Neelam Thakur, Planning Engineer

Neelam Thakur

Planning Engineer

CIVILCO Civil Engineering & Contracting

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Management
Experience
15 years, 0 months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 0 months

Planning Engineer at CIVILCO Civil Engineering & Contracting
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since March 2015

Key Projects Handled:

Project : “CELESTIA” Serviced Hotel Apartments, DWC, Dubai
(2 Blocks (964 Units) - 2B+G+7+RF)
Client : DAMAC Development LLC
Consultant : ECCE
Main Contractor : CIVILCO Civil Engineering & Contracting LLC.
Project Value :271 Million AED


Project : Hillside Residences by Sweid & Sweid, JLT, Dubai
(2B +G+31+RF)
Client : Sweid & Sweid
Project Manager : Arcan
Consultant : BSBG
Main Contractor : CIVILCO Civil Engineering & Contracting LLC.
Project Value :242 Million AED


Responsibilities:

• Analyzes Contract Documents, Drawings, Specification, BOQ in order develop and manage project master schedule to ensure successful project completion in accordance with contract.

• Project Planning and development using Primavera for monitoring all Pre-qualification, Material, Method Statement, Shop Drawing & Procurement, Progress and resource administration activities.

• Resource & Cost Loading in the prepared program and Keeping a track of available and required Labor strength and reporting to higher authority.

• Develop Detailed Engineering logs for submission & approval of Sub-contractor, Shop drawing, Method Statement & Material and tracking/updating for the same to avoid any delay.

• Closely monitor project metrics, Prepare forecasts and estimations resulting from significant deviations from scheduled baselines and follow up with relevant parties for corrective and preventive actions Identify project schedule risks.

• Perform statistical analysis to identify schedule variances of project status against schedule baseline using EVMs and calculate Schedule Performance Index (SPI).

• Responsible for construction scheduling and communication and acts as a liaison between different team in the organization, various subcontractor / Sub agencies Coordination.

• Preparation of Presentations and Meeting/Co-coordinating with Client, Consultant and Subcontractors.

• Generation of various Project Management reports of Daily, Weekly, Monthly Reports, Cash Flow, Resource Histogram and Minutes of Meeting of Coordination Meeting etc.

• Extracting Weekly & Monthly look heads for Construction & Engineering activities & follow up with Construction & Technical Manager for timely execution of site & engineering work. Preparing short term target program for site.

• Highlight upcoming risks of the project to Site Management and proposing mitigation plan.

• Highlight upcoming risks of the project to the Client and provide Early Warning in order to take timely decision to avoid delay.

• Preparation of Delay Notifications and assisting Contracts Manager in contractual correspondences.

• EOT Claim Preparation and liaising with the Engineer for clarification/meetings.

• Review & response to EOT Claims of subcontractors.

• Setting targets & monitoring submission of Project close-out documents.

PLANNING ENGINEER at SUN ISLAND CONTRACTING LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2014 to February 2015

Key Projects Handled:
• 3B + G+9+Gym Residential Building at Al Qusais, Dubai.
• B + G+ 8 Retail & Residential Building at International City, Dubai
• G+ 4 Residential Building at Sharjah
• B+ G+ M Showrooms (3 Nos) at Al Barsha, Dubai.
• B+G+2+Services Villa for Al-Sheikha Roda Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan at Nadd Al Shiba (IV)
• G+ M Building for Beit Al Khair Society.
• G+M Warehouse (5 Nos) at Al Qusais
• G+ 1 Office & Warehouse at JAFZA south for Allinox Steel Alloys
• Mosque Obaid Al Qttami (Mosque, Imam Block & Ablution Block) at Hatta, Dubai.
• B+G+1 Villa at Umm Sequim St. & B+ G+1 Villa at Emirates Hills Dubai
• LG+G+1 Villa (2 nos) at Jumeriah Islands, Dubai.
Responsibilities:
• Review of Contract Document, BOQ, Drawings & Specifications for Scheduling.
• Preparation of Detailed Construction Program/Baseline Schedule for all projects on P6 V8.2
• Preparation of all Submittal & Approval Schedule for Subcontractor, Shop Drawing & Material and Material Procurement Schedule.
• Estimating & planning the manpower for the projects.
• Resource loading & Cost loading in Primavera (P6, V8.2) for various projects.
• Preparation of Manpower Histogram & Cash Flow.
• Updating, Tracking & Monitoring of Schedule (weekly & monthly) and compares it with the baseline schedule.
• Providing Look Ahead Schedule on timely basis to Project Manager for execution of work.
• Preparation of Recovery Schedule.
• Submitting Schedule & Progress Reports according to the consultant/ client requirement.
• Providing Project Status, Charts & other graphical representation to the management as & when required.

Executive Engineer at L&T Valdel Engineering Ltd
  • India
  • December 2008 to June 2011

Dec 2008-June 2011: L&T Valdel Engineering Ltd, Bangalore, India as Executive Engineer- Structural Department.
Key Projects Handled: • MHN- Process Platform & Living Quarter Project (includes Flares and Bridges)
• ADMA-OPCO (UMM LULU & NASR FIELD)
• MNW-NF Bridge and Platform Modification
Responsibilities: • SPOC for Weight Control Management for Offshore Structures.
• Performed FEED Endorsement, in-service and pre-service analysis.
• Preparation of MTO.
•Performed small group activities for in-house development of database.
• Developed useful application spreadsheet.
• Responsible for QMS, EMS and OSHAS Audit.

Executive Engineer -Project Management at L&T Faridabad, India
  • India
  • April 2008 to November 2008

April 2008-November 2008: L&T Faridabad, India as Executive Engineer -Project Management.
Responsibilities: • Study and evaluation of tender document.
• Listing of major contractual & non-contractual clauses before the preparation of bid.
• Team member in preparation & submission of bid.
• Interaction/follow ups with clients for further business opportunities.
• Tracking of upcoming business opportunities.
• Initial stage of Planning of the Projects.
• Making WBS, Activities, Relationships and Preparation of Baseline Schedule.
• Preparation of Schedule.

Assistant Engineer at Simplex Infrastructures Limited
  • India
  • July 2006 to March 2008

July 2006-March 2008: Simplex Infrastructures Limited, New Delhi, India as Assistant Engineer - Project Co-ordination.
Key Projects Handled: • Widening & strengthening of 15 kms 4 lane of existing single/intermediate lane carriageway on NH 57 in Bihar.
• Improvement of access to Golden quadrilateral corridor by free flow facilities along NH-4, 45& 205 in Chennai.
• Lucknow-Muzzaffarpur NH project of 4 laning of 41 Kms of Gorakhpur-Gopalganj Section of NH 28 in Uttar Pradesh.
• Civil works at Reliance Export Refinery Project, RIL Jamnagar.
• Execution of Civil, Structural and architectural works of 1000 MW (4x250 MW units) OP Jindal Super Thermal Power Plant, Raigarh Chattisgarh.
• Construction of viaduct for Mumbai Metro VAG corridor, MMOPL:

Responsibilities:
• Assisting Planning Manager in initial stage of planning of the projects and preparation of Schedule.
• Making WBS, Activities, Relationships and Preparation of Baseline Schedule.
• Resource loading in primavera for individual projects.
• Preparation of daily & Weekly Reports. Update & Monitoring schedules on Primavera.
• Identify critical activities on site.
• Forecasting completion of works and sequencing.
• Assist the Construction team to chase up the target as per Baseline Programme.
• Analysis of Delays, mitigation and recovery.
• Assisting in preparation of Claims using FIDIC.
• Active Team member in assisting Project Coordinator in day-to-day coordination work.
• Assisting Project Manager in all aspects of project Management like Contractual matters, preparation of Construction Methodologies, Presentations for client and work site.
• Co-ordination between Client, Consultant, Site and Sub-contractor.
• Preparing RFQ for issuing sub-contracts & recommending the “best-fit” subcontractor.
• Close analysis, review and reporting of daily and monthly progress reports.
• Analysis of Monthly Operational Report of equipment’s and tracks the discrepancies.
• Responsible for QMS Audit.

Computer Skills
PRIMAVERA P6, SACS 5.3, AutoCAD & MS Office.

Education

Master's degree, Management
  • at NICMAR
  • February 2012

Feb 2012: Post Graduation Program in Construction Management from National Institute of Construction Management & Research (NICMAR-PUNE) (School of Distance Education), India

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur
  • May 2006

May 2006: Bachelor of Technology, Civil Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, (NITH) India

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Project Coordination
Project Planning
Primavera P6
Primavera P6 V 8.2
MS Office

Languages

English
Intermediate
Hindi
Expert

Memberships

PMI
  • PMP
  • March 2021

Training and Certifications

Master Foundation Class – Claims (Training)
Training Institute:
UDEMY
Date Attended:
January 2018
Contract, Delays & Claims with Primavera P6 (Training)
Training Institute:
UDEMY
Date Attended:
March 2020
Time Slice Windows Analysis (Construction Delays) with Primavera from Udemy (Training)
Training Institute:
UDEMY
Date Attended:
May 2020
Project Management Professional, PMP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2021
Valid Until:
March 2024
Contract & Management (Training)
Training Institute:
3 Fold Education Center, Dubai.
Date Attended:
May 2017
Duration:
30 hours
EFFECTIVE PLANNING & SCHEDULING (Training)
Training Institute:
CAMBRIDGE EDUCATION, DUBAI
Date Attended:
January 2014

Hobbies

  • COOKING & TRAVELLING