Curriculum Vitae

Name: BALACHANDRAN KOTTEAZHETH

Nationality: Indian

Year of Birth: 1957

Profession: Civil Engineer

Specialisation: Buildings, Infrastructure

Key Qualifications:

(1) Academic: B-TECH (Civil Engineering)

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology (Chennai), India

Year of passing: 1982

(2) Professional: Member, Institute of Engineers (India),

Chartered Engineer (IE, India)

Registered. Engineer (Cat. A), Committee for

Organizing Engineering Professional Practice,

Bahrain

Professional Experience:

Period Designation Firm Nature of Work

2014 March- Project Manager M/s Mott Macdonald ProjectManagement Consultancy for

Todate i) Lulu- Grand Hyatt Hotel&

Convention Centre, Kochi:

(INR 720 Crores) Leading a team of engineers in Project Management work including supervision of progress, quality and billing works for civil, Mechanical, electrical, ELV, plumbing, fire-fighting works;

Contract management, cost and projected cost updation, planning and planning updation; procurement of contractors and services; vendor management.

Ensuring Quality and HSSE standards, management of design coordination, coordination between, structure, ID and MEP wings, liasing with client, consultants and vendors, overall supervision of in-house administrative matters

ii) Lakeshore/BPS Healthcare Hospital Project,Kochi:

( INR 280 Crores):

Leading a team of engineers in Project Management work including supervision of progress, quality and billing works for civil, Mechanical, electrical, ELV, plumbing, fire-fightingand specialized hospital services works;

Contract management, cost and projected cost updation, planning and planning updation; design coordination between, consultants and vendors; procurement of contractors and services; vendor management; management of in-house administrative matters

2008 Sept- Project Cordinator,

M/s Consolidate Construction

2014 March (Project Cordinator) Consortium Ltd(CCCL)

Trivandrum/ Kerala Region

Multiple building and Infrastructure projects ( including Infoparks, Thermal Power stations, Internatioonal Airport terminal at Trivandrum, Hotels, Hospitals)

Responsibilities included:

1. Contracts management- Correspondence with clients and vendors on contractual and technical issues,coordinating with Planning Manager on preparation of claims 2. Liasing with client 3.Cordinating with client/PMC engineers re. quality and technical issues. 3.Preparing and issuing methodologies and checklists for use of site execution staff. 4. Conducting meetings on regular basis with site management 5.Preparation of shuttering schemes for heavy structures. 6.Conducting On-the-Job training programs for junior site staff 7.Cordination with Procurement team in finalizing of procurement for finishing items, construction chemicals etc. 8..Correspondence with Client/PMC on technical and contractual matters.

2007 March- Technical

2008 Sept. Manager, Andhra Region M/sCCCL

Multiple building and infrastructure projects (including Infoparks, Bio parks such as for Dr Reddy’s lab, Bachupally, sugar plant, commercial and residential buildings)

Andhra Pradesh Region:

Responsibilities included: Liasing with client / PMC on Technical matters and contractual claims; preparing Method Statements and check-lists for the use of site execution team; Auditing of sites and batching plants, conducting site meetings with site execution team; Raising of varaiation/ deviation claims in coordination with Planning management;

2005 Sep- Project Manager; M/s CCCL Project Manager –Industrial Build

Ing for

2007 March

(Chennai) Hyundai Motors, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu

Site Management of RCC and PEB works including coordination with planning and procuremnet, monitoring of progress and quality, liasing with client engineers, Preparation of R.A bills, preparation of MIS reports, filing of DPRs, administrative issues

2003 June –

2005 Jun Project Manager M/s Empire Project: Multistoried Commercial

Builders complex in Cochin, Kerala.

( Cochin)

1. Floating of tenders, selection of contractor, Management of works for builder including: Co-ordinating with Architect and Structural engineer on regular basis, management of works including Piling, substructure, superstructure and finishing works, Taking care of administrative issues Procurement of materials to be supplied by builder, Purchase management, Project Scheduling, Costing, Preparation of site Instructions and method statements for use by the contractor, Quality control of works, Preparation of reports for directors ; Helping in the preparation of marketing brochures

2001 Feb - Site Agent M/S Bokhowa Project: Technical School for Kuwait

2003 Feb. Constructions Technical Office in Bahrain

( Bahrain) valued at ( BD.8000,000/- )

1. Leading and coordinating with a team of

Engineers in works including construction of several buildings, external works such as asphalting, paving, U/g drainage and electrical services, interior finishing works, electromechanical works, supervision of E/M works

2. Liaising with client and consultants on technical and contractual matters on a daily basis.

3. Preparation of Shop Drawings and Method Statements

4. Coordinating with MEP subcontractors and conducting coordination meetings

5. Site management of all works, including arranging of materials and equipment, in coordination with engineers and foremen.

6. Preparation of Running Account bills and follow-up with client

1999 June Project Engineer M/s Charilaos

Dec 2000 Apostilides, (Bahrain)

Projects: A multistoried residential complex

valued at BD 3000,000/- and villas

Site management of works; liaising with client & consultant; preparation of variation claims; Preparation of shop drawings and method statements; official correspondence with consultants, Subcontractors and supplier; supervision of E/ M works. Design of RCC structures as per British standards, both manually and using STAAD 22.3, for purposes of Value engineering; preparation of R.A. bills.

1997 Dec Project Engineer Al Rouff

1999 Feb Contracting Co.

( Jubail, KSA)

Project: Erection works for refineries; municipal road works; Plant maintenance and shut-down works:

Site management of works, liasing with client engineers, subcontractor bill ratification

1987-97 Working independently and

In partnership as civil engineering

Consultant (Cochin) Preparation of architectural and structural drawings for residential and commercial buildings of private clients; preparation of cost estimates; preparation of detailed services drawings, monitoring of works at site, preparation of subcontractor rates, ratification of bills; cordination with structural consultants; work execution on labour supply basis ( for some projects only)

1984-87 Site Engineer M/s Geotech Foundations

(India) Projects: Construction of an RCC wharf for

the use of the Indian Navy at Cochin( project of MES), Site management of works, including cast-in-situ piling, casting and erection of precast concrete beams and decks slabs, giving lines and levels, liasing with MES engineers, billing of subcontractors.

Construction of multi-storeyed commercial buiding in Cochin for private client: Site management of works, including excast-in-situ piling, RCC works, giving lines and levels, liasing with client engineers, billing of subcontractors.

1982-84 Site Engineer M/s Asian Techs Pvt. Ltd.

(India) Project: Construction of an Underground

powerhouse for a major hydroelectric project in Bhutan.

Site management of works including tunnel-blasting, rock-bolting and guniting of excavated rock faces, erection of steel columns and gantries, giving lines and levels, liasing with consultant, billing of subcontractors.

Softwares Known : MS - WORD, XL, Powerpoint, STAAD Pro

Areas Of Proficiency : 1. Construction management of commercial/ industrial/ building projects

2. Correlating architectural, structural and E / M drawings.

3. Contracts Managemnt- claims, correspondence.

4. Official correspondence in English on contractual, technical and

non-technical matters.

5. Familiarity with provisions of IS 456 and also other IS codes

mainly dealing with cement and concrete

6. Previous Experience in analysis and design of framed RCC Structures using IS Standards

Language Proficiency: S W R

Malayalam (Mother tongue) Fluent Fluent Fluent

English Fluent Fluent Fluent

Hindi Good Fair Fair

Tamil Good Basic Basic

17.04.2017 K.BALACHANDRAN

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