Zeyad Ali

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Design & Construction Project Director (PMP) with 15+ years of profound international experience in design & construction field including project management, scheduling, land development, high-rise buildings & infrastructure in countries such as Iraq, Jordan, Oman & UAE. Familiar with design & construction management, CPM analysis, progress reporting, contract negotiation, managing subcontractors, and strong analytical and problem-solving skills. KEY SKILLS

§ Certified Project Management

Professional (PMP)

§ Certified LEED Green Associate

§ Design & Construction Management

§ Primavera-P6 software skills

§ Baseline schedules comparison

§ Schedule Progress Reporting

§ Project Risk Analysis

§ Value Engineering

§ Project Planning & Scheduling

§ Project Controls

§ Earn Value assessment

§ Maintain, Monitor & Update

construction schedule

§ Contract Management

§ Revit, AutoCAD

§ Project Coordination

§ Bilingual: English & Arabic

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project Director 04/15/2008 - 04/17/2017

Idroesse Infrastructure, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Italian Consultant firm (Design & Construction Supervision) based in Padua, Italy, specialized in land development, residential buildings, infrastructure, mix use, sports facilities, hotels & high-rise buildings. With 500+ employees in UAE & Oman.

• Achieved high return on investment ROI for Private Island project when performing contract negotiation, managing 6 contractors & subcontractors by adopting competent procurement process. Using contractor experience production rates to determine an accurate duration of activities.

• Managed efficiently several residential, commercial, retailing and mixed-use projects from initiating to the completion and handover stages during my role as project director, achieved 5-7% cost reduction from allocated budget through utilization of balanced matrix design teams structure.

• Ensured successful construction project planning & scheduling, critical path method analysis, cost & resource loading, while managing Qurayat development in Oman to avoid project delays, resulting in delivering project 35 days a head of time throughout a professional utilization of Primavera P6.

• Recovered Emirates road project delays by splitting the large task down into two or more smaller tasks each of which could start ahead of the completion of the previous and without adding more resources, but merely adjusting the overlap of the individual smaller tasks.

• Performed value engineering exercises for South Shamkha project during the construction stage, implemented the recommended actions for the project remaining stages, achieved 12-15% savings.

• Introduced the utilization of virtual design teams to overcome the resource limitations of UAE design team and met the aggressive deadlines, delivering South Shamkha development 65 days ahead of schedule.

• Ensured proper project closure process through implementing efficient & customized closing process and ensured that all lessons learned are properly documented and kept for future projects.

• Introduced the utilization of virtual design teams to overcome the resource limitations of UAE office and met the aggressive deadlines, delivering South Shamkha development 65 days ahead of schedule.

• Realized proper project closure process through implementing effecint & customized closing process and ensured that all leassons learned are properly documented and kept for future projects.

• Adopted BIM process for the first time in Community Sports Facilities project instead of the conventional design process, managed to reduce the design team operating cost by 18% achieved by cutting the design process durations.

Projects:

• The Development of South Shamkha - Abu Dhabi/UAE, managed the development of the South Shamkha Project (Design and Construction Stages), project area 4300 hectare ($1.82 billion). Client: Musanada, 2008- 2015

• Rehabilitation of Quriyat Region – Oman, managed the project area assessment, design, tendering & construction supervision stages for all residential, utilities, transportation and infrastructure works, Client: The Committee for Quriyat Region Renovation & Muscat Municipality, ($218,000,000), 2007-2012.

• Community Sports Facilities, Abu Dhabi-UAE, Initiated the design of 17 Community sports faculty from the Master plan up to the tendering and award stage. ($80,000,000) Client: Abu Dhabi Sports Center (ADSC) 2014-Ongoing

• UAQ Entrance, managed the development of UAQ Entrance Interchange, 4 legs, a free flow, multi levels interchange, (UAQ, UAE; 180,000,000AED) Client: Ministry of Public Works, 2013-2017

• Private island Development, private project in the sea of Abu Dhabi with 3 residential compounds and Helipad, Client: Private, 2011-2013.

• Abu Dhabi Skydive Center, designed an organization dedicated to the training of Skydivers in Abu Dhabi, (Abu Dhabi, $85,000,000), Client: UAE airforce, 2015-ongoing. Project Manager 09/10/2008 - 04/01/2008

GSCS/ASCS Group, UAE & Jordan

General Contractor operates in many countries such as UAE, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar & Iraq. With 1000+ Employees to support the organization operations. Specialized in EPC projects such as construction workers residential city (CWRC) in Abu Dhabi.

• Completed several design options for construction workers residential city project and recommended the concept design based on client requirements and tailored evaluation criteria.

• Completed construction workers residential city project schedule, updated & compared project progress with baseline and recommended corrective actions when incurred any delays, efficient schedule coordination and updates with client project manager.

• Evaluated current procedures and construction progress and recommend changes to improve the efficiency of planning and scheduling of construction workers residential city project.

• Achieved a proficient value engineering exercise & design change process when introducing the strip foundations instead of the expensive raft foundation, reducing the foundation cost by 35%.

• Prepared and introduce the cantilevered corridors instead of the independent structure external corridors, which reduced the corridors cost by 30% and the delivery time of buildings by 15%

• Introduced cold-formed steel systems for residential buildings instead pre-engineered steel structure, achieving cost reduction of $4,750,000 and reduced the project delivery time by 20%. Projects:

• Construction Workers Residential City (CWRC), Abu Dhabi-UAE, Initiate the design & build efforts for the project that provides the housing and lifestyle amenities for 32,000 residents. ($163,000,000), Client: ZonesCorp, 2006-2008

• Logistic & Wharehousing Facility, Zarqa free zone – Jordan, Directed design bid & build phases (Design & Build), also supervising the construction of four Pre-Engineered steel structure warehouses. ($620,000), Client: GSCS/ASCS Group, 2006-2008.

Project Manager 08/11/2003 - 09/01/2006

Parsons, Baghdad-Victory Base

US Consultancy Firm runs EPC contract for the US Corps of Engineers in Iraq

• Evaluated the new proposed sites and its suitability to the anticipated projects' function based on client and end- user requirements.

• Prepared of Master Project schedule of both design & construction stages, identified potential risks, performed comprehensive risks analysis and recommended actions to avoid or mitigate the potential risks, monitor & updated the construction schedule during the life cycle of the project.

• Designed a flexible logistic plan for project execution stage, the plan to be reviewed on weekly basis based on the progress of activities and the occurrences in the project area in Iraq.

• Established highly professional project execution team with all spacialities to undertake and finalize the project snag list and deliver the project ahead of time by 40 days. Projects:

• Design, Construction & Maintain major facilities – Iraq, Oversaw the design, build, maintenance, and operations of seven projects in Mosul, Takrit, Baiji, Fallujah, Baghdad, Najaf & Basra the scope consist of new buildings construction & rehabilitation of existing facilities. EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration, MBA 2014

University of Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow, Scotland Thesis: Analysing the Project Portfolio Management through the resourced Based View of the firm.

• Equivalent to U.S. MBA degree from an accredited institution according to World Education Service (NY) 2016, Proof of evaluation available upon request.

Bachelor of Science in Architecture, B.Arch

University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq

• Equivalent to U.S. Bachelor’s degree in the field from an accredited institution according to World Education Service

(NY) 2016, Proof of evaluation available upon request. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/AFFILIATIONS

• Construction Project Management Course, Columbia University, USA, 2017

• Certified LEED Green Associate, UAE, 2016

• Scrum Fundamental Certified, (SFC), UAE, 2014

• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), UAE, Since 2011

• Project Management Scheduling - Primavera P6 (Levels 1 & 2), 2010

• Member of National Arab American Association of Engineers & Architects (NAAAEA), Since 2014

• Member of Oman Engineers Society, Since 2011 & UAE Engineers Society, Since 2009

• Member of Project Management Institute (PMI), since 2010

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