Procost Consultants Inc.
Les Consultants Procost Inc.
34 years in cost management for Cost Consultants, Developers & General Contractors in multi-million dollar
national and International projects covering Civil and Building construction of all types (Commercial,
Institutional, Hospitals, Laboratories, Industrial and large scale Residential projects).
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.
Consultant firms
I'Preparation of budgets from concept drawings and cost checking and reporting 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
General Contractors
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Preparation of Tenders; budgeting and cost-control of multi million dollar projects during design stage; providing cost advice to professionals to stay on budget course and converting elemental format of estimates to trade divisions for construction.
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Preparation of concept budgets at early stage
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Involved in competitive bidding, PPP, design build and management contracts
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Budget preparation for Civil Works - Railway line in Saguenay, Highway 30 structures,
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Turcot Exchange - $4.0 billion –Budgeting Structures –Tunnels, Overpasses, Retaining walls in concrete and mechanically reinforced earthworks (MSE)
Developers as Project Coordinator and Project Director
As project coordinator:
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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.
As Project Director
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Managing projects in Ottawa and Moscow
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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.
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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.
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS & INVOLMENTS
1.0 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 canbe converted with reasonable ease to trade format towards the end of the pre-contract period for bidding purposes.
2.0 The versality of this software allows for estimating in any formats required by the clients such as by location, by functionetc..
3.0 Wrote an innovative International Management Fee Contract based on FIDIC to allow for fast-track approach tointernational contracts.
4.0 Appointed as one of the three panel members of an Arbitration tribunal, by the Québec Ministry Of Health, Canada
5.0 Appointed as expert witness in a Mediation case in Toronto, while employed by Construction Consultancy Services, forthe roof replacement cost (worth $15.0m) of Terminal T3 of the Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Canada.