Ginika E. Egwuonwu

Ginika e. egwuonwu

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  • Timeline

    Jun 2009 - Jun 2009

    Student QS

    MLC Group
    Jul 2009 - Dec 2009

    Student Intern

    Theba Consultant and Quantity Surveyor
    Apr 2010 - Jan 2013

    Quantity Surveyor

    Theba Consultant and Quantity Surveyor
    Feb 2013 - Oct 2013

    Quantity Surveyor

    Dryden Projects
    Feb 2014 - Feb 2015

    Quantity Surveyor

    Enumerate Consulting - Quantity Surveyors
    Jan 2016 - May 2018

    Junior Project Manager

    Profica Group
    Jul 2018 - Jul 2019

    Project Manager

    Profica Group
    Jul 2019 - Mar 2021

    Founder and Managing Director

    Links n' Bridges
    Dec 2019 - Dec 2022

    Gauteng Committee Member

    Women's Property Network
    May 2021 - Jul 2021

    Strategy Delivery Manager (Office of the CEO)

    Decagon
    Oct 2021 - Dec 2023

    Chairperson

    BIMcommUNITY.Africa
    Current Company
    Nov 2021 - now

    Founder

    The Closed Circuit Group
  • About me

    Founder @ The Closed Circuit Group| Using technology to bridge the trust deficit gaps for collectivist financial activities | Aligning to The Kingdom of The Almighty.

  • Education

    • Crawford college, pretoria

      2002 - 2005

      Activities and Societies: Hand-in-Hand society; Basketball, Tennis (B team) and Soccer

    • University of the witwatersrand

      2011 - 2015
      Master's degree in building (project management) - part time construction management

      Activities and Societies: Wits women basketball - First team

    • University of the witwatersrand

      2006 - 2009
      Bsc quantity surveying construction

      Invitation to the Golden Key Society in 2006 (Wits University) -(Golden Key Society is by invitations only and selects the top 15% )

  • Experience

    • Mlc group

      Jun 2009 - Jun 2009
      Student qs

      Worked as a student trainee for a week during the June school break at Wits in 2009

    • Theba consultant and quantity surveyor

      Jul 2009 - Dec 2009
      Student intern
    • Theba consultant and quantity surveyor

      Apr 2010 - Jan 2013
      Quantity surveyor

      The roles played on the projects handled are: The Preparation of Bills of Quantities, monthly valuation of building/construction progress on site, negotiations and assessment of quotes, sourcing quotes from suppliers, final accounts re-measurements of construction work and agreements with contractor, estimates of new work to be done, preparation of variation orders (request for change in scope and or cost) with the client, bi-weekly site meetings with the professional team and the contractor, and the facilitation of the administration of the JBCC - between the client and the contractor- currently studying the NEC, FIDIC (Red and Yellow) and GCC contracts and the preparation and presentation of cost reports to the client. Show less

    • Dryden projects

      Feb 2013 - Oct 2013
      Quantity surveyor

      Duties included drafting of the extension of time claims and submitting monthly claims to the clients on projects, ensuring the submission of monthly cost spends to clients, to name a few. On one project, I was able to increase the evaluated cashflow by R 2 Million, by demonstrating to the client’s Quantity Surveyor of work that had been done to date but omitted in the calculations. Created and implemented new systems for subcontract works management. The new systems resulted in an immediate plugging of financial wastage and fraudulent monetary claims. Also created the following:1. Created a data base of all subcontractor/vendor.2. Analyzed monies claimed by and payment patterns to subcontractors/vendors.3. Identified anomalies in the form of overclaims and overlaps of work done.4. Created a claim procedure for all subcontractor/vendor. Show less

    • Enumerate consulting - quantity surveyors

      Feb 2014 - Feb 2015
      Quantity surveyor

      Duties included generating Bills of Quantities, preparing monthly valuation certificates for progress of work completed on site, preparing estimates and cash flow projects, preparing cost reports and closing out projects with the builder (final accounts). On one of the project handled, there was a saving of ZAR 280,000.00 (excl. VAT) and a good relationship established with the client which led to repeat work.Fields of expertise includes but not limited to:1. Private residential property2. Offices & Office park developments3. Refurbishments4. Heritage restoration Show less

    • Profica group

      Jan 2016 - May 2018
      Junior project manager

      On one of my projects, I was able to unlock project funding through negotiations, creative value engineering and coordination of the design & cost team to achieve the cost target of the executive team. Prior to project involvement, the project had been a stalemate and had been canned for 3 years by the executive team. On another project, I was able to reduce the amount my client (the tenant) needed to pay for a new Fresh Air system, through effective documentation used for negotiations with the Landlord to 50% of the cost. Using my quantity surveying skillsets on the same project, I was able to increase our profit by 50% of planned profit. Show less

    • Profica group

      Jul 2018 - Jul 2019
      Project manager

      On one of my projects there was a cost saving objective by the CRES team and a request to maintain a relationship with an existing supplier (who had historically been expensive) by the IT team. I suggested and implemented a solution that resulted in a cost saving of about R 600,000.00 ZAR, while still using the existing preferred supplier for the installation. The project was rated a 5/5 and client requested my involvement on the rest of MEA Region projects.

    • Links n' bridges

      Jul 2019 - Mar 2021
      Founder and managing director

      Links n’ Bridges is a construction ‘problem solving’ consulting firm, providing services in construction cost management focused on improving the profitability of Construction and Construction related projects; services in efficient administration & project delivery focused on improving construction project success rates to time & cost; and improving the efficiencies of construction and construction related businesses through the effective adoption of technology in business processes, in Sub-Sahara Africa.For more information on our projects and work, visit: https://linksnbridges.com/ Show less

    • Women's property network

      Dec 2019 - Dec 2022
      Gauteng committee member

      The WPN was established in 2000 and it's mandate is to provide a platform for women in the commercial property industry to build valuable connections, develop and enhance their careers and recognize and celebrate that the success of women in the industry.I currently manage one of the student chapters and some key strategic projects within the Gauteng Regional chapter.

    • Decagon

      May 2021 - Jul 2021
      Strategy delivery manager (office of the ceo)

      Decagon is an elite software engineering and leadership training Institute that equips high potential individuals with world-class software engineering and leadership skills, combined with practical exposure through real-life projects and corporate placements. We ensure that our devs are enabled to launch their career in software development successfully. Decagon trains software engineers in fullstack Javascript (Node JS/React JS), C# (.NET Core), Java ( Spring framework), Mobile app development (React.Js) to name a few. We select and recruit the top 0.5% of tech talent in the cities we source from. We run our own Software Engineering Training institute which is #1 in Africa. Show less

    • Bimcommunity.africa

      Oct 2021 - Dec 2023
      Chairperson
    • The closed circuit group

      Nov 2021 - now
      Founder

      The Closed Circuit is bridging the trust deficit gap and nurturing social bonds amongst social trust networks, so together they can do more, using our technological platforms and solutions.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Candidate quantity surveyor

      Sacqsp
      Apr 2010
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Outreach programmes to orphanages, street kids etc

      Issued by personal time on Jan 2013
      personal timeAssociated with Ginika E. Egwuonwu