Guild of Project Controls: Compendium | Roles | Assessment | Certifications | Membership

Cost and Planning/Scheduler Engineer, Bechtel Corporation, Jubail Industrial City

START Date: 
July, 2007

Experience : July 26, 2007 to Present-Planning/Scheduler & Cost Engineer
BECHTEL Corporation, Jubail City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Project: JUBAIL INDUSTRIAL CITY (~US$ 875 Million Annual Budget)
-Develops and monitors short term (14 weeks) preliminary construction schedules.
-Determines critical-path activities, reviews schedule data, methods for activity durations, time
extension and constraints to establish logical work sequences for assigned discipline or specialties.
-Monitors schedule deviation for assigned disciplines or specialties including subcontractor
submittals, and recommends corrective action/workaround solutions for project considerations.
-Prepares, develops, & updates Contractors Construction Schedule (P6.7 & P3), Bi-weekly &
Executive Report, estimates, costs analysis, annual budget (expenditure), reports the activities that
have potential/critical impact on the schedule & critical item action report, and reviewing contract
documents.
-As part of the Project team, I brief the Area Construction Manager and other team members to
analyze and report on the progress/cost status of the works.
-Participates in forecast & revising annual budget, preparation of costs studies utilizing historical
data, statistical analysis and cost & quantity comparison which align in cash flows for Earned
Value purposes.
-Interface and coordinates with contract administration, engineering and construction on contract
issues, trends update & implementation, and status of changes.
-Cooperates with Projects in all matters relating to health and safety, including following safe
working procedures at all times.


February 05, 2007 to July 22, 2007-Senior Quantity Surveyor,
Makati Development Corporation (An Ayala Land Group), Manila, Philippines
Project Tendered:
*South Luzon Expressway Expansion (Alabang to Calamba)
*A Four Storey Angeles Mall (Angeles, Pampanga-Ayala Land)
*Makati Medical Center Annex (Manila, Philippines)
*TY Properties Residential Project (An Avida Land Project)
-Assisted in Pre & Post contract duties including planning (P3) & costs, estimating and
preparation of contract documents.
-Prepared monthly invoices, quantity take-off and reviewed change orders.
-Developed quantity release or installation curves for assigned disciplines or specialties.
Reviewed and evaluated quantity records to ensure total quantities are represented for a particular
discipline or specialty. Assisted in determining leveling decisions. Performs quantity and
manpower, resource loading for assigned schedules. Performs performance monitoring and
control functions.
Feb. 2004 to November 10, 2006-Quantity Surveyor & Cost/Scheduler,
Saudi Archirodon Overseas Ltd., Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Projects: *Integrated Water and Power Plant Shuaibah III (SWEC) (~$US 42 Million)
(3 x 2.400 MW Heat Power, 905 MW Electrical Power Crude Oil Fired
Steam Turbine Power Plant), K.S.A.
*Shoaiba Power Plant, Phase 1 & Phase 2, Shoaiba, (~$US 285 Million)
Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (ALSTOM Power Consortium)
A 6 x 350-370 MW Heavy/Crude Oil Fired Thermal Power Plant, Phase 1 & 2.
*Rehabilitation of Selected Concrete Structures of
SWCC-HAQL Desalination & Power Plant, K.S.A.
*Flue Gas Desulphurization, SWCC Desalination Plant at Jeddah IV
(with DUCON Tech.), K.S.A.
-Updated the Construction Schedule (P3), prepared Change Order, Costing, Monthly Invoice, Price Breakdown, Weekly & Monthly Progress Report, Quantification of mechanical, electrical, civil and architectural structures for Boiler, ESP, Access Road, Electrical Building, Owners Camp, SWCC- Bachelor Housing, Warehouse, and Turbine.


2003 to Feb. 2004, Quantity Surveyor, Freyssinet of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Project: *International Medical Center-Jeddah
-Computed the change/variation order for civil works. Prepared contract price breakdown and
monthly progress invoice. Comparative analysis of qualified suppliers and subcontractors for
electro-mechanical.


2000 to 2003, Quantity Surveyor/Scheduler-L & M Maxco, Manila, Philippines
Projects: *One McKinley Place –Global City, Taguig, Manila, Philippines
43-Storey w/ 4 basement ($US 24,553,572.00).
*Montgomery Place, Phase I, II, III Residential Units-Manila, Philippines
265 units townhouses that composed of 3 Phases ($US 21,033,708.00).
*Metropoint (Edsa-Taft Project, 7 Storey Mall) -Manila, Philippines
6-Storey w/ one (1) basement commercial mall ($US 11,160,714.29).
-Prepared & updated construction schedule (P3), monthly invoices, annual cash flow,
weekly & monthly progress report, quantity take-off for civil and architectural works.
-Reconciled variation order and claimed additional works of ~US$ 0.7 Million for
Montgomery Place Project and ~US$ 0.6 Million for One McKinley Place Project.

1999 to 2000, Estimator and Field Inspector (Cadet Engineer)
Technosphere Multi-Resources Incorporated-Fabrication Plant, Manila, Philippines
Projects: *Two Storey House & Lot at Damar Village, Manila, Philippines
*Installation of Mezzanine Floor at Ground Floor Area, Manila, Philippines
*Installation of Roof Trusses of a Two Storey House & Lot at Corinthians
Garden, Manila, Philippines
*Construction of Structural Steel Warehouse, Manila, Philippines
*Construction of 3-Story Warehouse Building, Rizal,, Philippines

-Responsible for construction schedule, unit cost estimation, manpower report, billing of materials,
changed order and quantity take-off.


1998 to 1999, Quantity Tracker-OJT, EEI , Walter Bau-Ag International and
Concrete Construction Group Joint Venture, Manila, Philippines
Project: *RCBC Plaza (60 Floor Level-Twin Tower- $US 70,175,438.60)
-Performed weekly progress report, change order, unit cost estimation, cutting list, and assigned in on-site inspection of construction project from 2nd Podium to 32-floor of twin towers.

Conducted study on the proposed plan of modern multi-level parking at Rizal Park (1998).
 

Market Place

Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project books, on-line video training courses and training material available from an internationally recognised publisher. Teach yourself using on-line or book based learning or run your own in-house or public courses.