Costima Associates
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Locations
Costima Associates
Key Contacts
Owners, Principals & Senior Executives
Dia Khafra's Bio
Dia Khafra, C.Build E FCABE
Dia Khafra is a U.K. registered Chartered Building Engineer, and a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers. He is currently a Board Member and Secretary of the National Capitol Section of AACE International (Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering / U.S.A.)..
He has accumulated 40 years comprehensive and in-depth, post-University experience in the Cost Engineering and Quantity Surveying field, subsequent to the pursuit of a BSc. (Hons.) degree course in Quantity Surveying at the University of Reading, U.K.
As founder, C.E.O., and a Senior Cost Manager of COSTIMA ASSOCIATES, he provides a broad spectrum of Cost Engineering / Quantity Surveying services to the Industry at large. It builds on the foundation established during his previous employment as a Senior Cost Estimator / Negotiator with the Government of the District of Columbia, Office of Property Management, now the Department of General Services; a Cost Management Consultant with the now defunct MMP International Inc., Project & Cost Managers, Structural & Civil Engineers, and a Cost Consultant with Forella Associates. Construction Cost Consultants. He was also the Principal and Senior Quantity Surveyor of QU-ESS Consultants, Construction Cost Consultants, Republic of Trinidad & Tobago.
Mr. Khafra has rendered services on projects for private Developers, Owners, Federal and State Governments, Architectural / Engineering and Construction Management firms, and General and Sub- Contractors. Facility types include Hospitals, Homes for the Aged & Infirm, Jails and Prisons, Police precincts, Fire & Emergency Stations, Schools and University Buildings, Public Libraries, Municipal Office Buildings, Embassies, Airport Cargo Building, Apartment Buildings, Townhouses, Hotels, Parking Garages and Site Infrastructure works. Services: Conducted Site Investigations, Field Measurements, Facilities Conditions Assessments, Prepared Statement of Works, Feasibility, Budget Authorization and Definitive Cost Estimates, Bids & Sub-bids. Valued works in progress, Prepared, negotiated and settled change order cost proposals and contract close out accounts.