Legal Support

Profile 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

Construction Planners

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:

• Planning support to employers’ and contractors’ from pre-contract through to project completion, to expert delay analysis.
• Preparation of initial scheme feasibility programmes.
• Review of and advice regarding alternative procurement options
• Management and monitoring of design teams and design team interfaces.
• Preparation of detailed tender programmes and method statements
• Formulate logistical project specific arrangements and provide 2D or 3D versions of the plans.
• Development of fully integrated design, procurement and construction programmes, or part thereof as required by our client.
• Establishment of project milestones and the identification of their criticality relative to individual project events and tasks
• The production of fully logic linked critical path networks presented as quality Gantt Charts or line of balance. including Critical Path Analysis (CPA)
• Review of the practicability of activity periods and logic to assess programme feasibility and the implications of programme compression.
• Progress monitoring, including CPA up dates and report writing.
• Interpretation of the criticality of contractors’ own bar charts.
• The assessment of potential risk to identify particular areas for more intensive management and monitoring including Monte Carlo and Latin Hypercube risk analysis.
• 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.
• Full Extension of time analysis and Expert Witness services and Report Writing

Benenden Hospital

Sector:
Healthcare

Client:
Benenden

Value:
£40m

Location:
Cranbrook

Services:
Delay Analysis
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.

St Pancras Hotel

Sector:
Hotel and Residential

Client:
Gleeds Project Management

Value:
£100m

Location:
London

Services:
Planning & progress reporting
Delay analysis

Description:
Refurbishment and new of derelict Grade 1 listed building into new apartments and 5 star iconic hotel.

Buxmead

Sector:
High End Residential

Client:
Harrison Varma

Value:
£50m-£60m

Location:
Bishops Avenue, London

Services:
Feasibility Master Programme and Programme Management

Description:
High end residential new build.

Kings Cross Station

Sector:
Transport

Client:
Partnering Contractor

Value:
£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.

Blackfriars Station

Sector:
Transport

Client:
Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd

Value:
N/A

Location:
London

Services:
Programme Management

Description:
The preparation of programmes and impact assessment.

Canterbury Cricket Ground

Sector:
Leisure

Client:
Kent County Cricket Club

Value:
£8m

Location:
Canterbury, Kent

Services:
Project and Programme Management

Description:
Redevelopment of cricket ground.

Victoria Palace Theatre

Sector:
Leisure

Client:
Principle Contractor

Value:
£25m

Location:
Victoria, London

Services:
Project Controls

Description:
Extension and total redevelopment of the Grade 1 listed theatre.

Eaton Square

Sector:
Residential

Client:
Principle Contractor

Value:
£25m-£50m

Location:
London

Services:
Programme Management

Description:
High end residential – structural alteration and extensive refurbishment including swimming pool and sauna.

Russell Hotel

Sector:
Hotels

Client:
S & T Interiors

Value:
N/A

Location:
London

Services:
Project and Delay Planning

Description:
Refurbishment of 373 room hotel including kitchens, bars, restaurant, external elevations and roof.

5 Cheapside

Sector:
Commercial, Retail

Client:
ISG / Realys Group

Value:
N/A

Location:
London

Services:
Tender & Project Programming

Description:
We provided a refurbishment of the office block and ground floor retail spaces for ISG, and design & build and fit out of the building for Realys Group.

Selfridges

Sector:
Retail

Client:
BW Interiors

Value:
N/A

Location:
Selfridges Executive Office, London

Services:
Fit Out

Description:
Refurbishment fit out of Selfridges offices.

Westfield Shopping Centre

Sector:
Retail

Client:
Stonewest Ltd

Value:
N/A

Location:
London

Services:
Delay Programme

Description:
Cause and effect delay programme.

Bloc Hotel

Sector:
Hotels

Client:
Vinci Construction UK

Value:
N/A

Location:
Gatwick

Services:
Refurbishment, Tender Programme

Description:
Converting offices into a hotel and providing a tender programme for the refurbishment.

M.E. Hotel

Sector:
Hotels

Client:
Gleeds Management Services

Value:
N/A

Location:
London

Services:
Programme and Adjudication

Description:
Preparation of a strategic programme & an adjudication.

Chelsea Barracks

Sector:
High End Residential

Client:
Imtech Engineering Services Central Ltd

Value:
N/A

Location:
Chelsea, London

Services:
Tender

Description:
Providing a tender programme for a high end residential development.

Aldermans House

Sector:
Commercial

Client:
ISG Construction

Value:
N/A

Location:
London

Services:
Programme Planning

Description:
Providing a programme for Lord Alan Sugar’s new office building.

St Barts Hospital

Sector:
Health

Client:
HOK International Ltd

Value:
N/A

Location:
London

Services:
Design Programming

Description:
The preparation and monitoring of a design programme.

Francis Crick Institute

Sector:
Health

Client:
HOK

Value:
Not Disclosed

Location:
London

Services:
Design and Build Programme

Description:
The Francis Crick Institute is the biggest biomedical research facility within one building in Europe. Profile helped by providing and monitoring a design and build programme, as well as assisting with a claim during the build process later down the line.

Data Centres

Sector:
Commercial

Client:
ISG

Value:
£30m

Location:
Undisclosed

Services:
Fit out
Tender
Programme Planning

Description:
Providing various services for a number of different data centres

Olympic Stadium

Sector:
Leisure

Client:
Project7 Construction Ltd

Value:
N/A

Location:
Stratford, London

Services:
Strategic Planning

Description:
5 year framework to alter and adapt the Olympic Stadium from West Ham football club to the UK Athletic Events & Concerts venue. Profile assisted in the time, cost and resource management for this project.

Miguel Montesinos

Associate Director

Miguel joined Profile in 2014 and heads up our Spanish office. He is a civil planner and engineer, with 14 years experience working on a variety of projects in a range of sectors, particularly the civils sector. His main strengths are planning and P6 expert skills, especially NEC3 contract planning requirements. He also provides tender programmes, project monitoring and progress reporting. During his time with Profile, Miguel has participated in many projects; including major multi-billion pound national and international projects such as Kuwait Port.

Tracy Keeley

Business Manager

Tracy joined Profile in 2013, she runs the office in West Malling, and assists Profile’s Spanish office. She also manages the accounts and administration, as well as assisting Directors with the general running of the company, and organising workloads for the planners.

Cliff Tyler

Director

Cliff has 14 years industry experience, having worked first as a senior building surveyor, he now practices as a construction planning engineer assisting contractors and consultancies. Cliff executes the production of design, procurement and construction programmes, assisting during all stages of a project. Cliff is also experienced in progress reporting, production of short-term trade programmes, project delay and critical path analysis using project management and planning software such as Asta Power Project and Microsoft Project.

Steve Beaumont

Director

Steve has over 35 years multi-disciplined experience in both construction and planning covering the building and civil engineering sectors. Steve joined Profile in 2010 and concentrates on pre-construction to deliver tender programmes, method statements, logistical planning and scheduling, as well as post contract award programming, status monitoring and report writing. Steve is skilled in PowerProject and Microsoft Project and has experience in a wide range of sectors for a variety of both regional and national contractors.

Ben Cox

Director

Ben has been providing project management and construction programming services across the build environment for over 16 years, offering project support in live construction planning, tender programming, programme reporting and monitoring, extension of time analysis and claim programming. Ben has a number of key capabilities in the assessment of key project factors, the understanding of built environments, the development of programmes to highlight key phrases, the integration of design and client issues, and critical path analysis.

Terry Chapman

CEO

Terry is responsible for the overall strategic direction of the PDSI group, management of key client relationships and key accounts ensuring board level commitment on service delivery. With a background in construction engineering, Terry has over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry in the UK and internationally, covering public and private sector, building, civil engineering and major programmes, with 15 years as company Director leading operations and the last decade specialising in development, project management and construction management.

Tim Murdoch

Managing Director

Tim has over 30 years industry experience, and joined Profile in 2003, becoming a Director in 2005. He is a construction professional, experienced in all facets of project programming across a variety of sectors, from initial strategic assessments through the production and monitoring of the design, procurement and then construction stages, for both professional and end user clients, as well as contractors and specialist trade contractors. Tim also provides extensions of time and delay expert witness services.