Assistant Quantity Surveyor @ I am currently working on the Highways Maintenance Contract for Bedford Councils (local government) South Bedfordshire, Mid Bedfordshire & Bedford Borough. I am to assist in the measurement & valuation of the works to deliver contractual entitlement. To support the necessary activities to provide accurate cost capture, eg) Measuring labour time, Vehicle & plant, Potholes, Patches, Traffic Management, Emergency call outs etc.. I also have to ensure all data captured is fed back into the business to inform future bids & to assist the Commercial team in carrying out their normal commercial and contractual duties, assisting the operational management team as required, and ensuring maximum recovery of all contractual entitlement. I work within strict deadlines required under contract(s) as required by the company, support in preparing data to populate various commercial reports. To support the commercial team in exercising full cost control of project(s) in conjunction with the Commercial manager as directed. Assist in producing monthly and weekly cost and value data to support the Commercial team in production of forecasts to completion of projects. Assist in the collation of data/facts with respect of all variations (changes) to the works in conjunction with other project team members. Ensure that all contemporary records are kept by the project team members for use in supporting claims, extensions of time, and the evaluation of variations. Support the Commercial team in all aspects of subcontract procurement & payment. Assist the Commercial team in submitting in a timely manner applications for payment, Change requests and any additional contractual requirements. At present I am training to estimate for VXO works and to completely take over all works that come through the OCR that range below the £50k threshold to release the main QS so he can concentrate on larger Schemes & works in excess of the £50k threshold. Programs used: Citrix Insight, Sap, & ThreeX From August 2014 to Present (1 year 4 months) Assistant Quantity Surveyor @ To support managers in processing contract information gathered by Contracts Managers and Supervisors. I was learning the tendering documentation and process and to price BOQ (Bills of quantities). I was Processing & documenting invoices & ensuring we were not being overcharged by suppliers and then submitting credit notes to claim the overcharged money back. I would also be calling QS teams for Main Contractors chasing payments for work by phone or email. I was in charge of gaining all information for New Sub-contractors to create personnel files for each member of staff. I had to check, organise, separate, and print drawings from clients distributing to Contracts Manager/Supervisors. General duties: Data entry/filing documents, Meeting preparation, Input Materials & Wages data onto master valuations for each specific project. Visit sites for progress checks when required. Analysis of data/information. Draft letters/emails to clients and suppliers. Copying drawings sent/emailed in from main contractors/clients so to be sure that the originals get sent back to the client in perfect condition. I would visibly scan each scaled Drawings for products highlighting the things needed that were in clients specification, such as rockwool, crown, celotex insulation or blockwork type such as celcon solar or thermalite etc. Highlight drawings to mark out new masonry, studwork, drainage, new openings etc. I then take off measurements from the drawings & manually calculate costs & enter on cost systems. once all information has been taken off and has been inputted, I would find product codes on a system called wintegrate & correct the products to the spec accordingly for example finding specific codes for floor, roof and cavity insulation. We price as many products as possible listed on the specification and plans. We couldnt price for any steel beams but then include Limitations, Exclusions and Scope of works at the end of the quotation. System used Citrix Stripe, 4Projects. From February 2014 to July 2014 (6 months) Northampton, United KingdomSenior Document Controller @ Producing CAD drawings for site making revisions to existing working drawings having to be in constant contact with the architects for updates. Collecting post from existing main reception, date stamping all mail, distributing mail to whom it may concern (Q.S, project management team etc..), Filing all documents appropriately, maintaining a current list of up-to-date drawings in a file for easy access to on site team, filing drawings and providing copies to on site team as required. Answering all calls to site and transferring calls within switchboard system, taking messages and emails and distributing accordingly, providing refreshments within meetings, organizing progress meetings, typing dictated letters, writing letters in general, processing orders to and from site, and ordering and organizing stationary as required.Project: New Build Reception and car-parking area with additional re-furbish to existing reception area. Duties Included: Date stamping all mail, distributing mail to whom it may concern (Q.S, project management team etc..), Filing all documents appropriately, maintaining a current list of up-to-date drawings in a file for easy access to on site team, filing drawings and providing copies to on site team as required. Answering all calls to site and transferring calls within switchboard system, taking messages and emails and distributing accordingly, providing refreshments within meetings, organizing progress meetings, typing dictated letters, writing letters in general, processing orders to and from site, and ordering and organizing stationary as required. Helping Health & Safety inductions From October 2009 to July 2012 (2 years 10 months) Contract Document Controller @ Producing and checking CAD drawings on site making revisions to existing working drawings having to be in constant contact with the architects for updates. Checking post, date stamping all mail, distributing mail to whom it may concern (Q.S, project management team etc..), Filing all documents appropriately, maintaining a current list of up-to-date drawings in a file for easy access to on site team, filing drawings and providing copies to on site team as required. Answering all calls to site, taking messages and emails and distributing accordingly, General Administration, processing orders to and from site and helping out with Health & Safety instructions. Projects: Refurbing DOHA airport, Shopping mall in Bahrain, Small Shopping district in Muscat, Various sized Warehouse units in Saudi Arabia, & A large shopping complex in Hong Kong (Kowloon Bay) From September 2006 to September 2009 (3 years 1 month) Technical AutoCAD Clerk @ Site visits Liaising with clients and contractors within the industry over the phone and meeting in person. Surveying sites and Drawing of sketched survey floor plans domestic and commercial projects. Space planning was important and making amendments to working drawings and planning permission applications. Filing, printing and copying drawings was a must! Production meetings with companies to discuss what deals and materials they can offer and have previously offered the company such as floor, ceiling tiles, doors, windows etc.. Minimal constructional detail for windows and doors with manufacturer’s information. Whilst in this employment I was Drawing, organising and designing all shop unitry for large retail chains e.g., Harrods, H Samuels, Ernest Jones and Leslie Davis for shop re-fit. I also had to compile orders and input part-numbers on invoices for parts to fix the unitry together for the shop fitters/carpenters & CNC millers on the shop floor. I was promoted and moved internally to Signet Group continuing to converse with the same clients of Harrods and other main large retail chain stores in search of what specifications and requirements needed for their shop-fit. Drawing and design of all H Samuels, Ernest Jones and Leslie Davis Retail Stores. Interior and exterior including signage, branding and design of the actual products itself all of which I had influence over. Space planning, feasibility drawings and amendment to working drawings. Learning of Building Regulations and DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) info was a must! Disability access and feasibility circulation around the stores is very important! Packages used Auto CAD 2004 From February 2003 to August 2006 (3 years 7 months) Birmingham, United KingdomArchitectural Technician @ Answering all calls, talking to clients in person as well as over the phone, attending minute meetings and lunch’s, opportunity to design extensions to Domestic & Commercial property, Car Parks & Re-Furbs. I had surveying training for proposed developments, land surveys and drainage layouts. Drawing up sketched surveyed floor plans to scaled drawings. Building amendments for Hospitals, Police Stations, Court houses. General admin duties keeping all databases up-to-date as to job description number according to the project, making sure all info is in correct place so the information links to drawings when poly-lining and linking. Packages used Auto CAD 2000, Auto CAD LT, Auto CAD 2000i, and Turbo CAD From January 2001 to January 2003 (2 years 1 month)

RICS Higher Certificate in Quantity Surveying, RICS Quantity Surveying, Not Yet Completed @ RICS – Long Distance Learning From 2015 to 2016 RICS Foundation Certificate in Quantity Surveying, RICS Quantity Surveying, Not yet Completed (Nov 2015) @ RICS – Long Distance Learning From 2015 to 2015 College, City & guilds in AutoCAD, City & Guilds @ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE NORTHAMPTON (UCN) From 2002 to 2003 College, BTEC National Diploma in Construction, BTEC @ Moulton College From 2000 to 2002 High School, GCSE @ Huxlow Science College From 1996 to 2000 Abigayle Bartaby is skilled in: Contract Management, Commercial Management, Construction, Procurement, Cost Management, Refurbishments, Value Engineering, Subcontracting, Contract Negotiation, Surveying, Cost Control