Sherif Khazal, Architect II ( Senior Architect)

Sherif Khazal

Architect II ( Senior Architect)

whitespace architects

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Architecture
Experience
7 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :7 years, 6 Months

Architect II ( Senior Architect) at whitespace architects
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since April 2023

• Implementing BIM technology from schematic design, passing through IFC, tender, construction to facility.
• Identification, evaluation, and estimation of risks involved in a situation, comparison against benchmarks or standards, and make risk mitigation plan.
• Ensure knowledge of all applicable local design guidelines, codes & international standard.
• Ensuring tasks allocated is completed & delivered with quality after a self-check.
• Prepare and maintain project documents per agreed deliverables like correspondence, minutes of meeting, notes etc.
• Exploring the new technologies that facilitate monitoring our clients to their units in the construction phase.
• Allocation, distribution, and follow up of task within the team, checking of works produced and ensure work is completed within the allocated hours and scope.
• Contribute during meetings to review design, plans, making modifications or revisions as required.
• Ensure the satisfactory management and control of inward and outward documentation.
• Communicated with all other vendors and contractors and incorporated their input into project designs.
• Attended all team meetings to resolve technical and project issues, coordinate with team members and review project schedules.

Bim Specialist at REDCON
  • Egypt - Al Alamayn
  • April 2021 to March 2023

• Participate in implementing technical office policies and procedures.
• Study the project contract documents (time schedule, project design drawings, BOQ, etc.).
• Prepare shop drawing and coordination drawings (or composite drawing) based on project's design drawings in accurate with quality standard
• In charge of Building information modeling (BIM) Coordination of architectural technical office department, creating and modifying Revit model up to LOD 400
• Created detailed specifications, schedules, and bills of materials (BOMs) based on the BIM model and ensured that all information is accurate and complete and Utilizing Navisworks to conduct clash tests
• Using BIM Model to assist in calculating material quantities and costs with the surveying engineer and to provide him all the information about land coordinates and any site measurement required
• Review subcontractors' shop drawings as well as outsourced shop drawings and coordinate their approval process with the project consultant
• Extracted detailed drawings from BIM model to assist Coordination with other trades to solve any conflict between (civil, mech, elect. etc.)
• Coordinate with the site team to make sure that the extracted shop drawings from the BIM model are the same as what have been executed in the site.
• Participate in solving / report any unexpected technical difficulties, and other problems that may arise during construction to the Technical Office Manager for discussion and proper solve.
• Reply to all the consultant correspondences.

Project Architect at ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS GROUP S.A
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 2019 to April 2021

• Collaborated with project team members to create a comprehensive BIM model of the building and developed 3D models for construction drawings using Revit software.
• Created detailed BIM Models (LOD 350-400) for construction documents using Revit Architecture.
• Assisted Project Managers in preparing proposals for new projects by providing technical support including estimating costs, scheduling using Revit.
• Created the Exterior facades and detailed Interior.
• Review the design against the international codes and standards (IBC & NFPA 101).
• Customized Revit family creations, effective architecture and structural modeling
• Updates models/ drawings as per changes in design and material approval for each project work.
• Developed Sum Dim Set and produced Area schedule for the project.
• Created Door, window, area & Finish schedule for the project.
• Created storefront, glazing & other wall detail sheets.
• Worked on Reflected Ceiling plan with Lighting and Mechanical equipment
• Extract 3D models for clash analysis and schedule review.
• Ensure all Models, drawings and deliverables are checked to comply with project and company quality standards and BIM requirements.
• Prepare the engineering drawings from the model that comprises of basic arrangements, layouts, details, sections etc.
• Create Revit families and Perform Clash checks.
• Assisted Project Managers in developing schedules, estimating costs, preparing bid packages using Revit schedules.
• Converting Business needs of clients into schematic and conceptual designs.
• Attending meetings and workshops with clients to ensure their satisfaction about the design.
• Working side by side with BIM unit to create the 3D model from scratch.
• Deliver complete, accurate, and coordinated project design assignments within time and budget parameters while satisfying client contractual obligations.
• Coordination with Mechanical, Electrical, and structural departments to apply their requirements.

TECHNICAL OFFICE AND SITE ENGINEER at MISR CONSULT
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • November 2018 to April 2019

• Participate in implementing technical office policies and procedures.
• Study the project contract documents (time schedule, project design drawings, BOQ etc...).
• Revise shop drawing and coordination drawings (or composite drawing) based on project's design drawings in accurate with quality standard.
• Update the shop drawing log before sending the shop drawing to consultant for approvals.
• Participate in solving / report any unexpected technical difficulties, and other problems that may arise during construction to the Technical Office Manager for discussion and proper solve.
• Revise as-built drawings at the end of the project and hand over to the project Contractor.
• Check material submittal in conjunction with material to be and sent by the contractor.

JUNIOR ARCHITECT at Design architects
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • November 2016 to November 2018

• Managing processes and procedures for information exchange on projects.
• Initiating and implementing the Project Information Plan and Asset Information Plan.
• Assisting in the preparation of Project Outputs.
• Implementation of the BIM Protocol, including updating the Model Production and Delivery Table.
• Establish, agree and implement the information structure and maintenance standards for the Information Model.
• Enable integration of information within the Project Team and co-ordination of information by Design Lead.
• Support the implementation of the Project BIM Protocol including updating the Appendices.
• Wider set of responsibilities than Information Manager.
• More closely bound to design: Design lead.
• BIM project set up: setting up goals for the project's BIM workflow and requirements management.
• Modeling: Coordinate the process and check that the models work together, the kind of models there are, why they will be created, how they will fit together, maintains a collection of models from different sources, makes sure that the information is inter-operable and up to date, Clash detection, Quality check-ups, Quantity takeoffs & Data conversion.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Architecture
  • at Alexandria
  • May 2016

Specialties & Skills

Adobe Photoshop
InDesign
Navisworks
AutoCAD
Microsoft office
Autodesk Revit

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Native Speaker
German
Beginner