Curriculum Vitae
Mohamed Abdelsalam Abdelhalim Khalf
BSc, MSc Civil Engineering
Date of Birth: 17thAugust 1978 / Email:Current Location: Saudi Arabia / Tel:+966534573996(KSA)
Nationality: Egyptian / Tel:+201099429968(Egypt)
SUMMARY
I am a qualified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Graduate Civil Engineer and recently awarded Master of Civil Engineering Degree in Project management and Construction. I have 15 years’ experience in Supervising, Planning, Monitoring and Controlling and Contracts administration of various types of construction projects such as Roads, Buildings, Resorts, hotels, Infrastructure and airports projectswith Leading MultinationalOrganizations.
I have a proven track record of delivering Construction Supervision, scheduling, resource management, monitoring, reporting, controls, contracts expertise on complex multi-billion dollar projects across various geographic locations. I am self-motivated with high technical and analytical skills and have led multi-cultural teams on critical construction projects.
KEY SKILLS
Leadership and management: I have the ability to influence and manage my team toward completing the required tasks as planned and ensure meeting the project main objectives.
Communication: I am an effective communicator, both orally and in writing.
Computer skills:I am proficient in implementation of Project Management tools like Primavera project planner (all versions). I am excellent user of MS Office package (Word, excel and power point) and good user for the programs needed to read and understand construction drawings like AutoCAD and AutoCAD Drawing viewer.
WORK HISTORY
Job Title: Sr. Planning Engineer / Civil Engineer
Archen Engineering Consultant – Saudi Arabia
Projects: Integrated Public Security Operation Project (IPSO)
Ministry of Interior Jeddah head quarter (Current project)
Dates: January 2017 to present
Summary: At IPSO projectI joined the project as a member of the Project management Consultant Core Team, based in Riyadh. We monitored the Contractor works in three locations in Riyadh, Madinah and Dammam cities, the work in each location includes design, procurement and construction activities for various buildings and infrastructurework, the project is part from Ministry of interior modernization program. The total project cost is SAR one Billion.At the end of my employment period at IPSO project on Dec 2017 the company shifted me to the construction project of Ministry of interior head quarter in Jeddah.
Responsibilities:Review contractor baseline schedule and ensure that the schedule is satisfactory with the contract relevant conditions, project technical specifications andtender design drawings and ensure the total cost is loaded to activities based on the approved bill of quantities. Also I am responsible to review the contractor baseline schedule updates and report delays if any and corrective action if needed and ensure the availability of sufficient resources numbers to execute the schedule targeted progress. And review the contractor weekly and monthly progress reports and Prepare the monthly progress report to the client. Part of my responsibilities is to studycontractor’s claims and Extension of Time requests and make a fair determination for it considering all relevant contractual clauses. I am responsible for monitoring the contractor procurement activities and created a material tracking system in order to ensure material delivery in time. I also attend meetings with the client and the contractor for discussing the updated schedule and critical issues affecting the construction and engineering progress. I coordinate with site planners in order to validate the contractor schedules actual data andI periodically conduct site visits to verify the actual progress of works and identify critical issues.
Job Title: Sr. Planning Engineer / Civil Engineer
EllisDon Construction Inc. Dubai branch- UAE
Project Name: South Border Infrastructure (Roads, Security CentersFences)
Dates: April 2012 to Oct 2016
Summary: I joined the project as a member of the Project Management Consultant CoreTeam, based in Riyadh.We monitoredthe construction of border road with a length of 1400 Km and more than 56 compounds and security centers in addition to the rear and front security fences.The total project cost was SAR 11.5 Billion.
Responsibilities:I reviewed the contractor baseline schedule and ensure that the schedule is satisfactory with the contract relevant conditions, project technical specifications and tender design drawings and ensure the total cost is loaded to activities based on the approved bill of quantities. Also I reviewed the baseline schedule updates and report delays and required corrective action if needed.In addition, I was responsible to review the contractor weekly and monthly progress reports and prepare the monthly progress report to the client. I was responsible for monitoring and controlling the contractor procurement activities and to develop a material tracking system to ensure material timely delivery.Part of my responsibilities was to review contractor’s Extension of Time requests and claims due to change orders and provide fair engineer determination for them. I was coordinating with site planners in order to validate the contractor schedules actual data and reports,in addition to closely monitoring the activities on the critical path to ensure that those activities are progressing as planned. Moreover,I was responsible for preparing schedule for the new company projects duringits tendering stage.
Job Title: Sr. Planning Engineer / Civil Engineer
Consolidated Contractor’s Group (CCC)- Egypt
Project Name: Sharm El Sheikh Resort
Dates:Dec 2011 to April 2012
Summary:The Project was located in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, consistingof villas, a hotel, and associated amenities such as a spa, retail shops, and landscape and waterscape areas.
Responsibilities:Study the project current status and the remaining amount of work and Prepare project revised baseline schedule and later on after obtaining approval of the baseline schedule prepare Weekly updatesutilizingPrimavera project planner version 6.7.I was responsible for preparing weekly construction progress report and prepare monthly construction progress report.Also I was monitoring subcontractors according to the planned time schedules and reviewing the material tracking systems for them to ensure material delivery before the related construction activity planned start date.I was attending progress meetings with consultant for discussing the updated schedule and critical issues affecting progress.Part of my responsibilities was to determine resource requirements (equipment and manpower)and analyze their productivity.In addition based on the schedule loaded cost and the actual cost I was developing cost deviation report and including the CPI index.
Job Title: Sr. Planning Engineer / Civil Engineer
Consolidated Contractor’s Group (CCC)- Egypt
Project Name: Barwa New Cairo
Dates: Oct2010 – Dec 2011
Summary:Project Located in Cairo,Egypt. The project was divided into phases I Joined CCC team during the first 2 phases of the projectPhase-1 Mass roughgrading for all the city area and Phase-2, the externalroad works including paving and relevant underground utilities activities.
Responsibilities:Review project milestones, design drawings and contract requirements and prepare project baseline schedule and after getting it approved weeklyupdatingit utilizing Primavera Project Planner P6.I was responsible to do all the necessary quantity survey works based on the tender drawings in order to develop the baseline schedule schedule. Also I was responsible for preparing weekly and monthly progress report in addition to identifyingthe required project manpower, equipment and other resource requirements and analyzing the productivity data for them. In addition, I was preparingschedules to demonstrate the impact of changes or delaying events to the original schedule. Part of my responsibilities was to monitor subcontractors according to the planned time schedules.I was attending progress meetings with client/consultant to discuss project status and critical issues affecting progress. I was monitoring progress of procurement to ensure material delivery before related construction activity planned start date.I was leading the planning teams in order to establish all the identified tasks in the planning and controlling management plan. Also based on the schedule loaded cost and the actual cost I was developing cost deviation report and including the CPI index.
Job Title: Office Engineer (Planning)
Consolidated Contractor’s Group (CCC)- Qatar
Project Name: New Doha International Airport (work package number 17)
Air Traffic Control Tower and Support Facilities.
Dates: Jan 2008 – Aug 2010
Summary: The project was located in Doha the capital of State of Qatar,the project was packagenumber 17at theNew Doha International Airport project, which consists of the design and construction works of the Air Traffic Control Tower and its support facilitates.
Responsibilities:Review project contract requirements, tender drawings and specifications and select the most appropriate techniques and logical sequence and prepare the project baseline schedule accordingly. I was responsible to do all the necessary quantity survey works based on the tender drawings in order to develop this schedule.Weekly updating the project time schedule utilizing Primavera project planner version 3 and preparing weekly and monthly progress reportsin addition to the Bi weekly engineering progress report.I was responsible to prepare extension of time claims due to any delaying event and support it with all the required supporting documents as stipulated in the contract relevant clauses. I was monitoring subcontractors according to the planned time schedules and reviewing the material tracking systems for them and ensure timely delivery of materials to site.I attended all progress meetings with client/consultant todiscuss the updated schedule and critical issues affecting progress.Also based on the schedule loaded cost and the actual cost I was developing cost deviation report and including the CPI index.
Job Title: Civil Engineer
Fadell El Daheri General Contractor - UAE
Dates: Jun 2006– Jan 2008
Summary:I was responsible for studying the company new projects at tendering stage and for the construction site supervision for the ongoing residential construction projects at Al – Ain City, United Arab Emirates.
Responsibilities:Studying the new projects tender documents (contract, tender drawings and specification) and determines the project costs by calculating labor, material, and other related costs in order to achieve competitive project price for tendering purpose. In addition, and for the running projectsI was supervising and lead foreman and all work crews in order to complete the construction works according to the design drawings and contract specifications and provide the needed technical support to them. Also I was attending meetings with projects consultants to solve projects technical issues.Moreover, I was responsible to follow up the ongoing project building permits and approvals with the relevant governmental authorities.
Job Title: Civil Engineer/Planning
Hamza Associates –Main technical office – Egypt
Dates: June 2005 – June2006
ResponsibilitiesPreparing time secludes and participating in the bidding process for the companynew projects.
Job Title: Civil Engineer/Planning
Al Safa General Contractor - Egypt
Dates: April 2002 – June 2005
Summary: Working on different projects.
ResponsibilitiesDuring my work with Al Safa I was responsible for preparing time schedules for the company’s projects in addition to supervising all construction activities for two projects;one of them was a hospital at Cairo city and the other one was factory at Al Fayoum city.
Academic and Professional Qualifications
-Bachelorof Science Degree in Civil Engineering, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt, May 2001.
-Master of Civil Engineering Degree in Project Management and Construction, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt, June 2017.
Certificates and Awards
-Passed the Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam, Project Management Institute, Pennsylvania USA. PMP License #1714581, May 2014valid till April 2020.
-Awarded Professional Engineer Degree from EngineersAustralia, Skill level 1, Civil Engineer, on December 2017.
Membership of professional bodies
Egyptian Engineers Syndicate
Saudi Engineering Council
Engineers Australia
Education and Training
Attended many courses offered at Egyptian Engineering Association in Riyadh along with many other training courses / seminars such as:
- Training on YAT education center (P3, AutoCAD, MSOffice, SAP2000), August 2003
- Negotiation skill by Dr. Riad Elhaj, Doha-Qatar, May 2009.
- Planning and scheduling by Dr. Manar Shami, Doha-Qatar, and Nov 2009.
- Project Management in Primavera P6 (Basic) at Proamastar, October 2010.
- Total Quality Management course, Egyptian Engineering Association, January2015
- Planning and control course,Egyptian Engineering Association, February 2015
- Value engineering course,Egyptian Engineering Association, March2015.
- Engineering Economics course, Egyptian Engineering Association, October2015.
- Cost Estimationand cost control course, Egyptian Engineering Association, November2015.
I hereby certify that all the above details are true to the best of my belief and knowledge.
Eng.Mohamed Abdelsalam Abdelhalim Khalf
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