Abdallah Awad (APC Candidate of RICS)

Project: Infrastructure Needs Program II “INP II”, Local Construction Program “LCP”, and Building Foundations Program “BFP” located in West Bank and Gaza.

Scope of work: Traditional procurement route for variety of infrastructure projects including but not limited to roads, water, sewage and waste water treatment plants.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Preparing and updating the project cost estimates during the different design and construction stages.
• Producing bills of quantities based on Client requirements.
• Quantifying construction works at the various stages of a project; i.e. quantities verification and pricing the BOQs based on design/IFC drawings, specifications, BOQ preamble and the bid methods of measurement.
• Providing cost estimate advice concerning the submitted change orders/ variation orders, and claims in close coordination with projects control manager.
• Others.

Project: Mataf Expansion - Mega Project (Cost Plus Project located in Saudi Arabia)

Position: Cost Consultant

Client: Ministry of Finance (Saudi Arabia)

Funded By: Ministry of Finance (Saudi Arabia)

Scope of work: Design & Build “EPC” of Mataf Expansion project of an approximate built up area of 250, 000 m² including one basement floor and other four ring floors.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Producing bills of quantities based on International standards “CSI & POMI”.
• Quantifying construction works at the various stages of a project; i.e. quantities verification and pricing the BOQs based on design/IFC drawings, specifications, BOQ preamble and the bid methods of measurement.
• Reviewing the received build up unit-rates including direct and indirect costs.
• Evaluating the material on/off site.
• Reviewing and evaluating received suppliers and sub-contractors bids.
• Leading other junior quantity surveyors for quantities verifications and bids evalua-tion.
• Preparing and updating the project cost estimates during the different design and construction stages.
• Providing evaluation report for the client based on the received technical and commercial proposals from pre-qualified bidders or contractors.
• Managing and controlling the numerous issued revisions of IFC drawings, technical specifications, contract amendments, site instructions and other documents to be submitted to the contractors through a proper channel and a clear procedure to avoid any disputes or improper construction of works at site as much as possible.
• Monitoring the actual construction costs and providing the client with financial advices to take the necessary action at the right time to avoid extra constructions costs, time extensions, claims and disputes which could be raised by the contractors.
• Reviewing of contractor’s interim payments including stored material on/off site, variation orders, and claims
• Chairing site meetings and monitoring the progress of construction works.
• Monitoring and evaluating the overall progress of works.
• Preparing of monthly status reports.
• Others.

My tasks vary but not limited as follows:
•Managing project’s activities on site.
•Managing project’s resources and material on site.
•Preparing project budget breakdown.
•Preparing project’s material list for procurement department.
•Monitoring and evaluating the progress of works.
•Preparing and reviewing of take off quantities.
•Preparing and reviewing civil shop drawings.
•Participating of preparation and updating schedule of detailed schedule plan.
•Preparing monthly interim payments with all supporting documents and drawings.
•Preparation of variation orders and claims for the project.
•Managing and monitoring project’s material submittals.
•Preparing payment form in compliance with FIDIC, Donors and Client's requirements.
•Preparing purchase orders for the material to be delivered to site after studying the contract documents, drawings and shop drawings.
•Preparing source of origin contact lists for all material and equipment to be delivered to site within each project.
•Preparing predicted cash flow and overall budget for the project in order to be able to monitor the financial issues, in addition to all other required arrangements for opening LC for the imported material in coordination with the supplier and financial department.
•Preparing miscellaneous templates to be used for project quality control manual such as quarterly progress, monthly progress, daily report, payment template …etc.
•Others.

• Filling more than one position, such as Projects Manager, Senior Quantity Surveyor, Senior Estimator, Procurement Manager, Water Engineer and Scheduler (Planner), Office Manager.
• Projects Manager for ongoing projects, my tasks vary from managing ongoing projects, monitoring progress of works, preparing monthly and quarterly progress reports, preparing projects budgets, preparing financial and technical proposals.
• Senior Quantity surveyor for Nablus Water Loss Reduction Phase II, my tasks vary from preparing interim payment templates for local contracts C1, C2, C3, and International contract C4 (Construction Cost of 15 Million EURO), reviewing received quantities & interim payment statements for the four contracts.
• Water Design Assistance for Nablus Water Loss Reduction Phase II, my tasks varied from converting model from AutoCAD to EPANET and from NEISE to EPANET, from EPANET to AUTOCAD, from GIS shape files to AUTOCAD and so on, in addition to preparing of detail design drawings for main transmission pipelines layouts, profiles, cost estimate, quantities and sub Bill of Quantity, and preparing main transmission pipelines models on EPANET.
• Office Manager; my tasks included but not limited the coordination with Clients, Employees and stakeholders concerning the running and prospective projects, moreover following up the progress of works and the financial matters for each project, reporting to the owner, in addition to working on getting more projects whenever and wherever it could be possible, preparing technical and financial proposals.
•Senior Quantity Surveyor; preparing take off quantities for job on hand projects and bids.
•Procurement Manager; preparing bidding documents, contracts, & drawings.
•In charge of Advisory Services for Design, Procure & Implement Different Packages under the Arab Fund Project in cooperation with PWA as the Client.

•Senior Quantity surveyor for “United for Development Support Services”, in its capacity as the Manager of The Program Support Unit (PSU), my tasks varied from taking off quantities from preliminary design drawings and geotechnical reports, preparing preliminary BOQs and cost estimates for courthouse facilities in Tulkarem, Hebron and a Courts Complex in Ramallah. The construction and detailed design costs for these projects are funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

Estimator and Quantity Surveyor for El Concorde Hamid Jabr.
oPlanner Engineer: Updating the schedule of works and preparing the monthly progress report.
oProject Engineer for Halhul Dura Yatta Water Transmission System Project (€ 8.5 Million) for El Concorde Hamid Jabr Co., my tasks varied from preparing payment interim invoices, participate in preparing of shop drawings, procurement manager, budget controller, coordinator with the subcontractors, follow up the required submittals to be submitted to the consultant and others.
oProcurement Manager for El Concorde, my tasks varies were as follows:
oStudying tenders’ documents and drawings.
oPreparing technical and financial proposals.
oPurchase Manager.
oBudget controller for Halhul Dura Yatta water transmission project.
oQuantity Surveyor and Estimator for tenders & job in hands projects.
Actually it was the hardest job I have filled so far because of the above mentioned tasks that I was filling by myself, furthermore I worked also as a financial manager for one month to replace his place; since I was the oldest employee in the company and I had the background to respond to any inquiry or needed information.

oQuantity Surveyor and Site Engineer for MIDMAC CONTRACTING. CO.
My tasks varied as
1- Quantity Qurveyor for Al-Ersal School Project, in addition to do all of the civil works, as built drawings and preparing the final interim payment for this project.
2- Site Engineer for Bank of Palestine Ltd. Project
Doing site work tasks, checking building alignment, checking levels, preparing as built drawings, preparing payment invoices.

oQuantities Surveyor, and Estimator for Arabian Industrial Co.
My tasks varied as:
Quantity surveyor and estimator for tenders and job in hand projects.

o Quantity Surveyor for MIDMAC CONTRACTING CO>
Ramallah Cultural Complex Project (US$ 2.5 Million), Quantity Surveyor and Site Engineer, the project was funded by Japanese, and it was supervised by the UNDP.
My Tasks Varied As:
1- Preparing shop drawings.
2- Quantity Surveyor.
3- Preparing daily reports.