barrie coventry

In this job i had a lot of responsibilities and learned a ton of new skills , we worked on Extremely high end projects worth £30M+ so all work has been done to drawing specific measurements.

My duties included

• All paving work on the job and coping stones
• Building shuttering for retaining walls and planters
• Upkeep and maintenance of all plants, flowers and trees we planted
• Building high end feature walls and fire places
• Connecting irrigation across the entire garden
• Keeping track of all work done with pictures and making a weekly list of what we have done
• Fitting service boxes and man hole covers and feeding pipe through to connect boxes
• Doing big concrete pours for foundations
• Steel tying and fitting rebar grids for concrete pours
• Pointing on the feature walls and on brickwork we have done

In this job i was part of a 3 man team of Pavers and worked on high end projects in London , Brighton and Reading my duties included ,

• Measuring and cutting slabs with grinder / wet cutter
• mixing up muk to lay slabs on
• grouting all work we have done and cleaning off after
• using petrol saw to cut lines to install granite designs
• installing curbs and adjusting heights
• Fitting aco drains and Paving around them
• Taking up any loose slabs and relaying to drawing specific measurements

In this job i was part of a small firm that mainly did concrete repairing but also did a bunch of other things , this was a very diverse job and one i enjoyed as i love to learn .

In this job my duties were ,

• Breaking out cracks in concrete and repairing with a nice smooth finish
• installing Helibars in cracked brick walls to strengthen
• installing guttering ,fascia boards , and drainage pipe on homes
• stripping roof's and breaking out driveways for re-installation
• Building shuttering for big concrete pours and pouring
• Breaking out concrete to expose rebar then coating rebar with primer
• Basic painting and decorating on inside and outside of homes and around windows
• Core drilling holes and using heavy machinery
• Planning deliveries to site and working with logistic managers