AHMED YACOUB
Denver,CO.
Summary
Systematic and Hands-on Project Manager and Quality Control Manager with more than 15 years of experience in Federal construction working in cross-functional environments. Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and risk management. Observant and resourceful professional dedicated to delivering project objectives within the quality, period of performance, and budget constraints. An outstanding collaborator comfortable working with others in executing projects to achieve project goals. Developing continuous improvements throughout the planning and implementation phases of projects. Well-versed in mentoring and guiding associates to exceed client and stakeholder expectations. Communicative and reliable professional polished in maintaining comprehensive project documentation. Demonstrated history of successfully juggling multiple projects simultaneously. Demonstrate management knowledge, leadership, and interpersonal skills. Sustaining customer relationships to enhance the company's ability to procure projects.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Project Manager & Corporate QC Manager
Betance Enterprises, INC. Veterans Affairs, VA
Denver, CO
05.2019 - Current
- Managed to complete sixteen projects, and three projects are still ongoing at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center (RMR).
- Oversee and improve the Quality Control Program.
- Support projects in three states
- Planning, creating benchmarks, ensuring the quality work is done on time and within the projected budget, and in incompliance with design
- Review project risks and devise proactive strategies to avoid potential roadblocks.
- Perform submittal review and approval.
- Ensured tests performed
- Manage, coordinate, and document the three phases of quality control performed by the QC Specialists, testing labs, and any other inspections.
- Generate and track change orders and other contractual modifications affecting budget and schedule.
- Organizing preparatory meetings prior to construction and follow-up inspections during construction to ensure that the work performed is in compliance with the contract documents and meets quality standards
- Reviewed budget and subcontractor estimates in detail and analyzed for accuracy with the scope of work relevancy in mind
- Managing staff and distributing resources,
- Keep track of spending and forecast changes to the budget.
- Inform the team about forecasts, keep tabs on the budget, and prepare for unplanned costs.
- Communication with stakeholders
- Keep projects on schedule during the COVID-19 pandemic in an active hospital. Additional and detailed planning with lengthy advance notices were required to maintain the progress and overcome the challenging times.
- All the completed projects were on schedule, within budget, and of excellent quality.
- The client is the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Senior Project Manager & Corporate QC Manager
JV Betance Enterprises, Inc, TLI Construction, GSA & USAF
Denver, CO
07.2019 - Current
- Managing Design-Build (DB) remodel at downtown Denver's César E Chávez Memorial Building and Schriever Space Force Base
- Coordinate with the designers and subcontractors
- Managed submittals and processing of Requests for Information between general contractor, owner and owner's consultants.
- Proposed, reviewed and approved modifications to project plans.
- Submitted project deliverables to clients, consistently adhering to quality standards.
- Created project plans with established timelines, assigned to appropriate teams and managed workflow throughout construction
- Review, correct clashes, and coordinate with the subs involved during design development to ensure no deviation from the SOW
- Developed a realistic master schedule, tracked milestones, managed resources, and coordinated the different trades' work to stay on schedule
- Managing budgets and controlling risks
- The client is General Services Administration (GSA) and
- The client is Schriever Air Force Base.
- Delivered high level of service to clients to extend relationship and encourage further projects.
- Conferred with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.
Corporate QC Manager / Project Manager
Betance Enterprises, INC. IDIQ
Fort Carson, CO
11.2016 - 05.2019
- IDIQ SATOC Projects spread over 190 locations in Fort Carson base, Colorado
- Projects included heavy civil work, building renovations, landscaping, electrical, mechanical, FA, HVAC, security, ICIDs, telecommunications, and different roofing systems
- Supported projects in five states
- Responsible for the quality control program for all task orders
- Forecasted, scheduled, and monitored project timelines, personnel performance, and cost efficiency
- Maintained and updated QCS & RMS 3.0 (quality control system) database software and collect project information such as daily reports, quality & safety deficiencies, testing, pay activities, and Government correspondences
- Created and updated construction schedules using MS Project and Primavera P6
- Reviewed projects design and prepare As-Built drawings
- Reviewed/Approved subcontractor's invoices
- The client was the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - Omaha District.
QC Manager
OCONUS, AL Saraf Group LLC
Baghdad, Iraq
03.2012 - 01.2015
- The project included ground-up seven multi-story steel structures, domestic water, electrical, sanitary, communication networks, roads, parking areas, curbs, and landscaping
- Maintained and updated QCS, performed the quality control system according to the QC plan, utilized submittal register log and a three-phase inspection process for each definable feature of work (DFW)
- Prepared daily reports, checklists, meetings, RFI's, and monthly invoices
- Performed detailed cost estimates and peer data reviews for both design-build (DB) and Design-Bid-Build (DBB)
- Managed team of technicians and inspectors to ensure adherence to the design
- Supported estimators and Project Managers
- Conducted meetings with the Government
- Review project specifications according to ASTM, CSI format 2004, ACI, and IBC standards
- The client was the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - Gulf Division.
Design Team Leader / Drafter
AL Saraf Group LLC
Baghdad, Iraq
06.2011 - 04.2012
- Various Projects / Al Anbar, Iraq ($42 million projects)
- Delegated daily tasks to team members to optimize group productivity
- The project contained more than 28 buildings (renovation & new construction), including utility networks, guard towers, elevated water tanks, electrical generators, water well, and roads
- Drafted a complete set of structural drawings
- Coordinated between designers and drafters and supervising the drafters' team
- Conducted reviews of different sets for drawings, during and after to prevent project delays and resolve design clashes
- Ensured meeting submittals deadlines
- The client was the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - Gulf Division.
Quality Control Manager
OCONUS
10.2010 - 08.2011
Quality Control Manager/HSE Officer/CAD Drafter
AL Saraf Group LLC
01.2008 - 09.2010
- Al Anbar, Iraq
- 3A Border Road Project/ Al Anbar, Iraq ($16 million project)
- 19 miles (30 kilometers) of new construction border asphalt road
- This project Included earthworks, soil improvements, asphalt paving (stabilizer layer & binder layer), and concrete works (pipe, box & Irish culverts)
- Maintained and updated QCS, utilized submittal register log, and a three-phase inspection process for each definable feature of work (DFW)
- Prepared daily reports, checklists, meetings, RFI's, RFP's and monthly invoices
- Updating construction schedule
- Conducted construction observation, field quality assurance testing, site grading, and construction
- Meetings and maintain excellent working relationships with the end-users and Government personnel
- Controlled Budget, H&S, QA/QC, Change orders, and leading Value Engineering
- The client was the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - Gulf Division.
- Updated and documented inspection results by accurately completing reports.
Site Engineer
OCONUS, Innovative Technical Solutions Inc
, Iraq
09.2006 - 12.2007
- Renovate local police stations in Iraq ($4 million project)
- The projects included renovating three police stations, including upgrading utility networks, guard towers, installing generators, shaded parking, and sidewalks
- Coordinated with other engineers and construction professionals to manage various stages of construction projects
- Conducted construction observation, field quality assurance testing
- Managed resources
- Supervised all aspects of Health & safety and quality control
- Responsible for daily reports, tracking submittal register log
- Implemented a comprehensive 3-phase inspection process leading to significantly less re-work
- The client was Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment (AFCEE).
Site Engineer / CAD Drafter
Kadak Construction CO
Baghdad, Iraq
05.2006 - 08.2006
- Bridge Project / Baghdad, ($28 million project)
- The project included earthworks, resolving groundwater issues, soil improvements, steel, and formworks
- Preparing steel shop drawings
- Supervise steelworks and formworks.
Team Leader / CAD Drafter
Kadak Construction Co
Baghdad, Iraq
09.2005 - 05.2006
- Wastewater Treatment Plant Project / Iraq, $32 million project)
- The project included a wastewater treatment plant, six substations, earthworks, power distribution and telecommunication, mechanical, road, and parking areas
- Undertook major responsibilities, including drafting a full set of drawing for the primary wastewater plant drawings, earthworks, and two substations
- Work with the designers to address client's comments on the design
- By the end of the project, I was supervising AutoCAD drafters' team
- The client was the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - Gulf Division.
Director
ECC International, LLC
Baghdad, Iraq
- General for Intelligence & Security (DGIS) / Baghdad, Iraq ($45 million project)
- The project included six ground-up k-span buildings multi-story, water network, sewer network, sanitary networks, asphalt paving, and landscaping
- Reviewed construction activities for compliance with health and safety requirements
- Compliance with activities hazard analysis (AHA's) and safety rules
- Reflecting the USACE's comments on architectural and HVAC drawings
- QC and field corrections to design
- Tracking submittal deadlines
- Analyzed issues and recommended corrective actions to improve results
- Supervised site activities, including structural and architectural works
- Assigned tasks to laborers
- Conducted site inspection
- Prepared As-built drawings
- The client was the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - Gulf Division.
Education
M.D - Construction Engineering Management
University of Colorado Denver
12.2022
B.Sc. - Building & Construction Engineering
University of Technology
01.2005
USACE/NAVAC CQM Certificate -
Skills
- OSHA 30 Hours / First Aid CPR
- Construction Management
- Cost Estimating
- AutoCAD
- Skills
- Strong work ethics
- Quality Assurance and Control
- USACE's QCS & RMS
- Primavera P6
- RS Means
- Revit
- Maintain open channels of communication
- Project Management
- Cost Management
- Time Management
- Risk Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Cost Analysis, Reduction and Containment
- Workflow Planning and Prioritization
- Budget Control
- Verbal and Written Communication
- International Business
- Advanced PC skills
- Ability to define problems
- Ability to think practically
- Documentation and Reporting
Interests
Security Clearance& Badges
, Active Public Trust Security Clearance
Active VA Badge
Active GSA Badge
Languages
Timeline
Senior Project Manager & Corporate QC Manager
JV Betance Enterprises, Inc, TLI Construction, GSA & USAF
07.2019 - Current
Senior Project Manager & Corporate QC Manager
Betance Enterprises, INC. Veterans Affairs, VA
05.2019 - Current
Corporate QC Manager / Project Manager
Betance Enterprises, INC. IDIQ
11.2016 - 05.2019
QC Manager
OCONUS, AL Saraf Group LLC
03.2012 - 01.2015
Design Team Leader / Drafter
AL Saraf Group LLC
06.2011 - 04.2012
Quality Control Manager
OCONUS
10.2010 - 08.2011
Quality Control Manager/HSE Officer/CAD Drafter
AL Saraf Group LLC
01.2008 - 09.2010
Site Engineer
OCONUS, Innovative Technical Solutions Inc
09.2006 - 12.2007
Site Engineer / CAD Drafter
Kadak Construction CO
05.2006 - 08.2006
Team Leader / CAD Drafter
Kadak Construction Co
09.2005 - 05.2006
Director
ECC International, LLC
M.D - Construction Engineering Management
University of Colorado Denver
B.Sc. - Building & Construction Engineering
University of Technology
USACE/NAVAC CQM Certificate -
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