Key CV of
Ivan Hurst MCInstCES
Senior Commercial Manager
9 Gosfield Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8HF, ivan@ivanhurst.me.uk
Also; Ivan Hurst Consulting
M+44 (0) 789 0033 426
T+44 (0) 1372 210 795
ivan@ivanhurstconsulting.com
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Ivan has 20 years’ experience within the rail industry and is now considered an experienced rail
specialist. He has a further 18 years’ experience of civil engineering, involving highways and
bridges, waterways and concrete frame.
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During this time Ivan has led numerous multi-disciplinary teams - incorporating, estimating,
procurement, quantity surveyors, planning, contract and claims, finance and office management.
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Ivan’s experience has provided him with a wide and holistic appreciation and understanding of the
railway industry in both pre- and post-contract elements. Specialties include rail systems,
particularly track renewals, and complex cost models, with model values in excess of £1000m.
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Ivan has knowledge of a wide range of forms of contracts and has a good understanding of the
engineering, construction methods, cost drivers, and resources required to carry out rail works.
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Ivan has worked for TfL as an External Expert and provided Opinions to the Board. He has the
confidence and expertise to support his findings throughout rigorous challenge.
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BIM is a particular interest and he has recently written an article which is being published in the
Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES) Journal.
Previous Employer
Hyder Consulting
Associate Director – Head of Commercial Management Services.
Professional Qualifications
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Member of Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors
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Member of Institute of Value Management
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Member Railway Study Association (LSE)
Employment Timeline
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1970s
Percy Bilton / Travelling the World
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1980s
Cementation Construction / Norwest Holst
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1990s
Trafalgar House Construction / Railtrack
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2000s
Grant Rail / Turner & Townsend
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2010s
Hyder Consulting / Ivan Hurst Consulting
Sectors and Employer core business
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Project Lifecycle experience
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Railways and Highways
• Contractor
• Client
• PQS / Consulting
• Design House
Strategy
Pre Feasibility
Feasibility
Outline Design
Detailed Design
Construction
Competencies
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Commercial Management
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Estimating / Cost Planning / Complex Cost Modelling
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Procurement / Tender assessment / ITT preparation
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Dispute resolution and Claims
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Value Management / Risk Management
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Innovation / Cultural change management / Process improvement / BIM
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Quantity surveying / Cost Management / Change Management
Progression
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1970s
Site Engineer-Quantity Surveyor / Site Engineer / Site Agent / Quantity Surveyor
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1980s
Assistant Quantity Surveyor / Quantity Surveyor / Senior Quantity Surveyor / Project
Quantity Surveyor /Senior Claims Quantity Surveyor
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1990s
Senior Quantity Surveyor /Project Controller, / Projects Commercial
Manager (Track Renewals) / Commercial Services Manager /Business
Implementation Manager
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2000s
Risk and Change Management Improvement / Commercial Manager
/ Senior Cost Manager
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2010s
Principal Commercial Manager / Head of Commercial
Management Services / Associate Director
Benefit of Ivan’s Experience to You
Key attributes
Ivan is a highly motivated individual who is equally comfortable dealing with strategy, people or data.
Ivan is client focused and dedicated to achieving the required deliverables to time and to high quality
standards. Ivan is solutions orientated and frequently adopts lateral thinking in the resolution of the
problems inevitably encountered. Ivan particularly enjoys team building, mentoring and training and use
of Soft Systems Methodology.
Ivan invariably adds value and frequently process improvement to the projects he works on.
Ivan is not fazed by costs in excess of £1000m and working with all levels of an organisation including
board directors.
Leadership
Ivan has led teams for a number of programmes, projects or tenders, including:
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TfL External Expert programme reviews
Crossrail Programme Partner
King’s Cross Station Regeneration Programme
London Underground Station cost efficiency model
London Underground Track Renewal Strategy (next 50 years)
East Anglia track renewals programme
Tube Lines track renewals programme
Victoria Line signalling upgrade
London Underground track renewals programme
Great Western and Midland Zones track renewals programme
Rail
Ivan has experience of both Network Rail and London Underground standards and procedures and also
helped write Crossrail’s estimating procedure. Key responsibilities held are as follows:
 Experience of working on London Underground Stations and upgrade/redevelopment of overland
rail stations, including air rights development
 Responsible for preparation of the change control initial cost estimate for the provision of the link
bridge at Custom House Station for Crossrail Programme Controls
 Responsible for Power and Systems Estimating within Crossrail Programme Controls
 Responsible for the evaluation and configuration of RIB Software estimating package for
Crossrail Programme Controls
 Led the Estimating team for a rail Main Contractor’s tender in respect of a seven year track
renewals programme
 Led the Estimating team for a rail Main Contractor’s tender in respect of a signalling upgrade
programme.
 Estimating Manager for Project Delivery of the Great Western Zone.
 Experience of working within a railway environment, on a station incorporating OHLE and
significant complications
 Experience of working in conjunction with the architect and cost consultant in a delicate situation
requiring tack and diplomacy. The architect for ‘The Shard of Glass’ is the world renowned Italian
architect Renzo Piano. His team are understandably very protective of his concept.
Management
Ivan has successfully been in various levels of management for many years. This has varied from
management of teams and projects, construction of a joint venture and with Hyder, the control of a
business unit, comprising commercial management and planning services.
As Head of Commercial Management Services Ivan wrote the strategy, managed the resources, priced
the proposals / bids for work, engaged in networking, marketing and sought new work, clients and
associations.
Ivan is enthusiastic about knowledge management. At Hyder he set up a Global Commercial Services
community using a base SharePoint site to organise and share knowledge, best practice, information,
and data.
Significant achievements
BIM 5D
Ivan introduced BIM 5D to Hyder and led the team to create a full BIM model for the London
Bridge Station tender.
Running the first Strategic Value Management workshop in Railtrack.
The workshop shaved £500m off of the programme.
One attendee said “I wish we had done one of these for the WCRM before it started.” Robin
Gisby
Ivan has been informed that a new classification for the stages of Value Management was
created because of this workshop, VM0, Previously there were VM1-4.
Ivan has also been told that the initial VM report has subsequently been used as training
material in VM courses.
Effecting standard contact documentation.
As a Main Contractor’s QS Ivan managed to identify an opportunity for interpretation the
contract in a way probably not intended, which provided the Contractor with additional
commercial return. This resulted in two sets of amendments to the method of measurement
to close the identified loopholes.
LU Track Renewals Strategy.
Ivan’s Track Renewals cost model was done in such a way that it was interactive and flexible.
It was based on low level resources.
Two relevant quotes from senior management.
“We have never had this level of compressive cost data.”
“This is so innovative, flexible and transferable that we can use it in other directorates.”
LU Station Cost Model.
“Ivan’s Station Cost model and his unique solution in creating a Station Complexity Index
based on relative parameters and complexity’s to provide the whole of the Networks
stations’ ‘should cost data’ withstood the rigors of interrogation.”
Ivan has been told that of all of the consultants tasked with providing cost models for the
Extraordinary Review, his was the only one used, and submitted to the PPP Arbiter.
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