Landscape Architect
CCC/ESEC J.V.
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :14 years, 8 أشهر
Duties: supervising the implementation of the Princess Norah Women's University project's gardens and external works while coordinating between the landscaping subcontractors and the project consultants Dar Al Handasah. The university is the largest women's university in the world with an area of 8, 000, 000 m2 providing education and accommodation for 26, 000 students. The project’s total estimated cost is 11.5 Billion USD.
Detailed Tasks:
- Interpreting and approving the construction and shop drawings
- Sourcing and approving trees and plant material through the subcontractors
- Following up contractual issues including but not limited to change orders and variations
- Establishing action and planning procedures for the subcontractors to follow
- Establishing reporting procedures for the subcontractors to follow
- Coordinating the soft landscaping works with other trades on site that include but are not limited to hard landscaping, road works, underground utility networks and irrigation to avoid any destructive impact on the plants and on other existing or planned works.
- Reviewing and negotiating the project drawings and specifications with the consultants
- Ensuring that the drawings are correctly translated on site and that the project specifications are met
- Planning and prioritizing the works on site to get maximum efficiency and meet the planned deadlines on a site of that scale
Title: Technical Manager, Landscape Architect, Co-founder
Briefing: Landscaping consultancy firm specialized in plant sourcing and providing botanical advice for all scales of projects.
Tareck Jaber, landscape architect and Peter Thompson, a world authority in horticulture have founded this practice after travelling around the world in quest for new plants suitable for the Middle East and North Africa.
We have conducted vast studies about arid zone plants and have located sources from all over the globe including but not limited to Thailand, South Africa, Italy, Spain, and USA. Our experience in the Middle East started with the Princess Nourah University in Riyadh, where 10, 000 trees were sourced from Italy and Thailand, and continues with many projects for prestigious clients and architects that we are handling now.
We specialize in sourcing the highest quality plants from shrubs to ancestor specimen trees. Our services extend to providing botanical and technical support, landscape design, and installation.
The consultancy aims to provide efficient technical support, honest guidance, and considerable financial savings for the client.
Duties: Carrying out the redesign and installation of the landscaping works on two main projects in KSA: Extension of Arriyadh Airbase, Oruba and Abou Bakr Roads; and The Development of King Abdullah Street. The abovementioned roads are essential veins running through the heart of Riyadh city connecting it from East-West and North-South. The client being Arriyadh Development Authorities and the international consultants being Austria based Bernard Consultants with the landscaping German firm Bödeker Partners.
Detailed Tasks:
- Inquiring about the consultant's design intentions and guidelines and producing the design drawings accordingly while coordinating with other trades.
- Supervising the production of the landscape shop drawings and technical details and following them up for the client's approval.
- Discussing alternative design solutions with the consultant while considering the environmental and financial aspects. This involves producing 3d sketches and on site mockups and samples.
- Assessing and reproducing the projects' bills of quantities and measuring the financial implications of designs and the deviation from the tender documents.
- Claiming for change orders and variations required by the client.
- Conducting profit assessment per item and taking decisions regarding the works to be outsourced and the subcontractors' scopes of work and responsibilities.
- Negotiating price rates with the bidders and ensuring that they have full understanding of the specifications before choosing a subcontractor.
- Communicating with the local and international market in search for specified products or items to be manufactured for the projects.
- Guiding and monitoring the subcontractors and providing them with adequate information to ensure their compliance with the specifications.
- Establishing planning and reporting procedures for the subcontractors to follow.
- Setting priorities based on practical and financial factors.
AUB: Final Year Project Subject: Sustainable Floriculture Landscapes, Reviving Rural Culture in Gaboun Location: Gaboun Village, Lebanon Brief Description: - The aim of the project was to provide a sustainable livelihood for villagers while preserving the existing Mediterranean rural character and environment, which is being jeopardized by the invasive plastic greenhouses that house the current floriculture activities. That was achieved through outdoor floriculture that goes along with the existing landscape, and through several ecological tourism activities and features that would preserve and celebrate the natural heritage of Gaboun. The main actors and stakeholders in this project are the municipality as a master planner, and the farmers or land owners that are mostly locals forming a floriculture cooperation that would control all the operations. The site consists of privately owned land parcels with an overall area of 2.63 km2 including agricultural terraces, abandoned terraces, maquis areas, cliff landscapes, and watercourse and river ecotypes. - The main input was to create a new masterplan for the northern part of the village in order to prevent the spread of indoor floriculture and therefore produce a model of a sustainable floriculture project that protects and celebrates the existing landscape. Further to the masterplan, typical design details that would prevent negative implications on the existing site were suggested with an emphasis on showcasing the actual natural features and opportunities over the site by designing specific spaces in such spots.