BASHAR QESHTA, Owner And Manager

BASHAR QESHTA

Owner And Manager

Y & B General Contracting Inc

Location
United States - North Carolina - Durham
Education
Bachelor's degree, CIVIL ENGINEERING
Experience
10 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :10 years, 4 Months

Owner And Manager at Y & B General Contracting Inc
  • United States - West Raleigh
  • My current job since May 2017

• Led the planning, budgeting, and direction of all construction projects.
• Carefully coordinated plans and specs to keep projects running smoothly.
• Educated subcontractors on quality standards throughout the construction process which in turn produced quality work and a safer work environment.
• Prepared change order requests.

Project Manager at Ryan Homes
  • United States - West Raleigh
  • My current job since April 2022

(Channing Park in Cary, NC)
• Strong leadership skills, coaching, supervising, and training new superintendents.
• Solve conflicts and discrepancies between different blueprint plans.
• Manage the construction of townhomes by using SchedulePro within the budgeted cost.
• Followed QA & QC standards throughout the building process.
• Coordinate and directly oversee the building process from start to finish.
• Ensure the current building codes and OSHA regulations are always implemented.

Construction Project Manager at American Homes 4 Rent
  • United States - Apex
  • April 2021 to April 2022

(Holleman Hill Community in New Hill, NC)
• Strong leadership skills, coaching, supervising, and developing staff.
• Solve conflicts and discrepancies between different blueprint plans.
• Coordinate & solve conflicts and discrepancies between grading and underground utilities.
• Solving conflicts and discrepancies between different scope of works and budgets.
• Manage the construction of single-family homes by using BuildPro within the budgeted cost.
• Followed QA & QC standards throughout the building process.
• Coordinate and directly oversee the building process from start to finish.
• Ensure the current building codes and OSHA regulations are always implemented.

Construction Manager at KB Home
  • United States - West Raleigh
  • August 2018 to April 2021

(Union Station Community in Fuquay Varina, NC & Retreat at Lake Michael Community in Mebane, NC)
• Strong leadership skills, coaching, supervising, and developing staff.
• Managed the construction of single-family homes on crawl space and slab.
• Coordinating between set of plans and options to avoid discrepancies to keep the building process running smooth which resulted in homes being completed before schedule.
• Followed QA & QC standards throughout the building process.
• Consistently ranked in the top two of Field Managers, with Customer Satisfaction scores averaging above 9.6 on a 1-10 scale.
• Delivered certified Energy Star homes.

Construction Manager at MESC Contracting
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2015 to March 2017

Delivered leadership of project and personnel, including comprehensive oversight of detailed, multi-faceted project scope comprised of 8*(G+4), 2*(G+6) apartment buildings, substations, and underground water tanks along with pump rooms, concurrently directed more than 1500 staff while serving as project liaison between stakeholders. (Project value 85 million USD)
• Ensured deliverables were on time and under budget, confirming compliance of all contractual plans, specifications, industry standards, and drawings at all phases of project.
• Orchestrated workflow and logistics, providing technical support; coordinating functions between multidisciplinary teams; conducting all QC and QA testing; and commissioning documents, tools, and equipment.
• Drove performance, providing full spectrum of project administration and documentation to ensure all necessary permits, documents, and certificates were accurate and complete, including contractual plans, specs, variations and project activities and events.
• Optimized productivity and performance, perpetually monitoring and controlling quality, costs, and time schedules to meet tight deadlines and budgetary constraints

Project Manager at Al Arif Contracting
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • December 2013 to August 2015

Delivered leadership of project and personnel, including comprehensive oversight of detailed, multi-faceted project scope comprised of 23 (G+4) apartment buildings with a mosque, ancillary buildings and supermarket center as well as expansive infrastructure design and development, including roadways, underground water tanks with pump rooms, substations, parking, boundary walls and landscaping areas. Concurrently directed more than 800 staff while serving as project liaison between stakeholders (Project value $90 Million)
• Optimized use of capital (human and financial) and time applied to developing project based on structural, architectural, and MEP drawings.
• Coordinated project phases, scheduling and collaborating with Consultant, Site Engineer, Surveyor, QC Engineer, QS Engineer, Safety Officer, and foremen as well as sub-contractors and suppliers to ensure obstruction free work zone; compliance of all quality standards and best practices; and project execution in accordance to specifications.
• Accelerated productivity by effectively dealing with shuttering and scaffolding systems as well as ideating and innovating real-time solutions as required.

Education

Bachelor's degree, CIVIL ENGINEERING
  • at National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying
  • October 2015

Course by Course Credential Evaluation Report

Bachelor's degree, CIVIL ENGINEERING
  • at ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF GAZA
  • September 2006

Holder of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the Islamic university of Gaza in 2006 at very good grade.

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Civil Engineering
Autocad 2D
Typing & printing
Microsoft Office
Using Internet
Taking photos
STAAD PRO.

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors
  • License No: 78651
  • May 2017
Project Management Institute
  • Membership ID: 3249281
  • November 2014

Training and Certifications

Certified as a Project Manager for Unlimited Multi Story Buildings from Dubai Municipality, UAE (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2016
Licensed General Contractor from North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors (# 78651) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2017
BuildPro Certificate from Hyphen Solutions for projects management, USA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2021
The Practical Guide for Using FIDIC Condition of Contracts 1999 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999
Appreciation Letter From Scaffolding & Formwork Systems ISCHEBECK TITAN (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
PMP (Training)
Training Institute:
Chicago Management Consultancy
Date Attended:
September 2014
Duration:
40 hours
AUTOCAD (14) 2-D (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2004
Valid Until:
January 9999
STAAD PRO FOR STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS & DESIGN (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2004
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • BROWSING
  • READING
  • SWIMMING
  • WATCHING DOCUMENTARY ENGINEERING MOVIES