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Nadith  Kalhara, Cost Control Engineer

Nadith Kalhara

Cost Control Engineer·Engineering Contracting Company

United Arab Emirates

Bachelor's degree, Quantity Surveying

Work experience

Total years of experience: 6 years, 3 months

Cost Control Engineer

January 2017 - April 2020

Engineering Contracting Company

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

January 2017 - 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 \[Labor and Machinery Report, Cost Value Reconciliation Report
(CVR)\].

Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Construction and Building

Project Quantity Surveyor

January 2016 - November 2016

SIERRA CONSTRUCTION PVT LTD

Colombo 6, Sri Lanka

January 2016 - 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;

Company industry:
Civil Engineering
Job role:
Construction and Building

Project Quantity Surveyor

May 2014 - December 2015

COST MANAGEMENT SERVICES PVT LTD

Colombo 6, Sri Lanka

May 2014 - 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

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Engineering

Project Quantity Surveyor

January 2014 - April 2014

SANKEN CONSTRUCTION PVT LTD

Colombo 6, Sri Lanka

January 2014 - 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;

Company industry:
Civil Engineering
Job role:
Engineering

Education

University of Moratuwa

August 2015

August 2015

Bachelor's degree, Quantity Surveying

Sri Lanka

GPA (point): 3.71 out of 4

GPA (point): 3.71 out of 4

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
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Skills

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

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

Certifications
Sound Contract Administration by Prof. Sam

Training
Developing Leadership Qualities
Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka

Hobbies

  • Computing
  • Travelling & Exploring
  • Swimming
  • Chess