Summary: Experienced Cost Estimator, Quantity Surveyor, and Project Engineer Professional with 23 years experience in international and domestic construction and project cost estimation with government and civil organizations. Bilingual – English and Pilipino
Experience
ModSpace Corporation, Orlando, Florida 2007 – 2009
- a leading modular building provider in North America (USA & Canada).
Estimator
Responsible to provide hard bid, budget, and detailed cost estimates in proposal and bid package submissions. Determined, developed and delineated project scope, and required specifications.
Led scoping and pricing conference calls to determine bid/proposal strategy. Coordinated with subcontractors on pricing, scope of work and bid/proposals. Solicited hard prices and quotations from contractors and vendors. Analyzed and evaluated bid abstract. Assembled bid package submittal as required by bid documents. Provides Schedule of Values and Microsoft Project schedule. Put together and submit Project Close-out documents. Updated historical cost data and project information/ status using Autodesk Constructware program.
Accomplishments: Modular building turnkey applications on Federal Government, School Board, Healthcare and Commercial sector with project cost ranging from $100K to $13M
Maunsell Consultancy Service, Doha, Qatar 2004 - 2006
- a AECOM company providing engineering consultancy, among several clientele, to the Qatar Armed Forces Engineering, Construction, Housing and Works Directorate.
Quantity Surveyor
Served as second to Qatar Armed Forces General Headquarters, Construction, Housing & Works Directorate, Salwa Road, Sailiyah, Near Industrial Area, Qatar. Primary responsibilities were contract administration; Prepared scope of works, specifications, bill of quantities including take-offs and pricing, and other tender documents; Issued tender invitations and tender clarifications (technical & financial), evaluated tenders, prepared tender reports and recommended award of tender, and negotiation of work proposals.
Also responsible to interpret contracts, prepared contractual correspondence to contractors, consultants and inter-government agencies. Directed project oversight including: identified and evaluated variations, prepared cash flow, budget, and project status reports, evaluation of contractors’ insurance, processed interim payment applications, re-measurements, assessed claims for extension of time and final accounts, collected and analyzed historical cost data, established norms for cost estimates, and coordinated with clients, engineers and contractors for proper and timely completion of projects.
Completed projects included: Sports hall, VIP & visitors Lounge, mosques, office buildings, officer's accommodations, soldier and cadet barracks, workshops, housing units, mess hall and kitchen buildings, swimming pools, shooting ranges, boundary and fence Walls, refurbishments and maintenance projects, and infrastructure projects such as roads, landscaping works, electrical power supply, main water supply and drainage system, irrigation systems, sewerage network and treatment plants.
Thomas J. Davies - Jung IL, Inc., Seoul, Korea 1999 – 2003
- an Invited engineering consultancy firm providing engineering support function to the US Corp of Engineers, Far East District in Seoul, South Korea.
Cost Estimator (Multi-discipline)
Responsible to prepare and submit multi-disciplinary (civil, architectural, structural, electrical & mechanical) cost estimates using FED, JOC, NAVFAC and AIR FORCE formats.
 Participated with CHARRETTE Design Team and provided budgetary costs estimates in CHARRETTE design submittal.
 Prepared executive estimate summary sheet, AF1178, F3086, F1354, IBOP.
 Provided budgetary cost estimates (1391 & Parametric) on required projects.
 Coordinated design project scope of work with designers, and provided designers with design project cost information to determine most cost effective design options.
 Maintained and updated pricing references and communicated with manufacturers and suppliers regarding budgetary quotations and prices.
 Provided construction schedule (PERT-CPM)
Accomplishments:
Base Facility development projects on multiple base locations in South Korea with projects cost range from $200K - $36M.
Mayangsari Development Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1997 - 1998
- a major property developer in Malaysia
Project Engineer
Responsible to provide engineering functions for the developer; reviewed shop drawings, concrete lift drawings, technical product information, and construction schedules. Coordinated and recommended sound engineering solutions to construction problems encountered. Directed construction work and reported to the project manager.
Accomplishments:
Two 27 story and two low rise high-end condominiums, one 9 hole golf course, shop houses, apartment blocks, exhibition hall and related infrastructures such as drainage, water system, roads and parking delivered on time, within budget and in accordance with the contract documents.
Other Relevant Experience
 Dillingham Construction International, Inc., Singapore, Civil Engineer 1994 - 1996
- a International Construction company which constructed the US Embassy in Singapore.
 ECON Piling Pte. Ltd., Singapore, Project Engineer 1991 – 1994
- a subsidiary of ECON International of Singapore which provides piling works services.
 Far East Corporation, Makati City, Philippines 1988 - 1991
Project Manager and Chief , Cost Estimation & Specification Section
- an engineering consultancy firm providing engineering support function to the US Naval Facilities Engineering
Command OICC Southwest Pacific, Manila, Philippines.
 FDG Associates, Inc., Makati City, Philippines, Senior Cost Estimator 1985 – 1988
- an engineering consultancy firm providing engineering support function to the US Naval Facilities Engineering
Command OICC Southwest Pacific, Manila, Philippines.
 Q.K. Calderon Construction Co. Inc., Quezon City, Philippines 1983 - 1985
Chief Estimator and Project Engineer/ Estimator
- a general construction company doing business for the US Naval Facilities Engineering Command OICC
Southwest Pacific, Manila, Philippines and the Foreign Buildings Operation (FBO) of the US State Department,
Manila, Philippines.
Education
Adamson University, Philippines, B.S. Civil Engineering (Accredited US Equivalent by World Education Services, 64 Beaver St. #146, New York, NY 10004, USA)
Seminars/ Workshops:
Value Engineering, Building Safety, Construction Scheduling (PERT-CPM), Constructware
Computer Literacy: Windows, MS Word, MS Excel, Means Cost Estimating System, Cost Estimating System (CES); MCACES, Autodesk Constructware and MS Project.
Professional Membership: Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers
Others: Senior DeMolay, International Order of DeMolay, Pinatubo Chapter
NukeJobs is a nuclear jobs board that provides nuclear job seekers access to international directories of Nuclear Employers, Nuclear Resumes and Nuclear Jobs such as Nuclear Engineer Jobs, Nuclear Construction Jobs, Nuclear Power Plant Jobs, Nuclear Medicine Jobs, Nuclear Pharmacy Jobs, Nuclear Security Jobs, Nuclear Physics Jobs, Nuclear Reactor Jobs, Nuclear Material Jobs, Nuclear Safety Jobs, and Nuclear Waste Jobs.