AHMED DHYAA MOHAMMED RIDHA

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AHMED DHYAA MOHAMMED RIDHA

PROJECT MANAGER / SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER /

CONSTRUCTION DIRECTOR

MEGA INFRA WORKS AND COMPLEX BUILDINGS

CORE SKILLS

• Infrastructure works

• Roads and Bridges (18 bridges

completed).

• Railway and Buildings

• Mega Earthworks and GT.

• Underground station building-

MRT (metro stations buildings)

associated with TBM tunnelling

Work.

• Design Infra leader at SJ NEOM

project, KSA

POSITIONS SUMMARY

• Project Manager

• Construction Manager

• Design Engineer

QUALIFICATIONS

• B.Sc. (Civil Engineering), Al-

Mustansiriya University, Iraq,

1993

• M.Sc. (Geotechnical

Engineering), University Science

Malaysia (USM), 2013

PERSONAL INFORMATION

• Date of Birth: 27-01-1971

• Nationality: Iraq

• Permanent Residence in

Malaysia ( IC merah)

• Residence: KSA_Riyadh

• Marital Status: Married

• Mobile: +966*********

• E: adz7rf@r.postjobfree.com

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Ahmed is a SR Project Manager with 29 years’ experience in the construction, and project management of civil infrastructural, structural and geotechnical works. He also has experience in design. Suitability to the Role

Ahmed has experience in the construction and project management of different types of structures. His main interest is the construction of underground structures, roads, bridges, railways, ground treatment, infrastructure, and tunnels. He also worked as the design engineer for many infrastructure projects in Malaysia.

Relevance of Experience

Ahmed is an experienced project manager that always able to take challenges, simplifying and resolve them. He has empowered his knowledge with a master degree in civil engineering that helped him in resolving issues and find the right assumptions and approaches to ease issues and currently eager for more. He gained his vast experience from many mega infra project during his career majoring in Track work, metro projects, roads & bridges,buildings, Metro station buildings and design. Ahmed Dhyaa Mohammed Ridha

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Project Experience

Currently at KSA-RIYADH as an Infra lead manager at Surbana Jurong Consultant, Design at NEOM Trojena Lake. June 2022 till Present time My work scopes as an Engineering Manger Infra Lead are to ensure all design deliverables related to infra NEOM Trojena project have been submitted on the agreed schedule following NEOM Standard and fulfilling the requirements and procedures. Attending discussions and meetings related to PMC and client and ensures quality adhered. Attended NEOM site visit and awareness on NEOM-PMC standard procedures. MRT SSP Line, underground station work package, Kampung Baru Station (twin TMBs mine through)

PROJECT MANAGER, GAMUDA ENGINEERING (2017-2022)

Works includes road diversion implementation, liaising with local authorities, demolition of existing building such as basements, temporary ground anchors, grouting works, strutting work, diaphragm wall, enabling work to retrieve TBM, water proofing work, TBM and mine thru, architecture work (ABWF) and M&E for the station which compromised of cable laying and equipment installation. MRT SBK Line, underground station work package, Pasar Seni Underground station

( 4 TBMs retrieved)

PROJECT MANAGER, GAMUDA ENGINEERING (2013-2017)

Works includes liaising with local authorities, demolition of existing buildings, temporary ground anchors, grouting works, strutting work, diaphragm wall, bored pile work, top- down work technique for constructing the station, enabling work to retrieve TBM, water proofing work, TBM and mine thru, architecture work (ABWF) and M&E for the station which compromised of cable laying and equipment installation including T&C and H/O to authorities, CPC & CCC work.

Road Work Project Between Rawang to Ipoh, Earthwork, Ground Treatment Work, Structures and Formation preparation, Package 4&5 (TAPAH ROAD YARD CH 238000 TO IPOH CH177900). Malaysia and (2) Electrified Double track project between Ipoh to Padang Besar and (3) Track rehabilitation work (RAILWAYS) CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, (2000-2013)

Major ground treatment & Earthwork as well as RC WORKS. Items of work includes soil investigations, geotechnical ground treatment (PVD, SC, SVC, Dynamic compaction) with soil testing, soil retaining walls, major embankment fill and instrument monitoring, formation work, drainage, station building, temporary bridges, permanent bridges (18 bridges completed), demolition of existing bridges (3 nos), bored & precast piling works, temporary signalling, road work, temporary work, architecture finishes work, drainage, and rail installation work.

The work includes site establishment, approval for temporary works, planning, RC works, architecture finishes work, M&E work, QS work, contract work, meeting suppliers, meeting with client and designer. Preparing Financial weightage.

DESIGN ENGINEER, (1996-2001)

The role involved the design of RC structures, steel structures, road & drainage, preparing preliminary design drawings, main water pipes & water reticulation pipes, pump house station, getting local authorities approvals Ahmed Dhyaa Mohammed Ridha

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related to project matters. Liaising and supporting site team, attending site inspections, and preparing design calculations.

Employment and Experience Records:

Currently, in Riyadh with Surbana Jurong International Multi Disciplinary Consultant as an infra lead engineering manager for NEOM Trojena Lake Project (started Jul. 2022)

My work scopes as an Engineering Manger Infra Leader is to ensure all design deliverables of roads, wet & dry utilities, Mobility, Mobility Infrastructure structure, tunnels, solid waste and utility buildings for the NEOM Trojena infra project have been submitted on the agreed schedule following specification and fulfilling the requirements and standard NEOM procedures. Coordinating among design lead disciplines and firming up the NEOM-PMC requirements. Attending interface meeting with other stakeholders and PMC-NEOM in order to get the necessary interfacing information’s. Attending internal meetings as well as progress meetings with NEOM-PMC. Conducting presentations to PMC/NEOM whenever required for design concept optioneering and other issues that raised. Ensures RFI correspondence with PMCM-NEOM are raised for any information required also putting safety in design as per NEOM procedure as a priority. I ensured interdisciplinary checked carried out for the proposed design prior to submission of deliverables. I also ensures optioneering and value engineering carried out during conceptual stage of design. I also following up wit design leads on issues and resolving them as well as meeting date lines and submission of drawings register accordingly. I’m also being a part of the team to daft the scopes of work and identifying deliverables and drafting base line program.

Project: KVMRT-SSP Metro Line, Underground station building work, Kg.Baru station Building. (2 TBMs mine through) work associated with tunnel team. Employer: Gamuda Engineering

Position: Project Manager

Period: July 2017- June 2022

Cost: 6.8b AU$.

The Station Building in brief:

The footprint of the proposed station fells on the busy road of Kg Baru Road, Kuala Lumpur and overlapping few buildings and bungalows which were demolished accordingly. An early plan for road diversion and m&e utilities relocation has been planned by me and approved by local authorities in order to create the workspace for the station and allows the subcontractor to mobilize and start the work. Upon diverting the m&e utilities out of the station box boundaries, Diaphragm wall activities shall be started in order to create the station box followed by station box excavation and RC work. M&e fit out and Architect finishes shall be started wherever few zones of RC work completed and ready to receive such finishes and fit out. However, two TBM’s planned to mine through the station while the station undergoing construction and I provided and complied tunnel and team with all facilities and we have coordination meetings. The station excavation work shall be resumed once the TBMs has broken out of the station walls and the station work shall continue till the completion and station team shall interface with tunnel work as well as track work to complete the work stage by stage as scheduled. First access would be track access followed by power on.

My scopes and responsibilities as a project manager are as below: Ahmed Dhyaa Mohammed Ridha

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1. Diaphragm wall installation, Soil investigations, Excavation and RC work of the station building, it’s a semi top-down and bottom-up construction with the use of steel structing. 2. M&E work (temporary and permanent) which include installation of 33kv switch gears and transformers, Chillers installations, AHU installation, Fire system, Audio system, Auto- gates installations, 10 lifts & 16 escalators, fire &water tanks installation, cable laying, sewerage &drainages, testing and commissioning and handing over to related authorities. 3. Enforcing safety, health and environment rules at site in line with the MRT SHE procedure and policy. It’s a very high and stringent requirement and we won The Sord, British safety award on 2018 for the best safety health and environment performance. 4. Responsible for architecture &finishes work and compliance to specifications and client satisfaction. Ensures all materials and methodologies are in line with requirement. 5. Ensuring site activities are ahead of scheduled and properly addressed. 6. Liaising with stakeholders, local authorities and other department to ascertain compliance and/or obtains consent.

7. Monitoring spending and ensures it’s within budget. presenting budget to top management and highlighting issues and forecast.

8. Attending meeting with client, consultant, suppliers and subcons. Project: KVMRT-SBK Metro Line, Underground station building work, Pasar Seni station building. (4 TBMs retrieved) Tunnel associated work Employer: Gamuda Engineering

Position: Project Manager

Period: April 2013- July 2017

Cost:4.8b AU$.

The Station Building in brief:

The footprint of the proposed station falls on the busy road of Pasar Seni, Kuala Lumpur and overlapping few two hotel buildings, each one is 12 storey with 3 levels basement which needs to be demolished. An early plan for road diversion and m&e utilities relocation has been planned and approved by local authorities in order to create the workspace for the station box and allows the subcontractor to mobilize and start the work. Upon diverting the m&e utilities out of the station box boundaries, Diaphragm wall activities shall be started in order to create the station box followed by station box excavation and RC work. M&e fit out and Architect finishes shall be started wherever few zones of RC work completed and ready to receive such finishes and fit out. However, four TBM planned to be retrieved from the station thus the base sunken slab must be completed prior to TBMs breaks in and I have coordinated the wor with tunnel teams and attended meeting with them as well as provided them necessary supporting facilities to demob and dismantle the TBM’s. Role and responsibilities as a project manager as follow: 1. Responsible for temporary works such as utilities diversion, ground anchors and struts installation, demolition of existing multi-storey buildings and jet grouting work. Ahmed Dhyaa Mohammed Ridha

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2. Deep foundation work (diaphragm walls), RC work and associated excavation work for the station box. My underground station is a semi bottom up & top-down construction method.

3. Water proofing work which is a vital item for the underground work. 4. Temporary M&E work which involve temporary power supply, lighting and ventilation. 5. Responsible for the architect work and building services installation (ABWF). 6. Responsible for the permanent M&E work and progress of work and planning and delivery of M&E items to site. These items include installation of 33kv switch gears and transformers, Chillers installations, AHU installation, Fire system, Audio system, Auto- gates installations, 9 lifts & 14 escalators, fire &water tanks installation, cable laying and sewerage &drainages and their associated tanks, pits and pumps 7. Responsible of planning for the overall activities and monitor the progress as per master program.

8. Assist and coordinate the work with the TBM teams in order to facilitate the TBM break thru and retrieval work.

9. Ensure compliance to S.H.E rules and regulation at site. 10. Liaise with the sub-contractors, Consultant, client, suppliers and third parties in order to ensure smooth progress.

Project: Electrified Double Track Project between Ipoh to Padang Besar, N2 Package between Alor Star to Arau 38km

Employer: Gamuda Engineering

Position: Construction Manager

Period: Oct. 2007- April 2013

Cost:9b AU$

My scopes of work as a construction manager are as below: 1. Roads & Bridges construction: in my package I have constructed 7 nos. Of fly-overs, the foundations are various and depend on soil profile; some are bored piles, spun pile foundations and micro piles. I used two types of beams, post-tensioned T-beams and pre- stressed beams. The work including roads also.

2. Bridges across rivers: in my package I have constructed 11 bridges with bored pile foundation and pre-stressed beams. Temporary steel bridges are used to facilitate the construction.

3. Station Buildings works which includes the followings: 3.1 Temporary station building

3.2 Permanent & Temporary M&E work

3.3 Permanent station works which includes RC & Architecture works 3.4 System works which includes temporary and permanent system works. Ahmed Dhyaa Mohammed Ridha

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4. Mega Earthwork & Excavation and Ground treatment of main lines with associated enabling works. Embankment fill was carried out by using suitable material with layer by layer compaction, each layer to achieve a certain degree of compaction and so on until I reached surcharge level.

Embankment monitoring have been carried out with a designated monitoring skim and certain tolerances.

5. Permanent Under pass (3 nos.), Box culvert and pipe culvert installation (34 nos.). Project: Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Track and Associated Work Between Sungai Siput and Ipoh Station.

Employer: Real Green attitude resources Sdn Bhd

Position: A. Project Manager

Period: April 2007-Oct. 2007

Cost:11m AU$

My roles as an acting project manager are as below: I’m conducting the widening of the existing track (LHS&RHS) with a suitable earth filling and compaction with 1:2 slope of embankment. Relocation of m7e utilities and installation of pipe culverts.

I have to make sure that the work is carried out smoothly in terms of consistent earth supplying to site (logistic) and have adequate machineries.

In my scope also I have to coordinate and liaise with Client (KTMB). I did a precise planning for until completion and I did look ahead schedules I complied to SHE rules and adhered to local authorities’ requirements. Project: Road Work Project Between Rawang to Ipoh, Earthwork, Ground Treatment Work, Structures and Formation preparation, Package 4&5 (TAPAH ROAD YARD CH 238000 TO IPOH CH177900). Malaysia

Employer: Tradepro Sdn Bhd

Position: Sr Project Engineer- Construction Manager Period: Aug.2001-April. 2007

Cost: 1.1 b AU$

Role: “Project completed”

My duties are to ensure the planned & ongoing activities are in compliance to the design drawings, method statement, quality and SHE matters. I attended meeting with the client, consultant, subcontractors, suppliers and progress meeting. Also I prepare working program that aligned with the master program, Meantime I prepare lookahead program and report to the project manager. The followings are falling within my scopes : 1. Earthwork: this work in general starting with initial survey for ROW and followed with site clearance. The ground treatment for the road shall be conducted prior to the embankment fill. The following are the type of ground treatment techniques and overall quantities used

• Pre and post-treatment Cone penetration test (CPT). Ahmed Dhyaa Mohammed Ridha

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• Surface Vibratory Compaction (SVC), work done so far is 572000 m.sq.

• Vibro-Replacement stone column (VR), work done so far is 250,000 meter run.

• Prefabricated Vertical Drain (PVD), work done so far is 35,000 meter run.

• Dynamic Compaction (DC). Work carried out is 24000m.sq

• Earthwork, we carried out some earth work like site clearance, removal and replacement,sand& earth filling for embankment.

1.1 Embankment work: Upon ground treatment completion, the embankment fill shall be started with the use of suitable materials which shall be laid and compacted layer by layer toll the formation finishing level.

1.2 Under pass (2 nos.), Box culvert and pipe culvert (32) : shall be either cast in situ or a precast and such work shall be started upon completion of ground treatment. 1.3 Instrument installation and monitoring.

2. Bridges: I have constructed all bridges in 14 nos. and hand it over to the road authority. T-beam design and prestressed. Foundation was bored piles, spun piles and micro piles used.

Employer : Perunding Bersatu Ipoh- C&S Consulting Firm Position: Design Engineer

Period: Jun 1996-Aug.2001

Role and responsibilities:

• Responsible for preparing the preliminary design and issuance of tender drawings

• Responsible for obtaining final design and issuance of construction drawings.

• Responsible of getting approvals from local authorities to the designed items such as LAP

(National water department), JKR (national road department), Majlis (manciple council), Bomba (fire department).

• Attending progress and coordination meetings with client.

• Attending site inspection.

• Responding to multiple technical site issues and inquiries.

• Undertaken housing and commercial project design, steel structure design, road & drainage design, main waterpipes and pump house station.

• Responsible of issuance tender drawings and preliminary design

• Issuance of final design

• Supervising draftsmen

• I completed the design for housing project for Lembah Bringing Z 2-11, I contributed to the design of main building and mechanical building, composite structure, for the KLIA Airport project, Also I contributed to the design of PUNB which is 4 storey main building and 10 storey tower. I did the design of Bandar Kinerara housing and commercial projects including main water work and pump house station.

• I designed main infra water main which they are a twin pipes, 900mm, CLMS including steel bridge crossing and pump house station. Miru,Perak, Malaysia Project: Proposed track line replacement and upgrading between Basra and Umm Qasar, 56 km of track work (Iraq)

Employer: Al-Mansoor Contractor (Railway work-Iraq) Position: Site Engineer

Period: Mac.1994-April 1996

My scopes are as below:

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• Coordination of soil investigation.

• To ensure the track corridor and CL are compatible with design

• Construction of railway bridge work (4 nos)

• Logistic yard is provided and accessible.

• Sleepers laying and rail pulling proceeded following agreed method and procedure.

• Welding and de-stress cycles carried out along installed rail.

• Ballast adjusted and shaped by ballast regulator

• Rail adjusted to designed level with the use of temping machine.

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