Piping Quantity Surveyor

Quantity Surveyor with six years experience on Piping and Mechanical areas controlling subcontractor budget, and preparing claims to client companies in oil and gas industry, with strong ability to effectively interact on multi-cultural work teams.

Mechanical Quantity Surveyor
SAIPEM - Saipem Services Mexico, Salamanca, Mexico, Oct 2012 - Jan 31, 2015
Project ULSG-1 Pemex: EPC contract for two desulphurization units and two amine regeneration units to be built at the Client’s refinery.

Duties: Working on the side of main contractor, controlling unit price and lump sum subcontracts,
-Mechanical Subcontracts (USD 11 Million): Piping Fabrication and Erection Subcontracts, Steel Structure Erection Subcontracts
-Underground Civil, Mechanical Works Subcontracts (USD 5.6 Million)
-Labor Supply Subcontracts (USD 3.8 Million)
-Subcontracts for Construction Equipment Rental (USD 3 Million)
-Prepare Bill of Quantities from IFC drawings, subcontract information.
-Verify and record quantities installed, according to approved QC reports.
-Evaluate subcontract payments for subcontracts, ensuring costs are within budget.
-Report Project construction progress on Civil, Mechanical disciplines to Planning.
-Produce cost analysis for extra works, review related subcontractor claims.

Achievements:
-Coordinated Site Quantity Surveyor team, controlling Site Subcontracts.
-Prepared bill items and measured extra-works in order to claim Change Orders to Client.
-Supervised and checked data entry consistency of Project direct and indirect done man-hours on COPE application.

Piping Quantity Surveyor
SAIPEM - Global Petro project Services, Arzew, Algeria, Oct 2009 - Jul 2012
LNG Project GNL3Z ARZEW Sonatrach: Construction of LNG Liquefaction Train with capacity 4.7 million ton/year

Duties: Working on the side of main contractor in EPC LNG project
-Piping Fabrication subcontracts (USD 42 Million)
-Piping Erection subcontracts (USD 100 Million)
-Fireproofing subcontract (USD 4.5 Million)
-Customs Clearance and Local Transport of Equipment and Materials (USD 9.6 Million)
-Prepare Bill of Quantities from drawings, subcontract information.
-Verify and record quantities installed, according to approved QC reports.
-Evaluate payments of subcontracts, ensuring costs are within budget.
-Report periodic progress measurement for Piping to Planning Dept.
-Produce cost analysis for extra works and review related subcontractor claims.
-Prepare costing of back-charges to suppliers and subcontractors.

Achievements:
-Evaluated invoice cost trend and work progress in order to assist in payment forecasts.

Bachelor of Civil Engineering Feb 1997 - Apr 2003
Universidad Industrial De Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia
Degree Project: An application of Genetic Algorithms for Optimizing a Structure Shape

Bachelors in Technique on Industrial Mechanics Feb 1990 - Dec 1995
Instituto Tecnológico Salesiano, Eloy Valenzuela, Bucaramanga, Colombia

National Academic Award Andrés Bello Nov 1995

High Resistance Steels and Selection of Structural Steels for Pieces of Machinery Aug 2003
Universidad Industrial de Santander, Cali, Colombia

1st International Congress and XII National Congress of Students of Civil Engineering, Mar 2001
National Association of Civil Engineering Students, Bucaramanga, Colombia

Seminar on Quality Management Systems ISO 9000, Mar 2007
CPA Construcciones Prefabricadas S.A.
Cali, Colombia

Luciano Ficcadenti
Project Manager
ULSG-1 Project
Saipem
Luciano.Ficcadenti@saipem.com
5544487386
DF, Mexico

Orlando Catague
QS Manager
GNL3Z Arzew Project
Saipem
Mobile: 0791 454641
Oran, Algeria

Alfonso López Roca
Senior Engineer of Project Cogeneration
Ingetec. Ingenio Mayagüez
Mobile: 300 215 7396
Santiago de Cali, Colombia

Languages known

Spanish (Mother tongue), English 100%, French 80%, Arabic 10%