Project Controls, Construction Management, Contract Management

 

SREE LAKSHMI BURAVALLI (“SREE”)

Houston, TX

Direct: 832 795 9899

Email: sreelu_12@yahoo.com

 

SUMMARY

 

·         More than 6.5 years of experience in Project Controls, Project Management and Planning in the Engineering, Marine and Construction Industry.

·         Proficiency in Primavera versions P3/P6, Sage CRM’s Timberline 9.6.0 and MS Project.

·         6.5 years of experience in Scheduling, Costing and Estimating.

·         Experience with work-breakdown-structure (WBS) development, Critical Path Method (CPM) schedule development and maintenance and schedule analysis.

·         Ability to work as a team member, contributing to the overall program development by participating in group discussions in areas of expertise as well as a self-starter who is able to work with minimal direction or supervision.

 

EDUCATION

 

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TN                                           Aug 2006 – Dec 2007

Masters of Civil Engineering (Construction Management)

             

SV UNIVERSITY, TIRUPATI, AP, INDIA                                                      Nov 2001- May 2005

Bachelors of Engineering (Civil Engineering)

                                             

SOFTWARE SKILLS: MS (Word, Excel, Project), Prolog, Primavera (P3/P6), Timberline (9.6.0)

 

EXPERIENCE IN DETAIL

 

Gulf Copper Energy Services, TX                                                                         Feb 2013- Current

Scheduler

·         Assist with project planning and establish schedules

·         Maintain schedules; assure schedules support overall construction deadline.

·         Conducted plan reviews and site visits to assess/confirm program progress.

·         Built schedules based on man-hour estimates.

 

Projects participated in:

1.      Heerema Marine Contractors

2.      Chevron TBT

3.      Axon

4.      GE Hydril Stacks

5.      Byford Dolphin Stack

 

NC Sturgeon LP, Odessa, TX                                                                    May 2009- Jan 2013

Asst Project Manager/Scheduler/Project Engineer

·         Assist with project planning; establish schedules, coordinate job set-up, coordinate utilities and obtain building permits.

·         Set up and maintain logs for contracts, applications for payments, equipment and material deliveries, RFIs, change orders, submittals and shop drawings.

·         Responsible for quality control review and documentation, including verifying that all completed work complies with applicable codes, drawings and specifications.

·         Prepare and disseminate all required documentation records.

·         Interpret design/drawings for crafts installing material; review and coordinate subcontractor submittals and RFIs.

·         Provide technical support for construction effort including participation in construction planning and design; interpretation of design and application of construction methods.

·         Represent company, project and/or department during A/E, client and project management meetings.

·         Coordinated the preparation and issuance of schedules, cost and schedule reports, problem analysis reports, variance reports, and milestone reports.

·         Performed concrete and steel take-off’s using Timberline 9.6.0

·         Conducted plan reviews and site visits to assess/confirm program progress.

·         Contract administration includes preparing and reviewing all agreements of jobs personally closed to ensure that the scope of work bid matches terms and conditions of the contract.

·         Coordination and management of project set up and start up, pre-job conferences, job site meetings, submittals and all project management activities.

 

Projects participated in:

 

1.      ENERGY: (CAB Expansion, Travel Path, CRDB, TSB) at LES and Cudd Energy

2.      HEALTHCARE: Midland Women’s clinic, Doctors’ offices for Gundlapalli, Ganta, P.J.Patel.

3.      RELIGIOUS: Our Lady of San Juan, St. Stephen’s, Holy Redeemer

4.      COMMERCIAL: Big Brothers Big Sisters, City Pipe, Western National Bank, Village Farms, Waukesha Pearce Industries

 

Gayatri Construction and Infratech Pvt Ltd, India                                                     

April 2008- October 2008 and June 2005- December 2005

Project Engineer 

·         Performed all cost engineering, planning, scheduling, and document control activities for designated projects.

·         Assisted in the selection and implementation of the cost management system to be used on the project.

·         Participated in the Preparation of various cost reports, such as percent complete, productivity analysis, man-hour summaries, and progress reports.

·         Participated in the review of cost estimates and change order estimates from contractors to ascertain reasonableness.

·         Coordinated the preparation and issue of master schedules, problem analysis reports, pre-op schedules and milestones, etc. Primavera P3 was used extensively.

·         Developed Project Schedules by reviewing plans and specs, discussions with designers and Construction Managers detailing all work to be accomplished.

 

Turner Universal, Nashville, USA                                                             Jan 2007- June 2007

Project Intern

·         Core responsibilities included setting up schedules and calling subcontractors for specific bids sent out by Turner for VMC and other newer projects.

·         Prolog was used extensively for project management

·         Extensive interactions, discussions and meetings with the site superintendent, project supervisors and managers to access the overall picture of construction progress.

 

Projects participated in: Extension to Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville

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