Sabry Hamdy MEP Manager

Residence: Mesherieb District – Doha - Qatar

Telephone: 009**********

Email: adhxve@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

-Certified PMP and proactive MEP Manager with 16+ years’ experience in various projects across Middle East and North Africa. Successful in creating effective communication between personnel, sub-contractors and the management team. Intense management experience in MEP different segments i.e. Estimation, Design Review, Value Engineering, Planning, Procurement, Technical Support, Construction, Commissioning and Project’s final closure.

-Participated and managed the broad delivery of MEP package for multiple mega projects of a combined sum of 11 Billion USD, those complex projects were in different sectors i.e. Rail/Metro, University, High-Rise Hotel, Resorts and mixed-use smart City.

-Managed a staff of 16 employees, acquires competent management skills to orchestrate multiple large-scale subcontractors simultaneously (+3500 resources). Effectively immersed in managing multicultural team members, internal/external stakeholders, co-managers and upstream management personnel.

CAREER SUMMARY

Msheireb Downtown Project – Doha, QATAR

Msheireb is the world’s first sustainable downtown regeneration project, with total cost of +6 billion USD divided into 6 different phases, the project aims to revive the old commercial heart of Doha city through a modern architectural language that is yet inspired by traditional Qatari heritage design, integrate optimum energy usage and sustainable performance applications.

The scope was phase-3 of the project with total land area of 310,000.00 sq. mtrs, consists of 14 different mixed-use smart buildings including prestigious high-rise hotel (Park Hyatt - w/186 luxurious guest rooms), 12 residential buildings w/362 high end apartments, 46 shell & core commercial retail shops including mega anchor store, 34 offices and standalone Mosque. It also includes 160,000 sq. mtrs of 4 basements designated for car parks, operation facilities and plant rooms. In addition to, 3 kilo-meters of MEP main utilities that feeds entire city through underground tunnels that connects phase-3 with the other five phases of the project.

Employer: Msheireb Properties – Subsidiary of Qatar Foundation.

Assistant Engineer / Consultant: Turner Middle East / CEG International.

Designer: Gensler, Arup, Atilier10 and Burohappold.

Main Contractor: Obayashi-HBK JV.

Scope: Lump sum contract includes scope of design verification, engineering, procurement, construction and final delivery of turnkey project.

Key responsibilities

Overall participation and/or leadership assignments in all the stages of such mega project in terms of MEP package i.e. from early initiation till substantial close out, stages that includes pricing estimation, baseline program, final tender offer, contract award, full mobilization process, subcontract engagement, design review, variations control, revised program, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and final award of project’s taking over certificate.

Project pre-award, 2013:

oEffective overall participation and leadership in tender pricing estimation process, until the successful award of the project.

oIdentify the potential MEP supply chain and the predefined vendors under project’s documents, clarify and resolve all technical voids, obtain the required final quotations, in order to completely perform in-house/self-pricing of MEP package.

oSurvey, invite, assess and shortlist all candidate MEP subcontractors to participate in tender pricing, ensure that their prequalification in terms of technical and commercial aspects are meeting the requirements, participate by the technical attributes in establishing the necessary contractual agreements i.e. MOU, SA … etc. upon the successful award of the project.

oManage both subcontractors and in-house technical compliances offers as well as tender estimation process, identify technical queries to be clarified by the Employer for appropriate pricing, and align the comparison for MEP final competitive techno-commercial offer.

oDefine all long lead equipment/material, ensure that the delivery time is incorporated in the overall interface baseline program.

oApproach and communicate with domestic and overseas resources, to finalize their mobilization plan.

oIdentify potential post-award variation opportunities, create detailed MEP scope interface matrices and verify scope limits between Employer, Contractor and Subcontractors.

oClear scope conflicts or exclusions; then, preview, shortlist, negotiate, and select the subcontractor and participate in drafting the subcontract agreement, as to be signed upon project’s award.

Project post-award until TOC, 2014 - 2019:

oAssigned as MEP Techno-Construction Manager, responsible for MEP package for the newly awarded project with a total baseline cost of +2.4 billion QAR, wherein MEP package presents 31%, ended by project’s completion to 38% due to post award varied works.

oInitiate resources mobilization of 14 MEP Engineers (4 Technical office, 8 site coordinators, 2 QA/QC) and 2 document controllers in line with the pre-award mobilization plan; and facilitate subcontract agreement sign off for both MEP and Lifts packages.

oRecognize and list out all project’s involved stakeholders, categorize their level of interest and decision-making influence, for further communication and reporting management process.

oAssist the Planning Department in developing detailed revised program, review whatever attributed to MEP scope in terms of work breakdown structure, sequence of activities, required resources and duration.

oManage the necessary traceability logs to organize the receipt of IFC design documents. Initiate and control its distribution process, the deemed actions and control the outputs i.e. design review, inputs to BIM model, interface engineering with STR & ARC, issuance of each service shop drawings, latest references for quantity surveys and further procurement, impacts on the program … etc).

oContinuous interface lead with project’s MEP designer to identify IFC design’ technical voids and its implications for onward correction and potential claim entitlement for cost and/or time extension.

oControl MEP scope with all stakeholders in terms of demarcation, resolving conflicts, avoiding scope creeps and/or gold plating.

oManage and lead MEP subcontractors throughout project duration, intervene and enforce all necessary measures to prevent/ recover any potential delays in project program e.g. outsource other specialized subcontractors or inject more manpower, place and/or expedite necessary material orders … etc.

oProcurement traceability management i.e. specification compliance, material submission, review, approval, order release, fabrication, witness factory/site tests –as applicable-, shipment, delivery, storage, access route coordination within the construction site.

oEnsure the progressive achievement for all project milestones by obtaining continuously project’s control tools i.e. seek KPIs, verify actual vs. planned productivity rates, identify the required measures for potential delays, suggest and/or enforce mitigation measures with a recovery plan.

oHighly dynamic communicator, efficiently organize, chair, and participate with internal and/or external project’s various stakeholders in site walks and meetings, maintaining all possible tools, techniques and skills to practically resolve all progress conflicts and/or personnel disagreements.

oParticipate in reviewing the interim payment application by MEP subcontractors on monthly basis, forecast the required cash flow vs. the project program.

oCaption and build-up applicable delay events. Assist in substantiating the respective claims with its measurable implications in terms of time and cost.

oManage testing and commissioning teams, ensure appropriate delivery for commissioned, interfaced and fully integrated MEP systems.

oManaged the required compliance with all statuaries regulations. Competent leadership for various authorities’ inspection and managed to obtain their approvals.

oEnsure compliance to U.S Green Building Council guidelines as per project’s requirements to obtain project’s gold certificate of leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED).

oEstablished and agreed all the necessary prerequisites for project taking over certificate with the Employer and other End-User stakeholders.

Post Project’s TOC award, 2019- present:

Assigned as Manager of Defect Liability Control, with the following key objectives;

oSuccessful award of final performance certificate; including:

The complete delivery of project’s close out documentation, all NCR/JSI and snags.

Manage the finalization of overall ELV integration with other phases.

Manage all reported defects, demarcate the responsibility, and close it with minimum cost impact, hand over all remedial warranties, attic and spare parts.

Preparation of final techno-commercial trade off with the Employer regarding balance unclosed items i.e. the items deemed inapplicable to be closed/ further improved.

Ensure neat work’ completion to guarantee the full receipt of performance bond.

oParticipate with the Commercial Department to negotiate and close out various subcontractor’ accounts with the maximum possible gain, especially for those with relevance to MEP works.

Key achievements

Significantly helped to avoid the exposure to Employer’s delay penalties to the Contractor due to multiple encountered risks and challenges. The same have eventually enabled the executive management to engage in an acceptable final commercial settlement with the Employer.

Participated efficiently in techno-commercial negotiations with subcontractors whom have a scope relevance to MEP, successfully reach to an amicable settlement with many of them, by capably helping the company to gain considerable savings vs. the initial expected close-out value of their accounts.

Dubai Metro Project – Dubai, UAE

The longest automated driverless metro system worldwide; the first of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa, with a net cost of 9.5 billion USD. The project aimed to facilitate the public transportation and improve the dynamical changes for one of the fastest developed cities in the world.

The Red and Green lines of the Dubai Metro have +70 kilometres’ track length, which includes 47 stations, which some are at-grade, most are elevated, and ten stations are underground with +13 kilometers tunnel length supported with 6 annexes building for ventilation and emergency exits. In addition to, 2 over ground car parks buildings with overall capacity of +5500 vehicle slots, 2 fully facilitated train depots supported with two communication and control centers, 20 elevated bridges and 16 underground pedestrians’ tunnels w/entrance pods.

The Consortium of Dubai Rail Link (DURL) was selected as the Main Contractor for the project, made up of 4 Japanese companies i.e. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Corporation, Obayashi Corporation, Kajima Corporation and a Turkish firm i.e. Yapi Merkezi, and the overall design was sub-contracted to the British Designer M/s Atkins, while the Project Management contract was awarded to French-American JV between Systra and Parsons Corporation. The scope final commissioning and delivery was progressively taken over by the Employer, from 2009 until 2012.

Employer: Ministry of Roads and Transportation Authority (RTA).

The Engineer & Supervision Consultant: Systra / Parsons.

Main Contractor: DURL Consortium.

Designer: ATKINS.

Scope: Lump sum design & built contract i.e. full multi-disciplinary design, engineering, construction, commissioning, project management and complete delivery for both metro lines.

Key responsibilities:

Participated effectively from the initiation till the closure of this mega project, includes involvement in the revised program preparation upon design completion, design review, sub-contracting, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and closure of entire Red & Green lines.

(A) Planning and Design development review stage (2007 – 2008):

Participate in establishing MEP multidisciplinary revised program and identify key milestones in full integration with all other sectors i.e. Rail, signalling and communication systems, as well as STR and Arch.

Review design development with respect to all mechanical disciplines, ensuring its full compliance.

Technical Coordination for MEP various engineering disciplines with all other sectors.

Review Fire Life Safety and design interfaces with the Mechanical systems e.g. Tunnel Ventilation, Smoke Extract, BMS, Fire & life safety Protection System and Environmental Control System.

General technical support for design analysis, value engineering and shop drawings review.

Participate in obtaining final design approval from the Engineer, and all statutory whom having jurisdiction, for both design reports and issued for construction drawings.

(B) Subcontracting, Engineering, Material Procurement & Construction stages (2007 – 2012):

Define the scope and interface responsibilities and ensure full scope coverage under the subcontract.

Interview subcontractor’s key management staff, review their resources mobilization plan and assess their overall organization chart.

Check the specialist packages under the Subcontractor’s scope, review their prequalification, technical competence and shortlist the acceptable candidates for Subcontractor’s onward final selection prior submission to & final approval by the Engineer.

Review, in details, subcontractor’s program and milestones, ensure its alignment and complete interface with other non-MEP activities under the main program.

Follow up timely allocation of subcontractor’s engineering resources, starting-up the process of MEP shop and combined services drawings preparation and submission. Involved to resolve technical conflicts arisen between designs IFC, shop drawings and/or engineering reports. Facilitate daily/weekly coordination sessions with other departments.

Sanity review for subcontractor’s quantity survey process, random detailed check for some specific material/ equipment surveys and ensure coverage for all subcontracted scope within its respective revised bill of quantity.

Confirm order release documents, manufacturing lead time and shipment duration to ensure overall procurement schedule alignment with the program.

Creates material/equipment traceability sheets, vendor inspection matrices and submittals log.

Initiate and maintain direct contact with key manufactures, vendors and specialists.

Initiate and manage direct procurement process for most of the additional/varied equipment, material and/or assignments to new specialists, which is beyond Subcontractor’s baseline scope.

Managed all construction teams and respective subcontractors during the construction phase for all metro stations and other project elements simultaneously, high level construction control on either the operation support, progress constraints, program control and regular reporting.

Monitor closely the program vs. actual progress, ensure subcontractors’ resources levelling or crushing to conserve the targets under the construction schedule.

Precede and coordinate with Planning department the possible recovery measures, qualify its effect and other possibilities as to utilize program’s floats, activities resequencing ... etc.

Participate in reviewing the inspection and test plan (ITP) for MEP package as outlined in details by QA/QC department, arrange the required factory/site acceptance test (FAT/SAT) in full compliance with technical specs and design requirements, attend many factory tests for main MEP Equipment (locally or overseas).

Initiate and chair progress regular meetings for engineering, procurement and construction departments, point out the delay causes, provide early intervention with recovery measures.

Communicate daily with the project’s key stakeholders, clear any arisen impediment or conflict and facilitate productive approach of all individuals and groups.

Collaborate with Design, Construction and Commercial teams in variation instruction, specifically those related to mechanical activities that require new material i.e. identify variation necessity, limit costs to the minimal, analyze the impact, address it for direct purchase, sourcing it locally …etc.

Forecast subcontract’s progress vs. latest revised bill of quantity to determine the approximate financial monthly cash flow required across the project time.

Participate in drafting respective MEP formal responses to the Employer, the Engineer and subcontractors to maintain all rights under the contract.

Regular interface with project’s top management in terms of progress reporting, escalation of any critical issue, provide possible resolution measures and agreeing way forward.

Prepare and demonstrate MEP progress presentation to the Employer, in monthly basis.

(C) Testing, Commissioning, Training, Operation and progressive Taking Over (2009 till 2013):

Review prequalification and participate in selecting T&C specialized agencies.

Prepare and regularly update testing & commissioning program.

Attend various systems pre-test to ensure systems’ readiness for commissioning. Organize follow-up meetings to clear any constraint and expedite due actions to ensure alignment with T&C program.

Resolve any obstacle attributed to technical and/or managerial issues to keep T&C progress as planned.

Participate in preparing operation and training manuals with all subcontractors.

Following up completion of remedial construction works in preparation for project final handover.

Control all snag lists and opened NCRs, prepare and enforce its corrective actions.

Categorize, analyze, evaluate and resolve Employer/engineer’s comments.

Participate in trade-off sessions with the Engineer representatives to negotiate and agree all remedial MEP unclose items in terms of volume and cost.

(E) New Projects Tender & Estimation (2012 – 2013):

Participate in leading MEP estimation team for different tender projects that varied in its segment and value, e.g. Public Transportation sector- (Qatar - Doha Metro), Aviation sector- (Srilanka - Colombo new airport), Medical sector- (UAE- SEHA rehabilitation centre and Sheikh Zaid hospital), and Cultural sector (UAE – Abu Dhabi louver museum), Housing & Hospitality sectors – multi mixed used buildings and high rise hotels (Qatar- Msheireb Downtown & UAE - Fairmont Hotel).

Established pricing data base for MEP various systems, including but not limited to the following systems ventilation, air conditioning, plumbing, firefighting, building management system, HV, LV, lighting control system, energy smart management, fire alarm, emergency power, public address, solar photovoltaic, solar hot water system, laundry chutes, kitchen equipment, LPG system, irrigation, water treatment, swimming pools and water features.

Review MEP tender documents as to ensure all systems details needed for the pricing are available.

Interpret and review system tender drawings to identify any difference to the tender requirements and raise queries to the employer’s designers as deemed necessary to ensure proper pricing.

Review issued for tender drawings, generate bill of quantity against system tender drawings to ensure alignment and to identify materials’ types & quantities.

Develop tender cost summaries; include equipment, materials and labour calculations.

Ensure inclusion of attributed requirements to the direct cost e.g. special warranty duration, specific spare parts, defect liability duration … etc.

Participate as MEP lead in the overall estimation of prelims and indirect expenses for each project.

By May-2013, successfully award major commercial, hospitality and residential mixed-use project in Doha, Qatar (Msheireb Phase-3 – Baseline cost is +2.4 Billion QAR).

Key achievements

Skilled in having the flexibility to run successfully different sectors within MEP department, the ability to drive multidisciplinary activities in addition to managing a group of various teams with sharp commitment and high-end delivery. Therefore, got promoted different times during the project duration, then nominated to lead the new established estimation department that successfully won Msheireb project in Qatar and upon the award, have been selected to manage the delivery of MEP package within this new project.

New American University Campus (AUC) - East Cairo- Egypt

The AUC is founded in Cairo since 1919 and ranked among the top 1.5% of universities worldwide, the new campus aimed to expand its capacity and increase its number of academic faculties. With a total cost of 0.4 Billion USD, the new campus of 260-acre contained five new faculties, library, administration offices and other relevant facilities.

Employer: American University in Cairo

The Engineer / Supervision Consultant: Flour International (USA) / Shaker consultancy

Main Contractor: Samsung C&T – Samcrete JV

Mechanical / Electrical Subcontractors: Kharafi National / Nile Aster

Scope: Lump sum contract, scope of engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning

Key responsibilities:

Engaged in the construction phase and assigned as Mechanical Project Engineer to directly manage, supervise and control the mechanical works in four different buildings that includes the main administration offices, warehouse, main kitchen, print shop area, buses maintenance area, car park space and the main chillers plant rooms’ feds entire buildings.

Coordinate Mechanical trades with Structure, Architectural and Electrical teams.

Directly manage and perform daily toolbox safety induction for mechanical manpower (+120 tradesmen).

Facilitate coordination workshop with the technical office team to issue mechanical discipline shop drawings.

Solving clashes between design, shop drawings and actual site conditions.

Quantity survey and order all material required for various mechanical systems.

Accredit material requests to main store with respect to the required material for the buildings, minimize the wastage and evaluate the scrap material in monthly basis.

Arrange and attend all material, installation and commissioning inspections with the Consultant.

Arrange the equipment delivery schedule and its access route as per the construction program.

Report and present the progress on weekly basis to the Main Contractor.

Submit the monthly certified works supported with approved inspection for onward monthly payments.

Pure Life co. – Cairo, Egypt

Initiate and establish new company named “Pure Life”, as a subsidiary business parallel to other job at that time, the company was specialized in trading and engineering in Air conditioning systems, aimed to acquire an authorized agency for international air conditioning brands particularly SHARP-AL ARABY and commercially distribute it in Cairo city.

Key responsibilities:

Co-Founder and partner, responsible for marketing, execution and after sales services, the company achieved a total selling and service revenue of 40K US$ in less than a year time. The business has been later closed by Oct-2007 due to mobilization for a new job in Dubai, UAE.

Shams Company – South Sinai, Egypt

Shams is one of the largest HVAC companies in the Egyptian market and considered the highest trading distributer for Miraco-Carrier Air Condition in the Middle East and North Africa.

Key responsibilities:

Work as Site Mechanical Engineer for ventilation and air-conditioning systems. Responsibilities included installation and coordination with other contractors for various retrofit and new projects in Sharm El Sheikh City, supervision and management of subcontracts. In addition, preparing financial and technical offers for Air Conditioning systems to different resorts/hotels projects, e.g. Coral Bay, Kirosiiz Resort and Hilton Dahab new extension.

PERSONNEL DETAILS

Name: Sabry Hamdy Tawfic Radwan

Nationality: Egyptian

Date of birth: 18-Dec-1982

Marital status: Married w/2 children

Residence: Doha, Qatar

Relocation: willing to relocate to any country in Middle East, Europe or Asia.

Portal profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabry-hamdy-a0b28419/

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Power Science & Engineering, Certified in 2004 by Helwan University - Faculty of Engineering in Cairo, Egypt.

oGraduation project score is 91%., Graduation project focused on enhancing Internal combustion engines performance.

TRAINING, COURSES AND MEMBERSHIPS

Project Management Professional, PMP (Nov. 2020)

Registered by Engineers Syndicate, Egypt

Registered by the Accrediting Committee of Engineering & Consulting office (MMUP-UPDA), Qatar

Member of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHARE)

Member of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

Member of Project Management Institute (PMI)

General knowledge with the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC)

Project Planning & Scheduling Management -Primavera course - Oct 2010

Estimation software (CANDY) course – June 2012

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) course – Nov. 2012

References available on request

January 2014 - Present Obayashi-HBK JV.

http://www.obayashi.co.jp/english/

Project Manager, MEP. (EPC Role)

Dec 2007 till Jan 2014 DURL Consortium

http://www.obayashi.co.jp/english/

MEP Construction Manager (EPC Role)

Jan. 2006 – Oct. 2007 Kharafi National co.

http://www.kharafinational.com

Mechanical Project Engineer

Nov. 2006 – Oct. 2007 Pure Life co. (Authorized dealer for Sharp Alaraby Group)

Co-founder & Partner

Sep. 2004 – Dec. 2005 SHAMS co. for HVAC systems

Site Mechanical Engineer

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