Woodfibre LNG: Estimating, Benchmarking, Planning, Contract Claims Mitigation

Develop detailed piping estimates from isometrics or bill of materials. Re-define the estimating model by benchmarking manhours from diameter inch to cubic inch of weld. Benchmark past project cost, productivity and schedule performance to enhance estimate models.

Lead Cost Estimator of the Barossa project. Estimating, project control, contract activities representing the client. Assist on facility estimates for other upstream projects such as FPSO, SPS, SURF and Export Pipeline. Involved in FEL estimates, cost and trend monitoring of multiple EPCIC contract strategies. Project value ranged from 5,000mm$ to 8,000mm$. Presentation of AFD and AFE costs to JV Partners. Project metric analysis of FPSO, Subsea and Pipeline, topsides, hull, turret, major equipment, bulk materials, fabrication and installation, Process/Utility facility estimate database development for major equipment. Benchmarking and company estimates at major equipment package to major contract levels. Involved in technical and commercial bid evaluations. On team to do commercial FPSO bid analysis. Benchmarked bidders’ cost, quantities, change rates, engineering and construction hours. Analyzed contractor’s project control procedures, ensure no front-end loading and utilize contract retention payment milestones to ensure completeness. Build project monthly phase cost models by asset, contract and phase. Key Accomplishments: Benchmarked at a detailed basis the Bayu Undan pipeline as-built cost and schedule against the Barossa FEL1 contractor estimate which resulted in a 900mm usd reduction.Benchmarked milestone payments for SPS and FPSO contracts for cost retention purposes.Benchmarked FPSO bidder fabrication hours and change rates which resulted to potential claim reductions.

Lead Cost Estimator and Cost Controller assigned to the Kebabangan (KBB) project. Estimating, project control, contract activities representing the client. Assist on facility estimates for other upstream projects such as FPU, TLP, CPP, subsea systems and pipelines. Involved in FEL estimates, cost and trend monitoring of multiple E-P-C-I-C contract strategies. Project values ranged from 2,000mm$ to 6,000mm$. Presentation of AFD (Approve for Development) costs to client government agency of PETRONAS. Project metric analysis of pipelines, offshore platforms and topsides, major equipment, bulk materials, fabrication and installation Process/Utility facility estimate database development for major equipment. Benchmarking and company estimates at major equipment package to major contract levels. Involved in technical and commercial bid evaluations. Verified contractor’s quantity progress and weightings.Key Accomplishments: Recipient of PETRONAS cost containment award, ConocoPhillips Archimedes award, ConocoPhillips Spirit award. PETRONAS CORAL 2.0 (Cost Reduction Alliance) CAPEX Benchmarking team leader. PETRONAS FLOW magazine interview on CAPEX Benchmarking as a commercial negotiating tool.

Estimating, project control, contract activities representing the client for the upstream projects such as FPSO, CPPs, WHPs, pipelines and onshore gas plants. Involved in the FEL estimates, cost and trend monitoring of E-P-C-I costs of multiple contract strategies. Project values ranged from 40mm$ to 700mm$. Reconciliation of AFE costs with client government agency of Pertamina. Project cost metric analysis of pipelines, offshore platforms and topsides, major equipment, bulk materials, fabrication and installation. Process facility estimate database development for major equipment. Risk analysis of front-end estimates utilizing Crystal Ball software. SAP interfaces with project control databases. Contract analysis and evaluation of change orders. Involved in contract negotiations.

Project Control activities representing the client for the downstream side of heavy Venezuelan Oil refinery grass roots capital project valued at 900mm$. Monitor and evaluated over 400 changes to the EPC lump sum contact. Also monitor and verified over 2,500 milestone payment activities. Interfaced Primavera information with payment milestones to reforecast cash-flow as well as impact to foreign currency escalation formulas. Evaluate contractors schedule with ongoing impacts of design changes, defined quantity adjustments, labor productivity, etc. Estimated cost impacts of possible contractor claims. Worked on claim team to evaluate contractors claims. Modeled change order database with P3 schedule data to show if any cumulative schedule impact. Conceptual and detail estimates for what if scenarios of upgrading existing project’s design. Conferred with engr./field staff and walk the field to verify milestone payments.

Develop conceptual estimates/schedules for combined and simple cycle turbine configurations as well as pipelines and deepwater facilities. Compiled historical data into a database and double log graphs. Develop MS Access programs and Excel Pivot table applications to format contractor estimates into UNOCAL WBS summaries. Constructed conceptual resourced schedules in Primavera for power plants, pipelines and deepwater facilities.

Develop conceptual estimates/schedules utilizing PFD’s, Equipment Lists, Capacity info., historical databases and ICARUS 2000 software. Develop estimating program using drop down windows and lookup tables to calculate slope and intercept calculations of capacity to cost by type of equipment and m.o.c. on log10 by log10 axis. Calibrate ICARUS 2000 equipment costs along these same log10 based curves. Develop MS Access programs and Excel Pivot table applications on ICARUS ASII download files. Develop scheduling capital cash flow & manpower algorithms, also from slope & intercept on double log curves. Run REP risk analysis monte carlo simulations. Participated on SAP interface team to structure Union Carbide financial systems as well as WBS coding. Practice downloading data to MS Access for project control reporting.

Estimates & schedules for facilities/industrial buildings. Build database estimates to resource load Primavera schedules. Develop definitive estimates based on conceptual information, ie., production per unit of time values, equipment lists, equipment layout, historical ratios of concept quantities to as built quantities. Primavera schedules utilizing resources and Penguin ver. 5.1, to deliver schedule and cash flow impacts when resource limits are used.

Cost/Schedule for Client Management Team, Cardon Venezuela S.A.Foreign assignment for Maraven Expansion Refinery Project Generated labor resource study by expediting 18 project schedules separated into class of labor and craftmix per class. Pulled together from various craft personnel lists in the area as well as the rest of the country, into a common database for craft availability. Put together labor productivity study from all the major subcontractors to see how varied labor rates were for the same labor tasks. This help determine what suggested labor project labor rates to use for all the subcontractor estimates. Help put together and design totally a PMT estimate program that included quantities and currency by fiscal quarters. With this format, I created escalation programs to read date of estimate line items and apply the correct escalation per quarter. It also had various summary reports and graphs.Senior Cost/Schedule Engr & Estimator, Home Office, Houston, TexasAnalyze detailed quantity, manhour & material field budget reports. Study and evaluate new monitoring procedures to better assist the estimating department on actual labor task rates. Download from mainframe piping, elect., instr. B.O.M. into Dbase, apply estimating relational labor unit tables, total on various criterion and summary levels to develop detailed and summary estimate reports. Design numerous programs that load data from estimate to P3 and project software, also P3 to project control. Forecast contract profit/loss in finance quarterly reports utilizing actual financial databases, field monitoring databases and contract mark-ups of reimbursable costs. Create lotus 123 templates that schedule craft & supervision on calendar barcharts which also calculate the man month distribution and detailed manhour subtotals by month; by inputting start & finish dates.

Produced material estimates for U.S. Navy proposals, Patrol Boat Coastal, Mine Hunter Coastal, Landing Craft Air Cushion, etc. Produced material estimates for engineering change proposals for U.S. Navy LCAC Vessels in the form of additions, deletions and deleted incurred. Download B.O.M’s from main frame databases and activate Lotus 123 macros to create summarized B.O.M.. Upload part number file to main frame program to extract purchase order history for downloading into 123 files. Utilize various 123 macros and @ functions to achieve the desired material estimate, cost study or “what if” situations in a more efficient manner.

Produced detailed labor and material estimates for industrial bid packages such as on & offshore production modules, gas turbine skids, pipe spools, structural ductwork, bridges, etc. Developed a computer program that utilizes a manhour and material database to construct an estimate spread sheet.

Developed and utilized a computerized project monitoring system for engineering and/or construction projects. Generated detailed piping and mechanical estimates. Derived and documented standard base unit manhours. Produced computerized plots displaying % budget expended vs. % physical complete vs. % schedule complete.

Responsible for producing detailed estimates through material takeoffs. Estimated manhour units and material pricing with the aid of computer programs. Estimates included power and petro-chemical plants, buildings, roads, drainage, etc.Cost Engineer: Shell Oil NORCO, Steam Generation Plant, La.Monitored and revised projected estimates through construction code of accounts. Produced productivity curves and physical % complete vs. budget % expended graphs. Wrote variance reports.