Raed Farah, BIM and Digital Transformation Lead

Raed Farah

BIM and Digital Transformation Lead

Dar Al Riyadh Consultants

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Construction Project Management
Experience
13 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 6 Months

BIM and Digital Transformation Lead at Dar Al Riyadh Consultants
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since February 2022

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BIM Manager at Saudi Diyar Consultants
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 2010 to January 2022

 Leading and managing the BIM/CAD team.
 Set BIM strategy and development plan.
 Develop/produce project-specific BIM implementation documents (BIM Execution Plan (BEP), BIM Guideline, PEP, EIR, MDPT, and BIM QA/QC Plan).
 Develop/produce the company's BIM Capabilities Statement.
 Preparing BIM Projects’ budget hours and financial proposals.
 Liaise with Clients to meet the (EIR) Exchange Information Requirements and (AIR) Asset Information Requirements.
 Placing CAD/BIM workflows, policies, libraries, families, and customization through the network for consistency of production/modeling works.
 Establish/build up and manage the BIM team to review, validate, and develop the 3D Building Information Model for the project during Design, Construction, and As-built stages per standards and specifications.
 Set procedures for BIM file exchange and archiving of milestone submittals
 Coordinating in-house and sub-consultancy disciplines' design contribution to the production of design information.
 Create a strategic plan to implement the adequate use of technology in the design process.
 Author/develop a training program for Revit/Naviswork/Dynamo and develop a progress report to identify training needs, course completion.
 Set and mandate Common Data Environment (CDE) through a proper Models Exchange & Document Management Systems (EDMS) per ISO19650.
 Understand and work to the project BIM requirements within the Common Data Environment (CDE).
 Set and mandate (CDE) through proper Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS) such as Newforma, Aconex, or ProjectWise.
 Producing intelligent 3D models and continuously adding more value to the client by extracting information directly from the model, 2D drawings, Schedules, Setting out, etc.
 Managing the production of design documentation per pre-agreed man-hour budgets.
 Set Quality Control / Quality Assurance procedures
 Coordinate all disciplines production works for quality assurance purpose
 Improving efficiency in production and quality of design documentation
 Undertaking technical project audits both during design and construction
 Actively contribute to project design development by collaborating closely with project stakeholders, contributing to internal coordination, clash detection, and design review workshops.
 Managing and delivering in-house training seminars
 Report progress at project meetings
 Report management at weekly board meetings
 Assessing and maintaining the proficiency of the BIM/CAD production team members
 Delegation and supervision to the BIM/CAD production team
 Preparation of relevant technical design solutions for product development
 Coordination and management of in-house and appointed sub-consultants
 Motivate the CAD/BIM production team in pursuit of excellence
 Build CAD/REVIT infrastructure (Software, Hardware, Drives, and Folder Structure)
 Set Company's CAD/BIM Standards and Handbooks
 Educate and Leverage awareness of IPD and Lean processes
 Establishing and maintaining KPI's for the CAD/BIM production team
 Train and upgrade team skill-sets about CAD and BIM.
 Research and awareness of job-related international trends
 IT infrastructure, LAN drives, and projects' folder structure development
 Responsible for the correctness and accuracy of your drawing work, quality, layout, and notes by checking oneself and coordinating drawings amongst the team and other disciplines.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Construction Project Management
  • at Institute of Technology
  • May 2017

Master's degree, BIM and Integrated Design
  • at The University Of Salford
  • March 2015

Diploma, Architectural Engineering
  • at Amman Wadi Seer College
  • June 1993

Specialties & Skills

AutoCAD
Project Management
Business Development
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
COMPUTER HARDWARE
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
DELIVERY
DIGITAL DESIGN
DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Saudi Counsil of Engineers
  • Building tech
  • October 2010

Training and Certifications

ISO 19650 (Training)
Training Institute:
Operam Academy
Date Attended:
June 2021
Duration:
12 hours