Project Manager Professional (PMP) with thirty one years of experience in providing feasibility study, defining project scope and risk analysis, time and cost estimate, preparing project budget, administrating and managing human resources and contract procurement.
I have been in charge of residential, industrial, commercial and infrastructure projects with a total present value of over US$10 billion, through all project lifecycle from initiation (conception) to closing-out in several business environment such as: Design Build, Turnkey, Build-Operate-Transfer “BOTâ€, Build-Own-Operate-Transfer “BOOT†as well as the Private public partnership (PPP).
Trilingual: Function fluently in English, French and Arabic
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT
International, October 2008 – Present
Have been consulted in the studies of many international projects, among them;
o Revised the feasibility study and prepared the preliminary project management plan of an international hospital, UAE (US$ 1.4 Billion)
o Revised the project vision, scope, feasibility study and the contract of the renovation and transformation of the famous historic castle “Neues Schloss†to a five star hotel, Baden-Baden Germany (US$ 250 Million)
o Revised the project status of the ongoing construction of a five star hotel “Mesilla Beachâ€, Kuwait (US$ 85 Million)
ENGINEERING SERVICES MANAGER
Groupe BT, Construction Company in Montreal, July 1996 – Present
PROJECTS MANAGER
Industrial and Financial Group Inc (IFG), Montreal, January 1993 – May 1996
Studying the feasibility of building and/or transforming industrial facilities;
Responsibilities:
o Prepared the feasibility studies that involved technical, economical, environmental, financial and legal aspects
o Developed technical specifications, and tenders and contract documents
o Prepared project cost estimate and budget
PROJECTS MANAGER AND COORDINATOR
Engineering and Consultant Office (ECO), Egypt, June 1985 –July 1992
Studying the feasibility of projects, land development, construction design, and supervising execution, using different construction methods such as Design Build, Turnkey, BOT and BOOT in different commercial, industrial and infrastructure projects, among them:
o Commercial Facilities, Cairo, Egypt: Six different commercial facilities, among them two multi-level shopping centres built on an area of 620,500 SF; work included base building, finishing, HAVC, and mechanical and electrical installations
o Land Development and Infrastructure, North-Shore, Egypt: Three different community projects, built on an area of 1,757 acres; work included base building, finishing, roadwork, infrastructure (water, sewage, fuel, electricity...etc.), and mechanical and electrical installations
o Residential high-rise Building, Cairo, Egypt: 750 condo units built on an area of 2 million SF; work included base building, finishing, HAVC, and mechanical and electrical installations
o Residential Houses, Alexandria, Egypt: Eight houses built on an area of 412,000 SF; work included base building, finishing, HAVC, and mechanical and electrical installations
Responsibilities:
o Managed the design and construction of the projects from concept to completion
o Developed and monitored design development schedule and budget
o Controlled design cost control (construction cost control in design stage)
o Prepared feasibility studies, technical specifications and project preliminary budget
o Prepared tenders and contracts’ documents
o Managed projects and coordinated work between owner and contractors
o Coordinated meetings, on-site and in-office, for design and construction
ESTIMATOR AND QUANTITY SURVEYOR
PROMOTED TO PROJECT MANAGER ASSISTANT
Arab Swiss Engineering Company (ASEC), Egypt, May 1981 –June 1985
Working in phases I and II of an international cement factory with production capacity of 5 million tons per year; achieved by BBC (Switzerland), Krupp-Polysuis (Germany) and Technostroy-Export (ex-Soviet Union) and supervised by ASEC, a division of Holder-Bank (Switzerland), an international consultant office in cement plants and production.
Responsibilities in phase I:
o Verified the achieved quantities and prepared progress reports
o Certified contractors’ payment
o Negotiated contracts’ claims
o Revised the project and prepared for the closing out
o Developed a historical cost database on completed projects
o Benchmarked final project costs against new appropriation funding requests
Responsibilities in phase II:
o Assisted in providing feasibility studies and preliminary estimates
o Estimated labour, material and general expenses and overheads
o Advised on tender procedures
o Analyzed tenders and recommended awards
o Established cost monitoring and reporting systems
SITE ENGINEER AND QUANTITY SURVEYOR
Arab Contractors (AC), Egypt, November 1978 – May 1981
Supervised the execution of infrastructure, mechanical, and electrical projects, among them:
o “Woody†Wood Plant, 10th of Ramadan, Egypt: Construction of fully automatic doors and windows production line, built on an area of 15 acres; work included base building, finishing, roadwork, infrastructure, and mechanical and electrical installations
o Residential high-rise Building, Cairo, Egypt: Construction of 600 condo units, built on an area of 1.5 million SF; included base building, finishing, and mechanical and electrical installations
Responsibilities:
o Verified the quantity and prepared progress reports
o Certified subcontractors’ payments and claims
o Prepared the payment certificates (bills)
o Prepared for the final handing over
o Supervised the work done by the company’s own force and subcontractors
OTHER EXPERIENCES
MANAGEMENT AND COMPUTER INSTRUCTOR
Taught computer software, management and estimation courses, in different training centres (Victor Richler, Syncsoft, South Shore International Centre, MEG…etc.)
COMMUNITY SERVICE
o Elected commissioner in the South Shore School Board (SSSB); sat as member of the executive, planning, education and human resources committees, and member of a local school governing board
o President of the Canadian Muslim Forum (CMF), one of the community’s main organizations working for the integration of Muslims, for defending Muslim rights and their civic participation in Canada for more than 15 years
ACADEMIC STUDIES
Update and auditing ISO 9001-2008, BTA 2009
Project Management Update, Centre d’innovation en programmes Éducatifs 2008
French for Professionals, McGill University 2007
Update ISO 9001-2000, BTA 2001
The Project Management Process, McGill Executive Institute 2000
Management studies, Concordia University 1994
Management studies, Ain Shams University 1986
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Ain Shams University 1978
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