Mohammed Akeel Ahmed, Planning Head/ Planning Manager/ Project control/ Planner

Mohammed Akeel Ahmed

Planning Head/ Planning Manager/ Project control/ Planner

CONTRACTING

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India - Hyderabad
Education
Master's degree,
Experience
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Planning Head/ Planning Manager/ Project control/ Planner at CONTRACTING
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since July 2017

• Preparation of Project Schedule (Tools used: Primavera, MS Project etc., ) covering entire scope and within defined timelines.
• Calculating Optimal Material requirement, Manpower Requirement (of various trades) & Machinery Requirement & Approved Vendor list to maintain.
• Plan for budget required for the project & create various budget heads to document and monitor the expenses
• Create Cashflow analysis (ie., Expected billing (cash inflow) vs Expected cash outflow)
• Co-ordinate with various departments like Engineering (who provides working drawings), Procurement (who buys materials), Contracts (who awards contracts & raise any issues with the client), quality (who maintains ) & Commissioning Departments
• Collect periodic updates and prepare daily, weekly and monthly updates of the project
• Create variance reports (Schedule Variance and Cost Variance - usually Earned Value Method (EVM) is used for this) at various stages of the project to analyze deviations.
• Create Project Closing Reports and Learnings
• Extends support that includes but not limited to Hiring Contractors, Issuing Work Orders, Bill Certifications for sub-con, client coordination, Payment Application review thus client billing.
• Baseline, Accelerated, Mitigated, Recovery, Fragnet programs
• Flagging for site access, Material, shop drawing requirements well in advance to project team.
• Development of the Master as well as construction schedules, liaison with works package contractors to ensure all programmes are consistent with the construction schedule.
• Consolidated Tracking of site progress (% complete, Man hours consumed, Manpower allotted to site, Earned value, Spent value, Productivity) chart for management,
• Project Progress & Project Deficiency reports to identify concurrent, other sub-con & client delays
• S-Curves (Time vs. MH, Time vs. Cost, Commodities)
• Resource Levelling & allocation
• Identify Critical path /Longest path & Demonstrate/Advice Project Head on critical items /activities based on the clause 8.3 of contractor’s schedule & made possible recommendations /corrections.
• Advice Project Head of any slippage on overall project due to any design or scope changes.
• Deal with all the schedule, progress related correspondence of Client and sub-contractor.
• Prep., & Monitor for predecessors ‘to-complete’ due to POWER-ON (ENERGISATION) & WILD AIR.
• Close monitoring on Authority approvals - Electricity, Water, Municipality, Civil Defence, Telecom…
• Look Ahead schedule based on site condition & inline to Approved schedule
• Each project’s & Consolidated Dash Board for management & presentation periodically.
• Assist in planning package including programme to tender department submittals.
• Being a certified Internal Auditor for QMS participating in internal Technical Audits
• Delay Analysis (Reasons may due to Design change, late site access, RFI delayed response, climate condition, variations, scope change.......) due to either Mitigation (Contractor efforts to recover/mitigate its own delays), Acceleration (Contractor efforts to recover/accelerate the works due to delays by other project parties and/ or instructions by the project owner.), or Disruption (Loss of productivity due to disrupted and/ or congested working environment).
• EOT Claims using suitable delay analysis methods either or both prospective & retrospective
o Impacted as-planned method;
o Collapsed as-built or ‘but-for’ analysis method;
o Time impact analysis method; Windows/time slice analysis method;
o As-planned versus as-built windows analysis method
• Assist in segregation of Concurrent delays & further assist with dispute resolution in float owner- ship & claims matters on multiple projects including construction scheduling, delay & disruption analysis to justify the extended time periods, to claim additional prolongation cost and/ or to avoid paying damages or penalties for delay.

Regional planning head at SHAPOORJI & PALLONJI CO., CIVIL CONTRACTOR.
  • India - Hyderabad
  • June 2016 to June 2017

• Preparation of overall integrated micro level Construction Schedule (Clause 14 Master Programme) inclusive of Civil, Structural, Interior finishes & MEP services in-line with design deliverables, procurement of long lead items and specialized agencies for reqd. packages.
• Review, comment & Approval of sub-Contractors Baseline schedule
• Identify long lead items & Prepare Procurement Schedules, Shop Drawing schedule
• Form work follow-up (Slip form, Jump form, Maivan Shuttering)
• Preparation of Project Cost Analysis, Master Construction Program & Project Execution Plan
• Project Planning / Program Management, Project Monitoring & controlling
• Project Planning & Monitoring - Preparation of Master Construction Program - Resources loading, S-Curve for Cost, Man Hours & Commodities etc.
• Design Coordination with various Consultants and Value engineering
• Monitor the site progress & act as facilitator for removing bottlenecks.
• Preparation of Nominated Subcontractors, Domestic Subcontractors & Material Suppliers schedule
& to update the same on weekly basis.
• Client’s Site clearance to contractor due to Foundations work. Coordination with PMV dept., due to Crane availability & major equipment/machine (ie., concrete pump, floaters…)
• Support in Vendor finalization & Monitor the Approved vendor list (ie., Waterproofing, PT, Rock anchoring, STP, MEP….)
• Attend site meetings & subcontractor's co-ordination meetings (Batching Plant & concrete requirement, Form work requirement, Scaffolding/ shuttering, Decking requirement, PT, reinforcement requirement due to Pour Plan & Finishes works ( Block work, Plaster (Internal/External), waterproofing in kitchen/toilet, Screed, (Joinery, Ironmongery….)
• Implementation of planning system, formats for the Head / Main Office & project sites.
• Advice project team of any project slippage due to additional / new scope of works or any claimed variations by the sub-contractors.
• Dealing with sub-contractor’s claims for extension of time and perform separate schedule analysis) the As Planned Impacted / As Built Progress/ TIA & other suitable methods (either or both prospective & retrospective) methods based on the accepted baseline schedule to see sub-contractor’s claimed event accuracy and adequacy.
• Project correspondence with consultant/client/subcontractors with regards to progress, delay or disruptions.
• Keep a track of all statutory authority’s required submissions and approvals and keep management /Client informed about the same and raises timely alerts of requirements to Consultants and Client.

Planning Head at drake&scull CONTRACTING COMPANY
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2014 to May 2016

• Preparation of Project Schedule (Tools used: Primavera, MS Project etc., ) covering entire scope and within defined timelines.
• Calculating Optimal Material requirement, Manpower Requirement (of various trades) & Machinery Requirement & Approved Vendor list to maintain.
• Plan for budget required for the project & create various budget heads to document and monitor the expenses
• Create Cashflow analysis (ie., Expected billing (cash inflow) vs Expected cash outflow)
• Co-ordinate with various departments like Engineering (who provides working drawings), Procurement (who buys materials), Contracts (who awards contracts & raise any issues with the client), quality (who maintains ) & Commissioning Departments
• Collect periodic updates and prepare daily, weekly and monthly updates of the project
• Create variance reports (Schedule Variance and Cost Variance - usually Earned Value Method (EVM) is used for this) at various stages of the project to analyze deviations.
• Create Project Closing Reports and Learnings
• Extends support that includes but not limited to Hiring Contractors, Issuing Work Orders, Bill Certifications for sub-con, client coordination, Payment Application review thus client billing.
• Baseline, Accelerated, Mitigated, Recovery, Fragnet programs
• Flagging for site access, Material, shop drawing requirements well in advance to project team.
• Development of the Master as well as construction schedules, liaison with works package contractors to ensure all programmes are consistent with the construction schedule.
• Consolidated Tracking of site progress (% complete, Man hours consumed, Manpower allotted to site, Earned value, Spent value, Productivity) chart for management,
• Project Progress & Project Deficiency reports to identify concurrent, other sub-con & client delays
• S-Curves (Time vs. MH, Time vs. Cost, Commodities)
• Resource Levelling & allocation
• Identify Critical path /Longest path & Demonstrate/Advice Project Head on critical items /activities based on the clause 8.3 of contractor’s schedule & made possible recommendations /corrections.
• Advice Project Head of any slippage on overall project due to any design or scope changes.
• Deal with all the schedule, progress related correspondence of Client and sub-contractor.
• Prep., & Monitor for predecessors ‘to-complete’ due to POWER-ON (ENERGISATION) & WILD AIR.
• Close monitoring on Authority approvals - Electricity, Water, Municipality, Civil Defence, Telecom…
• Look Ahead schedule based on site condition & inline to Approved schedule
• Each project’s & Consolidated Dash Board for management & presentation periodically.
• Assist in planning package including programme to tender department submittals.
• Being a certified Internal Auditor for QMS participating in internal Technical Audits
• Delay Analysis (Reasons may due to Design change, late site access, RFI delayed response, climate condition, variations, scope change.......) due to either Mitigation (Contractor efforts to recover/mitigate its own delays), Acceleration (Contractor efforts to recover/accelerate the works due to delays by other project parties and/ or instructions by the project owner.), or Disruption (Loss of productivity due to disrupted and/ or congested working environment).
• EOT Claims using suitable delay analysis methods either or both prospective & retrospective
o Impacted as-planned method;
o Collapsed as-built or ‘but-for’ analysis method;
o Time impact analysis method; Windows/time slice analysis method

PLANNING & Control Manager at 2014 ETA STAR ENGINEERING WLL
  • Qatar - Doha
  • May 2013 to October 2014

Project's Planning & Control Manager (HOD - Qatar region) for 7+ individual projects.
Following Projects has been covered in addition to planning role for tender package submission:
 Ras Laffan Worker’s Hospital, (Approximate Value : 235 Million QAR)
 Qatar University (College Of Engineering), (Approximate Value : 144 Million QAR)
 Lusail Multipurpose Hall (Stadium), (Approximate Value : 335 Million QAR)
 Dohaland phase 1b, (Approximate Value : 530 Million QAR)
 Barwa Al Baraha (Labor accommodation), (Approximate Value : 110+ Million QAR)
 Viva Bahriya, (Approximate Value : 100+ Million QAR)
 Falcon Tower…. (Approximate Value : 110+ Million QAR

PLANNING Head at BALFOUR BEATY
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • January 2012 to June 2013

2012, During my stay in India (ie., visa processing for around 7 months of time have
worked for Client :WAVE INFRATECH, WAVE Group Delhi for WAVE CITY CENTRE project as Planning & Project
Control

Consultant at Al Rashid Co. Ltd
  • Saudi Arabia
  • February 2007 to March 2009
Cost control Engineer at Alkhorayef Group of Co
  • Saudi Arabia
  • July 1997 to June 2006
Planning Engineer at Bharath Electronics Ltd
  • India
  • June 1996 to July 1997
Engineer-Trainee at MICO & BOSCH Diesel Engineers Ltd
  • India
  • December 1995 to June 1996

& Responsibilities
The responsibilities shall include but not limited to the following (MEP & Specialist services CONTRACTOR side)
* Preparation of Project Schedule (Tools used: Primavera, MS Project etc., ) covering entire scope and
within defined timelines.
* Calculating Optimal Material requirement, Manpower Requirement (of various trades) & Machinery
Requirement & Approved Vendor list to maintain.
* Plan for budget required for the project & create various budget heads to document and monitor
the expenses
* Create Cashflow analysis (ie., Expected billing (cash inflow) vs Expected cash outflow)
* Co-ordinate with various departments like Engineering (who provides working drawings),
Procurement (who buys materials), Contracts (who awards contracts & raise any issues with the
client), quality (who maintains ) & Commissioning Departments
* Collect periodic updates and prepare daily, weekly and monthly updates of the project
* Create variance reports (Schedule Variance and Cost Variance - usually Earned Value Method (EVM)
is used for this) at various stages of the project to analyze deviations.
* Create Project Closing Reports and Learnings
* Extends support that includes but not limited to Hiring Contractors, Issuing Work Orders, Bill
Certifications for sub-con, client coordination, Payment Application review thus client billing.
* Baseline, Accelerated, Mitigated, Recovery, Fragnet programs
* Flagging for site access, Material, shop drawing requirements well in advance to project team.
* Development of the Master as well as construction schedules, liaison with works package contractors
to ensure all programmes are consistent with the construction schedule.
* Consolidated Tracking of site progress (% complete, Man hours consumed, Manpower allotted to
site, Earned value, Spent value, Productivity) chart for management,
* Project Progress & Project Deficiency reports to identify concurrent, other sub-con & client delays
* S-Curves (Time vs. MH, Time vs. Cost, Commodities)
* Resource Levelling & allocation
* Identify Critical path /Longest path & Demonstrate/Advice Project Head on critical items /activities
based on the clause 8.3 of contractor’s schedule & made possible recommendations /corrections.
* Advice Project Head of any slippage on overall project due to any design or scope changes.
* Deal with all the schedule, progress related correspondence of Client and sub-contractor.
* Prep., & Monitor for predecessors ‘to-complete’ due to POWER-ON (ENERGISATION) & WILD AIR.
* Close monitoring on Authority approvals - Electricity, Water, Municipality, Civil Defence, Telecom…
* Look Ahead schedule based on site condition & inline to Approved schedule
* Each project’s & Consolidated Dash Board for management & presentation periodically.
* Assist in planning package including programme to tender department submittals.
* Being a certified Internal Auditor for QMS participating in internal Technical Audits
* Delay Analysis (Reasons may due to Design change, late site access, RFI delayed response, climate
condition, variations, scope change.......) due to either Mitigation (Contractor efforts to
recover/mitigate its own delays), Acceleration (Contractor efforts to recover/accelerate the works due
to delays by other project parties and/ or instructions by the project owner.), or Disruption (Loss of
productivity due to disrupted and/ or congested working environment).
* EOT Claims using suitable delay analysis methods either or both prospective & retrospective
o Impacted as-planned method;
o Collapsed as-built or ‘but-for’ analysis method;
o Time impact analysis method; Windows/time slice analysis method;
o As-planned versus as-built windows analysis method
* Assist in segregation of Concurrent delays & further assist with dispute resolution in float owner-
ship & claims matters on multiple projects including construction scheduling, delay & disruption
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analysis to justify the extended time periods, to claim additional prolongation cost and/ or to avoid
paying damages or penalties for delay.
* Demonstration of entitlement to EoT occurring / Drafting of claim & negotiation strategy as a
result of delay/ disruption/ loss of efficiency
* Short listing CV’s & interviewing planners. Train / Mentor site planning team.
The responsibilities shall include but not limited to the following (CIVIL Design & Build CONTRACTOR side):
* Preparation of overall integrated micro level Construction Schedule (Clause 14 Master
Programme) inclusive of Civil, Structural, Interior finishes & MEP services in-line with design
deliverables, procurement of long lead items and specialized agencies for reqd. packages.
* Review, comment & Approval of sub-Contractors Baseline schedule
* Identify long lead items & Prepare Procurement Schedules, Shop Drawing schedule
* Form work follow-up (Slip form, Jump form, Maivan Shuttering)
* Preparation of Project Cost Analysis, Master Construction Program & Project Execution Plan
* Project Planning / Program Management, Project Monitoring & controlling
* Project Planning & Monitoring - Preparation of Master Construction Program - Resources loading,
S-Curve for Cost, Man Hours & Commodities etc.
* Design Coordination with various Consultants and Value engineering
* Monitor the site progress & act as facilitator for removing bottlenecks.
* Preparation of Nominated Subcontractors, Domestic Subcontractors & Material Suppliers schedule
& to update the same on weekly basis.
* Client’s Site clearance to contractor due to Foundations work. Coordination with PMV dept., due to
Crane availability & major equipment/machine (ie., concrete pump, floaters…)
* Support in Vendor finalization & Monitor the Approved vendor list (ie., Waterproofing, PT, Rock
anchoring, STP, MEP….)
* Attend site meetings & subcontractor's co-ordination meetings (Batching Plant & concrete
requirement, Form work requirement, Scaffolding/ shuttering, Decking requirement, PT,
reinforcement requirement due to Pour Plan & Finishes works ( Block work, Plaster
(Internal/External), waterproofing in kitchen/toilet, Screed, (Joinery, Ironmongery….)
* Implementation of planning system, formats for the Head / Main Office & project sites.
* Advice project team of any project slippage due to additional / new scope of works or any claimed
variations by the sub-contractors.
* Dealing with sub-contractor’s claims for extension of time and perform separate schedule analysis)
the As Planned Impacted / As Built Progress/ TIA & other suitable methods (either or both
prospective & retrospective) methods based on the accepted baseline schedule to see sub-
contractor’s claimed event accuracy and adequacy.
* Project correspondence with consultant/client/subcontractors with regards to progress, delay or
disruptions.
* Keep a track of all statutory authority’s required submissions and approvals and keep management
/Client informed about the same and raises timely alerts of requirements to Consultants and Client.
Responsibilities carried out but not limited to the following while Engaged With PMC & CLIENT Side.
* Review the Contract documents for each Construction Package & advise the Engineering/Construction
Manager of any deficiency.
* Review Contractors proposed site organization; Planners CV’s &report to Engig./Construction Manager.
* Review and approve / comment on the Design schedules as submitted by the Contractor and ensure
the Design Schedule is in compliance with the overall project schedule.
* Review and approve / comment on the procurement schedules as submitted by the Contractor &
Ensure the procurement schedules are in compliance &coordinated with current construction schedules.
* Review & continuously monitor, against approved schedules, the Contractor’s major construction
progress & ensure equipment and manpower are adequate or in case of any shortage report to
Engineering/Construction Manager.
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* Review in detail the recovery schedules as submitted by the Contractors & ensure manpower & site
supervision staffs are increased properly.
* Analyze and check baseline / recovery / revised schedule and made recommendation to client for
acceptance or rejection of the same.
* Check progress on site along with Contractor’s Planners / Schedulers on the weekly/monthly basis.
* Regular visits to project sites to validate whether the progress of work on site is in compliance with
approved schedules, major milestones have been met & report/present deficiencies to Management.
* Review all daily, weekly and monthly reports as submitted by Contractor and report to Construction
Manager any deficiency or non-compliance.
* Review any claim involving time impact as submitted by Contractor& report his assessment to Manager
* Review field design changes and Trend Notices and assess time impact, if any.
* Advise the Project Manager of any foreseen slippage of progress and corrective actions to be taken.
* Attend weekly progress meeting &monthly Executive meetings and participate in preparing the agenda.
* Participate with PMC staff in reviewing the commissioning plans & Close Out Reports as submitted by
Contractor & ensure its compliance with the approved construction schedule.
* Setting up all projects Master Contract Schedule at tender and for Post Contract Phase - Main
Schedule against which all Consultants and Contractors schedule compared and monitored.
* Contractual correspondences related to schedule / slippages / delays with all parties involved.
* Setting up progress monitoring system with all Consultant and Contractors involved.
* Setting up all reporting formats for internal and external reporting and preparation of all relevant
reports on monthly or weekly basis.
* Support in Vendor finalization & Monitoring the Approved Vendor list

Education

Master's degree,
  • at state gov
  • January 2003

courses: Project Management/Project controls) Attested by US state govt. / UAE / Qatar / Oman / India 2008

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at state govtGovt. Polytechnic
  • June 1994

courses: A literary survey on Hardening & Wear resistance (In Diploma) A literary survey on Deep well vertical turbine pumps (In Bachelors)

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at state govtGovt. Polytechnic
  • January 1994

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Specialties & Skills

Business Correspondence
Project Control
Forensic Schedule Analyst
Primavera P6
Planning
CONSULTING
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
INTERNET EXPLORER
BILLING
BUDGETING
CLOSING
COMMODITIES
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
COST ANALYSIS

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

PRINCE2 UK
  • AGILE Practitioner
  • December 2019

Training and Certifications

primavera advance training (Training)
Training Institute:
FORMATECH
Date Attended:
May 2010
Duration:
40 hours

Hobbies

  • In depth Project Analysis, Walking,