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Venu Seethala MRICS, MCIArb, Senior Contracts Adminstrator

Venu Seethala MRICS, MCIArb

Senior Contracts Adminstrator·Dar Al Handasah

United Arab Emirates

Master's degree, MSc (Quantity Surveyor)

Work experience

Total years of experience: 18 years, 4 months

Senior Contracts Adminstrator

October 2022 - Present

Dar Al Handasah

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

October 2022 - Present

Project : Dubai Airports
Employer : Dar Al Handasah
Cost : AED
Position : Senior Contracts Administrator
Location : Dubai, UAE
Duration : October’22 to till date . Synopsis:
 Contract Administration for all projects including Infrastructure and Facility Management Projects in both Airports (Dubai and Al Maktum). Currently there is 16 ongoing Projects and 20 Projects are on close out stage.
Role:
 Responsible for Contractual correspondence with Contractors and Employer, preparation and follow up of the Change Orders approval from the Employer, review of the Claims submitted by the Contractors and send recommendation to the Employer, recommendation for TOC & DLC and participate in weekly progress meeting and contractual meetings with Employer/Contractors.

Company industry:
Civil Engineering
Job role:
Civil Engineering

Deputy Contracts Manager

February 2008 - September 2022

China State Construction Engineering Corporation (ME)LLC

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

February 2008 - September 2022

Contract Management
 Good Knowledge of FIDIC and its application within the context of infrastructure & Building projects.
 Suggestions on contractual implications of intended courses of action
 Negotiating with clients representatives, sub-contractors and other consultants
 Effective contract writing skills, including knowledge of contracts terminology and development along with contracts practices and procedures.
 Able to recognize desirable contract terms and provisions, and identify areas and incidents of noncompliance with existing contracts.


Quantity Surveying & Cost Engineering
 Preparing complete conceptual and final estimates input, interact with Client, Architect/Engineer to resolve technical matters during negotiation.
 Reviewing contract conditions, specifications, preparation of Bill of quantities, variation orders, revised estimations, Rate Analysis, issue of delay notices and preparation of claims for costs, overview of invoicing and cash collection within the division.
 Managing the bidding process from floating of bids to awarding of sub contracts; coordinating with bidders with regard to negotiations.
 Ensuring execution of various commercial activities within set time, quality and terms in conditions of Contract.
 Conducting performance measurement, variance analysis, trend analysis and risk identification / analysis; conducting work study & productivity analysis.
 Generating periodic status & cost reports for apprising management of project progress.
 Reviewing and analyzing contract financial data for facilitating development & proceedings.
 Keeping record of all the back charges imputable to vendors or any third party agency.
 Reviewing data to determine material and labor requirements and prepare itemized lists, compute cost factors and prepare estimates used for managing purpose, such as planning, organizing and scheduling works by using Primavera 3.1.

Company industry:
Civil Engineering
Job role:
Engineering

Education

Heriot Watt University

April 2011

April 2011

Master's degree, MSc (Quantity Surveyor)

United Kingdom

National Institute of Construction Management and Research

September 2005

September 2005

Diploma, Graduate Diploma in Quantity Surveying

India

V R S Engineering College

April 2001

April 2001

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering

India

Skills

Contract Management
Expert
Contract Management
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Claims
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Claims
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Commercial Management
Expert
Commercial Management
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Cost Reporting
Expert
Cost Reporting
Expert
Quantity Surveying
Expert
Quantity Surveying
Expert
MS Office, Primaveera
Expert
MS Office, Primaveera
Expert
Teamwork
Expert
Teamwork
Expert
Claims
Expert
Claims
Expert
Contract Management
Expert
Contract Management
Expert
Commercial Management
Expert
Commercial Management
Expert
Cost Reporting
Expert
Cost Reporting
Expert
Quantity Surveying
Expert
Quantity Surveying
Expert

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Telugu
Expert

Memberships

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK

Member - MCIArb

August 2013

Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyor

Member

November 2014

Training and Certifications

Certifications
 Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), UK
Sep 2014

Hobbies

  • Reading books, learning new things