Ashraf Fahmy, Design Manager

Ashraf Fahmy

Design Manager

EHAF Consulting Engineers

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Bachelor's degree, Architecture
Experience
26 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :26 years, 10 Months

Design Manager at EHAF Consulting Engineers
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since May 2012

Leads Architects to produce quality designs and Drawings.
responsible for project from inception till tender drawings.
coordination between disciplines.
managing projects and engineers.

Design Project Manager at EHAF Qatar Consulting Engineers
  • Qatar - Doha
  • March 2007 to May 2012

Design Project Manger /Design Manager.

Managerial/Administrative Responsibilities

Successfully undertaking Design PM Tasks and responsibilities for some projects.
Leading the process of successfully visualizing and presenting concept designs for Office Buildings, Office Towers, Residential Towers, and Hotel Towers, sports facilities, Commercial Buildings, Residential buildings and Residential Villas to the clients.
Leading the architects’ development teams to transform the design concepts into buildable projects.
Controlling Design Process by creating and monitoring design programs
Leading the process of the CAD system, drafting system and filing system development from scratch which increased the office productivity 30%.
Leading the process of successfully implementing the concept of BIM (AutoCAD Architecture 2008) in the production of drawings in the office.
Solid communication and presentation skills to effectively handle presentations, workshops, and meetings.
Developing the drafting and presentation skills of fellow architects through teaching and data sharing.

Technical Responsibilities

Designing as one of the design team members various types of buildings
Coordinating technical and administrative activities with different disciplines to produce Working Drawings, Construction Details and documents.
Maintaining the CAD system.
Design co-ordination with the on site Design team interface.
Production of working drawings and construction drawings
Initiation of Concepts for many of the assigned project
Excellent artistic presentation abilities.
Architectural Visualization using modeling and presentation software many of the designed projects.

Architect / Senior Architect at EHAF Consulting Engineers
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 2003 to March 2007

Senior Architect
Leading a team of architects to finalize projects through all phases of the project; Schematic, Detailed Design and Construction Documents
Successfully leading the Concept Design Team to visualize and present some of the prize winner competitions
Successfully Leading and participating with the Concept Design Team to create, visualize and present concept design for the assigned projects
Successfully managed the Tender stage of several projects
Participated in the preliminary Office’s CAD and Filing system.

External Tutor at Cairo university, Architectural Computer Lab (Archlab)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2002 to December 2004

3DS max 8.0 tutor in Cairo university (5 courses for 100 students).
Graphic Thinking for Architects in the Cairo University (one course for 10 students).

Designer / Art director at MultiMedia Studio
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2000 to August 2004

Web page design
www.hercomanes.com for the IRD
www.promastar.com
Participated in the DVD short animated movie for the Rayhana residential complex (Modeling, animation, Interior design).
Participating in the DVD presentation of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina for the UNESCO (Modeling, animation, and video compositing)
Participating in a CD presentation for Alkan Networks (Video Editing)
Participating in the presentation of a learning video tape for the U.S. Aid. (Video Editing)
Participated in the video tape presentation of the AUC campus (Modeling, animation, coordination)
Third position in the jewelry design competition for the Future Lebanese channel

Technical Office Engineer at SIAC Contractors
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • March 2002 to April 2003

Involved in the workshop drawings production, materials’ submittals for the project.
Involved in the claims writing for the project which successfully brought 2M EGP for the contractor

Architect (Designer) at EHAF Consulting Engineers
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 1999 to February 2002

Worked as a team member to finalize Design, design development, design follow up on site, drawing and presentation of architectural projects .
Designed the requested 1st version of the requested website for EHAF.com

Architect (Designer) at Conpro Consulting House
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 1997 to May 1999

Design of required Architectural Projects
Participate in the 1st Prize Winner design for the Mansoura Faculty of Medicine Competition

Education

Bachelor's degree, Architecture
  • at Cairo university
  • June 1997

Cumulative Rate: GOOD Graduation Project Rate (Museum of Music): DISTINCTION

Specialties & Skills

Communication Skills
Leading Projects
Problem Solving
Leading Cross Functional Teams
Autodesk Revit
3DS MAX, vray, Maxwell renderer
AutoCAD Architecture
MS office
Phtotoshop
MS Project

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Memberships

Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers
  • Member
  • October 1997
UPDA Qatar
  • Grade "A" Architect
  • July 2009