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Higher Education sessional staff delivering lectures and/or tutorials on various facets of Project Management including:- Initiating and Planning Projects- Executing and Closing Projects- Contracts and Procurement Management - Concepts of Project ManagementHelping students achieve the following learning outcomes:• Analyse the underlying project need and justification• Analyse, define and effectively decompose project scope• Employ risk management planning and identification, and assess the risk encountered over the procurement process• Develop a project budget and an expenditure forecast as control mechanisms and link time, cost and resources to the project framework.• Interpret data and make appropriate recommendations within a project management context• Critically analyse and define actions to address project uncertainty.• Apply scheduling, budgeting, risk management and other project management tools and procedures to a project• Define and justify project event-driven and time-driven controls for a case study project• Demonstrate an integrative understanding of the key theories and concepts underpinning buyer-contractor relationships as well as the concepts of project contracts and procurement standards• Analyse different commercial negotiation strategies and demonstrate an ability to creatively negotiate project plans, conflicts, delays and incentives in commercial projects• Negotiate and analyse the principles of tendering, pricing and awarding techniques and to utilise the negotiation approaches in commercial contracts• Evaluate and develop clear legal, financial and technical components of project contracts• Explain the impact of organisational structure and culture on project success• Examine the knowledge areas and processes applied in the execution and closing stages of the project management life cycle

Achievements : Successfully implemented Earned Value framework in line with AS4817 and ANSI/EIA 748. Successfully lead the planning and controlling teams to introduce and implement the quarterly forecast process. Developed, implemented and maintained reporting, dashboards and progress measurement of $1.2B Alliance combining multiple systems/ledgers of 3 alliance partners.• Implementing project controls strategies in line with the CPB strategy• Developed and implemented Earned Value framework for the alliance• Implemented consolidated cost structure and reporting by bringing together 5 different cost ledgers/systems of 3 alliance partner organisations• Leading teams to ensure that budget forecasts, progress monitoring, cost reporting and corrective action information system procedures meet specific projects requirements• Providing regular project controls and planning forecasting and reporting• Prepare project budgets and cost estimates, schedules and coordinate resources and tasks to complete projects on approved budget• Building and maintaining productive relationships with the stakeholders in the Business Unit and other Project Control Teams across the wider CPB Group.• Prepare and maintain Earned Value baseline and tracking• Lead and Train project staff on the use of relevant systems and correct processes that need to be put in place• Ensuring compliance with all relevant legal and regulatory requirements and all relevant Company and Group policies and processes

Achievements: Successfully implemented changes to portfolio reporting for ~$500M Annual Works Program; and was awarded Certificate of Appreciation from Sydney Trains CEO for effectively representing as Program and Portfolio Subject Matter Expert in implementation of Enterprise Asset Management System.• Drive the of Project Controls in Major Works Division, including the provision of project controls assurance and management for Major Works programs• Implement and undertake assurance for compliance to a consistent framework for measurement of progress at project, program and portfolio levels• Ensure senior delivery managers adopt an appropriate framework to manage the definition, monitoring, and reporting on key performance metrics (including cost and schedule) for all projects/programs/contracts• Ensure the implementation of a project controls framework for delivery at project, program and portfolio level.• Initiate, produce and maintain monthly portfolio status reporting for Projects and Programs delivered by Major Works Division.• Coordinate and monitoring of uniform practices for compliance with applicable standards, accurate and consistency• Drive the consistent adoption by senior delivery managers, of effective systems for project change management (cost, schedule), ensuring portfolio level visibility of change• Ensure consistent adoption and application of best practice techniques (and tools) for WBS development, estimation, scheduling and cost control, including earned value management and quantitative risk management• Maintain systems and processes for ongoing reporting, monitoring and communication to stakeholders all relevant and necessary data concerning status and performance across all Major Works’ programs/projects/contracts• Identify and lead continuous improvement opportunities including identification and implementation of new tools, systems and processes to improve scheduling, estimation, cost control, performance management and reporting

Achievements: Implemented closed loop vendor claim assessment process; Handled multiple projects totaling in value $230M; Successfully completed re-assignment of costs from old CBS to new CBS; Successful translation of >$43M estimate into project budget; Maintained client liaison on cost related matters.• Envisage and set up the WBS and Cost Breakdown Structure for new projects• Ensure application of Project Management and Project Controls principles.• Control and evaluate the project performances and inform the Project Manager and direct functional report.• Preparation of monthly claim for work done.• EPCM/audit liaison for presenting progress claim with back-up information and negotiating any contractual or other issues that arise.• Calculation of VoWD (Value of work done)• Reconciliation of accounting system SAP with value of work done (VoWD)• Guarantee the activation of the budget process and periodic forecast on the project• Ensure review purchase order commitments are in line with budget• Ensure the deviation analysis is done on projects• Ensure the support to the project team in definition of corrective action• Ensure the upgrading of project cost Forecast• Ensure the functional reporting of the criticalities on projects• Ensure with high capability to maintain low deviation on the forecast/budget/plan.

Achievements: Successfully implemented and administered project management/controls system mPower to the Brisbane office.• To set up the systems and implement procedures for Project Controls.• To act as Project management and controls specialist on projects.• Envisage and set up Cost Breakdown Structure for new projects• To implement arrangements for capture of overhead costs and timesheets.• To set up system interface procedures between mPower and Primavera.• To keep track of project costs on regular basis.• Prepare financial reports and briefs and make recommendations based on data analysis.• Continually develop creative reporting options that will meet the ongoing needs of project teams to achieve the project management and control requirements.• To manage Change Control on projects.• To set up projects in Project Management system - mPower• To use mPower system to keep track of time and costs incurred by WGW on the project and to keep the Project Managers informed.• To provide monthly project time and cost input for use in Project Monthly Reports.

• To act as Project control specialist on projects.• To keep track of costs on regular basis and arrange for reporting by Engineers.• Work with lead Engineers to initiate a time and cost forecast system for effective tracking.• Prepare financial reports and briefs and make recommendations based on data analysis.• Continually develop creative reporting options that will meet the ongoing needs of project teams to achieve the project management and control requirements.• To manage Change Control on projects.• To raise trends and record the impact of variations on the baseline.• To set up projects in Project Management system - ProPM.• To use ProPM system to keep track of time and costs incurred by AECOM on the project and to keep the Project Managers informed.• To provide monthly project time and cost input for use in Project Monthly Reports.

• To coordinate planning, design and construction of capital road projects.• To manage/administer contracts of work.• To initiate and control change management.• Stake holder management from elected officials to departments to end users.• To keep track of costs and schedule on regular basis and arrange for reporting.• To ask for information/reports from tech officers and to keep management informed.

• To act as cost control and Project control specialist on project.• To keep track of costs on regular basis and arrange for reporting by Site Engineers.• Work with Site/Project Engineers to initiate a quantity and cost forecast system for effective tracking.• To use SAP extracts to get Labour and non-labour costs incurred by KBR on the project.• To re-format the SAP extract information to suite D-Suite and use it to monthly invoice the client for services rendered by KBR.

• To make thorough study of contract documents, archi/structural drawings • Estimation of quantities of various construction materials according to drawings.• Quantity Survey of materials.• To checking & verifying quality of material and work according to the contract documents.• To check and verify shop drawings before submitting them to Project Architect/Engineer or before issuing for construction.

• Construction management of Rs 90 million 170 multi-storey Reinforced Cement Concrete Frame Structure residential apartment complex with work force of 200 skilled, unskilled and semi-skilled• To make thorough study of contract documents, archi/structural drawings • Estimation of quantities of various construction materials according to drawings.• Working out Bar Bending Schedules for various Structural Members.• Quantity Survey of materials.• To Write and Submit Monthly Progress Report and Fortnightly Labour Report to client office.• To calculate and quantify the amount of work done and to raise the Bill to client and verify sub-contractors' bills.• To approve centre line layout of building.• To obtain working drawings of project stage by stage from office and implement the same at site and verifying work accordingly.• To checking & verifying quality of material and work at site according to the contract documents.• To maintain Daily Progress Record, Work site order book, Material testing records, Register of drawings & PERT & CPM charts.

• To design various components of Road Over Bridges at Amanaka(Madhya Pradesh), Dondagarh (Madhya Pradesh), Tanda (Punjab), NOIDA (Uttar Pradesh), Design of various components of Elevated Viaducts for Delhi-NOIDA link of Delhi Metro and Baiyappanhalli - Cricket Stadium Section of Bangalore Metro.• Establishing Bearing capacity of soil on the basis of Geotechnical Test Reports and checking the same provided by Geotechnical consultants.• Making preliminary Estimates and Bill of Quantities for Road Over Bridges and Metro Viaducts for tendering purposes.• Working out Stresses on various components of Bridges like Deck Slab, Pier Cap, Pier, Pile Cap, Pile foundations etc.• Designing various components of ROBs and MVs in accordance with appropriate Codes (Indian Roads Congress, Indian Standards, Indian Railway Standards).• Working out final detailed Bill of Quantities.

• To make thorough study of contract documents, archi/structural drawings • Estimation of quantities of various construction materials according to drawings.• To calculate and quantify the amount of work done, do the Quantity Survey and to raise the Bill to client and verify sub-contractors' bills.• To approve centre line layout of building.• To implement the working drawings at site and verifying work accordingly.• To maintain Daily Progress Record, Work site order book, Material testing records, Register of drawings & PERT & CPM charts.