Ganesan Pillai, Senior Quantity Surveyor, Project Manager

Ganesan Pillai

Senior Quantity Surveyor, Project Manager

Proscape LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
Education
Master's degree, Commercial Management and Quantity Surveying
Experience
36 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :36 years, 8 Months

Senior Quantity Surveyor, Project Manager at Proscape LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since April 2012

Initially joining as Project Manager in 2012, I moved to the Senior Quantity Surveyor position in August 2013 and in that time have been the leading Commercial representative across a range of irrigation, landscaping and golf course construction projects across the UAE including The Green Planet and Akoya Oxygen by Tiger Woods Golf Course in Dubai, Al Zorah Golf Course in Ajman and various other development projects across the UAE.

As principle Commercial Representative for the Golf division, I have been responsible for all pre and post contract commercial activities including estimation, pre and post contract vendor procurement, contract administration and project controls, document control oversight, claims preparation and submission, final account determination, Client and Engineer point of contact and overall compliance of contract protocols, reporting directly to the General Manager.

Irrigation Engineer and Acting Resident Engineer at Ecoscape Consultants
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2007 to March 2012

As acting Resident Engineer and Irrigation Engineer for the project R840/2 Landscaping of Several Roads in Dubai -Cost: AED 60.76 Million duties included Co-ordinate all the project related activities with the Client and the Contractor, Monitor the project progress, Ensuring the documentation and correspondence including notices, minutes of meetings etc, Check and approve Interim Payment Certificates of Contractor, Check and approve Final Payment Certificates of Contractor, Check New Rates, Review and furnish recommendations on the Claims by the Contractor

Project Manager/Head of Quantity Surveying Unit at Irrigation Trade Middle East
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2004 to October 2007

Initially joining as Project Manager, I moved to Head of Quantity Surveying in 2005 responsibilities included Coordinating all project activities vide Preparation of Project Planning, Obtaining NOCs, Design of irrigation projects, Preparation of shop drawings, Material submittals, liaising with the Employer and Consultants, Execution of the work, Monitoring the Cash flow and Yield, Estimation, Tendering, Pre & Post Contract Administration, Vendor Procurement, Preparation of Monthly statements and Reporting to the General Manager. Following are some of the projects handled for various clients namely Dubai Municipality, Nakheel etc.

• IR-105 Small Sites and Irrigation Connections Phase - 2
• IR-73 Irrigation system for Emirates Road Greenbelt Phase-8
• IR-100/1 Irrigation system for additional areas at Al Quoz stable
• IR 757/1A Palm Island (Jumeira) Access Roads
• JAP 015/2 International City Package 2- Infrastructure
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Project Engineer and Estimator at Mirak irrigation and landscaping
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 1998 to October 2004

As a Project Engineer and Estimator, the responsibilities included Tendering, Quantity Surveying, Preparation of shop drawings, and coordinating with clients, Service Authorities & Sub-contractors, Preparation of Monthly statements. Supervision of construction of Pump rooms, Panel water tank, Foundations, Swimming pools, Hardscaping works, Pergolas, Preparation of Earth work profiles and volume calculations. worked in the following projects for various clients Dubai Municipality being the major Client;

• IR-84- Irrigation system for Damascus Road
• IR-83-Automatic Irrigation system for Al Quds Rd Ext.
• IR-39 Irrigation Net work main for Zabeel 2nd Road.
• IR-54-Automatic Irrigation for Nad Al Shiba Shooting club
• IR-49-Automatic Irrigation for Al Qataeyat Road.
• R560 Improvements to Baniyas Interchange P263FZ New West Gate Facility
• Various private Villas and small developments
• American University in Dubai.

Project Engineer at Al Asad Trading and Contracting
  • Oman
  • March 1992 to August 1998

Included acquiring Turnkey projects of Residential and Commercial buildings up to 3 storied and executing the same successfully.

Freelance works at Ponmani Constructions
  • India
  • July 1987 to January 1992

As a consultant and licensed surveyor the responsibilities include Preparation of drawing for Municipality approvals, Supervision of construction of villas and commercial buildings.

Education

Master's degree, Commercial Management and Quantity Surveying
  • at Heriot-Watt University Dubai
  • July 2017

Some of the responsibilities are as follows Managing infrastructural and civil construction projects. Co ordination with the Client and the Contractor for the project execution, meeting milestone requirements and coping with constraints. Ensuring documentation of all contractual correspondence. Evaluating claims from the Contractor Approval of Works Certifying payments

Diploma, Civil Engineering
  • at Alagappa University
  • April 1984

Specialties & Skills

Claims Management
Change Management
Civil Engineering
Commercial Management
Quantity Surveying
Designing automatic Irrigation System
Project Management
Structural design
Project coordination
Estimation
Quantity Surveying
Tendering
Evaluation of Claims
Payment certifications
Contract Administration

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Beginner
Hindi
Expert
Tamil
Expert
Malayalam
Intermediate

Memberships

Institute of Engineers (India)
  • Senior Technician Member
  • August 1992

Hobbies

  • Reading, Yoga