As an Associate and Nationwide Quantity Surveying Lead, Asela brings hands-on experience and in-depth knowledge to his role at Prendos. Asela began his career in 2004 with one of Sri Lanka’s leading quantity surveying and project management consultancies. His project portfolio covers every aspect of quantity surveying services, and he has been involved in high-profile projects in the residential, commercial, hotel, healthcare, recreation, and education sectors. He has worked on construction projects (new constructions, renovations and refurbishments) and piling projects to build substructures for multi-storey buildings. His international experience included outsourcing quantity surveying services to clients based in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Qatar, Oman and the Maldives.
Asela has also provided quantity surveying services for infrastructure facilities in Sri Lanka, including the redevelopment and rebuilding of international cricket stadiums to host the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011 and 2012, high-performance centres, and outdoor practice facilities for provincial cricket clubs and schools. His expertise includes cost planning, procurement and contracts, payment process, financial reporting, expert witness, rebuild cost for insurance purposes, bank finance reporting for residential and commercial developments, and acting as Contract Administrator (previously Engineer to the Contract). Asela also works closely with other Prendos departments to provide services for seismic upgrading projects, long-term maintenance plans for Body Corporate clients, and cost advice for pre-acquisition due diligence and condition surveys of commercial and residential properties.
QUALIFICATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
2021 Master of Construction (Construction Law) with Distinction, Massey University, NZ
2017 Member of NZ Institute of Quantity Surveyors
2014 B.Sc. (Hons) in QS – University of Wolverhampton, UK
2011 BTEC Higher Natl Dip in QS & Construction Economics – British College of Applied Studies, Sri Lanka
2007 National Certificate of Technology in Quantity Surveying – Technical College, Sri Lanka