Donald Terence Hughes – British - Married

Hughes Evans Design Services Ltd - don@hedz.co.uk - 07939223219

EDUCATION

Manchester College of Building

ONC BUILDING 1977
Stockport College of Technology
HNC BUILDING 1979

REFEREES:- Tony Bentley Technical Director Jacobs UK TONY.BENTLEY@JACOBS.COM Piyush Mehta Technical Director Jacobs UK
PIYUSH.MEHTA@JACOBS.COM

AWARDS Ordinary National Certificate Construction – Certificate of Merit from Manchester & Salford Building Trades 1977
Employees Association

INTERESTS

Travelling, reading, photography, diy, social culinary pursuits, having played rugby, cricket and football until my knees couldn’t carry on, I
contributed to the running of local amateur football leagues as press secretary, vice chairman and chairman, I now enjoy observing
Association Football from the perspective of a retired Class 1 Referee.

Experience
STRUCTURAL/CIVIL CAD DRAUGHTSMAN - AutoCAD R10-2010, CADS RC, AutoCAD LT, VISIONEAL, FastCAD+RC, WORD PROCESSING, EXCELL.
• UKAEA clearance 1979, MoD clearance 1990 (Rosyth) & 1999 (Devonport)
• Lead draughtsman at many companies assisting project engineer, coordinating interfaces of buildings and services, managing the
draughters and vetting work for construction issue. I have a calm and patient attitude and with my experience, drawings can be
produced accurately and on time. Personal Track Safety card holder 2001, for surveying railway stations and producing layouts of
platforms, bridges, subways and ticket offices.
• Assessing Input Information, Fielding Technical Queries, Written Correspondence, Document Control, Project Management
Assistance, Client Liaison, Mentoring Juniors, Vetting Incoming Drawings, Good Man Management Skills.

SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE

FREELANCE
CAD Draughtsman - Adhoc private work for various structural and civil engineering consultants GA and RC details plus Nov 09
Steelwork and general structural drawings. To date

SIR ROBERT MCALPINE (NDA) (KNUTSFORD)

RC Detailer – Nuclear Auxiliary Building, Taishan China, RC detailing heavily reinforced raft ground slab and wall starters. Aug 09
Nov 09
JACOBS ENGINEERING (SALE) & (CHEADLE)
Civil Designer – (Waste & Energy) - Dunore Point Waste Water Treatment Plant (Northern Ireland), GA and RC drawings, Jan 06
vetting and approving incoming RC drawings for construction issues. Leading Draughtsman on Langage Energy Centre, GA Aug 09
and RC drawings, vetting and approving incoming RC drawings for construction issues, fielding site queries. Layout (Sale)
coordination checking for proximity to and clashes with building/cable/pipes/services and under roads. Similar duties on Aug 05
Staythorpe Power Station. Tender scheme drawings on Covanta Energy from Waste Power Station in Dublin. Varied scheme Jan 06
drawings, presentation drawings and civil/structural detail drawings on chemical and food processing plants. (Cheadle)

FREELANCE
CAD Draughtsman - Adhoc private work for various structural and civil engineering consultants GA and RC details plus Aug 03
Steelwork and general structural drawings. The majority being on Manchester Transport Interchange RC detailing all Aug 05
elements; coordinating very heavily reinforced spine beams, columns and cantilever cross beams.

CAPITA SYMONDS (CHEADLE HULME)

Senior CAD Draughtsman - Varied input on steelwork & concrete jobs RC detailing work and infrastructure civils & PFI May 02
projects. Aug 03

FREELANCE
CAD Draughtsman - Adhoc private work for various structural and civil engineering consultants GA and RC details plus June 00
Steelwork and general structural drawings. Surveying railway stations, within the M25 area producing detailed survey May 02
drawings.

ALSTOM POWER (KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA)

Drawing Office Manager - Managing draughting production and deliverables quality, within local Structural Consulting June 99
Engineers to the satisfaction of the managing engineers at Alstom Power, locally and based in the UK. The work required June 00
handling delicately with respect to the local culture and getting the best out of the local draughting and engineering
workforce.

DML DEVONPORT NAVAL DOCKYARD (PLYMOUTH MILITARY DOCK)

CADS RC Draughtsman - Detailing fully coupled rebar system around dock to suit fixed embedded items. April 99
 June 99

FREELANCE
CAD Draughtsman - Adhoc private work for various structural and civil engineering consultants GA and RC details plus Dec 98
Steelwork and general structural drawings. South West Corner new stand Pre Cast units for Eland Road Stadium April 99

CV BUCHAN (NORTHWICH)
Senior CAD Draughtsman – Pre Cast Concrete work, for Museum of Scottish Country Life Glasgow. Jul 98
Dec 98
WSP GROUP (MANCHESTER)
CAD Technician Engineer - Leading draughting team, assisting Project Engineer with production and programming on New Feb 97
Cathedral Street Manchester, and access ramps to car parking and delivery to New Marks and Spencer store Manchester. Jul 98
Numerous foundation and ground slab details for Redrow, Harwood Homes and David Wilson homes plus inspecting rebar
fixing on site. Carriage Wash at Chester - LMD Redevelopment for Railtrack Project Delivery, as part of the Station
Regeneration Programme-North West. PC Concrete Culvert access bridges across river to Sainsbury at Darwen.

AMEC (SALE + OLD TRAFFORD)

Senior CAD Draughtsman - Leading the draughting team, assisting Project Engineer with production and programming on Jul 96
“Manchester 50” multi storey car park at Manchester University using CADS RC. Steelwork access ladders and platforms to Jan 97
Kellogg’s Wrexham, requiring site measurement of existing works.

DGP (MANCHESTER & ON SECONDMENT TO BECHTEL WARRINGTON)

Senior CAD Technician - Various BP Hull projects including Planning and procurement for car wash and pumping machinery Mar 95
and structure to New Engine/Vehicle Testing Facility. Whilst at Bechtel, civil and structural work on Liverpool Waste Water Jun 96
Management Scheme. This work was undertaken on Visionael using their parametric piping software for pipeline detailing.

HUGHES EVANS DESIGN SERVICES LTD. (LEIGH)

Draughting Agency - Company formed Oct 91, Principles Don Hughes and Steve Evans sub contracting work, in-house or in Establishe
our offices in Leigh, for Consulting Engineers on Civil or Structural work, as required, in terms of work force to suit contract d Oct 91
period and work load. Engaged since formation by the following consultants; L.G. Mouchel (Manchester), M. O’Brien (Sale),
Brookes Concrete Repair (Eccles), Allott & Lomax (Sale), Roscoe Associates (Cheadle Hulme), Bingham Cotterell (St. Helens),
Sanderson Watts Associates (Wigan), Nuclear Design Associates (Knutsford), WSP plc. (Manchester), AMEC (Sale)
(Warrington), trp (Manchester), Capita (Cheadle Hulme), Reid Jones (Wigan), Costain (Manchester).

FREELANCE
CAD Draughtsman - Adhoc private work for various structural and civil engineering consultants GA and RC details plus May 91
Steelwork and general structural drawings. Oct 91

SIR WILLIAM HALCROW. (ROSYTH MILITARY DOCK)

Draughtsman - Nuclear submarine refitting facility. Dec 90
May 91
PAS SERVICES. (SALE + AMSTELVEEN NETHERLANDS)
Section leader CAD Technician - Coordinating structural details on Radwaste Building detailing structural embedments to Dec 88
suit electrical routing and cable tray supports, liaising with client to produce and expedite detail drawings to suit work Dec 90
schedules and within the client’s quality procedures. Seconded to Holland working on CAD details for European Storbealt
Railway and Roadway Bridges in Norway.

CEGB, (KNUTSFORD)
Layout Engineer – Coordinating input information from other disciplines to check layout compliance with designated June 88
reserved areas and ensure all interfaces were clash free. Dec 88

FAIRCLOUGH CONSTRUCTION. (SWINTON)

Draughtsman - RC and Steelwork on Kellogg’s food processing factories and Honda engine manufacturing factory. Nov 85
June 88
DESIGN GROUP PARTNERSHIP. (DGP) ( LEIGH)
Draughtsman - RC detailing and Steelwork GA work on various BNFL nuclear and various commercial buildings. Nov 84
Oct 85
NUCLEAR DESIGN ASSOCIATES. (NDA) (KNUTSFORD)
Draughtsman - RC and Steelwork on Nuclear reactor gas cooled power stations at Torness and Heysham. External works July 79
coordinating underground pipe tunnels, cable trenches and reserved areas to fit with building layout. Nov 84

UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY. (UKAEA) (RISLEY)

Professional Technology Officer PTO4- Radio active bunkers and protective structures GA and RC details for various Feb79
nuclear establishments. July 79

JOHN LAING DESIGN ASSOCIATES. (OLD TRAFFORD)

Draughtsman - Structured training in all aspects of Civil and Structural work supporting the parent construction company Sept 73
John Laing & Son. Feb 79