Amir Wahba
Summary
Construction Management (Civil)
Project Management
Facilities Management
An engineer with 20 years of diverse experience, with core competencies in almost every facet of Project Management, Facilities Management, , Construction Management and Commissioning of Major
Strategic Projects.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager, Head
Qatar University, science Carparks
01.2005 - 01.2023
- Scope of Role:
- Renovation, Fitout Projects, Roads, Car Parks, and Infrastructure Projects
- Major Projects:
- Convert Qatar University Student Hostel to a hotel to accommodate World Cup 2022 teams - managing the required fit-out, renovations and upgrading of the existing facilities
- Center of Translational Molecular Medicine Research - Design Engineering & Construction Supervision
- Science College Building – Supply and install of 1500m2 Skylight
- Early Childhood Center - Adaptive Reuse
- Library Buildings - Adaptive Reuse
- QU Testing Center – Adaptive reuse
- College of Business and Economics - Adaptive Reuse
- Sports Complex - Major renovations to the Swimming pool pavilion, Tennis courts, and Main stadium
- Service Tunnels - Concrete repairing (Tunnels 1, 2 &3)
- Central Service Unit - External Metal Roofing system
- Toilet block refurbishments across 200 Toilets & Shower Rooms
- Concrete repair works for various buildings
- Central Store Shelving and Racking Systems Design supply and installation
- Agreements on call off basis contracts for furniture, flooring, ceiling, curtains etc
- Design, Development, Documentation, and Implementation of a Total Integrated Management System (TIMS) for the Facilities and General Services Dept
- Operation and Maintenance Engineering - Mechanical, Electrical, Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning, Fire Safety
- Technical expertise in construction and maintenance
- Civil Maintenance on Call off Basis contract
- Landscape development Projects at Campus main gate (Gate N0.1 & 2)
- Landscape operation and maintenance
- ISO 9001 Quality Management system (writing procedures and attend audit meetings)
- ISO 41001 Facility Management system ((writing procedures and attend audit meetings)
- Design and Construction of:
- Construction of Qatar university Precast boundary Wall
- Construction of storm water lagoon
- Construction of Road Network Phases 1 & 2
- Administration Building Premises - Carpark
- Swimming Pools Premises - Carpark
- School of Business Building Premises - Carpark
- AAB Premises - Carpark
- Women's Science College Premises - Carpark
- Classroom Building Premises- Carpark
- Construction of Gate No.6 along with New Access Road
- GCR Female Classrooms - Carpark
- Construction of Ring Road
- College of Law and College of Arts and, Responsibilities:
- Prepare Tender documentation including specifications, BOQ and IFT drawings
- Evaluate the submitted offers and prepare the technical and financial reports for the tender committee
- Maintain a strong HSE focus within the team, integrating OHSE requirements into design and procurement
- Liaise with subcontractors to ensure job is constructed to the drawings, to the Contract requirements
- Program and scheduling works Liaise with the Project Planner regarding schedule issues and status of activities
- Keep accurate records for production control, measuring against planned progress and being proactive to identify concerns early and implement mitigation plans
- Oversee construction activities, as well as the contractor scope of work, daily report, and timelines including civil works, temporary structures, fit outs and overlay, perform evaluation of variation orders
- Prepare project specific documentation including technical, safety, environmental and quality (QSE) deliverables including method statements, MDRs, plans and Manage RFI’s, ITP’s and any other documentation required
- Monitor project costs under direct control, forecast final expenses, detect cost trends, and take pre-emptive measures to prevent overruns
- Provides technical direction over a group of civil engineers and/or functions as a technical specialist, staff advisor, and consultant; uses independent judgment to formulate and develop advanced civil engineering concepts for a given land/site development or public works-related project or program function
- Offer support as needed in the procurement process, ensuring that goods meet specifications, adhere to delivery timelines, and stay within budget
- Prepares improvement plans, specifications, supporting documents, and permit applications for public works projects
- Understands and uses engineering principles, codes, and standards in civil design, including site layout, grading, erosion control, storm sewer, water, sanitary sewer, and roadway
- Identify, monitor, and mitigate risks, actual or potential, to site safety, project budget, schedule, and quality
- Preparing the interim and final payment certificates against the invoices submitted by the contractor
- Civil and Landscape Section, Department
- Scope of Role:
- Project Management, Facilities Management
- Responsibilities:
- Managing campus facility civil maintenance and Landscape operations across a total area of 6.5km2 (65 buildings)
- Managing end user requests, work requests and work orders including inspections, prioritization, triaging and scheduling through CMMS to ensure efficient action and close out within the service level agreements
- Formulating detailed plans, specifications and service requirements for in-house activities, supplies maintenance and renovation projects outsourced/co-sourced
- Liaise with the procurement dept to initiate timely procurement and finalization of requested supplies
- Development/Supervision/implementation of preventive maintenance plan - Liaise with Director, account for feasibility dynamics and associated constraints, gain approvals, inspect maintenance work, ensure procedures and materials comply with all specifications, prepare contract documents and work instructions
- Prepare tender documents including specifications, BOQ and IFT drawings, evaluate the submitted offers and prepare technical and financial reports for the tender committee
- Managing the Space management activities - optimizing space utilization, planning space to meet business objectives, managing day-to-day organizational space assignments, advising end users on utilization improvements and planning options, assigning and managing staff relocation projects
- Maintain a high-quality facility through monitoring/auditing of external service providers - via Providing effective and efficient management of contractors including specifications, analysis, planning, scheduling and auditing of contracted out works including subcontractors for civil operations
- Preparing reports on civil maintenance and construction work including issues, trends, faults, failures, asset condition, recommended improvements and performance against daily and periodic work schedules including input to daily work team review meetings
- Manage contractor invoicing, quotations, and scope of works in line with any Facilities Management Agreement or Master Services Agreement in place through auditing, spot checks and other means
- Manage multiple vendors including hard and soft skills to deliver services on time and within budget
- Financial Management - Ensure that the site’s financial operations are meeting targets and control requirements
- For reactive and preventative maintenance - Annual ground-up budget build or on an as-required basis, quarterly forecast variance reporting and cost control
- Prepare business cases when required including justification, financial impact and recommendation
- Maintaining detailed project documentation and database - ensure updated documents such as “as built, O&M Manuals, Testing and Commissioning Reports” drawings are submitted to the Archives and Mail unit at each project stage
- Preparing reports on maintenance work and projects detailing the progress, backlog, service levels, adverse trends and appropriate recommendations and discussing the same with the department director
- Ensuring that all the relevant facilities master data and related maintenance related information is updated in the university’s asset/facilities management system in an accurate and timely manner
- Confirm that the Facility’s security and safety guidelines are followed Assisting compilation, review and updating of Activity Standards, Safe Work Procedures, Job Safety Analysis (JSAs) and associated inspection checklists to ensure that clear safety works are established
Project Engineer
Egyptian Engineering Group
01.2002 - 01.2005
- Al Masrawia Project - 90 buildings (5 Story Residential Buildings)
- Responsibilities:
- Manage all construction and structural works of the project - ensure work conforms with contract documents and procedures manual
- Confirm the location of building lines and the accuracy of the structural elevation, witness the testing and commissioning of works
- Coordinate with onsite contractors all changes and extra work orders
- Check, test and sample materials
- Slump test and the sample concrete cylinder for allowance compressive strength for 7/28 days as required
- Review all contractors' claims related to structural works, prepare recommendations for claims approval or rejection and assist negotiations with contractors regarding the value of claims or changes in schedules
- Review the contractor's structural change order proposals and prepare recommendations to the Resident Engineer and Client for review as applicable
- Supervise all the civil works at site as per plan and approve the contractors' as-built drawings and O&M manual submittals as per milestones and project deadlines.
Project Engineer
El, Trading and Contracting
01.2002 - 01.2005
client representative
Construction of Katatba School, Ministry of Education
- Coordinate daily with the, consultant engineer, planning engineer and quantity surveyor to report and check the on-going construction work
- Execute both major and minor construction works
- Coordinate and supervise the work of all structural activities and operations
- Check with the consultant’s representative regarding testing and sampling of materials on site, slump test, sampling of concrete cubes for its allowance compressive strength for 7/28 days as required
- Prepare and process all structural technical submittals, supervise installation of reinforcement bars including sections of structure on site in line with the plan
- Liaise with the consultant regarding to the levels and alignment while giving due regard to existing field conditions, the location of building lines and confirmed structure elevation
- Formulate weekly accomplishment report, BOQ and memoranda correspondence, coordinate with the concrete transit mixer, supervise site development activities and liaise with the owner consultant regarding change order/additional works due to existing field condition
- Perform supervision during job safety analysis, supervised all the works related to finishing including the rough finishes (Block and Plaster Works) and fine finishes starting from tiling and facade up to final fixtures
- Coordinate the snagging of the finishing works and manage a successful handover to the consultant.
Skills
- Project Management
- Construction Management
- Facilities Management
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Cost Control
- Contractor Management, Material and Works Inspection, Resource Allocation, Negotiation & Contract Packages
- Planning & Implementation, Project Budgeting, Client Liaison, Human Resource Management
- Supervision & Training, Team building, Innovative Problem Solving & Analytical Thinking
- Communication & Interpersonal Networking, Team Building, Decision Making, Group Dynamics, Synergy
- IT Related Skills (Primavera Project Management (P
- 6), MS Office Suite, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, CMMS)
- External Affiliations
Certification
Engineers of Australia. (Professional engineer, Skill level 1)
Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers
Project Management Institute
International Facility Management Association
U.S Green Building Council
Affiliations
June 2021
International Facility Management Association, USA
FMP - Certified facility Manager
Certificate SR FMP14726, ID 904587
U.S. Green Building Council, USA
LEED AP O+M
Credential ID 11364781-AP-O+M
June 2013
Project Management Institute, USA
Project Management Professional
PMP No. 1623711
July 2002
Cairo University, Egypt
BSc, Civil Engineering
Credential ID 11364781-AP-O+M
Timeline
Project Manager, Head
Qatar University, science Carparks
01.2005 - 01.2023
Project Engineer
Egyptian Engineering Group
01.2002 - 01.2005
Project Engineer
El, Trading and Contracting
01.2002 - 01.2005
client representative
Construction of Katatba School, Ministry of Education
Engineers of Australia. (Professional engineer, Skill level 1)
Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers
Project Management Institute
International Facility Management Association
U.S Green Building Council