Director Project Controls
Transport for NSW
Total years of experience :27 years, 11 Months
Reporting to the Program Director with 23 people in my team:
• My portfolio consists of 2 mega road projects of more than $2B each and about 32 other road projects in various stages of Pre-Contracts and Construction.
• I chair the quarterly health checks for individual projects, present cost, risk and schedule reports in monthly meetings to the Executive Director and General Manager, help and support the different functions within the Centre of Excellence to develop the Cost, Schedule and Risk procedures.
• I provide in depth analysis of any Extension of Time Claims to the project and commercial teams.
• I am responsible for all the following functions that are conducted by me and my team and provide guidance to them for any issues or when we must initiate any new process / procedures.
• Cost Control - my team of Cost Controllers support each of the projects with monthly forecasting, accounting for the actual expenses throughout the month, accruing of expenses, managing the resources charging to the projects, cash flow and budgeting for the current and future financial years and preparing various reports for different audiences. I discuss the prepared cost reports for the projects which has the contractor’s forecast, internal costs, variations and contingencies from the risk and issues.
• Planning and scheduling - my team of Planners supports each of the projects with the monthly P6 schedule updates, analysis of contractor schedules, providing what-if analysis and scenarios, analysing contractor claims and extension of time claims and preparing various reports for different audiences.
• Risk and Issues - my team of Risk specialists supports each of the projects with the monthly updates of the Risk Register in Active Risk Manager (ARM), discussing about the risks and their mitigation strategies, contingency for cost and time for the risks and preparing various reports for different audiences.
• Project Controls - my team of Controls specialists supports each of the projects with the quarterly health checks, monthly deep dives, assurance for the gates, adherence to the various management plans, scheduling of audits, supporting the project teams through the Estimating process and preparing various reports for different audiences.
• The Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) from my team interacts with their respective functions within the Centre of Excellence for developing the different procedures, frameworks and interface tools for our regular working with the project teams.
• Regular interactions and collaboration with various other divisions like the Portfolio Reporting, Analytics & Application (internal IT team), Commercial, Procurement, Legal and People & Culture teams.
Reported to the Director and worked with 2 consultants under me :
• Prepared the Expert Report for a Solar Farm Project for an Adjudication. I did a detailed analysis of the baseline and monthly updated programs and did a window slice analysis to reach the Extension of Time days for the Claim.
• Detailed analysis of a Bridge Replacement Project. I did the analysis on the program for the planned vs actual manpower and reasons regarding the delays associated.
• Analysed and wrote part of the Expert Report for High Court case for an EOT/Delay Claim for 6 buildings residential complex project in Sydney using Time Impact Analysis, including updating the program using data from various sources, preparation of comparative statements for the changes in Contract requirements, preparing What-If scenarios, analysing data and documents to build up the case to demonstrate and support the explanations of the Expert Report. Prepared the Cost claims for the deduction and variation of scope of works.
• Wrote a part of the Expert Report for ICC Singapore on a Delay and Disruption claim of a Polyester Plant Project in Vietnam. Prepared the As Built program and chronology of events for the delay issues based on information from different sources to support the Global Claim.
• For the Port Pirie Nystar Smelter Plant in South Australia, prepared the Cost and Financial claims for the disruption of works and idle manpower and plant & machinery.
• Contributed to the Expert Report for a Piling Work for a Building Project in Sydney using the Measured Mile method for productivity analysis including preparation of What-If scenarios and data analysis. Also prepared the Cost claims for the out of sequence of works and variations of materials and additional manpower.
Reporting to the Company Director and have a team of 3 Planners reporting to me :
• Developed Construction programs for Commercial and Residential Buildings like Trinity Miranda, Darlington Terraces, etc. and various office buildings like MRWA Offices, etc.
• Created the Master Schedule for the Waterbank Riverside Precinct Project.
• Developed the Construction program with Resource Planning and Levelling, published Monthly Updates and Reports for the Wheatstone LNG and Accommodation Village Precinct Projects.
• Developed Tender Schedules and Construction Programs for Roy Hill Fibre Installation, Western Turner Syncline Project MRWA Northam Office and FMG Maintenance Works, which included multi-project Management.
• Audited and Analysed the Main Contractor Program for the Woolgoolga to Ballina Pacific Highway Road Project including Productivity and Rates for Resources.
• Developed the Master Program on Perth Freight Link Road Project.
• Audited and reviewed the Contractor’s reports on Westconnex Road Project including Production and Progress S-Curves with Resource Analysis.
• Created Construction Programmes for M1 Road Widening and Piling Works for 89 Road Bridges.
• Improved the Timelines with Recovery Plans in the Perth Airport Expansion Project for Planning, Monitoring by mitigating the delays and analysed the various Claims and EOT issues.
• Improved and Restructured the Baseline Schedule and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for Solomon Expansion Communication Project and subsequent EOT Schedule Claim.
• Audited and Analysed Claims and EOT Delay issues for the Qatar Metro Rail Project.
• Audited and analysed numerous EOT Claims with the Contracts Team for Chevron for the Gorgon Upstream Facilities.
• Investigated on Claims & Programming for the main contractor in the Parker Point Project.
• Conducted Delay Impact Analysis on the Claims work for the Shay Gap Airport Project, Gorgon LNG Project, Port Hedland Pipeline Project, Hope Downs 4 Project TAN Burrup Project, Broome Hospital and a few other notable projects.
• Restructured and prepared the overall Master Program for British Telecom for the Fiona Stanley Hospital Project. Also improved on the Inventory & Stocking methodology for the inauguration.
• Developed the Completion Works program and bi-weekly site visits and published reports for the Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Center.
The BARWA Commercial Avenue Project is the largest mixed-use development in Qatar comprising of 460 apartments, 475 showrooms, 630 offices and a shopping mall with net leasable area of 56, 600 sqm housed within 5 major buildings. I was reporting to the Planning Manager and had 1 Planner reporting to me.
• Developed and maintained the Master Program, considering the Client’s Business Plan.
• Audited, Reviewed and Approved Contractor’s programs in Primavera P6.
• Co-ordinated / followed-up with the Design & Engineering department regarding the preparation of drawings.
• Co-ordinated / followed-up with the Materials & Procurement department regarding the ordering, manufacturing & delivery of the various equipment / items.
• Analysed the Weekly Site Progress and increased the Planned versus Actual work.
• Researched and analysed the actual work being done, produced the trends and provided early warnings when the work progress fell below the acceptable levels.
• Analysed and investigated Contractor’s claims for Extension of Time and Cost.
• Advised the stakeholders on the potential delays which may hinder the progress of work in the future.
• Co-ordinate with all departmental heads regarding Risk mitigation and updating the Project Risk Register.
• Created the Project Quality Plans for the Project.
• Analysed if the resource allocation proposed by the Contractor was adequate to follow Project plan and the availability of man-power and equipment on a daily basis.
• Proposed solutions in issues relating to the program in order to assure compliance with the deadlines / milestones.
• Co-ordinated & followed-up with the Liasoning department to get the various Government permits and clearances before the deadlines.
• Published the Monthly Report and other customized reports for the higher management like the Chairman’s report, the CEO’s report, Corporate report, etc.
The Pearl is a landmark project involved developing a city on a man-made island. This is one of the most iconic destinations and tourist attraction in Qatar. I was reporting to the Project Manager and had 1 Planner under me.
• Developed the overall project network in Primavera P6 by evaluating Engineering design, Procurement, Construction & Management (EPCM).
• Developed, Maintained, Monitored and Updated the WBS Based network and Analyzed the network using What-if Analysis, Impact Identification / Recovery Plan.
• Audited and Analysed the individual programs, reports, manpower histograms, S-curves, etc. submitted by various contractors and trending and forecasting on them with written comments.
• Researched, Reviewed, Analysed and Reported on the Claims for Extension of Time, Delay Logs, given by the contractors.
• Developed and handled the Contract Management including change of scope, analysis of time extension, handle variations / additional work (change control), etc.
• Audited and Analysed the manpower and labor reports submitted by the contractors with respect to the productivity rates and check the plan v/s actual progress of work.
• Published reports like Monthly Progress Reports, Network Report, Lookahead Schedules, Weekly Work Plans, etc.
• Took the lead in the Contract Management including identifying & follow-up contractual circumstances, handle variations / additional work to notify client (change control), raise awareness of contractual issues in the organization and establish contract administration system.
• Created and maintained the Master Programs for Mining Project in Iran and a Meltshop in Libya.
• Planned, tracked and followed-up of the Engineering, Ordering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Delivery, Construction, Erection and Commissioning activities.
• Conducted regular site visits and negotiated with the site engineers and contractors to expedite the site work and clear out the bottlenecks.
Established the in-house Project Department with a team of engineers and reduced 15% of tower cost with improved design. Also handled the Progress and Cost Measurement and Control Systems.
Established the Project Controls Cell and developed the Overall Construction Program and also co-ordinated with all the telecom sites in the 4 states of India, from the Regional Office.
Project Controls for Cement and Automobile Plants, Cold Rolling Mills, Blast Furnace in Steel Plants, co-ordination of setting up of Petroleum Retails outlets in 8 states of India, project management for rolling out Telecom infrastructure in 4 states of India.