Daniel GERMANI

Project Executive for City Center Hotels, lead direct and manage the Development & Delivery Implementation of City Center Hotels portfolio, including master & business plan, procurement/execution strategy & plans, finance to achieve objectives, enforces policies, processes, procedures and controls. Manage portfolios budgets/schedules, value engineering, earned value & claims, teams efficiencies and optimize resources allocation.

Operation Director per interim (6 Month fixed term) via Consultancy Services Agreement lead direct review and optimize Contracting Management organization and operation in conjunction with the Project Management Team securing targeted earned value for the ongoing following EPC projects (Total Value US$ 172 million):
• Dibba Fishery Harbor Development, Dibba: US$100 million
• Shangri-la hotel Muscat beach and shore protection works, Muscat: US$ 3 million
• Off-shore pilling, dredging causeway, Khatmat Milaha: US$ 23 million
• Duqm Refinery Offsite building package, SAIPEM: US$20 million
• Duqm Refinery Onsite infrastructure package, TRDJV: US$ 26 million

Eagle Hills Abu Dhabi UAE has appointed me as Projects Director of Eagle Hills Morocco Properties.
As Projects Delivery Country Head and main representative in Morocco reporting to the General Manager, I was in charge of leading, directing, managing, implementing, overseeing and timely development and delivery of Eagle Hills Euro one billion EPC Projects portfolio in Morocco within budget, performance quality excellence, testing & commissioning through to operation readiness handover to end user.
My role and responsibilities includes leadership responsibility for total program / project implementation and timely delivery, developing projects delivery strategies, management and execution plans, budget, forecast revenues & costs margin, monthly revue, corporate governance, compliance to policy and procedures, project quality and operability specification, change management & deviation in scope costs and time, resource planning and budgeting, resource utilization, stakeholder satisfaction, profit per program/project and stakeholders.

Senior Projects Manager
LEIGHTON CONTRACTING (ABU DHABI) LLC - Now CPB Contractors, it is a leading global construction company & a member of the CIMIC Group, combining the construction expertise formerly delivered by Leighton Contractors & Thiess, & Leighton Asia.
Leadership responsibility for the development and management of the offshore remote Project UZ750-P8451-AUP, a fully operational permanent camp for 2, 150 people located 84 Km northwest of Abu Dhabi in the Upper Zakum offshore oil field development.

Fully accountable for the design, procurement and construction of accommodations, offices, workshops and permanent oil and gas related utilities for four artificial islands for a US$500M contract with Zakum Development Company. Remit includes delivering the works against tight commercial & financial contract criteria, managing the HSE & quality strategies, optimizing resource productivity levels, identifying all required partners & subcontractors and performance managing the KPI’s across large multi-functional project teams.

 Actively participated in the company’s strategy and policy formulation, liaising between the client Zakum Development Company (ZADCO) and its current three major shareholder representatives (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) - 60% share, ExxonMobil - 28% & Japan Oil Development Company (JODCO) - 12%) as well as, Motts Macdonald consultant, PMC AMEC engineering and project management company, Kentz Engineers & Constructors advisors and other stakeholders.
 Project managed the works associated with the design, procurement, delivery and build successfully controlling all operational aspects, and delivering the construction project on time & within budget.
 Strategically leading overseeing monitoring communicating and managing projects delivery optimizing allocated resources efficiency and performance,
 Focused on the program front end work, project optimum delivery strategies and project management initiatives to reduce costs and improve efficiency in response to the challenges of our changing context.
 Adjusted the engineering and procurement approach from cost reimbursable to fixed price fixed quantity unit rate contracts using performance based approaches wherever possible, eliminating scope gaps & redundancy accelerating remedial actions whenever required, this allowed us to pass more contractor risks on to our subcontractors and substantially reduce our staffing level & facilitated informed decision making mainly at design engineering level,

VP Operation Civil and Building/Director of Marine Works
ALSAAD GENERAL CONTRACTING LLC - Leading general contractor specializing in civil & marine works in the GCC & Levant regions with 7, 000 staff delivering building works, heavy civil works for industrial & power plants & marine & dredging works.
Appointed to the Executive Committee and charged with leading and managing a SAR 3 Billion portfolio of multi-sector projects managing delivery through the direct leadership of a large multicultural specialist team of 250 engineers and the management of a wider team of 3500 employees. Responsibilities extended to Civil & Buildings, Marine and Power Plant construction requiring full P&L accountability, stakeholder management and ownership of the business development strategy and subsequent tender submission activity.


 Spearheaded the successful delivery of all Sea Port Authority awarded marine construction projects for the Western & Eastern region of Saudi Arabia including (i) Royal Commission Yanbu Industrial Port Berth 8 to 11, 1200 m long block quay with depth of 18 m, (ii) Container Terminal Duba Port, Berth 3&4, 550 m long quay on pile, with depth of 16 m, and (iii) Container & Ro-Ro Terminal Jubail Commercial Port development including the Berths & Quay area, Wharf, Container quay crane rails, Container Lay Down Area, Container storage yards, Pavements works, Port Security & Customs Facilities, port dredging work for navigational channel tranches and in front of quay wall, land reclamation, the civil & utilities works.
 Reviewed and upgraded existing marine equipment, inherited method statements and construction procedures, upskilled employees, improved communication and implemented a safer working environment, all of which helped to support a more competitive price that enabled the company 6 months later to bid and take equivalent additional overlapping work of Berths 8 and 9 on Dec 2012 in the same Port, to be completed and delivered only 6 months after the completion of previously awarded Berths 10 & 11.
 Recommended improvements and subsequently along with the project’s consultant implemented design changes by installing additional contiguous piles on the seaside of the berth, hence avoiding the costly excavation. The berth can be currently casted on dry land, hence improving the productivity rate and construction cost.
 Delivered the Power Plant Combined-Cycle/ Shoaiba II Combined Cycle 1, 238 MW project in Jeddah, KSA; Project involved the build of a Power Block # 02 for a total developed area of (70, 000 m2) and various Power/ Plant Support Buildings for a total developed area of (30, 000 m2); all of which (including acceleration plan, civil engineering and earth works and industrial) were delivered against the client’s challenging EPC, and ambitious time-schedule.
 Advocated a participative style of management with the aim of inspiring teams and individuals to achieve exceptional results; use an empowering management approach to encourage ideas and team-working at all levels, while demonstrating a consistent, clear, inclusive and fact-based communication style.
 Orchestrated a complete behavioral change on site, consistently delivered on time and developed strong relationships with a very demanding Korean client; all of which resulted in a doubling of the total revenue through a new contract award, the Shoaiba Permanent Housing Complex, an EPC contract of SR 495M.
 Global review of tendering policy, procedures, data based price estimation and cost analysis to mitigate and avoid unprofitable and under estimated rush projects in remote sites.
 Established strong & effective working relationships with the individual Saudi Electricity Rep. Port Managers & Heads of the Port Authority and led commercial negotiations by preparing claims narratives and time impact analyses which led to a 10% uplift in SOWs.
 Participated & awarded several tenders for ARAMCO projects along with the Saudi Port Authority and SEC.

Deputy General Manager Abu Dhabi & Dubai, UAE
BA & BES CONTRACTING LLC - Main Contractors for a portfolio of construction projects in the United Arab Emirates including 'Creek Towers' & 'Onyx Tower' on Reem Island, Abu Dhabi
Responsibility for the management of a design, build and contracting management organization of ongoing and proposed projects at different stages of completion located throughout the UAE. Managed a multinational team on design and build contracts, strategy development, policy formulation, budget cost control, productivity & performance, implemented the earned value management analysis. Personally oversaw all critical projects, negotiating change orders, extensions of time and contract claims, following up all contractual protests and appeals and pursuing the claims through arbitration, appeals, board hearings and the courts.

 Dubai - UNDD 100 beds Specialty Hospital, Dubai Health Care City contract amount AED 180M, and The Gate, a mixed use commercial & offices, with a contract amount of AED 211M
 Abu Dhabi - The Onyx high rise building 38 Floors with contract value of AED 494M and The Creek, a high-rise building 2x22 Floors, with a total contract value of AED 479M.
 Highly proficient in the implementation and management of large scale, multi-phased civil and building projects delivered within a multi-cultural setting, on time, within budget and to target.
 Whilst at BA&BES developed a sound working knowledge of the UAE construction market, local authority procedures and Asian cultural dynamics specific to the region and subsequently became the most influential decision maker in the development of its activity bringing its General Contracting prequalification to a 1st category level.
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 Lead both internal and external multicultural European / Asian professional teams through all aspects of the project from Market Studies, Project Tender Selection, Feasibility Studies, Funding and Financial Management, Design Development, Contract Negotiation, Awarding and Administration, Construction Execution to Final Commissioning and Client Occupation.
 Fully conversant around the importance of attracting and retaining high performing employees and have consistently been able to leverage an established network within the construction industry to identify, evaluate and connect with key personnel, utilize and develop employee skills and thus develop a highly motivated and engaged workforce.

Managing Director Feb 2007 - Jan 2008
Business Project Management BPM SA (Offshore)

 Participated from incubation to completion and close end stages of projects from development strategy, establishing goals and objectives making operational decisions through all the project life cycle, from client requirements, market survey, feasibility studies, job financial and its corporate related issues of fund rising, equity offering, private placement memorandum, to the design implementation, based on Professional Services Agreements with institutional client in MENA region.

Project Director/Board Member
(Projects Development & Delivery)
SOCIETE DES GRANDS HOTELS DU LEVANT (SGHL) Part of C.A.T. Group of Co.
The Council for Development and Reconstruction’s (CDR) partnership with SGHL formed a vital part of Beirut’s ‘St George’s Bay Realized’ vision during the Recovery Decade 1996 to 2006 with SGHL’s role involving the financing & development of new infrastructure, new builds & the rehabilitation of war-torn structures in St George’s Bay New Sea Front & Hotel Districts a Public Private Partnership PPP.
Appointed as the Project Director / Delegated Board Member for Projects Development and tasked with leading and delivering the deconstruction of St Georges Bay, the oldest marina in Beirut, and managing the delivery of its new Sea Front development during the period 1997 to 2000 with further additional accountability later on for leading the development of its tourist complex.

 Acted as SGHL’s primary representative in charge of all aspects of project delivery including finance acquisition, stakeholder management, acquisitions, approvals, design & implementation with an emphasis on managing costs tightly & overcoming the significant & complex challenges borne out of a large consortium of stakeholders with hugely competing interests.
 Assumed Operational role requiring extensive Management Organization capabilities, combined with engineering and construction industry experience & knowledge of the design and build for implementation of Marine Sea Front development, Dredging & Land Reclamation, Breakwater and submerged reef, ports quay on piles and concrete caisson walls as well as all its related access road, underpasses, infrastructure and related utilities with best in class skills and techniques, hands-on approach and attention to details.
 New Business Development; Sound commercial awareness and an acute awareness of the need to maintain revenues and seek out fresh income generation opportunities particularly in austere economic conditions.
 Proven track record attracting new business, including bid management as well as re-negotiating existing contracts and developing innovative partnering arrangements with clients and suppliers to drive continued growth and competitiveness.
 The devastated hotel district from the Lebanese Civil War underwent a thorough reconstruction and development plan that resurrected its cultural and economic positioning in the region & consequently the Saint George Bay Waterfront is now a prime, active, multi-use district with business, residential, tourist & leisure facilities & houses bold architecture, the famous land mark Saint George hotel, its beach club, the west marina & timber deck quayside promenades, extending Beirut's famous seaside boulevard.
 Part of the realized reclaimed land was used as collateral security for a fund raising program and others for dedicated commercial development benefiting from the realized added value of restored prime area.

Project Manager
THE CAT GROUP (EUROCAT) - An EPC specialized provider of integrated engineering, procurement and construction services, Oil and Gas, Civil Construction, Infrastructure and Roads, located in the Middle East, Gulf States & Africa
Managed the relationship between the Paris based Head Office and Eurocat’s Middle East & West Africa operating companies, adopting a Project Management role to monitor the work progress of several multi-million dollar construction projects for Infrastructure, Building, Civil Works, Roads, Earthworks, Bridges, Mechanical Works and Pipeline. Acted as the liaison channel for communications with the clients and managing partners across a range of areas including proposal preparation for new work, contract negotiation, tendering and bidding practices, construction financing, post-bid analysis of jobs awarded, resource utilization, and project milestones, deliverables and progress. Significant operational experience in a managerial capacity in earth works, roads, flyover bridges, surface & underground utilities infrastructure works, asphalt laying, paving surface treatments and production management.

 Pipelines major projects undertaken
1990 - Maintain Potential Flow lines; Client ARAMCO, Saudi Arabia; Original Value $90M; Updated Value $113.4M

 Civil Works (Roads, earthworks, bridges and heavy civil works) major projects undertaken:
1990 - Assorted Roads, Nigeria; Client - Govt of Nigeria; Original Value $20M; Updated Value $25.2M
1991 - Assorted Roads for Oil Companies; Client - Govt of Nigeria; Original Value $15M; Updated Value $17.7 M
1991 - Maiduguri Water Transmission Line House Connections; Govt of Nigeria; Original Value $ 12M; Updated Value $14.2M
1992 - Shell & Agip Locations Upgrade, Nigeria; Original Value $4M; Updated Value $4.4M
1992 - Assorted Roads, Client Government of Nigeria; Original Value $8M; Updated Value $8.9M
1993 - Shell & Agip Nigeria; Original Value $6M; Updated Value $6.3M
1993 - Assorted Roads, Client Government of Nigeria; Original Value $11M; Updated Value $11.6M
1993 - Assorted Roads, Client Government of Nigeria; Original Value $ 8, 000, 000; Updated Value $8.6M
1994 - Shell & Agip, Nigeria; Original Value $11M; Updated Value $11M


EARLIER CAREER
Buildings Projects included roles as:
Project Manager at Karagula/Vianini J.V. Beirut international Airport Runways & Passenger Terminal Building;
Engineer at Aeroports De Paris, Roissy CDG Air Port France and as a Coordination Engineer; Aeroports De Paris; ORLY Airport France.