Ganesan Veeraraghavan

July’2015 to till date- Project Engineer - SRC Projects Pvt Ltd – Refinery Expansion Project - India
Client: Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited.

Construction of Control room building & administration office, water treatment plant Sub Station building, utility building, pump room &warehouse building, equipment foundations, Cable tray trenches, Mounded Bullet Foundation, Storage Tank Foundation, Pipe rack Foundation, Storage Tank & Process Station Buildings.

Responsibilities:

 Understand the specification, drawing documents, labor, plant, material costs & typical productive out puts etc.
 Setting out of priority lines, NOC from concerned authorities, approve setting out with consultants.
 Prepare requirement schedule for both construction material, utility material and liaise with project manager to achieve.
 Prepare RFI and liaise with consultants in day to day activities & technical issues.
 Provide leadership, organizational support skills and promote teamwork to achieve the target.
 Encourage/promote and maintain safe site working practices with working team.
 Ensure QA/QC procedures, control plans, work instructions are being carried out and proper records are maintained.
 Review plan, labour & material allocations and advice project manager of any future potential problem.
 Highlight to project manager/site agent of any potential variation/additional works.
 Liaise with consultant to resolve any technical issues.

Jan’2013 to June’2015 –Civil Project Engineer -Seashore Engineering & Contracting W.L.L., Qatar. Client: Public Work Authority (Ashghal) Consultant: MWH

Project: Construction of 2 no’s of G+2 Labour accommodation in Industrial area and Al Khor.

Responsibilities:
Maintain quality of all civil work, to monitor timely progress and ensure conformance to engineering plans, specifications, and safety standards.To prepare checklists for all activities. Get the work done on site in time to achieve the targets. Prepare the requisition for the different material in advance. Estimate quantities and cost of materials, equipment, or labour required. Ensure receipt of right quality and quantity of material and testing of the same. Ensure regular reporting of material status and progress of work at site. Calculate cost of project based on analysis of collected data, applying knowledge and techniques of engineering, and advanced mathematics. Maintaining record of labour co-ordinating and overtime. Supervise civil and structural works on site as per drawings
Study the architectural & structural drawings and explain to piece workers, sub-contractors & supervisors
Communicate all necessary instructions to Supervisors and labours.

Project: Public Complaint Office Activity Outsourcing Contract (C2012/58)

Responsibilities:

Planning daily activities and setting the team to perform the task. Customer data identification and cascading to operating crews. Assist the crews in customer data identification. Ensuring perfect documentation. Custodian of complaint office and equipment. Contingency managements in case of equipment breakdown & other sever blockage & floods. Attend abnormal blockage. Liaise with PWA focal point as and where required. Make in place all permits required for the operations. Performance evaluation crews. Office administration and staff management.

July’2009 to Dec’2012 – Assistant Project Manager - M/s Leela Venture Ltd – India.

Project: Construction of Hotel Leela Palace. 5 Star Hotel Project, Chennai.

Located in a quiet Residential part of Chennai, abutting the Bay of Bengal and in close proximity to the landmark Chettinad Palace at Santhome. Hotel to be developed on a 6.25-acre site that would also include a Software Park & which would face the Bay of Bengal.
The 14 storied high-rise hotel will have approximately 329 rooms’ suites. Facilities include an executive lounge, 24-hour fitness centre, 1 grand ballroom and 1 royal ballroom with separate meeting rooms, outdoor swimming pool and state-of-the-art banquet rooms. Dining options are the vibrant 24hr cafeteria; multi-specialty restaurant, Chinese, Indian restaurants and all day dinning with display kitchens are available.
The carpet area is 9, 50,000 sq. ft. and the estimated budget of the hotel project is Rs 780 crores.




Responsibility:

• Day to day monitoring of project to ensure completion of project in conformance with the technical
Specifications and the quality requirement, approved schedules and costs
• Preparing Progress Reports & Management Information System (MIS) reports for submission to
Clients. Preparation and reviewing of method statements / reconciliation statements
• Finalization of sub-contractors
• Conducting regular review meetings to review all the issues related to the project, preparation of
Minutes of meetings for circulation to all the concerned and maintaining a tracking register to
Ensure all matters are closed out.
• Coordinating with the architects and consultant for design related issues.
• Execution of civil, interior finishes (Granite, Marble, Tiles flooring and cladding, pop/metal
Suspended ceiling) and external development works (stone and metal art works).
• In Coordination with services team for MEP works completion.
• Quantity takes off from the AutoCAD drawing for the required works related to execution.

Sep’2007 to May’2009 – Office Engineer/ Section Engineer
Al Naboodah Engineering Division LLC. – Dubai – UAE. Al Maktoum International Airport Project Clients: Department of Civil Aviation - Consultants: KA&ME and PARSON

Project: Sewerage, Storm water, Irrigation and Potable water system, Construction of Manholes, chambers(3300 no’s), gullies, Thrust block, uPVC, AC, and GRP pipe lines of the different diameter from 150 to 2800mm (around 330 Km) for infrastructure and Bridges.

Responsibilities:
Technical coordination with consultants, site professional, subcontractor and suppliers. Designing manhole and preparation of shop drawing, method of statement, material submittal, quantity takeoff, material order and follow up. Preparing looks ahead for three weeks and resources arrangements to achieve the targets. Execution of work as per drawing, spec., safety and QA/QC procedure with the customer satisfactions. Conducting tool box meetings and technical briefings with site peoples. Liaise with the consultants for approval of construction activities. Maintaining proper records for each and every activity. Reporting to Superiors for daily site activities and next day activities. Attending weekly progress meeting to resolve the site problems.

May’2006 to July 2007’ – Site Engineer – Contrack International Inc. Qatar. Science Technology Project. Client: Qatar Petroleum (Qatar Foundation) – Consultant: KEO

Project: Construction of commercial building (Framed Steel structure with rib deck RCC slab) Construction of RC & GRC structures, pest Control treatment, water proofing, finishing work such as tiled flooring with granite or marbles, wall paneling with granite, marbles or decorative boards, weather proofing, structural glazing and false flooring/ceiling

Responsibilities:
Ensuring the availability of resources for daily and next day activities.Execution of work as per drawing, spec., safety and QA/QC procedure with the customer satisfactions. Co-ordinate with sub contractors to achieve the targets within the period.Liaise with the consultants for approval of construction activities.Reporting to Superiors for daily & next day site activities.Attending weekly progress meeting and maintaining proper records for every activity.

July’2005 to April’2006 –Site Engineer –Universal Groups. Dhighufinolhu Palm tree Island resort, Maldives

Project: Construction of Beach Bungalow (70Nos), Water Bungalow (38Nos), Restaurants (2Nos), SPA centre, Jetties by Wooden structures, swimming pool, interior finishing, Landscaping & Island developing.
Responsibilities:
Checking plans, drawings and quantity take off for material, order & follow up. Sub contractor’s comparison statement, and analysis from them quotations. Planning and work execution within the time frame. Sub Contractor Bill Preparation and forwarded to project head. Setting out (marking the position of structures), surveying and leveling the site. Overseeing the selection and requisition of materials and plant for use in the construction. Overseeing quality control and safety matters on the site, and ensuring that regulations are adhered to Quality Assurance and Quality Control of Concrete

July’2003 to June 2005’ – Site Engineer – M/s Sobha Deveiopers private limited – India Client: Infosys Technologies Private Limited

Project: Construction of Hostel facilities, Multiplex Theatre and Software Technology Park buildings.- Mysore.

Responsibilities:
Site execution according to the Drawing, Overseeing quality control and safety on the site. Setting out (Marking the position of structures), leveling and surveying the site. Checking plans, Drawings for proper execution of structural and finishing works (tile, marble and granite floorings and cladding suspended ceiling and painting), and Manpower allocation at site. Preparing bills for sub-contractor and cross check quantity. Get approval from German (QA/QC) for each and every activity like, marking, leveling and Concreting etc.