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Kannathas Alagaiya, project quantity surveyor

Kannathas Alagaiya

project quantity surveyor·SIMI Contracting LLC

United Arab Emirates

Bachelor's degree, Quantity Surveying

Work experience

Total years of experience: 18 years, 2 months

project quantity surveyor

June 2018 - Present

SIMI Contracting LLC

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

June 2018 - Present

• Quantity Take off from tender drawings prepare the price for tender BOQ and submit to Management on time.
• Material Quantity take off and submit to Procurement to get the Quotation from Supplier and Sub-Contractor
• Coordinate with client’s representatives, consultant and contractors.
• Provide contractual/commercial advices to management.
• Prepare and issue sub-contract enquiries and assessment of quotations
• Prepare and issue material supply enquiries and assessment of quotations
• Submit tenders and follow up
• Preparation of variations and cost proposal to the consultant
• Preparation of Interim payment application
• Update the budget and monitoring, and report to project manager
• Advice to project manager about claims, progress etc

Company industry:
Project & Construction Planning
Job role:
Engineering

Quantity Surveyor

November 2017 - June 2018

Next Engineering Consultants

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

November 2017 - June 2018

Coordinate with Structural and architect engineers for tender drawings
 Quantity Take Off for all Civil elements and compiling the Tender BOQ with description.
 Provide junior staff with guidance on their job responsibilities.
 Coordinate with client’s representatives, consultant and contractors.
 Provide contractual/commercial advises to management.
 Maintain sub-contract data base
 Maintain material suppliers database
 Prepare and issue sub-contract enquiries and assessment of quotations upon receipt
 Prepare and issue material supply enquiries and assessment of quotations upon receipt
 Prepare specifications and / or Contractors proposals
 Submit tenders and follow up
 Prepare the tender offer comparison based on tenderer submission to management
 Prepare the Post tender clarification

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Consulting

Quantity Surveyor

October 2014 - October 2017

KEPCO

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

October 2014 - October 2017

• Interim payments and settlement of subcontractors’ final account.
• Preparation of variations and cost proposal to the Contractor
• Provide junior staff with guidance on their job responsibilities.
• Negotiate with client’s representatives, consultant and contractors.
• Provide contractual/commercial advises to management.
• Advice on commercial risks within the project.
• Preparation of monthly contract cost reports & management accounts information.
• Ensure that sub-contract documents are properly executed prior to project commencement.
• Keep management fully advised of any issue and risk which could affect the project.
• Preparation of Cash flow forecasts. Value Engineering and preparation of bills of quantity.
• Preparation of preliminary cost estimates, cost advises for management decision making process.
• Attend commercial meeting with the consultant.
• Provide contractual/commercial advises to management.

Company industry:
Electric Power Production & Transmission
Job role:
Engineering

Project Quantity Surveyor

April 2011 - March 2014

Fino International

Doha, Qatar

April 2011 - March 2014

• Preparation of Interim payment applications.
• Prepared monthly project cost reports & provided cost advises.
• Monitored and forecast the project cost to complete against the approved budget.
• Maintain logs for payments, variations, claims etc.
• Administer the payment for all subcontractors.
• Prepared, negotiated and followed-up procedures for payment and variation applications.
• Attend commercial meeting with the consultants and main contractors.
• Cost control and monitoring cash flow for the site.
• Provide contract/commercial support to other departments.
• Provide contractual/commercial advises to management

Company industry:
Interior design
Job role:
Engineering

Quantity Surveyor

February 2010 - March 2011

VVK

Sri Lanka

February 2010 - March 2011

• Preparing Interim Valuations for Consultants' Certification (Re-measurement Contract)
• Identify, preparation and submission of variations
• Prepared monthly project cost reports & provided cost advises.
• Maintain logs for payments, variations, claims etc.
• Cost control and monitoring cash flow for the site.
• Procurement of sub-contract packages and administration of nominated and domestic subcontractors
• Contract administration of sub-contract packages
• Attending Commercial Meetings, Variation Review Meetings, and negotiations
• Providing Contractual input for project Correspondence
• Assist to the Estimating manager for the preparation of tender submission
• Attending various meetings such as Commercial Meetings, Variation Review Meetings, Post contract clarifications & negotiations and preparation of minutes of meetings.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

Site Quantity Surveyor

September 2007 - November 2009

Speroir Construction

Sri Lanka

September 2007 - November 2009

Assist to the Sr. QS to preparing Interim Valuations for Consultants' Certification, Take off Quantities, Preparation of Bill of Quantities, Preparation of Rate Break Downs, Taking Joint Measurements, Sub Contractors’ Interim Bill Checking, preparation of material schedule & material reconciliation report, Dealing with Variations and Preparation of Construction progress schedules, Assist to the Sr. QS for the preparation of Commercial Meetings, Variation Review Meetings, and Negotiations and involving in Tendering and Estimation.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Management

Education

Bermingham University

March 2019

March 2019

Bachelor's degree, Quantity Surveying

United Arab Emirates

British College of Applied Studies

December 2008

December 2008

Higher diploma, Quantity Surveyor

Sri Lanka

GPA (percentage): 75%

GPA (percentage): 75%

Completed B-Tech Higher National Diploma in Quantity Surveying at College British College of Applied Studies (BCAS Campus) which is approved by Edexcel international Examination Centre (UK).

Skills

Teamwork

Expert

Engineering Drawings

Expert

Microsoft Excel

Expert

Management

Expert

AutoCAD

Expert

MS Excel

Intermediate

Autocad

Intermediate

Team Work

Intermediate

leadership

Intermediate

Negotiation

Intermediate

Hard worker

Intermediate

Administration

Intermediate

Perform independently

Intermediate

Teamwork

Expert

Engineering Drawings

Expert

Microsoft Excel

Expert

Management

Expert

AutoCAD

Expert

Languages

English

Intermediate

Tamil

Native Speaker

Malayalam

Intermediate

Hobbies and interests

playing football, Reading Books