Arwa Chaklasi

• Acting as senior designer with continual project roles, including liaising with
Client & sub consultant coordination.
• Involved along with the head of ID dept in brief taking, concept design and
in overseeing the design documentation for consistency of design vision
throughout.
• Develop solutions to technical and design problems following established
standards.
• Extensive involvement and expertise in FFE selections & specifcations.
• Schedule and conduct technical coordination and presentation meetings
with the Client project team.
• Carried out post contract services within the MENA region including site at-tendance,
inspections, defects/snags and other related tasks up until the
handover of the projects.
• Managing and preparing the design team for tender & construction docu-mentation.•
Together with the head of ID assist in project planning & resource allocation
& work fow.
• In addition, conduct all other duties as required on a project basis.

Assisted the lead designers with the design development, material selections and graphics of the Sofitel Hotel and Resorts project on Palm Jumeirah.
- Developed knowledge of detailing and development of drawings.
- Also carried out renderings of plans.

Assisted the design manager with the design concepts, client meetings and material and furniture selections
- Was in charge of independent projects, and overlooked its development and execution.
- Developed an extensive knowledge of the details in Office Interiors
- Developed proposed furniture layout plans to determine practical requirements and challenges in planning the space according to the needs of the client
- Carried out site inspections to study the site and its existing facilities