Senior Contracts Manager
Faithful+Gould
Total years of experience :22 years, 7 Months
Project: L01 Commercial Project for Crown Price Private Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Project value: US $ 300 Million
Role:
• Providing contractual and commercial advice on pre-contract and post contract matters
• Identifying contractual risks analysis and providing solutions to avoid or mitigate them
• Formulating contractor’s payment application and cost reporting process
• Advised the Client on the overall contractual strategy on the Covid-19 issue and defended a claim from the Contractor related to Covid-19
• Reviewing and finalising contractor’s payment applications, variations and closing final accounts
Project: King Abdul Aziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Project value: US $ 12 Billion
Role:
• Lead a team to review, analyse and make recommendations on subcontract claims and variations
• Drafted contractual correspondences and advised the Main Contractor on various contractual issues
• Identified and prepared critical upstream variations
• Maintained claims register and prepared claim presentations for Client Higher Management
• Advised the Main Contractor in deciding crucial claim strategies
• Liaised with Legal Consultants to assist them in preparation of strategies during arbitration proceedings
• Quantum analysis of subcontractor claims and prepared settlement statements of these claims
• Conducted and chaired meetings with subcontractors
• Facilitated dispute resolution process between the Main Contractor and the Subcontractors
• Delegated work to the team consisting of Quantity Surveyors, Contract Administrators, Forensic planners
• Commercial management including reviewing, reconciling subcontractor’s payment applications and cost reporting
Significant contribution:
• Pivotal role in forming the Downstream Claim Team to review, analyse and recommend subcontract claims and variations; managed claims worth US$ 800 Million
• Settled subcontractor’s claims worth US$ 530 Million for US$ 140Million (saving of 75% of the claimed amount for the Main Contractor)
• Renegotiated a rejected upstream variation worth US $ 325 Million. The variation is accepted in principle by the Project Owner
Project: King Abdul Aziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Project value: US $ 12 Billion
• Role:
• Contract administration and management of 6 facilities
• Managed a team of 6 quantity surveyors and delegated them tasks suitably
• Prepared the monthly upstream payment applications on behalf of the Main Contractor
• Reviewed, assessed and certified subcontractors’ payment applications
• Managed variations from the subcontractors
• Prepared monthly cost report
• Drafted contractual correspondences
• Archived signed subcontracts and subcontractor’s payment applications
Significant contribution:
• Reconciled structural steel weighing 3, 500 tons which was made redundant due to design changes
• Prepared and negotiated a US$ 10 Million Insurance claim with the Loss Adjuster for a fire incident in the Project
• Lead a team for successfully preparing the Bill of Quantities to be used in upstream payment for a significant part of the project.
Project: High-rise Residential and Mixed-Use Projects in Mumbai, India
Role:
•Preparing pre-tender cost estimates and tender documents
•Evaluating the received bids and preparing evaluation reports
•Attending tender queries
•Rate negotiation with the contractors
•Preparing work orders and managing amendments
Project: Various Projects on Steel Detailing in USA
Role:
•Preparing shop drawings and general arrangement drawings using SDS/2 and Tekla
•Quality checks of the deliverables
•Material take-off, Tracking and managing changes
•Maintaining documentation
Project: Modification, Expansion and New Construction of Industrial Structures
Role:
•Preparing pre-contract estimates and assisting Contract Manager in compiling contract documents
•Certifying contractor’s monthly invoices
•Value Engineering
•Maintaining documentation for the project
•Preparing monthly cost report
Project: High-rise buildings in Mumbai
Role:
•Planning and scheduling of works,
•Managing QA /QC of the works
•Preparing and submitting monthly invoices
•Appointing sub-contractors and certifying their invoices
•Co-ordination with Structural Consultants, Architects and other Sub-contractors
Project: Residential Buildings for Indian Railways in Mumbai
Role:
•Taking out quantities of works
•Assist the Site Engineer in preparing monthly invoices
•Maintaining daily site diaries
•Material procurement and inventory handling.
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