Mahmoud Farhat, Project Coordinator

Mahmoud Farhat

Project Coordinator

NBHH - NAEL & BIN HARMAL HYDROEXPORT

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Doctorate, Civil Engineering
Experience
15 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 3 Months

Project Coordinator at NBHH - NAEL & BIN HARMAL HYDROEXPORT
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since December 2011

Position: Project Coordinator/ Project Estimator
Responsible for directing, organizing and controlling project activities, under the direction of a General Manager (GM) & Project Director for our Projects in Iraq.
I have traveled more than 12 times to Iraq for managing our Two running projects which I already worked for their full Estimation till the award.
The two projects in Iraq are:
1. Shat Al Arab 3 Residential Complex Project, consisting of 49 buildings with all services facilities (Entertainment, schools, medical, Market, Mall, Mosque…) (Contract Value is 743, 775, 000 QAR)
2. Hamza-Ghamas 40 km Highway. (Contract Value is 111, 691, 815 QAR)
SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Assist the PM in the drafting and issuance of project proposals, RFP’s, tenders, budgets, cash flows and preliminary schedules
• Prepare project organization and communication charts
• Track the progress and quality of work being performed by design disciplines/trades
• Use project scheduling and control tools to monitor projects plans, work hours, budgets and expenditures
• Issue Contracts, Letters of Intent, Purchase Orders, etc
• Communicate ideas for improving company processes with a positive and constructive attitude, and for developing this attitude in others
• Assist the PM in the review of Contractor quotations to ensure that only fair and reasonable pricing is recommended for approval
Position: Project Cost Estimator (in Head Office)
Estimation of various type of infrastructure works : Roads, infrastructure utilities, ASHAGHAL and KAHRAMA Tenders (water, sewerage, pumping stations, electric transmission, Buildings and structures..)
• Establish and maintain tendering process, and conduct negotiations.
• Study all the tender documents and search out all the discrepancies between boq, specs and drawings so to draft and raise the queries to the tender consultant.
• Analyze blueprints and other documentation to prepare time, cost, materials, and labor estimates.
• Preparation of Clause 14 Baseline Program for project at the tendering stage as per the scope of work using Primavera 6.
• Prepare estimates for use in selecting vendors or subcontractors.
• Preparation of technical submittals.
• Assess cost effectiveness of products, projects or services, tracking actual costs relative to bids as the project develops.
• Visit site and record information about access, drainage and topography, and availability of services such as water and electricity.

Position: Planner & Quantity Surveyor
• Achieving all works related to cost control and monthly payment reports.
• Performing all productivity report in order to monitor the project progress.
• Updating the project schedule and resources.

Technical civil engineer at IKK ISSAM KHAIRY KABBANI GROUP
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • June 2011 to December 2011

Position: STRUCTURAL ENGINEER.
• Build envelop repair and maintenance projects.
• Cathodic protection and engineered solutions for corrosion of reinforced concrete and steel structures
• Strengthening of structures through advanced techniques with fiber reinforced polymers (FRP)

Position: Estimator.
• Establish and maintain tendering process, and conduct negotiations.
• Analyze blueprints and other documentation to prepare time, cost, materials, and labor
• Visit site and record information about access, drainage and topography, and availability
• Assess cost effectiveness of products, projects or services, tracking actual costs relative to bids as the project develops.

Structural engineer at CASE
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • May 2010 to June 2011

Position: DESIGN ENGINEER.
• Achieving all works related to Conceptual Design.
• Analyzing and checking structures according to specified code.
• Modeling structure using Robot structural analysis.
• Designing and analyzing structural elements using many of structural design softwares.
• Drafting, shop drawings, BOQs, framing and reinforcement drawings using AutoCAD.

Site Inspector Engineer at KHATIB & ALAMI CO.
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 2009 to May 2010

Position: Site Inspector
• Monitors the construction work and work site to ensure compliance with applicable plans, specifications, standards, codes, regulations and requirements.
• Monitors the construction work and construction site for compliance with safety standards.
• Provide technical, full-time, on-site inspection of the progress and quality of the construction work performed.

Site Engineer at WARD WATER RESOURCES & DEVELOPMENT CO. S.A.R.L
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 2009 to May 2010

• Acting as the main technical adviser on a construction site for subcontractors, crafts people and operatives.
• Develops project objectives by reviewing project proposals and plans; conferring with management;
• Ensuring that all materials used and work performed are as per specifications;
• Overseeing the selection and requisition of materials and plant;
• Agreeing a price for materials, and making cost-effective solutions and proposals for the intended project;
• Managing, monitoring and interpreting the contract design documents supplied by the client or architect;
• Liaising with any consultants, subcontractors, supervisors, planners, quantity surveyors and the general workforce involved in the project;

Education

Doctorate, Civil Engineering
  • at Lebanese University -Faculty of Engineering
  • June 2010

Core Courses • Road Design I and II, Bridges, Plates & Shells. • Construction Management I and II. • Structures I, II and III, Dynamics, Statics. • Hydraulics, Thermodynamics, Geotechnics I and II. • Materials I and II, Resistance of materials, Mechanics I and II. Final year Project (awarding the highest grade in my class) Structural Design and Scheduling of Samrya Twin Towers

Specialties & Skills

Modeling
Structural Analysis
AutoCAD
Microsoft Office
Primavera P6
Robot Structural Analysis 2010
AUTOCAD 2d
Microsoft Office Suite( Excel, Word, PP, Outlook..)
Primavera P6

Languages

English
Expert
French
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

NHI 130055 “Safety Inspection of In-Service Bridges” (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2011
Valid Until:
November 2011
Primavera P6 Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2013
Valid Until:
April 2013
R&D “Research and Development” of concrete behavior (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2011
Valid Until:
October 2011