NAME: MICHAEL LAWRENCE

SPECIALTY: Civil Engineering Technician

DATE OF BIRTH: 1949
NATIONALITY: Citizen of Trinidad and Tobago
CONSTRUCTION WORKING YEARS: 36
PROFESSION: Technician VII

COUNTRIES WORKED IN: Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados

EXPERIENCE RECORD:
July 2010 --- To present : Site superintendent for D2f TECHNICAL LTD. Supervising all civil engineering works
Done by sub contractors on the YARA STORAGE UPGRADE PROJECT at YARA INT.
Pt. Lisas. These civil works includes construction of equipment bldgs., installatiom of the required
Equipment, as well as construction of 300mm thick concrete access and site roads, along with perimeter
Concrete box and ‘V’ type drains .Assisted also in the design and construction of pipe rack foundations
And concrete pedestals for support of steel stanchions .

Mar.2010---July 2010: Senior Technician at Trintoplan Consultants Limited monitoring

the construction of St. Helena community centre at Matelot.

Aug. 2006 – June 2009: Chief Inspector responsible for Construction

Management for the Construction of Infrastructure Utility
Works for Tamana Intech Park at Wallerfield overseeing Junior
Inspectors and Site Technicians. Participates in contract
meetings with Client and Contractor, responsible for Payment
Certificates to Contractor and assists Chief Resident and
Resident Engineers with Civil engineering Construction
decisions.

Aug. 2004 – May 2006 Chief Inspector on the Diego Martin Highway Extension
responsible for quality control and monitoring of Civil
Construction as well as the quantification of payment to the main
Contractor. Also attended Progress and Construction related
meetings with Client and Contractor.
Dec. 2000 – Present: Senior Technician responsible mainly for the supervision of the
construction of the concrete components associated with the
Extension of the Solomon Hochoy Highway, Contract 1 of the
Southern Road Development Programme. Also responsible for the
conducting of the Structural surveys on properties located in the
vicinity of the Extension of the Solomon Hochoy Highway, Contract
1.
Mar. 2000 – Dec. 2000: Responsible for quality control and certification of payments due to
the Contractor during the construction of the Trinidad and Tobago
Coast Guard Airport Hanger at Piarco.
Nov. 1999 – Mar. 2000:Responsible for inspection and certification of prestressed and
reinforced concrete members at Spancrete for construction of Orange
Grove Prison in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Oct. 1999 – Nov. 1999: Technician, responsible for the inspection of prestressed precast
concrete components at Spancrete Precast Co. for production of 2.5
million gallon desalination plant in Barbados.
1993 – 1999: Technician involved on the Rural Access Roads and Bridges
Programme for Ministry of Works and Transport. Participates in
quantity take offs and costing. Supervises civil construction
including soils and concrete testing of earth and roadworks at
Aranguez, Macoya and Caroni. Performed structural inspection of
bridges at Cumuto, Little Coora, Couva and Valencia. Attends
contract meetings with Resident Engineer, Contractors and Clients.
Also assists in calculation quantities for Monthly Payment
Certificates. Structural inspection of precast AASHTO beams and
bulb tee beams at Pres-T-Con and Spancrete precast site.
1991 – 1993: Senior Inspector at Bon Air West Housing Infrastructure Works.
Performed quality control inspection for earthworks, roadworks,
sewer collection system, water mains, Sewage Treatment Plant
construction, water tank, etc. Additionally, participates in contract
meetings with Contractor, calculated work quantities and assisted in
monthly payment certificates.
1990 – 1991: Project Manager for the completion of the infrastructure works at the
Lopinot and Pleasantville Housing Project (2 - 50 Ac Sites)
1989 – 1990: Engineering Technician - Project Manager for the maintenance of the
Real Spring Housing Project and the Real Spring Sewage Treatment
Plant servicing 279 houses.
1985 – 1988: Engineering Technician - Member of the Architectural and Building
Department.
Participated in the Construction Management for the Construction of
200 houses at Real Spring, Valsayn. Performed quantity take-offs,
costing, tender evaluation for petty Contractors, supervised
construction, did payment certificates and material/ equipment
procurement and scheduling.
1983 – 1985: On the Lady Hailes/Independence Avenues improvements in San
Fernando, was the Inspector in charge of drains and sidewalk
construction. Was also the Soils Technician carrying out field
density testing and assisting the Resident Engineer in the
measurement of quantities.
1979 – 1983: In charge of the site laboratory and all soils and materials testing as
well as road-works inspection on the Mucurapo Foreshore Freeway
(Audrey Jeffers Highway).
1978 – 1979: Technician on the East-West Corridor project involved in inspection
of civil works, concrete pours and steel placement at Market Viaduct.
Was sole inspector in charge of structural inspection of Barataria
Interchange Construction and Black River Bridges.
1976 – 1978: Engineering Assistant with surveying crew levels and general survey
details.
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1974 - 1976 Paul Williams and Associates

Assigned to the Navet and Caroni Dams doing cadastral surveying,
topographical surveying and levelling. Also worked with the
surveying crew on the pipeline route from Guayaguayare to Moruga
and small housing projects.

LANGUAGES:

Speaking Reading Writing

English Excellent Excellent Excellent

Michael Lawrence Date