Taher Ahmed

Recognized for multitasking in different design and design/build contracts, including serving as design manager as well as showcasing versatility across D/B contracts, and project management. I led design teams, interfaced on adjacent interim/ultimate projects, and managed technical and financial proposals for bids, overseeing both pre and post-tender/contract stages, including technical evaluations, claims evaluation, and construction support. I consistently navigated challenges like delays, scope changes, and budget management, fostering a proactive team approach and engaged with clients on technical issues, design optimizations, designer performance and project handover.

• Senior Contracts Engineer: (Public Work Authority): Served as secondment for PWA in Contracts section under Road Design Department, having represented the end client. Delivered different pre and post contractual related aspects.
o Oversaw procurement and tender processes for subdivisions framework road contracts, including technical scope, cost estimates, review of claims, commercial reports, EOTs, and VOs from Consultants/Designers."
o "Evaluated contract addendums against base scope before implementation, providing final recommendations to department head."
o "Managed technical tender evaluations covering TQs, TCs, and PTTCs."

• Design Manager: Lusail Plaza High-rise Towers: A prominent 4 towers project (2x70-story, 2x50-story). Managed integration with an underground metro line, station, basement levels, -1 level expressway access, and external road network. Achieved seamless coordination for podium and plaza levels.
o Spearheaded the designing and interface of all layouts related to ground and podium levels, basement, and External Road network, including utilities, traffic, and parking layouts, external roads tie-ins, traffic, basement parking’s, and street lightings.

• Project Manager: Al Wakrah Urban Expressway (4X4 lanes 2bn QAR worth): Held bottom-line accountability for the design and project management of multidisciplinary infrastructure aspects, as well as overseeing project performance financials, including invoicing, cash collection, optimizing billability and handover to O&M.

• Design Manager: Doha Metro Green and Gold Lines stations infrastructure reinstatement work: Delivered the infrastructure reinstatement design for various metro stations attending client’s concerns and approvals requirements.

• Design Manager: Al Wakra City 2030 Master Plan: Developed a road network hierarchy master plan for Al Wakrah City 2030 vision Urban Macroplanning.

• Project Manager: Al Rayyan FIFA world Cup 2022 new Stadium and Precinct: Led the design and project delivery for all aspects of infrastructure, including internal roads, landscaping: and public spaces. Responsibilities encompassed invoicing, cash flow management, planning, conducting project reviews, and securing approvals from asset owners.

• New Orbital Rural Expressway Design and Build Contract (QA 4.5 bn worth): A 46km, 7X7 lanes, 140 kph, 6 interchanges, cycle lanes, wet and dry utilities, drainage including free underpasses and dedicated truck lanes.

• Group 2 North Urban Expressway Design Services Contract; (QR 4 bn): An urban expressway road development, featured 6 grade-separated interchanges, 6km SW Micro tunnel, cycle and footpaths, Metro line corridor, and a utility tunnel.

•Team Leader: Group 9 and Group 2 Expressway Schemes Designed a massive urban expressway network that featured long tunnel, multiple underpasses, 7 grade separated interchanges, 12 at-grade signalized intersections, SW Micro tunnel, cycle, and footpaths, Metro line corridor, and a utility tunnel; with both projects worth QR 7.5 bn, and QR 3.9 bn,

6 tracks high speed rail (HSR), Group Mass Transit (GMT) at-grade, Mined and Cut-and-Cover grade separated Rail interchange along with 86 of 4 tracks Km of Civil and Rail from OXAGON to the LINE
• Overseen a comprehensive design portfolio spanning six tracks of grade separated bi-directional HSR, FRT and GMT T- Junction connection and managed Civil and Infrastructure design including Mined Tunnel Primary and secondary support, pits and portals, precast and cast in-situ Cut and cover tunnels, Egress buildings Architectural structures MEP and TVS, early earthwork and led the space proofing integration of FLS MEP, TVS structures, and interface with, Stations/LSF, Depots, SWT/Utilities, Rail Sys, Interface & Integration, Ops and Asset Mgt, design review, dewatering design, discharge outfalls, slope stability, effluent treatment, waterproof details, uplift/buoyancy calculation, etc.
• Overviewed cost estimate and budget evaluation and update in light of continuously changing client procurement’s strategy and scope split / merge.
• Addressed 100s of TQs and supported the award of billions of SARs worth of tunneling and Civil works.
• Reacted to and delivered several studies along the Spine and Connector rail alignments.
• Dealt with difficult designers in terms of deliverables quality and resources and managed an interesting client’s expectations including critical time in the project of designer de-mobilization, descoping and re-mobilization.
• Resolved and delivered on intricate civil and rail system lineside facilities design interfaces and conflicts with existing utilities, civil design, and adjacent interim and ultimate construction packages throughout the permanent and temporary works design, procurement, and construction stages.

PARSONS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Doha, Qatar Jan - Nov 2015
Lead Highway Engineer/Assistant Area Manager
Led a team of 8 engineers and 5 CAD/drafters, overseeing the delivery of detailed highway design. Managed design coordination and internal/external interfaces.
• Team Leader: Group 9 and Group 2 Expressway Schemes Designed a massive urban expressway network that featured long tunnel, multiple underpasses, 7 grade separated interchanges, 12 at-grade signalized intersections, SW Micro tunnel, cycle, and footpaths, Metro line corridor, and a utility tunnel; with both projects worth QR 7.5 bn, and QR 3.9 bn,
• Team Leader: P007 C07 Al Bustan - Al Duhail Design/Build Urban Expressway Project: Designed Highway project worth QR 5.6 bn, featuring two successive 4 storied interchanges and underpasses and entailed the demolishing of two existing bridges. From concept through IFC, procurement, tender documents, technical employment’s requirements, and circulars.

KEO INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS LIMITED, Doha, Qatar Dec 2012 - Dec 2014
Senior Highway Design Engineer
• Group 6 Expressway Scheme (Design Contract): Designed a 40 km rural expressway in northern of Qatar and Designed and coordinated inter-discipline design efforts from the preliminary till the detailed stage.
• Upgrade of AL-Rayyan 16Km Urban dual carriageway Expressway, and portion of long tunnel/underpasses: Designed full road and drainage cost QR 3.50 bn featured 4 running lanes on either side.

• Highway Design Engineer, Jun 2011 - Nov 2012 • WSP, Kuwait - Kuwait International Airport landside highways and urban infrastructure design development.

• Road Design Engineer, Feb 2008 - May 2011 • ZFP (ZUHAIR FAYEZ PARTNERSHIP), Jeddah, KSA - KAIA Airport landside highways and infrastructure development - Jeddah

• Highway/Civil Engineer, Jan 2006 - Dec 2007 • ABDUL ALI AL AJMI COMPANY, Eastern Province, KSA - designed 390 km rural dualization and determined the best path for upgrading existing 2-way single carriageway to dual carriageway with a median, optimizing cut/fill earthworks particularly through sand dunes in a SAR 580 million project,

• Survey Crew Manager, Aug 2004 - Jan 2006 • UTILITIES DATA CENTRE, EGYPT: Used radio detection to map underground utilities for GIS databases and blueprints. Validated survey data to align with the national grid, setting benchmarks and control points for accuracy.