Chathura Abayakoon, Senior Quantity Surveyor cum Contract Administrator

Chathura Abayakoon

Senior Quantity Surveyor cum Contract Administrator

Al Falah Holding

Lieu
Émirats Arabes Unis - Dubaï
Éducation
Master, MSc in Civil Engineering and Construction Management
Expérience
16 years, 1 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :16 years, 1 Mois

Senior Quantity Surveyor cum Contract Administrator à Al Falah Holding
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Abu Dhabi
  • Je travaille ici depuis juillet 2018

Currently I am working for a Developer, M/s. Al Falah Holding which is having many diversified subsidiary/ sister companies in UAE, KSA, Qatar and Oman and further I am currently involving in many business activities related to deferent type of Contracts such as:

• Identifying risks and unfair terms, amending provisions, negotiating & finalizing varies type of Contracts such as Construction Contracts and Subcontracts, Consultancy Agreements, Sales & Purchase Agreements, Rental Agreements, Service Agreements, NDA, Confidentiality Agreements, Tenancy Contracts and etc.
• Planning activities and preparation of schedule for construction projects, assigning of resources and costs into activities and then generating manpower histogram, S curve and other required details for specific projects
• Reviewing received contractual notices/ letters, identifying risks and drafting letters under the contract without delay
• Reviewing monthly payment statement/ application against works done under the contract or otherwise and preparation payment certificate for payment

Senior Quantity Surveyor à Arkiplan Consulting Architects & Engineers
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Dubaï
  • août 2016 à juillet 2018

I have worked for 2 government projects, (B+G+3F+Roof) developed by M/s. Al Wasl LLC and specially involved in post contract work activities,

• Contract administration with Dubai Real Estate Corporation Condition of Contract (DREC 2008)
• Submitting to the Employer/ Al Wasl, Request for Approval (RFA) for variations
• Finalizing Variation Orders (VO), PC and PS items
• Certifying contractor’s monthly payment statement/ application against works done and under the contract
• Conducting commercial meetings and attending progress meetings
• Submitting monthly cost reports to Al Wasl / Employer
• Finalized enabling contractor’s TOC, Statement at Completion, Performance Certificate, Discharge, and Final Payment
• Supporting to the planner for delay analyzing by investigating contractor’s entitlement under the Contract

Consultant Quantity Surveyor (Pre/ Post Contract) à National Engineering Bureau (NEB)
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Dubaï
  • juillet 2014 à août 2016

Duties Involved in Head Office for Pre Contract Works:-

• Measuring, quantifying and preparation of BOQ
• Preparation of Tender documents
• Issuing tender invitations for pre qualified tenderers
• Coordinate with architect/ designers and answering for queries
• Follow up tenderers and keep them updated with addendum
• Tender analyzing
• Preparation sheets for post tender clarification
• Preparation of Contract document
• Coordination with tenderers and Employer till award of Contract

Duties Involved in Projects for Post Contract Works:-
• Marina 101 Project (6B+G+101Floors) - Contract Price: 745 Million AED,
• Marina 106 Project (6B+G+106Floors) - Contract Price: 780 Million AED, and
• Time Royal Project (2B+G+11Floors) - Contract Price: 145 Million AED)

• Reviewing and checking with notices for Contractor’s entitlement and ground for EOT claim
• Identifying delay events and preparation of impacted as planned schedule against Contractor’s EOT claim
• Identifying concurrent delay events, separate them and adjust them accordingly
• Reviewing Contractor’s detail particulars/ contemporary records and finalizing prolongation cost claim
• Checking Engineer’s instructions and Identifying Contractor’s entitlement for variation claims
• Reviewing Contractor’s quantities and new rate breakdowns for variation claims
• Finalizing variation claims and update variation log accordingly
• Writing contractual notices/ letters
• Certifying Contractor’s monthly payment statement (Payment Application) according to Site progress
• Reviewing and finalizing sub contractor’s claims

Estimation Engineer à City Diamond Contracting LLC
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Dubaï
  • novembre 2013 à juin 2014

Duties Involved: -
• Preparation of Bill of Quantities as per drawing and specification for design and built projects
• Site inspection for tendering purpose
• Taking off quantities according to POMI, SMM7 and sometimes CESMM3
• Pricing BOQs as per tender documents
• Preparation financial and technical submission
• Attending meetings with senior management and preparation of post tender clarification
• Coordination with consultants/ employers (developers)
• Market study and analysis basic materials
• Floating enquiries and collecting quotations from sub contractors
• Negotiation with sub contractors
• Preparation of sub contract agreements

Quantity Surveyor (Post Contract) à Frayland Construction & Interiors L. L. C
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Dubaï
  • juin 2012 à novembre 2013

Duties Involved: -
• Identifying and quantifying variation
• Valuing variation with existing rate
• Valuing variation with new rates when existing rate is not applicable
• Taking off quantities for LPOs/ purchasing materials
• Participating for joint measurement with sub contractors for their work done
• Preparation payment certificates for sub contractors according to the contract agreement
• Preparation our monthly payment certificate
• Working with four ongoing projects
• Supporting to Senior Quantity Surveyor for CVR report
• Checking quantities from tender drawing and supporting to tender team also

Quantity Surveyor cum Planning Engineer à I T C Co. W.L.L
  • Qatar - Doha
  • juin 2011 à mars 2012

Duties Involved: -
• Taking off quantities from Architectural, Civil & MEP drawings
• Making query sheet and getting answers
• Preparation of rate breakdowns
• Pricing of BOQs
• Preparation of interim payment certificates
• Identifying and finalizing of variations
• Planning and scheduling projects using Primavera P6
• Preparation of manpower & equipment schedule
• Preparation of estimated budget for Projects

Site Engineer Cum Quantity Surveyor à KES Engineering (pvt) ltd
  • Sri Lanka - Kurunegala
  • mars 2011 à juin 2011

Duties Involved in Road Project: -
• Setting out and giving vertical & horizontal coordinates
• Construction of side drainage with reinforced concrete
• Updating progress of work with MS Project 2007
• Attending progress meeting with client and Engineer
• Preparation of Sub-grade
• Laying ABC and construction of Sub Base
• Construction of road-base
• Effectively utilizing and maintaining machineries
• Preparing monthly payment certificate & submitting to Engineer
• Handling & recording day-works
• Quantifying and pricing variations
• Attending to check payment certificate with Engineer’s representative at site

Site Engineer à Hyundai Engineering & Construction co. ltd
  • Sri Lanka - Kalutara
  • septembre 2010 à février 2011

Duties Involved in Port Project:-
• Responsible for quality controlling and categorizing from rock boulders to aggregate under several categories
• Coordinating with all responsible persons and effectively and efficiently arranging barges to send rock boulders from Wadduwa (LOP) site to Colombo post expansion project
• Worked for scheduled day and night shifts and fully responsible for safety of more than 200 workers including supervisors and foremen

Quantity Surveyor à Akila Engineering (pvt) ltd
  • Sri Lanka - Hambantota
  • mai 2010 à septembre 2010

Duties Involved in Port Project:-
• Taking off quantities for work done of excavation by getting coordinates thru total station
• Used Surfer 6 software to evaluate excavated quantity and generate reports
• Preparation and submitting monthly payment application

Site Engineer à SENOK Trade Combine (pvt) ltd.
  • Maldives
  • mars 2009 à avril 2010

Duties Involved in Harbour Project:-
• Construction of harbour basin and channel by excavating, construction of jetty with precast quay walls and construction of breakwater and revetment
• Effectively and efficiently utilizing heavy construction machineries and equipments
• Preparing and submitting monthly payment application to the consultant and finalizing variations

Trainee Engineer à Bandaranayake International Airport
  • Sri Lanka - Katunayake
  • janvier 2008 à janvier 2009

Gained training as well as helped the employer by doing works under their supervision for 1 year periods. Involved in concrete, and finishing works for 12-storey building and two storeys pre-cast building project as well.

Éducation

Master, MSc in Civil Engineering and Construction Management
  • à Hariot-Watt University
  • décembre 2020

Studied below Subjects; • Value and risk management • Project management theory and practice • Construction financial management • Foundation engineering • Ground engineering • Safety, Risk and Reliability • Indeterminate structures • Earthquake engineering

Baccalauréat, Bsc (Hons) Quantity Surveying & Construction Management
  • à Sheffield Hallam University
  • juin 2014

My final dissertation was: “Identifying reasons to still use FIDIC 1987 instead of later version of FIDIC 1999”

Diplôme, Edexcel Level 5 Btec Professional Diploma in Quantity Surveying
  • à ICBT Campus
  • juin 2013

• Individual Project • Work Based Learning • Measurement-B • Construction Economics • Project Management • Design Technology • Technology-B • Health & Safety

Diplôme, National Diploma in Civil Engineering, (3 years, full time, English medium)
  • à Institute of Technology University of Moratuwa
  • février 2009

National Diploma in Civil Engineering awarded by University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Total course duration : 3 years (full time) Medium: English

Specialties & Skills

Quantity Surveying
Primavera P6
Ms Project 2007 & 2010
Auto Cad 2010 2D/3D
Quantity Surveying
Delay analysis
FIDIC 1987 & 1999
POMI, CESMM3, SMM7, NRM2, CESMM4
Highway/ Roads and Infrastructure
High rise buildings/ Skyscrapers
Procurement
Negotiation
Claims Management
Contract Administration
Marine Construction
Claims Management
Negotiation
Contract Administration
Estimation
Highways
Procurement

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Langues

Anglais
Moyen

Adhésions

Charted Institute of Arbitrators
  • Membership No: 34291
  • June 2015
Chartered Institute of Building
  • Membership No: 2018078
  • September 2015
Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors
  • Membership No: 22936,
  • April 2019

Formation et Diplômes

Certificate in Forensic Schedule Analysis (Formation)
Institut de formation:
College of Contract Management - United Kingdom
Date de la formation:
November 2018
Durée:
25 heures
Certificate in Sound Contract Administration (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
November 2012
Valide jusqu'à:
March 2013
Certificate in Contract Administrator - Master Class (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
March 2019
Certificate in Contract Administration - Advance Course (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
January 2013
Valide jusqu'à:
April 2013

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