Ashraf M.

Are inaccurate estimates, unclear BOQs, missing scope items, or difficult-to-review engineering calculations slowing down your project? Are you preparing a tender and need an independent cost estimate that can be used as a reliable reference for pricing? Do you need someone who can review drawings, specifications, BOQs, and technical documents, identify discrepancies, and turn them into clear, organized, and decision-ready deliverables? I help contractors, consultants, developers, technical offices, and project teams prepare accurate cost estimates, tender pricing documents, quantity takeoffs, BOQs, technical reports, and engineering calculation workbooks. My services include: • Independent BOQ cost estimation for tenders • Construction cost estimates organized by trade • MEP, construction, finishing, power, and infrastructure costing • Construction quantity takeoff • Material takeoff and Bill of Materials • Bill of Quantities preparation • Tender pricing and bid support • External cost reference estimates • Preconstruction budgeting and cost analysis • Drawing and specification review • Scope verification and quantity reconciliation • Identification of missing, duplicated, or inconsistent items • Trade-specific scope of work • RFI preparation and construction coordination • Technical engineering reports • Engineering design calculations • Dynamic and parametric Excel calculation workbooks • Design verification and calculation review • Technical documentation, assumptions, and acceptance criteria • PASS/FAIL result summaries For construction estimating assignments, I can work from drawings, specifications, BOQs, tender documents, and project templates. I can prepare complete project estimates or focus on specific trades and disciplines according to your requirements. Typical deliverables include: • Priced BOQ • Independent cost estimate • Quantity and material takeoff • Trade-based cost breakdown • MEP and construction pricing schedules • Tender comparison sheets • Excel takeoff sheets • Bill of Quantities and Bill of Materials • Scope notes and clarification logs • Missing-information and discrepancy reports • Marked-up drawings • Technical reports in Word and PDF • Editable engineering calculation workbooks For engineering calculation projects, I organize Excel workbooks into clear Input, Calculation, and Result sections. The files can include editable inputs, formulas, units, assumptions, design references, acceptance criteria, automatically updated results, and clearly identified PASS/FAIL outcomes. I use Microsoft Excel, AutoCAD, Revit, and Microsoft Project to review technical information, organize quantities, prepare cost estimates, develop calculation sheets, and support project planning. My project experience covers residential, commercial, infrastructure, MEP, industrial, power, and oil and gas-related work, depending on the project requirements, available information, and applicable standards. I can also support projects involving pressure-containing components, valve calculations, stress and pressure checks, hydrostatic testing, flow calculations, bolting, wall-thickness verification, and technical engineering documentation. I focus on accuracy, completeness, traceability, clear organization, and practical turnaround times. Small takeoff assignments can typically be completed within one day, while medium-sized takeoffs, preconstruction reports, and similar technical deliverables usually require approximately two days, depending on the project size, drawing quality, scope, and required level of detail. Before starting, I review the available drawings, specifications, BOQ, equipment data, project standards, required format, and submission deadline. I then confirm the scope, deliverables, assumptions, exclusions, timeline, and fixed price so both sides have a clear understanding of the work. Send me your BOQ, drawings, specifications, tender documents, equipment data sheets, or calculation requirements, and I will review the scope and confirm the most suitable deliverable. Throughout my engineering and construction career, I have supported contractors, consultants, developers, technical offices, and project teams across residential, commercial, infrastructure, MEP, industrial, power, and oil and gas projects. My work combines cost engineering, cost estimation, construction estimating, quantity takeoff, material takeoff, Bill of Quantities, Bill of Materials, tender preparation, bid preparation, preconstruction budgeting, cost analysis, quantity surveying, and project management. I also prepare engineering calculations, mechanical engineering calculations, design verification documents, technical documentation, technical reports, and structured Microsoft Excel workbooks with clear inputs, formulas, assumptions, references, acceptance criteria, and results. Depending on the project scope, I work with AutoCAD, Revit, Microsoft Project, drawing review, design review, scope of work, Reque