Projects Director
Abu Dhabi Business Hub
Total years of experience :39 years, 4 Months
Project:
Al Mafraq Square Development. The project consists of Commercial Shopping Mall, 11 Residential and Commercial Buildings, 2 Furnished Apartment Hotel Buildings, Masjid, Public Park, Roads and Infrastructure. Budget is estimated at AED 1.21 Billion.
Achievements:
• Improving budgeting by upscaling standards
• Reducing project delivery time by using Fast Track Methods
• Changing/Improving management processes - put in KPIs, improving communication methods…etc.
• Conducting Value engineering to allow for lower costs and improving specifications
Accountable for directing Ruwais City (Oil and Gas Refinery) Projects, Phase 3 & 4 Expansion.
Completed Phase 3 in October 2014: project value AED 3.8B.
Commenced phase 4 in August 2014: project value AED 7.5B. Phase 4 includes 3100 units, 663 luxury villas plus all related infrastructure, facilities and services.
Achievements
Initiated and steered new projects to improve Ruwais City Phases 3 and 4 Expansion objectives.
Delivered Phase 3 under time, reducing timescale from 8 years down to 3.
Increased the rate of delivering projects on time and within budget from less than 25% in the last decade to more than 75%.
Improved budgeting by upscaling standards.
Reduced project delivery time by 10-15%.
Gained trust and influence with the Tender Board to increase the Division budget from AED 250M to AED 1.2B in 2 years, then to AED 7.5B in 2014.
Transformed and improved management processes: defined KPIs, implemented new technologies, automated diverse processes, improved communication to make decision-making more efficient and decreased decision time from 6 months to one week.
Ensured all projects exceeded international standards.
Implemented value engineering (Certified Six Sigma Green Belt) resulting in improved products at lower costs.
Optimised Health, Safety & Environmental processes and standards, reducing incident rates. Gained ADNOC HSE Award.
PROJECTS ACCOMPLISHED:
Two Projects with a total of 16 buildings (G+11F each). Total Built-Up area about 922, 000 m2. Value about AED 1.75 Bln. Projects include all related infrastructure, services, utility buildings, substations...etc. (completed)
Infrastructure services to the Ruwais Mall Project as well as 1536 residential units, such as (Roads, Power, Water Supply Network, CCTV System, FATV System, FF System, Storm Water Network, Sewerage Network, SCADA, etc.) (completed)
District Cooling Plant (DCP)
663 Villas for UAE Nationals with infrastructure and related services and facilities (AED 2.85 Bln)
Bachelor Flats Compound (5 buildings, G+5, total 353 Flats) with all infrastructure and landscaping works (completed).
Male and Female Class ‘A’ Health Clubs (completed).
Class ‘A’ Auditorium (1000 seats), Mosque, Sports Hall and Olympic Swimming Pool (completed).
Additional Requirements and Extensions to Ruwais New Hospital including Triage and Decontamination Units
Renovation of existing Recreation Building.
Extension to GLENELG International School (completed)
External Works for Recreation Building including Parking Bays, Road, etc. (completed)
KG + Elementary Shuafat International School
Construction of Ruwais New Hospital 125 beds. Approximate Value AED 1.25 Bln (completed)
Construction of complete infrastructure works for the new Ruwais City Expansion including 8 substations (completed)
Construction of New Administration Building for BOROUGE (G+1). BUA ~5, 100 m2 (completed)
Construction of four Army Radar Towers in different locations (completed)
A Mock-up VIP Villa using Module Technology, Construction, Finishing and Furnishing in 2.5 months (completed)
Managed multiple ADNOC Projects in Ruwais City Phase 3 (Oil and Gas Refinery): total project value AED 1.4B.
Projects included hospital, complete infrastructure works, administration building for BOROUGE and 4 army radar towers.
Managed Abu Dhabi Investment Co. (ADIC) Governmental projects from design phase onward to construction phase: total projects value AED 0.72B.
Achievements
Took initiative to evaluate processes and procedures to improve projects delivery time, budget and quality. Improvements were appreciated and approved for implementation by ADNOC Senior management.
Invited by ADNOC to work directly with to manage and direct all improvement implementations alongside multi-projects.
Successfully delivered two projects for ADIC through the 2008 recession; revised scope of work, while maintaining core functions of projects, keeping both projects alive and delivering them as promised.
Projects Accomplished:
Commercial Tower (Capital Tower), situated in Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), comprising of 5 basements, ground floor, Mezzanine, 4 podiums, 22 office floors. BUA ~43, 000 m2. Obtained LEED Certification (Green Building), UPC and ADM Approvals (completed)
Two residential buildings (Beach Terraces), situated in Reem Island, each comprising of 2 basements, ground floor, 7 residential floors, entertainment (swimming poof, fitness…etc). BUA ~22, 000 m2. Obtained UPC and ADM Approvals (completed)
TURNER CONSTRUCTION INTERNATIONAL (TCI)
POSITIONS: Senior Construction Project Manager
Managed two consecutive projects in a fast-paced environment:
* 3 packages at Al-Qasr Real Estate Development Project; value of AED 0.66B.
* Shams Ar-Riyadh Real Estate Development Project: value of AED 8.4B.
Achievements
Managed and monitored contractors’ daily site activities, oversaw supervision consultants’ site performance, reviewed and improved contractors’ work methodologies, organized coordination meetings, reviewed payment applications, monitored implementation of QA/QC and safety plans and tracked punch lists.
Delivered work to utmost satisfaction of client, leading to the client awarding their biggest project ever: AED 8.4B Shams Ar-Riyadh Real Estate Development Project.
King Salman Charity Housing Organisation
Position: Director of Supervision Division
Served as Project Manager for 3 High Rise Hotel Towers in Holy Mecca; project value of AED 660M and 3 housing projects in Riyadh in various stages of construction (total of 333 villas) and project value of AED 380M.
Directed project planning and developed construction management plan on behalf of the owner.
Executed various business development activities and tracked project progress from initiation to completion.
Sulaiman Al-Qadeebi Sons Contracting Company
Position: Projects Manager
Followed up on projects status, planned strategies, resource allocation and methodologies to maintain project balance.
Monitored performance of programs with multiple projects; project identification, design, development and delivery.
PROJECTS ACCOMPLISHED IN KSA:
3 packages at Al-Qasr Real Estate Development Project, supervised by Dar Al-Handasa Consultants. Total duration is 15 months. Finishes are high quality. The 3 packages are constructed by two main contractors. The packages consist of 44 commercial and residential buildings totaling more than 280, 000 square meters built-up area, including extensive earth and dewatering works. Value AED 0.66B.
Shams Ar-Riyadh Real Estate Development Project, supervised by Saud Consult Services. Total duration is 4 years. Works are phased into earth works, infrastructure, construction of 3500 villas, commercial buildings, large mall, parks, mosques, schools, clinics and civil services, wadi and town landscaping. (5, 000, 000 m2 Value AED 8.4B)
3 High Rise Hotel Towers in Holy Mecca. Project value AED 660M
3 housing projects in Riyadh in various stages of construction (total of 333 villas). Project value AED 400M
Al-Birr Society Offices & Comm. Center: 11, 000 m2, AED 60M
Head of Environmental Section/Marketing and Development Dept Coordinator | Dar Al Omran - Planners, Architects, Engineers (Rasem Badran Associates)
Freelance Consultant
Director of Business Development Department | Consolidated Consultants/HANDARA - Engineers & Consultants
Business Development Engineer | Arabtech - Jardaneh Consulting Engineers & Architects
Structural - Project Coordinator | Zaki Sayyed Ahmad Engineering
Business Development/Sales/System Support Engineer | Mohammad Said Bamanie Commercial Establishment
Project Engineer | Al-Bayt Engineering Consultants
Head of Chips Testing Section | BEST I. C. Labs
Teacher Assistant | San Francisco State University
Certification in Data Processing May 1987
Special Assignments: - Conducted a study and evaluation of the San Francisco Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants. The study was projected toward evaluating the adequacy of the environmental safety and mitigation measures which were used by the San Francisco City Hall Engineers at both the Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants. The analysis concluded and confirmed that those measures were in compliance with the California Codes for the Protection and Preservation of the Environment (CCPPE). - Designed a 12-story office steel structure building in San Francisco, CA., U.S.A.: Analysis and detailed structural design taking in consideration Earthquake, Wind & Snow loading effects. In addition, feasibility study and estimate of project budget was conducted. - Wrote a computer program (FORTRAN Language) using Portal Method to analyze the lateral load effects on any given building structure; Lateral loads included earthquake effects on structures.
