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NATIONALITY: Belgian
DATE + PLACE OF BIRTH: 18/03/69 Ixelles (Bruxelles)
PROFESSION: Geologist, Works/Project Manager
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:
Université Libre de Bruxelles Bachelor in Engineering (1 year) – 1988 - 1990
Université Libre de Bruxelles Bachelor in Geological and Mineralogical Sciences (4 years university studies) – 1990 - 1993
Equivalent to France BAC +4
LANGUAGES:
French (mother language)
Dutch (fluent)
English (fluent)
Chinese (basic)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
A) With previous Employer (Tractebel Development, Avenue Ariane 5-7, 1200 Bruxelles)
9/94 – 10/99 Tractebel Development – geotechnical department
9/94 – 6/96 In-house geotechnical computations, reporting and soil tests follow-up (investigation drillings, CPT, pressure meter tests)
03/96 Geologist
Follow up of soil investigation campaign in South Myanmar for Total
7/96 – 9/96 Project Engineer – Civil Superintendent
Mailiao - Taiwan
Client: Taiwan Formosa Plastic Corporation
Supervision of 4000 stone columns as foundations for large refrigerated storage tanks
9/96 – 10/98 Project Engineer – Civil Superintendent
Shanghai Refrigerated LPG Terminal
Shanghai - China
Client: SINOPEC
Supervision of the LPG gas terminal civil works, from piles foundations (20 km in total) to construction of two pre-stressed concrete LPG storage tanks of 50,000 m³ nominal capacity, also including utility buildings, piperacks and road works
11/98 – 9/99 Project Engineer – Civil Superintendent
Antwerpen - Belgium
Supervision of civil works and special foundation techniques (piles, diaphragm walls, jet grouting, pile tests, injections) for Tucrail during the construction of High Speed Train tunnel
B) With current Employer (Dredging International, Haven 1025, Scheldedijk 30, 2070 Zwijndrecht - Belgium)
18.10.99 – 18.11.99 Project Engineer
Research, method and development department - Environmental Operations Team
Tender submission for various projects
Belgium
19.11.99 – 31.01.00 Project Engineer - Geologist
The Netherlands
Widening of the summer bed of the river Maas (5 km) - wet and dry earth moving.
Backhoe dredgers ZENNE, EUROPA, DURME, SAMSON, barges DI 32, DI 33 – dry earthmoving equipment 1,500,000 m³
Responsible for QA/QC work follow up on a geological point of view
20.03.00 – 05.10.00 Subcontractor Manager
Bonny LNG Terminal
Port Harcourt - Nigeria
Client: TSKJ Nigeria Ltd
Site preparation earthworks, road and slope protection works, drainage works.
Sandfilling and preloading works for expansion of existing gas plant. Slope protection in stone pitching, sand-cement bags and Reno mattresses.
Dry earth moving equipment (excavators, dumpers, bulldozers …)
Responsible of the organisation of the works performed by 6 subcontractors for road, drainage and shore protection works
05.11.00 - 25.05.01 Subcontractor and Quality Control Manager
KLERP (Korle Lagoon Ecological Restoration Project)
Accra – Ghana
Client: Government of Ghana
Ecological rehabilitation of Accra main drainage exhaust.
Dredging: 550,000 m³
Dry earthmoving consisting in excavating a new exhaust canal of 1,500 m long and 50 m width with slopes protected in riprap.
 Responsible of the Quality Control of the earthworks and dredging works, control of subcontractors on financial and production side
26.06.01 - 28.02.02 Site Manager
Dredging of Opuekeba access channel
Warri (Escravos) – Nigeria
Client: Chevron Texaco Nigeria Ltd
Dredging of an access channel of 20 km length to allow access to Chevron flow stations in Opuama/Opuekeba field in Escravos area.
Dredging (CSD): 3,000,000 m³
 Responsible for the daily site management of two cutter dredger, 10 expatriate crew and 120 local crew, accommodation on 2 houseboats, work fleet composed of 2 dredgers, 2 tugboats, 2 houseboats, 2 barges 600 T and 5 swamp excavators CAT 320.
Interface with Client, purchases, invoicing, general daily project/site management and work planning and organisation
25.03.02 – 26-03-04 Works Manager (Project Manager from 01-08-03)
1. Bonny LNG Terminal
Bonny - Nigeria
Client: TSKJ Nigeria Ltd (Technip/Snamprojetti/Kellog/Japan Invest)
Site preparation earthworks for expansion phase train 4 and 5.
Stockpiling of 1 million m³ sand by hopper dredging.
Dry earthworks consisting in installation of 600,000 m³ of sand preload and removal. Land reclamation of 50 Ha and 450,000 m³ dry sand filling.
Numerous other small works for TSKJ (dewatering, excavations, sand transport, shore protection, demolitions…)
 Responsible for the daily site management and organisation of the works (production) with 25 pieces of earthmoving equipment, one workshop, around 120 local personnel and 10 expatriates. Management of the contract with the different clients, invoicing, contract management
2. Bonny Terminal Integrated Project (BTIP)
Bonny - Nigeria
Client: Hyundai Heavy Industries – SPDC
Removal of sand preload (dry earthworks): 270,000 m³
Sandfilling of new quay wall: 15,000 m³
Sandfilling of housing area: 40,000 m³
Dredging and reclamation of new quay wall: 31,000 m³
 Responsible for the contractual negotiations, planning/organization and execution of the works.
26-03-04 – 24-01-05 Works Manager
KLERP (Korle Lagoon Ecological Restoration Project)
Accra – Ghana
Client: Government of Ghana – Ministry of Works and Housing
Construction of a sewage pump station with screw pump 2m³/s, with 2,200 m concrete ballasted HDPE sea outfall 1.4 m diameter, a reinforced concrete dam with flapgates, additional shore protection and earthworks, sheetpiles, steel piling cofferdam, dredging works…
 Responsible of the project planning, conception/design follow up of the sea outfall and execution of the works, follow up of subcontractors with a team of 8 expatriates and 60 local work force.
25-01-05 – 26-03-05 Project Manager
Dredging works, towing/mooring of Osagyefo barge & reinstatement works at Effasu – Ghana
Client: Governement of Ghana – Ministry of Energy
Dredging of 700 m access channel at sea with Vlaanderen XIX self-propelled cutter suction dredger, towing of power barge at sea (subcontractor SMIT), sheetpiling and offshore jetty removal works.
 Responsible of the full site operations including mobilization of the site in remote area and dredging fleet, demobilization, interface with the towing company SMIT
12-05-05 – 17-10-05 Works Manager
The Pearl of the Gulf
Doha – Qatar
Dredging, reclamation and earthworks to create an artificial island 9 km long x 2 km width.
22 millions m³ dry earthworks (daily production of 60,000 m³). 28 km of shore protection. Approximately 170 heavy equipment units involved day and night.
Preloading, excavations in sand, silt, clay, rock, dewatering…
Preparation of earthworks day and night planning (21 productive hours per day).
 Responsible of follow up of production and works on site, elaboration of the general planning and organisation of the teams (14 expatriates and local/TCN personnel), planning of the machines and personnel and working methods to perform the works.
15-11-05 – 15-02-06 Project Manager – Relief Resident Manager
Site investigations
Luanda – Angola
Execution of site investigations offshore and onshore, CPT, boreholes, vibrocores, geophysics
 Responsible of the management of Luanda office, organisation/planning of the works, equipment and personnel (15 expatriates plus local personnel). Contract management and client contacts.
16-02-06 – 15-03-06 Relief Geologist
Site Investigation
La Réunion Island – Extension of Port Est
Follow up of investigation core drilling
21-04-06 – 25-05-06 Relief Works Manager
Vishakhapatnam - India
Gangavaram Port dredging and stockpiling
Responsible of the execution and follow up of the dredging (HSD Vlaanderen XX) and stockpiling of 2,000,000 m³ sand for the port development.
26-05-06 – Ongoing Project Manager
Extension du Port Est
Reunion Island
Client: French state – DDE
Contract value 20 million Euros, 45 expatriates
Dredging 2 million m³ with backhoe dredger Pinocchio, Liebherr 996 on pontoon for harbor deepening and widening, transport by barge and material offloading with 2xCAT 385 specially adapted and transport with CAT 773.
In house project preparation (mobilization, contract review, production, planning and budget review).
Responsible for the organization and follow up of the works, day to day management, contractual, production and financial follow up, client and official relations, claim building…
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