CHANDIKA NUWAN DASSANAYAKA

Chartered Quantity Surveying Consultant Company.
Projects -
1) Road and drainage project - Construction of E-Ring Road - For Ashghal (SALFO - Worked for supervision consultant) - Around QR.255 Mns.

2) Roads and drainage project - Construction of ISF Road Project - For Ashghal (SALFO - Worked for supervision consultant) - Around QR.220 Mns.

3) Port Project - Al Ruwais Sea Port project - For Ashghal (COWI A/S Worked for supervision consultant) - Over QR.800 Mns.

4) Stadium project - Construction of Al Rayyan Stadium project - L & T (Larsen & Tuubro Limited) - Worked for Main Contractor - Over QR. 2.00 Bns.

5) Horse Race Complex - Construction of Horse Owner Complex at Al Khor - For Ministry of Culture & Sports (Dar Al-Handasah - Worked for supervision consultant) - Over QR.400 Mns.

6) Hotel Buildings - Construction of City Center Expansion Project (Three Hotels - Worked for the client).

Duties: -
• Preparation of financial report, status report and KPI report and submit to client.
• Preparation of cost estimates to raise Engineer Instructions (SIs).
• Preparation of site instructions (SI) and submit to the client with backups.
• Evaluate the contractor’s claims and provide recommendations.
• Manage Quantity Surveyors.
• Evaluate contractor’s monthly payment and provide recommendation to the client.
• Reply to contractor’s various letters as per the conditions of contracts.
• Advice the Resident Engineer / Project Manager and the client on contractual issues.
• Finalise sub-contractors based on the quotations and technical details.
• Conduct valuation meetings with all parties and attend to progress meetings.
• Negotiation/Discussions with contractors for variations, new rates, day works etc.
• Takeoff quantities from drawings for variations and prepare variation BOQs.

Haseeb Rasoul FZC (Fit-out and FF & E Company in UAE) - Senior Quantity Surveyor.
Projects - Involved for both pre and post contract quantity surveying works for three hotel projects and also a luxurious villa project in Kurdistan, Iraq.

Duties: -
• Preparation of cost reports and payment applications on a monthly basis.
• To attend meetings with the main contractor and the client.
• Preparation of BOQs and price for new packages.
• Notify, prepare, negotiate and finalize claims and variations.
• Prepare and agree on the final accounts.
• Sub-contract payment administrations.
• Evaluation of sub-contractors’ quotations and advise procurement team with the budget.
• Value engineering works and cost value reconciliation work.
• Manage different trades and document controllers.
• Advice senior project manager on contractual issues.

Trafalgar Technical Service Limited (This is one of the leading Consultant Quantity Surveyors, Project Managers and Cost and Claims Consultants companies in the UAE) - Quantity Surveyor

Major Projects
Post Contract Project - Jebel Ali Airport (Five and half years)
Pre Contract Projects - Dubai Airport project, Trump Tower and some Villa projects in UAE.

Duties: -
• Preparation of financial reports and payment certificates.
• Conduct valuation meetings with all parties and attend progress meetings.
• Preparation of cost estimates to raise Engineer Instructions.
• Negotiations/discussions with contractors for variations.
• BOQ preparation and working out quantities from drawings.
• Manage Quantity Surveyors.
• Quantity take-off and BOQ preparation.
• Preparation of cost plan reports.

Main responsibilities:

• Working out quantities from the drawings
• Request for supplier’s quotations and Budgetary pricing
• Evaluation of Sub Contractors’ Quotations. (Comparison Statements)
• Establishing databases for quantity and information requests
• Preparation of required program of works
• Preparation of BOQs
• Pricing of BOQs according to pricing preambles.
• Review of Contract Documents, Revision of Clauses and contract award by client
• Preparing and finalizing subcontracts
• Negotiate extra work rates with Consultant’s Quantity Surveyors

Main responsibilities:

• Preparation of Engineering Estimate for new projects.
• Attending to meetings, evaluating of contractors monthly applications for ongoing projects.
• Working out quantities from drawings