Saleeth Kuddoos

In my role as a Senior Quantity Surveyor at East Consulting Engineering Company in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, I was responsible for monitoring project costs, preparing payment certificates, and forecasting final account values. By ensuring accurate financial tracking and collaborating with project teams, I contributed to the successful completion of projects.

• Collaborate with project & other teams to maximize commercial benefit from projects • Review and furnished contractual obligations such as insurance, bonds, and guarantees. • Reviewed budget/Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) considering potential risk and contingencies. • Planned, and control costs using cost value reconciliations, cost to complete and cash flow forecast. • Monitoring actual costs throughout the construction phases and ensuring adherence to the budget. • Finalizing the variation for subcontractor’s work done. • Coordination with Construction team & Planning Department. • Coordinate with superior for tendering and attending consultants, client meetings. • Reviewing and Submission of Monthly Progress Report. • Commercial and technical evaluation of contract quotation and negotiation with contractors and suppliers. • Preparation of technical clarification letter to client/consultant. • Preparing projection cost value for the following month. • Attending meeting with sub-contractor for quantities dispute and variation order work. • Monitoring project requisitions and cost. • Ensured timely and accurate preparation or review of interim payment applications as per contract. • Prepare cost reports that incorporate financial status and progress of various cost submissions, presenting them to management. • Prepare monthly budget versus actuals and look-ahead schedules prior to cost report presentations to management. • Assess financial risks and advise on mitigation strategies to keep the project within budget. • Provide cash flow forecasts based on project progress and anticipated expenses. • Assist in drafting and administering contracts related to project costs, ensuring compliance with contractual terms. • Review subcontractors’ payment applications, checking for accuracy and alignment with project progress.

• Prepared cost estimates for preliminary study and design stages, facilitating tender openings and comparative bid studies. • Conducted value engineering studies based on client budget constraints and liaised with clients, contractors, and suppliers. • Reviewed contractor payments and variations, monitored actual quantities versus contractual quantities, and prepared cost reports for management.

• Coordination with Construction team & Planning Department. • Preparing interim payment applications. • Preparing sub-contractor agreements. • Preparing & collecting quotations for construction material. • Preparing monthly and weekly program. • Preparing projection cost value for the following month. • Preparing method Statement and material Submittals. • Process purchase requisitions / orders within purchasing authority • Invite, assess, and award/recommend supplier tenders, bids, quotations, and proposals • Establish and negotiate contract terms and conditions, and maintain supplier relationships • Prepare and maintain purchasing records, reports and price lists • Monitoring project requisitions and cost.

Project Management & Quantity Surveying professional with more than 10 years’ experience (UAE, and Sri Lanka) in project management and quantity surveying projects covering all aspects of project life cycle from inception through design development, construction, close out and final handover. He have explored to various forms and types of contract and involved with various types of projects including residential schemes, commercial, leisure, retail, education, fit-outs, refurbishments, mixed used development and have also been involved with scheduled turn-around project. areas of expertise include the preparation of cost plans, procurement reports, BOQs and Tender Documentation, tender analysis and reporting, site valuation and payment recommendation, administering post contracts, cost controlling and Final Account, etc. Also he have retain a good working knowledge in Project Management projects which includes overall planning and project implementation, Stakeholder management, procurement strategy/selection, Design Co-ordination and Liaison with Authorities, Meetings and Meeting Minutes, Project Risk Management, progress monitoring and reporting, onsite management, change request management and project handover/closeout. In addition, he have gained facilities management experience in various types of projects. Currently employed as a Quantity Surveyor with Rider Levett Bucknall Gulf states. involved in post-contract cost management services for a Fountain view (Down town) in opposit Dubai Mall, UAE

• Preparation of Bill of Quantities and detailed and accurate quantity take off from drawings and material enquiries. • Preparing interim payment applications. • Preparation of budget estimate cost for the full project and preparation of variations order. • Unit Rate build & preparation of backup documents for variation claim. • Evaluation of subcontractor’s quantities and preparation of their payment certificate. • Finalizing the variation for subcontractor’s work done. • Joint measurement with sub-contractors and client for valuations and variations and rectify disputes. • Coordination with Construction team & Planning Department. • Coordinate with superior for tendering and attending to the consultant, client meetings. • Preparation and Submission of Monthly Progress Report. • Commercial and technical evaluation of contract quotation and negotiation with contractors and suppliers. • Preparation of technical clarification letter to client/consultant. • Preparing projection cost value for the following month. • Attending meeting with sub-contractor for quantities dispute and variation order work. • Attending site visit and assessing site conditions for tender estimate for new packages. • Monitoring project requisitions and cost.