Nidhi Pawar

About Nidhi Pawar

Construction professional with experience delivering complex infrastructure and capital improvement projects across transportation, aviation, and healthcare sectors. Currently a at GSG Consultants Inc, supporting project delivery through contractor pay application reviews, stakeholder coordination, schedule tracking, and compliance reporting.I’ve worked on large public infrastructure programs involving Metra and the Regional Transportation Authority (Chicago), along with airport modernization initiatives at Chicago Midway International Airport through the Connect Chicago Alliance program.With a Master’s in Construction Engineering & Management from Illinois Institute of Technology and a background in architecture, I bring both design insight and project management execution to complex builds. My focus is on infrastructure, transportation, and large-scale development projects that demand strong coordination, technical problem-solving, and disciplined project delivery.

Experience

1. Assistant Project Manager

   GSG Consultants, Inc.

   Feb 2025 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Reviewed and verified contractor pay applications for the Oak Forest Health Campus Demolition Project, auditing quantities, ensuring contract compliance, and preparing assessment reports tracking over 30 invoices and change orders monthly across multiple projects, accelerating approval timelines by 20% and ensuring timely disbursements. • Developed 6+ AutoCAD phasing plans for the Harvey Transportation Project, illustrating complex traffic detours and enabling stakeholder buy-in during city coordination meetings. • Developed end-to-end solution delivery by gathering internal requirements, ensuring alignment with customer needs, and overseeing implementation from construction through deployment, while resolving critical issues and maintaining strict adherence to project timelines and budgets. • Developed comprehensive RTA compliance reports for multiple Metra station packages by analyzing project scope, ADA and SOGR upgrades, risk factors, and cost impacts, while coordinating with Metra, RTA, design consultants, and internal PM teams to validate design milestones, funding eligibility, and station improvement requirements across platforms, shelters, ticketing areas, and accessibility elements. • Managed project scope, schedule, budget, deliverables, risks, and performance metrics, preparing weekly/monthly progress reports, executive briefings, and dashboard updates. • Reviewed and validated pay applications, schedules of values (SOVs), change order requests, cost estimates, and contractor proposals, tracking budget performance and funding allocations. • Coordinated project meetings, design reviews, and working sessions with internal and external stakeholders, fostering effective communication and collaboration. • Supported resolution of field conflicts through RFIs, design clarifications, and coordination between design-builder, SMEs, inspectors, and EORs.

Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology

  Master's degree, Construction Management

• D. Y. Patil College of Engineering & Technology, KASABA BAWADA (DYPCET)

  Bachelor of Architecture - BArch, Architecture

  2015 — 2020