Nick Garvey B.Sc |
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| The Surveying Consultancy Ltd | |||
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About Nick Garvey
Professional Attributes
Nick Garvey has spent over a decade in the construction industry, working with FTSE100 companies and boutique developers alike to make significant cost savings and reduce the WIP burden. Nick is a results driven quantity surveyor and construction consultant with transferable technical skills acquired with major clients in the public and private sectors. Highly proficient at delivering mission critical support to nationwide or multi-million pound developments with an emphasis on accurate financial management and regulatory compliance. Leveraged solid communication and organisational abilities to drive forward on-time completion, within budget.
Core Competencies and Achievements
Demonstrated first class organisational abilities when prioritising workloads and assigning resources to meet strict schedules. Familiar with leading from the front, reorganising activities, mentoring and motivating people to meet tight deadlines.
Utilised an open, honest style of management to lead people on assignments; tracked work and regularly updated stakeholders. Displayed strong interpersonal abilities up to a senior management level.
Directly managed projects and teams comprising quantity surveyors, cost engineers and administrative personnel. Completed HR activities such as staff selection, disciplinaries, redundancies, training and performance monitoring.
Employed financial and commercial acumen to manage budgets, analyse costs, produce interim and final accounts. Created price schedules; evaluated WIP; negotiated change; advised on costings; prepared and settled claims.
Effectively interfaced with clients, engineers, architects, and local authorities; built business relationships to provide advantage. Maintained safety awareness at sites and kept abreast of building regulations.
Accomplished at turning around the Barclays contract for Integral. Implemented standardised processes with clearly defined structures, commercially managed people as a consultant; established issues and provided solutions.
Education
• Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
• University of Wales, BSc(Hons) Construction Management
• University of Wales HND Building Studies
Interests
A family man, Nick spends most of his spare time with his wife and small son, but also enjoys DIY, walking and Formula 1.
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About The Surveying Consultancy Ltd
Testimonials
"We have found the dedicated team at the Surveying Consultancy always ready to give 100% in their dealings with us on our behalf, and we would have no hesitation in recommending them. They're professional, thorough, and prompt and their focus is unquestioned. In addition to carrying out our day-to-day work, they proactively tackle other issues on our behalf which are always accompanied with a strategy for resolution."
Allan Ross-Smith - Integral UK Ltd
“Nick did some good work under difficult circumstances while in Gibraltar. The work was mainly based around identifying, costing, and billing the Ministry of Defence for legacy work inherited by the new contractor, Turner, from the outgoing contractor Inframan. I found Nick to be an agreeable and hard working individual.” March 24, 2010
Sean Randall Morris , Principal Quantity Surveyor , Turner Facilities Management
“Nick was always prepared to help out with any problem, even those outside his field of expertise. His wide experience of Quantity Syrveying/Cost Management was of invaluable in controlling the financial aspects of a large, multi-million pound project.” March 25, 2010
Jon Ward-Baggley , Project Manager , Chubb Integrated Technologies
“Nick's is very client focused. His key abiltiy is to reduce the amount of outstanding claims on a contract putting money in your cashflow and profit in your bank. His background and experience are invaluable. If you are blue chip contracting or a commercail property owner Nick is one to have on yourside.”
Top qualities: Great Results , Personable , High Integrity
Gareth Emberton
hired Nick as a Quantity Surveyor in 2008
“Nick, Was always a pleasure to work with being totally professional and always willing to listen to ideas”
Ian Palmer , Contract supervisor , Integral services ltd
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