We have been trading for 25 years and pride ourself on ‘service excellence’ by providing focussed and innovative solutions to its clients in frequently complex scenarios.
We have ambitious plans for growth and are looking for talented, energetic and experienced, entrepreneurial, personable problem solvers to join our team of Project Managers, Commercial Managers and Construction Planners to help create a leading brand.
Edinburgh House
40 Great Portland Street
London W1W 7LZ
Telephone: 0203 7142400
Email: katarina.jocic@pdsiconsult.com
1st Floor Malling House
Town Hill, West Malling
Kent ME19 6QL
Sta. Santa Catalina de Sena 2
3B, 07002 Palma
Leads the construction planning business reporting to CEO and PDSI board. Full P&L responsibility and strategic direction with offices in Kent & Majorca. Leadership of senior management team, profitable growth and expansion of service offering which extends through construction, 3D BIM and construction disputes in EOT and forensic planning.
Experience
In addition to business leadership day to day involvement in key client accounts and rolling programme of construction dispute resolution assignments. Project examples:
St Barts and the London Hospitals (c£1b) – DM, as part of the PFI arrangement designed management on the rebuild of part of St Barts and the new construction of the London Hospitals;
St. Pancras Hotel (c£120m) – DM, redevelopment of iconic Grade I listed hotel in heart of London;
The Francis Crick Institute (c£60m) – PM, development of new state of the art and laboratories facilities near the British Library;
Buxmead Residential (c£60m) – PM, new high class residential developments in North London;
Stratford City (c£80m) – DM, planning and logistics advice on new mixed residential tower and hotel;
Various disputes as EOT expert – assignments generally confidential.
Key Roles
Team leadership and resource utilisation, ensuring best practice and quality of client service through an established reporting structure. Development and adaption of market leading planning tools and software. Business targets and recruitment of key personnel to underpin business aims and retain and grow client relationships and work stream opportunities.
Reporting to the CEO responsible for all business functions including financial management. He has worked with the CEO for 30 years. Manages cross group business administration including audit compliance, company policies, treasury and banking, GDPR, performance board dashboard reports with primary KPI’s.
Experience
Operational leadership client side on large capital developments from feasibility, through concept and business case approvals and project delivery. Roles include development management, best practice modelled on client outputs and project management.
BAA PLC (annual £750m) – PM, Capital Projects at 6 airports in the UK and Europe with 250 staff;
The Daily Express [c£15m) – DM, Development Manager on redevelopment of Grade II listed ‘Black Glass’ building in Manchester;
Greater London Authority – DM, Economic Analysis of environmental options for developers;
SERGO – Review and redesign of the Environmental Management System to ISO14001 standard to allow simple and effective use / operation throughout Europe.
Key Roles
Internal management systems and processes and key contact with external institutions on compliance audit and banking. Provides additional marketing and business development support as chair of select networking clubs assisting CEO with collaboration and key opportunities and commercial developments.
Executive Leadership responsibilities
Leadership of the executive team covering strategy, business planning and growth through collaboration and nurturing key client relationships. Providing oversight on service performance and corporate governance and staff wellbeing.
Experience
Over 30 years Industry experience with market leading sector corporates developing and growing businesses and profit centres aligned to client services, optimising value in the development of capital projects and portfolios. A reputation for delivering major projects in UK, South Africa, UAE, and USA to £700m.
Before becoming CEO of the PDSI Group:
Schal Project Management/Carillion – Managing Director, 8 years;
Mace Group – Director, 3 years;
Bovis Group – Operations Director, major projects UK and International, 12 years; and others.
Key Roles
Established the PDSI Group in 2006 to build an infrastructure and construction consulting business, acquiring privately owned Queensborough Project Managers (PM) followed by JS Projects in 2009 (QS) and Profile Construction Consultants in 2012 (Planners) and Initiate Consulting in 2017 (Infrastructure PM/QS), all trading for over 25 years.
Setting the environment and building a team that is truly aligned to the needs of the client. Ultimately, the purpose of engaging a consultant is to utilise their knowledge and expertise to improve client profitability through either increasing revenues, growing margin, or reducing costs.
Full P&L responsibility for the businesses and its strategic development to an agreed plan within the PDSI Group, responsible for project and program management and cost consulting services in Transport and Infrastructure, notably for TfL, Network Rail, Urban Growth Company, AWE, Aviation, DfT and for project management and QS services within the private sector.
Experience
With 40 years of experience as a business leader heading up business operations and client portfolios including a number of multi-million-pound contracts. Boasting a long and distinguished career in construction, being director and managing director of well-known construction businesses and property developers. He started his career with Trollope and Colls, progressing through to site manager, joined John Lelliott, where he worked up to Group Construction Director and after a period with Bovis became MD of Bowmer and Kirkland. Previous experience includes major fit outs for Glaxo BP residential projects (650 units in Greenwich) and major data centres in Amsterdam, London and Paris.
Key Roles
As an established professional, Ian is well known with TfL as a Strategic Director, working most recently on the now completed Northern Line Extension and the early optioneering stages of a major Bakerloo Line extension. His main roles currently sit with:
Urban Growth Company – Head of Programme Delivery for the Arden Cross development; and
AWE – Delivery Director.
A Member of Paviors Livery Company (Master in 2016), and involved in initiatives that support young people with a passion for construction through education, practical work-experience and employment-brokerage, including the Construction Youth Trust (CYT), and remains involved in the London Construction Liveries Group.
Construction Logistic Plans, CLP, are now a requirement of all planning applications in the Greater London Authority area and this will be extended to all planning authorities. PDSI can provide CLPs at every stage, from pre-planning through planning to construction and in use, that suits your needs and requirements.
The Construction Logistics Planning (CLP), has been developed to reduce the volume and impact of construction road freight and the associated issues of safety, congestion and air quality, will provide planning authorities with all the details of expected logistics activities during the construction project and signifies the commitment of developers at the planning stage, and through their subsequent development.
Purpose & benefits of a CLP:
This industry-led accreditation has provided our group with the expertise to allow us to deliver both Outline and Detailed CLP’s for planning, construction stages and complex construction routing strategies, enabling us to provide a first-class professional service.
We support Clients, contractors, materials suppliers, waste contractors with vehicle and logistics planning and management to achieve ‘best in class’ reduction in vehicle movements, enhanced site efficiency, improved profits and compliance with increasing legislation required through their planning applications.
Whether you need a simple or a comprehensive CLP that is a fundamental element of the evolution of the development through planning, design development, construction and in occupation phases connected to BIM and the construction programming processes, PDSI can provide flexible support to suit your business and needs.
Sector:
Rail
Client:
For main contractor
Location:
London
Services:
Programme Development and Project Controls
Sector:
Leisure
Client:
Principle Contractor
Range:
£25m – £50m
Location:
London
Services:
Programme Management
Description:
High End Residential – Structural alteration and extensive refurbishment including swimming pool and sauna
Sector:
Leisure
Client:
Principle Contractor
Range:
£25m – £50m
Location:
Victoria – London
Services:
Project Controls
Description:
Extension and total redevelopment of Grade 1 listed theatre
Sector:
Sport
Client:
Principle Contractor
Location:
Canterbury – Kent
Services:
Programme Management
Sector:
Commercial
Client:
Principle Contractor
Location:
St Pauls – London
Services:
Programme Management
Description:
Refurbishment of office block
Sector:
Rail
Client:
Principle Contractor
Location:
London
Services:
Programme Management
Description:
The preparation of Programmes and Impact Assessment
Sector:
Rail
Client:
Partnering Contractor
Range:
£50m – £60m
Location:
London
Services:
Programme Management
Description:
Detailed programming of the new Kings Cross booking hall. We developed all aspects of the programme to manage this project
Sector:
High End Residential
Client:
Harrison Varma
Range:
£50m – £60m
Location:
Bishops Avenue, London
Services:
Programme Management
Description:
High End Residential – New Build
Sector:
Civil and Industrial
Client:
NAREC / Horiba
Value:
Undisclosed
Location:
Lincolnshire
Services:
Project management, Quantity surveying, Cost management and CDM co-ordinators
Description:
Feasibility study to deliver a design solution for a test rug on behalf of the ETI to evaluate the performance of newly developed wind turbine nacelles
Sector:
Automotive
Client:
Ford / Horiba
Value:
Undisclosed
Location:
Essex
Services:
Project management
Description:
Upgrading a number of existing chassis dyno with new chassis dynos
Sector:
Automotive
Client:
Jaguar land rover / Horiba
Value:
Undisclosed
Location:
Coventry
Services:
Quantity Surveying
Description:
Preparation of budgets for JLR board approval and drafting of tender documents on behalf of JLR
Sector:
Retail / Residential
Client:
ISG
Value:
£30m
Location:
Russell Square – London
Services:
Programme management for the main contractor
Description:
Phased redevelopment of retail centre whilst including residential units
Sector:
Commercial
Client:
Marlborough Stirling Offices
Value:
£8.5M
Location:
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Services:
Project management and design co-ordination
Description:
Construction of their headquarters building, which occupies 70,000 sq ft of office space
Sector:
Automotive
Client:
Ricardo / Horiba
Value:
Undisclosed
Location:
Shoreham-by-sea
Services:
Project Management, Quantity surveying and Cost management
Description:
New purpose built facility to house climatic test cell with facility to include a further chassis test cell
Sector:
Healthcare village
Client:
Cygnet healthcare – multiple projects over 10 years (repeat orders)
Value:
£5.2M (Derby) to £20M elsewhere UK
Location:
Derby – UK
Services:
Project management, Quantity surveying and CDMC
Description:
Delivery of a new secure 47 bed hospital housing medium and low secure patients, off town centre scheme with two blocks linked over 3 floors with recreation facilities
Sector:
Leisure
Client:
Sol Melia
Value:
£50M+
Location:
London
Services:
Providing planning support to the construction management team
Description:
Brand new Fosters designed 5 star development on an island site in The Strand, London
Sector:
Retail
Client:
Burberry
Value:
9 new stores – c£1.5M each
Location:
Europe – Various locations
Services:
Project management and Programme management
Description:
Procurement and delivery of several new and re-fit to retail units in city centres including: France, Italy, Germany, UK and others
Sector:
Education
Client:
Cheltenham College
Value:
£5M
Location:
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Services:
Quantity Surveying, Project Management, Contract Administration and CDM
Description:
Sports accommodation, New build and development, Disabled access services, Performing arts studio, Development plan, Survey of existing buildings, Headmasters building and new swimming pool
Sector:
Sport
Client:
Llanelli Scarlets RFC
Value:
£23M (Part of £200m development)
Location:
Pemberton, Carmarthenshire – UK
Services:
Project management, quantity surveying and health & safety
Description:
Construction of a new stadium, indoor training facilities, training pitch and athletics centre
Sector:
Leisure
Client:
Hippodrome Casino
Value:
£50M
Location:
Leicester Square – London
Services:
Project management and Quantity surveying
Description:
Refurbishment and relaunch of a premiere venue to its former glory as a casino, cabaret and restaurant with extensive refurbishment of original fibrous plaster work
Sector:
Hotel and Residential
Client:
Manhatton Loft
Value:
£130M
Location:
London
Services:
Planning and progress reporting
Description:
Refurbishment and new of derelict Grade 1 Listed Building into new apartments and 5 star iconic hotel
Sector:
Healthcare
Client:
Benenden (BHT)
Value:
£50M
Location:
Cranbrook
Services:
Project Lead, Planning & Co-Ordination
Design Management
Project Management Support
Information Management Support
M&E Quantity Surveying
Contract Administration
Description:
Delivery of design works for new hospital site. Completion to standard
• Review of and advice regarding alternative procurement options
• Management and monitoring of design teams
• Programming and monitoring design teams interfaces
• Interpretation of the critically of contractors bar charts
• Delivery strategy and management
• Client organisation skill gap analysis and ‘in-house’ strengthening
• Project team assembly and management
• Site acquisition assistance and management
• Stakeholder management
• Feasibility studies, cost modelling and bench marking
• Cost planning and detailed cost estimates
• Strategic construction advice
• Procurement and contractual management
• Value engineering and risk management
Our construction planning provide a unique support service to client developers and end users and contractors and also provide expert witness service in construction disputes. Our key offerings include;
• Preparation of detailed construction and tender programmes.
• Preparation of initial scheme feasibility programmes.
• Review of and advice regarding alternative procurement options.
• Management and monitoring of design teams.
• Programming and monitoring design team interfaces.
• Interpretation of the criticality of contractors’ own bar charts.
• Review of the practicability of activity periods and logic to assess programme feasibility and the implications of programme compression.
• The assessment of potential risk to identify particular areas for more intensive management and monitoring including Monte Carlo risk analysis.
• The reproduction of hand-drawn bar charts into fully logic linked critical path networks presented as quality Gantt Charts or line of balance.
• Establishment of project milestones and the identification of their criticality relative to individual project events and tasks.
• Planning support to employers’ and contractors’ own staff from pre-contract through to project completion.
• Full support to produce “As-built” records and for the analysis of the events which lead to delays and subsequent claims for extension of time.
PDSI are able to support and provide legal support services including;
• Expert Witness Services
• Expert Reports
• Dispute Avoidance, Mediation and Resolution
• Procurement and Contract Advice
• Quantification of Disruption and Quantum Claims
• Final Accounts Dispute
• Trouble Shooting / Recovery Management
Taking action to make sure a project succeeds – monitoring, auditing and rescuing projects that are not going as planned.
To ensure the best results from projects it is vital to monitor progress and quality against agreed criteria. PDSI can help ensure delivery to brief, budget and timescale, either on an ongoing or snapshot basis. If a project is failing to meet expectations, PDSI’s rescue package will identify why there is a shortfall and propose a strategy to realign a project and mitigate any damaging impacts.
This service is led by our RIBA qualified personnel. We can provide as a stand-alone service or as part of an integrated offering and includes;
• Detailed 2D and 3D site and logistics diagrams.
• 2D and 3D phasing models and diagrams.
• BIM models and 3D management.
• Full integration of BIM model and construction programme.
• Fully tailored to assignment requirements.
As noted in our opening introduction – in summary;
PDSI people are generally from major company backgrounds and possess in depth experience and will challenge the status quo to drill down into the detail where necessary to find optimum solutions for the client.
We are experienced in new build, refurbishment, and renewal projects across commercial, residential and hotel sectors. Also infrastructure and rail working with Cross Rail, TfL and auto-motive industry working in innovative R&D with Ford, Ricardo, JLR and emissions market leader Horiba.
Development management involves maximising the financial potential of land and property beyond the current use value. Our team have a significant portfolio of experience in this field and can successfully manage your development project throughout its life cycle. We work with our clients to achieve their objectives whether they include the generation of profits, increase in investment returns or delivering regeneration benefits.
Our key offerings include:
• Pre-development team structure and management
• Site feasibility, viability evaluation and estates due diligence reviews
• Project implementation strategy
• Liaison with funding partners and financiers
• Concept development design and project briefing
• Development appraisal and financial modelling
• Value management input into the business plan
• Client support for liaison with key stakeholders including adjoining land owners, local authorities and other third parties and approving bodies
• Project team selection
• Briefing and management of planning consultants, solicitors, agents, PR and marketing consultants
• Project monitoring and external financial reporting
• Establishing property management and estates management regime
Managing costs and maximising value for the Client are crucial to the success of any construction project.
At PDSI we maintain a close working relationship with our clients and adapt our services to deliver effective and relevant cost advice with which decisions can be made with confidence.
We work as part of the Client team, providing hands on services to the challenges through all stages of the project cycle.
Our dedicated team apply a vast depth of experience and specialist construction knowledge, when providing strategic advice or cost planning our projects. Furthermore we believe PDSI is a market leader advising on procurement strategy and execution of the works.
PDSI is committed to all projects we are involved in and we pro-actively advise, manage and forecast costs to ensure value and budgetary control is maintained.
Our key Cost Management and Quantity Surveying services include:
• Feasibility Studies, Cost Modelling and Benchmarking
• Cost Planning and Detailed Cost Estimates
• Strategic Construction Advice
• Procurement and Contractual Management
• Value Engineering and Risk Management
• Cost Control, Valuations & Change Management
• Due Diligence and Acquisition Support
• Specialist Procurement Services and Supply Chain Management
• Contract Administration
• Fire Insurance/Replacement Valuations
• Fund monitoring as monitoring surveyor
PDSI is the perfect choice to manage any outsourced construction project. Our services are usually required when a company may lack sufficient in-house resources or due to the complex nature of a project. Whatever the reason, PDSI prides itself on providing independent superior organisational and management skills to ensure all our clients’ expectations are met.
We offer a complete range of services to ensure your project is delivered to the highest of standards from beginning to end. We can put in place the right consultant team for your project, to manage the construction process, working on key elements such as planning, progress monitoring as well as the cost and quality control. We aim to ensure that the design, construction and commissioning processes are all delivered smoothly and always punctually.Our key offerings include:
• Client organisation skill gap analysis and ‘in house’ strengthening
• Delivery strategy and management
• Project team assembly and management
• Feasibility
• Site acquisition assistance and management
• Stakeholder management
• Programme management
• Process management
• Cost management
• Fund monitor management
• Risk analysis and management
• Design Reviews and management
• Project and strategy audits
• Construction reviews / audits
• Supply chain management / procurement
• F, F & E coordination and integration
• Quality management
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