Soltan Sanjar Malekghasemi

Architectural and project management consultation providing design and management of project deliverables from concept design to commissioning and handover.

Key Project: KIGCC Park, Mina Abdullah, Ahmadi Kuwait - Project strategic definition, evaluation, brief and Master Plan concept design for a 230000 m2 site comprising of retail units, entertainment venues, sports facilities, water features and landscaping
Client: Kuwait International Golf and Country Club

- Leading Wood PMC project technical team ensuring effective project planning, execution and delivery as per project design goals on time and within budget.
- Lead and execute the analysis and evaluation of project goals and client design demands as well as environmental control requirements of the project to ensure feasibility of all design deliverables.
- Monitor OC II and KIPIC (linked and parallel projects) performance against predefined metrics and produce reports/presentations to the PMC senior management as contract reference material.
- Collaborate with other project teams to determine PMC budget, manpower and responsibilities during various stages of the projects.
- Member of PMC team identifying and resolving project related technical issues and risks with effective mitigation plans.
- Contribute to value engineering and other initiatives to identify and leverage opportunities for improving overall project performance.

- Project focal point for stakeholder communication and engagement. Architectural design and supervision, leading, managing and coordination of project multidisciplinary team through various stages of each project (Feasibility study - delivery) both as design consultant and PMC.
- Leading and coordination of multidisciplinary PMC project team in a matrix organization, through life cycle of several major/prestigious projects - Sheikh Ahmed Al-Jaber Oil & Gas Exhibition, KOC Ahmadi Mega Complex office building and 300-bed Ahmadi Hospital - varying in budget from USD 80m-330m.
- Value Management and Engineering, from identification and analysis, to assessment and implementation.
- Developing client and project brief, leading design management, procurement supervision, execution of plan and risk management, and ensuring project compliance with approved Basis of Design and all applicable standards and regulations.
- Project stakeholder management with effective consultation, productive negotiation, positive motivation.
- Project presentations, design approvals, project costing and manpower estimation.
- Leading and supervision of stakeholder interview and coordination, related engineering requirements, design and completion of the project master plan, architectural and interior design of buildings, and landscaping.
- Managing the development and validation of detailed construction drawings and documents.
- Monitoring adherence to all approved project schedules, cost and quality, detection of opportunities to improve project performance, identifying variances and trends, implementing corrective action plans.

- Project focal point involved in all project aspects such as architectural design, project management, monitoring and ensuring adherence to project schedules and budgets; contribution to, coordination and supervision of preparation of projects technical drawings and documents.
- Supporting the project team in resolution of technical and project issues facilitating achievement of project goals and objectives.
- Project supervision and monitoring to ensure adherence to approved schedules and budgets - supervision and coordination of; and contribution to preparation of technical drawings and documents. ­
- Supporting other project teams to resolve technical and project issues to achieve broad project goals and objectives. ­
- Recommended design and technical improvements to a new building in the Megiddo Barracks Redevelopment project, obtained client approval leading to about 80% increase in functional space with minimal (

- Architectural design and project management. Project design and management for various Fife Council (Scotland) new and refurbishment projects.
- Feasibility study, concept and detail design for various new and refurbishment projects using Auto CAD software.
- Project management and contract administration for several Social Work adaptation projects to provide required essential facilities for disabled.
- Call Centre, John Smith Business Park project, Kirkcaldy - Designer/project architect in-charge of feasibility study, placement and concept design for a new call centre in JSBP Second Phase. The new building was required to initiate the expansion/second phase of JSBP and to enable the expansion of an existing office on a limited budget Value: GBP 2 million, 2004
- Computer Aided Training Services (CATS) office project, Glenrothes - Designer/project manager for the complete refurbishment of the building including ground floor level change of use to specialized electrical, computing equipment and audiovisual repair workshop Value: GBP +120K

- Architectural design, detailing and project management
- Supporting and assisting firm senior management/architect in project design and resolution of technical and project issues.
- Architectural design and Project management - Forensic Lab project, Abertay University, Dundee.

Architectural Assistant supporting and assisting firm senior management/architect in project design and resolution of technical and project issues.

Providing architectural support and assistance for refurbishment, conversion and upgrading project of a major gallery space (Kelvin Gallery, University of Glasgow) within the 19th century Hunterian Museum to a multi-purpose hall.

- Architect and project focal point involved in all aspects of various projects.
- Architectural design, project management and coordination, monitoring and ensuring adherence to project schedules and budgets; contribution to, and supervision of preparation of projects technical drawings and documents.

Architectural Assistant supporting the firm senior management/architect in project design and resolution of technical and project issues.