Snapshot of my experience in planning, claims and applied research over the last 14 years.
DAVID H WILLIS, Tournament Director
It has been my pleasure to work with Nitin over the past twelve months or so in the organisation of a series of cricket tournaments based at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi. The tournaments have frequently involved over one hundred players and a dozen teams.
Nitin has acted as the co-ordinator and administrator of these tournaments. He has done a superb job and his attention to detail in the often complex organisation of matches and schedules has been first class. His expertise in information technology, spread sheets and complex illustrations has been very useful and intelligently presented.
While appearing as a mild mannered individual, Nitin has a steely determination to see a job through to the end and he has high standards of delivery in all aspects of his administrative responsibilities. He has an engaging and friendly manner with groups from all races and social classes and mixes easily with a wide range of different nationalities and ethnic groups.
I am very pleased to offer him a testimonial in the most positive terms possible. He has made an outstanding contribution to the development of cricket in the UAE.
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Rabih Makki, Operations Manager, Habtoor Leighton Group
Nitin worked with myself on a design and built of “state of Art” data centre within UAE. The tender bid works was completed over a 3 month period, this complex project in the range of 300-350 million US$ was involved various options to complete in tight time schedule. Nitin was a key player as a planner, liaising with all members of the team along with the wider Technical and Commercial Teams. He professionally and diligently coordinated all complex staging issues with regards to this fast track project.
Nitin was a well-regarded member of the team who was heavily relied upon by the whole tender team to produce, maintain and submit a key part of this challenging tender and his professional attitude and planning knowledge was a great asset to our team tender team.
Alan Bedford, Planning Manager Murray & Roberts, UAE
Nitin worked with myself within a planning team of 5 planners over a 5 month period, for a Main Airport Terminal Building Tender in Abu Dhabi. This complex project in the range of 3-4 Billion US$ was tendered by a large complex multi-national JV Partnership. Nitin was a key player within the Planning team, liaising with all members of the team along with the wider Technical and Commercial Teams. He professionally and diligently maintained several variations of a complex 10,000+ activity schedule, including Critical Path Analysis, Labour Forecasting, Narratives and Sequencing and Zoning layouts for several compliant and alternative options, logically calculating and collating all the information for a high class technical submission.
Nitin was a well regarded member of the team who was heavily relied upon by the whole tender team to produce, maintain and submit a key part of this challenging tender and his professional attitude and planning knowledge was a great asset to the JV.
Steve Rees, Planning Manager Murray & Roberts, UAE
Nitin became an integral member of the planning team in delivering a major university project in the UAE. He is a consummate planning professional, hardworking and with a considerable wealth of planning experience. I would consider him a valuable asset to any construction project and I certainly hope that we will have opportunity to work together again in the future.
Ian Taylor, Project Director, AlHabtoor Leighton Group, UAE
Nitin was one of our Planning Managers on the Zayed University Campus Development, which was a fast track, complex, Design and Build project of 27 buildings. They consisted of a state of the art Convention Center, Library, Faculty Offices, Classrooms, Sporting facilities, Residential buildings and Service buildings. Nitin proved to be an enthusiastic team member, had a sound knowledge of the principals of building, which translated into effective programs for both planning and monitoring of the works. Nitin also provided valuable assistance on the safety front, with the implementation and roll out of the Site Safety Meter, which proved to be an effective tool that helped achieve the outstanding safety results on the project”.
Brett Grimston, National Safety Manager, Bauer Australia
“Utilising the principals of the site safety meter as developed by Nitin as the foundation of the projects safety program, the project was able to achieved outstanding safety performance results and National recognition.
1.2 million hours LTI free
Winner of 3 National Construction Awards and Finalist of State and National Awards.
The program can be adapted to suit any industry to achieve measurable results. Is cost effective and simple to implement, Highly recommend for use to every professional.”
Marton Marosszeky, Ex. Professor, University of New South Wales, Australia
“Nitin worked as researcher on two hospital projects in Central Coast, Sydney. He implemented safety positive performance indicators framework during two projects. He showed himself to be resourceful and hardworking and the fact that project was recognized by all parties as a great success was in large measure thanks to his perseverance and enterprise. His achievement demonstrated that he is a self starter persistent and hard working.”
Mohan Kumaraswamy, Professor, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
“Nitin worked as a researcher on a CIVCAL project which was formulated to develop a web based package to show ‘virtual site visits’ to aid the teaching and learning of civil engineering students. He helped us to make a good start for the project. His enthusiasm and energy was considerable (and infectious!), while his readiness to tackle any new task was never in doubt. He is a good team player and should be an asset to any organization that employs him.”
Mark Baines, Project Manager, Leighton Contractors, Australia.
“Nitin worked as planning and programming manager on AUD 255 million Ipswich/Logan Interchange project, Brisbane. He was responsible for the planning of works including the complex traffic staging. Nitin was integral member of the team and contributed greatly to the success of this project.”
Warren Crowther, Construction Manager, Leighton Contractors, Australia.
“Nitin worked as planning and programming manager on AUD 255 million Ipswich/Logan Interchange project, Brisbane. He excelled in this role by applying his experience, communication and teamwork skills, and professional approach. He would be an asset to any construction contracting organization and I would recommend him highly to any prospective employer.”
Geoff Satchwell, Commercial Manager, Onshore Pipelines, Sakhalin Energy Investment Company
“Nitin worked as programming and monitoring engineer on our HK$2 billion commercial development project in Hong Kong which involved hotel, office tower and two serviced apartment towers ” Nitin demonstrated excellent organizational skills, pays attention to detail and achieves deadline and is very capable of producing results independently. Nitin also provided valuable assistance in preparing detailed delay particulars to demonstrate our contractual entitlements to extension of time.”
Mark Scorer, General Manager, Al Habtoor Leighton Group, UAE
"Nitin is a breath of fresh air in his approach to large and complex projects - a strong team player capable of challenging assumptions and seeking innovation. His passion and initiative in developing the Site Safety Meter is widely applauded - it is helping the critically needed change to the safety culture of sites in the UAE."
Anthony Maugeri, Divisional Design Manager – Abu Dhabi, Al-Habtoor Leighton Group
“Nitin has combined extensive experience on design and construct projects with established planning principles to create a powerful system of design planning. His programs capture and integrate the design process and its critical links to the procurement and construction phases. Nitin’s programs are an invaluable part of the design manager’s project control and reporting system. I would thoroughly recommend his system for all major projects.”
Susheel Kurup, Safety Engineer, Parsons, UAE
“Safety Meter is an excellent and effective tool to measure the site safety. It’s very simple and easy-to-use tool. It is a very positive tool for measuring health and safety at site.To be successful, safety management systems must be measured and safety meter helps to achieve the same. We have implemented it in our ongoing project and it’s giving positive results. In very simple terms it gives the overall picture of site safety. The construction team easily understands and takes action to improve on the lagging categories. In our weekly safety walk with the main contractor, scoring is done as per the agreed criteria and the results are displayed at prominent locations. There was a considerable improvement in site safety after the introduction of this tool. It created a healthy competition between different work areas which in turn improved the overall site safety.”
Simon E. Brennan, Ex. Project Manager, Hyundai Engineering & Construction, Hong Kong
Nitin’s role in coordinating the procurement schedule in line with the master programme was both diligently and professionally executed. His contribution in preparing proficient delay analysis illustrating the firms entitlements for the extension of time were fundamental components which contributed to the successfully award two claims related to project.
Neelash Prasad, Project Manager, SIEMENS, HONG KONG
Nitin worked with me as planning engineer on civil tender on a rail depot project in Hong Kong. Nitin assited greatly in resource loading and analysis. Also he provided a valuable contribution to develop time chainage diagram to demonstrate movement of earthworks during the project. Nitin's readiness to tackle any new task was never in doubt. He is a good team player and should be an asset to any organization that employs him.
David Perrau, Bid Leader, Al Habtoor Leighton Group, UAE
Nitin through his planning & programming experience has made a key contribution on several of our mega projects in the UAE. His ability to break-down complex tasks in a team environment has delivered strong results under very tight and demanding conditions. Nitin has been a lead contributor on our recent projects in Abu Dhabi and provided resource and cash-flow loading support to our tendering team on our recent hospital and university projects which have a combined value of circa 2 billion USD. I wish him all the success in this innovative and challenging personal project.
David McCarthy, Divisional Safety Manager, Al Habtoor Leighton Group, UAE
Nitin’s approach to safety is a welcome change, To develop a simple user friendly system that finally shows the “positive” aspects of safety is long overdue for an industry that has traditionally only published the negatives ( LTI’s).
This positive reinforcement helps repeat performances from sites that have taken the safety meter to heart, which again sees continual improvement.
Trevor van Aurich, Director, JCA Logic, Australia
JCA Project Planning are a specialst planning/scheduling firm providing expert forensic analysis of delays in construction contracts. JCA utilized Nitin to help us with these services for a small period of time and were delighted with his approach and attention to detail. We look forward to dealing with him in some capacity in the future.
Thomas McGuire, Director QHSE & Training, Al Habtoor Leighton Group
Nitin’s research work and dedication to introducing a positive safety measurement tool for the construction industry has greatly assisted in the development programme for a positive safety culture recently introduced in Habtoor Leighton Group. The site safety meter has proven to be both popular and effective in changing the negative lag indicator reporting of accident rates to a “can do” attitude geared towards prevention of incidents. I would highly recommend Nitin’s work to practitioners and academics interested in contributing to a safer construction industry.
David Thatcher, Planning Manager, Murray & Roberts, Middle East
Whilst working with Nitin, he showed the accuracy and level of detail I have never before (or since) witnessed. He has clear and concise ideas on how information should be displayed and explained and is willing to break the information down to any level required with great accuracy. A credit to his planning profession.
It has been my pleasure to work with Nitin over the past twelve months or so in the organisation of a series of cricket tournaments based at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi. The tournaments have frequently involved over one hundred players and a dozen teams.
Nitin has acted as the co-ordinator and administrator of these tournaments. He has done a superb job and his attention to detail in the often complex organisation of matches and schedules has been first class. His expertise in information technology, spread sheets and complex illustrations has been very useful and intelligently presented.
While appearing as a mild mannered individual, Nitin has a steely determination to see a job through to the end and he has high standards of delivery in all aspects of his administrative responsibilities. He has an engaging and friendly manner with groups from all races and social classes and mixes easily with a wide range of different nationalities and ethnic groups.
I am very pleased to offer him a testimonial in the most positive terms possible. He has made an outstanding contribution to the development of cricket in the UAE.
Rabih Makki, Operations Manager, Habtoor Leighton Group
Nitin worked with myself on a design and built of “state of Art” data centre within UAE. The tender bid works was completed over a 3 month period, this complex project in the range of 300-350 million US$ was involved various options to complete in tight time schedule. Nitin was a key player as a planner, liaising with all members of the team along with the wider Technical and Commercial Teams. He professionally and diligently coordinated all complex staging issues with regards to this fast track project.
Nitin was a well-regarded member of the team who was heavily relied upon by the whole tender team to produce, maintain and submit a key part of this challenging tender and his professional attitude and planning knowledge was a great asset to our team tender team.
Alan Bedford, Planning Manager Murray & Roberts, UAE
Nitin worked with myself within a planning team of 5 planners over a 5 month period, for a Main Airport Terminal Building Tender in Abu Dhabi. This complex project in the range of 3-4 Billion US$ was tendered by a large complex multi-national JV Partnership. Nitin was a key player within the Planning team, liaising with all members of the team along with the wider Technical and Commercial Teams. He professionally and diligently maintained several variations of a complex 10,000+ activity schedule, including Critical Path Analysis, Labour Forecasting, Narratives and Sequencing and Zoning layouts for several compliant and alternative options, logically calculating and collating all the information for a high class technical submission.
Nitin was a well regarded member of the team who was heavily relied upon by the whole tender team to produce, maintain and submit a key part of this challenging tender and his professional attitude and planning knowledge was a great asset to the JV.
Steve Rees, Planning Manager Murray & Roberts, UAE
Nitin became an integral member of the planning team in delivering a major university project in the UAE. He is a consummate planning professional, hardworking and with a considerable wealth of planning experience. I would consider him a valuable asset to any construction project and I certainly hope that we will have opportunity to work together again in the future.
Ian Taylor, Project Director, AlHabtoor Leighton Group, UAE
Nitin was one of our Planning Managers on the Zayed University Campus Development, which was a fast track, complex, Design and Build project of 27 buildings. They consisted of a state of the art Convention Center, Library, Faculty Offices, Classrooms, Sporting facilities, Residential buildings and Service buildings. Nitin proved to be an enthusiastic team member, had a sound knowledge of the principals of building, which translated into effective programs for both planning and monitoring of the works. Nitin also provided valuable assistance on the safety front, with the implementation and roll out of the Site Safety Meter, which proved to be an effective tool that helped achieve the outstanding safety results on the project”.
Brett Grimston, National Safety Manager, Bauer Australia
“Utilising the principals of the site safety meter as developed by Nitin as the foundation of the projects safety program, the project was able to achieved outstanding safety performance results and National recognition.
1.2 million hours LTI free
Winner of 3 National Construction Awards and Finalist of State and National Awards.
The program can be adapted to suit any industry to achieve measurable results. Is cost effective and simple to implement, Highly recommend for use to every professional.”
Marton Marosszeky, Ex. Professor, University of New South Wales, Australia
“Nitin worked as researcher on two hospital projects in Central Coast, Sydney. He implemented safety positive performance indicators framework during two projects. He showed himself to be resourceful and hardworking and the fact that project was recognized by all parties as a great success was in large measure thanks to his perseverance and enterprise. His achievement demonstrated that he is a self starter persistent and hard working.”
Mohan Kumaraswamy, Professor, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
“Nitin worked as a researcher on a CIVCAL project which was formulated to develop a web based package to show ‘virtual site visits’ to aid the teaching and learning of civil engineering students. He helped us to make a good start for the project. His enthusiasm and energy was considerable (and infectious!), while his readiness to tackle any new task was never in doubt. He is a good team player and should be an asset to any organization that employs him.”
Mark Baines, Project Manager, Leighton Contractors, Australia.
“Nitin worked as planning and programming manager on AUD 255 million Ipswich/Logan Interchange project, Brisbane. He was responsible for the planning of works including the complex traffic staging. Nitin was integral member of the team and contributed greatly to the success of this project.”
Warren Crowther, Construction Manager, Leighton Contractors, Australia.
“Nitin worked as planning and programming manager on AUD 255 million Ipswich/Logan Interchange project, Brisbane. He excelled in this role by applying his experience, communication and teamwork skills, and professional approach. He would be an asset to any construction contracting organization and I would recommend him highly to any prospective employer.”
Geoff Satchwell, Commercial Manager, Onshore Pipelines, Sakhalin Energy Investment Company
“Nitin worked as programming and monitoring engineer on our HK$2 billion commercial development project in Hong Kong which involved hotel, office tower and two serviced apartment towers ” Nitin demonstrated excellent organizational skills, pays attention to detail and achieves deadline and is very capable of producing results independently. Nitin also provided valuable assistance in preparing detailed delay particulars to demonstrate our contractual entitlements to extension of time.”
Mark Scorer, General Manager, Al Habtoor Leighton Group, UAE
"Nitin is a breath of fresh air in his approach to large and complex projects - a strong team player capable of challenging assumptions and seeking innovation. His passion and initiative in developing the Site Safety Meter is widely applauded - it is helping the critically needed change to the safety culture of sites in the UAE."
Anthony Maugeri, Divisional Design Manager – Abu Dhabi, Al-Habtoor Leighton Group
“Nitin has combined extensive experience on design and construct projects with established planning principles to create a powerful system of design planning. His programs capture and integrate the design process and its critical links to the procurement and construction phases. Nitin’s programs are an invaluable part of the design manager’s project control and reporting system. I would thoroughly recommend his system for all major projects.”
Susheel Kurup, Safety Engineer, Parsons, UAE
“Safety Meter is an excellent and effective tool to measure the site safety. It’s very simple and easy-to-use tool. It is a very positive tool for measuring health and safety at site.To be successful, safety management systems must be measured and safety meter helps to achieve the same. We have implemented it in our ongoing project and it’s giving positive results. In very simple terms it gives the overall picture of site safety. The construction team easily understands and takes action to improve on the lagging categories. In our weekly safety walk with the main contractor, scoring is done as per the agreed criteria and the results are displayed at prominent locations. There was a considerable improvement in site safety after the introduction of this tool. It created a healthy competition between different work areas which in turn improved the overall site safety.”
Simon E. Brennan, Ex. Project Manager, Hyundai Engineering & Construction, Hong Kong
Nitin’s role in coordinating the procurement schedule in line with the master programme was both diligently and professionally executed. His contribution in preparing proficient delay analysis illustrating the firms entitlements for the extension of time were fundamental components which contributed to the successfully award two claims related to project.
Neelash Prasad, Project Manager, SIEMENS, HONG KONG
Nitin worked with me as planning engineer on civil tender on a rail depot project in Hong Kong. Nitin assited greatly in resource loading and analysis. Also he provided a valuable contribution to develop time chainage diagram to demonstrate movement of earthworks during the project. Nitin's readiness to tackle any new task was never in doubt. He is a good team player and should be an asset to any organization that employs him.
David Perrau, Bid Leader, Al Habtoor Leighton Group, UAE
Nitin through his planning & programming experience has made a key contribution on several of our mega projects in the UAE. His ability to break-down complex tasks in a team environment has delivered strong results under very tight and demanding conditions. Nitin has been a lead contributor on our recent projects in Abu Dhabi and provided resource and cash-flow loading support to our tendering team on our recent hospital and university projects which have a combined value of circa 2 billion USD. I wish him all the success in this innovative and challenging personal project.
David McCarthy, Divisional Safety Manager, Al Habtoor Leighton Group, UAE
Nitin’s approach to safety is a welcome change, To develop a simple user friendly system that finally shows the “positive” aspects of safety is long overdue for an industry that has traditionally only published the negatives ( LTI’s).
This positive reinforcement helps repeat performances from sites that have taken the safety meter to heart, which again sees continual improvement.
Trevor van Aurich, Director, JCA Logic, Australia
JCA Project Planning are a specialst planning/scheduling firm providing expert forensic analysis of delays in construction contracts. JCA utilized Nitin to help us with these services for a small period of time and were delighted with his approach and attention to detail. We look forward to dealing with him in some capacity in the future.
Thomas McGuire, Director QHSE & Training, Al Habtoor Leighton Group
Nitin’s research work and dedication to introducing a positive safety measurement tool for the construction industry has greatly assisted in the development programme for a positive safety culture recently introduced in Habtoor Leighton Group. The site safety meter has proven to be both popular and effective in changing the negative lag indicator reporting of accident rates to a “can do” attitude geared towards prevention of incidents. I would highly recommend Nitin’s work to practitioners and academics interested in contributing to a safer construction industry.
David Thatcher, Planning Manager, Murray & Roberts, Middle East
Whilst working with Nitin, he showed the accuracy and level of detail I have never before (or since) witnessed. He has clear and concise ideas on how information should be displayed and explained and is willing to break the information down to any level required with great accuracy. A credit to his planning profession.
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