yuhang Lu

Working as a Project Coordinator cum Quantity Surveyor for 2 years and got promoted to Assistant Project Manager

Scope of work as an Assistant Project Manager

1. Guide office QSs/Drafters as a mentor

2. Lead on-site construction works and make sure to follow scope of contract & specs

3. Counter proposal design to consultants based on site conditions

4. Prepare weekly / fortnightly progress reports to consultants and TOP management

5. Fully in charge of multiple projects independently

6. Handle clients & consultants requirement & issue.

Previous scope of work as a QS

1. Source for subcons & suppliers

2. Budget control

3. Procurement management

4. Prepare LOA for subcons

5. Handle subcon/suppliers claims

1. Coordination of on-site work with consultants & sub-contractor

2. Monitor and lead work of subcontractors on site

3. Attend /Hold Meeting with Clients/Consultants/subcons

4. Prepare weekly progress report

5. Plan and organize manpower or resources allocation

6. Project admin & Documentation work

7. Coordination of shop drawing with consultants, sub-contractor and drafters

8. Prepare & monitor master schedule and execute site work accordingly. Update master schedule if necessary

9. Pre-construction documentations & activities

- Insurance & Performance Bond

- Pre-computation survey & Setting out

- Cable detection

- Crate temporary utility account & terminate existing utility account

- Pest control

- ECM submission

- POWS

- Pre-condition survey

- Pre-con CCTV survey

- Concrete test/Concrete mix design

- Rebar test/Mill certificate

- Master programe

- Organization chart

- Noise meter & other instrumentations as per requested

- CTQ submisison

- Signboard

1. Prepare project Claim & VO for Steel Structure and RC work

2. Prepare tender, quotation and PO

3. Liaise with Main-con and supplier

4. Multiple-task skills

1. Months of on-site experience for civil work

2. Procurement management

3. Prepare progress claim and VO

4. Associate between office, site and main con to handle requirements, changes of working scope/demarcation and meetings.

5. Supported senior management in strategic planning efforts

6. Reduced budget overruns by accurately forecasting project expenses and monitoring progress against budget allocations.

As a QS

1. Prepare quotation and BQ

2. Prepare progress claim as a sub-contractor

3. Prepare VO, PO and DO for suppliers, main-contractors and clients.

4. Review and verify sub-contractors' progress claim.

5. Procurement for raw materials from China and Singapore

6. Calculate workers' salary

7. Liaise with main-contractors' Engineer for ad-hoc on-site work

As a Drafter

1. Assist engineer to prepare shop drawing

2. Guide workers to read the drawing

A three-month internship.

what I acknowledge from this experience:

1. Normal measurement of VO (Architectural & Structural).

2. Call quotations from the supplier and submit quotations to Main Con.

3. Arrange workers' schedule.

4. By the guidance of the boss, I have realized that the most important point of QS is the price sensitivity. Calling quotations and do measurements are just ways to collect information. QS's job is to convert all this information to the price in the breakdown.