Survey Project Management Course conducted for Elevate Offshore (2nd Birmingham based instruction)
S4, an Innovatum Group Company, conducted a 3-day Survey Project Management Course during 16th-18th September, with issued attendance Certificates for Elevate Offshore fixed contractors, freelancers & other key client senior personnel – all looking to career progress, further their options into onshore project management or enhance their existing PM skills. This was the 2nd Survey PM course to be held on behalf of Elevate in the UK’s second city, after a highly successful first delivery in February.
Elevate Offshore specialise in the provision of survey, ROV and inspection personnel to the offshore oil and gas, renewables, telecoms and power industries.
The course was held centrally in the UK to optimise take up and equalise travel arrangements for all at the Cadbury/ Bourneville Room, Somerset House in central Birmingham, providing excellent support, training aids and hospitality. Elevate themselves providing high class luncheon hospitality each day.
An Elevate evening of superb & interactive entertainment at the Flight Club added to the 3-day training experience.
Subjects covered included – Professionalism, Communications, Continuity of actions, Document control, PM procedures & process (Prince 2 flow), Tendering & Commercials (best practise), Fit for purpose resourcing (vessels, equipment, personnel, software etc.), Client meetings & liaison, Client negotiations, Project legal/ contractual interaction & liaison, Department & management colleague liaison, Project preparations (kick off meetings client & internal, site visit, sub contractors meetings, audits etc.), Project HIRA/ Risk and QHSE liaison, Project pre job briefings/ inductions, PM project visibility, Project actions, Project daily interaction & liaison/ reporting and comms protocols (client, sub cons, offshore and office), Project schedule tracking & impacts, Project resource tracking, Project cost control & reporting, Project washups/ lessons learned.
Special mention to Anthony Williams, Technical Manager at Elevate Offshore for making all the local arrangements whilst acting as a superb Flight Club event host.
The 12 (twelve) attendees contributed to a really enjoyable delivery experience over the 3 days with focus, excellent interaction and considerable sounding board/ discussion sessions throughout. All personnel were from a multitude of senior disciplines and roles in the marine survey sector – with thanks to Anthony Williams, Gemma Davies, Nicolo Basciano, Marco Maurino, Stephen Davies, Ellie Roberts, Neil Wakefiled, Eimear Richardson, Rosie Harrieson, Angela Smith, Khurram Shahzad, Olumuyiwa Animashawun, Gbemisola Rilwan.
We look forward to supporting Elevate in Kuala Lumpur (19th – 21st November) with a further Survey PM course & returning to Birmingham in Spring ’26 for a 3rd UK course take up.
