Colorado Springs, CO 80919
Ph: (719)749-6474
NISHA MATEKAR RAMPRASAD
CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATOR / SCHEDULER / COORDINATOR
nisha.matekar@gmail.com
OBJECTIVE
Seeking a challenging role in estimation / scheduling / project coordination and control that would utilize my
expertise and at the same time help me learn and upgrade my knowledge and skill sets.
PROFILE SUMMARY
• 6 years of experience in estimation of various construction projects.
• The wide range includes buildings, industrial sheds, pre-engineered buildings, roads, highways, bridges,
railways, road and water tunnels, runways and aprons, civil works, water-pipelines, intake works for thermal
power plants, raw water and make-up water systems, water and sewage treatment plants.
• 2 years of Project Planning, Control and Co-ordination Experience
• Degrees: Masters in Technology in Construction Management and Bachelors in Engineering in Construction.
• Analytical professional with a history of successfully handling multiple projects simultaneously and completing
within deadline.
• Worked with Government, Semi-Government and private clients and on Unit Rate / Percentage Rate, Turnkey,
Lumpsum, EPC, Design Build, PPP Projects.
• Passionate about sustainable construction.
COMPUTER PROFICIENCY
• Platforms and Tools: Windows 7 & 8, MS Office 2010 & 2013 (Advance MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Application Packages: Estimating Softwares, Primavera P3 and P6, MS Projects, and AutoCAD.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
IVRCL LIMITED
Assistant Manager, 2011–2012
Pre-Construction Stage Projects
• Handled complete pre-construction project estimation from attending pre-bid meetings, site visits, rate/risk
analysis, direct and indirect cost estimation, Coordinated with higher management for price bid finalization.
• Designed proposals for bid submission, Planned Project Schedule, Site Organization, Construction
methodology, labor and equipment deployment, project cashflow, prepared presentations.
• Delivered presentations to Clients, Actively participated in post-bid negotiations on technical and financial
fronts, Brought a business of $31.7Million to the company in the form of newly bagged projects.
Construction Stage Projects
• Planned and scheduled projects during construction stage (MS Projects)
• Coordinated and tracked project progress, identified and resolved issues related to project schedule,
subcontractors and instructions from client. Acted as a critical contact between the office and site teams.
• Reviewed contract clauses and suggested improvements thereby reducing probability of disputes with
clients.
Senior Engineer, 2009–2011
Pre-Construction Stage Projects
• Bid Study, Preparing Prebid Queries, attending meetings/site visits, quantity take off, vendor quotations.
• Developed best suitable construction methodologies for projects, performed rate analysis and direct cost
analysis, proposal writing, writing final rates.
• Coordinated with clients, vendors, subcontractors in pre-bid stage; project planning.
• Brought a business of $375Million to the company in the form of newly bagged projects; two most significant
being the Automotive Testing Track project, largest in Asia, worth $95M and Widening of 15.5 miles concrete
highway in Mumbai alongwith widening of flyovers/bridges, with project cost $255M.
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2008–2012
Colorado Springs, CO 80919
Ph: (719)749-6474
NISHA MATEKAR RAMPRASAD
CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATOR / SCHEDULER / COORDINATOR
nisha.matekar@gmail.com
Senior Engineer, 2009–2011 (Continued)
Construction Stage Projects
• Coordinated with vendors, client, site team and management, reviewed contract conditions and monitored
progress.
Engineer, 2008–2009
• Prepared bid synopsis, pre-bid queries, site visits, planned projects, quantity take off, worked on rate analysis
and vendor quotations, proposal writing, writing final rates.
• Coordinated with various teams to prepare bids.
• Brought a business of $18Million to the company in the form of newly bagged projects.
• Collaborated with JV partners, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Company needed significant Road Construction Project to deploy existing manpower and machinery. Studied
various scenarios for reducing overall cost and bagged the project.
AFCONS INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
Engineer, 2007–2008
2006–2008
• Responsible for Project Planning (Primavera P6, P3), preparation of the complete bid submission file, writing
final rates.
• Worked on rate analysis at preliminary level, quantity take off.
• Collaborated with multi-disciplinary teams to develop bids.
• Coordinated with clients and JV partners, subcontractors and vendors for infrastructure projects, such as
highways, bridges, and tunnels.
• Handled Middle East Projects (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Oman)
Management Trainee Engineer, 2006–2007
• Preliminary Bid Study, Bid Synopsis, Preparing Bid Documentation.
• Quantity Take off and technical submittals to clients.
• Responsible for ISO documentation of each project.
• Coordinated with Finance, Equipments, Procurement, Execution, MIS, and Designing Teams for bid
preparations.
EDUCATION
Master of Technology in Civil Engineering with specialization in Construction Management
Mumbai University, India – Classes attended: Constn Management and Organization, Project Appraisal, Planning &
Scheduling, Advanced Constn Techniques, Quantitative Methods for Constn Management, Legal Aspects of Constn,
Management of Constn Resources, Project Accounting & Finance Management, Statistics & Research Analysis, Final
year dissertation: Risk Quantification in Construction Projects.
Bachelor of Engineering in Construction (Equivalent to Bachelors in Civil Engineering in United States)
Mumbai University, India – Classes attended: Soil Mechanics, Structural & Concrete Designing, Fluid Mechanics,
Applied Hydraulics, Transportation Engg, Water & Sewage Engg, Irrigation Engg, Quantity Survey, Estimation and
Valuation, Constn Productivity, Final year project: Environmental Impact Assessment of Highways.
LANGUAGES SKILLS
• Fluent in English; Beginner-level in German.
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