Kamalrajh Alagarajah, Senior Planning Engineer

Kamalrajh Alagarajah

Senior Planning Engineer

China Harbour

Location
Sri Lanka - Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
Education
Master's degree, Highway and Traffic Engineering
Experience
22 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :22 years, 7 Months

Senior Planning Engineer at China Harbour
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 1
  • My current job since October 2016

 Developing Master Construction Programmes & Revisions (detailed Programmes above L5) using Oracle Primavera P6 Professional & EPPM R16.2 or Ms Project 2016 (Handling multiple projects simultaneously more than 2-Projects)
 Generate Progress Measurement & Monitoring systems for Marine, Reclamation, Ground Improvement, Pipe Network & Landscape works
 Create KPI graphs based on Master Construction Programmes
 Physical & Financial progress monitoring (S-Curves)
 Preparation of Weekly Presentation & Monthly Reports
 Project Risk Analysis and presentation to the project stakeholders
 Project delay monitoring and related forecast analysis and notification to the management
 Reviewing updated weekly & look-ahead programmes
 Generate various Excel formats for progress data collection, records maintenance and progress monitoring
 Delay analysis & EOT preparation based on different delay events during the project execution phase
 Deliver Weekly & Monthly Progress presentations to project stakeholders
 Preparation & submission of various construction and progress related contractual letters to project stakeholders
 Preparation and submission of Minutes of Meetings

Planning Engineer at OHL Industrial
  • Oman - Ibri
  • December 2015 to October 2016

 Preparation of Daily, Weekly, Monthly Reports
 Preparation and submission of Weekly Progress & Monitoring
 Maintaining databases of Manpower & KPI quantities
 Preparation of Weekly Management Reports
 Preparation and submission of Weekly Manpower & Man-hours report
 L2-Schedule preparation for Shutdown works in P6
 Coordination and preparation of Shutdown related works
 Updating the Master Programme on monthly basis
 Preparation and submission of 3WLA
 Delay analysis based on Subcontractor’s recovery programme
 Developing KPI graphs based on revised programme
 Preparation of Daily Tracking Reports (KPI & Manpower)
 Preparation of progress and related presentations
 Preparation and submission of Minutes of Meetings

Planning Engineer at Hamad Bin Khalid Contracting Company W.L.L, Doha, Qatar
  • Qatar - Doha
  • June 2015 to November 2015

Head Office
 Reference of Tender Documents, Quantity & Resource calculations
 Preparation of resource loaded Tender Programmes using Primavera P6 & Ms Excel 2013
Project Office/Site Office
 Reference of Tender Documents, Quantity & Resource calculations
 Involvement in preparing Baseline Programme in Primavera P6-7.0
 Preparation of Consolidated Daily Report with resource utilization & Productivity
 Preparation of Monthly Progress Presentation & associated analysis
 Maintain daily records of material resource utilization & associated analysis
 Site inspections photographs & necessary data collection for progress updating
 Preparation of weekly, monthly & Qatar-Year look-ahead programmes

Planning Engineer at Outer Circular Highway Project (Phase-II)
  • Sri Lanka - Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
  • September 2010 to May 2015

 Supervision of piling work, pile testing, concreting works, substructure & superstructure of bridges & viaducts and Health & Safety
 Supervising casting of post tensioned I-girders, tensioning and grouting with Consultants
 Supervision of transporting and launching of post tensioned I-girders ensuring safety at site
 Monitoring temperature control in mass concrete structures and maintaining all contemporary records
 Reviewing of contractors’ method statements and work programmes
 Maintaining contemporary records and assisting claim specialist to assess contract variations and claims
 Responsible for contractual correspondence with Engineer and Contractor
 Periodically visit the project sites, updating the progress, highlighting revisions & action plans
 Monitoring and analysing Project Progress using Microsoft Project and Oracle Primavera P6 Professional R8.0
 Site visits and preparation of various progress reports to report the Project Director
 Take part in monthly progress site visits, preparation of power-point presentations, meetings minutes for progress review meetings
 Attend public complaints and sort out issues with the involvement of main stakeholders

Project Engineer at Outer Circular Highway Project (Phase-II), Road Development Authority
  • Sri Lanka
  • September 2010 to June 2014

(Capital City of Sri Lanka)
September 2010 - to date
Responsibilities: Submissions of one month look ahead schedule
Preparing baseline construction schedule
Responsible for contractual correspondence
Monitoring the progress with the proposed schedule
Progress monitoring using KPIs
Control with Contract milestone
Control with BOQ, Contracts and Scope of Work
Responsible and preparation of Minutes of Meeting
Periodically visit the project sites, updating the progress, highlighting revisions & action
plans
Monitoring and updating Project Progress using Microsoft Project and Oracle Primavera
P6 Professional R8.2.
Preparation of progress reports and power-point presentations for monthly progress
meetings
Preparation of Claim for Extension of Time by Time Impact Analysis (FIDIC)
Checking Contract documents such as Bill of Quantities (BOQs), Specifications,
Engineering drawings
Performing detailed quantity calculations of Civil Works such as concrete works,
earthworks, etc. and preparation of estimates
Preparing Estimates, Bill of Quantities and Bidding documents of Resettlement Sites for
Project-Affected Persons (PAPs) of the project (Minor Contracts)
Preparing progress reports for donor agency \[Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) \] and other local agencies
Checking Bills of Civil Works and Consultancy Services
Preparing Power-Point presentations for various progress reports

Planning Engineer - Planning Division of Road Development Authority, Sri Lanka
  • May 2008 to August 2010

Division: Planning Engineer - Planning Division of Road Development Authority, Sri Lanka
May 2008 - August 2010
Responsibilities: Study the Project Scope, BOQ, Project Milestones and Specification from the supplied
bid documents
Preparation and Submission of baseline program according to the contract
Generate Gantt Charts, S-Curves, Manpower histogram
Generate work front analysis and look-ahead schedules in the form of monthly target
programs

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Submission of Weekly and Monthly progress
Coordination with Design, Construction, Procurement and QS team
Preparation of Claim for Extension of Time by ICTAD SBD Documents
Creating and monitoring the project schedules on regular basis using P6 by critical path
method by updating Baseline Plan
Conducting and attending the Minutes of Meeting.

Planning Engineer at Road Development Authority
  • Sri Lanka
  • May 2008 to August 2010

 Study the Project Scope, BOQ, Project Milestones and Specification from the supplied bid documents
 Preparation and Submission of baseline program according to the contract
 Generate Gantt Charts, S-Curves, Manpower histogram
 Generate work front analysis and look-ahead schedules in the form of monthly target programs
 Submission of Weekly and Monthly progress
 Coordination with Design, Construction, Procurement and QS team
 Preparation of Claim for Extension of Time by ICTAD SBD Documents
 Creating and monitoring the project schedules on regular basis using P6 by critical path method by updating Baseline Plan
 Conducting and attending the Minutes of Meeting.
 Preparation of various Power-Point presentations to present Projects Progress

Bridge Design Engineer - Bridge Designs Division of Road Development at Power-Point
  • December 2006 to April 2008

Preparation of various Power-Point presentations to present Projects Progress

Division: Bridge Design Engineer - Bridge Designs Division of Road Development
Authority, Sri Lanka
December 2006 - April 2008
Responsibilities: Checking Bill of Quantities (BOQs) and quantity calculations for small to medium span
bridges
Carry out detailed structural designs for retaining walls, bored piles, pile caps, piers and abutments in reinforced concrete.
Design of reinforced concrete bridge with a span of nearly 150m from surveying to final
detailed design stage
Detailed design of substructures for a skew bridge with two spans in Colombo-
Katunayake (International Airport link) expressway was successfully completed
Design of abutments for small scale bridges with mass concrete and random rubble
masonry
Design of Vertical Geometric profiles for newly designed bridges with their approach
roads - I developed MS Excel cum AutoCAD tool to expedite this task to produce
longitudinal sections (LS) drawings
Carry out road alignment surveys including bridges using modern total station (electronic cum optical equipment) and developed a tool to generate longitudinal profiles (LS) and
Cross-sections (CS) using MS Excel, Notepad and AutoCAD 2006
Design Superstructure of composite (Steel and Concrete) girder - several MS Excel
formulated sheets were developed to calculate sectional, plastic, elastic, etc. properties of steel and concrete
Developed a concise summaries of bridge designs based on BS5400 on single sheets for bridge loading, carriageways, load combinations, etc. to disseminate professional
knowledge in the field of Bridge Engineering for junior level engineers and for the betterment of the organisation

Division: Project Engineer - Chief Engineer's Office of Road Development Authority,
Sri Lanka

Bridge Design Engineer at Road Development Authority
  • Sri Lanka
  • December 2006 to April 2008

 Checking Bill of Quantities (BOQs) and quantity calculations for small to medium span bridges
 Carry out detailed structural designs for retaining walls, bored piles, pile caps, piers and abutments in reinforced concrete.
 Design of reinforced concrete bridge with a span of nearly 150m from surveying to final detailed design stage
 Detailed design of substructures for a skew bridge with two spans in Colombo-Katunayake (International Airport link) expressway was successfully completed
 Design of abutments for small scale bridges with mass concrete and random rubble masonry
 Design of Vertical Geometric profiles for newly designed bridges with their approach roads - I developed MS Excel cum AutoCAD tool to expedite this task to produce longitudinal sections (LS) drawings
 Carry out road alignment surveys including bridges using modern total station (electronic cum optical equipment) and developed a tool to generate longitudinal profiles (LS) and Cross-sections (CS) using MS Excel, Notepad and AutoCAD 2006
 Design Superstructure of composite (Steel and Concrete) girder - several MS Excel formulated sheets were developed to calculate sectional, plastic, elastic, etc. properties of steel and concrete
 Developed a concise summaries of bridge designs based on BS5400 on single sheets for bridge loading, carriageways, load combinations, etc. to disseminate professional knowledge in the field of Bridge Engineering for junior level engineers and for the betterment of the organisation

at MSP and Primavera P6 R
  • May 2006 to November 2006

May 2006 - November 2006
Responsibilities: Prepare construction programmes using MSP and Primavera P6 R6.0 for road
rehabilitation and maintenance projects
Preparation of Estimates and Bill of Quantities for roads and bridge projects
Regular site inspection and updating Projects Progress
Checking Contractor's Bills and Contract Claims for Civil construction works
Preparation and checking of variation orders and EOTs for approvals
Involve in surveying works using electronic theodolite and engineering level, plotting
using AutoCAD


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Project Engineer at Chief Engineer's Office, Road Development Authority
  • Sri Lanka - Batticaloa
  • May 2006 to November 2006

 Prepare construction programmes using MSP and Primavera P6 R6.0 for road rehabilitation and maintenance projects
 Preparation of Estimates and Bill of Quantities for roads and bridge projects
 Regular site inspection and updating Projects Progress
 Checking Contractor’s Bills and Contract Claims for Civil construction works
 Preparation and checking of variation orders and EOTs for approvals
 Involve in surveying works using electronic theodolite and engineering level, plotting using AutoCAD

Planning Engineer - Planning Division of Road Development Authority, Sri Lanka
  • October 2004 to April 2006

Division: Planning Engineer - Planning Division of Road Development Authority, Sri Lanka
October 2004 - April 2006
Responsibilities: Preparation of Project appraisals and involvement in preparing Terms of Reference (ToR) to invite feasibility Consultancy Services for feasibility studies
Carry out of various comparison study and analysis for roads, inspection of road
conditions and preparation of visual road condition report
Update the Database inventories of National Road Network of Sri Lanka
Preparation of various PowerPoint presentations on behalf of Planning Division

Planning Engineer at Road Development Authority
  • Sri Lanka
  • October 2004 to April 2006

 Preparation of Project appraisals and involvement in preparing Terms of Reference (ToR) to invite feasibility Consultancy Services for feasibility studies
 Carry out of various comparison study and analysis for roads, inspection of road conditions and preparation of visual road condition report
 Update the Database inventories of National Road Network of Sri Lanka
 Preparation of various PowerPoint presentations on behalf of Planning Division

Enthusiasm in Project Management and Information Technology at STRAD Consultants
  • January 2001 to December 2003

Period 01.01 2003 to 16.05.2003 - Industrial Training/Undergraduate Training
Employer - STRAD Consultants (Pte) Ltd, Sri Lanka (Through University Industrial Training Unit)

Duration
1.5 Months: Structural Designs of Beams, Slabs and Columns in reinforced concrete (BS8110)

Duration
3.5 Months: Construction of thirteen-storey building - Involved in bored pile construction,
reinforcement checking, formwork checking for concreting, concrete quality checking,
reinforced concrete retaining wall construction
Quantity calculations for various on-site works
Duration
2 Months: Construction and site supervision of Water Tank construction for community water
supply in part of Eastern Province of Sri Lanka Consider also changing this
information to bulleted format

Computer Literacy and Other Skills
Conducting lectures on Primavera P6 Professional R8.2, AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014 and other Microsoft
Application Software as a part-time job at CADD Centre Lanka (Open Systems Technologies (Pte) Ltd, a
subsidiary of EW Information Systems Ltd.), Sri Lanka.
Microsoft Office tools namely Word 2013, Excel 2013, PowerPoint 2013 and Photoshop
Various versions of Windows Operating system range from Windows®98 to Windows®8
Trouble shooting Personal Computers, Laptops and Computer Networking
Enthusiasm in Project Management and Information Technology (IT)
Trained English Typing | Speed 35 ~ 45 WPM

Education

Master's degree, Highway and Traffic Engineering
  • at University of Moratuwa
  • November 2011

Master of Engineering in Highway and Traffic Engineering University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka November 2011 Thesis: "Effectiveness of vehicle actuated signals for at grade four legged intersections in Sri Lanka: A comparison study against fixed time traffic signals"

Master's degree, MEng in Highway & Traffic Engineering
  • at University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
  • November 2011

 Achieved first place in oral and poster presentation for the Master of Engineering thesis and it was published in Daily Newspaper (Sri Lanka) on 02nd August 2011 1. Statistical & Methods for Transportation Analysis – A 2. Transport Data Collection & Analysis – A 3. History & Practice of Transport in Sri Lanka – C 4. Transport Policy & Planning – B+ 5. Geotechniques – A 6. Environment and Safety in Transport – A 7. Systems and Operational Research Methods in Transport – A 8. Geometric & Pavement Design – B+ 9. Traffic & Highway Capacity Design – A 10. Traffic Engineering Theory – B+ 11. Analytical & Communication Skills – A+ 12. Transport Sector Project Formulation – A 13. Bridge Engineering – A 14. Highway Construction Techniques – A 15. Highway Planning & Management – B+ 16. Highway Maintenance & Rehabilitation – B+ 17. Project Management – B 18. Traffic Management & Intelligent Transport Systems – A 19. Multi-Disciplinary Project – A 20. Advanced Traffic Engineering – A+

Diploma, Diploma in Computer System Engineering
  • at International Business Systems Overseas (Pvt) Ltd
  • September 2010

Affiliated to Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals ICCP (USA)

Bachelor's degree, BSc Civil Engineer
  • at University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
  • March 2005

Average 54.04

Bachelor's degree, Engineering
  • at University of Moratuwa
  • November 2004

Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Civil Engineering Degree University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka November 2004

Bachelor's degree, Computer System Engineering
  • September 2000

Diploma in Computer System Engineering International Business Systems Overseas (Pvt) Ltd Affiliated to Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals ICCP (USA) September 2000 1|P a g e

Specialties & Skills

Primavera P6
Project Management
Project Work
Civil Engineering
AutoCAD
AUTOCAD
CONCRETE
CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE
ENGINEER
POWERPOINT
PRIMAVERA
PROGRESS
REINFORCED CONCRETE
SURETRAK

Languages

Japanese
Beginner
Spanish
Beginner
English
Expert
Tamil
Expert
Hindi
Beginner

Memberships

Individual Project Management Institute (PMI), (No. 2999873)
  • Member
  • February 2014
Graduate Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), United Kingdom (No: 66765682)
  • Member
Associate Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL) (No: A/M 7712)
  • Member

Training and Certifications

Contract Administration-Civil Construction Works (Training)
Training Institute:
National Procurement Agency (NPA), Sri Lanka
Date Attended:
June 2005
Duration:
50 hours
Feasibility Study and Preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPR) for Road Projects (Training)
Training Institute:
National Institution for Training of Highway Engineers (NITHE), NOIDA, India
Date Attended:
December 2008
Duration:
40 hours
Project Management Professional (PMP) credential preparation course (Training)
Training Institute:
CADD Centre Training Services Private Limited, Sri Lanka
Date Attended:
April 2014
Duration:
35 hours

Hobbies

  • Interests
    Information Technology, Watching Cartoons, Troubleshoot electrical & electronics appliances, Listening & singing songs, Challenging tasks, Mathematics solutions, Physics, Technical lecturing & Presentations