Director, Middle East Ports and Marine
AECOM
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :28 years, 8 أشهر
Responsible for all AECOM's Ports and Marine business in the Middle East and East Africa.
Winner of AECOM's Middle East Profitable Growth Award for financial year 2012, for growing the business significantly, broadening the skills set, improving the revenue, profit and cash by more than 20% YOY.
Projects include:
DP World's largest ongoing development in Terminal 3, Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE;
Dammam 2nd Container Terminal EPC design, detailed design review and supervision for PSA, Saudi Arabia;
Aqaba port advisory services for Aqaba Development Corporation, Jordan;
King Abdullah Economic City Port, Design review and Ro-Ro Terminal planning, for the Ports Development Authority, Saudi Arabia;
DP World Maputo port planning and design, Mozambique;
Mauritius Container Terminal planning, detailed design and construction services for Mauritius Ports Authority, Mauritius;
Dhow Wharfage Development in Deira Corniche, planning, detailed design and supervision for Dubai Municipality, Dubai, UAE;
Jazan Economic City Port planning and EPC design for JEC, Saudi Arabia... and others.
Responsible for leading all multi-disciplinary projects and pursuits delivered from Dubai and the Northern Emirates, including the inception, planning, tender and construction services. This amounted to about 30% of AECOM's revenue in Dubai. The projects included:
- Dubai Industrial City - 2200 ha - UAE 2.5bn;
- Mudon at Dubailand - 660 ha;
- The Villa at Dubailand - 360 ha;
- King Abdullah Financial Center, Riyadh, KSA;
- Dubai Studio City phase 1 (350 ha) and phase 2 (300 ha);
- Sharjah Investment Park (400 ha);
- Nujoom Island Earthworks, Sharjah;
- Global Business Exchange, Tijara Town, Dubai;
and others..
- Project Director for the Media City Project, Including Dubai Soundstages Complex (AED 160M), Boutique Studios (AED 93M),
- Senior Resident Engineer on Dubai International Financial Cente - Truck and Services Facility (Dhs 385M) since October 2006.
- Head of Structures, managed the design of:
* Dubai INternational Financial Centre - 1.4km long multi-level 12m underground Truck and Services Tunnel with a total built-up area of 90, 000 sq, m (Dhs 385 M), including retail development above,
* Emirates Industrial City Warehouses - Approx. 1.25 M sq.m of pre-engineered structural steel warehouses - structural design,
* Sharjah Airport International Free (SAIF) Zone - 108, 000 sq.m of hot rolled structural steel warehouses,
* Structural advice and guidance during the design/construction supervision of the Mall of the Emirates post-tensioned bridges and reinforced soil elevated roads (260m long), Al-Hamra arch bridges (about 200m long), and Nujoom Island bridges concept design (12 post-tensioned bridges),
- Led a number of successful consultancy services tenders.
Managing the Tender and Estimation Dept. Tenders won include:
* Sharrjah International Airport Expansion and Re-development (Dhs 227 M),
* Palace for H H Chairman of Dubai Municipality (Dhs 350 M),
* Mall of the Emirates - Elevated Roads Contract (Dhs 21M),
* Tender analysis and alternative design proposals.
* Checking the structural design, preparation of technical submission and advice on civil works costing for Dubai LRT Project (Red and Green Lines).
Bridges Agent and Senior Structural Engineer:
* Development, checking and passing the approval of over 850 shop drawings for 4 post-tensioned concrete bridges (2 in Interchange 4 area and 2 in Souq Al-Nakheel Area), including piling details, bearings, piers and abutments, deck reinforcement and post-tensioning profiles, all bar bending schedules, expansion joints and scaffolding works for 950m length of bridges including the longest bridge currently in Dubai (330m single bridge structure).
* Design of all temporary works including 2 main steel structures allowing the construction of bridge spans over the live traffic of Sheikh Zayed Road, and the supporting structure for the demolition of existing bridge of Interchange 4.
* Human resources and machinery allocation and management for bridge construction. Cash flow monitoring and enhancement for bridge works.
* Supervision of all main bridge works and large concrete pours.
* Design of GRP moulds for irregular shapes of pier columns.
* Structures-related material procurement and rental schedules. Shutters and scaffolding movement.
* Detailed work execution and recovery programs for bridge-related works and enforcing their application on site.
* Co-ordinating all bridge-related works with the Consultant (M/s Parsons) and with the other roads and services disciplines.
Responsible for the design of the following project:
• Sharjah-Ras Al Khaima Highway (2002) Concept design and value-engineering.
• Al-Garhoud Bridge Corridor Upgrading, Dubai (2002) Concept and preliminary element sizing of 160m long arch-supported cable-stayed landmark bridge. • Al-Markhiya Interchange, Qatar (2001-2002)
• Al-Saharah Mall Interchange Bridge and Underpass, Sharjah (2001)
• Category 3 Check of Fryssinet Techspan Arch Bridge - Dukhan Road, Qatar (2001)
• Al-Khan Lagoon Bridges, Sharjah (2001)
• Taiz Municipal Development Project - Phase 2 - Yemen (2001)
• Gillay Village Interchange, Sharjah (2001)
• Emaar’s Westside Marina Bridge, Dubai (1999)
• Sharjah-Dhaid Road Interchanges (1999)
• Al Majaz Canal Bridges, Sharjah (1999)
• Al-Shahama Interchange, Abu Dhabi (1999)
• Mileiha-Fili Second Carriageway, Sharjah (1999)
• Upgrading of SPS Yard Facilities, Baku, Azerbaijan (2002)
• AIOC Full Field Development, Phase 1/2 - Bid Support for the Extension of - -• Sohar Port - Phase I - Bulk Liquid Berthing Structures, Oman (2000-2001)
• Hamriyah Grain Trans-shipment Centre, Sharjah (1998)
• Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding Site Expansion, Musaffah Channel (1999-2000)
• Sharjah University City Hall (2001)
• Al-Qasbaa’ Canal Buildings, Sharjah (2000)
• Category 3 Check of Fryssinet TECHSPAN Arch Bridge - Group 5, Northern Emirates (2000)
• Mina Musaffah, Abu Dhabi (1999)
• Sharjah Traffic Police Headquarters (1999)
• Al Ta’awun Shopping Mall, Sharjah (1999)
• Sharjah International Airport (1999)
• Sharjah Sewage Treatment Works - Phase V (1998)
• Abu Dhabi Championship Golf Course (1998)
Detailed design of the following projects:
• New Bridges in Selangor State, Malaysia (1998)
Design and detailing of 7 single-span pre- and post-tensioned pre-stressed concrete bridges over rivers. Client: JKR Malaysia.
• Upgrading of the Kota Bharu-Kuala Terengganu Federal Highway Bridges, Malaysia (1998)
Inspection, evaluation and preliminary design and upgrading proposal for 4 pre-stressed and reinforced concrete bridges. Client JKR Malaysia.
• Seremban - Melaka Federal Highway, Malaysia (1998)
Preliminary design of 3 multi-span post-tensioned bridges. Client approval. Client: JKR Malaysia.
• Naval Base of Tanjong Pengkelih, Johor State, Malaysia (1998)
Design of base administrative buildings and mosque.
• Besut Water Treatment Plant - Teringgannu State, Malaysia (1998)
Design, detailing and co-ordination with client for the construction of all water-retaining structures in the project including 13m deep buried intake structure, 23m diameter elevated mushroom water tank, flat slab semi-buried 50m sq. balancing/contact tank, axi-symmetric aerator, flocculation tank, lamella qualifiers and gravity filters. Design of administration buildings.
• Kenyir Lake Water Treatment Plant, Terenggannu State, Malaysia (1997-1998)
Checking the structural design of 16m deep underground intake, water-retaining structures and relevant reinforced concrete buildings and pumping stations.
• Reinforced Concrete Arch Bridge - International Garden, Kuala Lumpur (1997)
Structural design and detailing of a pedestrian arch bridge opened during the Commonwealth Games, September, 1998.
• Inspection and Maintenance of the Penang Cable-Stayed Bridge, Malaysia (1996 - 1997)
Structural Advisor to Paves Sdn Bhd (through C&H Engineering Consultants) for the maintenance of the 13.5km long Penang Bridge including its 450m long
• Evaluation of the Cable Forces of Penang Cable-Stayed Bridge - Malaysia (1997)
Dynamic eigen-value analysis of the 144 bridge stays for the computation of cable forces utilising the dynamic excitation non-destructive test results. Work was done for the Institute of Public Works, IKRAM (through C&H Engineering Consultants) and verified by W S Atkins. Client: Malaysian Highway Authorities.
• Prangin Mall Investigation - Penang Island, Malaysia (1997)
Structural Advisor to the Institute of Public Works (IKRAM) - through C&H Engineering Consultants - in the investigation of the wide-scale cracking problem of 344 houses around the Prangin Mall in George Town, Penang Island. Responsible for checking the adequacy of the temporary strengthening measures to ensure structural safety, advising on repair methodology, creating and implementing a computer visual data base for the automated monitoring of cracking activity.
• Bridge Over River Damansara, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (1996)
Design and detailing of 100m long 4-span pre-stressed concrete bridge for access to airport control tower building.
• Changlun-Kuala Perlis Expressway, North Malaysia (1996)
Design of 3 two-span pre-stressed concrete bridges over twin irrigation canals. Site inspection.
• Privatisation Proposal for the Maintenance of All Federal Bridges in Malaysia (1996).
• Melaka Prison Complex Privatisation Proposal, Melaka (1996)
Conceptual design of the prison complex.
• Integrated Agricultural Development Programme of Pahang State, Malaysia (1995)
Detailed design of 5 multiple and single-span pre-stressed concrete bridges for access roads.
• Development of a number of in-house computer programs for the automation of highway and bridge design.
Master of Engineering (Distinction) in Structural Engineering, This postgraduate study consisted of one-year coursework and one-year research. Thesis title: New Elements for the Stiffness Analysis of Shells of Revolution Supported on Nonlinear Media, in which three new finite elements where introduced for the nonlinear computer analysis of soil-shell structure interaction.