Rajnish Mishra an Arch.Engr. with 16 yrs. exp. With domain leadership capability in RE biz

What is EVA based Construction Management System ? Why all organizations involved in project delivery shall adopt EVA system ?

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What is EVA based Construction Management System ? Why all organizations involved in project delivery shall adopt EVA system ?

Earned Value Analysis (EVA) is an industry standard method of measuring a project's progress at any given point in time, forecasting its completion date and final cost, and analyzing variances in the schedule and budget as the project proceeds. It compares the planned amount of work with what has actually been completed, to determine if the cost, schedule, and work accomplished are progressing in accordance with the plan. As work is completed, it is considered "earned". This is a performance-based acquisition management system, to measure achievement of the cost, schedule and performance goals."

EVA is a snapshot in time, which can be used as a management tool as an early warning system to detect deficient or endangered progress. It ensures a clear definition of work prior to beginning that work. It provides an objective measure of accomplishments, and an early and accurate picture of the contract status. It can be as simple as tracking an elemental cost estimate breakdown as a design progresses from concept through to 100% construction documents, or it can be calculated and tracked using a series of mathematical formulae (see below).In either case, it provides a basis for course correction. It answers two key questions:

1)At the end of the project, is it likely that the cost will be less than, equal to
or greater than the original estimate?

2) Will the project likely be completed on time?

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

EVA works most effectively when it is compartmentalized, i.e. when the project is broken down into an organized Work Breakdown Structure, or WBS. The WBS is used as the basic building block for the planning of the project. It is a product-oriented division of project tasks that ensures the entire Scope of Work is captured and allows for the integration of technical, schedule, and cost information. It breaks down all the work scope into appropriate elements for planning, budgeting, scheduling, cost accounting, work authorization, progress measuring, and management control. The two most common WBS systems are the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) format, and the Uniformat. Often at the preliminary stages of design the Uniformat lends a better understanding of the cost centers, and at final bid level of documents often the CSI format is used. The indirect costs of design, oversight, and management must be included in the WBS to reflect the full budget.
Calculating Earned Value

Earned Value Management measures progress against a baseline. It involves calculating three
key values for each activity in the WBS:
1)The Planned Value (PV), (formerly known as the budgeted cost of work scheduled or BCWS)—that portion of the approved cost estimate planned to be spent on the given activity during a given period.

2)The Actual Cost (AC), (formerly known as the actual cost of work performed or ACWP)—the total of the costs incurred in accomplishing work on the activity in a given period. This Actual Cost must correspond to whatever was budgeted for the Planned Value and the Earned Value (e.g. all labor, material, equipment ,and indirect costs).

3. The Earned Value (EV), (formerly known as the budget cost of work performed or BCWP)—the value of work actually completed.
These three values are combined to determine at that point in time whether or not work is being accomplished as planned. The most commonly used measures are the cost variance:

Cost Variance (CV) = EV - AC
and the schedule variance: Schedule Variance (SV) = EV - PV

These two values can be converted to efficiency indicators to reflect the cost and schedule performance of the project. The most commonly used cost-efficiency indicator is the cost performance index (CPI). It is calculated thus: CPI = EV / AC The sum of all individual EV budgets divided by the sum of all individual
AC's is known as the cumulative CPI, and is generally used to forecast the cost to complete a project.The schedule performance index (SPI), calculated thus: SPI = EV / PV is often used with the CPI to forecast overall project completion estimates.A negative schedule variance (SV) calculated at a given point in time means the project is behind schedule, while a negative cost variance (CV) means the project is over budget.

Earned Value Management System .
A list of guidelines is provided which covers areas such as planning, scheduling & budgeting; accounting issues; management reports, and so forth .
But the basics of any EVMS are:
1.A methodical, organized thorough, and complete WBS
2. A baseline schedule
3. A baseline budget, organized into control accounts
4. Measurement of the work by control account (e.g. Rs / units in place, man-hours, etc.)
Scheduling the authorized work is not much different in any large construction project—it is a necessary activity for the success of the project. However in an EVMS the schedule will integrate all of the technical, cost, and schedule aspects of the work, resulting in the expected sequence of work. Interdependencies are established that result in the total work time and reveal the critical path, which is also the shortest project duration. Within each task it is then necessary to identify objective interim measures to allow for accurate performance assessment each month. A sufficient number of these interim measures will be defined after the detailed schedule is established to ensure the performance is measured as accurately as possible.

A time-phased budget baseline, at the control account level, must also be established and maintained. The assignment of budgets to work activities or tasks results in a plan against which actual performance can be measured. This is referred to as the performance measurement baseline (PMB), and it should be established as early as possible after notice to proceed has been issued. The PMB includes direct hours/Rupees , direct material rupees, equipment and any other direct costs, and any indirect costs for the agreed scope. The indirect costs associated with design, oversight, and management must also be included. Deliverables shall be 1)Budget, earned value, and actual costs (reconcilable with accounting system) 2)Cost Variance (CV) 3)Schedule Variance (SV) 4)Variance at Completion (VAR) 5)A variance analysis narrative (root causes, impacts at completion, and management actions)
Tools :There are several software packages available which will prepare an earned value analysis, as follows:
Schedule maker ,adept tracker , msproject , Primavera.
BY : Rajnish Mishra

LEAD CONSULTANT FOR RURAL THEME BASED RESOR T AT HISAR FOR DLI

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As Lead Consultant with DLI ( Dairy Line India) Planning as well as Design & Development of a rural theme based resort having minimal carbon foot print by virtue of using mud and bamboo as major construction material at Hisar since 1st February 2009
Few silent Features of this project which has the potential of becoming a benchmark establishment in era of high focus on environmental parameters by all business establishments.
A ) This is Part of an State of The art Agro & Animal Husbandary unit spread in 70 acres being developed by DLI in Collabration with Holland based dairy development company and Israel based renewable energy technology provider.
Area of Resort = 12 acres , 33 pairs of Living units i.e 66 bed rooms.
Amenities :
i)Restaurant with Indian regional cuisines cooked in traditional manner, in centre of water pond having lotus flower , Fish .
ii)Health Club having : Roman sauna , Herbal Steam , Kerala massage therapy
Mud bath , Goat Milk bath ,
iii) Resort connected to farm and units for hybrid seed production ,benchmark sample Farms of different crops , Flower plantation , & units housing cow and other animals , Processing unit for animal produce.
iv)Gallery showing pictures and write ups of Indian lifestyle culture in different states i.e marriage and festivals .
B) This development shall minimum carbon footprint and all the decisions with regard to selection of material or process are to be seen from that perspective

1)All the structures are to be of mud & bamboo and use of cement concrete and brick are limited upto plinth level and upto sill level in wet area.

2)Circular shape has been used to get maximum volume to surface area ratio.
3)Thatched roof is to be used as per the technology developed in South Africa for making it water proof , fire proof and durability of more than 30 years.
4)Although construction material being used is natural with minimum carbon foot print ,resort shall have all modern day amenities including air conditioning .
5)All power requirement shall be generated on site using Solar power , Gobar gas & bio diesel( promoter has signed 10 year lease agreement for another 100acres of low crop producing land in remote area)
6)Target market is Public & International Schools in NCR area . Keeping this in view activities like seed cultivation , dairy activities like bathing animals , crop irrigation , renewable power generation, rural games etc are to be integrated in the overall resort scheme .
7) As primary focus has been to keep minimum carbon foot print ,Rajnish is helping promoters in exploring the monetizing opportunity by earning carbon credit for this project.

UNIT DETAIL OF RURAL THEME BASED RESORT AT HISAR BEING DEVELOPED BY DLI

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Site Plan for Rural Theme based Resort for DLI at Hisar Designed by Rajnish

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SITE PLAN OF RURAL THEME BASED RESORT AT HISAR FOR DLI DESIGNED BY RAJNISH MISHRA

BRIEF NOTE ON ASSOCIATION OF RAJNISH FROM JULY 2007 T0 JAN 2009 AT KLJ TOWNPLANNER

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July 2007 to JAN 2009 : KLJ Town planners Pvt. Ltd
Designation – Chief Architect Reporting to MD , Level: Head of the department

Responsibilities

• Preparation of project viability matrix in project selection phase.

• Fully accountable for project Initiation and project close out.

• Coordinating all (int. & ext.)project delivery stake holders

• Coordinating quality & delivery schedule of construction documents & drawing. Validating Project Constructability

• Coordinating change management & report impact analysis.

• Implementation of PMC tools and systems in project delivery.

• Weekly report to MD project delivery schedule status & issues.

• Member of vendor selection & procurement team .

• Supporting Liaison team in project approvals from authority.

• Coordinate Graphics for sales presentation and promotion .

Projects:
High rise Group housing projects at “Faridabad 77” on 50 acre
Architect : Sikka & Associates.

High rise Group housing projects at “Bhadurgarh” on 8 acre
Architect : Munish Varma & Associates.

IT park at Noida 62 ( 5 lakh sqft )
Architect : Sikka & Associates.

IT park at Greater Noida ( 12 ACRE , Rajendra Nath & Assoc.)

Interior of Corporate and marketing office of KLJ in around 12000 sqft. Inhouse

Complete Interior furnishing work of Sample Flat & Sales office at Faridabad Inhouse

Note :-Close coordination with Pyramid design team while leasing around 20000sqft at Shop N Park mall at

Shalimar bagh This included making provision for stores service requirement ,brand communication needs

as well as foot fall perspective of Pyramid team .I also supported our marketing team in leasing space to

other retailers for our mall at KLJ Tower north, wazirpur by addressing design requirements of prospective

retail tenants like Luxor Signature .

Other Projects at KLJTP

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Interior Layout of KLJTP Office at 70 ,kirtinagar designed by Rajnish

KLJ Tower North

IT Park Noida Sector62

IT Park sector 62 Plan

KLJ HEIGHTS BHADURGARH

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KLJ Height

Site Plan KLJ Heights Bhadurgarh

3BR UNIT PLAN OF

KLJ Greens a Township in 51 acres at Faridabad Sector 77

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ENTRY OF TOWNSHIP OF KLJTP AT FARIDABAD SECTOR 77

SAMPLE FLAT

LAVISTA

KLJ GREEN

SITE PLAN OF 51 ACRES

Interior designing and project execution of 4brhk Flat at Aralia Gurgaon for Mr. Sunil Bhargava ( UNOPS head Asia)

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December 2005 to June 2007 With Today Homes & Infrastructure

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TODAY HOMES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Designation – Senior Architect Reporting to VP
Responsibilities
1)Handled Ludhiana City centre the largest mix use development. Consisting of Mall + 5 star hotel + corporate tower. Overall area was 4million sqft & consultants ( HOK ,C.P. Kukreja, mesbur + smith ,GSA for Hotel )were taken on board . My scope started from project viability analysis , short listing consultants for different services ,making comparative analysis , fee negotiation and contract documentation. design coordination with consultants as well as requirements of our marketing team ,ensuring commercial benchmarks ,Once design development phase was over and site work started then I was responsible for validating construction documents issued to site team, visiting site once in a month to validate that work was going as per issued GFC. L&T was the contractor of this project .
2) Coordinated construction & final Close out of Project WEST GATE MALL AT RAJA GARDEN including designing Signage’s in elevation maximizing monetization.
3)Coordinated Complete in-house Architectural and engineering planning and design development for Group Housing Blossom M block at Gurgaon in 8 acres.
4) Viability check for new projects in light of market demand and government regulations. this also included preparation of architectural plan and presentation documents for submission to authority.
5) Closely coordinated with Design teams retail l brands who leased space in our West gate mall i. e Lifestyle , Movie time for , Pizza hut , Marks & Spencer , Lacoste , Next, Guess, Adidas, Reebok, Nike, Van Heusen, Levi's, Jockey etc
Notable Achievement at Today Homes & Infrastructure
1)For lcc around 1lakh sqft sale area was increased in the approved proposal of HOK by increasing building efficiency and also leveraged building bye laws .multiplex 2)MEP estimate and planning given by consultants was reduced by 30%,this was done by guiding consultants to adopt latest codes of ashare, Leeds , doe ,in load calculation , optimization of diversification, using BMS system.
3) Did Complete in house architectural Design for group housing at Gurgaon successfully

west gate mall at Raja Garden

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Interior layout of THIPL office at Ambadeed Designed and Delivered by Rajnish Inhouse

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Extension of THIPL HO at Statesman Building 8th floor to replan dining and store area and accomdate Biz development (media & advertisement ) department

Residential development at M block Gurgaon for which all the CDM services were delivered Inhouse under the leadership of rajnish

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High end luxury residential units In LCC

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Proposed mall at mohali

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Profile designed by rajnish

five star hotel portion of LCC

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Ludhiana city centre plan profile and multiplex plan

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Ludhiana city centre birds eye view

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September 1998 November 2005 at TPS ARCHITECTS ,Kanpur

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In year 1998 I shifted to kanpur and Formed TPS CONSULTANCY with my wife Anju Jhawho also is an Architect ,having done her B.ARCH from Manipal institute of technology.

Job Profile: Conceptual Architectural & Interior Planning, Project Management and coordination with clients and vendors ,Under the banner of TPS ARCHITECTS. We executed more than 80 individual residential ,industrial , retail & commercial building and interior projects in and around Kanpur having built up area of 1000.0sqft to 65000.0sqft. . These works gave RAJNISH REAL 360 DEGREE exposure TO FULL LIFE CYCLE OF PROJECT DELIVERY .This experience gave him the ability to have birds eye view of overall project during every stage of project execution . In these projects usually final user and clients were same hence he had to take complete responsibility for every aspect of the project and be personally accountable for any change or variation in budget , schedule etc which was fixed at conceptualization stage. Briefly in most of the projects scope included:

Project Programming based on project proponents goal and available resources.
Preparation of Site and available resource Feasibility matrix and Analysis report which included suggested solution presented in form sketches and bubble diagrams.
Schematic Design for for both architectural and interior layouts
Code Research
Municipal Approval
Engineering Systems Coordination along with analysis of energy use in building operation and available options to optimize it
Building and project Cost Analysis and cash flow required
Design Development and working drawings
Construction Documents
Specifications & Materials Research
Document Checking & Coordination of other vendors
Bidding & Contract Negotiation
Project Management and billing
Close Out & Occupancy permit

Note :-Apart from the above scope we also did few interior projects like Offices for Appolo Sindhoori , L&T etc on turnkey basis .
Few Notable projects Rajnish did Under the Banner of TPS Architects are listed here and detail of few other projects are listed in the archive of this blog post

16 High end luxury units for Mehrotra Developers at Kanpur Shastrinagar in 7 + stilt tower These are Centrally air conditioned units with one lift per unit. Each unit has covered area of 3000.0 sqft .
Complete Design & Project management 36 three bed room units in three apartment of Ground +2 For Kanpur Gujrati Society at Civil Lines Kanpur Behind Green Park Cricket Stadium( Total Construction Cost was around 3.5 cr. ) .
Complete Architectural & Engineering services for Shopping Complex For Ajay Builder With Double Basement and Sale area of 12000.0sqft for Garment market at Cooperganj Kanpur ( Project Cost was 60 lakh ).
Complete Design & PMC For Public School DURGA PRASAD VIDYNIKETAN at Gujaini Kanpur for Dainik Jagran Group. FIRST PHASE ( 35000.0SQFT GROUND+1).Awarded Rs50000/ by Rotary Club Kanpur For Executing this Project in Record 90 days .
Complete Architectural & Engineering services for 40000.0SQFT RCC STRUCTURE WITH RCC FLAT ROOF 14’ HEIGHT for Seed Processing Unit with 10000sqft as Cold storage for Awasthi Seed Corporation at Lalbungla kanpur .
Complete Design & PMC For 8000sqft Luxury Villa FOR Dr. O.P. BHATT AT Moti Mill Campus ( Adjoining Rave- 2 Mall )at Kanpur . This was an highly appreciated design for being tailored as per life style and security needs of the user .New concept of Connecting Parking & Clinic area in basement to living area . Living area had double height Roof . Servant rooms were placed on Terrace with separate spiral stair from outside .( Project Value 1.0crore ) .
Turnkey Interior project For L&T at office area of NIB Noida sector 62 in 2500sqft and Furniture’s in Lab area (Project Value 25 lakh . L&T rewarded us Rs50000/ for maintaining high standards of Site Safety in year 2005) .
Turnkey Interior For 7 offices of Appolo Sindhoori in Lucknow , Kanpur , Allahabad , Benaras , Agra , merrut , Gaziabad ( Each office of around 500sqft valuing 5lakh and was done in 20 days after site handover and Coordination with Client was done on Internet using web cam ).
Site Survey + Geotech tests and Architectural and Building plan for 6 SITES OF RELIANCE ENERGY FOR 33KVA SUBSTATION in west U.P. ( Our Fee was 2 lakh per site and service delivered in 20 days . We coordinated 4 Geotech agency for covering 6 sites spread in 4 districts of U.P. Again all coordination was done on Internet Using web cam )
Turnkey Interior for SIDBI branch office at Kanpur , Krishna Tower adjoining Stock Exchange . Area 7000sqft ( Project Value 42 lakh in 2002) .
Interior Planning and Construction Documentation for SIDBI Branch Office at Dehradun Uttarakhand area 5000sqft ( we received 1.0lakh as fee in year 2002).
Complete Design & PMC for Factory Building for SAROJ TEXTILES at Dadanagar Kanpur . AREA 20000.0SQFT ( We received Fee of 3.0lakh and project construction cost was 80lakh in 2003).
Interior Planning and Construction Documentation For Dakshin Restaurant ( Franchise ) at Arya Nagar Kanpur in 2000sqft.
Interior Planning and Construction Documentation For Franchise Branch of NIIT at Lalbungla Kanpur 3000sqft .
Complete Design & PMC For Yamha Showroom at Lalbungla Kanpur 12000sqft .
Turnkey Interior and civil alteration work for Pakwan Restaurant at Kakadeo.
Complete Design & PMC For Branch Office & Guest House of UCO bank 6000sqft at Kanpur in Campus of Ordinance Factory .

We also did plenty of Residential Architectural & Interior Jobs valuing 5 lakh to 50lakh with very modest specification and low cost as well as with rich specification. For these Middle income group clients we also use to facilitate Home Loans from SBI & UCO bank as we were on there panel .

SCHEMATIC PLAN FOR PROPOSED DUPLEX FOR VIJAY ARORA AT GHAZIABAD

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Building plan and elevation for Dr. O.P. Bhatt at Moti Mill compound ,Kanpur

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RESIDENTIAL BUILDING FOR POONAM AWASTHI AT TEJAB MILL COMPOUN ,KANPUR

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FINAL CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDING FOR Mr. SAROWGI AT KIDWAINAGAR KANPUR

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House for Mr. Ashok Singh

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Section of Seed factory and cold storage for Awasthi seed corporation

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