sundarapandian Thavamani, Senior Architect

sundarapandian Thavamani

Senior Architect

ZFP Consultants

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, M.B.A (Project Management)
Experience
25 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :25 years, 0 Months

Senior Architect at ZFP Consultants
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since February 2012

Working As senior Architect in PMC team involves in Site Excution & Monitoring.
Responsible includes Review Shop Drawings, Approve mateial, Visit site to Approve Mock up Smaple.
Also Attend Regular project meetings to Sort out the site issues with client, contractors and suppliers.
Record and measure the project Work progress and inform to the higher management regulary to manage the site well.
Co-ordinate with the various Disciplines to solve site issue and checking the code compliances.

SENIOR ARCHITECT at Vinalak Associates
  • India
  • March 2011 to February 2012

Design Development and Review, Preparation of Conceptual, Presentation and Working drawings from the project Start to end phase, Co ordination with structural, MEP and other service consultants. Application of National building codes and local Municipal bye laws in Design, Preparation of BOQ and Estimation as per design to meet the client requirements, Attend the coordination meeting with clients, contractors and local material suppliers, Visit the site periodically to monitor the design execution and Coordinated with construction team, On site problem solving and design completion on estimated time schedule and get the approval from the client and Monitor the project's Records Maintenance.

Architectural Inspector at Hill International Ltd
  • Libya - Tripoli
  • June 2010 to March 2011

Responsibilities/tasks
1. Report to Project Manager daily. Carry out regular site inspections and test, monitor, observe, and review contractor activities.
2. Review and monitor Contractor’s procedures/ practices of health and safety and monitor contractor’s shop drawings, materials and method statements. Record changes on site and review as-built drawings/ submissions.
3. Monitor contractor’s progress on site. Inspect all permanent works for spec/ drawings compliance. Check the dimensions and levels/ profile. Check for formwork / false work / shutter work (dimensions / verticality / stability).
4. Implement Inspection & Test Plan (ITP), approved Method Statement (MS’s), checklist etc. Maintain record of Material Inspection Requests (MIR), and Contractor’s Inspection Request (CIR).
5. Check / watch any unapproved / unauthorized works on the site and notify the Resident Engineer, and initiate “Non-Conformance Report (NCR).”Take photos of construction activities / progress and maintain a hard and soft copy of the photographs.
6. Maintain a record of drawing approval status. Initiate / generate Site Memo’s and other Site Observations reports documentation
7. Check quality of work on an ongoing basis; inform the Contractor of problems if any and generate/confirm through Site Memo.
8. Visit lab / plant, witness tests, material inspections. Co-ordinate MEP / Architectural inspections wherever necessary / required. Keep a copy of site related documents for site users. Maintain site diary on a daily basis. Record all significant events on site.

Architect at DEPA UNITED GROUP
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2006 to April 2010

Co-ordinate with client, Main consultant, project manager and Subcontractors to solve the design issues, get approval for the Design changes and implement them in shop drawings, tender documents verifications and production, monitor the cost variations, solve the problems in site execution, Quality control and Assurance for materials and the site works, attend the project co-ordination and progress meetings, monitoring project progress, review the close out procedures of project and Verify proper documentation of the project.

Design Architect at Venco international construction company
  • Afghanistan
  • December 2004 to May 2006

Design Development, preparing Conceptual, Presentation and shop drawings from the project Start to end phase, Co ordination with structural, MEP and other service consultants. Application of international building codes in design, Preparation of BOQ and Estimation as per design to meet the client requirements, Attend the coordination meeting with clients, subcontractors and local material suppliers, Visit the site as periodically to monitor the design execution and Coordinated with construction team, on site problem solving and Achieve the design completion on estimated time schedule and get the approval from the client and Maintain the record of complete design documents and their developments by the cad team.

Design Architect at Own practice
  • India - Chennai
  • May 2002 to December 2004

Design Development, preparing Conceptual, Presentation and detailed drawings, Apply building Rules & Regulations in the working drawings,
Co ordination with structural and MEP consultants, Preparation of BOQ and Estimation Periodical, Site supervision and project execution.

Architect at Genesis Architects
  • India - Chennai
  • April 1999 to May 2002

involved in concept and design evolution, preferring the detail working drawings, tender documents, local bodies building rules application in approval drawings, site execution and management, co-ordinate with structural, MEP and Electrical consultant and contractors and
dealing with the local vendors. worked on various diversified building projects from small residence to multiple building complexes.

Education

Master's degree, M.B.A (Project Management)
  • at Alagappa university
  • November 2011
Bachelor's degree, B. Arch (Bachelor of Architecture)
  • at Madurai Kama Raj University, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • April 1999

Specialties & Skills

3D visualization
Design Management
Project Management
Interior Design
All Designing Softwares

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

Council of Architecture india
  • CA/2000/26581 permanent
  • May 2000
Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE)
  • Reg. No:92010
  • February 2012