Civil Engineer/Cost Consultant

Oula Ibrahim

Personal Email: acg4s9@r.postjobfree.com

Current Address: Godalstunet 12, 4015

Stavanger, Norway

Mobile: +47 48612297

Summary of

Experience § Being part of the Cost Consultant Team gave me wider visions to tender process and pre/post contract

services to be provided to the Client.

§ Working as coordination engineer in many projects, gave me the chance to have a big experience of

coordination, managing time & resources.

§ I have demonstrated Ability to work efficiently and effectively as a team player or a team leader, take

responsibilities, Handling job pressure, and make sure that the job is done in time.

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Experience N.E. Azzam & Partners – Syria

Intermediate Cost Consultant

August 2012 – to September 2012

Khams Shamat Touristic Development Project - Majid Al Futtaim Properties

• Working on the pre-tender estimates.

• Preparing the initial BOQ.

• Performing market researches, contacting suppliers, getting quotations and specifications.

• Assisting in the general assessments reported to the Client.

July 2011 – to July 2012

Yasmeen Rotana Hotel - BENA PROPERTIES (A Member of Cham Holding).

• Assisting in the General process of Procurement, starting from contacting suppliers to get

material quotations ensuring the compliance with project specifications, the best prices and

the easiest/earliest shipping conditions in respecting the assigned budget of any items, in

order to issue final comparison sheet for all offers and place the purchase order

accordingly.

• Assisting in the preparation of Payment Certificates for Consultants and Contractors

(Monthly Interim payments).

• Working on the variation Orders evaluation for Consultants and Contractors including

preparation and issuance of ARF’s (Approval Request Form) and AVI (Approved Value of

Instruction) and get senior cost consultant approval prior to official submittal.

• Control the ordered finishing materials by monitoring on daily basis the storage area,

arrangements, issuance of materials to the site & wastage.

• Assist in preparation of tender documents.

• Assist in scheduling the project in logical steps and budget time required to meet deadlines.

• Assist in Preparing budget estimates, progress reports, or cost tracking reports.

July 2011 – to July 2012

Damascus Hills, Taj Halab - BENA PROPERTIES (A Member of Cham Holding).

• Quantity Surveying: Working on several different plans (civil, architectural, electrical … etc)

• Procurement of Civil Material starting with material takeoffs (concrete, Rebar, Steel

Structures & all types of the finishing materials) including issuance of Comparison sheets

(Commercial and technical bid tabulations), purchase orders, supply agreements & shipping

details “Incoterms”.

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September 2010 - to February 2011

Experience

Royal Residence Project - Al Fayhaa Al Gadida Company a subsidiary of Kuwaiti Syrian

Holding Company - Syria

Coordination and Technical Engineer

• Refurbishing the Sales Center and Site Offices:

1. Preparing Time sheets for the contracts and work phases to control the work time

and workshop.

2. Follow-up work process in the workshop.

3. Supervision on the contractors and follow-up work process with them.

4. Getting quotations and purchase the necessary materials and items in

cooperation with the Finance Department.

5. Preparing Daily Report and Progress Photos.

• Attending the pre-construction phase meetings with the PM Co.

• Scheduling.

• Making researches at the Syrian market and prepare reports about suppliers and best

prices’ offers, preparing for the next step.

• Working as a Technical assistant to the Construction Manager, Responsible of:

1. Working on the BOQ (Bill of Quantities) and Price Analysis.

2. Contractor Proposals’ Evaluation.

3. Preparing tenders analysis.

4. Supplier’s Pre-qualification.

5. Preparing Daily Report with progress photos.

August 2008 - to August 2010

Project with MTN Telecommunication - EIC (Engineering & Inspection Company) - Syria

Coordination Engineer

• Responsible of Damascus, its rural and the south region:

1. Checking the locations for Installing Masts, Towers and telecom accessories used

by MTN telecommunication co.

2. Studying the Extra-Loads caused by the tower or the mast on the building and its

ability to bear that loads or to be supported by concrete or steel design.

3. Design Concrete or Steel Strengthen to support buildings when necessary.

4. Design Concrete or Steel Strengthen to support towers (15-70 m) or masts (4-12

m) ‘bases when necessary.

5. Supervise the implementation

6. Quantity Survey.

7. Scheduling.

8. Taking Horizontality and Verticality of towers using Theodolite and preparing Safety

towers reports.

• Towers maintenance Project with Techno Group Co

1. Supervisor on the maintenance team.

2. Preparing all the reports on the towers.

2006 VQR Village (Summer activity):

• Working on BELL CO. summer campaign (Children entertainment events).

2005 Business & Development (Events organizing company):

• Taking the responsibility of managing, organizing conferences and exhibitions.

2004 Katakit (Survey & Statistic team):

• Supervision on the statistic teams for new products in the Syrian market.

2004 UNDP (Survey & Statistic team)

• Doing field surveys for sewers lines project in the refugees’ camps (Khan Al-Sheeh and its

near regions).

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Other 2005 - 2006 Training at Dr. Hassan Al Khiami engineering office:

• Working on several civil engineering projects (Damascus subway plan, Traffic solutions).

Experience

2002 - 2004 Volunteer at SEA (Syrian Environment Association)

• Developing the environmental mentality at the Syrian schools in cooperation With

Movimondo (Italian environmental organization).

• Cleaning Barada’ river in cooperation with the Japanese embassy.

• Organizing environmental activities…etc

Education 2004-2009 Damascus University, Syria

• B.E, Civil Engineering / Project and Construction Management

Interests Sport (tennis, basketball, hiking, riding horses, swimming) & Latin dance

Arabic: (Native Speaker)

Communication

Skills English: Fluent

French: Good

Norwegian: Beginner (B1 Level)

Spanish: Basics

Additional Quantity Surveying (RICS-The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors-Online Academy-Distance

Learning)

Courses

PMP (Project Management Professional-Course)

IELTS (The International English Language Testing System-Certificate 6.5)

DELF (Diplôme d'études en langue française-A1, A2, A3, A4)

Computer skills Primavera 6, AutoCAD, Windows, MS Office (Excel, Word & MS Project, Internet surfing).

Available upon request

References

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