Amro Assi, Corporate Manager, BIM & Digital Practice

Amro Assi

Corporate Manager, BIM & Digital Practice

Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC), BIM center

Location
Jordan - Amman
Education
Master's degree, Business Administration
Experience
20 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :20 years, 3 Months

Corporate Manager, BIM & Digital Practice at Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC), BIM center
  • Jordan - Amman
  • My current job since July 2020

Role Summary: Leading and managing BIM centers in Egypt, Athens, and Palestine with 54 employees and a total projects value of $2.5 M+, reporting directly to the VP of Sales and Estimation. Responsibilities include overseeing BIM implementation throughout the projects to ensure that projects are delivered on time within scope, and budget. The role also entailed developing strategic plans and driving business development for BIM & Digital Practice within the company.

Roles responsibilities and achievements
- Lead the company's objective of implementing Cloud-Based Design and Construction Management technologies
- Develop/direct corporate BIM/Digital strategies, workflows, and procedures, as well as oversee their execution
- Establish a Digital Practice Team equipped with essential Tech applications, including BIM, VR, AR, and AI
- Drive digital project delivery by leveraging both internal and emerging tools to continuously improve
- Stay well-informed of advancements in BIM technology and Digital industry trends to enhance team performance
- Offer technical guidance to elevate BIM delivery standards and functional capability in alignment with ISO 19650
- Monitor project progress and deliver regular reports on project status to the project team and key stakeholders
- Foster partnerships and maintain communication with clients and all stakeholders to ensure project success

BIM Manager at Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC)
  • Oman - Muscat
  • March 2017 to June 2020

Role Summary: Leading and managing a $5 million Building Information Modeling (BIM) implementation with a team of 8 engineers for the Mall of Oman project ($472 million project value), the role entails managing daily BIM operations, providing leadership, and improving implementation efficiency.

Roles responsibilities and achievements
- Directing the BIM execution plan and collaborate with project stakeholders to ensure adherence to BIM standards.
- Developing a strategies to optimize technology use & apply lean practices to reduce redundancy across platforms
- Collaborate with the construction team to guarantee the effective use of BIM models to improve construction coordination, scheduling, and sequencing
- Increased decision-making capabilities for the stakeholders by delivering high visual/tabular reports
- Review & Maintain BIM model conformity, data accuracy, and completeness with project and industry standards
- Enabled robust delivery by establishing QA/QC Standards, Procedures, Workflows and Execution plans
- Implemented paperless progress reporting process (collection, processing, reporting) based on BIM to reduce carbon footprint and increase productivity between remote site engineers and office staff
- Promoted BIM implementation and ensured BIM endorsement by different stakeholders

Head of BIM Center at Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC)
  • Palestine - Ramallah and Al Bireh
  • June 2010 to March 2017

Role Summary: Managing and leading the daily operations of Palestine's BIM center (31 employees), including strategic plan development, execution, quality control measures, follow-up progress reports, and final project handover and closure. one of The key duties of this post was to lead the strategic partnership between CCC and Birzeit University as a showcase for the academic-industry relationship. This relationship aims to improve the capacities of college students by utilizing cutting-edge construction technologies and providing worldwide exposure through CCC's global projects.

Roles responsibilities and achievements
- Overseeing the development of BIM models’ geometry and data, as well as their application during construction
- Setting up a process to gather, assess, and create phase-specific parametric Revit content
- Evaluating and recommending new BIM tools and technologies to streamline the project deliver
- Streamlined BIM implementation to increase productivity & introduce new lines of BIM services
- Extended BIM center mission to serve local communities through cooperation with Birzeit University
- Boosted the daily operations by identifying inefficiencies and making systems & processes improvements

BIM Consultant at Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC)
  • Kazakhstan
  • July 2014 to December 2015

Role Summary: Supervising a Building Information Modeling (BIM) service contract with a total value of $2.4M and a team of 5 engineers for ADP project ($1.3+B contract value), the role was a consultancy that requires multiple trips to the project during the year and involves interacting with the client and stakeholders as well as maintaining positive relationships and promoting the BIM implementation within the project.

Roles responsibilities and achievements
- Maximized efficiency of BIM implementation thru reducing spent man-hours from the QS, Planning, Procurement & Engineering teams by developing major deliverables directly from BIM Models
- Indorsed the use of BIM and 3D design to increase constructability and reduce design conflicts on site
- Coordinate and conduct BIM meetings with the project team, including the design and construction teams, to ensure that BIM is efficiently implemented.
- Facilitate BIM implementation by organizing coordination meetings with project design & construction teams
- Address and Resolve BIM-related challenges by successfully communicating with project stakeholders
- Promoted BIM adoption and use across diverse stakeholders

Training Officer at PalTrade Center (PalTrade)
  • Palestine - Ramallah and Al Bireh
  • March 2008 to August 2008

Scope of position: Leading the Training section & extending its scope to a future training department that
assist in building the Palestinian private sector capacity by carrying out specialized training programs
Responsibilities:
- Design, Develop, Execute & Evaluate Training Activities & within PalTrade scope
- Manage & Execute tendering & procurement activities from A-Z during Projects & Events
- Lead, Mange & Facilitate events throughout programs & projects
- Lead the Planning, Budgeting & Reporting tasks through the Activity cycle

Team Leader/Founder, Building Information Modeling (BIM) Department at Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC)
  • Palestine - Ramallah and Al Bireh
  • April 2005 to February 2008

Role Summary: Leading the BIM team in Palestine to carry out the center's daily operations and activities, I was one of the founders of the BIM Center of Excellence in Palestine, and one of my primary responsibilities was to build the BIM center's capacity and lead its growth as a separate business unit to extend its service to CCC projects worldwide.

Roles responsibilities and achievements
- Oversee the implementation of BIM processes and workflows on construction and design projects
- Develop and maintain detailed 3D models of infrastructure using BIM software
- Provide BIM training and support to project team members, as needed
- Implement and maintain BIM standards, building codes, and protocols
- Conduct quality checks on BIM models and update the BIM database
- Extracting Materials Take-offs, Quantities and developing BOQs from the BIM Models

Architect at Al-Moghraby Consulting Engineering Office
  • Palestine - Ramallah and Al Bireh
  • July 2002 to March 2005

Scope of position: Tackling all the design projects at the office starting with the preliminary concept &
sketches till preparing the technical drawings & final visual presentation.
Responsibilities:
- Designing small villas, residential and commercial buildings
- Preparing Technical Drawings & Structural Details
- Prepare the drawings layout & 3D presentation

Education

Master's degree, Business Administration
  • at Birzeit University
  • January 2010
Diploma, High diploma in e-Learning
  • at Aalborg University
  • January 2007
Bachelor's degree, Architectural Engineering
  • at Birzeit University, Birzei
  • January 2002

Specialties & Skills

Management
Engineering
Construction & Property
ARCHITECTURE
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
CONSULTING
CONTENT MANAGEMENT
LEADERSHIP
MANAGEMENT

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

US Green Building Institute (USGBCI)
  • 10827402, certified member (Green Associate)
  • May 2014
Project Management Institute (PMI)
  • 1498189, Certified member (PMP)
  • March 2012
International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
  • 4843, Palestine council member
  • June 2006

Training and Certifications

Certificate in Building Information Modelling (BIM) - Project Management (Training)
Training Institute:
RICS
Date Attended:
May 2015
Duration:
200 hours
Advanced Revit Architecture (Training)
Training Institute:
KEMET
Date Attended:
September 2010
Duration:
60 hours
Green Associate Certificate (LEED) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2014
Valid Until:
June 2017
Project Management Professional (PMP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2012
Valid Until:
April 2015