Case Studies

4 stand out projects delivered to exceptional quality and safety at build speeds unmatched in the industry.

Gatten & Lake Primary - New Build Primary School. Built in 28 Weeks 3 Days. Bench mark build rate was 42 weeks.

Chestnut Primary - Project in 10 Weeks delay at half way stage. Andy joined the project as lead. 10 weeks recovered and delivered on time.

Harris Primary - Project in 12 Weeks delay at half way stage. Andy joined the project as lead. 11.6 weeks recovered, delivered two days late.

Woodmansterne Secondary - 8,000m2 4 Storey on live school campus split in to 7 phases. Delivered in 68 weeks - Bench mark build rate & contract duration was 76 weeks.

My work spans both national and local levels, from authoring post-COVID white papers that addressed industry-wide risk across £1bn in turnover, to crafting focused strategies that revitalized a £150m interiors business in London. I excel at distilling complex challenges into clear, actionable plans tailored to a company’s unique strengths or areas of underperformance. My approach ensures alignment, understanding, and adoption across teams, stakeholders, and supply chain partners. 

To reach a company ambition of 50/50 gender balance we created a detailed strategy on how to achieve our goal. In it's simplest form it was to recruit and retain female candidates. 

After data led analysis the recruitment element become the Key Success Indicator. Andy led a recruitment focus group to target increased female applicants. 

Part of the strategy was to re-write job applications to make them, stereotypically, more attractive to female candidates. On launch the female applicants moved from 3% to +30%

23 Projects led at Construction / Project Manager over a 13 year operational leadership career including Schools, Healthcare, Leisure, Residential & Recladding in both New Build and Retrofit. Projects ranged from £5m to £40m.

I then became the 'Big Problem' operational support for projects that were in severe delay due to my reputation for operational speed while maintaining Safety & Quality. Visiting projects a day a week to push progress and ensure the collaborative culture and relationship remained in tact with both Customers and Supply Chain. 

I led the end-to-end development and rollout of a bespoke Project Controls strategy from initial concept to full implementation within 18 months. The program integrated both existing and newly defined KPIs into a unified, objective data source that captured daily operations nationwide, accessible from site level to boardroom. I streamlined intervention and escalation cycles from 60 days to just 3, introduced direct weekly performance reporting to the supply chain, and delivered significant improvements in Time, Cost, and Quality, all within the agreed budget and timeframe. 

The work I'm most proud of is both team and individual development. With my reputation as a problem solver, most of the teams and often the individuals I led started in crisis mode. Often dealing with high levels of stress and broken relationships with customer and partners. Projects in delay and losing money or departments failing to deliver.

Resetting these projects, departments or teams is my greatest passion. Getting all parties to address previous failings, learn from them, then create simple plans and strategies to start performing.

What really struck me is what happens to the individuals after the projects is completed. The behavioural change in the vast majority of these professionals stays with them and often becomes a defining moment in there careers.