Ali Soufan, Senior Building Services & Sustainability Engineer

Ali Soufan

Senior Building Services & Sustainability Engineer

BUTEC

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Bachelor's degree, BE in Mechanical Engineering
Experience
15 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 11 Months

Senior Building Services & Sustainability Engineer at BUTEC
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since June 2008

Design and Construction Duties:
• Design HVAC system and perform Cooling and Heating load calculations using HAP Software
• Design review, value engineering and implementation of international codes on MEP design
• Systems worked on are: HVAC, Plumbing, Firefighting, Landscape & Irrigation, Fire & Life Safety, SCADA & BMS, Vertical Transportation, Cranes, Electrical, ELV and Utilities systems
• Prepare concept design reports and draft project specifications
• Prepare of Fire & Life Safety reports based on NFPA 5000, NFPA 101, QCDD regulations and any other relevant codes
• Design coordination with project team
• Main design standards used are ASHRAE, NEC, CIBSE, SMACNA, NFPA and UL
• Provide engineering support to Quality Department to prepare Method Statements, ITPs, O&M Manuals and Material Submittals
• Lead the shop drawings production team and provide necessary technical support
• Monitor quantity surveying team
• Man-Hour estimation and planning set up
• Initiate notification of claims upon scope deviation
• Site engineers and man power management
• Coordinate with suppliers, contractors, consultants and client
• Commission systems and equipment
• Coordinate with QA/QC and HSE departments
• QCDD “Qatar Civil Defence Department” documentation preparation and handing over
• Report to project manager
• Collateral Duties: Project estimation

LEED Duties:
• Prepare LEED Scorecard, highlight potential systems to be adopted and provide value engineering to propose best approaches to achieve the targeted number of points
• Train project team on LEED requirements
• Work with the design engineers, quality engineers, construction engineers and procurement to make sure LEED requirements are implemented correctly
• Prepare LEED management plans for construction
• Work with Commissioning Authority for commissioning plan and material submittals approval
• Review all LEED credits before submission to the client and to LEEDOnline
• Review energy modelling report, Lighting and Day lighting analysis, shading and wind energy reports...

Management Duties:
• Prepare and manage the construction budget
• Plan and prepare construction schedules and milestones and monitor progress
• Plan and manage the procurement process
• Develop and implement quality control programs
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports

T&C and Project Handing Over Duties
• Prepare the Project Commissioning Plan
• Prepare Project Hand Over and Documentation close out procedure
• Review Commissioning Procedures prepared by the quality engineers
• Prepare the Integrated Systems Commissioning Procedure
• Prepare Commissioning Program
• Manage Subcontractors to meet the planned dates

Education

Bachelor's degree, BE in Mechanical Engineering
  • at Notre Dame University
  • June 2008

GPA: 3.32 Five semesters on Dean's list (honor list) at NDU (fall 2004, spring 2005, spring 2006, spring 2007, and fall 2007). Three semesters 25% academic scholarship, GPA greater than 3.4/4. I did two internships, the first as a mechanical site engineer in summer 2007, and the second as a mechanical design engineer in HVAC and plumbing for three months in 2008.

Specialties & Skills

LEED AP
Construction Management
Site Planning
Fire Protection
Microsoft Word
AutoCad 2D
AutoCad 3D
HAP by Carrier
Block Load by Carrier
Solid Edge
Microsoft Excel
Hard Dollar
Primavera P6
Typing - 50 WPM

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Memberships

ASHRAE
  • Treasurer in the NDU branch
  • February 2006
ASME
  • Active member
  • February 2007
ASHRAE
  • Associate Member
  • June 2010
NFPA
  • Member
  • April 2012
USGBC
  • LEED AP BD+C
  • May 2014

Training and Certifications

Managing Safely - IOSH (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999
NFPA 20 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999
NFPA 13 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999
LEED AP BD+C (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2014
Valid Until:
May 2018
Fire Protection Systems (Training)
Training Institute:
Viking
Date Attended:
December 2012
Duration:
20 hours
PADI Open Water Diver (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2012
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • Swimming, Travelling and Reading