Mohammad Abdul Moktadir Chowdhury, Contracts Administrator| Senior Estimator

Mohammad Abdul Moktadir Chowdhury

Contracts Administrator| Senior Estimator

ARC (The Australian Reinforcing Company)

Location
Australia
Education
Master's degree, Finance
Experience
15 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 10 Months

Contracts Administrator| Senior Estimator at ARC (The Australian Reinforcing Company)
  • Australia
  • September 2017 to October 2020

Responsibilities
• Liaise, build relationships with clients and internal teams on projects including commercial, residential, civil construction ranging from $170k-$2M jobs
• Read, analyze and interpret drawings, take off the steel quantities and Bill of Quantities (BOQ)
• Prepare the estimated quote based on Bill of Quantities for submitting in the tender
• Liaise with Procurement, assess with new/special items in the estimating system database as required for inclusions in tender documentation.
• Manage and tracking tonnage of steel requirement with the estimated quantities and if there is any possibility to cross it the estimation, raise the flag and inform the customer upfront so that any further confusion will not raise
• Check the actual tonnage and deal with the back charge came from the customer
• Inspect sites and meeting as required

Achievements
• Developed a reinforcement estimation and schedule for Melbourne Park Redevelopment Project that saved an estimated $8000 by using site data, rather than following the typical detail and specifications
• Achieved a 15% increase in efficiency in the handling and delivery of materials to a remote location having collaborated with internal stakeholders based on the client’s list of priorities

Contracts Administrator|Estimator at Bestbar Reinforcement Pty Ltd
  • Australia
  • August 2016 to September 2017

Responsibilities
• Liaise, build relationships with clients and internal teams on projects including commercial, residential, civil construction ranging from $100k-$1.5M jobs
• Read, analyze and interpret drawings, take off the steel quantities and Bill of Quantities (BOQ)
• Prepare the estimated quote based on Bill of Quantities for submitting in the tender
• Liaise with Procurement, assess with new/special items in the estimating system database as required for inclusions in tender documentation.
• Manage and tracking tonnage of steel requirement with the estimated quantities and if there is any possibility to cross it the estimation, raise the flag and inform the customer upfront so that any further
• confusion will not raise
• Check the actual tonnage and deal with the back charge came from the customer
• Inspect sites and meeting as required


Achievements
• Developed a reinforcement estimation and schedule for Eastwood site an estimated $6000 by using site data, rather than following the typical detail and specifications
• Achieved a 10% increase in efficiency in the handling and delivery of materials to a busy location having collaborated with internal stakeholders based on the client’s list of priorities

Junior Contracts Administrator|Estimator at Datumn Group Construction Pty Ltd
  • Australia
  • January 2016 to August 2016

Responsibilities
• Checked all architectural and engineering drawings, specifications, conditions of contract, schedule and other tender related documents to estimate quantity
• Performed take offs for preparing the bill of quantities (BOQ)

Senior Contracts Administrator|Estimator at Bharti Airtel
  • Bangladesh
  • January 2010 to December 2015

Responsibilities
• Read, analyze and interpret drawings, take off the required material quantities as per the specifications, standards so that customer can aware of the standard options, sizes, reflecting current pricing and specifications and these can available for the production estimation team/procurement for order preparation
• Administered master register for controlling all project documentation
• Prepared project expenditure reports, administered requests for information (RFI’s) and assisted with head contracts, progress claims, delay claims and managed external variations
• Reviewed and assessed subcontractor claims and creditor invoices
• Prepared payment schedules
• Developed construction programs and updates, tracked against site progress, implemented change controls, updated variations and communicated with client to get approvals
• Identified alternate solutions and performed value engineering to optimize time and cost by maintaining required quality
• Prepared cost forecasts and completed cost planning and budgeting as well as maintained the project budget to accurately report on monthly performance

Achievements
• Prepare around 800 telecommunication construction sites’ Bill of Quantities (standard type like Greenfield, roof top, share sites) for tender submission and process and claim for billing after completion of projects.
• Bill of Quantity preparation, check, and cost control for G+7 MSC building which is $7.5M project includes negotiation with contractors/suppliers, working closely with Procurement department

Contracts Administrator|Estimator at Warid Telecom
  • Bangladesh
  • April 2006 to December 2009

Responsibilities
• Read, analyze and interpret drawings, take off the required material quantities as per the specifications, standards so that customer can aware of the standard options, sizes, reflecting current pricing and specifications and these can available for the production estimation team/procurement for order preparation
• Administered master register for controlling all project documentation
• Reviewed and assessed subcontractor claims and creditor invoices
• Prepared payment schedules

Achievements
• Prepare around 300 telecommunication construction sites’ Bill of Quantities (standard type like Greenfield, roof top, share sites) for tender submission and process and claim for billing after completion of projects.
• Bill of Quantity preparation, check, and cost control for G+2 Remote BSC site building which is $4M project includes negotiation with contractors/suppliers, working closely with Procurement department

Junior Contracts Administrator|Estimator at OrasInvest (BD) Limited
  • Bangladesh
  • January 2005 to March 2006

Responsibilities
• Estimated material and resource requirements from the design
• Prepared project scope, determined tender processes, prepared tender documents
• Prepared proposals, gathered pre-contract data and assisted with administering contracts
• Prepared estimates in building projects based on work activity and in work packages to use for the planning, organizing and scheduling of work

Education

Master's degree, Finance
  • at University Of Dhaka
  • March 2014

I have done MBA (Master of Business Administration) from the Department of Finance from the University of Dhaka

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at Bangladesh University Of Engineering And Technology
  • November 2004

I have graduated as a Civil Engineer from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) which is the number 1 ranked Engineering University in Bangladesh

High school or equivalent, Science
  • at Rifles Public School and College
  • September 1998

I have passed Higher Secondary Certificate in the year 1998. I have obtained 760 marks on that exam from Science discipline.

High school or equivalent, Science
  • at Dhanmondi Govt. Boys' High School
  • July 1996

I have passed Secondary School Certificate from one of the best schools in the country. I have obtained 820 marks for this exam.

Specialties & Skills

Civil Engineering
Telecom Infrastructure
Team Leadership
Construction Engineering
Engineering Management
Bar Scheduling
Contracts Administration
Estimating
Construction

Languages

English
Expert
Bengali
Native Speaker

Memberships

Institutions of Engineers, Bangladesh
  • Member
  • September 2008

Training and Certifications

Construction Site Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Engineering Staff College, Bangladesh
Date Attended:
April 2008
Duration:
72 hours
ECSP Level 1 skill development training (Training)
Training Institute:
HR Kites
Date Attended:
August 2011
Applications Development Using Visual Basic and Oracle (Training)
Training Institute:
Institute of Information and Communication Technology
Date Attended:
September 2001

Hobbies

  • i love travelling and spend time with my family. Reading book, searching new things for knowledge
    Several countries i traveled. Get an experience of the wonderful beauty of world. Interest for new things give me the opportunity to lead a team to develop and execute the telecom infra structure projects