Ali Burak AYTEMİZ
Beysukent
Summary
Results-driven Project Services Consultant with extensive expertise in planning, reporting, and cost control, specializing in delay analysis and forensic scheduling for local and multinational projects. Proficient in contract and claim management, particularly with FIDIC-type contracts, ensuring timely project delivery within budget. Skilled in financial evaluation through cash flow studies and earned value analysis (EVA), with a strong focus on developing norms and time writing applications. Recognized for exceptional communication and leadership abilities, fostering collaboration and adaptability to meet evolving project needs while consistently achieving strategic goals across diverse stakeholder groups.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Project Services Consultant
EXACONS A.Ş.
İstanbul (Remote)
08.2022 - Current
- Supervision & upgrade of Project Services to enable the flow of information for all departments including high management reports.
- Responsibilities:
- 1) Review current Project Services of the Company and improved the standards of this service with in-house training and enhancing the technical and organizational aspects as desired by the executive board.
Freelance Consultant - Delay analyst
Consultancy in Project Services
Ankara
05.2018 - 07.2022
- Responsibilities:
- 1) Review of documents like schedules, drawings, reports, correspondences, financial data, to identify details and metrics to be used in expert reports and develop all relevant information related to legal disputes in large scale construction projects.
- 2) Review and analyze large data sets with multiple analytical tools and methods to detect anomalies and/or trends which might be the reason of schedule and cost overruns.
- 3) Perform delay analysis of EOT & disruption claims by utilizing commonly used delay analysis methods to calculate schedule delays and cost overruns.
- 4) Assistance in drafting expert reports by converting technical data into narrative format for easy and quick understanding of the appropriate court.
- 5) Perform financial analysis to identify loss of profits due to schedule delays and cost overruns.
- 6) Assistance to experts and executives to determine the best-case strategy to reach a desired legal decision.
- 7) Provision of “Tracking Projects with Primavera P6 EPPM” online course to nearly 600 white collar staff of ASELSAN.
Senior Consultant – Delay analyst
HKA Consultancy – Claims & Dispute Resolution
İstanbul (Remote)
12.2017 - 04.2018
- Perform Delay analysis in various claims
- Responsibilities:
- 1) Support and control of delay analysis of different claim commissions.
- 2) Support for the decision of suitable impact analysis to demonstrate the delay to the project.
Senior Consultant / Delay Analyst in Ankara Office
HILL International – Construction Claims & Consulting Group
Ankara
04.2015 - 11.2016
- Proudly being a part of HILL, as the Global Leader of Claim Consultancy, leading Claim Commission Teams as the Commission Manager to generate and present Claim Reports with legal support, delay analysis and related cost. Among them, considerable efforts have been spent for the Extension of Time and Prolongation Cost Claim Report of Construction and Upgrade of Rayyan Road Project in Qatar undertaken by Dogus İnşaat ve Ticaret A.Ş. Qatar Branch with the budget of 1 billion dollar.
- Responsibilities:
- 1) Responsible from overall Claim Report. Perform factual analysis – investigation, collation, collect
- 2) Delay analysis of EOT & disruption claims by utilizing commonly used delay analysis techniques like As Planned vs. As Built, Time Impact, Impacted As Planned, Collapsed As Built/As Built but for, Windows/Time Slice.
- 3) Loss of productivity analysis by comparing either achieved productivity with planned/anticipated productivity or by using measured mile analysis.
- 4) Report and analyze disruption factors by identifying the affects to each and every activity as loss of productivity results.
Planning Team Lead
British Petroleum (BP)
Baku, Shah Deniz II Onshore Terminal
07.2014 - 11.2014
- Leading planning team for reporting, scheduling and control of Contractor’s progress measurement system including productivity analysis and reporting to project services lead at site. Marine Terminal Construction project which is a reimbursable contract includes Green and Brown field facilities, onshore pipeline from landfall to Terminal, Access Road and Temporary facilities with a contract value of 1 billion USD.
- Responsibilities:
- 1) Responsible for the Contract overall (EPC) Planning, Scheduling and reporting. Also ensuring the coordination of contractor’s schedule, with Engineering and Procurement schedule especially for long lead items which are under the responsibility of BP.
- 2) Planning – Overall review and control of Contractor’s EPC schedule, providing inputs for the Master Schedule of BP for Shah Deniz 2 project.
- 3) Reporting – Review of control of Contractor’s weekly and monthly reports. Reporting the progress to higher organization of BP (GPO).
- 4) Making progress measurement audits to verify the contractor’s system for data collection, method of calculation for progress measurement and productivity. Investigate and report productivity of the major works like excavation, concrete, steel structure fabrication and erection and pilling works.
Managing Consultant / Delay Analyst in Ankara Office
Hill International
Ankara
11.2013 - 07.2014
- Being a part of Hill International as World Leader Claim Consultant, 7 different Claim Commissions and Claims Reports are completed together with Quantum Analysts in 8 months’ time. Most of the Contractors’ Claims were related with large scale Oil/Gas projects in Turkey & GCC region among which the Clients can be counted as, SKEC, Punj Lloyd, Verwater and GAMA Power.
- Responsibilities:
- 1) Responsible from the delay analysis of EOT & disruption claims by utilizing commonly used delay analysis techniques like As Planned vs. As Built, Time Impact, Impacted As Planned, Collapsed As Built/As Built but for, Windows/Time Slice.
- 2) Loss of productivity analysis by comparing either achieved productivities with planned/anticipated productivities or by using measured mile analysis.
- 3) Report and analyze disruption factors by identifying the affects to each and every activity as loss of productivity results.
Lead Cost Engineer / NDIP Team Leader / Project Controls and Contracts Manager in Headquarters
Attila Dogan Construction & Installation Co. Inc.
Muscat, Oman
11.2010 - 07.2013
- In addition to the position in Headquarters, spending half of the month in Oman and acting as Lead Cost Engineer and Norm Development and Implementation Project (NDIP) Team Leader for a prestigious project in Oman. The project is a service contract in upstream called as Off Plot Delivery Contract (ODC-North). The Client is Petroleum Development of Oman (PDO). The contract includes the construction of flow lines, preparation of well pads for rig operation, erection of overhead lines and construction of access roads for well pads. It is a unit priced, long terms contract (10 years) with almost 2500-unit rates together with composite and star rates. The total budget for the workload of 10 years was over 1 Billion USD.
- Responsibilities:
- 1) Responsible for the Contract overall Planning, Scheduling, Cost Estimate, Invoicing and Cost Control Process of the Company. In that sense, leading a group of 30 professionals composing of Planning Engineers, Cost Engineers, Quantity Surveyors and Cost Estimators located in 5 different sites and Coastal office in Muscat. Reporting directly to Project Manager. At the same time reporting to Governance Board for overall Project Control issues.
- 2) Planning – Overall review and control of all EPC schedules of Purchase orders (PO’s) prepared by Lead Planning Engineer. Prepare Level 1 Overall Schedule and Progress Report for executive management level.
- 3) Control of Contract resource planning for different locations and ensure coordination of Logistics, HR department and Site Management to initiate mobilization and demob. of resources.
- 4) Ensure coordination of Planning, Cost control team and Accounting department for succesfull overall budget planning.
- 5) Perform Liability Analysis to identify the reasons of delay with window schedule analysis.
- 6) Control of cost estimates for each job order to ensure the estimates are done with the right rates and correct quantities.
- 7) Preparation of Quarterly Cash Flow and Cost Estimates.
- 8) As the leader of NDIP, prepare project execution plan, procedures and design the process for the development of norms for each unit priced jobs for Norms development and Implementation Project (NDIP)
- 9) System design to gather the required data for timewriting from all sites and provide information for software development.
- 10) Control and monitor of timewriting system as an input to NDIP. Intervene to prevent unlogical results to ensure reasonable performance analysis.
- 11) Ensure coordination with Client to execute NDIP as a common effort of 4 different contractors.
- 12) Manage Change Control Process with the information gathered from all sites.
- 13) Formulating Claims with back up documentations, time and cost impacts, according to main contract by utilizing the feedback of site staff. Providing contractual support to Project Management Teams.
- 14) Contract & Claim Management for Subcontractors and Vendors.
Project Controls & Contracts Manager (Headquarter)
Attila Doğan Construction and Installation Co. Inc
07.2009 - 10.2010
- The company undertook two projects; one was Construction of Kerosene Treating Unit in TUPRAS Refinery (Izmir/Turkey). The other Project was an EPCM project named as Upgrade of DPS and B Block Facilities at Block 5. The Client was Daleel Petroleum in Oman. For these projects the responsibilities stated below has been carried out in Headquarter level.
- Responsibilities:
- 1) Leading site planning engineers, cost control engineers and responsible for the overall (EPC) Planning, Scheduling, Cost Control and Reporting.
- 2) Planning – Master & Detailed schedule (level 4) of the projects including Management, Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Commissioning. Resource planning each phase according to budget allocation.
- 3) Monitoring – Control of updated schedules by site planners and perform delay analysis within the content of liabilities of parties involved and proposed recovery mitigations to reach the target completion dates together with budget planning.
- 4) Cost Control & Budget Planning – Earned value and cash flow analysis. Consolidated forecasted inflow and outflow according to the project schedules.
- 5) Change Control – control of schedule and cost impacts of every Change Control Requests that were prepared by sites before issuing to Client.
- 6) Contract Management – monitoring the execution of the project in terms of responsibilities and liabilities of the parties according to the requirements of the contract. Intervene in case of any noncompliance and/or breach of contract. Ensuring compatibility of subcontract agreements according to the Main Contract.
Project Controls & Contracts Manager (Site/Headquarter)
Attila Doğan Construction and Installation Co. Inc & Yuksel Saudi Joint Venture
05.2007 - 06.2009
- JV undertook 68” Potable Water Carbon Steel Pipeline Project (180 km.) for Saline Water Conversion Cooperation (SWCC). The project also includes the construction of 6 different pump station with 8 storage tanks of which the capacities were between 25.000 m3 and 100.000 m3. The budgeted cost of the project was around 380 M. $.
- Responsibilities:
- 1) Responsible for the overall (EPC) Planning, Scheduling, Cost Control and Progress Reports on schedule and cost.
- 2) Planning – Master & Detailed schedule (level 4) of the whole project including Management, Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Commissioning. Resource planning of all phases linked with financial planning. Preparation of test logic precedence networks for execution of Project with P6 Primavera Project Management.
- 3) Monitoring – Schedule updates and delay analysis within the content of liabilities of parties involved and proposed recovery mitigations to reach the target completion dates together with budget planning.
- 4) Progress Reports – Monthly, Weekly, Daily Progress Reports comparing physical & financial progress with earned value analysis.
- 5) Performance measurement of resources in activity based by utilizing ERP software.
- 6) Cost Control & Budget Planning – Earned value and cash flow analysis. Forecasted inflow and outflow according to the project schedule.
- 7) Cost estimate according to the past performance and inputs from Procurement Department (material and equipment cost).
- 8) Change Control – monitoring of any deviations from the Main Contract documents & drawing and issue change control request together with schedule & cost impact
- 9) Contract Management – alerting the related departments for the actions to be taken according to the requirements of Main Contract.
Project Controls Manager (Site/Headquarter)
Attila Dogan Construction and Installation Co. Inc.
05.2006 - 05.2007
- The firm undertook 36” Natural Gas Pipeline Project (138 km.) for BOTAŞ (National Pipeline Company). The project also includes the rehabilitation of 6 pig stations, construction of 5 valve stations with 70 M. $ budgeted cost.
- Responsibilities:
- 1) Planning – undertake master schedule of the whole project including engineering and procurement schedules. Time and resource planning of the construction process considering financial planning.
- 2) Prepare Monthly and Weekly Progress Reports comparing physical and financial progress with earned value analysis.
- 3) Monitor and report the execution performance end efficiency of major activities by utilizing man-hour and cost analysis.
- 4) Cost Control, Budget planning – Cash flow analysis as an outcome of the master schedule. Inflow and outflow graphics to assist finance department.
- 5) Prepare Monthly Invoices both for the contractor and subcontractor.
- 6) Contract management - perform schedule and cost analysis according to the liabilities of the parties in order to formulate contractual basis for the claims and scope changes.
Senior Planning & Cost Control Manager
GÜNARDA Energy & Building Research & Consultancy Co.
08.2005 - 04.2006
- The firm provided Project Management Consultancy services to the Contractors on FIDIC type of contract-based projects especially in international and multi-project environment. The afore mentioned services has been carried on for the IKEA Shopping Center Construction located in Nizhniy Novgorod and St. Petersburg with 120 M. $ budgeted cost each.
- Responsibilities:
- 1) General control & coordination of the EPC schedules, supervision of master schedules.
- 2) Establish the flow of planning information from different levels and disciplines for prospects and activities executed on site. By this way, ensuring regular updates of schedule in terms of progress and logic as well.
- 3) Monitor and report the execution performance end efficiency of major activities by utilizing man-hour and cost analysis.
- 4) Development of cost coding structure in order to control and monitor of cost performance. Recording each and every expenditure according to the built-up cost codes.
Senior Planning Engineer
BOTAŞ, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Crude oil Pipeline Project Directorate, Project Control Department
11.2002 - 07.2005
- The directorate was acting as the national turnkey contractor of the international project and undertook the engineering, the procurement services and the construction of pipeline with the length of 1076 km., together with 5 pump stations and Ceyhan Marine Terminal works according to the FIDIC type of contract. The project was financed by international consortium (MEP).
- Responsibilities:
- 1. General control and merge of all EPC schedules of 8 different contract packages, in order to ensure the overall master schedule of the whole Turkey section of the project.
- 2. Acting as Terminal and Pipeline Senior Planning Engineer to ensure the coordination between the responsible disciplines, in order to control, monitor and comment the terminal onshore, offshore and pipeline construction.
- 3. Compare resource and time planning with actuals via periodical progress reports on Monthly, Weekly, Daily basis.
- 4. Perform what-if analysis on schedules in order to formulate claims and scope change order requests.
- 5. Control and Monitor physical progress of Monthly Payment Requests of Marine Terminal Construction.
- 6. Supervise site planners for the presentation of physical progress on Progress Meetings.
Manager/Partner
KOZMOPLAN Project Management and IT Services Co.
11.1999 - 10.2002
- Provision of planning and cost control services for the projects below;
- 1) Perform time and resources planning for 1506 housing units, undertaken by 6 different contractors in Marmara Earthquake Housing Project of Ministry of Reconstruction
- 2) Resource, time and cost planning, preparation Monthly Progress Reports (MPR) and also Monthly Payment Certificate for two different contractors in MEER Adapazarı-İzmit Reconstruction of 1484 Housing Units
- 3) Time and resource planning for 209 mt. high Berke Dam on Ceyhan River.
Chief Planning Engineer
KLİMA Construction Co.
05.1999 - 10.1999
- The contractor has carried out the construction of 530 housing units with technical infrastructure - in Turkey Emergency Flood and Earthquake Recovery Project (TEFER) - financed by World Bank with FIDIC type of contract - in Adana
- Responsibilities:
- 1) Monitoring the construction activities with Detailed Work Schedule and performing periodical updates.
- 2) Monthly Progress Report for the consultant of the employer, including the comparison of progress on site and planned schedule, actual & planned financial flow, materials on site, and site photos.
- 3) Interim and Completion Payment Certificate with the measurements achieved from the actuals of the schedule
- 4) Daily Progress Report indicating staff and equipment power both with the daily progress of contractor.
- 5) Sub-contractor’s payment certificate
- 6) Cash Flow analysis
Coordinator, as a partner
PnP IT and Electronic Services Co.
04.1998 - 04.1999
- The firm includes almost all type computer services both with the provision of software aid and consumption materials and also provides planning & scheduling services to contractors.
- Responsibilities:
- 1) Achieving the coordination between sales and purchasing.
- 2) Scheduling services – the planning of construction phase – to almost 5 contractors in the project of 8 year education held by Ministry of Education.
Software Engineer
Military Service
11.1996 - 07.1997
- Acting as software engineer and developed software for staff monitoring with Visual Basic.
Planning Engineer, Reporting & Monitoring Expert
HES Consultant Engineering Co.Ltd.
11.1994 - 11.1996
- The Consultant Engineering firm hired by Housing Development Administration (HDA) in the Mass Housing Projects of Eryaman 4th Phase. This project included the construction of 4038 housing units, their infrastructure and social services. The same firm provides consulting services, as in the former project, for another Mass Housing Project, Diyarbakır - Şırnak - Hakkari 1st phase. The scale of the project included the construction of 2058 housing units, their infrastructure and social services.
- Responsibilities:
- 1) Weekly and Monthly Progress Reports (MPR) comparing in general the monthly payment - earned value - and the percent complete of construction in both of the projects
- 2) The collection of rough data from site, evaluation and presentation of the results.
- 3) The control of time schedules prepared by the contractors with the related software like, Primavera Project Planner, Time Line, and Microsoft Project and advises necessary modifications for the project objectives.
Manufacturing Planner, Sales Manager Assistant
KARE Textile Co.Ltd.
05.1993 - 11.1994
- Responsibilities:
- 1. The coordination between the sales and manufacturing.
- 2. The planning of manufacturing process with related Software
Land & Site Surveyor, Reporter
GÜNARDA Energy & Building Research & Consultancy Co.
07.1992 - 11.1992
- The 2nd Health project is held by the cooperation of World Bank and Turkish Republic Ministry of Health. The Subject was the feasibility studies for the betterment of 15 Hospitals in Eastern Anatolia.
Education
Atatürk Anatolian High School
Ankara01-1988
Bachelor of City Planning - City and Regional Planning
Middle East Technical University
Ankara01-1992
High School Diploma -
Atatürk Anatolian High School
Ankara01-1988
Skills
- Schedule management
- Schedule coordination
- Documentation and reporting
- Repairs scheduling
- Problem-solving
- Problem-solving skills
- Calm and professional under pressure
- Understanding customer needs
- Organizational skills
- Verbal and written communication
- Decision-making
- Problem resolution
- Teamwork skills
- Work breakdown structure
- Training and mentoring
- Project closeout
- Earned value management
- Cash flow analysis
- Schedule development
- Risk analysis
- Asset management
- Construction management
- Claims management
- Life cycle costing
- Cost control
- Document control
- Procurement management
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Resource planning
- Contingency planning
- Value engineering
- Contract administration
- Critical path method
- Project management
- Coding
- Data acquisition
- Mathematical reasoning skills
- Theoretical problem-solving experience
- Value analysis
- Teamwork
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Attention to detail
- Problem-solving abilities
- Multitasking
- Multitasking Abilities
- Excellent communication
- Critical thinking
- Computer skills
- Team collaboration
- Active listening
- Self motivation
- Relationship building
- Interpersonal skills
- Client relations
- Analytical thinking
- Goal setting
- Professionalism
- Risk assessment
- Written communication
Certification
- TILOS, Online Seminar on active usage of TILOS Project Management Software (Linear Planning), 2012
- SHELL, Power User certificate for Contractors Cost Estimation System (CCES), 2011
- PRM Software, Primavera Project Management Software P6, Advance User Certificate, 2006
- TULANE University & HACETTEPE University, training on Health & Safety regulations on site & office working conditions, 2003
- METU SEM, Risk Management course, the principles of Risk Management within the context of Project Management philosophy, 2003
- HURMOĞLU, Defensive Driving Course, 2003
- A Seminar on “Concentric Project Management” the concept developed by Primavera Project Planner Software. Certificated user of Primavera Project Planner v.2.0, 1995
- METU, the courses of Construction and Project Management, Public Economy and Local Government Finance, 1994
- METU, a comparative analysis report on the By-law about the Provision and Finance of Mass Housing and Environment on Municipal Lands prepared by Housing Development Administration (HDA), 1993
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
Foreign Languages: English (Excellent)
ACTIVITIES
Past president Ankara Ortadoğu Leo Club which is a member of International LEO Organization, Ankara Atatürk Anatolian High School Graduates’ Association, METU Graduates’ Association. Past president Ankara Ortadoğu Leo Club which is a member of International LEO Organization, Ankara Atatürk Anatolian High School Graduates’ Association, METU Graduates’ Association.
Timeline
Senior Project Services Consultant
EXACONS A.Ş.
08.2022 - Current
Freelance Consultant - Delay analyst
Consultancy in Project Services
05.2018 - 07.2022
Senior Consultant – Delay analyst
HKA Consultancy – Claims & Dispute Resolution
12.2017 - 04.2018
Senior Consultant / Delay Analyst in Ankara Office
HILL International – Construction Claims & Consulting Group
04.2015 - 11.2016
Planning Team Lead
British Petroleum (BP)
07.2014 - 11.2014
Managing Consultant / Delay Analyst in Ankara Office
Hill International
11.2013 - 07.2014
Lead Cost Engineer / NDIP Team Leader / Project Controls and Contracts Manager in Headquarters
Attila Dogan Construction & Installation Co. Inc.
11.2010 - 07.2013
Project Controls & Contracts Manager (Headquarter)
Attila Doğan Construction and Installation Co. Inc
07.2009 - 10.2010
Project Controls & Contracts Manager (Site/Headquarter)
Attila Doğan Construction and Installation Co. Inc & Yuksel Saudi Joint Venture
05.2007 - 06.2009
Project Controls Manager (Site/Headquarter)
Attila Dogan Construction and Installation Co. Inc.
05.2006 - 05.2007
Senior Planning & Cost Control Manager
GÜNARDA Energy & Building Research & Consultancy Co.
08.2005 - 04.2006
Senior Planning Engineer
BOTAŞ, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Crude oil Pipeline Project Directorate, Project Control Department
11.2002 - 07.2005
Manager/Partner
KOZMOPLAN Project Management and IT Services Co.
11.1999 - 10.2002
Chief Planning Engineer
KLİMA Construction Co.
05.1999 - 10.1999
Coordinator, as a partner
PnP IT and Electronic Services Co.
04.1998 - 04.1999
Software Engineer
Military Service
11.1996 - 07.1997
Planning Engineer, Reporting & Monitoring Expert
HES Consultant Engineering Co.Ltd.
11.1994 - 11.1996
Manufacturing Planner, Sales Manager Assistant
KARE Textile Co.Ltd.
05.1993 - 11.1994
Land & Site Surveyor, Reporter
GÜNARDA Energy & Building Research & Consultancy Co.
07.1992 - 11.1992
Atatürk Anatolian High School
Bachelor of City Planning - City and Regional Planning
Middle East Technical University
High School Diploma -
Atatürk Anatolian High School