• With over three years of relevant experience, she brings a well-rounded background in cost estimation, procurement, and project coordination across residential, commercial, and government-funded projects.
• Her academic credentials include a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering and ongoing Master’s studies in Environmental Engineering, reinforcing both her technical foundation and commitment to continuous development.
• Lyka is articulate, confident, and clearly passionate about her craft. She has handled full-cycle estimating responsibilities — from blueprint review and material take-offs to coordinating with suppliers, preparing bid proposals, and managing cost control.
• She is adept in a variety of software tools commonly used in estimating workflows, including Buildxact, Buildertrend, Bluebeam, and Planswift.
• She also uses project management platforms like Asana and Trello to stay organized when handling multiple tenders simultaneously.
• Though she has not yet worked directly under an Australian construction firm, Lyka has taken proactive steps to familiarize herself with Australian construction standards, building codes, and procurement protocols.
• She demonstrated knowledge of the local pricing environment, WHS compliance, and best-value sourcing practices relevant to the Australian market.
• Her recent experience with government infrastructure and treatment facility projects through DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS in the Philippines also reflects her versatility and capacity to work on technically complex initiatives.
• In terms of estimating process, Lyka follows a systematic approach. She begins with a comprehensive review of architectural plans and project specifications, performs digital take-offs using estimating software, validates pricing through supplier engagement, and cross-references estimates with historical project data.
• She reported that this method improved her bid success rate by 20% and reduced material take-off discrepancies by 15% in her most recent role.
• She also noted achieving 100% on-time submission of tenders even while handling multiple concurrent projects.

Predictive Index Behavioral Profile - Guardian

Strongest Behaviors

• Driven to protect the company against risk by thoroughly leveraging their background and strictly following “the book.”
• Cautious; follows a well-established and proven plan to avoid making mistakes. Does the background research necessary to have proof to support decisions before action is taken.
• Detail-oriented and accommodating; most comfortable working as part of a well-defined team for which they produce high-quality output and decisions.

Behavioral Summary

A very conscientious and disciplined person; particularly careful, thorough, and accurate in their work. This individual is exacting and strives to produce results that precisely meet the established goals. Works best where there are clear standards, expectations, reporting relationships and measurements for the work. Lyka will depend upon professional training, their own experience, or management leadership, to provide those standards and the structure needed for their work.

Given sufficient experience, they will produce work of high quality, giving close attention to the accuracy of details. Stable and dependable; consistent in their actions and, if necessary, has sufficient patience to do work of a repetitive nature. Believes in having, and following, well-defined processes and procedures.