Ahmed Shendi, Senior Cost Manager

Ahmed Shendi

Senior Cost Manager

Currie & Brown

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, Faculty Of Sciences, Geology Department
Experience
16 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 4 Months

Senior Cost Manager at Currie & Brown
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since November 2022

Senior cost manager, working in a design and build private projects, reporting to the commercial lead and responsible for:
- Work progress: review and assess the submitted monthly IPAs from the contractors and issue the IPCs to the employer.
- Work change orders and claims: review and assess the submitted change orders and claims and ensure that this submission is following/complying with the contract agreement.
- Preparation of accurate, timely, and complete reports to the client.
- Awareness of different form of contracts and identifying the projects’ matters between the parties.
- Work in connection with colleagues to assess client’s existing processes, reports and playbooks and identify opportunities for improved processes, and implement change where relevant.
- Develops and implements action plans to correct variances.
- Studies and understands project contract documents, including BOQs.
- Following up with the contractor's RAFs (Rate Approval Forms): insure about the scope of work, achieves the best value, agreed with the contractor, and issue the RAFs for final approval.

Projects:
- Confidential/Private Residential Projects, Jeddah, KSA.
Projects Value, Lumpsum & Cost Plus, is more than SAR. 800 million.

Quantity Surveyor at Compass Project Consulting
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 2020 to November 2022

Commercial QS working in cost management for company’s projects in Saudi Arabia.

Duties:
- Work progress: review and assess the submitted monthly IPAs from the contractors and issue the IPCs to the employer.
- Work change orders and claims: review and assess the submitted change orders and claims and ensure that this submission is following/complying with the contract agreement.
- Preparation of accurate, timely, and complete reports to the client.
- Awareness of different form of contracts and identifying the projects’ matters between the parties.
- Work in connection with colleagues to assess client’s existing processes, reports and playbooks and identify opportunities for improved processes, and implement change where relevant.
- Develops and implements action plans to correct variances.
- Studies and understands project contract documents, including BOQs.
- Following up with the contractor's RAFs (Rate Approval Forms): insure about the scope of work, achieves the best value, agreed with the contractor, and issue the RAFs for final approval.

Projects:
Worked with Al Khozama Project Management Company (AK), PMO office in varies projects, with a total value increased than SAR. 1billion.
Below is a list for some of these projects:

- Al Faisaliah Redevelopment and Upgrade Project, Riyadh, KSA.
- Al Faisaliah Retail Mall Refurbishment, Riyadh, KSA.
- MAMO Le Michelangelo Restaurant, Riyadh, KSA.
- La Petite Maison (LPM) Restaurant, Riyadh, KSA.
- Meraki Restaurant, Riyadh, KSA.
- Maiz Restaurant, DGDA, Riyadh, KSA.
- Al Motassim Street Landscape Upgrade, Riyadh, KSA.
- Mastroz Restaurant, DGDA, Riyadh, KSA.

Senior Quantity Surveyor at Specon Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • October 2018 to February 2020

Commercial QS managing a team of Jr. QS’s, working in King Fahad Medical City (KFMC) Project.
Project Total value: SAR. 3 billion
MEP scope of work Value: SAR. 850M

Duties:
- MEP Quantity Take-off for Medical Towers: (Neuroscience, Cancer Center, Cardiac Center, Laboratories, Office Building, Proton Therapy Center, and Central Services Building. (PPNNCC), Transferring all site progress (Site Progress Monitoring) and indicate all approved MIR’s & FIRs to the calculation sheets to provide the IPC for the Client / Consultant.
- Preparing IPCs for suppliers and sub-contractors according to the approved MIRs, FIRs and time sheets.
- Preparing and submitting the variation orders/claims as per the contract agreement conditions.
- Contractual advising.

Senior Quantity Surveyor at Modern Arab Construction Co., Ltd (MAC)
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • August 2015 to October 2018

Senior quantity surveyor, reporting to PM, managing a team of Jr. QS’s in Jazan Refinery & Gasification Combined Cycle Project, responsible for:
- Civil, Architectural, and MEP quantities Take-off for many construction activities like:
Sub-Station Buildings, Pipe Rack Modules, Tanks, Lift Stations, Manholes, MEP Pipeline and Internal Roads BUILDINGS, PIPE
Project total Value: SAR. 11 billion
Scope of work Value: SAR. 900M.

Duties:
Transferring all site progress (Site Progress Monitoring) and indicate all approved MIR’s & FIRs to the calculation sheets to provide the IPC for the Client / Consultant.
- Preparing IPCs for Suppliers, and Subcontractors according to the approved MIR’s, FIR’s / and time sheets.
- Preparing Claims, and E.O.T
- Managing Precast and Steel Yard Activities.

Senior Quantity Surveyor at Saudi Binladin Group (ABCD)
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • March 2012 to August 2015

Job Description:
Work as Senior Quantity Surveyor in project:
"Project of Custodian of Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz for the Expansion of The Holy Mosque and Associated Elements. … Security Buildings and Hospital …"

Job Role:
-Procurement & Contracts Division:
-Work on Oracle ERP Implementation Project (Oracle SCM │ Procurement), Certificate Awarded.
-Preparing and analyzing costings for tenders.
-Preparation Materials Submittals.
-Preparing of variation orders.
-Technical Office Division:
-Quantity Takeoff (B.O.Q) for Skin, Civil and Finishes items in 4 Plots & Hospital.
-Preparing & analyzing of progress reports.
-Preparing tender and contract documents, including bills of quantities with the architect and/or the client.

About Project:
Cost Plus Project, Work with huge teamwork of Engineers, Technicians & Supervisors.

Quantity Surveyor at Aied Dahim Alhamoud & Partners For Contracting
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • September 2009 to October 2011

Job Description :
Quantity Surveyor (Technical Office) :
-Preparing Schedule Time for the projects on Primavera program.
-Quantity Takeoff from Shop Drawings, and monitoring the construction rates.
-Preparing monthly Invoices for Clients, and Sub-contractors.
-Preparing and analyzing costings for tenders.
-Preparing of variation orders.
-Providing advice on contractual claims.

Quantity Surveyor at Ambitious Group (A.G) Surveyors & Contractors
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2007 to September 2009

Job Description :
-Quantity Surveyor (Technical Office)
-Surveyor (Field Work)

Projects :
-Estimation Of Raw Materials in Helwan Cement Company's Factories :-
-Lifting & Spatial Signature and Division of Lands in Ebny-Baitak Project (6th Of October City)
-Lifting & Spatial Signature in many other projects

Education

Bachelor's degree, Faculty Of Sciences, Geology Department
  • at Alazhar University
  • May 2007

Geologist Engineer

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Office
Engineering Drawings
AutoCAD
Microsoft Excel
Earthworks
AutoCAD
Land Civil 3D
Microsoft Office
Earth work
Primavira

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Quantity Surveyors International
  • Member of Quantity Surveyors International (MQSI)
  • October 2021

Training and Certifications

Member of Quantity Surveyors International (MQSI) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2021

Hobbies

  • Swimming