Rizwan ur Rehman, Urban Planning Expert

Rizwan ur Rehman

Urban Planning Expert

Housing , Urban Development and Public Health engineering Department

Location
Pakistan - Islamabad
Education
Master's degree, Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture
Experience
13 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 10 Months

Urban Planning Expert at Housing , Urban Development and Public Health engineering Department
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • May 2017 to October 2017

 Assist the Department in formulating Provincial Polices on Urban Planning and Housing Issues
 Assist the Department in handling ongoing Projects funded by International Donor Agencies including Punjab Cities Governance Improvement Project (PCGIP), and Punjab Spatial Strategy (PSS).
 Preparation of “Punjab Development Authorities Housing Schemes and Land Sub Division Rules” to be implemented by the Development authorities across Punjab
 Updating “Punjab Land use Classification, Re-classification and Re-Development Rules” to be implemented by the Development authorities across Punjab
 Assist the Department in preparing the Urban Development Roadmap of the province.
 Act as Departmental Focal person in “Pre-Feasibility and Feasibility studies for the development of New Economic City in the Province”
 Assist and advise the department in other operational matters.

Project Manager at The Urban Unit
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • November 2015 to April 2017

 Facilitate & provide support to coordinate the Program Studies including ICDS, CRVA, MTIIP, PPTA and consultant work in the city and Local Government Department.
 Facilitate the consultants in identifying the various infrastructure development projects in coordination with Local Government Department, P&D Department and Municipal Corporations.
 Develop M&E framework and indicator and report on the progress and timelines.
 Prepare monthly digest for all the key sectorial activities of PSF, CDIA and PPTA, CRVA and PDA.
 Prepare monthly, quarterly and Half Yearly and Annual report for the project as per ADB and program requirement for sharing with P&D, LG&CDD and within Urban Unit.
 Facilitate and support the Capacity Building Program and design at Punjab Local Government Academy Lalamusa.
 Coordination between the concerned subject specialists of urban unit and ADB consultants during the execution of different Program activities.
 Prepare all the correspondence, letters, Memo, PC-II as required under the Program.
 Draft PC1 of the Program.
 Facilitate and Coordinate all ADB Missions.
 Lead Urban Planning Component in the Program.
 Facilitate the Local Government Department in establishing the Program Management Unit & City Implementation Units.
 Overall Project Management of the PICIIP.
 Support and Facilitate the Government in Acquisition of Land for different components of the Program.
 Act as Task Leader for developing Dash Board for Dangerous Building of Punjab for Punjab Disaster Management Authority in coordination with concerned stakeholders.
 Act as Task Leader for conducting Research regarding improvement of Urban Governance in Local Governments of Punjab in collaboration with LUMS.
 Act as Nodal Manager for HUD&PHE Department for the Project
 Support Urban Planning Component of the project
 Stakeholder consultants regarding formulation of various polices and plans under the project
 Collection and analysis of socio economic and infrastructure development data.

Tehsil Officer Planning at Government
  • Pakistan - Rawalpindi
  • January 2006 to October 2015

 Perform the duties as per Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2001
 For the first time in Punjab Prepared Land use Plan of entire Tehsil Hassan Abdal in 2007 covering an area of 360 Sq.km using Geographical Information System & Remote Sensing.
 Overall monitoring of the development of Sanitary Land Fill site in Hassan Abdal over an area of 106 Kanals and cost of 60 Million Rs. in close collaboration of PMDFC & TO(I&S).
 Execute & Manage Development Plans.
 Exercise Control over Land use, Land sub division, Land Development & Zoning by Public & Private Sectors.
 Monitor and carried out projects under Citizen Community Boards
 Act as Member of Tehsil Development Committee who is responsible for the administrative approval of all the development works within a Tehsil.
 Approve the Building Plans in accordance with the Master Plan and prevailing Building Bye Laws.
 Issue NOC’s to various Housing Schemes after thorough scrutiny under the Rules.
 Co-ordination of Development Plans and Projects with Union Administrations, Village Councils and other Local Governments.
 Maintain Municipal Records and Archives.
 Undertake various Procurements on behalf of Local Government

Assistant Maager at Assets Management Associates (ama)
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • January 2004 to December 2005

 Manage Land Procurement activities.
 Prepare Land Ownership record of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)
 Collection, Compilation & Analysis of PTCL Revenue Data.
 Assist Project Director in assignments regarding various revenue matters
 Develop Geographical Information System (GIS) of PTCL Land Assets

Education

Master's degree, Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture
  • at Academia Nationala de Educatie Fizica si Sport din Bucuresti
  • March 2015

Gold Medalist.

Master's degree, Project Management
  • at Shaheed Zulfiqat Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology
  • September 2010

Awarded Gold Medal

Diploma, Project Management Professional (PMP
  • at Project Management Institute
  • May 2010
Bachelor's degree, City & Regional Planning (Town Planning)
  • at University of Engineering & Technology Lahore
  • January 2004

I stood 3rd in 2nd and 3rd year of Degree.

Specialties & Skills

Planning
Project Management
Primavera
AutoCAD
Arc GIS
Eage Ploint
MS WORD
MS Project
Corel Draw
3d Studio Max
Erdas Imagine

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Memberships

Pakistan Council of Architects & Town Planners
  • Memebr
  • March 2004
Project Management Institute
  • Member
  • May 2010
Pakistan Society of Geographical Information Systems
  • Member
  • January 2004
Institute of Planners Pakistan
  • Executive Council Member
  • January 2015

Training and Certifications

Project Management Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2010
Valid Until:
May 2013
Effective Urban Infrastructure Programming (Training)
Training Institute:
Cities Development Initiative of Asia, Singapore
Date Attended:
February 2016
Duration:
40 hours
Making Resilient Cities (Training)
Training Institute:
Global Resilience Academy, Bangkok, Thailand
Date Attended:
March 2017
Duration:
40 hours