Project Technical Manager
Amana Contracting & Steel Building
Total years of experience :40 years, 10 Months
• Represented The Engineering Department on the project
• Improved the coordination and multi-disciplinary drafting and design processes to accelerate the approval of all engineering technical activities (RFIs, RFQs, NCRs, FCRs, MARs and IFC drawings)
• Conducted short meetings, workshops and visits to pre-installed sites for the client/consultant in the presence of the vendor during the review stage of the MAR with the aim of clarifying all doubts and confusions and avoiding possible rejection
• Prepared and appraised bid packages, technical evaluation, SOWs and LOIs or contracts to The Procurement Department and provided the bidders with necessary clarifications
• Provided technical advice to the project manager which led to successful variations and claims
• Obtained authorities NOCs and permits on time in spite of late design changes. No delay occurred and affected the construction progress
• Led the redesigning process with the designer in a Design and Build Project of changing structural elements such as steel columns with concrete columns or excluding civil materials such as sub-base and water proofing below foundations, reducing 10% of cost and time
• Instructed Estidama and EAAD consultants to achieve target credit points; which achieved a 10% higher score than required
• Attended weekly progress meetings as well as daily site meetings with the client, PM, consultant and designers
• Supported The Planning Cost Control and Estimation departments with related technical information to the look-ahead plan, the project’s B.O, Q and budget
• Represented the company in front of the client, project manager and the consultant
• Led all Office Coordination Design, Detail Engineering and day to day contact with client, consultant, designer and site to facilitate the delivery of the project concept as Design and Build
• Was involved in the application of Estidama and EAAD rules and requirements in the design stage and the construction stage
• Attended meetings with the client/PM and consultant
• Set some roles for each design member and defined the project scope
• Followed up with both tasks of design deliveries and authorities' submissions, such as the government authorities DOT, UPC, ADCD, ADDC, ADM, Estidama, EAAD, and the semi-governmental authority ADAC such as Risk Assessment, Method Statement, Work Safety Plan and PTW
• Supervised and managed other team members such as QHSE, Planner, QA/QC, Cost Controller, Procurement and Document Controller, to arrange all necessary plans, permits, baseline programme, monthly report, procurement and material logs, transmittal log
• Gave technical support to the Contract Manager to build claims
• Built and maintained distinctive relationships with consultants/Clients
• Reviewed and coordinated with the designer all RC designs, and monitored its compliance with the project requirements on a daily basis, ensuring design completeness and correctness while requesting the designer to correct any inaccuracies
• Oversaw the involved structural design engineers in the designing urgent cases and the reviewal of the project design, and the sub-contractors’, vendors’ and suppliers’ submittals and shop-drawings
• Arranged weekly look-ahead plans and conducted progress meetings with the construction manager demonstrating site progress, ensuring that all inquiries are answered and all the latest updates are conveyed clearly and delivered upon
• Attended meetings with stakeholders to explain the design and discuss the concerns
• Discussed day to day execution hitches with site team, suggested solutions and resolved them
• Conducted site inspection of ongoing construction projects to ensure that they are in compliance with contract drawings, specifications, and local authorities’ regulations and reported deficiencies to the respective person
• Led -as CAD Manager- multi-disciplinary draughtsmen and designers to be involved in design, drafting, and coordination
• Built correspondence protocol structures with the designer to control all document submittals and kept updated registers within project records
• Gave technical support to Planning, Cost Control, Procurement and QC departments
• Provided necessary instructions to follow LEED program
• Oversaw The Design Department’s team building of the ACONEX system (Equivalent to EDMS) to be the electronic construction collaboration system for project management
• Led a group of designers and draughtsmen involved in designing and drafting outsource engineering projects
• Produced integrated room interior detailed drawings by elaborating all room elevations and arranging necessary pannels in the modular room system in addition to door details and reflected ceiling drawings
• Coordinated with the MEP designer to avoid possible clashes in design
• Set the preliminary design and led the coordination process to avoid design clashes or conflicts during construction
• Managed a team of multi-disciplinary designers and drafters to design project’s proposals of DCP, bearing in mind the systemic process, and taking into consideration governmental authorities’ rules, regulations and structural codes and standards
• Proposed alternative design solutions aimed to reduce the cost of the project taking into consideration FEED and Estimators
• Reviewed and checked sub-contractors’ vendors’ and suppliers’ submittals and shop-drawings
• Exercised independent judgment in planning, scheduling, organizing and controlling work teams
• Exercised initiation in adapting, and applied procedures to address non-standard design cases and devised appropriate solutions
• Monitored progress and quality of work, estimated workload and determined staff requirements
• Developed and recommended improvement in CAD (Autodesk) and other designing solutions EDS (Aveva) and Microstation (Bentley) to lower costs, improve work quality and facilitate maintenance, using 3D as drafting methodology for ultimate coordination outcomes
• Made recommendations to improve unit efficiency and trained new and existing staff
• Supervised work of subordinates within a large work unit and tight period of time
• Planned and organized tasks, subordinates and resources to ensure project delivery
• Reviewed and prescreened resumes, and conducted domestic and global interviews with candidates
• Managed daily staff issues, checked weekly time sheets and coordinated leave days of unit staff taking into consideration the work load
• Provided input into salary recommendations and performance evaluations
• Made recommendations on recruiting and other HR activities
• Prepared full Structural and Civil working drawings for all department projects
• Helped the Structural design engineer in urgent cases related to some reinforced concrete or steel structure using British and American standards while taking into consideration municipality principles
• Inspected site execution process for Civil, Sub-structural & Super-structural works, and reported it to Project Management
• Supervised junior draughtsmen for any clarification to finalized proper job
• Prepared full Structural and Civil design drawings for more than 100 residential, commercial high-rise and industrial buildings, hotels, shopping centers, private palaces and villas
• Supervised and instructed structural junior draughtsmen
• Supported Architectural and MEP team when necessary
• Helped Structural designer by designing urgent cases related to some reinforced concrete or steel structure, using B.S/ACS while taking into consideration municipality rules and regulations
• Coordinated drawings with Architectural and MEP designers
• Incpection the contractor’s daily construction processes for 4 towers of 21 floors each, plus 4 more high rise projects
I have worked in different construction projects such as hotels, mega Industrial factories, housing complex buildings and infrastructure projects, and in different positions such as Site Superintendence, Quantity Surveying and Land Surveying. In addition, I have been involved in designing a heritage development project
