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Project Cost Engineer / Scheduler XX

Ricarte Manalo Senior Scheduler

30+ years of professional industry experience. My skills and abilities include cost engineering, project scheduling, quantity surveying, project planning, project controls, AutoCAD, and project management. His professional services have been utilized not only within Los Angeles, California, and the United States, but also in the Philippines, Africa, the Middle East, Caribbean West Indies, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia for International Consultancy and Contractors. Worked on different engineering projects such as railways, airport infrastructure and runways, stormwater drainage, roads, bridges, ports, pipelines, power generation, and multi-story buildings with automated MEP switchboard and processing plants, on multi-disciplinary projects for planning, estimating, cost, and quantity engineering. Additionally brings strong cost engineering experience. He collaborates with project managers to prepare contracts and subcontracts and negotiate revisions, changes, and additions to contractual agreements with general contractors, architects, clients, and suppliers. He also tracks costs against budget and provides various reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing cost information and trends. Engages with the Contractor to validate invoice amounts against actual work completed; he understands and quantifies risks likely to materialize and impact project cost or schedule and reviews with the Project Manager. Also acts as a liaison between the Project Manager and Construction Supervisor to validate claims/change orders submitted by the Contractor. He works with the Project Manager to help assess the likely forecast to be completed based on crew efficiency, change impacts, etc. Supervises all construction activities, including providing technical inputs for construction methodologies and coordination with site management activities, ensuring that the equipment/materials received are in accordance with the quantity and quality, as well as the boring log and location on site. Handles measurement/billing procedures. Mr. Manolo is highly skilled as a Survey Data Specialist and in Survey CADD Map and Layout Preparation. Project Experience

Deocor Consulting Services (03/2023 -present)

Principal / Project Development Officer

Currently provides detailed Plan Schedule Management and Defined Activities and Sequence. Also responsible for preparing Estimated Activity Resources and Estimate Activity Durations, developing schedules, and Submittal of Project Scheduling. He is also responsible for preparing Project Cost Estimating and Project Quantity takeoffs. Supports the preparation of Cost Analysis based on the project change order management procedures to determine the cost of change orders. Develops and recommends price/cost objectives for negotiations. Mr. Manalo provides planning and cost management. Preparation Bid Proposal for LAUSD, Metro Transportation Commission and other companies. Preparation of project baseline Schedule on details to determine the project duration. Using Primavera P6 18.2 for schedule preparation and updating the project schedule.

Years of Experience:

30+

Education:

Bachelor of Science, Civil

Engineering, National

University, Manila,

Philippines

PMP Training, Project

management Institute

(PMI), New York

Certifications/Licenses:

Certificate in Construction

Project Management, Project

Management Institute,

Manila, Philippines

OSHA Environmental

Compliance Services (OEC)

Certification, Certus,

American Safety Council,

#101*-*******

Construction Manager /

General Contractor (GM/GC)

Contracting in Transportation

Infrastructure Programs, ASCE

Certification in Computer

Aided Construction

Management (using

Primavera 3.0),

Professional AutoCAD Level 1

& 2 Certification

Software Proficiencies:

Microsoft Office Suite

(Excel, Word, Outlook,

Project R10, PowerPoint)

Adobe Acrobat

Primavera P6, 18.2 Version 8

Primavera Project Planner

Plain swift – Quantity

Takeoff

E-Builders

AutoCAD

Cartography

Bluebeam

SAP

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United States Navy, Naval Facilities Recovery Program

(NAVFAC), China Lake Airfield Repairs, Ridgecrest, CA, Los Angeles, CA

Parsons / System One (12/2021 – 12/2022)

Cost Engineer

Assigned as a Cost Engineer for Project Construction Management for the Naval Facility Recovery Program in Ridgecrest, California. He was responsible for preparing dashboard presentations to report the project's Planned, Forecast and Actual cost progress. Preparing a Bill of Quantity (BOQ) based on the project-approved drawing for a cost analysis to be approved by the client. Support for preparing the Cost Analysis based on the change order management procedures to determine the cost of the change order. Developed and recommended price/cost objectives for negotiations. Forecasted price trends, economic factors, and efficiencies in production for cost analysis. He reviewed and evaluated contract price proposals for adequacy and compliance with laws and Cost Accounting Standards (CAS). ($737M) State of California, California High-Speed Rail, Wasco - Bakersfield, CA

HNTB (10/2020 – 11/2021)

Scheduler III

As the Scheduler III for Project Management / Project Construction Management

(PM/PCM), responsible for preparing the project's Time Impact and Delay Analysis of the project to determine the excusable and compensable delay. He provided Project Control, preparing the monthly progress assessment and analysis of work completed. He monitored the schedule status by identifying the critical, logic, and other tools, using Primavera P6. He reviewed and provided recommendations for the Contractor’s schedule submittals within the requirements of the technical specification and contract conditions. Assessed and analyzed activities that caused delays by comparing the previous baseline schedule, monthly update schedule, and re-baseline schedule by the implication of Change Order Management, Request for Information, and additional activities not included in the Scope of Works as Frag net files. ($100B)

Multiple Clients & Projects, including the CA Department of State Hospitals, Atascadero Hospital, Unit Building 29, 33, and 34 Renovation, San Luis Obispo County, CA ($6.5M)

D. F. Perez Construction, Inc. (12/2019 – 09/2020) Project Control Scheduler / Cost Analyst III

Prepared the company's multiple project work schedule and cash flow associated with man-hours and Cost Loading. He developed and prepared the Cash Flow, Bar Chart, and S–Curve based on the work project schedule; provided planning and cost- controlling support for all projects, including preparing various reports. Monitored milestone progress in the preparation of customer billing processes. He performed and managed project activity scheduling and monitoring; prepared the work breakdown structures of the project’s required labor, equipment, and materials. He also ensured effective project implementation, and he utilized productive reports from the creation of WBS using the project management system to monitor the status of all purchases, invoicing, and delivery up to the closure of the project. Reviews, comments, and recommendations to monitor the project in time duration within the budget contract. He monitored the critical path and made Competencies:

Project Controls

Project Schedule

Project Planning, Design &

Scheduling

Project Time Management

Cost Performance Index

Schedule Performance

Index

Cost and Schedule

Integration

Initiate Subcontract

Document

Project Risk Management

Negotiation

Claim Delay Analysis &

Assessment

Earned Value

Management

Computation for Extension

of Time

Project Cost Estimating

Quantity Takeoffs

Budget Preparation

Survey Data Specialist

Survey CADD Map &

Layout Preparation

Change Order

Management

Professional Affiliations:

American Society of Civil

Engineers, International

(ASCEI), #9979755

OSHA – American Safety

Council, OEC #1010-

7112112

Construction Management

Association (Philippines)

National University Alumni,

Civil Engineering

Organization

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recommendations based on the Risk Management analysis, which identified the cause of the critical path. He was responsible for developing cost control, budget preparation, project cost analysis, and all relevant formats per management system procedures monitoring the progress of works against the planned schedule and critical path. Other projects included:

Redcar Properties, 5788 Adams Building, 4th Floor Offices and Car Showroom ($5.25M), Los Angeles, CA

Jade Enterprises, Emerald Development, Concrete Works, and Land Development, ($3.7M), Los Angeles, CA. ($Various)

Orthopedics Institute for Children, Building Improvements & Remodeling, Los Angeles, CA GCC Associates / Jacobs (04/2019 – 11/2019)

Project Cost Control / Scheduler

Performed as Senior Scheduler / Cost Analyst for project management. This 5-story building required improvements and remodeling, including upgrading the electrical system, fire alarm, firefighting systems, and low voltage systems, replacing the air handling units and elevators, interior finishes, and new roofing. With a construction cost of $17 million, the project was set to be completed within 12 months contracted period. ($17M) Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Newark Liberty International Airport, Terminal One Redevelopment Program, Newark, NJ

Pacotech (04/2018 – 03/2019)

Senior Scheduler

Mranaged and tracked project budgets and costs; developed, updated, monitored, and controlled the project schedule to comply with the project baseline; analyzed the scope for potential challenges and provided solutions or alternatives to the project management team to manage project schedules effectively. Responsible for multiple reviews and developing a cost and schedule system for tracking projects. He developed reporting techniques and worked with the project management team to resolve project issues to ensure the delivery/completion of the project work. He handled the Work Breakdown Dictionary, estimating, structure budgeting, coordinating projects, and constructability value engineering. He provided reviews, comments, and recommendations to put the project into the time duration and within the budget contract. Monitored the critical path and made recommendations based on the risk management analysis, which identified the cause of the critical path. He was responsible for cost and schedule review, change order control, time impact delay analysis, and attending weekly progress review meetings. ($2.7B)

MTA New York City Transit (NYCT), Station Renovation Project, New York City, NY John Picone, Incorporated (12/2017 – 03/2018)

CPM Scheduler / Cost Engineer

Mr. Manalo provided services for the rehabilitation of six (6) stations along the Sea Beach N. Subway Line from 8th Avenue in Sunset Park to 86th Street in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. The Stations involved in this renovation that Mr. Manalo supported included 8th Avenue, Fort Hamilton, New Utrecht, 18th Avenue, 20th Avenue, and Bay Parkway. He coordinated/prepared budgetary documents and reviewed budget/contract expenditures. He also oversaw and reported performance and progress through analytical techniques to validate schedule, cost and performance and communicated frequently and clearly with the project managers. He supported project managers in understanding current and future project control systems and enhancements, helped the PMs in projecting project forecasts and accruals, and monitored cash flow. Mr. Manalo prepared the delay analysis and assessment for additional work that affected the original schedule. He provided the Risk Register Log and Responsibilities for the Delay. He provided the Calculation of Delay’s number of days and input to the baseline schedule to determine the actual project completion. Mr. Manalo used a different approach to the calculation of the delay analysis of the project. Additionally, he was responsible for updating the Project Schedule and monitoring project Earned Value in percentage and cost value.

($395.7M)

Multiple Clients & Heavy Civil Projects Throughout the Northeastern U. S. A.J. Virgilio Construction, Inc., Westfield, MA (08/2016 / 12/2017) RESUME OF : RICARTE E MANALO

Project Cost Engineer / Scheduler XX

Cost/Scheduler Engineer

A.J. Virgilio Construction is a heavy civil contractor in Westfield, MA, specializing in all phases of site work, utility installation, and road construction for clients from Western to Central Massachusetts, Northern Connecticut, upstate New York, Southern Vermont, and New Hampshire. Mr. Manalo prepared the company's multiple project work schedule and cash flow associated with man-hours and cost loading. He developed and prepared the cash flow, bar chart, and S–curve based on the work project schedule. He provided planning and cost-controlling support for all projects, including variation reporting, monitoring of milestone progress, and preparing customer billing processes. He performed and managed project activity scheduling and monitoring. He also prepared the work breakdown structures of the project with labor, equipment, and materials. Mr. Manalo ensured effective project implementation and utilized productive reports from the creation of the WBS with a project management system to monitor the status of all purchases, invoicing, and delivery up to the closure of the project. He also reviewed and provided comments and recommendations to monitor and check the project into time duration within the budget contract. He monitored the critical path and made recommendations based on the risk management analysis, which identified the cause of the critical path. He developed cost control, budget preparation, project cost analysis, and all relevant formats per management system procedures. He monitored the progress of works against the planned schedule, as well as monitor the critical path. ($Various) Multiple Clients & Projects, Muscat, Oman

Driver Consult, LLC (05/2015 – 04/2016)

Senior Planning & Cost Engineer

Mr. Manalo was responsible for the project management of the submittal baseline program and recovery program by the Contractor. He coordinated and worked with the project management team to resolve issues to ensure the delivery/completion of the project work. He performed technical and commercial reviews of EPCI long time tenders

(subcontractor’s quotations) to prepare service agreements. He attended project meetings and discussions with the PMT and external clients. He also performed project costing-related reporting to the team and management’s monthly review to ensure that expenditures were kept within the project budget. He reviewed, commented, and provided recommendations to put the project into a duration time well within the budget contract. He monitored the critical path and made recommendations based on risk management analysis which identified the cause of the critical path. Mr. Manalo was also the Project Consultancy to BUNYAN Management for the Innovation Park Muscat for the Research Council, a multi-disciplinary building project. He provided cost control and planning advice to the internal PMT team as required. He was assigned to the Public Authority of Water & Electricity in Oman as a Planner, Land Transportation & Communication Senior Cost & Planning Engineer. He performed project costing-related reporting to the team and management’s review monthly to ensure that expenditures were kept within the project budget. He ensured effective project implementation and utilized productive reports from the creation of WBS with a project management system to monitor the status of all purchases, invoicing, and delivery up to the closure of the project. ($Various)

Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah Storm Water Drainage Project (JSDP), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

AECOM Arabia, Ltd. (04/2014 – 04/2015)

Senior Cost Engineer

This program comprises the planning, engineering, and construction of sustainable infrastructure in Saudi Arabia. The project included the construction of dams, saddle dams, spillways, channels, sub-channels of rectangular and trapezoidal type bridge drainages, reinforced concrete box culverts, and asphalt concrete roads. Mr. Manalo is associated with the design department for project estimates, cost analysis, and cash flow preparation. He performed project costing-related reporting to the team and management’s review monthly to ensure that expenditures were kept within the project budget. He was responsible for cost aging and the monthly cost report for the company’s management and the client. Mr. Manalo prepared project management for the deliverables budget matrix on other company projects. He was responsible for assessing risks, doing cost estimates, forecasting, reviewing proposed schedules, implementing best practices, performing cost control, and analyzing variances. ($171M) RESUME OF : RICARTE E MANALO

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Multiple Clients & Projects across Multiple Sectors (Transportation, Infrastructure, Marine, Mining, Industrial, Oil & Gas, Mining, Energy, Vertical), Muscat, Oman Driver Consult, Ltd. (04/2012 – 02/2014)

Senior Planning & Cost Engineer

Mr. Manalo was responsible for Project Management, for the submittal baseline program and recovery program by the Contractor. He coordinated and worked with the project management team to resolve issues to ensure the delivery/completion of the project work. He performed technical and commercial reviews of EPCI long time tenders

(subcontractor’s quotations) to prepare Service agreements. He attended project meetings and discussions with the PMT and external clients. He performed project-costing-related reporting to the team and for management’s review monthly to ensure that expenditures were kept within the project budget. He reviewed, provided comments, and made recommendations to put the project into the time of duration as well within the budget contract. Mr. Manalo monitored the critical path, making the recommendation based on the Risk Management analysis, which identified the cause of the critical path. He performed project costing-related reporting to the team and for management’s review monthly to ensure that expenditures were kept within the project budget. Mr. Manalo ensured effective project implementation and utilized productive reports from the creation of WBS with the project management system to monitor the status of all purchases, invoicing, and delivery up to the closure of the project. ($Various) Sierra Leone, Various Infrastructure Projects including Rail, Highways, Bridges, Drainage Systems, Processing Plants, etc., Freetown, Sierra Leone African Minerals, Ltd. (05/2010 – 03/2012)

Senior Cost & Quantity Engineer

The project comprised various infrastructures such as roads and 270 km of railways, including the design, construction, and rehabilitation of bridges, a drainages system, and an ore processing plant. Mr. Manalo was responsible for checking the contractors’ invoices and preparing and maintaining the construction and financial progress database for projects using SAP. He performed technical and commercial reviews of EPCI tenders

(subcontractor’s quotations) to prepare service agreements. He also prepared price analyses, budget cash flows, contract variations, and work estimates. He allocated work into categories and cost control for the work changes; he was responsible for preparing unit cost analysis, project schedule, and BoQ for various project work. Mr. Manalo was responsible for the development of cost control, budget preparation, project business plan, and all relevant formats per management system procedures; he monitored the progress of work against the planned schedule and baseline as well as the critical path. ($Various)

Multiple Clients & Projects—Notably including the City of Benghazi, Benghazi International Airport; and Benghazi Lake Development, Benghazi, Libya SNC-Lavalin (2010 - 2011)

Senior Cost/ Planning Engineer (Project Planner / Scheduler) Mr. Manalo was responsible for preparing unit cost analysis, project schedule, and BoQ for various projects, with the main project company system procedures comprising the Benghazi International Airport and Benghazi Lake Development. He was also responsible for developing cost control, budget preparation, project business plan, and all relevant formats per management system procedures. He monitored the work progress against the planned schedule, baseline, and critical path. ($Various)

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Government of Saint Lucia, Road Upgrading Project, Sant Lucia, West Indies Construction & Industrial Equipment (CIE) (02/2008 – 04/2010) Team Leader / Senior Quantity Surveyor

Mr. Manalo supported this foreign-funded road project in Saint Lucia, West Indies. He was responsible for preparing the project dossier proposal for the company, cost estimates, and works program. He prepared the monthly payment certificates of other projects for submission to the consultant and client. He additionally prepared the Plan & Profile of Roads, as specified in the Contract Conditions & Technical Specifications. He attended the monthly meeting with the consultant and client for the project report and status of the project. ($U/K) Qatar Ministry of Industrial Estate, Infrastructure Project, Doha, Qatar The Combined Group Company (2007 - 2008)

Quantity Surveyor – Project Planner/Scheduler

The project was an industrial estate for the Ministry of Industrial Estate involving roads, electrical, water distribution, sewerage water pipe, gas pipe, and a power plant. Mr. Manalo was involved in project planning and scheduling. He prepared monthly payment certificates based on work accomplishments, worksite quantity measurements, cost detailed analysis, monitoring of materials status, and work progress reports. ($U/K) Exxon Mobile Company, Asasa-Asabo Uplift Pipeline Project, Lagos, Nigeria Wilbros International (Nigeria), Ltd. (04/2006 – 10/2007) Cost & Quantity Surveyor

The project involved an Onshore Platform for Exxon Mobil Company in Nigeria. Mr. Manalo prepared quantity measurements, cost estimates, detailed breakdown of changes orders, and additional works. He checked, reviewed, and initialed approval of the subcontract and prepared the payment certificate for submittal. He was also responsible for preparing work breakdown structures and analysis; preparing measurement, cost estimates, and payment certificates based on work accomplished on-site; and preparing and submitting a daily accomplishment report and monthly progress report regarding the project status. ($U/K) Government of Afghanistan, Kabul-Kandahar Rehabilitation Road Project, Kabul, Afghanistan

Louis Berger Group, Inc. (2005 - 2005)

Cost & Quantity Surveyor

In support of this 550 km Rehabilitation Road Project, Mr. Manalo checked and reconciled subcontracts accounts and monitored and controlled the variations. He prepared the cost comparison (planned and actual) for monitoring cost development. He also prepared monthly progress and cost reports for headquarters. ($U/K) Federal Government of Nigeria, Road Design and Monitoring Project, Lagos, Nigeria AIM Consultants, Ltd. (03/1999 – 03/2004)

Senior Road & Infrastructure Engineer

Mr. Manalo was responsible for the Roads and Infrastructure Department of the company in terms of design, preparation of bidding, quantity calculations, and project supervision during the construction period. He coordinated project proposals, design, implementation, and management with the client. He trained other technical staff of the company in different aspects of engineering principles and techniques. He used MS Project in preparation for the work program schedule. ($Various)

The Republic of the Philippines, Department of Public Works & Highways, Davao-Bukidnon Road Rehabilitation Project, Manila, Philippines

Self-Employed (06/1997 – 02/1999)

Scheduler / Office Engineer

The project involved a Korean Construction Company working on the Davao–Bukidnon Road Rehabilitation Project, which the World Bank funded for the Department of Works and Highways. Mr. Manalo was responsible for the planning and design department. He introduced the Generic and Survey 4 Program for the technical and design RESUME OF : RICARTE E MANALO

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aspect. He supervised all technical staff in the office and the field. He also coordinated with the consultant for project implementation methodology, coordination, and design. (P $1.0B) Royal Commission at Yanbu, Various Projects, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia Royal Commission at Yanbu / Parsons International (04/1993 – 04/1997) Survey Computer Data Specialist

Mr. Manalo was responsible for planning and checking the technical data of lot coordinates and prepared the Lot Coordinates Diagram (LCD) data to prepare Land Titles. He coordinated with the planning department for all projects that the Survey Department approved the contractors and the data used for sitting. He was transferred to Royal Commission after Parsons finished the Management Services Contract. He performed field surveying using Geodimeter and Level. ($Various)

Municipal Telephone Project, Paris France

Telecom Radioelectreque Telephonic, Manila, Philippines (07/1992 – 01/1993) Chief Planner / Project Coordinator

Mr. Manalo was responsible for the engineering drawing for the telecommunication layout for a Municipal Telephone project. He inspected and supervised the civil works of the Contractor during site implementation and installation based on the contract. He managed and supervised the technical personnel for daily accomplishments.

($U/K)

Various Oil & Gas Energy Sector Clients & Onshore/Offshore Facilities Projects, as well as Saudi Arabia’s Aviation Department Projects, including Runways, Saudi Arabia Al Jehat Company (09/1985 – 04/1991)

Assistant Planner / Computer Survey Draftsman

Mr. Manalo was responsible for preparing drawings required by the Facilities Engineer in all areas of the pump station, rig area, and offshore and onshore facilities. He prepared the design of an aircraft runaway for non- pavement, for Boeing 737, Fokker 22, and DHC 6, following the specifications of the U. S. Federal Aviation Administration. He coordinated with Saudi Engineers to modify and propose major and minor projects within the Aviation Department. Mr. Manalo was assigned to a different company as a manpower supply (for companies like Aramco (Saudi Arabian Oil Company) and another as a Survey & Computer consultant. He was responsible for preparing drawings required by the client using a computer survey program that generated survey data from the field. ($Various)

Technology Resource Center, Manila, Philippines (05/1982 – 05/1985) Cartographer

Mr. Manalo collected, measured, and interpreted geographic information to create and update maps and charts for regional planning, education, and other purposes. He monitored changes that might require corresponding map adjustments and revisions to his work.

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