CV: Yaakov Avital, quantity surveyor and building technician
Quantity surveyor and registered building technician. Hands-on construction experience since 2012 in quantities, pricing, tenders and contractors' accounts: on the developer's side, with a main contractor, at a company that built extensions at hospitals in operation, and in a tender department. Since 2024, an independent quantity surveyor and the manager of Yaakov Avital Ltd. Developer of AiN, software that produces a bill of quantities from a BIM model.
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Education and registration
- Building technician, construction management track · Shenkar College · 2012–2015
- Registered in Israel's register of certified technicians · building technician diploma from 2018
Professional experience
| Years | Where and in what role | What I did |
|---|---|---|
| 2024–present | Yaakov Avital Ltd. · independent quantity surveyor | Bills of quantities for contractors from Revit models and drawings and quantity takeoff, measured like a contractor: multi-storey residential buildings and Pinui-Binui urban renewal (demolish and rebuild, with new flats for the residents), commercial buildings, hotels, public buildings and private houses. |
| 2025 | Independent quantity surveyor · for the tender department of a main contractor | Pricing and negotiation in tenders, including a main-contractor tender for a residential project of 213 flats (about 35,000 m²) and a lump-sum tender for a commercial building of about 33,000 m². |
| 2022–2024 | Main contractor · quantity surveyor and estimator | Pricing and quantities in tenders the company won: 190 flats, and an assisted-living project of 156 units (about 10,500 m²). Concrete quantity takeoff for the final account. |
| 2019–2022 | Building extensions at hospitals in operation · quantity surveyor and estimator | Quantities, pricing and tenders for building extensions at hospitals in operation, and approval of quantities and variations in contractors' accounts. |
| 2015–2019 | Urban infrastructure | Design and pricing of infrastructure connections, bills of quantities and cost estimates. |
| 2012–2015 | A large shopping mall project in Tel Aviv, on the developer's side | Concrete and rebar quantity calculations, site execution work, and approval of subcontractors' accounts. |
Certifications and training
- Registered building technician. Listed in Israel's register of certified technicians, Ministry of Labour (search the register, in Hebrew). Building technician diploma from 2018.
- Certified works manager. Works manager certification in building and civil engineering construction (2020), from the Ministry of Labour (search the Ministry's register of service providers, in Hebrew).
- Occupational safety officer. Completed the course for occupational safety officers and passed the final exams: Handasa BaGova college, 331 study hours, 2020 to 2021 (certificate, PDF in Hebrew).
- Work-at-height instructor. Completed the course for work-at-height instructors (2020).
- Building defect inspection (home inspection). A government course for people with a background in the field, at Habonim College (the college's site, in Hebrew): 484 hours in 2021 to 2022, with the government final exams. Certificate no. 1471330.
- Court expert witness. Completed the course for court expert witnesses (2021).
- Revit Structure. Completed a Revit Structure course, 3D structural design in Revit: CivilEng Academy, February 2026 (certificate, PDF in Hebrew).
- Professional liability insurance. Insured under a professional liability policy.
Software
Revit · AutoCAD · Autodesk Takeoff · Navisworks · Excel · Dekel · Binarit · Ramdor · Ziv (contractor accounts) · MS Project · Priority · Python for automation
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