Ramon Villamangca

Representative of owner (YASREF) in all contractual aspect of YERP project EPC-4 Hydrocrakcer Project in Yanbu, KSA. Responsible in contract interpretations, milestone / progress monitor, amendments and change orders. Now, that the project is going to its close-out stage, Mr. Villamangca developed the standard Close-out Monitoring Format that the whole YASREF Project decided to adopt. Due to this effort, the company trusted him, not only to be involved in the close-out of the Hydrocracker Package but also assigned to consolidate all Close-out Reports from other packages and closely monitor and advise each package on close-out requirements.

Hired for the 4th NGL Train Project. Responsibilities are as follows: creates tracking system for subcontractor payments; creates valuation forms for subcontractor's claims; Creates subcontractor's variation order registers; creates forms for subcontract payment valuations and certificates; creates bid tab (bid comparison) forms for subcontracts under tender stage; in-charge in estimation and invoice valuation for Early Works subcontract; in-charge in estimation and invoice valuation for Building and Civil Works subcontract; in-charge in estimation and invoice valuation for Temporary Camp and Office subcontract; creates correspondence database which was helpful to subcontractor engineer's tracking of letters to be acted on; assists subcontract engineer at tendering/quoting stage; assists subcontract engineer in composing subcontractor correspondences and meeting minutes; and creates and maintains subcontracts filing system.

Administration of subcontracts for Common Sulfur Project in Ras Laffan Qatar. Responsible subcontract accounts of all subcontracts at hand. Later ssigned as Subcontracts Administrator, leading a team of 3 Engineers to manage the administration 50+ subcontractors.

I was original hired as Planning and Cost Control Engineer based on Riyadh. When the Saudi Aramco 3rd Party Cogeneration Project started, I was sent to Rastanura to be the Contracts Administrator, because there was a need for that position and I have good experience in that field. This projects involves the construction of a new Power Generation inside the largest Aramco Refinery todate. My obligation is to assist the Project Manager in all aspect of contractual issues of the project. I prepare bids, progress claims, change order claims, I head the Bidding and Planning Department of the project which, among others monitor the progress of the work and deal on the project’s contract and specification issues. After this, I was transferred to Dammam and then to Riyadh, as the Head of the Project Management Office, in this position I lead a team of 5 engineers and one accountant to assist the Project Director, in making budgets, schedules, monitoring of cost and progress of all projects being done by the construction and telecom divisions of Seder. The team is also responsible in preparing project bids for Saudi Aramco and other clients.

I started out as Asst. Cost Controller, later on i was transferred to the Budget Department as Quantity Surveyor. As Quantity Surveyor i am stationed at the Head Office to assist the Budget Department Section Head in the preparation of budgets for proposed and on-going project. I prepare detailed Quantity Take-off, most of the times using AutoCAD. I also prepare the Cost Estimates after take-off. I am also enhancing the current Budget Cost Estimate system using Visual Basic and MSAccess softwares, and translating the Budget Price List from French to English.

As a Planning & Sub-Contract Administration Engineer, some of my responsibilities were: Quantity Surveying, Records of Claims and Preparation of Claims to Client, Site Reporting System, Drawing Registry, Minor Changes in Construction Programme, Monthly Update of Construction Programme, Production of Monthly Progress Reports to Client, Preparation of Monthly Progress Claim to Client, Preparation of Variation Order Documentations and Insurance Claims, Sub-Contract Administration, Evaluation of Subcontractor Claims, Preparation of Subcon Certificates, Sub-Contract Documentation and Email Documentation. This job required me to visit the project site at Amilongan, Ilocos Sur and Bakun, Benguet to monitor Construction Progress Status, and ensure proper Drawing Documentation. As the site has no Computer System Administrator, I assumed the position. I was therefore also responsible in Site Computer Maintenance and San Fernando Office LAN Administration.

I was responsible in Quantity Surveying, Project Pre-planning before Operations, Project Scheduling and Programming, Monitoring, Subcontractor Claims & Billings.

I was responsible in creating computer systems in Construction and Engineering, Construction Estimate, Cost and Budget Development, Creation of Computerized Estimating System, Project Research, and Preparation of Technical Feasibility Studies.

In most of my stay in this company, I was stationed on site but reported directly to home office to coordinate project status, supervised subcontract works, checks subcon claims and billings, prepares detailed estimate of on-going as well as tendered projects. I also did manual drafting if required.