Dr Majdi Ismail

In April 2014 I took the role of the Project Director and the “Engineer’s Representative” responsible for all contractual matters on the Dammam Port Project, which was followed in May by taking the role of the Resident Engineer until the beginning of June 2014. AECOMs scope of works was to design and supervise the construction works of the port (Marine works, Cranes/Admin Buildings/Ware houses/ Loading and Offloading areas and all associated infrastructure). I was supervising a team of 14 staff on site plus 2 Contractual Advisors on the project. The Contractor was CNC of China and the client was Saudi Global Ports.
In early June 2014 I was asked to join the team delivering AECOM’s scope in Riyadh Metro (The Engineering Section) reporting to BACS (Consortium responsible for the delivery of designs on Lines 1 & 2 on the Riyadh Metro Project) filling the role of the Chief Highways Engineer. Initially I ran a team of over 40 staff working on the enabling works and utility diversions. This was then complimented by a second team of 12 to deliver the associated highway modifications resulting from implementing the line 1 and line 2 of Riyadh Metro inclusive of all improvements to the Highways and parking etc.
I then added another team of 6 to deliver the Drainage works along line 1 and parts of line 2 which also took account of the adjacent catchment areas to the Line 1 works resulting in major drainage network design.
In December 2017 I was also given another package to deliver on Line 1 called the 1SS1 Track Substation and became the Call off Contract Authorised Representative responsible for all contractual matters on 6 call off contracts.
In July of 2018 I took on board the management of a completion team and all construction related activities dealing with completion works and Construction Phase Services dealing with all construction related issues (FCD’s, RFI’s and NCRs) related to Viaducts, Elevated Stations and Portal to Portal.
In the last 3 years of the RMP my work concentrated on leading the Construction Phase Services and dealing with all site queries as well as preparing 3 Witness Statements and over 10, 000 documents of evidence for the AECOM’s Arbitration case. I was a witness for AECOM’s Call Off Contracts during the Arbitration that was held in London in March 2021.

In May 2012 I was appointed by Mott MacDonald Ltd as the Country Manager & Technical Director to run their operations in Bahrain. I ran the Bahrain Office operations and expanded the teams rapidly to cater for the increasing workload in Bahrain in all Business Lines (Transport, Water & Environment, Building & Places, and Power). I was responsible for 75 staff and the numbers were increasing from various disciplines. At the same time I was the Project Director and Construction Manager for the first 6 months of the assignment on the Bahrain Strategic Water Supply Project- 2009-2012.
I took on the construction management 50% of the time for 6 months on the Bahrain Water Supply Project 2009 - 2012.
Bahrain Water Supply Project 2009 - 2012 consists of 13 Ground Storage Tanks (ranging in capacity from 5m to 20m gallons ), 11 Elevated Storage Reservoirs (ranging in size from 1 m to 5m Gallons), 15 Pumping stations, and 165km of Ductile Iron Pipelines ranging in Dia from 800mm to 1400mm. The project included also quite a large number of Pipe Jacking across major highways. The site teams consisted of 4 RE’s for all major disciplines which was also supported by a large design team in Abu Dhabi.
As the Engineer’s Representative on site I dealt with all contractual issues from progress meetings, reporting, financial control, certifications, client interface and presentations to ministers. The type of queries I had to deal with were Structural queries, to Pumping stations (MEP), and Pipelines as well as all planned highway works and any urban designs associated with the multiple sites.

Joined Mott MacDonald Middle East as Regional Business Development Director. Assisted and lead some of the Mega multisector bids in the GCC. lead and prepared the business plans for the Mott MacDonald Middle East Unit. Directing and assisting in most of the business development activities of all sectors operating in the Middle East as well as other Mott MacDonald units operating from outside the region.
I also ran the Shamkha South construction site as Chief Resident Engineer on part time basis which included 40 staff and 4 resident Engineers. The site had 500 Villas and Mott MacDonald Scope was to deliver the site supervision of all Infrastructure works. Bids participation

 MODON Industrial Cities (Bid Manager with Samsung Civil Engineering) - Lost on Price
 Talex Extension (UAE) (Bid Manager)- Won
 Doha Metro (Member of bid and JV selection team) - left before submission
 Frame work agreements (Highway Projects ) in Doha (Bid manager and stake
holder contact)- Lost on price
 Jeddah Deep Pumping station (Member of bid team)- Won
 Riyadh Ground Water (Member of bid team) - Won
 Bahrain Mega Water Project (Member of bid team)- Won
 Bahrain (Ministry of Public Works- Retained Consultancy (Member of bid
team)- Won
 ENEC Secondments (Bid manager and stake holder contact) - Won
 Abu Dhabi Ministry of Education curriculum reviews (Bid manager and
take holder contact)- Won

Based in Bahrain and responsible for Scott Wilson activities in both Kuwait and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Responsibilities included managing the bidding work in both countries as well as ongoing projects and staff based in both countries. Responsibilities also covered project work in Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Syria and bidding for work in all the GCC and the Middle East. Some of the Projects I lead:-
 Kuwait finalisation of 16 major interchanges detail design work and
tendering packages
 Grand Hyatt Coastal and Marine Works (Design and supervision) - Doha
 Diyar Al Muharraq Infrastructure and Master Plan Preliminary Design
Stages and Design and Supervision of the Marine Works inclusive of
highways and master planning.
 Grand Mosque Bahrain Infrastructure detail design
 National Assembly Building Infrastructure detail design
 Traffic impact assessments (TIAs) mainly in Bahrain but also other GCC
countries.
Helped in the recruitment and staffing of Scott Wilson Bahrain office staff from 8 to
150 over four years. Other responsibilities included management and co-ordinating
the input of multidisciplinary international based teams (power, wet infrastructure,
telecommunications, landscape, architecture, master planning from international
design centres and other subconsultants.

I was responsible for all wet infrastructure projects carried out by Knight Peisold (Derby office) and project management of several design and construction supervision contracts for Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK in both of their plants in Burnaston (Derby) and Deeside -Liverpool. The projects included several hangers, building extensions, mezzanine floors, Loading Bays, distribution car parks, access roads and infrastructure works)
I managed the delivery of Network Rail Pollution Prevention Programme. This included managing 6 contractors working on CCTV Cleaning, emergency repairs inclusive of all railway related safety procedures from possessions to electrical isolations throughout the UK Network Rail Depots (65 in UK and 69 in Scotland for over three years. The scope included identifying the issues and detail design the solutions and reporting to Network Rail.
I was also responsible for all the wet infrastructure, car parking, design of the collection and recycling of rainwater -Ibis Hotel - Birmingham.
All above works included Construction Supervision and dealing with various contractors on site.

I managed a team of six engineers, technicians and construction staff for a quarter of all the capital works programme for Severn Trent Water Company (Parent Company) within the Midlands framework agency work. This included a minimum of 15 projects per engineer varying in fees between GBP100K to 15m. The projects varied from drainage networks on both storm and sewage networks, Pumping stations and highways.
I was responsible for design/construction supervision of several schemes at any one time.
I was chosen as part of Severn Trent Water Advisory team to Scottish Water seconded to Scottish Water in the year 2001 (this appointment lasted six months)

Joined SDDC Engineering Design Office in 1989 as an engineer after completing PhD work at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. Progressed through the ranks and eventually became the only senior engineer in the office responsible to the principal engineer for all design work for the council (in terms of all civil, municipal, environmental improvements, Urban Design, small highways, link roads, car parks, playing fields, cemeteries, and town halls) as well as maintaining the agency work for Severn Trent Water with an over all 57 No Pumping stations being designed/modified, and supervised the constructed by myself. The work also included responsibility for checking approving and site supervision of new developments within South Derbyshire District Council.