Manikandan Kanthuluva, Project Quantity Surveyor

Manikandan Kanthuluva

Project Quantity Surveyor

Hills and Fort Construction

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Master's degree, quantity survey
Experience
23 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :23 years, 5 Months

Project Quantity Surveyor at Hills and Fort Construction
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since May 2017

Project Commercial Management, Valuations, Variations, Subcontractor management, contractual correspondence, Internal cost control & reporting to head office.

Sr. Quantity Surveyor at Estim Construction Ltd
  • Tanzania
  • August 2014 to May 2016

Commercial / Residential Towers, Mosque, Roads etc., in and around Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Quantity Surveyor at Qatar Building Company
  • Qatar
  • July 2010 to July 2014

CP 626/2 - Ain Khalid Area Sewerage Project, Doha

Quantity Surveyor at Salini Costruttori SpA
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2008 to June 2010

R881/2C Comprehensive Improvement of Parallel Roads, Dubai

Quantity Surveyor at Afcons Infrastructures
  • India - Delhi
  • September 2006 to January 2008

Delhi Metro Project (Yamuna Bank - Anand Vihar Corridor)

Sr. Engineer at Hindustan Construction Co
  • India - Ahmedabad
  • June 2002 to August 2006

Saurashtra Branch Canal Pumping Scheme Project

Jr. Engineer at Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd
  • India - Chennai
  • February 2001 to June 2002

Ennore Coal Port Project

Site Engineer at S.S Builders
  • India
  • January 2000 to January 2001

Flyover Project
Roads, Bridges, Underpass, Parapets, Abutments, Road Paving, Ducts, Precast Segments, PT Cables, Pile Foundations
Metro Project
Piling, Pilecap, Piers, Precast Deck, Parapets, Railway Stations, Utilities
Pumping Station
Mass Excavation, Mass concreting, Structural works, Auxillary Buildings, Earth filling, Gated Structures, Sheet Piling, Shoring
Breakwater Project
Dredging, Rock Dumping, Accropodes, Roadwork
Utilities
Sewerage/ Water/ Irrigation Project including Excavation in Trenches and VC/AC/DI/HDPE Pipelines, Micro tunnelling, Thrust Boring, Manholes, Houses Connections, Reinstatement, Marker Post, Interlock Tiles
Residential Building
Foundation, Masonry, Plastering, Flooring, Finishing, Gypsum partition, ACP finish, Glazing, Metal works and Landscaping for residential and Individual house
Roles And Responsibilities :

►Valuation: Preparation of the monthly valuations and submitting to Consultant for the work done during the month along with the necessary documents, backups and Joint Measurement Sheets and gets approved.

►Variations / Change Orders: Identifying Variations and Quantify, Pricing and Negotiations for the variation items either added or deducted in the project main contract documents.

►Quantity take Off: Quantity Take off for major items to place the order of quantities and to recheck with the subcontractors invoice & quantities invoice.

►Cost Report : Prepare Cost Sheet for the project on monthly basis and highlighting the status to the Management by keeping records of all cost related items.

►Sub-Contractor Payments: Certify Subcontractor bills by taking measurements at site alongwith the Sub Contractor and Finalize the Payment Certificate.

►Sub-Contractor Quotations: Compare & analyse the subcontractors Quotations for each item and forwarding to the management to award the subcontractor with the lowest price.

►Rate Analysis:Evaluate unit rates, for new items of work, by sending enquiries to suppliers of materials and to evaluate the productivity of work as per the progress from the site.

►Cost Control:Monitor the cost to the approved budget and check with Estimate Actual Cost to Completion (EAC) and Co-ordinating with team members on cost control activities.

►Site Inspection:Perform site inspection/ verifications of variation and additional work items claimed by contractors.

►Requests for Inspection/ Approval: To prepare and submit the requests for approvals to the Consultant / Client for inspection, testing and approval.

►Progress Reports:Prepare and submit progress reports and cash flow reports based on the actual works done at the site on weekly basis.

►Interim / Final Payments:To prepare the interim / final payments for submission to the Consultant / Client for approval.

►Claims: Keeping contemporary records for works done out of scope for future claims and assisting the senior for submission of claims.

►Joint Measurement: Joint Measurement Sheet by measuring the actual work done at site alongwith the consultant Q.S in previous projects. Well versed with CESMM3, SMM, POMI & FIDIC

►Contract Administration: Assist Project Manager on contractual obligations and identify deviations

►Correspondence: Writing Contractual letters to Client / Architects / Constultants / Sub Contractors for the matters regarding Variations, New Rates, Escallation, Notify EOT etc., for all the projects.

►Material Take off : Material Take off from the construction drawings and preparing procurement schedule for long lead items and imported materials for projects.

►Cost Analysis : Monitoring Budget Vs Actual in respect of work done, Earned Value, Budgeted Cost Vs Actual Cost and Cost to Completion for each project and presenting to higher management during Monthly Review Meeting.

►Payment Status: Maintaining Payment status of Main Contractor / Sub Contractor for all the projects respectively.

Education

Master's degree, quantity survey
  • at Heriot-Watt University
  • November 2019
Bachelor's degree, Quantity Surveying
  • at NICMAR
  • February 2016

Graduate in Quantity Surveying

Master's degree, Construction Management
  • at NIBM
  • February 2015

M.B.A in Construction Management

Diploma, Civil Engineering
  • at K.L.N. Polytechnic
  • August 1998

Specialties & Skills

Contract Management
Estimating
Quantity Surveying
Cost Control
Quantity Survey
BUDGETING
Variations
Valuations
CASH FLOW
CONSULTING
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
COST ANALYSIS
COST CONTROL
CUSTOMER RELATIONS

Languages

English
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Hindi
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