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Stanach Solutions is a trading name of N&J Acheson Partnership
Nick Acheson's Achievements
- Very successful high achieving board level member for 4 companies.
- Achieved solid business growth and improvement during Non-Executive Directorship tenures
- Completed commercial and management troubleshooting on £8M defence contract - increased margin expectations by £1.2m.
- Key defence witness in successful court action in the Technology and Construction Court, London
- Lead Consultant for Plaintiffs on numerous Construction claims involving adjudication, mediation and Court proceedings recovering many millions of pounds in revenue.
- Lead Consultant acting for Defendant on numerous Construction claims resulting in significant reduction in liability.
- Securing successful conclusions in Extension of Time, Loss and Expense, Professional Indemnity and Subcontractor claims
- Lead consultant on compilation fo 15,000 page claim submission
- Designed, developed, built and installed a bespoke financial management system for complete financial control of building projects from tender to final account including delivering training on same
- Increased small works division from an insignificant 8 man operation to a 92 man operation with exponential net profit growth.
- Launched from inception to point of delivery new physical security business including negotiating UK rights to numerous products
- including biometric technologies from Korean manufacturers and barrier devices from South Africa.
- Designed and installed a bespoke H&S system endorsed by the HSE for the management of small works construction operations.
- Oversaw the successful completion of £3.4M refurbishment contract completed on time in 18 weeks in a live college environment with Final Account settled 4 weeks after practical completion.
- Numerous very successful value engineering exercises completed. Note : One single exercise produced a £600K saving on a £2.1M education project.
- Developed a powerful and motivational bespoke performance management tool fully integrated into a new appraisal system.
- Numerous very successful quantity surveying services from tender stage to final account completed on projects ranging from
low value up to £14M. Average increase on anticipated net margins in order of 3%.
- Lectured on JCT contracts, behavioural management and ran leadership programmes.
- Chairman of the Wessex Centre of the Chartered Institute of Building 2008 - 2011
- Fully trained complete negotiator.
- Contract advice delivered on all JCT and NEC forms of contract reducing liability and risk for clients
- Through new financial management practices, bid preparation and market re-positioning improved
company's average success rate on tenders from 1 in 4 to 1 in 2.3
- By introduction of Cash management processes improved a company's cash reserves by £6M.
- Assisted in launching two internet based businesses
Stanach Solutions, Beeches Farm, Buckland St Mary, Chard
Somerset, TA20 3QY.
email: stanach@hotmail.co.uk
call: (07837) 989063
