waleed ali, Chief Architect/partner

waleed ali

Chief Architect/partner

indigo

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Bachelor's degree,
Experience
22 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :22 years, 4 Months

Chief Architect/partner at indigo
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since January 2009

I worked directly with client towards the successful completion and turnover of the 40villas project in the Abu Dhabi city. My two-year involvement included; establishing the scope and concept for the first phase of development, creating site logistics plans, meeting with local governmental agencies, administrating contractor / subcontractor contracts, administrating on-going construction, reviewing pay Applications, as well as hosting design, scope review, and subcontractor meetings. I also managed design quality control and value engineering processes while insuring that the project stayed on schedule and within budget.

Designer. at United Design International (Abu Dhabi) UAE
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • June 2007 to January 2009

• Meeting clients for brief.
• Prepare Concept Design including sketches, samples, presentation boards and perspectives. Design development including coordination with different engineering disciplines.
• Conduct Project Presentation to Clients and incorporate comments.
• Prepare shop drawings, contact various suppliers for new materials and technical data.
• Monitor the Contractors progress on site, hold coordination meetings to solve site technical issues.
• Site supervision, snagging and handing over..
• Set targets and lead the team to meet the targets and objectives of each project

Senior Architect at Company: Heberger Engineering (German Consultant), Abu Dhabi branch, UAE
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • July 2004 to May 2007

- Prepare the Concept Design, all relevant presentations & perspectives.
- Produce the Detailed Drawings & coordinate between different engineering disciplines.
- Share the team to produce and finalize all architectural competitions.
- Prepare exterior/Interior Perspectives using the latest software
- Meet potential clients and perform effective presentations.

Architect at Construction Development Center
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2001 to May 2004

• Sharing the Team Design to produce interior designs for different projects.
• Producing all required Interior Perspectives using several techniques.
• Preparing the working drawings for the interior designs.
• Advanced presentation of design concepts (plans, elevations & shots).
• Reviewing the fixed décor work on site.

Education

Bachelor's degree,
  • at B.Sc. Tanta University, Egypt Faculty of Engineering, Architectural department
  • July 2000

Specialties & Skills

Adobe Photoshop
Turnover
Presentation Boards
Materials
AutoCAD 2010 AutoDesk Architectural Desktop 2010
Adobe products (Photoshop cs3)
- 3D max9...

Languages

English
Intermediate