Head of projects and Acting CEO for the Group
Azizi Developments
Total years of experience :27 years, 2 Months
Brief:
Responsible for hospitality development and residential projects.
Oversee staff of 110 people.
• Undertake market research for key target markets.
• Establish strategy for Mix use projects and financial model
• Selection of potential Hotel operator and branded residence units.
• Negotiate Hotel Management Agreements and commercial terms.
• P&L forecast and estimated return on investment.
• Oversee Hotel Facilities Criteria and concept brand for each Hotel/site.
• Establish the creative strategy, sales/marketing, budgets & schedules for design projects.
• Clarify the scope of work for all consultants including F&B concept.
• Brief the chairman and stakeholder for final approval.
• Over see the design processes and value engineering to ensure the projects are within budget and timely delivered.
• Maintain a detailed reporting program for the development status of individual projects and the overall program, implement design standards, tender methods, construction management in line with regional customs and requirements, maintain the master schedule for individual projects from concept to completion to record principal activities and identify critical dates, approve and appoint the long items suppliers for individual hotels, nominate and award contractors for enabling and main works packages and ensure delivery of the projects on time and on budget.
Selected Projects:
• 5 star + Hotel, Dubai, UAE, with 400 rooms/Suites, 8 F&B, 1700sqm Night club, 1000sqm Ballroom, 600sqm Meeting Facilities and 1300sq SPA and 30 Branded Residence. Project Value ($250m+).
• 4 star Hotel, Dubai, UAE, with 350 rooms/Suits, 4 F&B outlet, 800sq Ballroom, 300sqm Meeting Facilities and 400sq SPA. Project Value ($160m +).
• Mix use development with over 1300 Residential units and 1000 sqm retails.
• 4/3 star Hotel, Dubai, UAE, with 290 rooms/Suits, 4 F&B outlet, 400sqm Meeting Facilities and 300sq SPA. Project Value ($100m +).
• 16 Residential Towers.
Brief:
Responsible for overall Architectural, ID, Engineering, operational planning and project management process for Hyatt projects. This include supervise all consultants and contractors to ensure contract and agreements are executed and implemented to the satisfaction of both the owner and Hyatt.
• Recommend professional consultants to the owners that can carryout international Hotel development.
• Provide day-to-day direction to project team to ensure a high performance that supports achieving the department mission, strategic plan, objectives and values.
• Overall responsibility for provision of technical input regarding project and construction management.
• Overall responsibility for ensuring scope, design basis and objective are defined; best practices/lessons learned are identified; detailed work plans, schedules, budgets and procedures are established including: execution plan; contract plan; plan for addressing critical cross-function work process and systems.
• Publish monthly progress report to senior management.
• Establish work plan and staffing for each phase of the project, and arrange for assignment of project personnel.
• Provide review reports and coordinate project activities with projects consultants in timely fashion.
• Responsible for overall quality, project activities, management and delivery of the projects.
Selected Projects:
• Hyatt Regence (5 star), Istanbul, Turkey, with 287 rooms/Suites, 4 F&B, 1000sq Ballroom/Meeting Facilities and 1000sq SPA. and 100 Branded Residence Project Value (290m+).
(Architectural design, Construction documents Approval and Building Construction Supervision)
• Park Hyatt (5 star +), Marrakech, Morocco, with 170 rooms/Suits, 20 VIP Villas. 4 F&B outlet, 1000sq Ballroom/Meeting Facilities and 900sq SPA. and 50 Branded Residence
Project Value (268m +).
(Architectural design, Construction documents Approval and Building Construction Supervision)
• Grand Hyatt (5 star +), Tripoli, Libya, with 370 rooms/Suites, 5 F&B, 1500sq Ballroom/Meeting Facilities and 800sq SPA and 80 Branded Residence. Project Value (350m +).
(Architectural design, Construction documents Approval and Building Construction Supervision)
• Hyatt Regence (5 star), Aqaba, Jordon. With 280 rooms/Suites, 6 F&B, 1400sq Ballroom/Meeting Facilities and 1000sq SPA. Project Value (290m +).
(Architectural design, Construction documents Approval and Building Construction Supervision).
Brief:
• Provide Strategy & Development planning analyst for Marriott Inc’s long-term growth and Brand positioning in the Middle East and Africa.
• Department P&L performance responsibility.
• Main point of contact to client and internal company team.
• Responsible for project management and design of multiple projects in different stages.
• Provide review reports including operation feedback to project consultants.
• Provide information, conceptual design studies, interpretation and guidance to outside owners as well as internal design and construction staff for adapting Brand standards to specific projects.
• Conduct periodic on site observation of work during construction to monitor compliance with Brand Standards.
• Provide feasibility review report for proposed new build and conversion projects.
• Estimate budgets for proposed projects.
• Negotiation the implementation of design changes subsequent to project approval for all projects and track changes to projects in database.
• Research, identify, negotiate and contract outsource professional consultants.
• Contribute to the production of the Design and Procurement Programmed by planning and resourcing function. Identify and agree the design deliverables required and ensure effective processes are in place for reporting design progress.
• Establish required design deliverables.
• Communicate project related issues and resolutions with all stakeholders.
Selected Projects:
• JW Marriott Marquis (5 star +), The world’s tallest Hotel, Dubai, UAE, with 1608 rooms/Suites, 16 F&B, 5000sq Ballroom/Meeting Facilities and 1800sq SPA. Project Value (500m+).
• The Ritz-Carlton (5 star +), Abu Dhabi, UAE, with 447 rooms/Suits, 85 VIP Villas. 9 F&B outlet, 2000sq Ballroom/Meeting Facilities and 2000sq SPA. Project Value (380m +).
• JW Marriott (5 star +), Tripoli, Libya, with 380 rooms/Suites, 6 F&B, 1200sq Ballroom/Meeting Facilities and 1000sq SPA. Project Value (208m +).
Brief:
• Develop schematic and preliminary design. Of multitude project (Apartment units, Office buildings, Airport expansion, Hotels, Retail shops, Higher education camps, Research labs and Embassies).
• Served as client liaison and managed vendors.
• Provide Feasibility study for Las Vegas casino and hotel projects.
• Provide landscape design concept inline with community development project.
• Urban planning studies.
• Technical reviews of bid documents and establish 'completeness' of design information therein. Determine design risks and the type and extent of any additional inputs required.
• Manage and monitoring the construction work, project estimate, budget analysis, quality checking of deliverables at each stage and final product.
• Review with estimating function and design team various: component, specification, system, material options and sub-contract tender returns to establish bid quality and completeness.
• Lead the preparation of competition projects all over the world (potential project).
• Developed strategic concept plans for large camps.
• Evaluate the design of USA oversea facility and out line any improvement plan for security upgrades (USA State Department).
Selected Projects:
• China UN, Ambassador and Residence Tower, Manhattan, NY, USA. Project Value (180m +)
• Lockheed Martin Conference Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Project Value (140m +)
• NASA Town Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA. Project Value (1.2b +)
• Huawei Research Center, Shanghai, China. Project Value (300m +)
• USA State Department Oversea Facility, Cairo, Alexandra, Egypt. Project Value (100m +)
Brief:
• Site Analysis and Architectural programming.
• Prepared Schematic and preliminary design of high-rise and low raise Buildings for Washington DC prominent Developer groups.
• Managed and supervised the process of preparing feasibility study.
• Project types: Residential, commercial and Mix use project.
• Community urban planning design.
• Identify key design issues & responsibilities from bid documents.
• Review and ensure that the contract and regulations documents of projects are as per standards and do not violate any government or legal regulations.
• Carry out the design of underground parking system.
• Lead the process for submitting CD set to government authority to obtain building permit.
• Coordination of architectural design with multiple disciplines such as interior, structural, mechanical, and electrical.
• Ensure information flow, including RFIs is maintained to all relevant parties and that comments / approvals are received and returned to document / query originator within the specified comments / approval periods. Identify co-ordination issues and package interfaces and ensure each party is amending their work as the design progresses
Selected Projects:
• Union Row (Mix-use) Fine Urban Living, Washington DC, USA, with 208 Condo, 60 Loft-style units and 600sq Retail outlets. Project Value (120m+).
• The Loft at Crystal Tower (Mix-use), Arlington, Virginia, USA, with 212 Condo/Loft-style and 800sq Retail outlets. Project Value (100m +).
• Jenkins Row (Mix-use) Fine Urban Living, Washington DC, USA, with 247 Condo and 2300sq Retail outlets. Project Value (150m +).
• The Metro (Mix-use) Fine Urban Living, Washington DC, USA. With 80 condo and 400sq Retail outlets. Project Value (50m +).
• Design and prepare interior space planning.
• Supervise the production of presentation materials.
• Prepared schematic, preliminary and construction documents and specifications manually and with the use of CAD.
• Developed and presented alternative ideas to clients in 3D Max models
Brief:
• Collaborated with Engineers including Mechanical, Electrical, and Architects in house for all project.
• Prepared Architectural, Mechanical and Electrical drawings for renovation of the Smithsonian Museum (in Washington DC), Dulles Airport expansion and Treasury Department.
• Provide detail design and construction document for Mobile phone tower stations throughout USA.
- DC/AIA Design Award, 2000 (Design Build). - Merit Award, (Memorial Garden). - Honorable Mention, (Re-engaging Washington’s Forgotten River Edge). - WMATA Canopy Design Competition Finalist. - Architectural Records (September 2001). - , (99-00). - , (01-02). - Visions for a new century, 1999(DC/AIA).
