Nadith  Kalhara, Cost Control Engineer

Nadith Kalhara

Cost Control Engineer

Engineering Contracting Company

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Quantity Surveying
Experience
6 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :6 years, 3 Months

Cost Control Engineer at Engineering Contracting Company
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2017 to April 2020

▪ Reviewing and verifying the Monthly payments from subcontractors;
▪ Preparation of Estimates, variations, PC Adjustments and PS adjustment;
▪ Monitoring and controlling the project based cost of labour, materials, subcontractors, plant and
equipment;
▪ Reporting the current and forecast expenditures, revenues against approved Budget;
▪ Drafting contractual correspondences and notices;
▪ Monitoring Cash flow based on the Earned Value Management (EVM);
▪ Provide cost-controlling support for project management team, which includes variation reporting,
monitoring of milestone progress to the preparation of Interim Payment Application;
▪ Monitor and Forecast the cost of each Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) items exceeding the Earned
Value Thresholds;
▪ Cost Reporting to the Management \[Labor and Machinery Report, Cost Value Reconciliation Report
(CVR)\].

Project Quantity Surveyor at SIERRA CONSTRUCTION PVT LTD
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 6
  • January 2016 to November 2016

▪ Evaluation of suppliers and sub-contractors;
▪ Preparation of Pre-Qualification documents;
▪ Writing of Contractual letters;
▪ Evaluation of Prime Cost (PC) rates and Provisional Sum (PS);
▪ Processing of Variation Cost Proposals;
▪ Take off Quantities and pricing BOQs;

Project Quantity Surveyor at COST MANAGEMENT SERVICES PVT LTD
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 6
  • May 2014 to December 2015

▪ Preparation of Tender documents and Contract Documents.
▪ Attending for Pre-bid meetings;
▪ Assessment of Interim Payment Application and Issuing Interim Payment Certificate;
▪ Take off Quantities and Prepare BOQs;
▪ Involve in Cost planning;
▪ Preparation of Tender Evaluation Report

Project Quantity Surveyor at SANKEN CONSTRUCTION PVT LTD
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 6
  • January 2014 to April 2014

▪ Checking subcontractors’ measurements and certify sub contractors’ payment;
▪ Documentation and record keeping;
▪ Preparation of Interim Payment Application;
▪ Preparing rate breakdowns and Take off quantities to order materials;

Education

Bachelor's degree, Quantity Surveying
  • at University of Moratuwa
  • August 2015

UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA B.Sc. (Hons) in Quantity Surveying degree from University of Moratuwa which is accredited by RICS, CICES, AIQS and PAQS with the Overall GPA of 3.71 - First Class Honors Research: Capacity of Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure in Sri Lanka to support Building Information Modelling (BIM) systems Industrial training: Completed with Excellent Pass (A) Obtain two Dean’s List Certificates for the Best Academic performance

Specialties & Skills

Cost Estimating
Quantity Surveying
Contract Administration
Cost Control
Estimation
AutoCAD
Tendering & Estimating
MS Office Package
MS Project
NRM and CESMM

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
  • Student
  • November 2011
Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors
  • Member
  • April 2018
Institute of Quantity Surveyors Sri Lanka
  • Graduate
  • September 2015
Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors
  • Certified Quantity Surveyor
  • August 2018

Training and Certifications

Sound Contract Administration by Prof. Sam (Certificate)
Developing Leadership Qualities (Training)
Training Institute:
Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka

Hobbies

  • Computing
  • Travelling & Exploring
  • Swimming
  • Chess