Senior Contracts Administrator
Hill International
Total years of experience :13 years, 1 Months
Senior Contracts Administrator working on Abu Dhabi International Airport expansion - Main Terminal Complex.
6 Month Fixed Term Contract (Extended). Terminal 3 Dubai Airport Arbitration.
Resident Engineer (Senior Quantity Surveyor)
My overall responsibility is to focus the project team’s effort in achieving all the clients’ key commercial objectives, while also implementing a restructuring of all Contractual and Commercial processes. The numerous Contracts although individually modest in value, have when combined an overall value of some AED 1.2 Billion. The fast track nature of the work has given me a great exposure to varied Claims which larger Projects would rarely be subjected to.
Post-contract responsibilities include:
• Advising both the Resident Engineer and the Abu Dhabi Municipality on all Contractual issues preparing responding to Contractor Claims.
• Implementing both a bottom up and top down approach to the Project Administration, Contractual and Commercial Procedures.
• Preparing and issuing cost reports
• Change management
• Risk management
Senior Quantity Surveyor
My responsibilities varied over the 3 years and included two secondments, but I was principally focused on the delivery of the clients’ key commercial objectives performing the role of a Cost Consultant on Post Contract Projects. And although my experience was predominantly spent dealing with Post Contract work, I spent a considerable part of my final 10 months working on Pre Contract cost planning and tender evaluation.
Pre-contract:
• Preparing cost plans throughout all design stages
• Proactively participate in value engineering exercises
• Advising on procurement strategy
• Preparing tender documentation
• Tender analysis and recommendations
Post-contract:
• Advising the design team on contractual requirements
• Preparing and issuing cost reports
• Assessing contractors valuations and processing interim/final payment certificates
• Change management
• Claims analysis
• Agreeing final accounts
• Running regular commercial meetings
Project history:
Contract Stage Project Information Value (US$)
QATAR PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Pre-contract D.O.T. Projects, US$ 5.8 Billion
Post-contract Barwa Financial District, US$ 2.0 Billion
MAJID AL FUTTAIM (MAF)
Post-contract Mirdif City Centre, Dubai, Shopping Mall US$ 330 Million
Post-contract Magic Planet, Sharjah, (MAF) US$ 5.7 Million
A.A TURKI GROUP (ATCO)
N/A Construction operations restructuring inititive N/A
SAMA DUBAI
Pre-contract 3 Multi-storey apartment blocks US$ 257 Million
Post-contract Dubai Lagoons - Enabling Works US$ 197 Million
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Procuring and managing the costs of more than 70 subcontractors ranging in value from €10k to €4m.
Continuously analysing and managing cost throughout the duration of the project and periodically carrying out CVR’s for real time cost reporting.
Submitting main contract applications and variations to the client in accordance with the contract and agreeing the final account.
Proactively advising engineers and project managers on more cost effective method of site management.
Attending weekly site progress and design team meetings
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:
Procuring and managing the costs of more than 30 subcontract packages ranging from £10k to £1m in value.
Continuously analysing and managing cost throughout the duration of the project and periodically carrying out CVR’s for in house reporting.
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