Project Construction

Qualifications:

Project Controls Lead,** years of experience with multinational and local

companies with project control, cost analyses and estimating, planning and

progress reporting, tendering, FIDIC contracts, budgeting and project

financing studies, scheduling, client and subcontractor invoices. Wide

range of multidisciplinary project control experience, incorporating the

oil and gas sector with heavy industrial and commercial projects.

Professional Experience:

2009 - Present Henkels & McCoy, Inc. - Lead Scheduler

Responsible for the development of the time/cost management plan for

different types of projects including large electric utility transmission

infrastructure projects, renewable energy projects, and pipeline projects.

I coordinate all information from the members of the project team with

regard to the time/cost management plan, creates Work Breakdown Structure

(WBS) based on contract documents, and develop activities and related

details required to complete projects using CPM method. I utilize both

Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project as scheduling software's. Additionally,

I develop multiple plans to identify alternative approaches to complete the

remaining work. Analyze, review, and recommend modifications to effectively

compress the time required to complete the work, mitigate delays and

minimize impacts on the critical path. Analyze production rates of

historical projects to determine feasibility based on terrain and time of

the year. Additional duties include:

- Developing Baseline schedules to match with resource availability by

applying resource leveling and allocation techniques.

- Preparing linear schedules using linear display software (TILOS) or

Excel.

- Measuring construction progress for site installation works as per the

agreed rules of credit and Update Project schedules on a

weekly/Monthly basis.

- Applying Earned Value Management System to draw Progress S-curves/

Histograms profiles.

- Conducting manpower forecasts using productivity analysis techniques,

and material takeoff.

- Developing and maintaining projects cash flow.

- Supporting change orders/claims process.

2006 - 2009 Kharafi National - Senior Project Controls Specialist,

Kuwait

Responsible for preparing project month-end reports for project board

reviews, including cost committed to-date, incurred cost to-date, and

forecasted cost at completion, preparing and maintaining project cash flow,

preparing RBA (Request for Budget Adjustment) when needed, preparing

productivity analysis reports, and analyzing earned value to evaluate

project performance. I used change management tools to monitor, measure,

and manage changes to scopes of work. Additionally, I reviewed and made

recommendations of project progress payments and prepared and submitted

claims to clients for loss in productivity, acceleration cost, or cost for

extension of time.

2004 - 2006 Gettco Contracting - Schedule & Cost Specialist, Doha,

Qatar

Responsibilities included studying, pricing, and preparing tender proposals

for various projects. The pricing process included studying tender

documents and specifications, analyzing man-hours, cost of material, and

requirements for major equipment, requesting and evaluating quotations, and

calculating markup costs. The scheduling and planning process included

creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) based on project scope

statements, preparing and updating schedules, monitoring progress, major

delays, and areas of concern, and recommending corrective actions. The c

The Cost control process included preparing main cost control systems such

as coded time sheets and material consumption reports, preparing and

updating projects cash flow, analyzing savings and overruns in budget work

packages, preparing the forecast cost of the projects, and preparing

monthly cost reports and project summaries.

2002 - 2004 CCC-EGYPT - Cost Control Engineer

Responsible for revising and redistribution the original project budget,

supporting preparation of the master schedule for the project, preparing

and updating project cash flow, and preparing main cost control systems

such as coded time sheets and material consumption reports. Additionally,

I was in charge of analyzing savings and overruns in budget work packages,

preparing the forecast cost of the project, and organizing monthly cost

reports and project summaries. I was also responsible for preparing

monthly progress payment certificates and maintaining the proper document

control system to support proper invoicing for site installed quantities,

engineering, and supply chain work.

1999 - 2002 CCC-ORASCOM - Planning Engineer

Responsibilities included preparing an activity coding structure and the

WBS dictionary based on project scope statement, creating and updating

schedules and milestones schedules, monitoring progress of work for own

force and for subcontractors' scope of work, and establishing percentage of

completion. I prepared weekly and monthly project progress and

productivity reports, including root cause analysis.

Major Project Experience:

Henkels & McCoy:

. Susquehanna-Roseland Transmission Line: Removal of the existing 230kV

circuit and the Construction, Testing and commissioning of a new double

circuit 500kV transmission line, extended 46 miles.

. TRTP: Transmission Line Project: Removal of the existing 220kV Circuit

and the Construction, Testing and commissioning of a new double circuit

500kV transmission line, extended 60 miles.

. Keystone: Gas Pipe Line Project: Construction of 850 miles/10 Spreads 30-

inch pipeline.

. Spectra: NJ-NY Expansion Pipe Line Project: Construction of 25 miles of

42-inch pipeline between New York and New Jersey.

. ETC: Tiger Spread 1 & 2 Natural Gas Pipe Line: Construction of 80 miles

of 42-inch pipeline, including 10 major Horizontal Directional Borings

(HDD) and 36 road and rail road crossings.

. PacifiCorp: Mona-Oquirrh Transmission Line Project: Engineering,

Procurement and construction (EPC), testing and commissioning of a new

345 kV transmission line, extended 100 miles, in addition to the

construction of two new substations.

. Southwest Intertie - South Transmission Line Project: Construction,

testing and commissioning of a new 500 kV single and double circuit

transmission line, extended 235 miles.

. PSE&G: Susquehanna-Roseland Transmission Line Project: Removal of the

existing 230 kV circuit and the construction, testing and commissioning

of a new double circuit 500 kV transmission line, extended 45 miles.

. ABB Inc.: EPC Bayou Labutte 500-230 kV Substation Project: Engineering,

Procurement and construction (EPC), testing and commissioning of a new

500/230 kV AIS substation.

. SCE: El Casco Substation Project: Project includes site preparation,

substation construction, foundations, equipment installation, test and

turn up.

. SCE: Antelope Substation Project: Project includes site preparation,

foundation construction, installing ground grid, construct new 500 kV

switch rack, installing required equipment and full perimeter wall.

. Amtrak: Michigan Line Fiber Optic Cable Installation Project:

Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) of 97 miles of fiber

optic cable.

. Solar First: Copper Mountain Solar Farm: Construction of 379-acre solar

farm, including installation and testing of 775,000 photovoltaic panels,

combiner boxes, DC feeders, transformers & PVCS buildings.

. SCE: TRTP Transmission Line Project: Removal of the existing 220 kV

circuit and the construction, testing and commissioning of a new double

circuit 500 kV transmission line, extended 60 miles.

Kharafi National:

. Petrochemical: construction of Aromatics Complex including: pipe rack

precasting, large and small bore above-ground piping (50% field, 50% shop

fabrication), pipe and structure steel painting, pipe and equipment

installation.

Gettco Contracting:

. The Golden Tower: Construction of office tower including Civil, Finishing

and Electro-mechanical work.

. 60 villas compound: Construction of new 60 villas including Civil,

Finishing and Electro-mechanical work.

CCC - EGYPT:

. Cairo North Power Station: The Civil Work for the first phase of the new

750 Megawatt combined cycle electrical power plant.

CCC - ORASCOM:

. Mirage Marriott Hotel: Construction of luxurious JW Marriott Hotel 5-star

hotel, including Civil, Finishing and Electro-mechanical work.

Education, Training and Certification:

. Post-Graduate Diploma, Projects Management, The American University in

Cairo (AUC), Egypt

. B.S., Civil Engineering, Zagazig University, Faculty of Engineering,

Egypt

. Professional Membership, Associate Quantity Surveyor, Canadian Institute

of Quantity Surveyors (CIQS), 2005-2010

. Primavera training, Primavera Systems Inc., 2009

. Managing Projects ESI course, The George Washington University, 2014

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