Phone - WhatsApp +61 466 662 065
rich@rich-marshall.com
ABN 71 410 202 644
With over 40 years experience in instrumentation and monitoring, I specialise in supporting construction and instrumentation companies working on major infrastructure projects. From tunnelling and metro systems to dams and large-scale developments, I can offer expert advisory and consultancy services tailored to the needs of your projects.
This extensive industry knowledge allows me to provide valuable insights into every phase of your contract, from start-up advice and contract reviews, to training your instrumentation staff and assisting with documentation. Offering both on site and remote services to help meet your client expectations and ensure smooth project execution.
I understand the critical role that precision instrumentation and data management play in successful infrastructure projects. Let me help you navigate challenges, optimise processes, and deliver outstanding results.
I have recently expanded this service into environmental monitoring, we now offer a rapid response air quality monitoring service, monitoring the air quality around wildfires to ensure the local communities have real time air quality data and can make informed decisions.
Dams
Earthworks
Tunnels
Mining
Land Slides
Services Offered
Entering New Markets
Exploring new regions, increasing market share, need an industry expert, someone to visit potential clients. I will be pleased to be your companies ambassador, presenting your products and services in a professional manner with an ‘Air of Confidence’ gained from years of experience.
Need support at Exhibitions and Conferences, having an independent consultant on your stand promoting your company and highlighting the benefits of using your products and services.
Tender Assistance
Assist with Instrument Selection, Installation Times and Programmes.
Negotiations with suppliers, I have a good relationship with several Instrumentation suppliers
Explore contract/tender deficiencies and potential for future time and financial variations
Carry out site inspections, provide inspection reports and recommendations
Assist with tender negotiations and meetings
Use my CV for Tender Documents and Project Start Up
Contract Review and Documentation Assistance
I will be pleased to review contract documents, although it can be challenging to have contracts amended, but with both parties fully aware of their contractual requirements we can ensure a good client/contractor working relationship.
I can also offer assistance is document preparation, monitoring plans, method statements, installation records, etc.
I can carry out quality audits to ensure you are meeting your contractual requirements.
Instrumentation Selection
Having the correct instruments is essential for obtaining good data, frequently unsuitable instruments and loggers are chosen, this makes it difficult to make informed engineering decisions.
Agreeing a realistic monitoring frequency, taking daily and seasonal temperature and weather variations into consideration.
Having the correct data comms system, loggers are frequently installed in unsuitable locations, with a little forethought you can save time and money.
Having a secondary way to verify data, should be explored.
Agreeing sensible Triggers, Alerts and Alarms, agree actions when a trigger level are breached
Contract Start Up
I can ensure your contract has the very best start, ensuring both you and your client have a clear picture of contractual requirements, responsibilities, scope of work, attendances and data processing, presentation and reporting expectations, with all parties having a clear understanding ensures for a successful project and reduces the risk of future misunderstandings.
I offer a combination of on site and remote support, spending time on site to meet the teams, working with subcontract drillers and survey teams, and once the teams are established offering remote support and assistance.
Training and Project Support Services
I will be pleased to work hand-on, on site with your team, providing best practice advice and ‘tricks of the trade’ to Technicians, assisting Data Engineers in Presentation and Reporting, right up Project Management level with commercial and contractual support, to assist with building rapport with clients representatives and quantity surveyors.
If required, providing support throughout the project, especially when transferring from installation to monitoring phase, ensuring your staff are usefully deployed and working to their key strengths.
Trust the Data
Engineers and clients have a habit of blaming the instruments when the data does not match their expectations, well installed instrumentation is incredible reliable and just because it doesn’t give the results you want, doesn’t mean the instrument is broken. We can offer advice and assistance, but our first question is always “What’s happening on site?” Usually with some investigation, there is an explanation and the instruments are doing their job.
Data Management and Presentation
Our end product is data, and the primary focus has to be providing data on which engineering decisions can be made. There are numerous data processing packages on the market, but all doing the same, monitoring change over time, so keep it as simple as possible. Averaging and medians can work well, but make sure all interested parties are aware of data smoothing, and remember the basics, get as much baseline data as possible and get out and see what’s happening on site.
AI is here and data extrapolation and interpolation will be a key function, but the algorithms need to based on good historic data
On site and Remote Consulting Services
Need some assistance, things not going as planned, behind programme, failed installations, dispute resolution, need a grey haired independent consultant.
I will be pleased to discuss possible solutions
Contract Completion
Your teams ready to move onto the next project, but you need someone to dot the i’s and cross the t’s. I can help close out the project in a timely manner
Compile hand over files, completion certificates, buy-back negotiations and return of equipment.
