Contracts Manager
Ghantoot Transport and General Contracting
Total years of experience :27 years, 0 Months
COMPANY PROFILE
The Building Division forming an integral part of the Ghantoot Group of Companies. Ghantoot Building Division was established in 1985. As the building arm of the group the division is primarily focused on civil buildings projects related to high rise buildings, commercial and residential buildings, industrial buildings, schools, hospitals and palaces. At present the Building Division employs approximately 6000 employees, who are well versed and qualified in their own disciplines, they are supported by a sizable fleet of Ghantoot's own plant and machinery.
The Current portfolio consists of prestigious projects such as the Abu Dhabi Presidential Palace (JV with CCC), Salam Industrial Park, International City, Labor Cities 5 & 6, Forbidden City, CI54 Office and Residential Tower, Abu Dhabi Judicial Court House Complex, Bani Yas Ambulance & Rescue Center, Mafraq Highway Police Station, Waste Handling Facilities at Al Raha Beach, Emirates National School Staff Accommodation, two Emirates National Schools.
DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Steer claims preparation and augmenting them with legal argumentation to strengthen the claims and following up until settlement.
Created a new general terms and conditions to the subcontracts and work orders to safeguard the company and avoid risk areas, commercial gaps, conflicts or deviations from scope of main works.
Prepare a flow down clause plan highlighting the key obligations and liabilities which are required to be passed onto subcontractors / vendors. In particular, ensure that back-to-back guarantees, warranties and insurances are obtained from subcontractors / vendors.
Ensured compliance with Contracts/Subcontracts terms and conditions through effective staff coordination, Contracts/Subcontracts performance, Contracts/Subcontracts administration and other major matters.
Effectively negotiate contracts with suppliers/subcontractors to enable best price/ best quality acquisition, achieve significant cost savings and mitigate contractual risks.
Assisting tendering department reviewing tender documents for new projects and highlighting risk areas.
Ensured that Ghantoot or customer related actions or inactions, which could result in constructive Contracts/Subcontracts changes, are identified and make recommendations on their resolution.
Assess and determine subcontractors’ claims and follow up until settlement.
Oversee the administering of all contractual correspondence within the main Contracts and Sub-contracting partners.
Oversee dispute management and resolution, as well as assessment and reporting of the Contracts/Subcontracts financial data to executive stakeholders.
Manage commercial close out of main contract. Submit and follow up applications for Completion Certificates. Monitor bank guarantee and retention releases.
PROJECTS:
HOTEL BUILDING "THE ONE" B+G+4P+27+MECH+ROOF, JUMEIRAH VILLAGE TRIANGLE, DUBAI.
Employer: First Home Limited
Contract value AED 202M
PHASE 1 AKOYA OXYGEN, 982 VILLAS, DUBAI.
Employer: Front Line Investment Management (DAMAC)
Contract value AED 752M
BIN SHAMEH PROJECT 4B+G.F+54 FLOORS MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, DUBAI
Employer, H.E Mohamed Khalifa Bin Yousef Al Suwaidi
Contract value AED 610M
FUJAIRAH BEACH RESORT (HOTEL AND VILLAS)
Employer: Eagle Hills
Contract Value: 213M
VIRDIS (G+14 BUILDINGS) AT AKOYA OXYGEN
Employer: Front Line Investment Management (DAMAC)
Contract Value: 219M
COMPANY PROFILE
Qatar Rail is overseeing the construction of Qatar’s multi-billion dollar state-of-the-art integrated rail network. The company will then oversee the management, operation and maintenance of the country’s rail network.
Three major projects make up Qatar Rail's responsibilities:
The Doha Metro: a mostly underground rail network which connects communities within Doha and its suburbs
The Lusail Tram: a tram network providing comfortable and convenient travel within the new city of Lusail
The Long Distance Rail: connecting cities in the north and west with Doha, and the country with the forthcoming GCC rail system.
DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Managing interface with QR Departments, PMC change managers, and QR commercial managers for the lines.
Gathering and resolving assessment conflicts from the lines and QR internal disciplines.
Drafting implementation instructions.
Implementing corporate governance procedures in relation to change management from preparation of change package submission to the general tender committee until handing over to commercial department following implementation of the RFC for commercial close out.
Tracking and reporting on the implementation status of RFC until commercial close out.
Tracking and reporting on the implementation status of RFC until commercial close out.
COMPANY PROFILE
SMEET was established in 2010 by Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company, Barwa Real Estate Company & the First Investor. It is a leading producer of building materials within the MENA region, Precast Contractor and Ready Mix Concrete Supplier. SMEET Precast is the largest & the most advanced single factory in the MENA region located at Mesaieed Industrial City & covering a massive area of 300, 000 square meters to fulfil the requirements of building materials for the fast-growing Qatari construction market. SMEET Ready Mix Concrete division is currently operational with production facilities at Industrial Area, Lusail and Duhail.
Duties, Responsibilities and Achievements
• Direct strategic operations within the Contracts Department to monitor contracts compliance and alignment with company’s procedures and business objectives.
• Successfully review and negotiate contract documentation in line with company’s guidelines and assist in preparation of commercial offers for new operations/ projects.
• Effectively negotiate contracts with suppliers/subcontractors to enable best price/ best quality acquisition, achieve significant cost savings and mitigate contractual risks.
• Provide guidance and review to Contract Administrators in all Contract/Subcontracts correspondences.
• Provide advice to support all strategic and operational issues impacting projects.
• Cost planning and reporting.
• Produce analytical and evaluative business cases on various functions to produce and update the lessons learned.
• Strategic contributor to dispute management and resolution, as well as employed strategies for claims settlement.
• Monitor, manage and report on all commercial aspects of the projects to flag issues and recommend immediate corrective actions.
• Train, coach and mentor staff members to enable competencies development and to foster a cohesive environment promoting career development.
• Steer claims preparation and follow up until settlement.
• Successfully settled Claims for 20 million Qatar Riyals for one of the ongoing Projects.
Projects:
• Development of Internal Security Force (ISF) Camp at Duhail, Doha, Qatar
Internal Security Forces (ISF) Camp at AL Duhail is one of major construction projects in Qatar nearby Al
Shamal road, covering total plot area 4, 090, 361.10 m2.
External and Internal Boundary walls.
Storm Water Tanks.
Traffic Control Center.
Substations.
Supply of Ready Mix Concrete.
• Mall of Qatar - Precast for Zone 3A, 3B and 3C.
• AI Bayt Stadium AI Khor City- (Stadium, Auxiliary Building & Bridge) Package 2, Part 1 and Energy
Centre- Package 4, Part 1, Doha, Qatar
Hollow core precast floor units, raking beams, stair units and Bleachers
• The Fabrication, Supply & Delivery of Precast Tunnel Segments for the Qatar Integrated Railway
Project - Red Line South
• Qetaifan Islands - Enabling Works, Lusail Real Estate Development Company (LREDC)
Precast retaining wall blocks and capping.
COMPANY PROFILE
Hassan Allam Construction is one of the largest private sector construction companies in Egypt. The company was established in 1975. The company employs about 3, 500 people. The company specializes in large scale, highly complex projects such as power stations, industrial plants, infrastructure, museums, hospitals and state-of-the-art residential and commercial spaces. The Projects Group supports participation in regional concession-based infrastructure projects in the areas of health, power, transport and social infrastructure. Hassan Allam Construction also owns a range of complementary business lines that include steel fabrication plants, pipe factory and a concrete products production plant.
Duties, Responsibilities and Achievements
• Oversaw contracts review, negotiation, management and close-out for high value commercial, industrial, infrastructure and residential projects.
• Advised and guided project managers and other key stakeholders on best contractual practices and procedures.
• Partnered with tendering department to effectively review contracts and risk management.
• Initiated, developed and implemented contract management and administration manual in compliance with company policy. As appropriate, contribute to or influence company policies.
• Ensured transaction compliance (milestones, deliverables, invoicing etc.) and recommend best practices and measures to mitigate baseline deviations.
• Handled on-going issues and change management, revising the baseline accordingly.
• Steered claims preparation and follow up until settlement.
• Dispute management and resolution.
• Successfully settled complex claims of EGP 26 Million for one of the projects.
Completed Projects Include,
• Al Gabal Al Asfar Waste Water Treatment Plant Phase II, Egypt.
Employer, Construction Authority for Potable Water and Wastewater (CAPWW)
Contract value LE 521, 000, 000.00 + EUR 63, 000, 000.00 - FIDIC Yellow Book 1999
• Raw Water Transmission Lines and Related Facilities, 6th of October, Egypt.
Contract value LE 2, 152, 000, 000.00
• Mall of Arabia, 6th of October, Egypt.
Employer, The Egyptian Centres for Real Estate Development (Fawaz El Hokair Estate Co)
Contract value LE 1, 100, 000, 000.00 - FIDIC Red Book 1999
• National Museum for Egyptian Civilization, Cairo, Egypt.
Employer, Ministry of Antiques
Contract value LE 380, 000, 000.00
• Financial Supervisory Authority Administration Buildings, Smart Village, Giza, Egypt.
Employer, The Financial Supervisory Authority
Contract value LE 310, 000, 000.00
• Alexandria Sugar Company (Savola) - Construction of manufacturing facility
Complete Civil & building Works - Steel Structure fabrication & erection - Mechanical Erection and installation - piping fabrication & erection.
COMPANY PROFILE
PGESCo, was incorporated in 1993, with shareholders including the Ministry of Electricity and Energy of Egypt, Bechtel Power Corporation of the USA and the Commercial International Bank of Egypt (CIB).
PGESCo provides engineering, procurement, project and construction management (EPCM) services related to the design of electric power generating plants.
Project: Cairo West Thermal Power Plant 2*350 MW Gas/Oil Fired Units
Contract Value: EGP 4.8 Billion
Duties, Responsibilities and Achievements
• Monitored technical submittals for commercial impacts.
• Developed and maintain the DOR (Division of Responsibility Matrix.)
• Managed correspondences.
• Initiated and processed Change Notices and Amendments.
• Monitored and reported all commercial aspects of the project.
• Identified contractor claims, managed timely resolution under changes provisions.
• Reviewed and analysed contract financial data for reporting to the project stakeholders.
• Led and managed cost reporting of all contract packages including cost forecasting, anticipated final cost, cost of work done.
• Ensured daily reporting by field engineering, chairing contract kick-off and progress review meetings, performing and ensuring quantity verification.
• Closeout Contracts in a timely manner.
COMPANY PROFILE
Egypt gas is a design-build Contractor working in the national grid for natural gas
• Coordinated the preparation of contractual agreements with subcontractors to ensure regulatory compliance and cost effectiveness.
• Monitored contract/subcontract performance and prepared Change orders and Amendments.
• Developed and maintained logs for invoices, Correspondences, bonds, insurance policies, etc.
• Reviewed Subcontractors’ invoices to ensure meeting contractual agreements, as well as commercial data for reporting to top management.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
• Ensure the execution of the project according to Project/contract(s) quality standards, specifications and design documents.
• Implement Project Construction Management Procedures
• Expedite timely engineering resolutions necessary to overcome obstacles and field problems.
• Maintain the Project construction critical action item list.
• Develop scope definition and technical data for field issued subcontracts.
• Review quantities of work for monthly progress estimate for payment to Sub-Contractors and maintain files with all supporting documentation and backup data.
• Develop and maintain a project punchlist tracking system.
• Ensure field engineering group performance on the project.
• Provide technical evaluation of vendor and subcontractor bids.
• Provide technical review of vendor and subcontractor submittals.
• Coordinate field engineering activities with Project Start-up personnel.
• Interpret and/or obtain Engineering/design clarification of the contract drawings and specifications.
• Ensure that shop drawings are promptly prepared, submitted and returned.
• Be a role model for “Zero Accident” safety philosophy for all project employees.
• Develop and implement Project close-out procedure.
Civil Engineering