Mostafa El-Gallad, Development Director

Mostafa El-Gallad

Development Director

Palm Hills Development

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Construction Management
Experience
32 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :32 years, 6 Months

Development Director at Palm Hills Development
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since October 2010

Development Director for october projects

Projects Controls Manager at Hill International
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since February 2008

Projects Controls Manager is responsible for;
• Lead the Project Controls Team
• Prepare Project Management Plan (PMP) and Project procedures.
• Develops, manages and executes all phases of the project controls effort (planning, scheduling, cost tracking and analysis, and document control).
• Supervises the master schedule development, maintenance, monitoring, and recovery plan development activities for the project on a master schedule level.
• Supervises the integration of individual schedules into the project master schedule.
• Coordinates, and integrates the work scope for all entities into the total project master schedule.
• Reviews project work activities to ensure support of project milestones.
• Compiles, summarizes, updates, and maintains historical schedule data.
• Monitors and reports the critical path and schedule performance.
• Performs project master schedule analysis and studies of problem areas.
• Recommends alternatives for schedule improvement for discussion and decision
• develope and implement of procedures, systems, and reports to address Project status and forecasts.
• Develops and maintains a cost/schedule control system to provide the Vice President with the decision making tools for projects control.
• Develops and maintains an automated computer system based on and associated with Primavera that allows for the efficient capturing, storing, retrieval, and reporting of technical and business information including cost and schedule status and document control.
• Find the impact(s) of design/construction changes and schedule slippages to develope schedule recovery plans
• Oversees the development and maintenance of the document control system for the project using Primavera Contract Manager Software.
• Develops and creates weekly, monthly and special reports for the project management staff to monitor progress and status of the project, including input from Contractors.

Senior Manager, Planning & Cost Engineering Dept. at MPM (Specialized multidisciplinary Project Management Co, - head offices in Cairo, Dubai, and Riyadh
  • Egypt
  • February 2007 to February 2008

Projects : As
• Onyx Office Bldgs - Dubai (AED 1, 100, 000, 000)
• Seasons Residential Compound - Dubai (AED 850, 000, 000)
• Smart Village Office Bldgs - Egypt (LE 650, 000, 000)
• Mamlaka Compound in New Cairo - Egypt LE185, 000, 000)
• AUB Bank in New Cairo - Egypt LE105, 000, 000)

Work Description
• Pre- Design Stage
o Budget Estimation
o Feasibility Study
o Project Schedule & Cash flow Scenarios
• Design Stage
o Estimation
o Value Engineering
o Potential Change Orders
o Quantity Take-off review; for major items
o Updated Visibility Study
o Updated Cash flow Scenarios
• Tender Stage
o Tender Evaluation
o Clarification & Negotiation
o Review Contract BOQ
o Updated Visibility Study
o Updated Cash flow
• Construction Stage
o Check Cost Loading of Time Schedule
o Progress Report & Percentage of Completion
o Cash flow follow up
o Review Contractors & Consultant Invoices
o Evaluate change orders
o Evaluate Claims
o Prepare Counter Claims

Estimation & Cost control Manger at Dar Al-Handasah
  • Saudi Arabia
  • October 2004 to January 2007

Sector : Project Managment - KSA.
Project : Khafji master plan and home ownership project
Project value : US $ 800, 000, 000.
Owner : Aramco Gulf

Responsibilities : Responsible for project budget estimation, Prepare tender documents, Evaluation of tenderers proposals, cost analysis / adjudications of their bids, follow up project cost including monitoring payment & cash flow, Prepare monthly payment certificates for Contractors, Consultants, Ensure measurement, variations and final accounts, Initiate financial / cost reporting in conjunction with the project manager and guide him in these procedures and in the monitoring of targets, Monthly progress report, Change Orders, and Claims.

Estimation Manger / Technical Manger at Samsung Corpporation – Engineering & Constraction (Korean)
  • Egypt
  • March 2000 to October 2004

Sector : Overseas Operation Division - Cairo Branch Office.

Responsibilities : Responsible for Estimation Department
 Directing Senior Estimators;
 Establishing the scope of work for projects and proposals;
 Prepare & Reviewing all lump sum and turnkey proposals as well as all other estimates;
 Performing risk analysis for corporate management;
 Makes decision and recommendations on highly technical complex issues, having both short and long-term effects on activities or services in the department.
 Value Engineering Study & alternatives thinking to decrease Cost, improve Quality, and save Time. These alternatives can be alternative design, alternative methods of construction, and alternative materials
 Exercises considerable judgment and initiative in interpreting policy in the planning and implementation of major projects and work assignments;
 Making decisions related to departmental technical issues as well as for human resources management (staffing, training, salary management, performance assessment, etc.);
Succesful Tenders as :
o AUC New Campus JV with SAMCRETE (USD 150 million)
o Domiatta Port extintion JV with arab contractors (LE 140 million).
o Cairo Financial Center - 8 office bldgs, stock exchange, and 5 stars hotel (USD 380 million).
o Gezira parking project - 3 under ground basement (LE 200 million) .
Unsuccesful Tenders as :
o Port Said East Container Terminal & Buildings (LE 140 million)
o Beverly Hills villas and buildings (LE 90 million)
o Oriental Power plant (USD 40 million).
o New Muesium for Egyptian Civilization (LE 240 million)
• Also Responsible for Relations Between Company and Clients, Consultants, Sub-contractors.

Senior Planning Engineer / Senior Cost Estimator at Ginza for Construction & Real Estate. Development
  • Egypt
  • February 1997 to March 2000

Responsible for tenders studying as follow;
• Tender documents check:
• Quick Study: Quick review for Tender general & special condition, Technical Specifications, Soil Report, and Drawings.
• Site visit; Make a site visit and fill up the site visit report with photos for the site condition.
• Choose the suitable Suppliers & Sub-contractors, according to the project data, and send to them inquires.
• The inquiry must include: Technical specification, Drawings, Addenda, and Submitting date.
• After receiving the offers from Suppliers & Sub-contractors, study all the offers and make an evaluation sheet for each item to choose the best offers.
• Quantities take-off; for lump-sum tender, all the quantities must be take-off. And for re-measured tender, the major items only must be taken off as a check..
• Time schedule, Method statement; Identify the project method statement, and initiate a semi detailed time schedule including the major resource.
• Direct cost: including but not limited to Materials, workmanship, equipment, and temporary construction material as formworks.
• Indirect cost: including but not limited to Temporary work, Site expenses.
• Project Cash flow; Calculation of Cash in and Cash out from Time schedule, General Conditions, Direct Cost, Indirect Cost, and Selling price.
• Technical Submittal; Including but not limited to Time schedule, Technical clarification, Method statement, Relevant experience, Equipment list, Balance sheets, Subcontractor List with major S/C pre-qualifications, Organization chart, Registration document, and Alternatives (if existing).
• Financial Submittal; Including but not limited to Financial clarification, BOQ, and Cash flow.
Succesful Tenders as :
• Pipe Line from 10 th Ramadan to Ein Sokhna City - BOT Project
(USD 150 million)
• Nile Gateway Office Building (LE 162 million)
• Hay El-Ashgar (LE 340 million)
• Marriot Taba Hotel (LE 125 million)
• El-Nobaria Dairy Farm (LE 250 million)

Cost Estimator / Scheduler / Project Technical Office Manager / Site Engineer at Egyptian Arab Contracting (E.A.C).
  • Egypt
  • October 1991 to February 1997

*Cost Estimator: Responsible for tenders studying
Succesful Tenders as :
• Contract 24 Z - Sanitary Networks (LE 16 million)
• Armant City Sanitary Networks (LE 18 million)
• Upper Egypt Tunnels (LE 60 millions)
• El-Hagana Pump Stations (LE 15 million)
• Dar El-Sallam Tunnels (LE 35 million)
• Metro Utilities Diversion (LE 12 million)
Unsuccesful Tenders as :
• Contract13 - Cairo Wastewater Tunnels (LE 280 million)
• Contract14 - Cairo Wastewater Tunnels (LE 340 million)
• El-Obour City Water Pipe (LE 70 million)
• El-Menia Water Treatment Plant (LE 45 million)
• Contract 34C - Pumping Stations (LE 18 million)

*Scheduler: Responsible for scheduling, resources allocation, resources leveling, cash in & cash out, projects control

*Project Technical Office Manger:
Project value : LE 42, 150, 000.
Owner : CWO.
Consultant : AMBRIC (American British Consultant).
Responsible for scheduling, resources allocation, progress reports, shop drawings, as-built drawings, quantity surveying, cost analysis, cash flow, monthly payment, relation between company and other project parties (Client, Consultant, and Sub-contractors).

*Site Engineer:
Project value : LE 14, 350, 000.
Owner : CWO.
Consultant : AMBRIC (American British Consultant).
Responsible for site work.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Construction Management
  • at Faculity of Engineering
  • June 1997

Graduation Rare: Very Good

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at Faculity of Engineering
  • June 1990

Graduation rate: Very Good

Specialties & Skills

Team Management
Management Control
DATA BASE SOFTWARES - Access
PROJECT MANAGEMENT & CONTROL PACKAGES - Primavera Project Planner (P3) (up to Ver. 3.0 windows)
CONTRACT CONTROL SOFTWARES - Expedition (up to latest Version)
SPREAD SHEET SOFTWARES - Excel
PRESENTATION SOFTWARES - Power Point
WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARES - Microsoft Word

Languages

English
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Arabic
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