Balaji Anandan

 Monitor technical requirements of the works, including quality control/assurance. Resolve technical issues. Quantity verification.
 Accepting the work once it is meet the design and quality requirements.
 Generate Change documents (FCD and NCR).
 Coordinate subcontractor activities to ensure materials, equipment and quality comply with design plans and specifications.
 Reviewing and implement contractor’s quality plan and Inspection test plan (ITP’s) including performing witness point and hold point instructions of construction installation activities.
 Validate construction quantities for Quantity Unit rate report.
 Identify and communicate key engineering/procurement issues, need to be resolved to support construction operations.

Key Project to Credit: Construction of CICPA Camp at Shah
Scope: Accommodation, admin building, Sewage Treatment Plant, Road works, Potable water line, Over Head Line (33kv) works, Substation, Guard house, Ammunition Building, Fence works, Vehicle washing shed, Helipad, Waste management area Service yard, Mosque and Minaret, Piling works and Landscape and external services.
Client: Al Hosn Gas Abu Dhabi Gas Development Company.

Key Responsibilities:
• Driving project excellence by providing project strategy recommendations to enhance project value, ensuring efficient use of project resources, adherence to agreed timelines, and the provision of high quality, reliable and responsive services in line with customer needs and set objectives/goals.
• Offering technical advice and construction leadership on projects; monitoring projects from conceptualization, beginning of site due diligence process, coordinating subcontractors, site approvals and permits as well as engineering activities until final execution.
• Leading a multidisciplinary team of engineers and inspectors in diverse arenas and conducting project engineering reviews/meetings, studies and site investigation.
• Providing civil engineering expertise and participating in the processes of ensuring the engineering/designing of all facilities is safe to construct and implementing modification/improvement if required.
• Overseeing all construction drawings to ensure precision across all architectural, structural and services drawings, while ensuring all works are conducted as per detailed drawing.
• Analyzing Shop/ fabrication drawings prepared by contractor and ascertaining the drawings are agreed and that a project program is in place. Additionally studying Red line mark up and “As Built Drawings” and incorporating all changes and updating them promptly before submitting to the owner as part of the project close out process.
• Reviewing construction plans, specifications, and schedules; monitoring quality of material and installation of work, ensuring that tests and inspections are performed, witnessed, and documented for technical accuracy.
• Accepting ownership for accomplishing projects with, analyzing engineering designs and drawings, construction and quality issues, errors, omissions and executed requisite measures for resolving the same.
• Generating an array of technical and management reports; maintaining accurate record and documents for projects handled and interpreting all project information and presenting the same to project manager/ senior management along with recommendations for improvisation.
• Maintaining good working relations with site management, Client, contractors, suppliers, designers and with the end users. Managing the project handover to consultant and client, while ensuring smooth project’s close out and defect /snag free completion.

Key Project to Credit:
• EPC for ASAB FFD - Civil & Building Projects (Onshore)
Scope: Substations, Control/service room buildings, Warehouse, Camps, and Roads Gate House.
Client: Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operation (ADCO).
EPC: Petrofac International

• ACF Main Access Road Project & Transportation package 2
Client: Arkan Cement Factory

• Construction of Underground Potable Water tank
Client: Aldar Properties

Key Responsibilities:
• Outlined project objectives/ plans, including budgeting and scheduling activities, set performance requirements and assigned duties to ensure flawless execution of project on time and within budget.
• Managed, directed and controlled site’s civil engineering activities in entirety right from inception to completion; provided technical expertise and direction to all project operations including contract conditions.
• Evaluated the project, reviewed and finalized designs, oversaw the development of shop drawings and supervised all finishing works (Block work, Plastering work, tiling, painting, etc.)
• Computed precise cost estimates and prepared detailed cost breakdown including cost plans for revenue and billing on regular basis for strategic analysis and controlling payments.
• Attended technical meetings and mediating with clients and their representatives engaged in project work, while aiming at satisfying the highest common interest.
• Monitored project progress with an aim adding value/ identifying risks; addressed any operational problems including quality deviations instantly to minimize delays or unexpected cost increase.
• Computed a variety of technical documents/ submittal/ invoices at various stages of the project life-cycle; facilitated any approvals/ licenses on time to avoid disruption in project activities.
• Summarized technical information into reports that exhibit status/ progress of project, milestones achieved, cost estimated vs. actual and quality compliance for senior management review.
• Oversaw elements critical to obtaining legal permissions; submitted NOC’s and documents to Alain municipality.
• Formulated detailed drawings, prepared Shop drawing and bar bending schedule. Coordinated activities concerned with technical developments and resolved engineering design problems to ensure specifications.
• Contributed significantly in team meetings and advised for any actual slippage; led hand-over operations after validating all project goals are effectively met.
• Executed the project within the parameters of time, cost, profit, quality, HSE and productivity.

Key Project to Credit:
• Bheema Lift Irrigation project

Key Responsibilities:
• Effectively supervised and managed all site resources to meet development goals as outlined, provided value engineering recommendations to maintain desired quality standards for excavation works as per the drawing.
• Established project change control procedures; reviewed quality requirements and managed project resources efficiently for all facets.
• Prepared bills of quantities and provided general oversight of daily activities for the control of planned output, material efficiency, engineering effectiveness, and human resources.
• Prepared and maintained the project reports and reported project milestone. Handled responsibility for providing the project with authoritative interpretation of project requirements.