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Engineering Quantification & Detailing
BoQs that survive contact with the site. Every cubic metre, every tonne of rebar, every weld inch — quantified from first-principles before procurement is locked.
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A direct message from the founder · Qontrack.org
I build the things other people are afraid to sign off on.
Steel plants. Metro rail. Airports. 32-storey towers. ₹2,000 Cr power blocks. For 32 years I have been the engineer the client calls when the BoQ doesn't add up, the schedule is bleeding, or the contractor has lodged a claim that looks unwinnable.
Today I run Qontrack.org. If your project needs quantification, costing, planning, claim defence, or hardened staffing — this page is for you. Read it slowly.
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Pratap Chandra Mishra
CEng · AMIE(I) · M.I.Inst.W · M.Tech Structures
Ex-Tata Projects · L&T · Simplex Infra · Dilip Buildcon · JSPL
32+
Years on Site
₹19+ Cr
Claims Recovered
8%
Average PBT Generated
Zero
Harm Record
Section 01 · The problem
If any of this sounds like your last project,
we should talk.
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Quantities under-estimated — BoQ explodes mid-project, eating your margin alive.
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Schedule slips quarter after quarter. Idle equipment. Idle crews. Penalties stacking.
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Contractor lodges a fat claim. You have no contractual ammunition to counter.
- 04
Costing is a guess. By the time you see the variance report, the money is already spent.
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You hire 'experienced' staff who can't read a GFC drawing without hand-holding.
Every one of those is solvable. Most of them are preventable. The difference is having someone who has lived through it 200 times sitting on your side of the table.
Section 02 · Who I am
Three decades. Eight industries. One discipline.
I started on a Diploma in Civil Engineering in 1989 and have spent every year since on a live site — first as a junior engineer at Simplex pouring piles for cement plants, eventually as a regional construction lead at Tata Projects executing 42-storey towers, hospitals, water systems and steel plants worth thousands of crores.
Along the way I added the credentials — AMIE(I), AMIMechE(I), Member of the Indian Institute of Welding, and an M.Tech in Structural Engineering. Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Engineers (India). Currently completing CMA Inter and Materials & Metallurgical at IE India.
But certifications are not why clients call. Clients call because I have personally signed off on the concrete pour for a 275-metre RCC chimney, the rebar schedule for a 42-storey shear-wall tower, and the claim file that pulled ₹10.7 Cr out of an arbitration. That experience is now packaged as a service through Qontrack.org.
Section 03 · What you get
Five services.
Built around how money is actually lost on site.
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Costing & Financial Planning
Estimates built the way the project actually gets built. Resource-loaded, vendor-validated, and stress-tested against the contract conditions.
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Project Planning & Scheduling
Primavera & MS Project schedules that show the critical path you can actually defend in a meeting. Recovery plans when things go sideways — and they will.
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Claim Management & Dispute Resolution
Built on 32 years of contracts read line-by-line. We construct claims that get paid, and we defend against claims that shouldn't. Proven track record.
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Staffing & Resource Allocation
Engineers, planners, QS, and supervisors — pre-vetted by someone who has actually run a site. No CV-padding. No surprises on day one.
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Send it on WhatsApp →Or simply: "Pratap, please look at this for me."
A second pair of expert eyes on a tender, a drawing set, a contract, or an LOI before you sign. Flat fee. 48-hour turnaround.
Section 04 · Proof
Not a portfolio.
A track record.
A partial list. Every entry below is a project I personally executed or led — no agency credit, no team-of-2000 hand-waving.
| Year | Employer / Client | Project & Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 2021–23 | JSPL Angul | SMS-II — Defended ESSAR slope-profile claim; zero leak. |
| 2020–21 | Dilip Buildcon | Bhopal Metro Rail — viaduct & station execution. |
| 2016–20 | Tata Projects | Mahindra Luminare 32-storey × 2 — recovered ₹8.5 Cr Italian marble claim. |
| 2014–16 | Tata Projects | JSPL Angul BF, COB Water — 6 cooling towers in 14 months, 8% PBT. |
| 2012–14 | Tata Projects | Tata Steel HSM RWTP — generated ₹860 Cr follow-on business. |
| 2010–12 | Simplex Infra | NTPC VSTPP 500 MW × 2 — 275 m RCC chimney, ₹10.7 Cr claim won. |
| 2007–10 | L&T B&F | DIAL Terminal 3 — zero-tolerance mass civil works. |
| 2007–10 | L&T B&F | Taj Hotel Dwarka — 50 m deep piles, top-down construction. |
₹8.5 Cr
Italian marble claim recovered
Mahindra Luminare, Gurugram — established and encashed claim for raw-slab vs cut-to-size discrepancy.
₹10.7 Cr
Arbitration claim won
NTPC VSTPP — built the documentary case for idle resources caused by drawing & soil-strata mismatches.
₹860 Cr
Follow-on business generated
Tata Steel HSM — delivered one package so well that additional packages followed.
Section 05 · How we work
From WhatsApp to handover
in four steps.
01
Discovery Call
A 30-minute WhatsApp or Zoom. You describe the project. I tell you straight whether I can move the needle.
02
Scope & Engagement
Written scope, fixed deliverables, fixed timelines. No open-ended retainers unless you ask for one.
03
Execution
Quantification, costing, schedule, claim file, or staffing — delivered with the rigour of a site engineer, not a consultant deck.
04
Handover & Defence
Documents handed over with walk-through. If a claim goes to arbitration, I sit at the table with you.
Stop reading. Start a conversation.
The first call is free.
The honesty is included.
If I can help, I will tell you exactly how. If I can't, I will tell you that too — and where to look instead. Either way, you walk away with a clearer picture of your project.
Section 06 · Questions
Most common questions, answered straight.
What size of project do you work on?+
I have personally executed projects from ₹50 Cr to ₹2,000+ Cr. Qontrack engages on anything where the cost of getting it wrong is more than the cost of getting it right.
Do you work outside India?+
Yes. Remote engineering, quantification, costing and claim files are delivered globally. On-site mobilisation is case-by-case.
Will you sign an NDA?+
Always. Send your NDA on WhatsApp before the first call and it will be signed and returned within 24 hours.
What is your typical engagement fee?+
Scope-based, not hourly. Most quantification and claim engagements are quoted in 48 hours after the discovery call. Many recover their fee multiple times over from the first claim or the first cost saving.
Can you augment my existing team rather than replace it?+
That is in fact the most common engagement — embedded support to your PMC, your QS cell, or your planning team for the duration of a phase.