Procost Consultants Inc.

Procost Consultants Inc. provides Project Cost control services to Consultants, Developers, General Contractors as well as to Banks (mortgage monitoring). Vast experience in all building types both at national and international levels including coaching estimators how to increase their proficiency in estimating with precision and speed.
Total project cost management from inception to commissioning. Budgeting at conceptual stage and early cost advice. Construction contract management

Preparation of bid packages, bid analysis, contract preparation, contract negotiation and follow-up during construction working closely with consultants hired by financial institutions in terms of budget checking and monthly disbursements to Contractors Evaluation and negotiation of change orders.

Preparation of budgets (cost plans) from concept drawings, cost monitoring and advice, Value Engineering and close cost checking throughout the evolution of design process, and offering alternatives to optimise costs.
Monthly reporting about work progress including valuation of variations and forecasting costs to complete and preparation of final accounts. Site visits to evaluate work progress and reporting to Owner and / or financial institutions. If so mandated, Contract negotiation with General Contractors and Subtrades and advising professionals accordingly.

Developed an Excel based software for Elemental Cost estimating during design period for more efficient cost advice todesigners and a rapid response to and estimate of the evolving project cost during the design period. This estimate can be converted with reasonable ease to trade format towards the end of the pre-contract phase for bidding purposes.
• The versality of this software allows for estimating in any formats required by the clients such as by location, by function etc..
Wrote an innovative International Management Fee Contract based on FIDIC to allow for fast-track approach to international contracts.
Appointed as one of the three panel members of an Arbitration tribunal, by the Québec Ministry Of Health, Canada
Appointed as expert witness in a Mediation case in Toronto, while employed by Construction Consultancy Services, for the roof replacement cost (worth $15.0m) of Terminal T3 of the Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Canada.

As Project Director
• Managing projects in Ottawa and Moscow
• In Ottawa refurbishment work to a 22 storey high, 4 basement level parking and 422 apartment complex close to downtown included getting involved in obtaining the re-development certificate from the City of Ottawa.
• in Moscow new commercial projects totalling (US S145.0 m) which entailednegotiation of own written international Management Fee Contract, as approved by the EBRD in London , UK, with international contractors from Poland, Danemark and Ireland.

SOFTWARE SKILL
Skilled in the use of the following softwares:
Timberline
Excel & Word
Take off programs like OST (On Screen Take-off), Digitizer take-off from Sage Timberline
Microsoft Project
Microsoft Access database and Goldfax for sending tender invitation to prospective bidders
Multi-media programs like Roxio, Corel-Pro for editing pictures, music and videos.