Soham Zodpey
Los Angeles
Summary
Experienced construction professional with over 7 years of experience in construction industry. Experienced in Cost management, GMP establishment, Contract negotiation, Client relations, Earned Value Management and committed to providing outstanding client service and support.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Project Manager
Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company
03.2022 - Current
- Working on the façade team to manage design build trades such as Fiber Reinforced Plastic, Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Exterior Glazing, Louvers and Sheet-metal Flashing, Metal Panels and Waterproofing.
- Organize weekly meetings with subcontractors to check on procurement status, outstanding coordination items and cost updates.
- Effectively communicated client’s additional needs to subcontractors, providing cost-effective and timely solutions.
- Mentor and delegate tasks to Project Engineers/Sr Project Engineers in relation Procore management, BIM deliverables, and design/build coordination.
- Maintain budget tracking log including line item estimates, allowances, estimated future costs (EFC), buyout savings, remaining contingency on the project and update ownership on a weekly basis.
- Review and negotiate change orders and potential claims with trade partners and ownership, ensuring alignment with project objectives.
- Review subcontractor invoices, monthly billing and schedule of values (SOV) against current progress and projected work, ensuring accuracy.
- Attend OAC and update ownership on status of façade trades.
Senior Project Engineer
Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company
01.2021 - 03.2022
- Managed MEPF, drywall, finishes, site hardscape, landscape and site paving trades
- Assisted in trade buyout, negotiating and awarding subcontracts to trades and finalize GMP
- Analyzed Project estimate and cost summary reports and revenue projections. Analyzed labor loading on the job
- Review, negotiate and process subcontractor change orders
- Reviewed monthly owner billing with superintendent, subcontractor pay applications and vendor invoices
- Trained new Project engineers on the BIM processes and technological advancements within the company
- Prepared agendas for Owner-Architect-Contractor (OAC) meetings, actively participated in discussions, and distributed comprehensive meeting minutes to stakeholders
- Led project closeout which included punchlist, city requirements and commissioning.
Project Engineer/BIM Engineer
Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company
07.2019 - 12.2020
- Coordinated with estimators, design team, bidders, issue notice to bidders (NTB), lead bid evaluations and review contractor proposals to establish project budget.
- Formulated a project specific BIM execution plan for trade partners, A/E and the owner.
- Developed and updated BIM schedule for trade partners and set up deadlines for model update.
- Integrated multiple (MEPF, structural & Drywall) BIM Models in Navisworks and perform clash detection, create and maintain search sets.
- Led BIM Coordination meetings with MEPF, steel and drywall trades involving subcontractors, owner's representative and design team.
- Initiated RFI’s (Request for Information) as well as review subcontractor RFI’s prior to transmitting to the design team.
- Reviewed subcontractor submittals (Product data, Shop Drawings, samples, As-builts etc.) and forward submittals to design team and track submittal responsiveness.
- Performed a coordinated shop drawing review of MEP, kitchen equipment and millwork trades to ensure systems fit within each other.
- Maintained critical logs, including submittals, permits, change orders, and procurement logs, ensuring meticulous record-keeping.
- Coordinated between trades and ensuring field team is receiving the correct information to build to.
- Conducted field verification of existing conditions prior to MEPF equipment installation.
- Attended weekly subcontractor and Owner-Architect-Contractor (OAC) meetings and distributed meeting minutes.
- Assisted in project closeout, fire life safety and commissioning of MEP systems.
Field Engineer Intern
Hayward Baker
05.2018 - 12.2018
- Supervised construction of ground modification projects including tasks pertaining to QA/QC, site layout, load testing, project tracking, and preparation of daily production reports.
- Assisted project manager in reviewing specifications and shop drawings, proposal preparation, reviewing submittals and QA/QC requirements.
- Performed field survey using Robotic Total Station and transfer data back and forth to the CAD drawings/3D models.
- Coordinated with the site contractor and superintendent of general contractor to review all work as it has been executed within the required specifications and shop drawings drawings.
- Maintain As-Built drawings, resolve punch list issues on site and assist in project closeout.
Project Engineer
L&T Construction
07.2016 - 07.2016
- Perform project estimates from conceptual design through final construction document level design.
- Research prices on material and labor using published documents, local conditions, market studies etc.
- Manage reconciliations with contractors and/or peer review estimators.
- Prepared Budget, Subcontracts, Potential Change Items and Subcontract Change Orders on CMiC.
- Updated project schedule in conjunction with the superintendent.
- Planning and Coordination of the project by preparing and tracking RFIs and Submittals.
Education
MBA - Strategic Management
University of The Cumberlands
Online05.2024
Master of Science - Construction Engineering And Management
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia05.2019
Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
Mumbai University
Mumbai 06.2016
Skills
- Project Planning and Monitoring
- Scope Management
- Client Relations
- Risk Management
- Cost Control
- Earned value analysis
- Procore
- Bluebeam
- Building Connected
- Primavera
- MS Project
- Revit
- Navisworks
- Rhinoceros Synchro
- Net Point
- OpenSpace
- BIM 360
- MS Office
Projects
4D Modeling, USPS Warehouse (Affiliated with Virginia Tech)
- Developed schedule for the warehouse project in Primavera P6 and exported it into Synchro for 4D modeling.
- Integrated schedule with 3D model (from Navisworks) in Synchro and assigned 3D objects to schedule tasks.
- Created a two minute growth simulation video of warehouse construction and presented it in class.
BIM Modeling, Bishop Favrao Hall Building, Virginia Tech (Affiliated with Virginia Tech)
- Successfully Modeled architectural and structural components of four story educational building using Revit 2018 and performed quantity take-off
- Perform clash detection using Navisworks
References
- Anthony Smith, MEP Coordinator, Hathaway Dinwiddie
- Dhaval Panchal, Project Manager, DTP Builders
- Saumitra Shivnekar, Project Engineer, Keller (previously Hayward Baker)
Certification
OSHA 10
Timeline
Assistant Project Manager
Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company
03.2022 - Current
Senior Project Engineer
Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company
01.2021 - 03.2022
Project Engineer/BIM Engineer
Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company
07.2019 - 12.2020
Field Engineer Intern
Hayward Baker
05.2018 - 12.2018
Project Engineer
L&T Construction
07.2016 - 07.2016
MBA - Strategic Management
University of The Cumberlands
Master of Science - Construction Engineering And Management
Virginia Tech
Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
Mumbai University
OSHA 10
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