Senior Architect
Leo A Daly
Total years of experience :13 years, 11 Months
• Working directly with the design director to develop concepts and detailed designs for big and mega scale architectural projects in the gulf area.
• Manage, mentor and teach junior staff to produce drawings and designs according to local codes and international standards, and train them on different drawing and presentation software.
• Develope (with the help of the team) new ways of presentation, new tools to make the jobs easier and always self learn any new tool to make the team at the top of their game.
• Coordinate with the in house MEP and structural teams to maintain project’s quality.
• Participate in workshop meetings with clients, on monthly or weekly basis according to the project’s mandates, to develope the designs according to the client’s and market’s needs.
• Supervise the 3D visualization team and monitor th accuracy of their drawings and the style and aethsetics of the renders.
• Review and edit as needed schematic design, tender drawing and municipality drawing packages, making sure municipality requirements are met, drawings are complete according to the agreed LOD in the contract, and no missing or wrong information are in any of the drawings.
• Managing a team of designers, technical architects and FF&E specialists, reviewing and auditing
all design presentations and technical drawings and reporting to the design manager.
• Helped increasing team productivity by 50% by assessing every individual in the team in terms of
strengths, weaknesses and interests to better organize and distribute projects, responsibilities and
tasks.
• Helped improving productivity and functionality of the whole organization by acting as the middle
man between the management and the rest of the team through weekly meetings, which helped the
design manager and other management members focusing on more important things. Handling
small to large scale turnkey projects for the design department reporting to the design manager,
and medium to large scale core and shell projects for the development department reporting to the
chairman.
• Achieved spectacular facade designs and execution by innovating and developing new glazing
and cladding techniques using available local resources with the help of vendors and contracting
engineers to achieve unprecedented high end projects for the development department.
• Incorporated new visions and expertise by introducing and co-founding international internship
program that hosted many interns from Switzerland, Ukraine and Italy.
• Slashed payroll/benefits administration costs by 30% by negotiating pricing and fees, while ensuring
the continuation and enhancements of services.
• Helped keeping fresh and updated library with the help of the commercial department manager by
finding new young furniture manufactures such as USM, where eventually the company was able
to cut deals with some of them to become their distributer in Egypt.
• Improved the speed of project completion by taking the step ahead of coordinating the designs at
an early stage with different disciplines, both in house and outsourced, to avoid major conflicts at
the later stages of the projects.
• Acting as Design Manager several times due to the high rate turn over for this position, during,
I have successfully negotiated and landed several new projects for the design department with
prospect clients.
• Helped improving the design standards for office buildings for the development department by
thoroughly studying and researching the latest methods and studies done by other international
parties and similar projects, and establish new guidelines for this specific type of buildings,
regarding project components and its correlated percentages, zoning, orientation and circulation
to help produce more environment friendly buildings, increase productivity in the office spaces,
and achieve high rates of comfort and happiness for users.
• I was a part of the architecture department, where I have participated in the design development
and working drawings of mega projects in the gulf area, such as K9 building at Al Ain and a high
rise mixed use building at Jumaira Lake Towers in Dubai.
• Helped tutoring fresh grads and junior architects on how to develop the design to comply with
safety regulations and country code while keeping the qualities of the concept design.
• Achieved parametric quality AutoCAD drawings by introducing block systems for the repetitive
units in plans, elevations and sections.
• Helped in improving the quality and functionality of BMU systems by researching and sourcing the
best vendors with the latest technologies in the field, and finding the system that best fits every
design.
• Handled various types of interior design projects within the design team, mainly retail design projects
for famous brands such as US POLO ASSN. and Adidas, also worked on hospitality, commercial
and residential projects.
• Helped improving the overall quality of renders for the whole organization by tutoring the 3D
visualization team on the vray tricks regarding shading and lighting techniques to achieve more
realistic renders.
• Fastly accommodated myself to work with the imperial system after years of working with the metric
system.
• Developed new design and technical skills regarding sound distribution and isolation, and education
building design while working on a music school project.
• Learnt latest techniques and technologies of surveying and renovating old and medieval buildings.
• Attained better understanding of building techniques and environment friendly designs according
to the Italian code and standards.
• This is the place where I developed most of my presentation and technical skills through handling
small and medium scale turnkey projects from concept to completion.
• Completed iconic concept interior designs for various commercial projects that were sold at the
first meeting with the client.
• Developed my first FF&E skills through selecting, sourcing and scheduling different components of
various projects.
• My first introduction to the world of construction while working as a site engineer at Al Rehab 1, 6th
phase, groups 19 and 21 villas, core and shell.
• Developed my skills of site management, and how to organize the work and how to overcome any
obstacles while being within the time frame.
• Improved my understanding of the relationship between construction documents and actual
construction process.
• Learnt the tricks of how to fix and improve the quality of execution during the consultant inspections.
• During this year, I have managed to gain the trust of the project manager as I have been responsible
for more than 50 ongoing units, after initially being responsible for 1 unit.
• Developed my skills of how to manage and guide foremen without creating any awkward atmosphere.
• This is the beginning of my professional career journey, where I was being trained on realistic
market based methods of architectural and interior design.
• Handled small scale residential projects, from concept design stage to working drawings delivery.
• Worked as a part of a team in handling medium scale commercial and worship buildings, and large
scale residential compounds.
• Enhanced my 2D and 3D presentation skills.
Relevant Courses: • Architectural Design Studio • IC Sustainability And The Built Enviroment • Urban Design Studio • Heritage Design Studio • Architectural Preservation Studio • Museography • History Of Architecture • Building Technology • IC Diagnosis Of Historic Structures • IC Urban Preservation Laws, Policies, And Economic Assessments • Final Thesis: Architectural Identity In Contemporary Cairo.
Relevant Courses: • Architectural Design Studio (6 Levels) • Working Drawings Studio (6 Levels) • Urban Design Studio (2 Levels) • Theories Of Architecture (2 Levels) • History Of Architecture (4 Levels)
