Senior Quantity Surveyor & Contracts Administrator
Palma Holding
Total years of experience :15 years, 11 Months
Role : Employer Representative (Project Management Consultant) / Employer / Client
Type of projects : G+4 to G+15 Residential Buildings, G+2 School Building
Value of projects : AED 90M (USD 24M) to AED 400M (USD 105M) - Cum. AED 760M (USD 200M)
Saved more than AED 10M (USD 2.6M) for the Employer(s) from the valuations of variations and claims across projects.
Managing contracts of the contractors and consultants from pre-contract stage till contract completion across projects.
Amicably settled out more than 300 variations and claims across multiple projects.
Successfully defended claims of worth AED 12M (USD 3.2M) submitted by the Main Contractors.
Drafted and established organization’s particular conditions of Contracts for Main Construction Works and Consultancy Services (both based on FIDIC Suite of Contracts).
Leading entire procurement process of procurement of Main Contractors and Lead Consultants of the projects.
Managing commercial staff of the consultants and contractors to effectively administer the construction contracts.
Providing contractual, financial, commercial, and claims related advice to the project teams.
Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.
Serving as a liaison between internal and external parties during contract development and negotiation stages.
Providing tender services including compilation, tender analysis, negotiations, and recommendations.
Reviewing programmes submitted by the consultants and contractors and advising management on potential risks.
Carrying out delay analysis to evaluate the time extension claims submitted by the contractors.
Performing other general quantity survey and contracts administration functions.
Preparing monthly project cost reports and progress reports.
Role : Employer / Client
Type of projects : G+7 to G+87 Residential Buildings
Value of projects : AED 75M (USD 20M) to AED 500M (USD 132M) - Cumulative AED 815M (USD 214M)
Detailed review of projects’ progress (cost & time) and financial reporting to executive management with recommended actions to control the projects’ progress.
Preparation of MIS reports and updating project dashboards for executive management’s review.
Benchmarking of costs for standard items and for establishing cost database.
Analysis of monthly project cost reports to track the projects’ anticipated outturn costs.
Financial reporting to executive management with recommended actions to control the projects’ progress.
Role : Main Contractor
Type of project : G+2 to G+50 Residential Buildings
Value of project : INR 3, 720M (USD 52M)
Prepared, submitted, substantiated, and established prolongation cost claim of INR 753M (USD 12.6M).
Processed more than 100 subcontractors’ / suppliers’ monthly payments in EIP (ERP/SAP).
Established a robust cost control system, which was implemented by the management across all the projects.
Incorporated Earned Value Analysis in cost value reconciliation (CVR) reports for effective cost management.
Prepared and finalized the standard format of Sub-Contract agreement, which was recognized as a best practice and implemented across all the projects by the management.
Effective management of project cash-flow.
Identifying, analyzing, and developing responses to commercial risks.
Performing trend analysis and issuing alerts of any deviations from budgets and to recommend corrective actions.
Ensuring that any contract warranty requirements are incorporated into relevant subcontract documents.
On-time identification of variations and timely notification to the Client.
Performing other general quantity survey and contracts administration functions.
Role : Main Contractor
Type of project : G+1 to G+2 Residential Villas
Value of project : OMR 1.9M (USD 5M)
Prepared and established Extension of Time and prolongation cost claim of worth OMR 0.15M (USD 0.4M).
Established delays and EOT by effective application of contractual provisions.
Ensured timely submission of payment applications, notices, variations, and claims as per the contract provisions.
Prepared sub contract agreements for review of the management.
Contractual and commercial management of subcontracts with various trade subcontractors.
Assisting with direct procurement of goods.
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Finance
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering), 2008 College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai; CGPA 7.29 out of 10
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