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A results oriented civil engineering professional (P.Eng.) with 6 years of experience in estimating, precast concrete design, project planning/management within the construction industry. Key strengths include proficiency in doing take offs, preparing layouts, using estimating and design software such as mc square, Arris CAD and concise beam, effectively working in groups, and ability to communicate with management and clients in the industry.
Experience Summary
Estimator –Precast Concrete Div., Strescon Ltd. (Canada), April, 2009 to June, 2013
• Read bid drawings, specifications and accurately done the take-off for precast concrete products like hollow core plank, architectural panels, solid slabs, New England Bulb Tee beams (NEBTs), box beams, voided slabs (NB DOT & US DOT projects), precast pipes and lift stations.
• Single handedly bid precast hollowcore plank jobs like West Street Hotel, ME, USA and University of PEI, Canada (worth approx. $600,000 CAD).
• Used “Arris CAD” software to prepare layouts for various jobs and “mc square” software to do the take-off for hollow core planks.
• Effectively communicated with the shop persons, carpentry manager, shipping subcontractors and erection contractors to get the necessary information on time to complete the estimate.
• Efficiently designed hollow core plank using “Concise Beam” software to check its shear and flexural capacity.
• Successfully communicated the technical and financial aspects of the estimates (jobs awarded to the company) to other departments in pre-construction meetings.
Project Coordinator (co-op), Kenaidan Contracting Ltd. (Canada), Sep, 2008 to Dec 2008
• Efficiently coordinated submission of shop drawings, samples according to the specifications in Edge Builder to consultants for Clarkson GO project (worth $13 million).
• Helped the project manager in closing Request for Information for the above project through Edge Builder software.
• Effectively communicated with sub trades to ensure the timely submission of documents.
Assistant Construction Manager, Wo-Built (Canada), May 2008 to Aug 2008
• Efficiently helped the construction manager on site supervision and managing the trades.
• Effectively calculated the estimates for future home renovation projects worth approx. $ 70-80,000.
• Accurately planned the duration and resources for the home and office renovation projects in MS Project Planner.
Junior Planning Engineer, Patel Engineering Ltd. (India), Nov 2006 to Dec 2007
• Effectively worked on project management software such as Microsoft Project Planner and Primavera to prepare a baseline project for timely execution of hydro-electric projects worth 17 million dollars. Tracked the projects using the above software to check if the projects were meeting the time deadlines.
• Accurately worked out the costing of projects using specifications and drawings along with their resource requirements.
• Handled contractors all risk insurance, contractors plant and machinery and worker’s compensation policies for the company.
Site Billing Engineer, Valecha Engineering Ltd. Mumbai (India), Jul 2006 to Nov 2006
• Efficiently worked as a bil...
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