Vandana Anoop

* Azizi Developments is a leading developer based in Dubai with an extensive portfolio of modern luxury residential and commercial properties across the Emirate's.

Contract Management Services as follows:

1. Adhere to organization’s Standard Operating Procedures and ensure compliance.

2. Liaise with Clients and members of engineering design team to understand project requirements.

3. Draft complete set of contract documents, invite for bidding, review and evaluate bids and award contracts for the various projects.

4. Ensure construction plans meet guidelines and specifications as defined in contract agreement.

5. Draft, review and respond to Contractual Correspondences in coordination with Project Managers and other stakeholder of the projects.

6. Evaluating and defending claims relating to Extension of Time, Disruption, Acceleration, abortive works raised by Master Developer.

7. Evaluating claims of the Sub Contractors and contractually protect organization from all risks associated with sub-contracting.

8. Support Commercial Department in evaluating sub-contractor’s variation.

9. Advise on complex contractual matters (including suspension and termination) by proposing best suitable solutions to avoid / mitigate / transfer risk and protect organization from such risks.

10. Negotiating and closing the final accounts of the supply chain and ensuring that all close-out deliverables are obtained from supply chain.

11. Formulating internal entities contracts to comply with legal and insurance requirements and guiding project teams to formulate the insurance claims in coordination with supply chain, liaising with the insurance / loss adjuster to get the claims approved.

12. Establish, manage, and enforce document management process to control and monitor all correspondence, claims, counter claims, settlement agreements etc. on central server.

13. Conduct bi-weekly meetings / workshops with Contracts Manager to track the status of pending tasks.

14. Co-ordinate insurance claims.

*ProUltimus is a Consultancy providing Expert services on Project Control, Claims Management – Delay Claims & Quantum Claims.

1. Associated with ProUltimus as a Contracts & Project Planning Expert, handing EoT & other quantum Claims, Dispute & Arbitration matters in India and Oman.

2. Preparation of EoT Claim documents, identifying delay events, carrying out delay analysis using the accepted delay analysis methodologies like Impacted As Planned (IAP) and Time Impact Analysis (TIA), preparing Claim narratives.

3. Preparation of claims related to Quantum viz. claims related to variations (additional quantities, changed methodologies, change orders), escalation, prolongation costs, disruption costs etc.

4. To review and analyse the Contractors’ schedules within the project contractual requirements and provide recommendations as necessary.

5. Monitoring & controlling of Contractor’s programs with respect to the scheduled baseline and conduct variance analysis to establish variances between project performance and project baseline.

6. Conduct reviews of contractor’s project baseline schedule, recovery schedule, progress measurement system, project control procedures, reporting system, resource deployment plan and histograms, etc., and advise based on compliance in-line with the Client requirements.

7. Review / prepare the submitted Monthly Progress Reports and update the KPI, VOWD reports.

(Working with NJS Consultants’ lawyers on NJS Liquidation / Arbitration process)

1. Preparation of claim documents related to Extension of Time, Prolongation costs, Disruption claims and other claims relating to variations etc.

2. Preparation of documents for Dispute Resolution Process & Arbitrations.

3. Working on Arbitration documents for my Employer, NJS Consultants Oman LLC.

*Masin is a Consultancy providing Project Claims Management and Expert Testimony services with offices in India, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Singapore, and Saudi Arabia.

As Principal Consultant (Contracts & Claims), responsibilities included:

1. Preparation of EoT Claim documents, identifying delay events, carrying out delay analysis using the accepted delay analysis methodologies like Impacted As Planned (IAP) and Time Impact Analysis (TIA), preparing Claim narratives and arriving at the EoT duration.

2. Preparation of claims related to Quantum viz. claims related to variations (additional quantities, changed methodologies, change orders), escalation, prolongation costs, disruption costs etc.

*NJS Consultants is a world leader in the field of environmental engineering and consulting services.

AL AMERAT WASTEWATER PROJECT: Contract Administrator - Project Management Team for 6 packages (Networks / STP) – For Haya Water, Oman.

1. Approved by Haya Water as Contracts Administrator for 6 Contracts of Al Amerat Wastewater Project.

2. Ensuring contracts are executed as per the Contractual Conditions - Haya Standard Conditions of Contract / IChemE.

3. Reviewing baseline schedules submitted by the Contractors and accepting them if they are in line with the Contractual requirements and in accordance with standard planning principles.

4. Monitoring & controlling of Contractor’s programs with respect to the scheduled baseline and conduct variance analysis to establish variances between project performance and project baseline.

5. Evaluating Monthly Progress Reports, planned Vs Actual progress and costs with the baseline parameters.

6. Reviewing / commenting on Weekly / monthly forecasts submitted by Contractors.

7. Evaluating Variations / Claims raised by Contractors - Forwarding recommendations to Employer. Analyzed requests for Extension of Time.

8. Prepare some other internal report such as Weekly Highlights Report, Risk Management Report and Lesson Learned etc.

9. Develop and update the planning related procedure, processes, and templates.

10. Carry out risk management - Risk identification, assessment, and control of risks throughout the project life cycle and review the Risk registers

11. Monitor & Track the Contractor’s long lead items to avoid any delay in the projects

12. Review & analyse the EOT Claim and other cost claims submitted by the Contractor & Engineer’s Determination and provide final recommendation report to the management.

13. Part of tender evaluation and award team.

14. Responsible for compiling all documentation for Contract Amendments/ Variations and Change orders jointly with the Quantity Surveyors.

15. Attending all Contractor / Client meetings.

16. Advising Client on matters related to delays and deviations from Contractual conditions.

17. Provide support to the site team, project manager, QS and junior planners on all Contracts & planning related matters.

*Larsen & Toubro (Oman) LLC, is an extended arm of Larsen & Toubro (India) Ltd, India’s largest engineering conglomerate, with a US $ 11.7 bn turnover.

1. Project Planning for 2 projects in Roads & Bridges sector (Wadi Kabir -Darsait Flyovers & Road Improvement and Azaiba Interchange Project for Muscat Municipality).

2. Preparation of Schedules, monthly updates, monthly progress reports for the project.

3. Material procurement for items like Ready Mix Concrete, Road Base material, Asphalt, Bridge bearings among others. Subcontractor finalization and award for various subcontract works.

4. Involved in Budget preparation, job cost monitoring and cost reporting for 2 projects.

*Tube Lines had a 30 year Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract with London Underground for the maintenance and upgrade of all the infrastructure on the Jubilee, Northern line and Piccadilly line with a turnover of £900 Mn (US $ 1.5 bn).

1. Member of Contracts & Procurement Team delivering Contract Administration and / or procurement services over the whole asset lifecycle.

2. Procurement & Subcontracting based on company policy, including identifying suppliers and maintaining sound business relations.

3. Administration & monitoring of contracts – Correspondence, review performance through site visits, manage disputes, extra claims etc. up to the effective and efficient close-out of the contract.

4. Key Achievement: Was selected for this position from more than 10,000 applicants through a vigorous selection process.

*Larsen & Toubro (Oman) LLC, is an extended arm of Larsen & Toubro (India) Ltd, India’s largest engineering conglomerate, with a US $ 11.7 bn turnover.

1. Part of team involved in the bidding of the Muscat & Salalah International Airports (US $ 3 billion).

2. Key responsibility for the entire bidding of projects, notable amongst them being Duqm Port & Drydock and House of Musical Arts, Muscat.

3. Obtained subcontractor and vendor prices for cost preparation.

4. Prepare risk analysis for bids and providing support to design teams.

5. Key Achievement: Single handedly created a large vendor data base for Airports related items..

*Tecton is an Engineering & Contracting firm specialising in Power & Water sector, based in Ajman, UAE with offices in Africa, South-East Asia

• Estimation for desalination plants and water supply networks.

• Obtaining quotes, preparing comparative statements.

*Hindustan Construction Company Ltd, is India Leading Infrastructure Contracting Company with annual turnover of Rs. 1500 crores (US $ 320 Mn).

Contracts Administration of the following 2 projects:

1. Dhauliganga Hydroelectric Project, 280 MW (4 x 70 MW), Uttaranchal, India.

2. Bandra Influent & Effluent Sewage Disposal Project, Mumbai, India

• Have onsite & hands on experience of Contracts & Claims Management of Construction Projects (FIDIC based).

• Key Achievements: Have successfully obtained Extension of Time with Extended Stay Costs claims, insurance claims, variations, extra work etc.

• Was instrumental in suggesting and assisted in obtaining pending payments in two long pending disputes, by referring them to the Dispute Resolution Board and Arbitration.

*Simplex Infrastructures Ltd. is a diversified company established in 1924 and executing projects in several sectors like Transport, Energy & Power, Mining, Buildings, Marine, Real Estate etc. in India.

As part of NICMAR internship, assisted Area Manager as Planner for 5 bridge projects and was at site as planning engineer for a bridge rehabilitation project in South Mumbai.