Heide Santos, Sr. Project Quantity Surveyor

Heide Santos

Sr. Project Quantity Surveyor

Domopan Qatar

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Diploma, Project Management
Experience
22 years, 0 Months

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Sr. Project Quantity Surveyor at Domopan Qatar
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since February 2019

 Control all stages of projects within predetermined budget and expenditure.
 Monitor and keep track of project progress and are responsible for the measurement and variations in the work during the contract, for agreement of interim payments and the final account.
 Monitor all commercial information in relation to project including labour, material and subcontractor cost forecasting thus ensuring budgets adhered to.
 Certification of subcontractor monthly valuations and final accounts.
 Prepare substantial completion certificates and ensure all required project close out documents are obtained.
 Contract management and procurement administration (applications for payment, invoices, change orders, variations etc.).
 Track & manage contemplated RFV (Request for Variations) and variation orders in the database.

Construction Project Coordinator at Boretta Construction
  • Canada - Manitoba
  • November 2014 to December 2018

 Maintaining and updating Project Log (PCN Monitoring, RFI, Shop Drawings, SI, Clarifications, Daily Delay, Subcontractors Contract)
 Facilitate PCN processing - review scope and coordinate with affected trades for quotations. Prepares Change Order Request to be submitted to the Architect as per contract. Process CO issued by the Architect; provide cost allocation to accounting and prepares change to contract to Trades.
 Shop Drawings / Material Samples - request from different trades and submit to the Architect.
 Coordinates with the Project Director / Site Superintendent for any queries that need to be raised to the Architect / Consultant; prepares Request for Information (RFI).
 Prepares Project Close-out Documents (O&M Manuals, As-built, Letter of Warranty, Shop Drawings etc.)
 Coordinate with Consultant, Subcontractors in documenting any project issues/conditions

Project Quantity Surveyor at Shafa Al Nahdah Building Contracting
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2013 to July 2014

2014
❖ Carry out take offs for material procurement.
❖ Preparation and certification of sub-contractor’s interim valuations and final accounts
❖ Liaise with different Subcontractor’s on their site progress and billing, conduct joint site
measurement
❖ Preparation and submission of additional works as Variation to the Consultant.
Achievements: Establish Payment Certification System
Project: New Passenger Cruise Terminal, Port Rashid, Dubai (27, 000m2, AED 100M+

Estimator at Alpine Bau Deutschland AG
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2010 to July 2013

Preparation of tender estimate in accordance with the tender procedures as per Company
Standards.
❖ Arranging and review of the subcontractors’ quotations at the tender stage.
❖ Scrutinizing the competitive offers received from the subcontractors / suppliers at the tender stage
and negotiating to obtain the best prices.
❖ Effective control over and timely handling of all aspects of tender submission.
❖ Answers queries from Subcontractor’s about the tendered projects.
❖ Coordinates with Client and Consultant for addendums.
❖ Liaise with the management for the preparation of final estimate and maintaining the confidentiality
of Tender final prices.
❖ Price BQ using CCS software.

Asst. Sr. Quantity Surveyor at Limitless LLC (A Dubai World Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2008 to August 2010

Assist the SQS in the drafting and issuance of project proposals, RFPs/RFQs and tender
documents.
❖ Contract management and procurement administration (applications for payment, invoices, change
orders, variations etc.)
❖ Track the progress and quality of work being performed by design disciplines/trades.
❖ Issue Contracts, Letters of Intent, Purchase Orders.
❖ Track & manage contemplated RFV (Request for Variations) and variation orders in the database.
❖ Prepare substantial completion certificates and ensure all required project close out documents are
obtained.
Project: Downtown Jebel Ali Development - Landscaping, Dubai (part of 207 ha, AED 75M+

Estimator at Sharjah General Contracting Company (Al Marwan Group)
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • August 2004 to July 2008

Study the drawings and BQ before preparing the cost estimates, send queries to the Client for
tender clarification, forward inquiries, and necessary attachments to different Suppliers /
Subcontractors for quotations.
❖ Complete tender documents for submission.
❖ Answers queries from Subcontractor’s about the tendered projects.
❖ Coordinates with Client and Consultant for addendums.
❖ Carry out take offs for material procurement.
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❖ Make list of materials based on the issued construction drawings for placing orders and forecasting
the estimated value of the project.
❖ Evaluate both the issued construction and tender drawings and coordinates with quantity surveyor
for the variation items.
❖ Assess the ordered and not ordered materials for each service to monitor the outflows on
materials.

Project Engineer at Polaris Contracting
  • Philippines
  • January 2002 to August 2004

Own managed with Partner)
Projects:
Land Development: Infrastructure and 200 villas (circa $8B)
ACM Landholdings, Philippines
High cost Two Storey Residential (FA: 375sqm.), Two Storey Residential with Attic (FA: 109sqm.),
Bungalow with Attic (FA: 82sqm.), L&M Maxco - One McKinley Place Project (all civil works for five
floors)
Polaris Contracting, Philippines

Education

Diploma, Project Management
  • at Red River College
  • December 2018

Project management is the practice of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria at the specified time.

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at Technological University of the Philippines
  • April 2001

(1.0 highest, 5.0 lowest) An engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewerage systems, pipelines and railways.

Diploma, Civil Engineering Technology and Construction
  • at Technological University of the Philippines
  • April 1997

(1.0 is the highest) Civil Engineering Technology is the management and design of construction projects, in surveying, in environmental studies, and in the laboratory techniques used in material testing such as concrete, asphalt, soils and crushed stone.

Specialties & Skills

Project Coordination
Quantity Surveying
Bill of Materials
AutoCAD
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
DRAFTING
MICROSOFT WORKS
PROCUREMENT

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

Society of Engineers
  • Member
  • August 2010

Training and Certifications

Dubai Municipality Qualified Engineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2010
Registered Civil Engineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2001
Valid Until:
November 2017