Ashraf Taha PMP - AssocRICS - PMI-RMP - EDGE Auditor, Senior Quantity Surveyor - Al Riyadh Metro Project, Hill International

Ashraf Taha PMP - AssocRICS - PMI-RMP - EDGE Auditor

Senior Quantity Surveyor - Al Riyadh Metro Project, Hill International

Hill International

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, Construction Project Management
Experience
18 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 7 Months

Senior Quantity Surveyor - Al Riyadh Metro Project, Hill International at Hill International
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since March 2015

 Preparing cost estimate for construction works based on the information provided by Design Team.
 Performing risk and value management and cost control.
 Carrying out full construction take off, preparing construction cost plan, and tracking costs, labor costs, cash flows.
 Reviewing cost plan report prepared by Contractor’s consultant, reviewing Bills of Quantities (BOQ) and reviewing cost impact for Design Variation Orders.
 Preparing cost estimates for alternative design proposals during the Value Engineering workshop.
 Preparing and maintaining cash flow forecasts for subcontract works along with estimates of variation works.
 Overseeing preparation of Commercial Evaluation Report.
 Reviewing and processing of construction Contractors’ monthly Progress Payments.
 Reviewing Change Notices (CN), Change Request (CR) submitted by Contractor and preparing technical justifications for the changes to obtain client approval in order to instruct the Contractors to carry out the proposed changes.
 Reviewing cost impact requested by the Contractor for the changes approved by client.
 Preparing presentation to justify the changes included in the Variation Orders.
 Review the daily, weekly and monthly progress reports

Senior Quantity Surveyor at Abu Dhabi national Oil Company (ADNOC)
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • November 2009 to March 2015

 Preparing budget estimate for construction works at project inception stage based on the information provided by Design Department along with budget estimate for Design Consultancy Services; preparation of cost reports and presentations for Management.
 Performing risk and value management and cost control and measuring from plan drawings and isometrics to produce fully priced detailed bills of quantities c/w labor hours and material costs.
 Carrying out full construction take off, preparing construction cost plan, and tracking costs, labor costs, cash flows and efficiency through the project lifecycle.
 Preparing subcontract packages for procurement agree contracts and manage to a final account; finalising sub-contractor item rates, hired equipment and certification of bills and preparation of monthly payments for the parties; maintaining a register of payments.
 Reviewing tender documents for Design Consultancy Services, payment schedule as per milestones and scope of services and commercial evaluation of tenders for Design Consultancy Services.
 Reviewing cost plan report prepared by consultants, reviewing Bills of Quantities (BOQ) prepared by Consultants and reviewing cost impact for Design Consultants’ Variation Orders.
 Preparing cost estimates for alternative design proposals during the Value Engineering workshop.
 Preparing Bills of Quantities (BOQ) for the Design and Build Projects.
 Overseeing preparation of Commercial Evaluation Report to ADNOC Management and preparation of the Agreement Bills of Quantities for Construction contracts followed by reviewing and processing of construction Contractors’ monthly Progress Payments.
 Reviewing Change Request (CR) submitted by construction contractors and preparing technical justifications for the changes to submit to the ADNOC Higher Management to obtain their approval to instruct the Contractors to carry out the proposed changes.

Q.S engineer at Altorath Engineering Consultants
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • November 2005 to October 2009

work as a quantity surveying engineer
compute quantities, made bills and cost estimation, .........

Education

Master's degree, Construction Project Management
  • at Heriot-watt University
  • October 2020
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at Cairo University
  • June 2000

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Access
Quantity Surveying
Surveying
2D graphics
AutoCAD (2d) ,Sap 2000,Spread Sheets ( Excel ),Microsoft word,Mailing, Access to site..

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Native Speaker

Memberships

Construction Management Association of America-CMAA
  • membership No. 182596
  • May 2015
Saudi Council of Engineering
  • Civil Engineer professional Degree
  • April 2015
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
  • AssocRICS, no: 6601292
  • August 2017
 Project Management Institute (PMI),
  • membership No. 4457152
  • February 2016
AACE International The Authority of Total Cost Management
  • membership No. 292980
  • June 2016

Training and Certifications

10hrs Training and passed Exam in Construction Safety and Health (Training)
Training Institute:
OSHA
Date Attended:
June 2017
Sustainability -Pearl Villa Rating System (Training)
Training Institute:
Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Counil
Date Attended:
January 2011
Duration:
24 hours
Standard Form of Contract -FIDIC (Training)
Training Institute:
American University in Cairo
Date Attended:
March 2015
Duration:
50 hours
Primavera Project Management -P6 (Training)
Training Institute:
American University in Cairo
Date Attended:
February 2015
Duration:
50 hours
30hrs Training and passed Exam in Construction Safety and Health (Training)
Training Institute:
OSHA
Date Attended:
February 2016
Duration:
30 hours
Training in Basic First Aid (Training)
Training Institute:
OSHA
Date Attended:
February 2016
Duration:
10 hours
Primavera Contract Management (PCM) (Training)
Training Institute:
ORACLE University
Date Attended:
June 2015
Duration:
25 hours
Project Management Professional (PMP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2016
Valid Until:
March 2019
EDGE Expert (Training)
Training Institute:
U.S. Green Building Council (Green Business Certification Inc)
Date Attended:
August 2018
Risk management (PMI-RMP) (Training)
Training Institute:
project Management Institute
Date Attended:
June 2018
Duration:
35 hours

Hobbies

  • Reading