Kasun Wickramanayake, Commercial Manager

Kasun Wickramanayake

Commercial Manager

Turner International Middle East

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, Msc Quantity Surveying
Experience
17 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :17 years, 0 Months

Commercial Manager at Turner International Middle East
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since August 2018

- Reviewed the contract documents for the project
packages and related consultant service agreements.
- Established the commercial manual for the project
monitoring services for development.
- Review the Budgets, payments, variations, claims.
- Reported any red flag inefficiencies, Contractual and
commercial issues of the project, and advice.
- Analyzed the project cost data and producing the
quarterly and monthly cost reports to the Employer.
- Reviewed the progress of the project vis-à-vis the
construction budget and payment certified and paid
to date.

Head Of Contracts at Golden Square Engineering Consultant LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2016 to August 2018

- Established the Tender policy for the organization for the first time.
- Streamlined the tender process and awarding procedure which enhanced client satisfaction by over 90%.
- Introduced the commercial manual to the post-contract administration. Mitigated the disputes in the post-contract administration by 80%.
- Improved the financial feasibility study for the inception stage of the projects. Enhanced client's reliability on project decisions.
- Proposed suitable procurement strategy for the Clients.
- Successfully implemented the design & build projects for the organization.

QS Manager at MIRK Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • December 2014 to January 2016

Working in MIRK Group as QS Manager and
responsible for closing the final accounts for the SOFITEL Resort @ Palm Jumeirah
and Mid Rise staff accommodation in Jumeirah Village. Preparation of feasibility
studies for the new project proposals and preparation interim budgets for the
proposed developments. Development appraisals were prepared for 3 new
projects with several options according to the design team.
Providing the commercial and contractual advice to the client on the selecting
a suitable contractor for the projects and procurement systems.

Sr.Quantity Surveyor at Alburj Engineering Consultant
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2011 to December 2014

Working in Al Burj Engineering Consultancy as
Senior Quantity Surveyor in Living Legend - 500 Villas project(G+1) @ Al Barari, Dubai land. Responsible for the administering the Cost-Plus GMP value of AED
850 Million Traditional Path working arrangement with FIDIC 1999 bespoke Contract conditions, Including Civil & MEP works.

Quantity Surveyor at Rotary Humm Electromechanical LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2010 to July 2011

- Worked in Rotary Humm (M&E) Services LLC is
a Subsidiary of Hastie Group International as a MEP Quantity Surveyor in NOVOTEL Hotel (3B+G+Mezz+6P+35) - 03 Towers Hotel, Residence & Office at Al Barsha With the Cost-Plus GMP value of AED 183 million Design & Build work
arrangement with bespoke FIDIC 1999 conditions with another Junior and Senior Quantity Surveyors as a commercial team and M/s. Hidi Rae Consultant as an Engineer.

Quantity Surveyor at Sobha Contracting LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2007 to July 2010

Responsible for Preparation of Interim Payment Applications, Turn over statements, Cost to Completion status reports, Resource histograms, cash flow statements and preparation of budgets, In line with contract targets. Also responsible for analyzing cost of the jobs against the budgets ( Estimation & Zero Budget), establishing profit-loss and economic value addition of job to the company Scope of job includes preparation of Monthly Progressive Invoices, Variations to the quantities, and Extra Items to the contract, to achieve target completion of the project.
Activities:
o Raising the Purchase Request as per the material requirement matrix, Booking the cost of the material and the labor to the project by activity basis, Recording and maintaining cost transaction data of all projects daily basis..
o Tracking the cost of the project by activity basis against the estimation budget and the zero budgets.
o Preparing the Cost to Complete statement monthly basis to highlight the possible variations to the zero budget and the estimation budget.
o Calculating the depreciation and plant Hire cost (Own Equipment & Hired).
o Comparison statement of the material suppliers.
o Preparing the Monthly Turn-over Statement to the management.
o Billing schedule of the ongoing projects and the cost benefit analysis.
o Reconciliation of the project cost with accounts cost.
o Preparing the final account of the completed projects.
o Preparing the monthly Interim payment invoices to the main contractor/ Consultant
o Preparing the variation orders & Contractual correspondence.
o Preparing the cash flow statement for the projects.
o Analyzing & Certifying the Subcontractor/Supplier invoices.
o Using the ERP System to operational activities & Using MS Project to software to generate cost reports

Education

Master's degree, Msc Quantity Surveying
  • at University of Salford, UK
  • December 2017
Bachelor's degree, Quantity Surveying & Construction Management
  • at Shiffield Hallam University, UK
  • March 2015
Bachelor's degree, Engineering
  • at University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
  • March 2005

Specialties & Skills

Contract Management
Engineering
Auditing
Cost Control
Contract Administration
Cost Planning

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

RICS ( Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors)
  • Chartered
  • October 2015
AIQS ( Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors)
  • Professional Member
  • November 2014

Training and Certifications

Contract Administration (Training)
Training Institute:
Dr.SAM

Hobbies

  • Teaching, Mentoring, Group Discussions
    I have successfully completed RICS Counselor Training. Delivering the CPD to education students