Harsh Shah

PMP® and LEED AP BD+C certified with 7 years of experience delivering civil, infrastructure, commercial and residential projects.

Experience in project planning, scheduling, cost control, procurement, contract administration (CCDC), stakeholder coordination, risk management, RFIs, submittal, change order and LEED documentation. Proven ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage budgets and schedules while delivery of complex projects safely.

Assistant Project Manager - The Downsview Group

(2023-02)

• Construction execution of multi-million-dollar projects, supporting project planning, procurement, scheduling and commercial administration.
• Management of Site resources including equipment management and material procurement and alignment of site crews.
• Examined Prime contract (CCDC-5B) and worked with Schedule A of the subcontractor specific scope of work to ensure that all subcontractor concerns are adhered to, and all contract clauses are resolved and accepted.
• Develop Project Plans and Reports, administer purchase orders, issue change orders, RFIs, submittals and contract documentation
• Negotiated prices with suppliers to try and achieve a 20% - 30% marginal profit as compared to base bid to increase subcontractor profits.
• Developed and executed stakeholder consultation and communication strategies, managed stakeholder expectations, anticipating risks and collaborating with internal and external partners to support project delivery.
• Developed schedule driven cashflows and SOVs while also creating a cohesive project cost and material procurement tracking system that helps track monthly project costing for both office and site thereby helping ease up the monthly billing process by 50%.
• Prepared weekly project lookaheads on MS Project in line with the reviewed and commented Construction Manager Project Schedule to ensure the achievement of all project milestones and deadlines that facilitate the timely completion of subcontract scope of work.
• Document meeting minutes and regularly attend and lead project meetings online and in-person from Subcontractor side with Owner, Architect and Construction Manager.
• Undertook quantity takeoffs to verify that all the project scope related items are accounted for before being procured.
• Monitoring the overall project progress and ensuring all scope of work is completed in a timely manner.
• Project closeout with submission of all commissioning documents, manuals and As-Built Records.

Project Coordinator (Co-op) - EllisDon

(2022-09 - 2022-12)

• Supported delivery of a $280M mixed-use high-rise project.
• Coordinated work of 20+ subcontractors while checking quality, doing time inspections and monitoring construction progress.
• Managed RFIs, submittals, closeout documentation and occupancy packages.
• Assisted with change management, consultant coordination and LEED compliance.
• Developed color coded phased occupancy plans for City review and approval process while acquired consultant letters, product manuals, inspection reports and warranty claims from consultants and subcontractors for the City Inspector Site Visits.
• Assisted in the administration of CORs by logging them on EllisDon's project management software Gate 3 while developing an overall project matrix to reference each COR with a Site-Instruction or Change Directive.
• Adhered to various company procedures pertaining to site safety and security and working in close coordination with the owner and the subtrades to ensure the attainment of various critical milestones needed to be achieved for timely completion of the project.

Project Architect - Opolis Architects

(2018-09 - 2020-08)

• Coordinated multidisciplinary design and construction teams across residential and commercial developments.
• Developed drawings for planning and construction permit applications in consultation with Local Authorities and Code Consultants.
• Closely worked with multiple teams of professionals such as Construction Managers, Project Owners, Structural and Civil Engineers, Skilled Tradesmen, Estimators and Interior Designers.
• Managed stakeholder coordination, contractor selection and value engineering initiatives.
• Facilitated the successful selection of Project Contractors by analyzing different project bids and preparing target Rates for the owners to ensure that the designed project is in line with the owner's project budget.

Graduate Certificate - Project Management - Centennial College

Graduate Certificate - Construction Management - Centennial College

Bachelor - Architecture - Mumbai University