Ahmed Abdelhafez, Technical Department Manager

Ahmed Abdelhafez

Technical Department Manager

Shade Construction limited

Location
Saudi Arabia - Dammam
Education
Bachelor's degree, Bachelors of Engineering
Experience
20 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 8 Months

Technical Department Manager at Shade Construction limited
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • My current job since December 2022

Main tasks: Managing BIM & Technical Unit, Assist the Estimation & Procurement teams, Design & Build for Several EPC projects including KFCA Bahrain Causeway process area Modular cabins, Marine & Offshore works for Safwa Rahima Link.
JODC Radial Spines Design & Build. Several projects with Saudi Aramco. Roads, GIS, Civil 3D support for Al Ula Wadi floor Roads for DDC.
Full site support for project coordination and generation of shop drawings, methods, RFIs, technical correspondences, temporary works design, and staged analysis of structures during construction. Leading the technical team for EPC and Turnkey Projects. Technical coordination with subcontractors & Stakeholders.

Bim Manager at Trojan Holding
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 2020 to December 2022

Managing BIM services for Arabtec Egypt Then Trojan Holding After Aquisition - then leading the BIM unit in Egypt for projects in UAE

BIM Manager / Technical office manager at Arabtec
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2019 to September 2020

Working as BIM Manager and supporting several projects such as UAE Pavilion, several Expo Projects including Expo Mall, supporting the tendering department technically and preparing Value engineering.
Streamlining the projects construction sequence, selection of materials and methods and maximizing the return on investment for several projects.
Leading the technical office operations for Uptown Cairo Project by EMAAR.

Senior Structural Engineer at DAR ALHANDASAH
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • December 2016 to March 2019

Mr. Ahmed Abdulhafez is having the rules of the structural manager and the Deputy project manager, as the senior structural engineer he has the rule of overall supervision of the contractors activities, coordinating all disciplines requirements, and review for all the shop drawings and materials.
As the deputy for the resident engineer, he have supervision rule for the strategy, logistics, the overall documentation and application of DAR Al Handasah system on site.
One of the projects in hand is Marassi Al Bahrain Complex in Diyar al Muharraq, it consists of hotels, residential buildings and the biggest shopping mall in Bahrain.

Project Manager at Sanad Engineering
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • May 2015 to December 2016

Project Manager for El Mercado Mall in Janabiya
Project Manager for Saray Tower in Juffair

Structural Manager at Sanad Engineering
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • April 2013 to May 2015

Managing the Sites supervision teams.
Managing the Design team.
Acquiring Municipal permits.
Preparing tender documents for new projects.

Using the latest tools and techniques for Structural Modeling and Building Information Modeling using Autodesk revit

Senior Structural Engineer at Sixconstruct
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • March 2012 to April 2013

Managing a professional team of Civil engineers, structural engineers, site engineers and draftsmen to prepare all structural shop drawings for BAhrain Four Seasons iconic hotel tower.
Embedding the requirements for the "PERI" Jump form and checking the work procedures.
Preparing the Method statements for all related site works.
Preparing the Job Safety Analysis reports.
Preparing the Health and Safety Risk reports in collaboration with the Safety manager.
Monitoring the actual vs planned site progress and preparing weekly progress reports.

Technical Manager at ConTech Engineering
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2011 to March 2012

Managing the technical team preparing the designs, drawings, specifications, BOQs for several residential projects.
Preparation and acquiring of Municipal permits.

Bridges and Structures Engineer at Archirodon Construction Overseas
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • October 2007 to January 2011

Constructing Sheik Zayed Bridge
Architect : Zaha Hadid
Consultant : High point Rendel
It was nominated several times to be the most complicated bridge all over the world.
Role:
Full Design, Detail, Fabricate and Erection for permanent Steel Arches, and all Temporary Structures, Heavy Lifting Design for loads reached 850 Metric Tons, Offshore Lifting, Barges modifications and buoyancy check.
Day to day Technical problems solver.
Construction Methods Design.

Structural design engineer at ECG
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2006 to October 2007

Design, drawing, detailing and documentary of several reinforced concrete and steel constructions using egyptian codes, british codes and american codes

Junior structural design and research engineer at EEHC Egyptian Electricity Holding Company
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 2004 to January 2006

Design and detailing of overhead latticed steel transmission lines, residential buildings.
Research for new alternatives using FRP and prestressed concrete.

Military Soldier - Public works at Air Defense headquarters
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • October 2003 to December 2004

Facility Management & maintenance including finishes, repaint, pavement works for several military facilities

Education

Bachelor's degree, Bachelors of Engineering
  • at Ain Shams University
  • July 2003

Specialties & Skills

Adobe Photoshop
Offshore
Modifications
Autocad
Acrobat pro
Staad Pro
robot mellinum
tekla structures
ansys 10.0
safi v 5.84
MS Office
SAP2000
personal computer knowledge
Photoshop
Navisworks

Languages

English
Expert
French
Beginner
German
Beginner

Memberships

Egyptian Engineers Syndycate
  • Member
  • August 2003
American Concrete Institute
  • Member
  • January 2007

Training and Certifications

Ansys for plate analysis (Training)
Training Institute:
DOD training center
Date Attended:
December 2003
Sap2000 Advanced analysis (Training)
Training Institute:
DOD Training center
Date Attended:
July 2002

Hobbies

  • Swimming
  • General and Technical Reading