AKRAM SAAD, PMP, CCP, MRICS, CM-Lean

Contact: +974-****-**** E-mail: adyhdm@r.postjobfree.com Doha, Qatar.

Extensive experience in the construction, supervision and management of projects comprising sport facilities and stadiums, hospitals, health care facilities, hotels, residential, administration, educational and high-rise buildings, water and sewerage networks, pumping stations, power and desalination plant, cement plant, concrete repair works, marine offshore works, Airports, site reclamation, utilities, technical office works, coatings inspection and protective coatings, corrosion control, oil and gas field experience

Areas of Expertise

A result driven management executive with multi-faceted manufacturing and science & industry experience. Strong general management qualification in a strategic planning, manufacturing, production scheduling and control, inventory/management, project management, warehousing, distribution, budgeting/finance, human resources and capital improvement. Fully computer literate and fluent in both English & Arabic

Major Achievements

Best Legal Counsel of the Year Award at the first Qatar Business Law Forum & Awards organized by LexisNexis, in partnership with Qatar Foundation, Qatar University and the Association of Corporate Counsel (Ace) Middle East

Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of Valuable

Contribution to Abu Dhabi Center for Children managed by New England from "SEHA", Abu Dhabi Health Services Co.-UAE

Certificate of Achievement in Successfully passing assignment which demonstrates understanding of Construction Claims from Claim Class January 2015

Claims Preparation and Dispute Management course College of Contract Management March 2018, Excellent grade

PhD in Construction and Project Management, Texas, USA-2013

MBA in Project Management, Missouri, USA - 2003

B. Sc. of Civil Engineering - Cairo University Faculty of Engineering

PMP Certified, Project Management Institute USA, No. 1252246

Certified Cost Professional “CCP,” AACE International - US No. 47517

Member of RICS, “Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors” –UK, No. 1301751

Master Certificate in Business Management – Master Class Management, 2014

Construction Claims Intensive Course, distinction grade in assignment accredited by QSI and ICES, 2015

Certificate in LEED Green Associate, US Green Building Council

Certificate in International Conditions of Contract for Construction “FIDIC” 99 & New suites 2017

Coating Inspector "Level II” “CIP No. 6960”

NACE Protective Coating Specialist “Cert. No. 8871”

Certificate in MS Project advanced by IBM

Certificate in Claims Preparation & Dispute Management-College of Contract Management –UK, with distinction grade 90%, 2018

Professional Diploma in Leadership and Management European Qualification “level-5” with distinction grade, 2019

Certificate of Management Lean Construction “CM-Lean”– AGC Construction Association, ID 200609044, 2022

“ASCE” American Society of Civil Engineers, Membership No. “367753”

“USGBC” Green Building Council, Membership “126************”

“SEI” Structural Engineering institute

“A CIArb” Associate Member of Charter Institution of Arbitrators UK, Membership No. 28883

Society of Engineers UAE, Membership No. “17049”

OSHA Construction Industry Safety & Health Certified “600315401”

Construction Management Association of America “CMMA”-ID “175019”

Lean Construction Institute “LCI-Q” - ID “F00211”

Advocate for ACRP “Airport Cooperative Research Program” - US

2017 to Date : Senior Project Manager, Hill International, Doha, Qatar

2015 – 2017 : Projects Director, Contraco Contracting Company, Doha, Qatar

2013 – 2015 : Project Manager, Hill International, Doha, Qatar

2007 – 2013 : Projects Manager &QA/QC Advisor, Leo A Daly / Peddle Thorp Architects – Morgan JV, UAE

2002 – 2007 : Team Leader & QA/QC Specialist, Lahmeyer International, Abu Dhabi

1995 – 2002 : Senior Resident Engineer, Hyder ‘John Taylor &Sons’, Abu Dhabi

1993 – 1995 : Resident Engineer, Dr. M.H. Ali El Saie, Abu Dhabi and Sultanate of Oman

1990 – 1992 : Construction Manager, Ramw for Construction Company, Egypt

1988- 1990 1988 – 1990 : Project Manager, Al Salama for Investment Company, Egypt

1985 – 1988 : Site Manager, Teksis Technology & System Industry Co. Ltd., Saudi Arabia,

HILL INTERNATIONAL [June 2017 to Date]

Emirates Real Estate Corp.“EREC” 40 & 43: – Dubai - UAE

Emirates Authority for Standardization & Metrology Building

Federal National Council Building

Arwa and Seeliya Hotel Apartment Towers – Doha - Qatar

Arwa Tower project includes 2 Basement Floors + Ground Floor + Mezzanine Floor + 41 Floors

Seeliya Tower project includes 2 Basement Floors + Ground Floor + Mezzanine Floor + 35 Floors

Expansion of Doha Int. Airport “

HIA” Expansion will increase the capacity of HIA from 35 million passenger to approximately 53 to 60 million passenger and approximately 4 to 6 million tons of cargo annually to be capable of further expansion, the site area is 1,700 Hectares

North Gate Mall

Retail and office development with 396,000 m2 shopping mall and a 5-level separate six office buildings of 70,000 m2. It has parking facilities for 4,000 cars underground on two levels (Project Cost QR 1.2 Billion), Residential Compound, Total built up area 47,000 m2, Row houses with different Villa types, club house, nursery, pool facility, mosque, admin building, external works, kindergarten, tennis court, multipurpose court, kid’s court and landscaping

Responsibilities/Tasks:

Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within the scope, budget and with the required specification, chairing progress & QA/QC meetings and perform internal quality Audits

Develop a detailed project plan to track progress resulting in completing project ahead of time

Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule, and costs

Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders resulting in saving of 12% of submitted claims.Perform risk management to minimize project risks, mitigate and apply response plan

Communicate to addresses changes and make sure everyone is doing what they need to do when they need to do it.Provide assistance to the Project team in technical and commercial

CONTRACTO CONTRACTING COMPANY - Qatar [2015 - 2017]

200 Bed Community Hospital, including internal / external drainage, water and storm water networks and tie in to existing networks.

Fit out for Qatar Foundation Education City.

Design and Build for Bridge and Marine works at Ras Usherij.

Responsibilities/Tasks:

Allocate necessary project resources including subcontractors, suppliers and company labor, Review and prepared contracts, permits, drafts, cost estimates and insurance

Negotiate changes to contracts with architects, consultants, clients, suppliers, and subcontractors, Lead team of project managers through teamwork, shared knowledge, and Provide direction to personnel responsible for project execution, equipment, and transportation, Execute project with the quality and safety objectives, chairing QA/QC meetings, monitor &control quality

HILL INTERNATIONAL - Qatar [July 2013 - 2015]

Commercial Development and Fit Out works “9 Blocks “Residential Development “220 Villas”, including networks and tie in to existing networks/services.

Tower “Design & Build” Concept and preparation of tender documents, Obtaining Local Authorities Approval, Prequalify Designers.

Multipurpose Sports Hall and Hotel/Administration Offices (Project Cost QR 800,000,000)

Design and Build Turnkey project consist of 5,500 seat arena of 10,000 m2. Covered with Steel trusses span 80 m, height 6 m, cooling capacity of 2400 ton, Hotel and associated support facilities, two lower levels consisting of practice courts, training facilities, Olympic swimming pool and mechanical spaces an attached five storey Hotel for players, Gym, ID, landscaping and infrastructures, used for the World Men’s Handball Championship hosted by QHA

Responsibilities/Tasks:

Provide value engineering recommendations to achieve budget objectives

Ensure customer satisfaction from the early design stages through completion of the construction

Work with architects, draftsman, and local Planning & Zoning departments to ensure permit approval

Review, supervision, review submittals, chair meeting, liaise with Client, monitoring &control quality and safety, change management, administrative and contractual closure.

LEO A DALY/PEDDLE THORP ARCHITECT - UAE [March 2007 - June 2013]

Ghayathi Community Hospital - Client: SEHA (Project Cost AED 445,363,945)

50-Bed Hospital (total built-up area: 40,623 sq.m.) complete with all services including Football Court (57x39m2), Basketball Court (19x32m2) & Tennis Court (33.50x16.50m2)

Project initiation, design& tender review, construction management, supervision, monitoring & control, progress reports & payments, ensure compliance of quality & safety, implement action plans to overcome cost & schedule concerns, project closure.

Autism Centre - New England Centre for Children (NECC), Client “SEHA” Project Director” The Project is comprised of Educational Center: (3 Basements +G +4) with built up area = 3,515 m2 and total built up area of 22,805 m2. Swimming pool 28x15m, depth 1.0/1.80m, Multipurpose Hall Gym Basketball “3 hoops” & volleyball with Telescopic Seating, Gym Equipment, Climbing Wall. Residential Building: (G+2) with built up area = 1,485 m2 and total built up area of 3,000 m2.Landscape and service buildings with built up area = 7,960 m2, Two Children Playground with Slides, Sewerage and water Networks and tie in t the existing amenities.

Oasis Hospital Accommodations at Al Ain, Client “SEHA”

Al Ain Hospital Operations Theatre Phase I & II, Client “SEHA”

Al Jazira Sports Club Stadium Phase II, Abu Dhabi (Cost 300,026,389.00 UAE Dirhams)

Sstadium to cater 42,000 spectators, waste Management and Disposal Plan including Concrete Recycling. R.C. frame, Fabrication and installation of steel structures to extend four floors to reach (+36.20) level, hollow core slabs, precast seats, Floodlight poles 55m Height, Scoreboard “12mx8m”, Facial Aluminum Cladding Panels 10,000 sq.m., Stainless Steel Metal screen 4000 sq.m.2 LED Screen boards of 12x8m and 42000 seats. MEP works including lifts, HVAC, firefighting/ alarm, public address system, pumping station, sewerage, water and storm networks and car parking, area 25,000 sq.m.

Responsibilities/Tasks: Develop a detailed project plan to track progress, monitoring construction progress, ensure the project is progressing as planned, constantly measure it and compare those metrics against the created plan, collect project data, such as status reports from team

Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation

Managing Stakeholders with constant communications with them to deliver what they expected Manage Issues and Risk work towards resolving them quickly

Securing permits and budgeting, Prepare Quality Plan, track work quality& conduct quality audits, ensure safe work conditions

LAHMEYER INTERNATIONAL - UAE [January 2002 – February 2017]

Interconnection of ADCO/ TRANSCO Power Networks

New 400KV GIS at Medina Zayed Grid Station: : (Cost 277,148,600.00 UAE Dirhams)

Piling Foundations, GIS Building, Control Building, 3 Transformers “500MVA”, 33kv GIS

“3 Nos.”, 36.7MVR ”3 Nos.”, 77.2MVR Reactor ”2 Nos.”, Cable Trenches, Fire Pump House, Fire Fighting Tank, Fire Ring Main Pipeline & HVAC Plant Building, sewerage, water and storm networks, internal and external access roads, Boundary Wall & Landscape

Modification to 220KV GIS & Control Building: (Cost 80,582,104.00 UAE Dirhams) Micro Piling inside GIS Hall to carry the steel structure of the Switchgear.

New 220KV Grid Station at Bab Oil Field: (Cost 123,737,032.00 UAE Dirhams)

New 220KV Grid Station at Buhasa Oil Field: (Cost 123,737,032.00 UAE Dirhams)

New 220KV Grid Station at Asab Oil Field: (Cost 120,598,538.00 UAE Dirhams)

Shuweihat Site Development Project: (Cost 196,000,000.00 UAE Dirhams) Site Formation for an Area of 5,230,541 sq.m., 2.440 k.m Access Roads, drainage, water and storm networks and landscaping, 4.021 k.m Shore Line Protection, 3.698 k.m Breakwaters with 2,037,143 tons quantity of total rocks, 942 linear meter Distribution Channels, Intake & Outfall Structures, 150x 50 m. R.C. Block jetty and dredging area of 800,000 q.m. & Cofferdams including site surface drainage and 9.156 k.m. plot fencing

Responsibilities/Tasks:

Developing and managing project and their cost, time and scope. Project plan, communication plan, allocating tasks and setting milestone, measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools, and techniques Prepare specifications, preparing preliminary studies, design review, contract

administration, supervision, technical office works, verify materials and shop drawing submittals, chair QA/QC meetings and perform quality audits, project closure procedures

HYDER “JOHN TAYLOR” CONSULTING ENGINEER -UAE [February 1995 – December 2002]

Water Distribution Project at Dalma Island, hilltop circular RC tank, elevated tank, ground tanks, four pumping stations, DI network with surge vessel, administration & accommodation buildings, steel structure store building and NDRC works

Concrete repairs and replacement of Fenders for Berths 14 - 21 in Mina Zayed - Abu Dhabi, pre-cast and cast insitu facial panels for berths, bollards, stainless steel ladders, cope timber, cylindrical vulcanized rubber fenders and its assembly

Twin water transmission lines from Umm Al Nar Desalination Plant to Unit 1 and Abu Dhabi Power Station

Miscellaneous Urgent Sewerage Works ADSS Contracts 142/11, 142/12 & 142/13

Non-Disruptive road crossing and Pipe jacking. Storm water and Irrigation lines.

Rehabilitation of Digester No. 7 at Mafraq Sewage Treatment Plant

Rehabilitation of Pumping Stations 5/1, 5/2 and 5/3 at Umm Al Nar

Responsibilities/Tasks:

Tender evaluation report& recommendation for approval, project budgets & monthly budget status report, supervision, liaison between Client, main contractor and subcontractor, change management,

Execute the projects and services consistent with the quality and safety objectives, Documentation, Creating Charts and Schedules control, Risk Analysis & Managing Risks and Issues, Monitoring and Reporting Progress &Controlling Quality; Manage the relationship with Client and all stakeholders

DR. M.H. ALI EL SAIE CONSULTING ENGINEERS - UAE & SULTANATE OF OMAN

[April 1993 – January 1995]

Mirfa Power and Desalination Plant:

Rock Sea wall, Sea water intake, Pump House, water and drainage networks and unloading quay.

Outfall Culvert 2.7 Km long, Outfall structure and Outfall channel, Steel Evaporator supports and Hypo Chlorination Building. Cofferdam and sheet Piles. Water supply, storm and Drainage networks.

Concrete repair work for Foundation rafts and trench walls of Desalination Plants and Sea water intake for Umm Al Nar Power and Desalination Plant, Mapping Field tests, Grit Blasting, Application of Protective Coating and Up-Grading of several machine Foundation, sewerage, water and storm networks

Maintenance facilities Building, Reinforced frame Multi-Story with area 2200 M2

Evaluation of Mirfa Power and Desalination Plant, Project value 1.8 Billion Dhs.

Concrete repair works of the settling basin and overflow culvert at Ghubrah Power and Desalination Plant, Sultanate of Oman, The rehabilitation carried out by spraying of steel Fibre Reinforced Shot Crete (S.F.R.S) new concrete lining for the structure of the settling basin and overflow culvert (walls and roofs) and produced the final report

Responsibilities/Tasks:

Charing Monthly and Progress Meeting, Preparing the Monthly Payment Certificate and monthly reports, Review and commenting on Drawings, Materials and Method Statements, Contractual claims & disputes, QA/QC monitoring &control, Chairing and conducting quality meetings

RAMW FOR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY - CAIRO, EGYPT [January 1990 – October 1992]

High rise Housing Complex, infrastructure, tie-in with existing networks and interfaces.

Responsibilities/Tasks:

Managing subcontractor’s works, Follow up the procurement schedule, conducting procurement & quality meetings and performing internal quality audits, Evaluation of variations including negotiation and build-up of new rates

AL SALAMA FOR INVESTMENT COMPANY - CAIRO [February 1988 – December 1990]

Nile Hotel Tower

TEKSIS TECHNOLOGY & SYSTEM INDUSTRY CO. LTD. - RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA

[January 1985 – January 1988]

Malaz Stadium – Riyadh, Royal pavilion, spectators seating and super boxes for VVIP and VIP, water features, Fountain, Sewerage, water and storm water networks and landscape

Administration Building, Riyadh, with an area of 4631 M.SQ.

Border Station at Battha and Odied

Appraises and recommended the technically acceptable bids, Evaluation, Estimating of 200 Bed Medical Centre, Jubal Commercial Port housing (42 Villas, area of 3017M.SQ), Palace and Housing Complex for Sh. Hassan Bin Al Sheikh, Mosque and Private Villas, Sewerage Treatment Plant, Elevated and Underground tanks, Flexible pavement road works, Housing Complex, Power Station, Sanitary Network, Water and storm distribution networks, Landscaping and greenery

COMPLETED PROJECTS in EGYPT

Assuit Cement Plant

Pre-stressed concrete silos, special concrete structures, “Arch, truss, hopper, conveyor and frames,” Industrial Buildings, Bridges and steel structures, services trenches, sewerage, water and storm water networks, grouting of plinths and machine foundations

Guezira Sheraton Hotel

Responsible for the Construction of reinforced concrete and finishing works of al Guezira Sheraton Hotel “36 floors”, Controlled the site Laboratory, Concrete mix design and quality management

**Supporting Documents and References will be provided on request**

PROJECT DIRECTOR / MANAGER

English & Arabic Speaker

Holding a valid UAE, Qatar and USA Driving License.

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