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ANTHONY GRAGASIN
Design & Construction Project Management Professional
BAGUIO CITY
Summary
Licensed architect & master plumber, specialized as Client-side Director / Senior Manager for Design and Construction Project Management. Professional advocacy is holistic project delivery, through complementary use of conventional & non-traditional project-delivery methods; through proper use of BIM and the IPD work associations among all project stakeholders. 27 yrs in servant leadership of combined design & project management; with bidding & procurement facilitated through synergy of resources & talents; whilst maintaining integrity & loyalty to the best interest of the project at all times.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Technical & Operations Director for Hospitality and F&B projects
JCV & Associates
03.2024 - 03.2025
- Technical & Operations Director for the Hospitality and F&B department & Lead client side PM-CM consultant for the renovation and new build of varied Fast-food chain of stores, nationwide; with an accumulated project total cost of +/- $ 25 million USD per year.
- Department Lead and Oversight to fifteen F&B specialty engineers & architects; ensuring ISO aligned performance of deputy managers and Sr. Managers.
- Internal quality auditor to technical correctness & timeliness of store project accomplishments.
- Instigate, coordinate & reconcile the project baseline schedule with the regional PM's & leads prior to construction.
- Lead consultant to EOT claims validation and recommendations.
- Operations director to departmental work competence, profitability & growth.
- Lead editor to +/- 40 project weekly & monthly reports, as generated from project store sites.
- Assistant to the CEO & technical resource to the tendered Business Development pitches with client.
- Managed financial resources with a focus on cost control, without compromising service quality.
- Built strong relationships with client stakeholders at all levels, fostering collaboration between departments for optimal results.
- Collaborated with internal and external executives to develop and execute strategic business plans.
- Conducted performance evaluations and provided constructive feedback to team members, promoting professional growth and improvement.
- Conducted audits of internal documents to validate transactions and provided financial guidance for resource allocation, inventory control and budgeting.
- Collaborated with business development teams to brainstorm strategies and identify customer product needs and preferences.
- Ensured compliance with industry regulations through diligent oversight of daily operations and thorough documentation practices.
Senior Design Manager
Sureste Properties Inc.
09.2021 - 02.2024
- Client-side project hired Senior Design Manager for a $2B USD integrated resort at Quezon City.
- Assistant to the Design Director for assigned project area tasks.
- IPD auditor to LOD 200-400 FCD coordination and reconciliation of Architectural Builders Works / Interior Fit-outs, as coordinated and resolved with the CSD & BIM exercise.
- Initiate, coordinate & consolidate Architectural & Structural Design Change Request drawings, documents, and its subsequent EDMS upload (SCENARIO); prior to commercial team evaluation, rough estimate & its subsequent EXCOM approval.
- Special internal quality works auditor for AEC MEP Coordinated Services Drawings & site concerns, vis-à-vis issued FCDs; across all trade disciplines.
- Stakeholder management of all trade and specialty design-consultants.
- Consolidate FCD design drawings & specifications, as custom made according to the Sr Project Director's work package & scoping.
- Improved design project efficiency by streamlining communication and incorporating innovative tools.
- Established strong relationships with key work stakeholders, fostering smooth project execution and timely delivery.
- Negotiated contract proposal options for design-build specialty vendors and suppliers, ensuring cost-effective procurement of resources necessary for effective project execution.
- Enhanced client satisfaction with thorough understanding of their needs and delivering tailored designs.
- All other works in exigency to assigned tasks.
Architect Consultant for Interior Restoration
Our Lady of the Atonement Cathedral
03.2021 - 09.2021
- Pro-bono rehabilitation consultancy of a Neo-Romanesque Catholic Church progressively built since 1920.
- Facilitated IPD meetings and work charettes to resolve technical and project issues in alignment to budget
- Researched project history to determine appropriate selection of work methods and materials as aligned with budget.
- Applied creative problem-solving skills to address unique challenges in the architectural restoration design process.
Senior Project Architect for Design and Coordination
PH Resorts
12.2017 - 03.2020
- AOR local project hired Senior Project Architect for a USD 2B Five-star hotel resort and gaming complex, facilitated in Progressive Elaboration with the Client's project managers.
- Responsibilities include LOD 300 - 400 FCD coordination for Interior fit-out and architectural builder's works, as reconciled with AEC coordinated services drawings, building-facade and general site civil works.
- Value Engineering representative for reconciliation of proposals prior to approval & implementation.
- EDMS protocols reconciliation of FCD submission across varying standards, prior to Aconex upload and commissioning the same For Construction.
- Exterior facade and curtain wall pre-lay inspector qualification and recommendation for approval, prior to procurement buy off.
- Substantiation of design Change Requests as instigated by Owner's direction and or preferences.
- Construction administration site services such as reviewing shop drawings, resolving field issues, and conducting site visits QAQC.
Vice President for Quality Management
Vision Properties Development Corp.
03.2017 - 12.2017
- VP for Quality management of a general contractor company, responsible for the uniform conformance of project sites to industry standards contracted TOR.
- Head of Internal Quality Audit and performance appraisal of projects.
- Initiate Plan / Design Review of FCD's, scrupulously identifying LOD 300 inconsistencies & deficiencies that jeopardize LOD 350 -400 detailed execution.
- Consolidate an overall Nonconformance monitoring report showing the company's performance index.
- Disciple QA Managers and project site officers to facilitate in-house QC audit of respective projects.
- IQA to the correct subsequence of works, avoiding conflict of wet to dry works, and the building water tightness milestone schedule.
- Scrutinize & initiate corrective actions to non-ISO 9001 work procedures, and tailor fit work alignment to practical conformity.
- Identify / validate, reconcile & resolve NCR's for closure.
- Identify potential major NCRs for EXECOM action.
- IQA Trainor for work flows & procedures ie. Project Quality Manual; Non-conformance Report; Root Cause Analysis; Corrective Action; Preventive Action; Standard Inspection Work Requests, as required of the Project Implementation Plan.
- Technical committee head in investigating customer complaints, rooting-out causal factors for corrective action and closure.
- Substantiate technical investigative reports for special issues and concerns.
- Advocate to Project Management Excellence and Succession Planning as instituted by PMI standards and industry best practices.
- Facilitate in-house seminars for PMI critical skills identification, development and alignment; for uniform practice at project sites.
- Accredited Sustaining Technical Employee of the company, as appraised by the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board.
Senior Resident Architect
AEDAS
01.2015 - 09.2016
- AOR project hired Senior Resident site staff responsible for quality audit of architectural builder's-works & finishes; inclusive of general engineering works in exigencies of the AOR's FCD design responsibilities
- Client-side architectural engineer ensuring conformance to approved shop-drawings, plans, specifications and local statutory requirements.
- Issue Non-conformance Reports against wrong site-work implementation.
- Approve, Supplement and or Reject Request for Inspections (RIN) of site contractors.
- Escalate potential non-conformance work method detail concerns, and recommend solutions to the same prior to construction implementation.
- Approve Request for Slab / Wall Openings (RSO), and work Method Statements as submitted by the trade contractor.
- Recommend resolutions to clashes of design & construction work methods, as reckoned against actual site conditions.
- Quality performance appraisal to ABWF trade contractor's QC engineers.
- Actively participated in multidisciplinary rounds, collaborating with various specialists to develop detailed shop drawings for correction of non-conformances.
Senior Design Manager
MELCO / DCII
04.2014 - 12.2014
- Project hired Sr. Design Manager and Quality Works Auditor for assigned interior Fit-out works of the Grand Ballroom, Retail Street, Chinese restaurant & BOH areas.
- Design & Construction Plan Review.
- Assistant to the Design Director for assigned work packages.
- Pre-qualify, comment and approve contractor's shop drawings, work methods and material submittals prior to implementation.
- Reconcile, resolve and document design changes.
- Formalize Change Requests (CR) to initiate approved design changes.
- QA daily on-site inspections of implemented work.
- Liaise with AEC design colleagues for work conflict issues & its proper resolution prior to implementation.
- Consolidate FCD sets into assigned contract packages for Owner supplied works.
- Review technical proposals of Owner supplied materials prior to purchasing.
- Escalate early and late-start or finish of contractor's deliverables, to mitigate potential delays.
- Issue NCR's for contractor's immediate corrective action.
- Facilitate design workshop reconciliation across all trade disciplines.
- Reconcile and Synchronize changes to the Baseline Schedule for guidance of all concerned.
Senior Project Manager
DUOTAL
07.2012 - 03.2014
- Cluster Lead for Design Management, Project Scheduling & Control
- Lead advocate to Work Integration, Scheduling & Collaboration.
- Provide, update and maintain the project Baseline Schedule.
- Senior Technical Manager assisting the HR dept. for qualifying Team Lead applicants vying for key positions of the project construction team.
- Responsible for Project Control Group (PCG) inter coordination, planning, problem solving and work-conflict resolution.
- Overall moderator to work deliverables as delegated per Team Lead; ie. Document Control Lead; Contracts Manager; Project Planning Lead; Specifications Lead; AR, ST & MEP Team Leads; BIM Group Lead
- Moderator of concerns between the General Contractor’s site operations and the Project Control Group, whilst resolving work traffic flow of BIM deliverables.
- Prepares weekly summary list of priority and critical design concerns, for resolution to the designer-of-record through the Owner’s project manager.
- Facilitate the weekly Project Control Group work alignment meeting, together with the General Contractor’s operations staff and Construction Managers.
- Ensure proper dissemination of daily incoming / outgoing Design and Construction work Instructions; its proper routing and timely action.
- Internal auditor to ensure a 30-day lead time for Design & BIM deliverables, parallel to the General Contractor’s needed IFC’s at LOD 400 prior to site implementation.
- BIM work schedule moderator for the 3-week & 3-months look-ahead program, as aligned to the currently applied Baseline Schedule.
- Working coach to team leads in applying Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), to achieve project savings.
- Manage, reconcile and resolve inconsistencies of work deliverables as reckoned with internal and external client expectations.
- Liaise with Client top management the Project Control Group’s operational concerns. Promote healthy work associations with co-workers, and align project resources to support the same.
- Recommend strategies to top management the work procedures in resolving BIM issues & concerns. Reinforce the same by tactical site instructions in cooperation with all work process owners.
- Facilitate other works in exigencies to faithful delivery of BIM deliverables.
Construction Project Manager
Design Coordinates, Inc.
02.2006 - 07.2012
- Onsite Project Head of a 7-10 member team of Project Architects and Engineers facilitating the Works from preconstruction to post construction phases.
- Plan, recommend & implement appropriate tactical operation options, to reinforce management strategies towards integrated project delivery.
- Review, approve and endorse the Monthly Project Report to the Managing Director prior to issuance to the Owner.
- On-site Quality Management Representative of the Works, ensuring conformance to quality standards.
- Regulate implementation of Project Controls subsequent to predetermined Work Hold Points.
- IQA advocate to Work procedures as ratified with the Project Technical Group.
- Lead officer for Bidding and Procurement of all contract packages. Provide the Technical Bid evaluation report.
- Appraise, endorse and recommend the bidder's competence to deliver bid requirements.
- Validate, reconcile and recommend payment of Progress Billing, Work Authorization Orders and Variations.
- Project Head of the Site Construction Management Team. Ensure optimum performance of team members and the invaluable synergy of talents.
- Coach to team members and adviser to professional growth.
- Recommend removal of Unfit Employees disadvantageous to project delivery.
- Onsite Project Head of a 7-10 member team of Project Architects and Engineers facilitating the Works from preconstruction to post construction phases.
Senior Construction Project Architect
Design Coordinates, Inc.
09.2004 - 02.2006
- Assistant to the Project Manager.
- Bidding & Procurement in-charge for architectural works packages.
- Senior Technical Representative commissioned to arrest Work Non-Conformances, and resolve its expedient Corrective Action, through proper Root Cause Analysis.
- Assess and reinforce performance of quality control officers and their effective implementation of quality procedures.
- Owner's representative and Senior Inspector of the Works for all Architectural contract packages.
Assistant Project Architect
M.C Villialon Architects
03.1996 - 10.1996
- Architectural apprentice responsible for local government projects.
- Designer, Shop Drawing Detailer, estimator, payroll officer and project billing liaison officer for local government projects.
Education
Masteral Units -Environmental And Habitat Planning
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY
Baguio City, Province Of Benguet, Philippines 04.2001 - 01.2003
Bachelor of Science - ARCHITECTURE
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY
Baguio City, Province Of Benguet, Philippines 04.2001 - 01.1998
CERTIFIED BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TECHNICIAN - undefined
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY
Skills
PROJECT BASELINE DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAMMING
INTEGRATED PROJECT DELIVERY (IPD) & BIM MANAGEMENT
COORDINATED SERVICES DRAWING (CSD)
PROJECT MANAGEMENT (EPCM)
DESIGN MANAGEMENT
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
CLIENT MANAGEMENT
VALUE ENGINEERING
BIDDING AND PROCUREMENT
ISO-9001 QUALITY AUDIT & ASSURANCE
SAFETY AUDIT
CONTRACTS MANAGEMENT
EXTENSION OF TIME (EOT) VALIDATION & RESOLUTION
PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS
OPERATIONS OVERSIGHT
TEAM COLLABORATION
ACTIVE LISTENING
STAFF MANAGEMENT
REPORT WRITING
Certification
Registered Architect, PRC reg. no. 16415, 02/2001
Training
- Autodesk REVIT 2017 (AR & MEP), 10/2017
- Project Management Excellence Training (PMEX), 11/2011
- OSHAS 18001:2007 Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Scheme, 03/2011
- Construction Occupational Safety and Health Training Course, 10/2010
- ISO 14001:2004 + Cor 1:2009 Environmental Management Systems, 11/2010
- ISO 9001:2008 Awareness Quality Management System, 04/2010
- How to Avoid Disputes in Construction, 11/2009
- ISO 9001:2000 Internal Audit Training, 01/2008
- Human Relations Seminar for Construction Project Managers, 05/2008
- Internal Quality Audit, 03/2005
- Root Cause Analysis, 02/2005
- Team Building Seminar, 04/2005
- Quality Procedures and Work Instructions, 11/2004
- ISO 9000:2000 Awareness, 11/2004
- Auto CAD R.13 - 2000 series, 09/1998
Software
MS Project
ACONEX
SCENARIO
SKETCHUP
CAD
REVIT
Timeline
Technical & Operations Director for Hospitality and F&B projects
JCV & Associates
03.2024 - 03.2025
Senior Design Manager
Sureste Properties Inc.
09.2021 - 02.2024
Architect Consultant for Interior Restoration
Our Lady of the Atonement Cathedral
03.2021 - 09.2021
Senior Project Architect for Design and Coordination
PH Resorts
12.2017 - 03.2020
Vice President for Quality Management
Vision Properties Development Corp.
03.2017 - 12.2017
Senior Resident Architect
AEDAS
01.2015 - 09.2016
Senior Design Manager
MELCO / DCII
04.2014 - 12.2014
Senior Project Manager
DUOTAL
07.2012 - 03.2014
Construction Project Manager
Design Coordinates, Inc.
02.2006 - 07.2012
Senior Construction Project Architect
Design Coordinates, Inc.
09.2004 - 02.2006
Masteral Units -Environmental And Habitat Planning
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY
04.2001 - 01.2003
Bachelor of Science - ARCHITECTURE
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY
04.2001 - 01.1998
Assistant Project Architect
M.C Villialon Architects
03.1996 - 10.1996
CERTIFIED BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TECHNICIAN - undefined
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY