ديفيد McKenna, Principal Sustainability Consultant

ديفيد McKenna

Principal Sustainability Consultant

Hilson Moran

البلد
قطر - الدوحة
التعليم
ماجستير, MBA
الخبرات
17 years, 11 أشهر

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مجموع سنوات الخبرة :17 years, 11 أشهر

Principal Sustainability Consultant في Hilson Moran
  • قطر - الدوحة
  • أشغل هذه الوظيفة منذ مايو 2016

Principal Sustainability Consultant role involves supporting Clients, Architects, Design Engineers and Project Managers to establish and achieve sustainability goals for projects. The role involved managing specialist simulations and studies, as well as preparing submittals, reports, drawings and calculations for the purposes of achieving GSAS / Estidama certification for the following projects:
- LEED Energy and Indoor Environmental Credits, Msheireb Station, Qatar Rail, LEED GOLD
- Ras Abu Aboud World Cup Stadium & Precinct, Doha Qatar, GSAS Sports 4 Stars, EIA
- Al Thumama World Cup Stadium & Precinct, Doha, Qatar, GSAS Sports, 4 Stars, EIA, CEMP
- Barwa Bank HQ at Marina District, Doha, Qatar, GSAS Commercial, 3 Stars
- Environmental Site Assessment for a Hospital (Client & Location Confidential)
- Plots A5, A6, B5 at Seef District of Lusail City, Doha, Qatar, GSAS Residential, 3 Stars

Senior Sustainability Engineer في ASTAD Project Management
  • قطر - الدوحة
  • أغسطس 2012 إلى مايو 2016

Senior Sustainability Engineer role involves supporting Clients and Project Managers to establish and achieve the sustainability goals for the following projects, primarily using the LEED or GSAS sustainability rating schemes. This involves project planning and strategy, technical review and supervision of the GSAS / LEED Consultants during master plan, detailed design and construction stages:
- MANATEQ Ras Bufontas Special Economic Zone Head Office (GFA 20, 000 m2) - GSAS Districts, 5 Stars
- MANATEQ Ras Bufontas Special Economic Zone (QEZ1) Detailed Master Plan & Detailed Design of Infrastructure, Land-take - 4km2) - GSAS Districts, 3 Stars
- MANATEQ Ras Bufontas Special Economic Zone (QEZ3), Qatar - (DMP & DD Infra., Land-take 33 km2) - GSAS Districts, 3 Stars
- Qatar Petroleum District, Doha, Qatar (8 No. Office Towers, Gross Floor Area \[GFA\] 695, 000 m2) - GSAS Commercial, 3 Stars
- Qatar Foundation (QF) Education City (EC), HBKU Faculty & Staff Club - LEEDv3 Gold
- QF EC, Student Housing Phase 2 (17 No., Apartment Buildings) - LEEDv3 Platinum
- QF Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP), TECH 3 (Laboratory Building), Doha, Qatar - LEEDv3 Gold
- QF (QSTP), MEEZA HQ (Office Tower), Doha, Qatar - LEEDv3 Gold
- Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) Lusail Multipurpose Sportshall, Doha, Qatar - GSAS Sports 3 Stars
- QOC Al Sadd Multipurpose Sportshall, Doha, Qatar GSAS Sports - 4 Stars
- QOC Khalifa Tennis Complex, Doha, Qatar - GSAS Sports - 3 Stars

Consultant في The Municipality of Abu Dhabi City
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - أبو ظبي
  • مايو 2010 إلى أغسطس 2012

Consultant role involved supporting the Head of Parks & Recreational Facilities Department with strategic planning, design review and sustainability program for the Municipal Parks portfolio. Assigned to a number of projects and technical committees, including the prestigious Khalifa Park project:

- Developing Energy & Water Conservation Programs
- Strategic planning and technical design review
- Supporting the commercial activation strategies
- Managing design consultants for new developments
- Stakeholder management and engagement
- Implementing waste reduction & recycling activities

Environmental Operations Manager في Nakheel Asset Management
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
  • فبراير 2008 إلى مايو 2010

- Environmental Operations Manager role responsible for developing and implementing an environmental management system across Nakheel’s operational portfolio of high-end luxury communities, such as the Palm Jumeirah.
- Responsible for sustainability review of upcoming Nakheel projects under development,
- Developed Waste Management Guidelines for Developers issued across all Nakheel projects
- Prepared sustainability related technical scope of work for Contractors and Service Providers
- Supported the Nakheel Sustainability Department to implement the company wide Strategic Sustainability Framework.
- Organised for NAM staff and service providers to support many community initiatives.
- Organised promotion and awareness of waste and recycling issues across Nakheel communities.
- Developed and implemented systems and procedures to track and analyse consumption of water and electricity, as well as ‘dashboard reporting’ analysis to identify buildings and assets with excessive levels of energy or water consumption.

Senior Environmental Consultant في Hyder Consulting Middle East Ltd
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
  • يونيو 2006 إلى يناير 2008

Senior Environmental Consultant role that also involved significant business development. It involved the setting up of a full Environmental Function to cater for rapid growth in infrastructure and property development in Dubai. In addition, I formed a working group within Hyder that became known as the Sustainable Design Group. The group pulled together the specialist inputs from across the multi-disciplinary teams within Hyder (MEP, Structures, Geotechnical, Facades, Transport, Infrastructure, etc.) in order to focus their efforts on the sustainable design of buildings. During this short period, David succeeded in winning and executing the following projects:

- Preliminary LEED Review - Dubai Towers (Jeddah & Doha):
- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Siji Explosives Factory
- The Palisades, Dubai Investments Park (100 ha, 50, 000 Population, Capital Cost - 1.5 Billion AED)
- Falcon City of Wonders, Dubailand: Project Manager responsible for preparing the EIA Scoping Report and for the EIA of Falcon City of Wonders(381 ha, 55, 000 Population, Capital Cost - 3 Billion AED).
- Environmental Assessment at ORICA Explosives Manufacturing Site, Jebel Ali

الخلفية التعليمية

ماجستير, MBA
  • في University of Manchester
  • ديسمبر 2012

Manchester Global MBA (Engineering ) Course description (extracted from : http://www.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/taughtdegrees/courses/distancelearning/course/?code=08500&pg=2 ) The Manchester Global MBA (Engineering) is highly flexible and portable, meets the needs of busy executives and fits around your personal and professional commitments. Our proven blend of robust academic theory and practical, hands-on experience means you can start putting your learning into practice from day one, providing immediate benefits for you and/or your employer without putting your career on hold. Developed in collaboration with the engineering industry, this pathway draws on the expertise of the world's top thinkers in the fields of management, innovation, technology, strategy and leadership to give you a unique and dynamic learning experience that will help you take your career to the next level. You will be surrounded not just by engineers, but by a diverse mix of fellow students from science, consultancy, information technology, telecommunications, manufacturing and operations from across the world. This gives you a rich and stimulating learning environment and gives your studies a truly global perspective. Whether you are looking to progress in your current career or move from a technical role to a more general management position, the engineering pathway gives you the right combination of academic theory and practical experience to put you ahead of the competition.This MBA has attracted more than 1,200 executives from world-leading companies such as BAE Systems, Boeing, Daimler Chrysler, Google, IBM, Microsoft and Porsche AG. Accrediting organisations Our Global MBA programmes are Triple Accredited by: AMBA, EQUIS, AACSB

ماجستير, Environmental Engineering (Postgraduate Diploma)
  • في Trinity College Dublin
  • يونيو 2003
بكالوريوس, Agriculture & Food Engineering
  • في University College Dublin
  • يونيو 1999

Specialties & Skills

Engineering
Sustainable Architecture
Sustainable Design
LEED AP
Environmental
AutoCAD
Microsoft Office (Publisher, Excel, Word)
Project Management
Business Development
Consulting
Bluebeam
Environmental Impact Assessment

حسابات مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي

اللغات

العربية
مبتدئ
الفرنسية
مبتدئ

العضويات

IEMA
  • Fellow & Chartered Environmentalist
  • April 2009
Institution of Engineers of Ireland
  • Fellow & Chartered Engineer
  • June 1999

التدريب و الشهادات

GSAS Design, GSAS Construction, GSAS Operations (تدريب)
معهد التدريب:
GORD/ GSAS Trust

الهوايات

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