sasanda chandrarathna, Quantity Surveyor (Secondment

sasanda chandrarathna

Quantity Surveyor (Secondment

Midmac-MIC JV

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, MSc in Construction Law & Dispute Resolution
Experience
8 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :8 years, 6 Months

Quantity Surveyor (Secondment at Midmac-MIC JV
  • Qatar - Doha
  • November 2021 to October 2023

• Duration: November 2021 to October 2023 (2 years)
• Project Name/Description: Lusail Plaza Towers (D&B contract) (Project Budget: 1BN USD)
• Job Role: -
• Managed change management activities as a main contractors Quantity Surveyor, overseeing Client change requests, Contractor variations and Value Engineering/Alternative technical proposals in a D&B contract.
• Executed pricing/costing for variations and change requests, assessing contractual entitlement and preparing submissions and assisted top management in negotiating and closing high-value variations.
• Conducted quantity take-offs for variations, procurement, and other construction activities.
• Prepared Extension of Time (EOT) costs, disruption costs for EOT claims, and compiled subcontractor claims for EOT.
• Evaluated subcontractor claims, finding resolution for those claims by working for joint solutions, issued back charges, and prepared subcontract day works for back charges and prepared subcontractor amendments.
• Maintained all change management related correspondence, logs in record keeping of project documentation.
• Played a lead role in implemented Bill of Quantities (BOQ) conciliation from DD stage to IFC code A as part of variation risk management and pricing of the IFC BOQ for cost conciliation purposes.

Quantity Surveyor at QSERVE QATAR
  • Qatar - Doha
  • February 2019 to October 2021

• Duration: February 2019 to October 2021 (2 year 9 months)
• Project Name/Description: Various secondment projects and many other projects at head office
• Job Role: -
• Hamad International Airport Expansion Project (Secondment basis)
• Worked as a main contractor Quantity Surveyor taking responsibility of Interim payments, possible variations and Contractual document finalization, IFT & IFC drawing comparison.
• Assisted in procurement packaging, quantification for subcontract tendering.
• Tender Stage Quantity Take off for a lump sum project including MEP, taking off tender addendums and BOQ verification including all MEP and Building related services in Airports.
• MIDMAC Contracting Estimation Team (Secondment basis)
• Quantity take of all building work for quantity verification (Civil, MEP) for a luxury hotel and golf course project and assisting in pricing, preparing estimates, reviewing, verification of RFP and quotes provided by suppliers/bidders and carrying out comparisons.
• Mashraf Al Rayaan Bank (Secondment basis)
• Quantity take of all building work for project planning activities (Civil, MEP) for 19 storey bank building.
• Al Karthiyath Road Construction Project (Secondment basis)
• Quantity take off for all civil work including drainage, water supply, TSE and other associated services
• Asmakh 2 Renovation Project - cultural building restoration (Secondment basis)
• Worked as a site coordinator, coordinating with technical teams and head office team recording site conditions, and communicating site conditions for BOQ preparation of renovating 200 plus heritage buildings in the centre of the capital city of Qatar.
• Various other projects at Qserve Qatar Head office
• Preparation of tender documents, Quantity Take off, preparation of measurement sheets & mark-ups, preparation of cost reports, preparation of tender analysis, preparation of consultant estimates, getting supplier quotes on specialised finishes et.

Quantity Surveyor at Walkers CML (Pvt) Ltd
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 3
  • May 2017 to January 2019

• Project Name/Description: Various real estate development projects at head office
• Job Role: -
• Client Quantity Surveyor/Client representative
• Managed a significant portfolio of apartments, overseeing procurement of client supply items and client-nominated subcontractors including sending RFP, preparing procurement packages, verification and evaluation of supplier quotes, negotiation and finalisation.
• Monitored project costs, ensuring adherence to budgetary constraints, identifying project risks towards client, Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of all cost-related information.
• Coordinated projects and participated in contract negotiations with potential main contractors.
• Utilized SAP for streamlined and efficient simple procurement processes.
• Conducted subcontractor-related tasks, ensuring smooth collaboration and project progress.
• Reviewed tender documents and liaised with designers and company management for effective coordination.
• Prepared comprehensive cost reviews to support project planning and budgeting.
• Project Quantity Surveyor
• Worked as the site Quantity Surveyor for South coast residencies apartment (576 units) renovation project for CML MTD Construction Ltd

Quantity Surveyor at International Construction Consortium
  • Sri Lanka - Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
  • February 2017 to March 2017

Assignment Quantity surveyor for a large project tender.

Jr Quantity Surveyor at CML MTD Construction Ltd
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 2
  • August 2015 to December 2015

• Project Name/Description: Various projects at head office
• Job Role: - Being assistant to post contract manager, preparing project cost tracking summaries, preparing supporting documents for contractor claims, preparation of IPA summaries, quantity take off for various projects etc.

Jr Quantity Surveyor at Design Consortium Ltd
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 1
  • March 2015 to July 2015

• Project Name/Description: Various projects at head office
• Job Role: - Being assistant to the project engineer to verify IPA by contractor, monitoring site progress and reporting to project engineer. Conducting productivity measurements. Variation verifications etc.

Assistant Quantity Surveyor at China Harbour Engineering Company (Lanka) Ltd
  • Sri Lanka - Galle
  • November 2011 to February 2013

• Duration: November 2011 to February 2013 (1year 4 months)
• Project Name/Description: luxury hotel RIU Ahungalla.
• Job Role: - Being assistant to resident Engineer, preparing daily site records, reporting and recording the site progress, attending site inspection with assistant engineers, taking joint measurement with subcontractors, preparing subcontractor payment certificates, mark-up documents etc.

Education

Master's degree, MSc in Construction Law & Dispute Resolution
  • at Leeds Beckett University
  • May 2024
High school or equivalent, 3) Certificate in MEP Quantity Surveying
  • at Centre for Housing Planning and Building
  • April 2018
Bachelor's degree, in Quantity Surveying
  • at University of Moratuwa.
  • April 2017

Specialties & Skills

Tendering
Project Coordination
Negotiating Contracts
Cost Estimation
Quantity Surveying
Measurement
CONSTRUCTION
PROCUREMENT
BUDGETING
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
CLOSING (SALES)
COLLABORATION
CONCILIATION
DRAWING
FINALIZATION
MANAGEMENT
Auto CAD
Computer literacy
FIDIC 1999
Microsoft Project

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Tamil
Intermediate

Memberships

Institute of Quantity Surveyors Sri Lanka
  • Graduate Member
  • May 2018
Royal Institute of Charted SUrveyors (RICS)
  • APC candidate
  • September 2022
Saudi Engineering Council
  • Member
  • December 2023