Geethananda  De Silva, Contract Manager / Sr. Quantity Surveyor

Geethananda De Silva

Contract Manager / Sr. Quantity Surveyor

SANKEN CONSTRUCTIONS (PVT) LTD

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh - Al-Malaz
Education
Master's degree, Project Management
Experience
15 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 11 Months

Contract Manager / Sr. Quantity Surveyor at SANKEN CONSTRUCTIONS (PVT) LTD
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 14
  • June 2020 to May 2023

My duties were in line with Preparing and negotiating the terms and conditions of contracts, Meeting with customers to discuss business and legal matters, Ensuring contract compliance with the company’s policies and procedures, Informing internal and external stakeholders of the status of contracts, etc.
The Project is the construction of a Jetty together with a Quay Wall, Reclamation work, and Office Building Construction. This is the Sanken and ELS Joint Venture Project for the Naval Dockyard at Trincomalee.

• Project Value: 6 Billion Rupees
• Client: Ministry of Defense (MOD)
• Consultant: Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau

Sr. Quantity Surveyor at QATAR DESIGN CONSORTIUM WLL
  • Qatar - Doha
  • March 2013 to August 2019

Experience is related to Contract Administration with maintaining PMIS Logs. Handling of Contract Documents together QCS / QSMM / FIDIC/ CESMM. Attending Progress Review Meetings, Preparing Monthly Interior Payment Certificate, Change Requests including Tentative Cost Estimation, Draft Site Instructions including SI Analysis, Draft Variation Order, etc. Completed Projects are as shown below.

• Proposed Officers for Mannai Corporation (QR 35 Million)

• Al Khor Housing Project Package 08 (Zone12) ALQARIAs Project (QR 60 Million)

• Al Khor Housing Project Package 05A & 07A (Zones 13, 14&15) ALQARIAs Projects (QR 210 Million)

• Labour Accommodation at RLIC ALQARIAs Project (QR 174 Million)

Quantity Surveyor Engineer at SHANNON TRADING & CONTRACTING WLL
  • Qatar - Doha
  • October 2006 to March 2013

All relevant work of Quantity Surveying with Handling of the Contract Documents including QCS / FIDIC/ CESMM. My main duties are to prepare Claims for Additional work of all Projects, Attending Progress Review Meetings, Progress of work accomplishment at the site, Preparing Monthly Interior Payment certificates including MOS also, and identifying the work changes for claims, etc.
It is for the Construction of classroom buildings and Food Court Buildings at the University of Qatar (Project Value is QR 650 Million), The Port expansion Project included the Construction of the Main Break Water Structure (5.14 km long) and Secondary Break Water Structure (1.1 km long). The dredging for an access road to the new port, the reclamation of land, the relocation of a 10 km undersea oil pipeline, and required facilities for the construction of a jetty (The Project Value: QR 1600 Million), etc.

Education

Master's degree, Project Management
  • at Asia E University
  • October 2023

Executive MSc in Project Management 1 Year Program offered by GIPM Project Management Campus Sri Lanka, in partnership with AeU Malaysia. The AeU degrees have been popular in Sri Lanka over the last six to seven years and are approved by the University Grant Commission. GIPM Project Management Campus is the only Institute in Sri Lanka accredited to offer an Executive MSc in PM.

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at University Of Moratuwa
  • May 1998

The University of Moratuwa consists of three Faculties namely, Architecture, Engineering, and Information Technology with nineteen (19) academic departments offering eleven (11) bachelor's degree programs to students selected by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and fifty-six (56) postgraduate programs together with MSc, Phil & Ph.D. research-based postgraduate degrees.

Specialties & Skills

Accounting
Informatics
Preparation
Balance
Claims and Disputes Management
Project Management / Office Management
Risk Assessement and Mitigation
Communication and Collaboration
Report Writting and Letters Drafting
Preparation of Tentative Cost Estimation
Payment Preparation and Payment Evaluation
Project Procument Management
Maintaining PMIS System Logs for Documents

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Beginner
Tamil
Beginner

Memberships

The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL)
  • Chartered Engineer for the leading professional body of Sri Lankan Engineers
  • July 2009
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
  • Incorporated Member of CIOB
  • April 2015

Training and Certifications

MMUP (Grade A) - Civil Engineering (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2017
Chartered Civil Engineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2009
Advance Project Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Madras Management Training Institute
Date Attended:
August 2015
Duration:
40 hours