Senior Interior Design Leader / Senior Design Advisor
SODIC
Total years of experience :22 years, 10 Months
(May 10 - Present) SODIC real estate www.sodic.com (Cairo - Egypt)
• SODIC is the leading real estate company in Egypt known by its products with high end features and amenities, and its wide variety of products (www.sodic.com)
• Senior Design Advisor / Senior Interior Design Leader - Building Excellence Section
1) Overall duties:
i. Manage all interior design activities within (SODIC) developments throughout all stages;
ii. Manage and mentor subordinate staff members within interior design section to achieve company`s strategic objectives related to (ID) and finishes;
iii. Set and develop company`s (ID) and finishes standards based on overall strategic marketing plan;
iv. Develop creative architectural and (ID) solutions for company`s different developments;
v. Participate in value engineering (VE) process especially during crises & provide creative ideas & decision support to development & business plans;
vi. Prepare drawings, contract annexes, attached to legal contracts for clients;
2) Pre-contract duties:
i. Manage consultants assigning assessment process;
ii. Coordinate between different consultants to ensure maintaining standards, quality & design intent;
iii. Review drawing submissions and manage tracking sheets;
iv. Review renderings, layouts, study models, construction documents, colour, mood & material boards;
v. Participate in marketing process & project launches with marketing team;
vi. Act to bridge the gap between financial expectations & design deliverables while monitoring project budgets & maintaining company`s standards along with cost control team;
3) During-Tender duties:
i. Hold technical workshops with vendors to ensure full understanding of tender documents & design intent;
ii. Manage & prepare technical offers assessments;
iii. Respond to all technical queries raised by vendors;
4) Post-contract duties:
i. Review shop drawings for architectural, (ID), FF&E & finishes trades;
ii. Coordinate between all trades to maintain design intent as well as (SODIC) standards;
iii. Manage materials selection/approval process;
iv. Participate in preparing a list of approved suppliers, vendors & manufacturers;
v. Carryout inspections of special architectural, (ID), FF&E & finishes items;
vi. Perform technical support for in-field activities related to architectural, (ID), FF&E & finishes;
vii. Manage mock-up preparation with all parties in-field to ensure compatibility with design intent & company`s quality standards;
5) In-House Design duties:
i. Prepare mood, palette & Material boards;
ii. Carryout design concepts of company`s developments based on development programme;
iii. Develop drawings and prepare full packages till construction documents package;
iv. Carryout full responsibilities of coordination with all trades and departments for a coordinated package;
v. Ensure compatibility with financial plan by participating in updating cost plan with cost control team.
Projects:
1) . Forty West Luxurious mixed use project, mainly residential www.fortywestcairo.com - Cairo
2) . Polygon Commercial Project www.thepolygoncairo.com - Cairo
3) . Esplanade Luxurious residential project - Cairo;
4) . Kattameya Plaza residential compound - Cairo;
5) . Entertainment Hub retail project - Cairo;
6) . Allegria Luxurious Villa Compound&Golf Course Resort http://www.theallegriacairo.com cairo;
7) . Golf Stations and Club House in Allegria - Cairo;
8) . Westown Residences, variety of residential units - Cairo;
9) . Eastown Residences, variety of residential units - Cairo;
10) . SODIC Headquarter - Cairo;
11) . Jasmine Hills - Damascus - Syria;
12) . Kafr Kouk - Damascus - Syria;
13) . Eastown Business Square, Luxurious commercial and office compound - Cairo;
14) . Westown Residence compounds - Cairo
15) . Eastown Residence Compounds - Cairo
i. Managing work sequence and projects follow ups through time lines and schedules
ii. Managing design team, and directing the company
iii. Carrying out all managerial responsibilities for company, financially and administratively
iv. Carrying out plans for expanding and enlarging team from 8 to 22 architects, by preparing and applying a full recruitment plan, and training for new joiners
v. Carrying out setting an internal management system for company
vi. Preparing evaluation plans for staff monthly, quarter yearly and yearly
vii. Reporting directly to group chairman, preparing necessary reports and statements and participating in setting out company`s strategies
viii. Technically supporting team members during their tasks, and reviewing drawings and documents before submittal;
ix. Coordinating projects and tasks with management of each project
x. Preparing a method statement for unifying design, drawings and documents system for all branches
Projects: Almana Residential Tower, 128 villa compound, 55 villas compound, (Chrysler, Ford & Peugeot) showrooms, 7 storey residential building, Private Palace.
1. Participating in setting out the overall strategy of Almana Projects(of ALMANA REAL ESTATE).
2. Carrying out all the architectural consultancy and decisions of Almana construction projects.
3. Coordinating between all disciplines of construction (Urban, Architecture, Structure and MEPD) before and during construction works.
4. Architecturally designing some of Almana Projects.
5. Leading the technical office team to provide architectural and detailed shop, as built and all required drawings to support the site works for Manco contracting.
6. Carrying out selecting all interior fixtures (lighting, sanitary, electrical, home appliances….. etc).
7. Carrying out all technical correspondences concerning construction of projects.
8. Preparing illustrative drawings and studies upon chairman’s request during any stage of the project.
9. Following up with all the changes occurred before, during and after the construction.
and detailed shop, as built and all required drawings to support the site works for Manco contracting.
Projects: Residential villas and palaces.
1) - Responsible for all issues related to design.
2) - Meetings with client for feed backs.
3) - Technical support for design office in head office in Cairo.
4) - Preparing tender documents.
5) - Following up site progress.
6) - Working as technical support for site for any problem related to design.
7) - preparing presentations for clients.
Projects: residential & office towers, four & five star hotels, shopping malls, villa complexes
1) - Taking full responsibility of all the design process:
a- concept design.
b-design development.
c-preparing working drawings.
d-following up with governmental approvals.
e-preparing tender documents.
2) - Responsible for issuing all technical correspondences.
3) - following up with projects as technical office.
4) - working as coordinator with different branches all over the world.
Projects: CONFERENCE PALACE HOTEL, Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi
1) - issuing shop drawings of stone works.
2) - issuing different technical correspondences.
3) - designing mechanical fixing of stone cladding.
4) - issuing cutting list of stone.
5) - attending meeting for following up site progress
Project Name: FOUR SEASONS-NILE PLAZA
1) - issuing shop drawings of stone works.
2) - issuing cutting list for stone production.
3) - designing mechanical fixing of stone cladding.
4) - issuing different technical correspondences.
5) - coordinating with different departments of project.
Projects: Royal Oasis hotel and residential complex, baytee website, sports complex
1) - designing projects from preparing design concept until working drawings stage.
2) - meeting with clients and different parties throughout the design stages.
3) - CO-founder of www.baytee.com website.
-Graduation Project (graded very good): sculptural city in Aswan, as a cultural and tourists complex for Aswan international sculptural symposium.( June 2000) -participating in a group of lectures and studies about (HOW TO MAKE A GOOD PRESENTATION OF YOUR PRODUCT).