B.J. Swamy


~ CIVIL PROJECT MANAGEMENT ~
Comprehensive knowledge of managing projects, with a proven track record of executing large scale projects
CAREER AT GLANCE
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     Offering over 16 years of rich & qualitative experience in Civil Construction and Project Management in Infrastructure works viz. National Highways, Power Plants etc.
     Adept in planning, executing and spearheading construction projects – National Highway projects, power plants involving method engineering, development, contracts administration, resource planning, etc.
     Possess a flair for adopting modern construction methodologies in compliance to quality standards.
     Comprehensive knowledge of managing projects, with a proven track record of executing large scale projects.
     Qualified Bachelors in Engineering – Civil
Currently pursuing MBA (Finance) from Symbiosis.
     Outstanding success swiftly ramping up projects with competent skills and ensuring on time deliverables.
     An enterprising people manager with strong communication & interpersonal skills.
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Project Management: Finalizing requirements and specifications in consultation with Consultants/Collaborators / Promoters. Anchoring on-site construction activities to ensure completion of project within the time & cost parameters and effective resource utilization to maximize the output. Participating in project meetings for evaluating project progress providing technical inputs. Overseeing various construction activities mainly in Infrastructure projects Viz. National Highway Projects, Power Projects.

Contracts Administration & Management:
•     Evaluating & executing contracting works and coordinating among consultants, contractors and clients.
•     Preparing the tender specifications & finalization of requirements. Liaising with consultants on determining technical and contractual matters. Floating enquiries to Sub –contractors- Civil & Structure works; Developing bid strategies entailing preparation of project reports & bid documents, obtaining management approvals as well as award and management of contracts till closeout.
•     Evaluating contracting works, handling negotiation, award & review of contracts as per contract regimes and administering contract agreement between employer and contractor. Preparing LOAs and other contract documents.
•     Preparing Delay Claims, insurance claims, Variation orders/ Change Orders. Preparation of Monthly Progress bills for submission to Clients.
•     Fore casting the Monthly requirement of construction Materials such as Cement, Steel, Sand and aggregates etc. for the next month based on the stock levels, Look – ahead schedules & accumulated schedule slippages.
•     Quantities take-off for the purpose of Estimation and costing. Preparation of Bill of quantities various Civil works.
•     Processing sub-contractors bills for payment by cross checking against bill of quantities, progress achieved at site.

Site & Construction Management/Resource Planning: Supervising all construction activities including providing technical inputs for methodologies of construction & coordination with site management activities. Overseeing a team of engineers for various types of job and resolving bottlenecks. Preparing and reviewing method statements and work specific quality control plans as per ISO. Ensuring materials received are in accordance with the quantity & quality.

Planning:
•     Establishing the time span of project execution. Preparing master schedules for all projects including resource schedules, execution methodologies, milestones, cash flow projections / budgets and periodic monitoring. Scheduling and monitoring of resources. Monitoring project status during the course of periodic project review meetings. Evaluating designs; coordinating with Architect / Consultants and Sub Contractors for changes as required. Conducting the value engineering / value addition analysis, etc.
•     Preparation of Level – II & III schedules for all civil works & Road works.
•     Progress monitoring all Road works & Structure works, preparation of regular Progress updates &making S curves for the purpose of monitoring. Preparation of monthly Progress reports.
•     Making earned Value reports showing detailed performance in terms of Scheduled work and.
•     Actual work performed at site and budgeted cost for work scheduled and budgeted cost for work performed
•     Highlighting Critical paths, slippage & Bottlenecks and suggesting corrective actions where appropriate by preparing look ahead schedules
•     Preparation of Budget, Cost to completion , resource planning reports.
•     Preparation of look ahead schedule based on WBS & Activity codes to alert the respective heads , indicating Scheduled percentage completion Vs Actual Percent completion of tasks.

EMPLOYMENT RECITAL
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Period               Company                              Designation
1.     May’2000 to Till date          M/s IJM (India) Infrastructure Ltd.          Dy. General Manager

2.     Oct’1998 to Apr’2000     M/s Encon Services Pvt. Ltd           Contracts & Planning
( Group of M/s Lanco)                Engineer

3.     Apr’1996 to Oct’1998     M/s Rolls Royce Industrial Power          Civil Engineer
(India) Ltd.
4.     May’1994 to Jan’1996     M/s Visakha Aqua Forms Ltd.          Asst. Engineer
     
1. May’2000 - Present: M/s IJM (India) Infrastructure ltd.
Deputy General Manager
IJM Constructions one of the largest and most diversified Construction groups in Malaysia, specializing in infrastructure and building works ranging from piling & foundation, highways, roads & bridges, power, oil & gas, water supply, marine works, hospitals & medical centres, condominiums, hotels, resorts & clubs, residential, commercial & industrial complexes to preservation & refurbishment works.

Project Overview:
May’20006 to present:      ADB/II- C4 55 Km of National Highway (NH26) Road Project     
4 Lanning Road Project of National Highway 26-Jhansi to lakhnadon Section from Km 132 to Km 187 ( Feb-2006 to Till date), being constructed in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.
                    -As Dy. Project Manger.

Dec’2004 to May’2006:     Worked in IJMII Corporate Office in Tendering & Contracts department
Preparing tenders, pre-qualification applications and tenders for major highway & airport projects for reputed clients such as NHAI, State R&B Departments and HIAL.     .

Nov’2002 to Dec’2004:     268 Km State Highway project.
2 Lanning Road Project of State Highway on BOT from Rewa to Amarkantak, being constructed in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.
-     As Contracts & Planning Manger

Jun’01 to Nov’02:          25 Km - National Highway project (GQ).
Widening to Four Lanes and Strengthening of Existing Two Lane Road Between Km. 355.000 - 380.000 in Chilakaluripet – Vijayawada Section of NH5 in Andhra Pradesh (OECF Assisted Four Lanning Project IDP-92) - Contract PACKAGE I
-     As Contracts Manger.
May’2000 to Jun’2001:     Worked in IJM Corporate ( Malaysia) Office in Project Planning & Co-ordination department.
-     As Planning & Co-ordination Engineer
Rail link between Kempas Baru – Pelebuhan Tanjung Pelepas
Electrified Double Track Rail Project between Ipoh to Rawnag.

Role: Providing coordination for implementation of National Highway projects. Managing complete project planning and project management activities, ensuring completion of projects within time and cost budget. Responsible for preparation of enquiries, Techno –Commercial negotiations and award of works to Contractors - civil and Structure works. Dealing & liaising with Client ( NHAI), Consultants ( Roughton – CEG JV) & various govt. authorities for ensuring seamless project operations


2. Oct’ 1998-Apr’2000: Encon services Pvt. Ltd – Group of M/s Lanco companies
(355 MW Power Project)
Planning Engineer – Civil

Encon Services Limited ( ESL – Group of Lanco Companies) is the on-shore EPC Contractor for M/s HANJUNG of Korea to execute all construction works under the EPC Contract for the Kondapalli Power Corporation , 355 MW Combined Cycle Power Project. ESL is currently coordinating over 30 sub-contractors at site, including GEC-Alsthom, Shriram Tower Tech, Ion Exchange, Bach- Man International and Simplex among others.

Job Profile:
•     Coordinating in developing tender documents for EPC & Non-EPC including techno-commercial negotiations with the bidders. Working in close relation with Consultants for preparation of plant layout like site grading, construction of reservoir, administration building, fire station, pump houses, etc. Dealing & liaising with govt. authorities for ensuring seamless project operations.
•     Preparation of Level – I,II & III schedules for all civil works
•     Progress monitoring all Civil ,Mechanical &Electrical works, preparation of regular Progress updates &making S curves for the purpose of monitoring. Preparation of weekly & monthly Progress reports, MIS from site.
•     Projecting the information requirements for the Project to accomplish the Schedule.
•     Highlighting Critical paths, slippage & Bottlenecks to the Sr. General Manager (P) suggesting corrective actions where appropriate.
•     Preparation of Monthly Look ahead schedules and cash flow statement for estimating material inflow, funds requirement at site and to enable the setting of monthly and weekly targets for the sub-contractors.
•     Preparation of Monthly Percentage Progress bills for submission to Clients.
•     Fore casting the Monthly requirement of construction Materials such as Cement, Steel, Sand and aggregates etc. for the next month based on the stock levels, Look – ahead schedules & accumulated schedule slippages.
•     Quantities take-off for the purpose of Estimation and costing., Preparation of Bill of quantities various Civil works.
•     Processing sub-contractors bills for payment by cross checking against bill of quantities, progress achieved at site.
•     Attending site co–ordination & progress review meetings with EPC contractor and consultants and inter departments

3. Apr’1996-Sep’1998: Rolls Royce Industrial Power (India) Limited,
(208 MW Godavari Gas Power Project)
Civil Engineer

Rolls Royce Industrial Power (India) Ltd. was the EPC contractor for the 208 MW Godavari Gas Power Project, a Combined Cycle plant with 3 GTs and a ST. The Owners of the plant are M/s Spectrum Power Generation Ltd. and Subcontractors under Rolls Royce included Westinghouse, International Combustions Limited, Aquatech, Crompton Greaves Limited, UB Engineering and Simplex among others.

Job Profile:
•     During the above period worked in three major areas of work, namely Quantity Survey, piling, Heavy Machinery foundation for Gas Turbine and Steam Turbine and Raw Reservoir
•     Supervision of Construction and Load Testing of 600 and 750 dia Bored Cast In-situ Pile foundations.
•     Construction of Pile caps, heavy machinery foundation bases like for those of GT & Generator and ST & Generator ( Each Base of 800 M3 Cast monolithically ), Bypass Stack, Boiler and Main Stack.
•     Preparation of Bill of Quantities (BOQ ) for various civil works. Preparing Finishing Schedules for all civil works.
•     Preparation of percentage progress certificates (PPC) and getting approval from clients for claimed percentage and finalizes Percentage Progress Statements.
•     Preparation of Construction Progress reports (CPR) every month with quantities.
•     Processing the sub contractors R/A bills for progressive payments including Final Bills. Identifying the back Charges recoveries to be made
•     Making Engineering Checks like Rebar and Levels of all the Elements of Structures
•     Involved in the Construction of 10.5 Million M3 Capacity Reservoir unique in India which involves of using modern geo-techniques like , geo-textile, Installation & Monitoring of Geo-Technical Instrumentation, Articulating RCC Culverts, Under drainage system and bulky Earth works, HDPE Liner and a Liner Protection of Fabri-Foam Construction by M/s National Seal Company (NSC) MNC USA.


4. May’1994-Jan’1996: M/s Visakha Aqua Farms Ltd.
Asst. Engineer - (Integrated Aqua farm)

Job Profile:
•     Construction of Intake Water Jetty of 200 mtrs, RCC canal of 3670 mtrs length, Siphon road crossing, Aqueducts etc.
•     Hatchery complex having circular RCC tanks, Mini Township, Out- take canals, Regulators and Pumping stations etc.
•     Scheduling the various activities in line with other departments of Project and fore casting the resources requirements to meet the Schedules.
•     Preparing Bill of Quantities for all civil works, processing all sub contractors Bills and making Payment authorization, Reconciliation statements for various materials issued and recoveries to be made. etc.
•     Attending Progress review meetings from civil department and Programming and planning the civil works to the Management’s Schedule to meet Project completion date.
•     Preparing Technical data required by consulting engineers from site and submitting the Technical MIS to the management


ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
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Bachelors in Engineering – B Tech - Civil
MBA (Finance), from Symbiosis, Pune.

PERSONAL VITAE
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Date of Birth                    :     19th July, 1971


Linguistic Abilities               :     English, Telugu & Hindi