Deepu Varughese Thomas

Project: EPC of ESP Substation 4&5 in West & South Kuwait

Client: Tecnicas Reunidas/KNPC
Project: EPC of Gas Train 5 in MAA Refinery

Client: Kuwait Oil Company Project: Gathering Centre 30-Electrical & Associated Civil works in North Kuwait

Quantity Surveyor
Sep’15-31st Dec 15 : Saipem SpA, Iraq
Client: Shell Iraq Petroleum Development BV Project: Tigris majnoon First Commercial Production(FCP) .

•Quantity Surveyor
Dec’13-August 15 : Saipem SpA, Iraq
Client: Shell Iraq Petroleum Development BV Project: Zubair Rental Compressor station & Inlet booster Compressor Station.
Roles Involoved:
•Invitations, receipt of bids, evaluation, review of Subcontractors’ price, previous work experience and their performance
•Commercial vetting of sub contractor tenders and contracts
•Prebid and Postbid clarifications/negotiations for technical, contractual & commercial aspects
•Review of scope, drawings and specifications. Quantity Take off in line with IFC drawings, Project Preambles, Site Instructions and Project requirement revisions. Verification and certification of Quantities submitted by Client/Contractors QS
•Analyze the rates submitted by the Contractor/Subcontractors’ and implications from the execution point of view
•Provide advice to project staff on commercial and contractual matters including reviewing and drafting of
correspondence - "Contractual Letter Writing".
•Checking, verifying and measuring actual on-site quantity and comparing these from the submitted BOQ of the client and in costing for Variation/Change Orders and Additional/Deductive works.
•Preparation of CTR(Cost Time Resource) sheets for the additional works done as per site instructions
•Preparation, Checks and verifies interim bills, Monthly Progress Billing/Invoice of the Company/Subcontractor & recommends deduction /addition of quantity based on actual quantity installed
•To drive best value from subcontractors
•Updating the project BOQ on a weekly basis and monitoring the total contract amount with respect to the BOQ.
•Performing quantity audits for each Work Orders (man-hours, materials & equipment) for each subcontractors
•Communicate regularly with project staff and specialist subcontractors to ensure commercial controls are in place, understood and followed at all times
•Monitoring drawing revisions and updating re-measures accordingly (Bill of Quantities)
•Responsible for approval and disapproval of extra items.
•Quantity forecasting to determine estimated final cost of measured work and quantity growth
•Ensure to assist Lead Project Control Engineer in the preparation of the monthly cost value reconciliations, cost to complete reports and profitability projections.




•Check, verifies & certifies quantity records booklet submitted by the Subcontractors and maintain records of built/ site measurements and quantifications.
•Preparation and maintaining measurement booklet, that are the activities carried out in the month
•Evaluate subcontractors’ claims and variations and prepare response to such claims.
•When preparing payment certificates for subcontractors ensure that they are valued for no more than the value certified from the client.
•Assists in the technical-administrative settling of claims presented by sub-contractors.
•Maintain records and data to enable the Subcontract/Contracts Manager to resolve contractual conflicts and disputed claims with subcontractors.
•Keeping records of the Company resources used by subcontractor and backcharge them, in the monthly bills
•Provide inputs for preparing cost budget based on issues related to drawings, direct labour/plant hire on regular basis and submit them to construction management
•Assisting in the prpeartaion of prolongation cost for EOT claims
•Coordinate, verify and keep track of third party services on day-to-day basis directly hired by the company in the situations wherein the subcontractor is unable to perform and meet the project deadline.

& understand the clients ITT/RFQ documents and Participating in bid/no bid decision meetings
•Utilisation of available resources to respond fully to client’s Expression of Interest and Pre-Qualification requirements
•Facilitating input from technical & commercial personnel, partner organizations and sub-contractors, where appropriate for submission to clients, in line with client bid documents and tender deadlines
•Documenting and filing in an organised manner of all relevant tender correspondence and data
•Receiving and understanding post-contract feedback obtained from executed projects for use in future bid efforts
•Preparation of RFQ and floating to subcontractors for Obtaining subcontract construction & materials quotations as per the requirement
Estimation process managment:

•Oversee and direct Estimators and Senior Estimators involved in the preparation of base cost estimates, to ensure accuracy, professionalism and timely completion.
•Prepares Quantity take-off for costing as well as for Tendering Budgetary pricing and Lump sum costing.
•Follow -up and compile Tender addendums and clarifications for the packages.
•Prepare Tender and check estimates for the sub-contracted packages.
•Review Bid documents and contract conditions for the cost implications.
•Verify Tender scope, analyze and report in case of discrepancies from the BOQ.
•Construction price including TCF, Direct & Indirect Cost
•Manhour Cost as per the scope of work & comparing with Sub-contractor quotation
•Carrying out activities related to preparation of unit rates variation for Direct & Indirect Personnel and equipment rates with markup
•Updating the Team Leader/Manager on regular basis regarding progress & challanges faced
•Conducting all pre-award correspondence with the client
•Providing clarification & resolution of Clients & Sub-contarctors queries
•Maintaining communication with client and support in obtaining client feedback on tenders submitted
•Reviewing first principle base cost estimates and preparation of supporting technical documentation, prior to Management review (including the managing of any further estimate amendments if necessary)
•Assist Commercial Manager with a range of other duties, as it may be required from time to time

•Quantity Surveyor

Roles Involoved:
•Review and assessment of contract documents to establish final quantity of purchase materials and actual measurement of work scope
•Preparation of material quantity estimates for individual work scope of each discipline based on the approved specifications of the construction design/ plans