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E.L. (Edwin) Zwanenburg BE-Civil MIPENZ, CPEng, IntPE

 

Address

E.L. Zwanenburg

16 Tanglewood Place

Cockle Bay - Howick

Auckland, 2014

Mob.: 027 33 001 33

 

Date of birth: 01-01-1972

Marital status: married

E-mail: info@edwinzwanenburg.com

Web: www.edwinzwanenburg.com

 

 

 

New Zealand work experience  
Aug. '05- now:

Fletcher Construction Infrastructure

Project Engineer / Engineering Manager / D&C Interface Manager / Construction Systems & Engineering Manager, working on the following projects:

   
Oct '15 - now SH20A to Airport Project
  Systems Engineer/Project Start-Up facilitator. Preparation and implementation of the iTWOcx PIM system on the project, preparation and implementation of management processes and procedures on the project.
Apr. '12 - Oct '15

Waterview Connection Project

  Working for the Well Connected Alliance as Construction Systems & Engineering Manager; this is a further extended Design/Construct Interface Manager's role, supporting the Surface Works Construction Manager realising approx. $400M of project value. The role involves project & design managing construction off the Southern Approach from the Dominion to Maioro widening, the Maioro Interchange to the Southern Approach Trench and from the Northern Approach Trench across the Great North Road Interchange, tying in to the Causeway and St.Lukes Widening projects respectively. This role also involves being across the interfaces with the Tunnel Design, Temporary Works Design, Tunnel Construction and other aspects of the Waterview Connection Project. I'm managing a small taskforce of engineers responsible for the temporary relocation of utility services and am highly involved in developing project systems with regards to cost control and quality assurance, working with the commercial and quality teams.
Apr. '10 - May '13

New Business Team

(Overlap with Waterview Connection Project) Design Manager/Programmer/Construction Methods. Working on tenders for both FCE and Brian Perry Civil. E.g. Tauranga Eastern Link, Gateway Plaza and Queen's Wharf. Furthermore approximately 2 years on the Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) contract for SH1, Rangiriri Section for which I managed the detailed design stage and facilitated a seamless transition into the construction stage.
Jun. '08 - Mar. '10 New Lynn Rail Trench
Design & Construct Interface Manager. Managing the Design and Construction Teams in terms of conducting and facilitating design reviews, design change requests, Value Engineering exercises and ensuring clear & open communication channels between the parties involved (design/client/stakeholders). Also looking after and responsible for all consent related issues. Providing the client and his advisors with the necessary information to be able to obtain Resource Consents. Managing processes with regards to applications for Building Consent.
Jan. '08 - Jun. '08 Service Relocation Manager. Responsible for relocating all utility services in a safe, timely and cost efficient manner, achieving best-for-project outcomes.
  Northern Busway Project, Stages 1B, 1A and Esmonde Road Interchange, Stage 1C and Stage 2A Onewa Interchange
Jan. '07 - Dec. '07 Engineering Manager. Responsible for the tasks as mentioned below with an additional task in managing the processes with regards to all Temporary Works & Design changes. (e.g. Development and design, Producer Statements and Peer Review of Formwork, Falsework, Temporary Staging, Retaining walls etc.)
Aug. '05 - Jan. '07 Project/Planning Engineer . Responsible for the overall and detailed programming on the project. Furthermore the implementation of new planning software (CCS Candy/CCS Planning) as well as assisting the Project and Construction Managers in managing the project.
Dutch work experience

 

Feb. '98 - Jun. '05

Heijmans N.V., Infrastructure Division

Site Engineer / Project Engineer, working on the following projects:

Jun. '03 - Jun. ‘05 Zinktunnel Noord/Zuidlijn Kombinatie vof, Project “Immersed tunnel under the river IJ”, Amsterdam
Project-Engineer. Responsible for site-establishment and planning all structural works with regards to the production of the tunnel segments (e.g. design/procurement of formwork, reinforcing steel, immersion process specific elements etc.). Quality and document control. Processing of Variations to the Contract (pricing/negotiating with the client). Furthermore I guided and trained some new employees and trainees in their roles.
Aug. ‘99 - Jun. ‘03 Tubecon I vof, project “Sophia Railway Tunnel (East en West approaches)” between Zwijndrecht and Papendrecht (near Rotterdam)
  Site/Project engineer . Responsible for the overall- and detailed programming as well as planning for structural works with regards to formwork, scaffolding and other temporary works for casting concrete. Furthermore looking after quality control & documentation and document control and procurement. I also helped and trained some new employees and trainees into their roles
Feb. '98 - Aug. ‘99 Combinatie Benelux Lijn vof, project “Subway Beneluxlijn”, Rotterdam
  Site-Engineer. Assisting with and responsible for programming and planning of structural works with regards to formworks, rebar and casting of concrete. Document and quality control. Procurement. Occasionally I was assisting as site superintendent.
 

 

Other employers

Supervisor / Site Engineer / Maintenance Engineer , working on the following projects:

   
Oct. ‘97 - Feb. ‘98 Project “Bijlmermonument”, Amsterdam
  Koop Tjuchem Beton & Waterbouw BV, Supervisor/Site-Engineer
  Construction of a memorial with high stakeholder involvement and sensitivity. This monument entails concrete pathways, park benches, a water feature and a pedestrian bridge at the location where in 1984 an El-Al-Boeing crash-landed into an apartment building in the Bijlmer suburb of Amsterdam
Mar. ‘96 - Oct. ‘97 Port of Rotterdam - Maintenance
  Port Authorities of Rotterdam, Directorate Port Infrastructure & Maritime Affairs, Quay Wall Maintenance Engineer
  Responsible for maintenance of quay walls, piers, jetties and roll-on/roll-off landing stages in the port of Rotterdam
Aug. ‘95 - Mar. ‘96 Project “Reconstruction of composting facility Purva”, Purmerend
  K. Dekker BV, Supervisor
  Construction of air filter tanks and several other structures plus adjustments to the main spans of a storm damaged composting facility
Jun. ‘95 - Aug. ‘95 Project “A35 Extention ”, Enschede
  Zeiderveld BV, Supervisor
  Construction of three viaducts and a noise-deflection screen for a section of Highway A35 near Enschede

 

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION

 

Education

Sept. ‘91 - Jun. '95 Bachelor Degree inCivil Engineering Hogeschool van Utrecht – Faculty of Science and Engineering – Department of Construction Engineering diploma awarded (NZQA Level 7 certified)
 

This degree included 2 no. of 6 month long traineeships.

- First traineeship: Construction of a new Quay wall in the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands

- Second traineeship: Construction of the he Great Belt Suspension Bridge in Denmark

     
Sept. ‘89 - Jul. '91 Technical Education (intermediate level) Civil Engineering MSG Leiden    
Sept. ‘86 - Jun. '89 HAVO S.G. Albanianae Alphen aan den Rijn diploma awarded  
Sept. ‘84 - Jul. '86 MAVO S.G. De Nieuwe Cope Nieuwkoop    

 

 

 

Accreditations:
Dec. '11 registration/accreditation as Chartered Professional Engineer [MIPENZ/CPEng/IntPE] IPENZ certificates awarded
Aug. '11 / Jan '14 First Aid Level 2 / Workplace 1st Aid St. John's / Medic 1st Aid certificate awarded
'07-'10 'Competent Communicater' & 'Competent Leader' accreditations Toastmasters International certificates awarded  
     
Courses & Training:        
IPENZ 2009 - now Design fundamentals of Retaining Walls and Foundations, Stormwater management & design, Building Law Reforms, Finance for Engineers, Risk Management for engineering professionals, Earthquake Engineering Seminar, "Get your Building Act together", Effective Report Writing for engineers, "Understanding the RMA",   certificates awarded
AUT (University of Auckland) Business School 2006 - now

Project Management, Business skills for new Managers, Managing people, Effective Communication

  certificates awarded  
NZIM (New Zealand Institute of Management 2014 - now Management through change, Goal Setting, Introduction into Ethics, Effective Facilitation Skills      
Other 1995 - now Lean Construction & Last Planner, Site Safe/H&S training, NZS3910 training, CCS Candy/CCS Programming, PrimaVera P6 and Risk Analysis, ARM Risk Database management  

 

 

Computer skills:

Windows, Word, PowerPoint, Excel. Furthermore I have experience in working with planning software like Primavera P6 (and the Risk Analysis module), CCS Candy/CCS Programming. I am also familiar with Project Information Management Systems like RIB's iTWOcx, ViewPoint's 4Projects and Aconex.

Furthermore, as you may have noticed; I build and look after my own website http://www.edwinzwanenburg.com

 

 

INTRESTS AND PERSONAL INFORMATION

 

My hobbies are DIY, gardening, painting, photography, reading, music, indoor soccer and I also like to go snowboarding.

I married to a wonderful kiwi lady in March 2007 and am a father of a wonderful boy since November 2010 and a gorgeous girl since December 2012.

 

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