Verifiable track record for the successful involvement in the completion of multi-million dollar project through coordinating trades, developing schedules and building positive rapport with the architects, engineers, vendors and clients while maintaining costs. Versed in negotiation of change orders, estimating all adds to the project, document preparation, management for daily activities and working successfully towards the deadline. Excellent interpersonal skills, a professional attitude, and firm personality to see tough jobs through independently or as a team member. Areas of interest include construction planning and scheduling, Quality control management, Safety and compliance management and estimating job costing.
EDUCATION:
• New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ, USA Aug’04 –Dec’05
Master of Science in Civil Engineering GPA: 3.5/4
Specialization in Construction Engineering and Management.
• School of Architecture & Planning, Anna University, Chennai, India Aug’97 – May’02
Bachelor of Architecture. GPA: 6.8/10
EXPERIENCE:
Project Size/ SF : 930,000 SF April 2006 – till date
Project Duration: April 2006 – till date.
Title: Asst. Project Manager
Area of expertise:
Demolition, Structural steel, Superstructure concrete, Roofing and waterproofing, Landmark restoration, Exterior Facade restoration, miscellaneous metals, windows, storefronts and curtain wall.
Responsibilities:
• Hands on experience of all aspects of the construction including but not limited to; managerial, field operations, personnel, finance, and any other resources assigned to my projects.
• Liaison with project owner, architect, structural designers, construction supervisors, inspectors and individuals representing particular interests.
• Provided value engineering services and recommended various solutions to the owner in order to reduce the expenditure for the project due to the unidentified scope of work in the drawings.
• Implemented engineering management and document control systems by preparing and reviewing the submittals and shop drawings, maintaining submittal logs and updating it during all the phases of the construction.
• Ensured project site is secure and a safe and respectful working environment is maintained at all times by implementing safety and on-site quality control programs.
• Effective managing relationships with laborers, clients, project inspectors, designers, and bringing projects in on time and within budget.
• Coordinated all exterior renovations with the Landmark Preservation Commission via the Landmark architect assigned to the project.
• Read and interpreted architectural plans for material take-offs, processing of change orders and for Subcontractor clarification for each project.
• Reviewed, analyzed and negotiated various bids and proposals for the particular change orders and recommended the same to the owner.
• Coordinated responsibilities, work activities and schedules among all subcontractors involved in the projects.
• Coordinated, directed, and ensured compliance with all aspects of construction projects.
• Provided solutions in the field and verified compliance of the building materials against the plan and specifications.
• Tracked the project’s schedule and cost by preparing work schedules and changed order spreadsheets for the cost variances with continuous involvement in field supervision.
• Organized various coordination meetings with the trades, identified the work sequence and directed the trades accordingly.
• Prepared meeting minutes after every meeting and distributed to all involved parties.
• Analyzed contractor’s payment breakdowns (schedule of payment) every month and recommended payments to the owner.
• Gathered information from the shop drawings and various trades for coordination purposes during various portions of the construction process.
• Identified problems and issues related to the construction and providing solutions to the architects, structural engineers, consultants accordingly.
• Involved and organized various successful meetings for closing out the contracts for the various sub contractors.
DMR Construction Services Inc, NJ USA. (General Contractor) June 2005 – March 2006
Internship / Co-op Program.
Project Engineer.
• Participated in all necessary pre-construction services including quantity takeoffs, obtaining quotes from sub contractors and preparing buy-out schedules.
• Assisted lead estimator in compiling bid estimates in order to obtain project work.
• Compiled bid packages, received bids and proposals from contractors, analyzed bids and recommended sub -contractors to owner.
• Involved in processing RFI, change orders, maintained and tracked them.
• Tracked and maintained various aspects of the projects via spreadsheets and logs.
• Updated the schedule by getting feed back from the field personals and also by regular job site visits.
• Involved in closing out of the job according to the requirement of specifications.
Shri Associates, Chennai, India. May’98 – Jul ‘04
Project Engineer.
• Designed for various commercial buildings and outlet restaurants, research organizations such as Indian Council For Medical Research (ICMR), Chennai, Government Hospital Of Tuberculosis, Chennai, residential complexes and individual housings.
• Involved in providing value engineering services to all these above said projects and freelancing for other projects.
• Handled estimation and scheduling including updating the schedule, updating changes in material cost, preparing working drawings and client and sub contractor coordination.
Sarath Das and Associates Private Ltd, New Delhi, India. Jun ‘00 – Sep ‘00
Architectural intern.
• As a part of a team became involved in designing, detailing and site coordination for Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India. And organized the project including regular site visits, coordination with the contractors and sub contractors, and preparing as-build drawings.
• Worked as the junior design architect for the design-competition project called- Guru Go-Bind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi including analysis, designing, detail drawing and presentation for the same.
RELEVANT COURSES:
Construction Management, Legal Aspects In Architecture and Construction, Construction Cost Estimating, Project Planning and Control, Systems in building construction, Organizational Behavior, Site Remediation, Methods Improvement In Construction, Infrastructure And Facilities Remediation, Underground construction.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Office Applications: MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, and Power Point)
Architectural Software: AutoCAD, 3ds max, Adobe collections, Corel collections.
Estimating And Scheduling: Win Est., Primavera, Microsoft- project manager.
Document Control: Primavera- Expedition.
Web Designing: Basic Knowledge in Dream Weaver, Flash.
PROJECTS:
• A study on stainless steel – Properties and uses of it in the industry.
• Done estimating for a warehouse as a requirement for course completion using WinEst.
• Done Scheduling for a two-story commercial building as a requirement for course completion using SureTrak.
• Design and urban renewal for a market place- Urban Design Studio- Ninth semester.
• Analysis and study of sustainability in buildings and proposed a design for a City Center as my thesis. The study includes organizing spaces for museum, study on structures for I-max and omni-max theaters.
• Member of the Documentation team for Louis I khan Trophy-NASA-2000.
AFFILIATIONS:
• Registered member of Indian Institute of Architects.
• An active member of the National Association of Students of Architecture (NASA) for 5 years in Undergraduate.
REFERENCES:
Available upon request.
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