Great Leaders Programme - Aspiring Directors Application Summary

Liam McGoldrick

BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT PROPOSAL There are a couple of areas that I can relate to this question. Firstly, utilising Quantity Surveyor’s (QS). Throughout the last two years working on Rochester bridge which was very contractually demanding, the importance of utilising the power of QSing was imperative. So much so that we had a Senior QS and a Junior QS full-time for the whole project. This enabled us to keep up tight with pricing all the contract changes and we also had the contractual knowledge to fight back claims in our favour. What also went hand-in-hand with this was planning. We had a planner on site weekly to update the construction programme and work with any claim’s going on that impact out completion date, so this can all be forecasted in-line with our quotations being issued. THREE PILLARS PROPOSAL I am already a lead part as a Senior Manager on the self-delivery model of the Three Pillars. The items that we are making a start on are: • Promotion of Additional apprentices throughout the divisions, as we can prove their worth when managed correctly and give them the respect they require. Our structures apprenticeships have been very successful and will continue to be. • We are going to investigate the options to self-produce our white lining material and look to make this eco-friendlier by adding recycled materials like we do with asphalts. • We are also looking into the legislation of self-delivering asbestos testing, removal and also core/ diamond drilling activities. • We have lots of other ideas we are also running through. Our aim within the business is to do more of these very large, tendered schemes so I feel it’s very important in understanding this requirement while tendering and during large contractual projects.

APPLICATION SUMMARY

Wendy: Application more suited to Middle Leaders.

Sam: Not a strong insight into leadership in his application. Ideas lack strategic thinking. Better suited to Middle Leaders for now. Sue: Would benefit from the Middle Leaders Programme working with colleagues from across the organisation. Will give him an opportunity to flourish in a safer environment. His business improvement proposal has identified how we could better use our commercial team. I would have liked him to explain what he could do about spreading the idea across other divisions so the wider business could benefit. Three Pillar ideas brought forward from self-delivery group which he is a member of.

Decision: Offer Middle Leaders

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