Ahmed Abdalla

Mixed use development (Hotels - Braded Apartments - Offices - Retail)
- Holly Mecca Hotels 11 Hotels - 10, 275 Keys
- Osus Eye - mixed-use development: Hotel & Branded Residence - 700 Keys, Offices & Retail Areas)
- Al Qairwan mixed-use development (Hotel & Branded Residence - 470 Keys, Offices & Areas)
- Participated in the strategic partnership agreement with Hotels Operator Hilton, for Osus’ hospitality projects
- Managed the development of the master schedule program with the PMC, to coordinate between the design stage works and construction. Diligently planned the appointment dates of key consultants to ensure the consultants’ engagement during the early stages of the concept design to prevent conflicts and reworks.
- Attended to the consultant’s recommendation like lead design consultant, hotel operator, nominated internal designer by Hilton, branded residences market study consultant, facility management consultant, office leasing consultant; and updated the project plan accordingly
- Planned and updated the authority’s approvals Wafi for off-plan sales procedures, for the branded apartments and residential units. Besides, vigilantly monitoring the progress of schematic drawings to conclude the official project launch date.
- Constantly, ensuring that the magnitude of the design changes was planned, through well-articulated change management procedures, to assess the changes’ magnitude on the budget and completion dates.
Co-Development projects with National Housing Company (NHC)
Financial Planning & Model Development
- Developed financial models and produced feasibility studies to evaluate investment opportunities accompanied by the relevant KPIs reports, with respect to the lifecycle of hospitality, residential, and commercial investment
- Collaborated with departments’ heads, consultants, and stakeholders to align feasibility study and the project execution with market demands and corporate objectives.
- Consistently updated the project’s financial models to accommodate the latest changes in design or cost and actual sales values
- Led the development of the Land Budget according to the relevant yearly target and issued periodic reports regarding the utilization progress
Portfolio Management:

Portfolio of Projects worth $3.5 Billion including major mixed used development of Bo- Development \[Infrastructure, Residential, Leisure Parks, Crystal lagoons Hotels and Branded Residence). Suez Canal HQ (Rejuvenation & conversion of Historical building to hotel).
AlNakeel Project mixed used development in Riyadh.
Managed a team of 12 Engineers, external consultants, and contractors, with the following responsibilities.
Financial Planning & Model Development:
- Led the development of the Land Budget according to the relevant regulations and formalities.
- Managed the consultants during pre-concept development stage, while maintaining land use plan as a framework to design the optimal physical infrastructure for the proposed community. Reviewed visibility heat maps, and Product mix models.
- Developed financial models and produced feasibility studies to evaluate investment opportunities accompanied by the relevant KPIs. Supervised the valuation portfolio of projects in Dubai based on the land & value of work done.
- Built and maintained relationships with real estate industry stakeholders, including brokers, developers, investors, and lenders to maintain awareness of the market dynamics.
- Articulated the pricing criteria and issued Price List with continuous updates, to accommodate market risks and growth.
- Led the preparation of the Development Brief Reports and presented it to the Board of Directors.
- Worked collaboratively with other functional areas of the business, including Marketing, Finance, Sales, Legal, and Operations, to ensure alignment on real estate investment and business development activities.
Program Management:
- Supervised the development Master Program using Primavera to liaise the interaction of various consultants’ (international & local), deliverables from the concept design to the IFCs, along with the contractors’ schedules and resources to align with the clients’ full scope completion dates. Developed agile schedule to accommodate the continuous changes in the Masterplan.
- Reviewed the Baseline Programs submitted by contractors to ensure that the plan is in the favor of the project, rather than a claimable program, and the cash flow projected is not front-loaded.
- Developed a Pre-construction Schedule to control the bidding process from the issuance of Request for Proposal to tender drawing (IFT) and, until the signing of the contract for main contractors.
- Participated in the Technical & Financial Tender Evaluation scheme for the bids to ensure the approved bids are in line with the strategic project management plans, policies and procedures.
- Monitored the productivity and technical proficiency of assigned personnel and conducted performance evaluations, took corrective actions as necessary, and recommended promotions.

Portfolio of 8 buildings worth $180 Million; including Calgary’s landmarks like Barron Building - One Tower & Terra Development

Program Management :
•Identified the scope for both the civil works and the infrastructures packages and developed the WBS.
•Developed the baseline programs for the projects with the planning team, and incorporated the subcontractors, and suppliers’ schedules in the Master Schedule for each project.
•Loaded the program with cost, equipment and manpower
•Managed the planning team to review contractors’ weekly and monthly reports, and checked for any potential claims
•Developed interface management schedule to document and resolve, construction and design conflicts upon identification
•Resource management functions including the staff planning, recruiting, project assignment, performance management, career development planning, motivation for salary review and promotions.

Progress Reporting:
•Implemented Planning procedures according to the projects’scope and contracting strategies
•Formulated the Primavera information into simple charts, graphs and drawings to facilitate communications between various departments (Marketing, Finance, Development and Property Management )
•Produced Monthly Earned Value reports, with continuous evaluation against the planned budgeted values, justified the progress gaps and developed mitigation plans to recover the delays .
•Transferring learning from actual project implementation into the improvement of company policies and procedures, and working with the

The scope of work included Managing the EPC (Engineering, procurement & Construction) for Portfolio of Projects
Foster Creek Test Separators projects & Sustaining Wedge Wells, worth $ 100 Million.
Managed a team of three planners, with the following responsibilities:

Program and Budget Planning for Engineering & Procurement :
- Identified the scope of works and developed high level conceptual schedule for the Engineering and Procurement.
- Developed the detailed baseline schedule with the portfolio manager and the discipline leads(process, mechanical, electrical, civil, piping, & procurement).
- Worked closely with the portfolio manager to incorporate adjustment to the basis of cost estimates and budget reviews.

Engineering Planning & Controls:
- Monitored the progress of works for all the engineering discipline( process, mechanical, electrical, civil, piping) to produce the monthly Earned Value report and compared it against the planned values.
- Produced summary key Progress Indicators like schedule SPI and CPI (Schedule & cost performance index ).
- Observed the trends and change orders; and assessing their impact on the major deliverables milestones and re-issued baselines accordingly. Reviewed and approved progress payments.
Procurement Planning & Controls:
- Developed procurement schedule in line with the design works completion dates and the material requisition and the date required on site.
- Tracked the procurement process from the material requisition till the delivery date using Replicon software.
- Conducted monthly presentation to the client showing the current challenges and pointed the schedule gaps due to delays in the approvals or vendors’ delays .
Construction Planning & Controls:
- Reviewed the contractors’ schedule to ensure that the construction dates on site are in line with the completion of the issuance with the Engineering works package.
- Checked the contractors’ weekly and monthly reports, and checked for any potential claims.
- Monitored the progress of works on site against the Baseline schedule and the contractors’ cash flow projection.
- Produced As-Built Schedules for Engineering Procurement and construction for future reference.
 

Christina Lake SAGD Plant, the scope of works included EPC (Engineering & procurement & Construction) worth $350 Million
Program and Budget Planning :
- Developed transition Primavera schedule from the 30% feed to 60% & 90 % Design till the CWPs (Engineering work packages).
- Coordinated with the various discipline leads to develop detailed primavera schedule.
- Assisted in formulating the budget based on the phase1 actual budget and As-built schedules.

Engineering Planning & Controls:
- Monitored the progress of modeling designs works developed in Mumbai office.
- Developed the procurement schedule and coordinated with the various discipline from process, mechanical, instrumentation and procurement to ensure on time delivery of the data sheets and the material requisitions.
- participated in several workshops with the client to present the progress against the preset targets and to account for the clients requested changes.

Procurement Planning & Controls:
- Formulated milestones for manufacturing and early construction work packages on site and sequence of works.
- Produced manpower histograms and updated the earned hours versus planned budget.
- Used PCN software to track the procurement process, and updated the schedule of works accordingly.

Construction Planning & Controls:
- Developed the Baseline schedule for the construction works and incorporated the Construction work Package and procurement delivery dates.
- Tracked the clients change orders and issued Extension of time claims and trends.
- Monitored the progress of works on site against the baseline schedule and the contractors’ cash flow projection.
- Produced As-Built Schedules for Engineering Procurement and construction for future reference.

Remraam Housing Community, (165 mid -rise buildings) & 3 cities (Infrastructure works for residential cities (Liwan, Majan, Arjan )
$1.26 Billion U.S.D
Managed a team of seven planners, including external consultants and contractors, with the following responsibilities:

Claim Management:
- Reviewed the Baseline Programs submitted by contractors to ensure that the plan is in the favor of the project, rather than a claimable program.
- Reviewed contractors’ weekly and monthly reports, and checked for any potential claims.
- Evaluating time extension claims using Windows Analysis Technique, and issued necessary recommendations.
Progress Reporting:
- Developed, analyzed and monitored project management systems for the organization’s projects.
- Responsible for issuing progress updates for the press release.
- Monitored the cost baseline and continuously kept track of the variances.
- Conducted several presentations for the internal auditing team and the investors; elaborating the progress on site.
- Assigned tasks among the planning team with continuous evaluation for their performance and promote their skills.
- Formulated the Primavera information into simple charts, graphs and drawings to facilitate communications with consultants/contractors.
- Developed monthly cash flow analysis, and produced monthly cash flow forecasts (Capex & Earned Value reports).
- Developed a standardized monthly report format for all the contracts & consultants for the various projects of the organization.
- Conducted a monthly presentation to the top level management that includes current assessment of the situation for the project, the current challenges and the proposed solution.
- Issued monthly status report based on the presentation and communicated the report with the different departments.

Risk Management:
- Planned and formulated the construction linked milestones payments for the investors which was the basis for Escrow Trust Account with the banks &RERA.
- Initiated the reformulation of the milestone payments to mitigate the impact of the economic downturn.
- Maintaining project based risk registers, liaising with risk owners to identify practical risk mitigation plans, and monitoring the implementation of these plans to ensure risks are effectively mitigated .
- Raising early warnings on timely manner on any lapses on planning & control aspects to the project directors.
- Reporting periodically to Senior Management on the high-level risk areas within projects and status of implementation plans.
- Coordinated the completion milestones of the infrastructure packages with those of the buildings

Lake View Tower, Crescent 4 Towers, Portfolio worth US$ 0.68 Billion
•Developed a hierarchy of work breakdown structure (WBS) for the major activities for all the projects.
•Reviewed extension of time claims and perform time impact analysis using Primavera software.
•Prepared planning and controls procedural manuals.
•Established monthly report formats for consultants and contractors.
•Evaluation and approval of submitted baseline program from engineers and contractors.
•Attended coordination meeting with different package Contractors and raising critical technical and contractual issues.
•Evaluated value engineering proposals developed by the Consultants.
•Managed the planners during monitoring, updating & reporting of project baseline program.
•Generation/updating of progress S-curves and preparation and update of project cash flows.
•Supervised the tracking status of submittals and approvals for drawings, materials & sub-contractors.
•Coordination with client, consultant, and contractors at all levels and reported their performance to the top level management.
•Monitored the consultant/contractors progress of works through monthly reports.

the contracts and the BOQ and identified the scope of works for the projects and followed by WBS for the major deliverables.
•Marked the major milestones of the project; coordinated with the stakeholders for assigning the assumptions & constraints for each phase; and computed the necessary time reserves for the activities involving high risks.
•Produced the revised Baseline Program in accordance with the time scale, dictated by the conditions of the contract, followed by the internal target program (modified finish dates).
•Interpreted the Primavera output reports in simple graphical representation to improve communication with the project stakeholders.
•Preparation of detailed look-ahead schedules; including the projection for the cash flow analysis and manpower.

- Developed preliminary tendering schedules, followed by the detailed Master Program.
- Followed the projects’ progress against the preset milestones and budgeted estimates.
- Carried out monthly cash flow analysis, for the various activities, marked the critical phases; and identified risks & opportunities within the budget.
- Synchronized with the client representatives, and nominated subcontractor to formulate and update action plans.
- Conducted in depth review for the updated activities; and produced analytical reports assessing the current situation and provided progress forecasts.

- Identified the impact on the progress of the project; and advised the top management on the possible corrective actions through periodic reports.
- Appraised the subcontractors’ performance, and their ability to meet deadlines, in terms of availability of their manpower, their efficiency handing over their works to the consultant, and delays resulting from rework.

Army 8 Cold Stores Project, worth $1 Million U.S.D

- Preparation of detailed baseline schedule & internal schedule in Primavera format including manpower and equipment projections.
- Produced a detailed working schedule for the factory production line that organizes the production of the required sections of the sandwich panel according to the sequence of erection on site.
- Prepared detailed material tracking schedules for the imported material (Cooling equipment, racking systems, electrical doors and electrical forklifts) with coordination with the procurement department.
- Formulated a detailed schedule for submittal & approvals of materials and equipment.
- Developed a progress reporting system to gather the data required to update the primavera program from the sites’ engineers and the factory on regular basis.
- Created a data base for the shipment services from Europe to Egypt to ensure delivery of long lead items prior to deadlines.
- Monitored the progress of the works on site (earth works, foundations, erection of steel structures, and electromechanical works against the pre-set plans; and generated remedies for combating the expected deviations.