Construction manager
Greenline Interiors
Total years of experience :16 years, 6 Months
Projects involved: Fairmont Hotel (Riyadh-ksa)
Position: Construction Manager.
Project brief and duties:
Project consists of fully furnished 300 hotel rooms, 4 royal suites and 2 presidential suites including reception lobbies and 12 main corridors (45 m long each).
• Manage and deliver the project from inception to completion including interior fit-out works.
• Lead the team in all technical, progress and commercial meetings with the consultant / contractor / supplier.
• Prepare a master program for the project in co-ordination with the corporate / Concepts team and monitor the progress of the project based on the approved master program. Ensure compliance of consultant and contractors program is in line with the approved master program and recommend corrective measures whenever there is a delay.
• Complete management of the project at site from taking possession of the unit from client to site handover.
• Lead the team in all technical, progress and commercial meetings with the consultant / contractor / supplier.
• Co-ordinate with Corporate / Concepts team for the preparation of all relevant drawings, specification, contract documents prior to approving and implementation on site.
• Maximizing resource efficiency (labor, materials and equipment)
• Implementing various operations through proper coordination and control of planning, design, estimating, contracting and construction in the entire process.
• Maintaining accurate records as construction progress throughout the projects.
• Responsible for overview of the construction sites, and management of vendors and trades. In addition, keep good communication between the clients at all time.
• Implement design shop drawing on actual site conditions.
• Coordinate with design office for any discrepancies between site conditions and original design.
• Coordinate with E/M contractor to avoid any unwanted clash between the different finishing trades.
• Close monitoring of the executed works and assuring that the executed complies with the intended design.
• In charge of the project budget for materials, manpower and accurate billing records.
• Preparation of weekly and monthly project status reports and submits to territory management and Corporate / Concepts team.
• Managing the meetings with the subcontractors, and performing weekly progress reports to the management.
• Team leader for 4 engineer’s and 6 Foreman’s and over 150 skilled labors (wood carpenters, gypsum carpenters, tiling mason, painters, Etc …)
Projects executed: Al Jawhara tower - DAMAC (Jeddah-Ksa)
Project duration: March to November 2013
Job Title: Construction Manager.
Responsibilities:
- Reporting to project director.
- Controlling and assessing designs by In-house design team for practicality and Budgetary evaluation.
- Coordinating Value engineering without changing the concept design.
- Identifying Competent Sub-Contractors for the work in hand.
- Managing the tendering process to make sure all technical aspects are covered.
- Finalizing Sub-contractors & their contracts in close coordination with Contracts/ Legal Dept.
- Managing projects once on the site, making sure of Client‘s requirements.
- Scrutiny of Documentation, Drawings, Materials, and Mock-ups... etc.
- Execute all finish work as planned / scheduled.
- Supervise the performance of finishing engineers Forman and labors.
-Ensure timeliness in schedule without disregarding quality.
-Maintain a punch list of to-do and accomplished works.
-Perform daily site inspection/inspection of works.
-Monitor all finishing works e.g. (Painting, Gypsum board, ceilings, tiling, wooden works, and windows
, Furniture, Masonry, plastering and MEP works.
-Ensure good finishing quality for all civil and interior works.
-Preparation of correspondences and reports (e.g. Accomplishment Report, for inspection)
-Report, punch listing, Activity Report, Manpower Equipment.
-Report progress, including schedule updates, data and qualities executed.
-Review drawings to implement and coordinate design / shop drawings, and transmit data to subordinates.
-Implement construction strategies and methods in coordination with the section Engineer, and report
Solve problems / deviations from design / shop drawings.
-Implement safely standards in the project site.
-Conduct Performance Evaluation of finishing Engineers, Formans, labors.
-Perform other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time.
Feb 2010 -March 2013: Architectural Design Engineer Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
CCE - Contracting & Construction Enterprises Ltd.
Responsibilities
• Prepare information regarding design, specifications, materials and equipment.
• Estimate costs and schedules and other elements associated with construction projects. Develop design ideas and create design presentations.
• Direct the production of construction documents, drawings, and specifications.
• Develop budgets and schedules to meet project objectives as well as value engineering principles.
• Organize client and team meetings.
• Coordinate schedules and workloads.
• Review architectural documents for potential conflict with all disciplines.
• Direct the production of construction documents, drawings and specifications.
• Generally act as the leading individual contributor and coordinator of design problem-solving.
• Responsible for overseeing that all necessary testing is completed and subsequent information is reported.
• Local and foreign Material Procurement.
• Replacing Project Manager in case of vacation.
• Leading a team of 5 Architects Engineers, 7 Draftsmen and 2 General foreman.
• Project Manager for project sheikh Khaled al Nabet villa.
Notable Projects: • The Saudi Investment Bank - Khobar.
• The Saudi Investment Bank - Makkah.
• Mattar Tower - Khobar.
• Design for Samsung Engineering Project.
• Saud El Saleh - Private Residence.
• Al Mennefi - Private Residence.
• Al Nabet - Private Residence.
• ITCC Riyadh - Convention centre and hotel.
Jan 2009 - Jan 2011: Architectural Design Engineer Beirut, Lebanon
Tanios Zaarour Engineering
Responsibilities
• Conducted studies and special projects on space planning, structural analysis, design feasibility and other related architectural engineering issues.
• Built CAD drawings based on information provided by customers and engineers.
• Prepared engineering support for in-house projects.
• Conducted research needed to complete architectural projects.
• Helped to monitor the flow of development activities to ensure completion of architectural work for new construction projects.
• Completed design work, including schematics and cost estimates for in-house projects.
• Assisted in major strategic design and development assessment projects.
• Projects included large scale residential and low rise commercial.
Nov 2007 - Dec 2009: Beirut, Lebanon
Gypsum Plus (Interior Finishing Works)
Responsibilities
• Interior Design for Bouteque Lagare Jbeil: 3D design and project implementation including but not limited to: drawing design, material procurement, onsite coordination.
• Private Residence (Mr. Toni Shalhoub - Adma, lebanon): Gypsum and bedrooms designs.
• Furniture for Chocolic Café - City Mall, Daora, Lebanon.
Freelancing Projects to Credit: • Interior & landscaping Design for Villa of Mr. Nasser Mawla - (2, 000 m2) Jbeil, Lebanon
• Interior Design for Mr. Ziad Hawat (Municipality Minister) office - (200 m2) Jbeil, Lebanon
• Interior Design (Walls) for Keif Restaurant Zalka, Lebanon
• Interior Design for Mocca Café Jbeil, Lebanon
B.A. IN INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE Byblos , Lebanon LAU (Lebanese American University) Graduated: December 2007