1. Gabriel Puerta
 3/1 Marjoram Place, Brooklyn Park, S.A. 5032
 (08) 823 41 417 0449 549 667
 gpuertag@gmail.com Puerta Echeverri
Visa Status: Skilled (Migrant) (class VE) subclass 176 Skilled – Sponsored. Granted by the State of South
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Australia on December 6 2010.
Profile
Professional Civil Engineer with over 20 years of experience performing as site engineer, senior remedial engineer,
Post-Tensioning engineer and Post-Tensioning project manager. Key projects include 187-unit housing
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development project, structures rehabilitation after 1999´s Colombian earthquake, over 300.000 m Post-
Tensioned slabs, pre-cast tilt-up panels and beams for buildings, bridges, parking stores and warehouses. Fully
conversant with QA/QC ISO 9001 and OH&S plans design & implementation.
Core Competencies
 Ability to manage projects to time, budget and OH&S restraints having planned and managed important
construction contracts for the companies I have worked for.
 Highly experienced in troubleshooting gained from extensive experience as a team player as well as a team
leader. I have created effective solutions to overcome unforeseen problems for reinforced and Post-Tensioned
concrete structures and several technical ways to recover damaged concrete structures using Post-Tensioning
systems.
 Excellent analytical skills having efficiently specified and developed technical documents such as the Technical
Specification for Post – Tensioning Procedures within the company I have been leading since 2005 as well as
effectively estimated and controlled budgets, proposals and schedules.
 High sensibility and capability on resources management and optimisation – financial and human resources,
and equipment – .
 Demonstrated ability to manage and operate Post - Tensioning equipment having actively participated in every
single project that the company I led had been involved in.
 Demonstrated teamwork skills, as well as the ability to work successfully on my own initiative by having been
both, team member and leader within construction project teams.
 Flexibility to work in remote areas and easy adjustment to new environments.
 Advanced AutoCAD and Microsoft Office Skills (MS Word, Excel, Project). I have reviewed every single plan for
reinforced and Post-Tensioned structures and based on this, developed and controlled budgets, proposals and
schedules.
 Fluent spoken and written English. Native Spanish.
Career Objectives
 To boost my technical and managerial skills by getting involved in new engineering challenges such as
infrastructure works.
 To improve my structural design skills by getting a position that allows me being in permanent contact with a
design team.
 To apply my Post – Tensioned structures construction knowledge by working for a company that either uses or
would like to apply such technology.

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 To settle myself in a long term job where I will be able to demonstrate and develop my capabilities.
Professional History
[1] Employer Sistemas de Postensionado G.P.E.U. (Post–Tensioning Systems supplier for
buildings and bridges in Colombia)
Date November 2005 – July 2011
Position Owner and Manager
Duties Management
 Identify targets, resources and procedures in order to define company´s strategies and
projections.
 Management of human and financial resources.
 Development and control of proposals, budgets and timetables; estimating work´s
quantities and company´s income, expenses and profit.
 Delivering finished Post - Tensioned works to the client and liquidation of contracts.
 Liaise with colleagues and other professionals such as architects and OH&S specialists to
ensure a better outcome while performing Post-Tensioning procedures.
 Identify potential risks on site and devise solutions to meet OH&S safety standards.
 Prepare monthly financial reports to be delivered and analysed by the company´s
accountant to anticipate and correct any deviation over the budget.
 Organise and lead weekly project meetings with foreman to review project progress and
ensure that time, quality and waste considerations are met.
Technical
 Evaluation and analysis of structural draws and data in order to find out any
incongruence that may represent structural risk.
 Recruited and trained the personnel needed for each project.
 Procedures planning and execution according to technical specifications and structural
draws.
 Management, supervision and interpretation of all data collected in technical processes.
 Regular inspection of company´s equipment, assessing maintenance plan, foreseeing
needs and preparing solutions.
 Coordinate site activities in order to minimise disturbances to other contractors.
 Manage rubble and remaining in order to minimise environmental impact.
 Prepare technical reports over the Post-Tensioning procedures outcome data and deliver
them to the Structural Designer and inspector or client´s representative.
Achievements
 I have positioned the company I led since 2005, within the top 10 most important Post -
Tensioning companies in Colombia.
 The company has supplied over 600 tons of Post – Tensioning System for buildings and
infrastructure (including pre-cast segmented beams for bridges and pre-cast concrete
panels for Tilt-Up systems on warehouse facades) for important companies and
institutions in Colombia (www.arquitecturayconcreto.com, www.sistematilt-up.com,
www.grupo-monarca.com, www.estaco.com, www.furel.com.co, www.udea.edu.co
www.doblamos.com).
 My workers raised their standard of living since they started to work for the company.
 Due to the implementation of OH&S plans in every single project none of my workers
suffered an accident on site along those years even though we were frequently working
on towering buildings.

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[2] Employer Pórticos Ingenieros Civiles S.A. (Leader Construction Company in Colombia).
www.porticossa.com
Date September 1997 – September 2005
Position Budgets and Control Engineer (1997-1998) – Remedial Engineering and New Technologies
Engineer (1998-1999) – Senior Post-Tensioning Engineer (1999-2004) - Senior Site
Engineer (2004-2005).
Duties As Budget and Control Engineer
 Request and evaluation of quotations and tenders from suppliers/subcontractors.
 Estimation and control of works´ quantities, budgets and timetables.
 Estimation of the workforce required for each work´s activity.
 Development of financial and technical proposals for buildings and infrastructure.
 Development of tenders either for public and private sectors.
 Supervise every project and prepare reports about progress, cost, building erection,
man-hours and accounts payable.
 Liaise with site engineers.
 Prepare and deliver reports & presentations to the work team.
As Remedial Engineering and New Technologies Engineer
 Development of budgets and proposals.
 Works´ planning and execution according to technical specifications and structural
draws.
 Material and personnel requisition for worksites.
 Development and control of subcontracts for both workforce and materials supply.
 Final liquidation of work contracts.
 Planning and execution of field tests to measure slope displacements in Soil-Nailing
works at different depths and locations.
 Development of monthly financial and technical reports to company´s owners.
 Coordination of site activities in order to meet quality target while keeping project
within budget and timetable.
 Implementation of QA/QC plan according to ISO 9001-2000, including procedures and
checklists. QA/QC plan was successfully audited by INALCEC.
 Weekly meetings with my foremen to ensure that we met performance goals, time
tables and relevant OH&S regulations.
 Examination of contract documents and negotiating modifications with the client.
 Assess project’s environmental impact and prepare a mitigation plan.
 Prepare invoices according with work´s advances and submit it to client.
As Senior Post-Tensioning Engineer
 Planning the Post-Tensioning department´s performance defining targets, resources and
procedures in order to its optimisation.
 Estimating works´ quantities, budgets and timetables.
 Planning and execution Post - Tensioning works according to technical specifications and
structural draws.
 Management of Post-Tensioning equipment, materials and personnel.
 Supervision of the assembly and installation of Post-Tensioning works for bridges and
buildings.
 Management, supervision and interpretation of data collected at Post-Tensioning
procedures.
 Final liquidation of contracts and monthly financial and technical reports to the
Company owners.

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 Implement OH&S and QA/QC plan for every project according to relevant regulations
and ISO 9001-2000.
 Negotiate tenders with customer.
 Control subcontractors’ payment by completed work assessment.
As Senior Site Engineer
 Planning and selection of the right equipment and personnel needed to accomplish each
activity within the timetable and with a high quality performance.
 Planning and execution of construction works according to technical specifications and
structural/architectural plans/drawings.
 Develop and control projects´ budget and schedule.
 Manage and supervise workforce and equipment at the construction site and keep track
of the construction supplies.
 Manage liaisons between clients or their representatives with the company and building
inspector and OH&S consultants in weekly meetings.
 Perform technical and financial reports for every project to the company owners and
clients on a monthly basis.
 Final liquidation of subcontracts.
Achievements
 I played an important role while I was working within the costs´ department since the
company was awarded with multimillion dollar contracts for the construction of bridges
and warehouses.
 While I was working within the remedial engineering and new technologies department I
was in charge of more than 6 great projects including soil nailing and ground anchors
retaining walls and the updating of old reinforced structures to the recent Colombian
Construction regulations for Seismic Activity Resistance (NSR-98).
 I was also in charge of the rehabilitation of several building structures after the
Colombian earthquake in 1999.
 While I was working for the Post – Tensioning department, I was in charge of about 10
projects involving bridges, viaducts and buildings.
 Due to the implementation of QA/QC plans according to ISO 9001-2000 that I led for
every single project, our department increased its profits, reduced complaints and the
customers were more satisfied.
 I was the senior engineer for a residential set with 208 apartments in eight seven-story
buildings.
 Managed subcontractors specially dealing with comprehension to details and drawings,
delivering better quality and speeding up progress.
 The residential set was delivered on time, with expected quality and within estimated
budget.
 I led the design and implementation of OH&S plan. Due to this, no worker suffered
serious accident on site.
Qualifications
 Five-year Professional Civil Engineering degree (recognised by Engineers Australia as a Professional Civil
Engineer), Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería 1984-1990 (www.escuelaing.edu.co)

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Further Training
 Internal Quality Audit, Inalcec, Medellín, 1998
 Internal Quality Audit, Pórticos Ingenieros Civiles, Medellín, 2003
 AutoCad for Engineers, Sena, Medellín, 2000.
 Microsoft Office 2007 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Microsoft Project 2007
References
 Angela Martínez, Post-Tension Department Manager, Pórticos S.A.
postenporticos@une.net.co, (+57) 300 619 9396
 Jairo Acosta, Operations Support Engineer, Western Power
jairoacosta@ymail.com, 0422 035 491
 Juan Carlos Martinez, Unit 8, 5 Crozier Terrace Oaklands Park, SA 5046.
jmartinez183@yahoo.es, 0466 322 103
 Freddy Santos, 7 Meredith Avenue, Fulham, SA, 5024.
santosfreddy@hotmail.com 0432 347 307
Written references and prior jobs will be available upon request