Contract Management Projects

In 2005, Mark Doucette of WaterMark was engaged as the Implementation Manager to manage the implementation contractor, staff and other resources through the process of implementing the Land Use Management System (LUMS) on behalf of Crowns Lands Branch of the Department of Natural Resources. The system is designed to assist the Crown Lands Branch to manage tenure on Crown Lands within the Province of New Brunswick.

In 2004, Mark Doucette was engaged as a Subject Matter Expert and Project / Contract Management Consultant working with the University of New Brunswick on a project for Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The project supports the development of a modern national geodetic framework for land reform environmental management and the sustainable development of natural resources. It includes the transfer of Canadian technology and expertise to Brazilian entities responsible for the development and maintenance of a geo-centric geodetic reference system for all of Brazil. The estimated project value is in excess of $7,000,000 and the project finishes in 2008.

In 2004, Mark Doucette of WaterMark was engaged as a Project Manager to manage the process of defining system requirements and acquiring a system via a competitive bid process. The system is designed to assist the Crown Lands Branch manage tenure on Crown Lands within the Province of New Brunswick.

In 2002 - 2004, Mark Doucette was engaged as the Project Management Advisor to assist in a project that involved the migration of the GIS technology currently in use by Department of Natural Resources (DNR) (ArcInfo) to technology which will ensure continued support from vendors and improve the overall functionality of DNR’s GIS (ArcGIS). The project involved acquisition of new hardware, acquisition of new database and GIS software, updating / modifying existing GIS applications that currently run on the old architecture, development of new applications that could not be run before due to limitations in the old architecture, updating and documenting DNR data and the re-training of DNR personnel.

In 1999 – 2002, WaterMark was engaged as a Contract Manager for the contracting of Assessment Services for the Province of New Brunswick. New Brunswick is contracting out the appraisal of heavy industrial properties for inclusion on the taxation rolls. WaterMark was contracted to develop project documentation to define, tender and acquire assessment services and to monitor the contracts and project deliverables through the delivery of those services. Contract deliverables included; Terms of Reference, contract documentation, and project monitoring plans and reporting systems.