George Bittar

Lusail city Katara twin towers

Doha oasis project with a value of more than 8 billions Qatari riyals.
It is a mix use project which consist of residential buildings - hotel - theme park - cinema - mall

May-2014 Till June-2019 Erga group - Qatar
• Senior Mechanical engineer
• Projects Completed :
o Al Wajba Villa No.3 with a value of 30 million QR
o Al Rayan Hotel (Hilton) at Mall of Qatar with a value of 450 million QR
o Panorama Hotel (Hilton) at the Pearl Island with a value of 870 million QR
o Warehousing & Logistic park with a value of 700 million QR
• Management of MEP design & construction packages.
• Management of the MEP package value engineering for redesign, budgeting, tender preparation, issuance of MEP contracts, management & administration of these MEP sub contractors’ contracts to strictly adhere to budget, schedules, milestones, ITP, Project Quality Plan (PQP) & project health, safety, environment plan( HSE).
• Management of applications for Building Permits, coordination with Local Authorities and handing over processes through systematic documentation and efficient Testing and Commissioning and Liaising with Clients/Operators for as built drawings, O&M guidelines, manuals etc

Managed MEP engineering operations for facility management projects across multiple
developments.
Supervised engineering teams responsible for building systems performance and
maintenance strategies

• Central Utility plants 2, 3 & 4 at New Doha International Airport; the three Emergency Power and Cooling plants out of four that produce and distribute Emergency Power and Chilled water to NDIA. The Contract value was over U.S. $ 250, 000, 000.00. The plants total capacities are 107 MW of power and 40, 000TR produced by Caterpillar Generators and 2500TR York chillers.
• I use to verify the mechanical design (calculation-drawings-specs-scope) to match it with the original signed contract. Preparing method statement for the equipment installation, Procurement for all mechanical materials, technical and commercial evaluation for offers, selecting the offer that meet our specifications and budget, preparing material submittals and get it approved by the client, placing orders for the materials and follow-up deliveries in a way to match our schedule, assisting in the variation orders. Identify all variations to the original scope and prepare all technical and commercial cost for the submission to the client. Also I use to prepare all testing and commissioning procedures along with the spare part lists of all the equipment installed and make it ready for the final turnover documentations.
• Work execution:
Leading and supervising the HVAC team, Organizing and assigning the work to a team of 50 persons (engineers, supervisors, foreman and skilled labors), Monitoring the site progress and follow up the installation, Testing and commissioning of the equipment, start up of the HVAC system and running the operation, handing over the job to the client
• Estimation:
Pricing the mechanical scope of NDIA package 7201 for consolidated car rental facility and midfield tunnel improvements. Checking the mechanical scope of work along with the tender drawings and specs to identify discrepancies and issue tender clarifications. Preparing material take off. Preparing RFQ’ s and getting quotations as per the vendor list included in the tender package.

• Addendum to the Integrated district cooling plant at the pearl island, Constructing the energy transfer stations in all PORTO ARABIA Towers and the Heat exchanger buildings that receive the chilled water from IDCP and deliver it to the clients
• My scope varied between site supervision, testing and commissioning, handing over the work to the client, material take off, shop drawing, material submittals, material orders, delivery follow-up, variation orders and technical coordination with 36 Developers Contractors related to ETSs & HEXs which we installed in their Buildings.
• Estimation:
Pricing the mechanical scope of NDIA CP60 package for Central utility plants 2, 3&4. Checking the mechanical scope of work along with the tender drawings and specs to identify discrepancies and issue tender clarifications. Preparing material take off. Preparing RFQ’ s and getting quotations as per the vendor list included in the tender package.

• Integrated district cooling plant at the pearl island, the largest District Cooling Plant ever constructed, which is worth over U.S. $ 200, 000, 000.00, producing and feeding Chilled water to the Pearl Island in Qatar. This plant’s total capacity is around 130, 000TR produced by 52 numbers of 2500TR York chillers and associated Equipment and Building Services.
• My scope varied between site supervision, testing and commissioning, material take off, shop drawing, material submittals, material orders, delivery follow-up, variation orders.

Worked on the estimation of Mechanical and Pipeline Projects in Nigeria, KSA, Qatar and UAE.
• Material Take offs, RFQs and pricing