Ahmed F Khodair, Lead Architect

Ahmed F Khodair

Lead Architect

M.A Kharafi & Sons

Location
Kuwait - Hawali
Education
Bachelor's degree, Architectural Engineering
Experience
15 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 11 Months

Lead Architect at M.A Kharafi & Sons
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • November 2015 to September 2020

I manage a team of architects, engineers, and draftsmen through design development stages, cross-discipline coordination, materials selection & procurement, and development of architectural shop drawings.

Senior Architect & Coordinator at M.A Kharafi & Sons
  • Kuwait - Al Farawaniyah
  • November 2015 to September 2020

Sabah Al-Salem University City Project: I led a team of multiple disciplines developing and coordinating shop drawings of all trades all the way to finalizing project close-out documentation. I was also later in the project tasked with the construction management and site supervision of one of the delayed buildings (building 805) of the project which I successfully led back on track to successful completion and hand-over on time.

Technical Office Architect at M.A Kharafi & Sons
  • Kuwait - Sabah as Salim
  • July 2010 to November 2015

I worked on development and coordination of architectural shop drawings, composite shop drawings, site design, and cross-discipline coordination. I was also tasked during this position with development and monitoring of various organizational process assets, forms, and templates to ensure compliance with the company's quality standards

Architect at Silhouette Design Studio
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 2009 to July 2010

worked as an architect at Silhouette Design Studio; work varied between Design, Presentation, Architectural visualization of several residential & high rise buildings. I was also part of the studios competitions team and was part of a team that won third place in a national competition to design a sports city project.

Junior Architect at ArchiLab (Arch. Hani Maher)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2009 to November 2009

worked as a Junior architect at ArchiLab Design Studio; work varied between Design, Presentation, Architectural visualization of several projects. I was also part of the studios competitions team and was part of a team that won first place in a limited international competition to design a housing complex in Libya.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Architectural Engineering
  • at Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University
  • July 2024
Bachelor's degree, BSc. Architectural Engineering
  • at Ain Shams University
  • July 2009

Specialties & Skills

Construction
3D Modeling
Architectural Visualization
Project Management
McNeel Rhino 3D
Microsoft Office
PROCUREMENT
DESIGN STUDIO
JUSTICE
SOLIDWORKS (CAD)
VISUAL BASIC FOR APPLICATIONS
UNREAL ENGINE
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
AUTOCAD
COORDINATING
AUTODESK
Revit Architecture
AutoCAD
3D Studio Max
Photoshop

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Memberships

نقابة المهندسين المصرية
  • مهندس معماري
  • September 2008
جمعية المهندسين الكويتية
  • مهندس معماري
  • October 2012

Training and Certifications

PMI-PMP® (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2017
Valid Until:
December 2026

Hobbies

  • Programming & Scripting
    self-learning Python scripting language in my spare time
  • Architectural Visualization using Max, Photoshop & V-ray
    Publishing a detailed tutorial on a world famous website CG-Tuts+ to which I got remarkable feedback, my profile can be found here: http://tutsplus.com/authors/ahmed-fathi