

References
Paul Cobb
Director
Mace International
T: +447937109950
E: pcobb@hp-consultants.com
Anthony Balmbra
Associate Director
Broadway Malyan
T: +441932 84559
E: t.balmbra@broadwaymalyan.com

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