Quantity surveying
Applying measurement, cost planning, procurement, and commercial thinking to construction challenges.
↗ Quantity Surveying Undergraduate | University of Moratuwa
Building insight.Creating practical solutions.
Available for opportunities- Construction
- Technology
- Startups
- Non-profits & NGOs
Undergraduate Quantity Surveyor at the University of Moratuwa with practical internship experience in quantity takeoff, Bills of Quantities, site management and construction project delivery.
01 / Measure · Approach
Grounded in construction.Curious beyond boundaries.
Quantity surveying gives me a foundation in cost, value, measurement, procurement, and project delivery. Alongside it, I explore automation, data, software systems, AI, and machine learning as additional ways to understand and solve practical problems across industries.
01 / Construction × Technology
Two industries.
One way of working.
I treat a building and a software product the same way: measure what is there, price the options, build in sequence—then connect it with data so it keeps improving.
- 01MeasureSet out the site and take off the quantities.
- 02EstimatePrice the options, plan the sequence, procure.
- 03BuildStructure rises storey by storey, then the envelope.
- 04ConnectData, automation and software on top of the asset.
- 05HandoverA working asset—and the information to run it.
Illustrative take-off
- Concrete
- 1,240 m³
- Reinforcement
- 96 t
- Storeys
- 5
- Data points
- 24
Construction practice
Building practical understanding through consultancy, site exposure, and real project environments.
↗Automation & systems
Turning repetitive processes and useful ideas into reliable digital workflows and applications.
↗Data, AI & ML
Using analysis and intelligent methods to reveal insights and support better decisions.
↗02 / Build · Selected work
Projects across disciplines.
Web and mobile applications, quantity-surveying work, construction experience, and practical experiments—organized by the kind of problem being solved.
04 projects
Web applications01
Institute for Skills Development
A CMS-driven youth-development platform for programmes, courses, scholarships, success stories, applications, and an organization-specific RAG assistant.
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- Supabase
- Google Gemini
- RAG
Web applications02
Medithra
A custom WordPress medical-supplies and institutional-procurement platform with catalogue discovery, SKU search, quotation workflows, and catalogue administration.
- WordPress
- PHP
- Custom theme
- Custom plugin
- JavaScript
- CSS
- CSV import
Mobile applications03
Data Monitor
A privacy-first Android data-allowance and network-usage monitor supporting multiple SIM and Wi-Fi plans, local history, alerts, and a responsive home-screen widget.
- Kotlin
- Jetpack Compose
- Material 3
- Room
- DataStore
- WorkManager
- Jetpack Glance
Web applications04
Aivoq Smart Procurement
Full-cycle material procurement platform with separate staff, supplier and public portals — RFQ issuance, competitive supplier bidding, purchase order approval, delivery tracking and live buyer↔supplier chat.
- Django
- Django REST Framework
- Python
- PostgreSQL
- SQLite
- Bootstrap
- WhiteNoise
- Gunicorn
03 / As-built · Experience
Learning in practice.
Professional exposure across consultancy and site-based quantity surveying.
Trainee Quantity Surveyor
Central Engineering Services (Pvt) Ltd — CESLMagistrate Courts Complex, Colombo 12Site-based quantity surveying experience covering construction processes, site management and professional project practices.
Trainee Quantity Surveyor
Moonstone Cost ConsultantsYakkala, Western Province, Sri LankaPractical quantity takeoff experience using CostX and PlanSwift, with Bills of Quantities prepared to NRM2, POMI and SLS 573 standards across local and international projects.
03 / As-built · Academics
— 2026
BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying
University of Moratuwa · Undergraduate
Department of Building Economics. The programme is accredited by RICS, CICES, PAQS, AIQS and NZIQS.
— 2021
GCE OL & GCE AL
Royal College
GCE OL : 8A's & 1B GCE AL : A, B & C (Physical Science)
“Learning one discipline.Exploring beyond it.”
03 / As-built · Capabilities
Skills
Certifications
Research
Aim: To develop a SHAP-based explainable machine learning model for analysing the financial literacy of Quantity Surveyors.
- To critically review financial literacy among Quantity Surveyors.
- To analyse the key factors influencing financial literacy of Quantity Surveyors.
- To develop a Random Forest model to assess financial literacy among Quantity Surveyors.
- To interpret the Random Forest model outputs using SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanations) to analyse the financial literacy of Quantity Surveyors
04 / Impact · Who I build for
Four worlds.One toolkit.
I’m drawn to teams where cost thinking and the ability to ship both matter—on site, in code, at an early-stage startup, or inside an organisation working for the common good.
Construction
Cost, value and delivery on real projects—from take-off and Bills of Quantities to site practice.
Measurement · Cost planning · ProcurementTechnology
Apps, automation and data systems that remove repetitive work and surface better decisions.
Web & mobile · Automation · Data & AIStartups
Lean, fast-moving teams where every rupee counts and an idea has to become something people can use.
Lean budgets · MVPs · Shipping fastNon-profits & NGOs
Making limited funding go further with transparent costing, simple digital tools and outcomes you can measure.
Value for money · Simple tools · Impact dataHave a problem worthsolving?
I’m open to internships, collaborations, research, freelance projects, startup teams, and non-profit or NGO work—and to conversations about useful ideas.
ahnafsalahy44@gmail.com ↗