kim bowhay

Working on legacy contracts and new JV projects

Commercial Manager for Connect Plus Services. CPS (a JV between Balfour Beatty, Atkins and Egis) are undertaking a 30yr contract to maintain and upgrade the M25 and associated access routes for the Highways Agency.

Commercial manager for the close out of the Welsh Water AMP4 contract and the successful retention of AMP5. Seconded to GBMJV to undertake the role of Commercial Delivery Manager on the Thames Water AMP5 contract.

Managing the estimating, design and project management departments of the furniture division. The introduction of PFI and subsequently BSF programmes increased contracts from thousands to millions and clients from local authorities to contractors. The business needed guidance in this transition as the roles of individuals changed to match client needs. Departments were reorganised and key roles introduced and new software systems put in place with a view on securing future workload whilst delivering existing projects.

* Managing the completion of a portfolio of 16 schools on a major PFI project. (12 Primary and 4 Secondary schools) * Key to the successful delivery was the re-establishment of the relationship with the client who had suffered under a previous contractor. * Building trust through honesty and delivering on promises saw the project through to completion with notably high standards being achieved.

Commercial manager on a £700m International Sports Village. This project had stalled and required remobilising with a team from both the local authority and the private sector. The 80acre site required remediating to bring it up to development standard. The remediation included the removal of ground contaminants (hydrocarbons), the encapsulation of an existing refuse tip by the use of a bentonite wall and the addition of piled revetments.

Management of all commercial matters relating to new and existing projects throughout the UK. The projects included PFI hospitals, car parks and sterile service units on multiple sites.

Managing both the commercial and design functions of a £20m pathfinder PFI college in Newbury. In addition to ensuring the project could be delivered within budget and to specification, planning consent needed to be finalised. This was completed by a truly team effort that was recognised by the planning committee. Further opportunities were available to develop other areas of the site in partnership with private developers, which required a collaborative approach for the benefit of all parties.

Managing the commercial activities of the former Stansell regional office in Bristol. Following its acquisition by Morgan Sindall the business unit was expanded and further developed into a major player in the regional market.

Driver Project Services provides customer focused project controls solutions to international engineering and construction industries. Delivering commercial management, quantity surveying, and planning services throughout the project lifecycle. Driver project services offer client focused, complete commercial solutions. Rigorously maintaining standards in supporting clients from project inception, pre-contract preparation, tendering, and procurement through the build phase and managing change right through to completion and agreement of final accounts.

Commercial lead on the Birmingham Resilience Project for Severn Trent Water. Laing O'Rourke and Severn Trent are working together to finalise plans for one of its biggest ever infrastructure projects, a £242M scheme to develop an alternative water supply for Birmingham to complement the Elan Valley Aqueduct (EVA).

Kier Group is a leading property, residential, construction and services group which invests in, builds, maintains and renews the places where we work, live and play. We operate across a range of sectors including defence, education, housing, industrials, power, transport and utilities.The Group employs over 24,000 people across its operations in the UK, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Australia and Hong Kong.