Contracts Manager
KORA ANGOLA, LDA
Total des années d'expérience :28 years, 11 Mois
Main Projects
Design coordination and management of 8 turn-key tailor-made or FIDIC contracts of the following 88 social buildings in six municipalities over four provinces, representing a turnover of US$330M:
● Schools - Kindergartens, Pre-Schools, Primary, Secondary and Vocational Schools: 79 units;
● Medical Centres: 6 units;
● Sport Facilities: 3 units.
Main Functions and Responsibilities
Lead all design development process, to get the best design, with the quality required, in a cost effective way and timely manner, until contractor selection and contract signature.
Coordinate the tender process and lead offers’ analysis, negotiations and department’s decision on award.
Give contract management support and advice Project Managers’ actions in order to compliance with Kora’s objectives in terms of budget, delivery, quality and safety.
Direct and coordinate contractors and suppliers in an overall activity perspective: performance follow-up, progress review, work best-practices and procedures, problems discussion and consider necessary actions.
Major Accomplishments
Achieved savings of 31, 5% of the total budget for construction and furniture of social buildings.
Presented technical and commercial offers for new 95 social building in nine municipalities over six provinces, totalling US$345M.
Main Projects
In charge of control and coordination of several projects in terms of budget and delivery, with a major focus in these two:
● “Construction of Hotel Holiday Inn Express”, Alfragide-Lisbon, €4.84M
● “Construction of Santa Luzia Building”, Funchal-Island of Madeira, €6.82M
Major Accomplishments
Worked closely with Project Managers on sites which were reporting monthly losses.
Established cost control systems, monitored budget and reviewed change-order requests.
Coordinated and monitored site’s time schedule.
Identified problems and suggested corrective measures while avoiding cost and schedule overruns.
Prepared and presented monthly report in terms of budget and delivery for stakeholders.
Projects
● “Construction of Infrastructures and Urban Roads Network System in Baneasa Area”, Bucharest, €23.54M
● “Underpass on DN1”, Bucharest, €13.08M
Major Accomplishments
I was challenged to deliver an “impossible” project on time: the estimated completion of the “Underpass” was Aug.2010, when it should be completed by 1st Dec.2009. Successfully implemented measures and finished the work estimated to last 13.5 months in 4.5 months. The Romanian Prime Minister inaugurated the “Underpass on DN1” on 27th Nov.2009!
1st engineer to hand-over projects at Lena Constructii Romania - the “Underpass on DN1” and the “Highway DN1” (the “Highway” was the 1st site of the company and was finished on 2007, it was repaired on spring 2010, for final hand-over).
Acquired extensive knowledge of FIDIC contract management on “Infrastructures and Roads Network in Baneasa”.
Collaborated closely with General Manager and tender department in seeking new business opportunities.
Built the strategic relationship with Romanian tender partners: Delta ACM and Tehnologica Radion.
Projects
● “The Residences at Victoria Golf Club”, http://www.tivolihotels.com/en/our-hotels/algarve/the-residences-at-victoria/the-hotel.aspx, Vilamoura, €23.89M
● “Urban Park of River Diz”, Guarda, €6.95M
● “Power Sub-Station of Ribatejo - Civil Construction Contract”, Carregado-Lisbon, €2.36M
● “Construction of the Sewerage and Drainage Network System in Maceira - 1st and 2nd Phases” and “3rd, 5th and 6th Phases”, Leiria, €4.31M and €5.25M
Major Accomplishments
I was challenged to be the Project Manager of the biggest site of the company in Portugal at the time, the “The Residences at Victoria Golf Club” a closed condominium/ apartment hotel, managed by Tivoly Hotels & Resorts, with 20 buildings with three or four floors, 145 two and three bedroom stylish apartments set in landscaped gardens with indoor and outdoor pools, health club and a kids’ playground.
Maintained a healthy relationship with a very difficult client and created profitable win-win situations under a very demanding contract, with extremely high quality requirements and penalties for every single delay.
The resort received the prestigious European Residential Property Award of "Best Golf Development" in 2010 and was one of six finalists of the Portuguese "Oscars" of Real Estate 2011 in the Tourism category.
Negotiated extensions of time, claims due to changed site conditions, 110 change-orders related with new designs and scopes, revision of prices due to late completion of works and default interests due to late payments on “Urban Park of River Diz”, increasing the contractual payments in 48% and exceeding forecasted profit margins in 300%.
Projects
● “Civil Engineering Works on Highway 326 - Section Mansores/ Arouca” - 2 Bridges and 2 Viaducts, €8.8M
Projects
● Numerous simultaneous projects on a small scale, a total of 18 in 2 years, in Maputo and cities nearby, mainly of private houses, commercial and industrial buildings, totalling €4.8M in value. Most creative challenge was the “Construction of 4 Flour Silos for Socimol”, with 36m height above ground, built without any crane.
Projects
● “Construction of 4th, 5th and 7th Filling Areas and Infrastructures in Palmela’s Sanitary Landfill, including Administrative and Technical-Social Buildings and Workshops”, €1.50M
● “Construction of Domestic and Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plants, Pump Stations and the Sewerage Network System in Mitrena’s Shipyard”, Setúbal, €1.15M
(Hired by Abrantina after two top managers moved from my previous company (Teixeira Duarte) to the new one)
Major Projects
● Corporation’s ISO 9001 Certification Project Kick-off
● Implementation of Belbetões’ QMS (Quality Management System)
● “Reinforcement and Widening of 25th April Bridge and Railway Installation”, Lisbon
● “Railway North/ South Line - Corroios’ Viaduct, Station and Interface”, Corroios-Seixal
● “Highway IP4 - Baião’s Accesses”, Marco de Canaveses
● “Construction of IST Campus of Lisbon’s University in Taguspark”, Oeiras
● “Construction of Tivoli Forum” - Shopping Gallery, 2 Office Buildings and a 4 Star Hotel, Lisbon
Major Accomplishments
Prepared and developed the corporate QHSE management system (policy, plans and procedures).
Performed Corporate and sites’ QHSE audits and followed up the accomplishment of corrective actions.
Directed and maintained strategic and operational QHSE management system for 13 construction sites and assisted closely Project Managers and all site personnel on its implementation and documentation control.
Prepared QMS pre-qualifications for new tenders and became QMS consultant of Belbetões.
Projects
● “Vasco da Gama Bridge (and then Expo 98) - Bituminous Concrete Paving”, Lisbon, €3.84M
● “Railway Northern Line Modernization - Section Pampilhosa/ Quintans”, Oliveira do Bairro, €6.88M
● “Coastal Fishing Landside Installations of Aveiro - Infrastructures and associated Roads Network System, Car Parks and Operational Platforms”, €2.14M
Major Accomplishments
Successfully managed the “Vasco da Gama Bridge” site, leading the bituminous concrete paving from award to completion, increasing revenues and exceeding 2.5 times the forecasted margin: 40% at total.
Acquired an in-depth knowledge on structural engineering, reinforced concrete and pile foundations on the “Railway Northern Line Modernization” site - 3 new railway stations and buildings, 2 new bridges, 2 new overpasses, 4 new underpasses and reinforcement of 4 old ones, 5 new retaining walls and 13 hydraulic crossings.
Projects
● “Highway 122 (km 12+000/ km 72+000) - Improvements, Widening and Bituminous Concrete Paving between IP2 and the Limits of Faro District”, Beja District, €4.54M
Major Accomplishments
Managed all equipment, including the asphalt plant (the 1st one of the company and bought for this site) and the “tout-venant” plus cement plant.
Established the 1st company’s detailed decomposed costs of bituminous concrete - production and paving.
Guaranteed quality assurance, supervised quality control, including all the laboratory’s tests of asphalt, soils and aggregate physical properties and maintained appropriate records.
Computerized the laboratory’s tests of asphalt, soils and aggregates, all of them paper made before, on excel sheets
Professor of Civil Construction at High School D. João II, in Setúbal ● http://djoaoii.eu5.org/
(activity suspended from Oct.1994 to Feb.1995 to fulfil the Military Service at EPE, in Tancos)
& Intern at CENFIC - Vocational Training Centre for the Southern Civil Construction and Public Works’ Industry ● http://www.cenfic.pt/
(Internship in "Studies and Projects - Planning, Preparation and Control for Tenders and Sites”)
Global Top-Ranked MBA Program (Financial Times 2013: #57 / The Economist 2013: #59 / Bloomberg 2014: #21) Studied at three campuses across the globe: Dubai (UAE), Boston (USA) and Shanghai (China) Received high marks in Financial Management, International Accounting, Quantitative Analysis, Business Execution and Project Management Won 1st place on the Marketplace Business Simulation (true-to-life business decisions) in Shanghai Campus Won 1st place 3 times out of 5 on the Project Management Simulation in Boston Campus
Global Top-Ranked University for Engineering (U.S. & World Report News – Best Global Universities for Engineering 2014: #1 in Portugal; #15 in Europe; #73 in the World) ● http://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/engineering