Farah Zandaki, Architect

Farah Zandaki

Architect

Dar Al-Handasah Consultants (Shair and Partners)

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree,
Experience
7 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :7 years, 5 Months

Architect at Dar Al-Handasah Consultants (Shair and Partners)
  • United Arab Emirates
  • My current job since May 2019

Review drawings and reports submitted by the design offices at different project stages to ensure completeness, correctness and compliance with the authority submission requirements.
Follow up on authorities updates and provide the design office with the applicable requirements, regulations and standards.
Following-up & coordinate with the relevant authorities such as (ADM, ITC, ADDC, ADTCA, etc.) to obtain approvals.
Organize & attend technical and coordination meetings with authorities and the relevant project stakeholders.
Maintain effective relationships with authorities and coordinate to expedite review of any design submissions.
Preparation and management of reports & trackers for a variety of building and infrastructure projects.
Preparation of permitting process flowcharts and permitting strategies as part of the stakeholder management plan.
Creating checklists for submission requirements required to obtain approvals at different stages.
Obtain all the required NOC’s & approvals for building and infrastructure projects from different authorities in coordination with the technical teams.
Working around problems faced during the permitting process to find solutions in coordination with the concerned stakeholders.
Using a variety of permitting systems for building projects and infrastructure projects such as MePS, CDP, Smart Hub, eNOC, NOI, IDAS, IMAS.

Architect at Al Gurg Consultants
  • United Arab Emirates
  • May 2018 to April 2019

Following-up & coordinating submittals in the main office or with the relevant authorities such as (ADM, DOT, ADDC, ADTCA, etc.) to obtain approvals.
Organize & attend meetings with authority engineers to expedite review of any design submissions in addition to attending Consultant/Client/Contractor meetings.
Coordinate between various teams & provide responses for queries on applicable local standards and updated requirements.
Preparation and management of reports & trackers, in addition to the procedures and requirements relevant to the issuance of approvals.
Obtain all the required NOC’s & approvals from the different authorities in coordination with the Architectural, structural & MEP team.
Ensure all authority submitted documents are complete and inline with the authority requirements.
Working around problems faced during the permitting process to find solutions with coordination with the concerned departments.

Liaison Engineer at Arcadis Middle Eas
  • United Arab Emirates
  • September 2017 to February 2018

Following-up & coordinating submittals in the main office or with the relevant authorities such as (ADM, DOT, ADDC, etc.) to obtain approvals.
Organize & attend meetings with authority reviewers to expedite review of any design submissions in addition to attending Consultant/Client/Contractor meetings.
Coordinate between the design & supervision team, provide responses for queries on applicable local standards and updated requirements.
Preparation and management of reports & trackers, in addition to the procedures and requirements relevant to the issuance of approvals.
Working around problems faced during the permitting process to find solutions with coordination with the concerned departments.
Obtaining RFI’s and approvals for routes and service corridors from AD Town Planning Department using the CDP system.
Obtaining CD, PD & DD Design approvals for various disciplines for masterplans using the IDAS system with coordination with the design team and ADM officials.
Assisted the contractor with construction NOC’s to expedite getting the approvals from concerned authorities such as ADDC, DOT, ADSSC & ADCD.
Created an Internal material form to facilitate the submittal process through the Infrastructure Material Approval system (IMAS).

Kaddas Engineering Consultants - Position: Architect.

Architect at Scape One Real Estate & General Contracting
  • September 2012 to October 2013

Quantity Calculation for different parts of a building, such as Concrete, block work, etc…
Coordination with the construction site in addition to Architectural & Structural Drawings Review.

Education

Master's degree,
  • at University of Wollongong
  • May 2021

– (Completion:

Bachelor's degree, Architectural Engineering
  • at Jordan University of Science & Technology
  • January 2012

High school or equivalent, Architectural Engineering
  • at Jordan University of Science & Technology
  • January 2011

courses: Certified Professional: Revit Architecture 2015

Specialties & Skills

SketchUp
AutoCAD
Architectural Design
Revit Architecture
Project Coordination
CONSULTING
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
MEETING FACILITATION
MICROSOFT OFFICE
ADVERTISING
ARCHITECTURE
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
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