Manager Engineer
Resume:
Ashfaq Ahmed
La Crescenta, CA 91214
*************@*****.***
Project Manager/Construction Manager/Project Controls Manager QUALIFICATIONS
Civil Engineer with over 37 years of experience in Project Management, Construction Management, Project Cost and Budget Controls, Primavera Scheduling, Pre Construction Planning, Project Planning and Estimating, Change order negotiation and change order management, Document Control, Quality Control, Coordination with Public Agencies, Project Reporting, Fiscal Management, Subcontractor bid negotiation and contracts. Development of scope of work and Specifications, Management and Supervision of all field Operations, Site specific Health and Safety, Coordination with professional staff, Day to day contract administration, Pay Application processing, Developing and maintaining productive business relationships, management of subcontractor, coordination with client/owner. Currently employed as Project Control Manager/Estimator with KDG construction consulting on a 15 million LADWP Infrastructure project at Lone Pine, California. The project is located in Inyo County. During January, February 2017, the Eastern Sierra Region received very high precipitation, which might have resulted in potential inundation due to melting of the snowpack. The project involves implementation of Emergency measures to mitigate potential damage to the existing dust control measures and existing Infrastructure at the Owens Lake from any potential inundation.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Project Control Manager/Estimator –KDG construction consulting. Construction of Temporary Measures (CTEM) Infrastructure Project at the Owens Lake, Lone Pine, CA, (Apr 2017- present)
$15 million Preconstruction Planning, Prepare Baseline schedules, Work Break down structure, Cost & resource load schedules, Cost estimating & Take offs. Coordinate with LADWP management in negotiation of fixed price with the contractor. Provide project constructability review. Work closely with Project manager in recruitment efforts. Project document control using Primavera CM. Review of RFIs, Submittals per Contract documents and Specifications. Develop scope of work and Specifications for potential change orders. Change order processing and certification. Estimated change orders and participated in negotiations for a net credit of over half Million. Review of contractor baseline schedules, three week look ahead schedules. Identify and analyze schedule trends and variances to the project baselines. Review of schedule of values. Review of payment applications for compliance with construction specifications and contract documents. Certification for payment. Review of Prevailing wage certification. Review of Subcontractor utilization for compliance with SBE, MBE requirements. Weekly and Monthly progress reporting to LADWP. Coordination and participation in weekly progress meetings involving 4 to 18 participants to resolve issues in a timely manner, to ensure
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project is progressing on schedule and within prescribed budget. Review and documentation of meeting minutes. Interaction with the LADWP staff, local tribal representative, project management staff, contractor and the design team. Coordination with the design team and other stake holders in review of designs, project memos, distribution of plans and documentation of as-built data. Coordinate with the Project Manager and the team to ensure work is performed in accordance with the Quality plan, ensure Safety at work place. Perform close out of the project in coordination with project staff. Assign duties, responsibilities and supervise 4-6 staff members. Additionally maintain all documents in compliance with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) document control procedures and standards for federal reimbursement and disaster assistance. Project Control engineer/Construction Manager-Tetra Tech Inc. Landfill Remediation Project, Capital Development Project, City of Carson, CA, (Feb 2008-Jan 2017) $135 million– Preconstruction Planning, Prepare Baseline schedules, Work Break down structure, Cost & resource load schedules, Cost estimating & Take offs. Identified and analyzed schedule trends and variances to the project baselines. Prepared monthly progress reports along with monthly schedule updates, prepared three week look-ahead schedule, and monitored progress. Prepared monthly cost updates including graphic reports to monitor costs & discuss with Management. Performed Annual Project performance review with upper management to assess risk factors, anticipated revenue, costs to date, margin of profit and EAC. Performed productivity and unit rate analyses. Established and implemented cost code system for recording, reporting and analyzing performance data. Conducted time impact analysis. Provided accurate accruals for forecast. Provided monthly reports including resource and staff plan updates. Performed project evaluation, provided cost to complete, forecast and variances. Performed budget and risk analyses. Earned value analysis and reporting.
Estimated and developed change orders/work orders worth over $25 million. Developed scope of work, work plans. Attended Owner meetings, and design coordination meetings, interaction with the design team. Conducted progress meetings involving 5-20 participants to review progress and resolve issues in timely manner to maintain progress. Pull permits from the City and the County. Coordinate with public agencies during construction. Manage field operations and work sequence. Direct and coordinate activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget. Conducted field coordination and oversaw construction activities-Mass grading over 1,000,000 cubic yard
(cy), excavation over 450,000 cy, relocation of trash over 65,000 cy. Deep dynamic compaction over 60 acres. Installation of underground utilities, installation of the gas collection system with a network of underground piping and wells totaling over 110,000 lf. Installation of the landfill cap, Ground water extraction and treatment center to LA County Sanitation District requirements. Methane gas treatment facility with 60’ Flares. Maintained project conformance with site specific Health and safety procedures. Solicit bid proposals from subcontractors, comparison of bids. Reviewed and approved subcontractor and vendor invoices. Prepare Purchase orders and subcontractor agreements. Conducted construction quality control and documented as built information. Owner & sub change order processing and follow up. Negotiated with subcontractors to achieve a fair and reasonable cost for change orders. Executed and managed the change order tasks successfully as task manager. Performed day to day contract administration. Assigned duties, responsibilities and supervised 2-4 staff members. Oversee and supervise subcontractor staff ranging from 6-25.
Project Manager/QC Manager- Insight EEC. Inc. Land Remediation Project MCB, Camp Pendleton, CA, (Sep 2007-Jan 2008) $14million- Interpretation of contract documents. Preconstruction Planning, Prepare Baseline schedules. Periodic Budget Review, Owner & sub change order processing. Prepared monthly invoice & approved subcontractor invoices. Job site office management, job site interoffice correspondence, owner correspondence, monitored progress, updated schedules, conducted
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progress meetings, and resolved issues to maintain progress. Conducted QC for successful implementation of remediation of the site.
Project Engineer-Intertex General Contractors Inc. LAUSD Project, Los Angeles AND Commercial Projects, Valencia, (Sep 2005-Aug 2007) over $21million -scheduled updates and prepared 3-week look- ahead schedule, and as-built schedule. Corresponded with subcontractors, owners, consultants and documented the same. Prepared monthly invoice, approve subcontractor invoices, prepared purchase orders and scheduled material delivery. Reviewed drawings for omissions etc. write Rfi’s, and follow up on response with Owner/Architect. Identified changes in scope and document, and performed follow-up for construction directives. Ascertained conformance with specifications and building code looked into deviation/corrective items, punch list execution and administration. Attended Owner meetings, prepared meeting minutes, prepare daily reports, and pre-construction meetings with subcontractors and follow-up subs for cost, schedules, and deliverables. Ascertained materials are to specifications, worked on as-built documents and close-out documents, reviewed shop drawings and obtained approval. Owner change order processing, budget review, cost engineering, estimating. Subcontractor change orders review and negotiation. Interpretation of contract documents with owner and subcontractors. Supervise subcontractor work, resolution of dimension conflicts, and field engineering. Job Captain, ADDC Inc. La Canada, CA, (May 2005-Sep 2005) – Reviewed and responded to RFIs. Ascertained building codes, regulations and licenser requirements. Reviewed and approved change orders, CADD drawings, interacted with city planning officials and prepared project for plan approval. Director/Owner H.D Construction-Civil/Building construction company, Bangalore, India,
(Jan1988-Mar2005)–Completed about 40-50 projects successfully (Multi-family apartments, high rise commercial buildings, industrial buildings, reservoirs, treatment facility). Generated new business opportunities and managed finances effectively. Delegate duties, responsibilities and oversee 5-8 staff members. Actively involved in Bidding, estimating, developing scope of work, budgets and schedules. Generated and monitored monthly invoices to receive payments from the Clients. Evaluated consultant proposals, negotiated contracts, close out procedures, and day to day contract administration. Participated in bid meetings, proposal writing, preconstruction meetings and design coordination meetings. Managed, oversaw and coordinated all facets of the construction phase including supervision of 20-40 member work crews. Coordinated with public agencies during construction to comply with off-site work. Managed project budget and schedule. Developed and maintained productive relationship with the clients. Focused on deliverables and prioritized. Achieve optimum efficiency and profitability by effective supervision, mitigation of risks and delegation of responsibilities. Obtained building permits in a timely manner with least impact to the projects. Ensured high quality of work products and completed on time. Looked into change orders and negotiated settlement.
Field engineer, Project manager, Quality Control Engineer, Al-Fouzan Brothers- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, (Apr1984-Sep 1987) –Involved in the following projects a) Project Engineer-12 Residential villas with Concrete Shell construction including all utilities. b) Project manager-Road project about 3 mile long, including 15’ high & 500’ retaining wall. c) Field Engineer/Project Engineer-oil pipeline project under the guidance of “Snaprogetti” of Italy. d) QCM-Land development projects consisting RCC box culverts, underground utilities under the guidance of “American Bechtel Corporation”.
As part of the technical staff reviewers helped in the establishment of scope of work, budget, and baseline schedule. Carry out surveys, supervise construction, read architectural and structural plans, and estimated quantities for plumbing, sanitary and earthwork. Help the contract manager in Bid process. Carry out monthly cost and schedule updates. Successfully completed 12 villa project for a business family. Successfully completed a Road project for the City. Successfully completed the precast construction of
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foundation structures, logistics. Field operations for the 500 km long pipeline project. Successfully completed a land development project with all underground utilities, streets, side walk for the royal commission. Oversaw the development and management of project team and ensured timely performance of individual members. Identified variances, deviations from contract documents to develop owner change orders and also developed a system for change order management and control. Coordinated construction activities, administered job site safety procedures, and coordinated quality testing and inspections. Generate and document daily reports, quality control reports, meeting minutes, etc., represent the company at the CQA and progress meetings. Also help the management in risk analysis and management. Site Engineer, Shariff and Associates, Bangalore, India, (Sep1980-Mar1984) – As a site engineer helped the technical team in establishing scope of work, budget and schedule. Supervise construction, review and approve contractor invoices for payments, coordinated testing and inspections for quality; ensured compliance with codes, and licenser requirements. Reviewed and approved change orders. Reviewed RFIs, responded to on-site issues, developed construction cost estimates and maintained client contact. Carry out minor civil and structural designs. EDUCATION/SPECIAL TRAINING
B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Mysore, INDIA 1980 Certificate in Construction Management, UCLA, 2007 Project Management Training level-2, Tetra Tech Inc. 2010 Primavera Scheduling-Basic and Advance Training from Mc-Natty Associates. Level-2 Health and Safety Training, Tetra Tech Inc. 40 Hr., HAZWOPPER Training and 8Hr refresher training, Tetra Tech Inc. ICS 100, 700 FEMA training.
SKILLS
Proficient in MS Office, MS projects, Sure-track, Primavera P3 and P6 v15.1. Primavera CM, Auto CADD. Basic knowledge of HCSS, B2W.
Excellent communication skills, Interpersonal and Organizational skills. Goal Oriented. Moderate knowledge and experience of State, Federal and Local laws. LANGUAGES
English, Hindi
MEMBERSHIP
AACEI
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