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Akram Abul-Ella, Senior Project Manager

Akram Abul-Ella

Senior Project Manager·Soho House & Co.

United Arab Emirates

Diploma, the architecture imagination

Work experience

Total years of experience: 14 years, 4 months

Senior Project Manager

March 2022 - April 2022

Soho House & Co.

Doha, Qatar

March 2022 - April 2022

Managed Design Development, procurement, Construction and delivery of the following projects:
● The NED Hotel, Doha, Qatar (2B+G+4) Five-Star Hotel
● The NED Beach Club, Doha, Qatar (G+M+2) Five-Star Hotel & Resort

Company industry:
Hospitality & Accomodation
Job role:
Architecture

Construction Manager (ID)

March 2021 - March 2022

Projacs International

Doha, Qatar

March 2021 - March 2022

● Chedi Hotel Doha Katara Cultural Village, Doha, Qatar
G+2 Five Star Hotel & Villas (92 Keys)
● 21 High Street Residence, Katara Cultural Village, Doha, Qatar
Two Floors Hotel Apartments (29 Keys)
● Katara Children Mall, Katara Cultural Village, Doha, Qatar
G+M+3 (4 Floors) Entertainment facility for kids including playing areas and activities

- Collaborates with clients, contractors & design team to discuss & resolve problems, including work procedures, complaints & construction or design issues.
- Prepares, supervises & approves the development of PEP & its implementation plus ensuring Lessons Learned are properly documented.
- maintain communication & attend meetings with clients, architects & contractors & their representatives on an ongoing basis regarding project objectives and progress.
- Preparing progress reports & issuing schedules to clients & defining clear roles & responsibilities & deliverable requirements.
- Planning, organizing, directing, controlling & evaluating construction processes according to schedule, and specifications & Ensures adherence to the budget & when unexpected complications or issues arise, make quick & necessary adjustments.
- Conduct document quality assurance & safety inspections throughout the construction process, ensuring that the work environment is acceptable & that tools & equipment are in good working condition.
- Conducting site visits regularly during construction to carry out work & quality inspections, check materials & ensure staff are following health & safety guidelines.
- Review the work progress on daily basis. & ensuring the construction process starts & ends on time for each activity & ensuring daily & weekly deadlines are met.
- Monitor construction productivity & schedule performance & investigate reasons for less than satisfactory performance. Provide recommendations & institute measures for improvement by modification to operating procedures/work instructions.

Company industry:
Management Consulting
Job role:
Construction and Building

Senior Architect

October 2014 - March 2021

LACASA Architects and Engineering Consultants

Doha, Qatar

October 2014 - March 2021

● Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Doha, Qatar
4B+LG+UG+M+48 Five Star Hotel and Serviced Apartment Bldg. (TBA 87, 858.62 SQ. M).
● AQAR Residential Tower, Doha, Qatar.
2B+G+31-storey Residential Bldg. (TBA 54, 092.19 SQ. M).
● Samrya Quartier Hotel, Doha, Qatar.
3B+G+M+7-storey Five Star Hotel and Hotel Apartments Bldg. (TBA 95, 284.00 SQ. M).

RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Developing and reviewing design packages.
- Receive comments & queries and coordinate between project’s stakeholders.
- Working on finding solutions for any discrepancies or missing information to finalize the necessary
design documents against all related disciplines in the project.
- Ensuring compliance with client’s & operator’s requirement
- Ensuring compliance with the latest, International codes & standards, local authorities’regulations
and construction norms and procedures.
- Review, reply and approve engineering works, pre-qualifications, RFI’s, shop drawings, Method
Statements, RPA’s, materials, schedules, and technical submittals by the contractor
- Assist in finding solutions for any issues face the contractors during construction processes
- Coordination with MEP services to assure the submitted documents satisfying project’s needs.
- Manage, lead and attend progress, technical or coordination meetings/workshops with the
client, operator, stakeholders, contractor & subcontractors to ensure proper coordination
between all project disciplines and site activities.
- Develop comprehensive progress, technical and financial reports and support the tender
process.
- Responding to bid queries and evaluating bids, claims and variation orders.
- Working on and reviewing value engineering reports to achieve client’s satisfaction and fulfill his
expectations with a high quality cost-effectively.
- Undertake overview supervision duties on site and conduct daily/weekly site walks to ensure the required quality for
execution in compliance with the approved engineering works and scope baseline.
- Follow up architectural activities and critical path charts to ensure achieving completion date of
the project.

Company industry:
Architecture
Job role:
Architecture

Senior Design Architect

November 2013 - August 2014

360 Contracting Group

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

November 2013 - August 2014

● created the Exterior and Interior Design and implementation supervision of 360 Café,
Manchester, UK.
● Created Interior Design for Majlis in Prince Yazied Al Saud’s Palace, Riyadh, KSA.
● Created Interior Design for Princess Sarab Al-Rasheed’s Villa, Ain Al-Soukhna, Egypt.
● Created Interior Design for 360 café London, UK.
● Full design and execution for interiors and exteriors for Dishes Restaurant in Maadi, Cairo.

Company industry:
Architecture
Job role:
Architecture

Site Architect and Project Coordinator

October 2012 - October 2013

AHRAS Contracting Co.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

October 2012 - October 2013

●Social Observation House, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
(TBA 95, 284.00 SQ. M).
●Ministry of Transportation Headquarter, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- Prepared all construction shop drawings and 3D Model for the project.
- Handled the coordination between the consultant and the company as the main Contractor.
- Coordinating with the consultant to find solutions for any issues faced during Construction.
- Supervising construction process on sites to ensure compliance with specifications.
- Preparing submittals for shop drawings, the subcontractor’s submittals, materials submittals, approvals.

Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Architecture

Design Architect

August 2009 - October 2012

Big Apple Group Group

Cairo, Egypt

August 2009 - October 2012

● Designed the Exterior facades for the following projects:-
- Commercial: Success Company Headquarters, DonDiego Clubhouse - El Watany Bank and Festival
Café.
- Residential: Safa Residence Apt. Building.
- Retail: 4 Playmobil Stores, Mr. and Mrs. Studio, ABSORBA Store, HP Store, GB Auto Showroom.
● was in charge of designing the Interior elevations of the following projects:-
- Commercial: C.C.G Head Office, Amadeus Head Office reception, Plus Head Office, Royal House
Hypermarket, Mass Egypt Factory G.M Office, Famco tours.
- Educational: New Horizon educational center.
● Plotted the Outdoor Landscape of the following projects:-
- Hotel: Hannoville Hotel beach.
- Park: DAMAC Hyde Park Activation Club
- Roundabouts: Al-Shwaifat, Moustafa Mahmoud and Al-Gezira roundabouts all with DAMAC
branding
- Residential: the entrance of Orouba Royal Compound
- Educational: the approach of Arab Academy For Science And Technology
● Created Booth designs for the following companies:-
- Commercial: Hyundai, Mazda, Amadeus, FOTON, GB Auto, HeadLine Print House and GSMA
- Medical: Sirona, Medi Tech, Orchidia and Abbott.
- Residential: ORASCOM C.I, Hassan Allam, Al-Akareya
● Handled to come up with creative decorative solutions for the following events:-
- Zien Annual Event, Volvo FMX Trucks Event, Novartis Egypt Annual Event, Amadeus Annual Event
and Jeep New Wrangler Release’s Event, Cairo Stock Exchange, Nile Stock Exchange, Cairo
Festival City Project Launch, DAMAC Hyde Park Project Launch and DAMAC Gamsha Bay Project
Launch.

Company industry:
Architecture
Job role:
Architecture

Coordinator Architect

June 2008 - July 2009

EZDAN Holding Group

Doha, Qatar

June 2008 - July 2009

● Al-Wukair compounds, Doha, Qatar.
(Mega housing project with over 9500 mixed residential typical units)
- Handled the coordination with project’s consultant.
- Prepared necessary shop drawings for construction.
- Assisted the architects and engineers on site with any issues faced during construction.
- In charge of quality control checking and reporting.
- Handled site coordinates points and site leveling drawings.
● Al-Mansura Complex, Doha, Qatar.
(Residential project contains 4 apartment buildings, 77 apartments per each building)
- Handled the coordination with project’s consultant.
- In charge of quality control checking and reporting.
- Surveyed and prepared as built drawings.
- Coordinating any design modifications held by consultant and reporting the impact on
construction trades.

Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Architecture

Coordinator Architect

December 2007 - May 2008

SAK Trading & Contracting Co.

Doha, Qatar

December 2007 - May 2008

● Al-Mansura Complex, Doha, Qatar.
(Residential project contains 4 apartment buildings, 77 apartments per each building)
- Handled the coordination with project’s consultant.
- In charge of quality control check and reporting.
- Surveyed and prepared as built drawings.
- Coordinating any design modifications held by consultant and reporting the impact on
construction trades.

Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Architecture

Education

Harvard University

September 2020

September 2020

Diploma, the architecture imagination

United Kingdom

AAST (Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport)

May 2007

May 2007

Bachelor's degree, Architecture Engineering and Environmental Design

Egypt

GPA (point): 2.7 out of 4

GPA (point): 2.7 out of 4

B.Sc. Degree in Architecture Engineering and Environmental Design, (2002 – 2007) from AAST (Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport), Alexandria, Egypt.
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Skills

Project Coordination
Expert
Project Coordination
Expert
Interior Design
Expert
Interior Design
Expert
Landscape Design
Expert
Landscape Design
Expert
General Construction
Expert
General Construction
Expert
Architecture
Expert
Architecture
Expert
Construction
Expert
Construction
Expert
Interior Design
Expert
Interior Design
Expert
Architectural Design
Expert
Architectural Design
Expert
2D Drafting
Expert
2D Drafting
Expert
Site Supervision
Expert
Site Supervision
Expert
3D Modeling
Expert
3D Modeling
Expert
Landscape
Intermediate
Landscape
Intermediate
project managment
Intermediate
project managment
Intermediate
Site Planning
Expert
Site Planning
Expert
Construction Drawings
Expert
Construction Drawings
Expert
Project Coordination
Expert
Project Coordination
Expert
Problem Solving
Expert
Problem Solving
Expert
Architecture
Expert
Architecture
Expert
Design Research
Expert
Design Research
Expert
Team Management
Expert
Team Management
Expert
Landscape Design
Expert
Landscape Design
Expert
General Construction
Expert
General Construction
Expert

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

UPDA (Urban Planning and Development Authority)

Architect

December 2016

RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects)

RIBA Chartered Architect

June 2014

SCE (Saudi Council of Engineers)

Associate Engineer

November 2012

RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects)

RIBA Part II Associate Architect

March 2009

ESE (Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers)

Architectural Engineer

May 2007

AIA (American Institute of Architects)

International Associate

May 2020

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Certificate of Completion
Appreciation certificate from Integrated Project management co., Kuwait
Oct 2006
Appreciation certificate from PLAYMOBIL, Germany
Mar 2008

Training
Building Materials and Site Supervision.
The Arab Contractors Contracting Company
Jul 2005
Building Materials and Site Supervision.
Thani Bin Abdullah Housing Group
Jul 2006

Hobbies

  • Listening To Music