Jacques gained a lot of experience in infrastructure design and construction during the first 6 years of his career where he worked and lead large local authority designs and constructing sewer reticulation, drainage, water and road infrastructure schemes in South Africa.
He left South Africa in 2004 to gain international experience in the United Kingdom and Europe. He developed and progressed quickly to become one of the leading project managers and engineers responsible for project, commercial, design and construction management of multi million pound schemes working closely with leading consultants, architects and stakeholders like the UK Government, Metropolitan Police, Parliament and the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) to list a few.
As part of previous employment and contracts in the UK with companies like Hyder Consulting, West One Infrastructure Services, WSP, J Murphy & Sons, FM Conway; Jacques was leading teams and were responsible for the project management, design and construction delivery of major high profile schemes within London and specifically the Government Security Zone (GSZ).
He was involved with schemes like the Whitehall Streetscape Improvement Project, Parliamentary Estates Standoff Protection Scheme, UK Supreme Court, Royal Courts of Justice, Ministry of Justice and schemes in the vicinity of Downing Street to list but a few.
He represented Hyder Consulting through West One Infrastructure Services (for the Whitehall Streetscape Improvement Scheme) on the high-level project board along with the Cabinet Office, Directorate of Security and Intelligence, MoD and the Westminster City Council City Commissioner of Transportation.
He was on the Overseeing Steering Group for the Standoff Protection Streetscape Scheme along with Parliamentary Director of Estates, Serjeant at Arms, Black Rod, Westminster City Council City Commissioner of Transportation and Director, Traffic Directorate, Transport for London.
The Whitehall Streetscape Improvement schemes’ project team and respective stakeholders associated with this project received the following awards:
| Winner: | Institution of Highways & Transportation Award (IHT) for the Protection of National Infrastructure Security in the Public Realm 2008 for Whitehall Streetscape Improvement Project. |
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| Winner: | Westminster City Council’s Considerate Streetworks’ Scheme Awards 2008 – Directors Award for Partnership for Whitehall Streetscape Improvement Project. |
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| Winner: | Highways Magazine Excellence Awards 2009 Most Innovative Local Authority of the Year for the Whitehall Streetscape Improvement Project. |
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