Rabih El Hamoui, Facility Construction Manager/Superintendent

Rabih El Hamoui

Facility Construction Manager/Superintendent

Bechtel International

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Master's degree, MEngSc in Project Management Civil Engineering
Experience
19 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :19 years, 3 Months

Facility Construction Manager/Superintendent at Bechtel International
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since January 2018
Tendering Manager at Al Husam General Contracting Est.
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • November 2012 to January 2018

• Receiving bids/inquiries from clients, reviewing the scope of works, discussing & agreeing with Managing Director of company’s interest to bid.
• Assigning the tender team/engineers required for the bidding process of each tender and distribution of responsibilities.
• Conducting regular meetings with the tendering engineers for keeping track of the status of each tender and make sure of tender submission on track.
• Attending site visits, pre-tender & post tender meetings, & client negotiation meetings.
• Liaising with Project Directors and Project Managers for providing feedback on earlier projects and activity productivity rates to be used for tender estimation purpose.
• Negotiation with suppliers & subcontractors for quotations and cost reduction.
• Reviewing the breakup direct cost estimates with engineers and estimating indirect costs for each tender.
• Final review with Managing Director and agreeing on final mark-up for submission to client.
• Business Development, Upgrading/Updating Company Profile & Prequalification & Approvals with all available clients and Prequalifying Company with new clients.

Project Manager at Al Husam General Contracting Est.
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • December 2010 to October 2012

Project: Dubai Metro Green Line - District Cooling Scheme Distribution Piping Network
Construction of Underground Chilled Water Pre-insulated Carbon Steel Twin Pipeline with connection to ETS rooms in Metro Stations incl. Excavation, pipe laying & welding works, backfilling, chamber construction and road reinstatement works with Non Destructive Road Crossings. (20 Kms of Pipeline)

Client: TABREED/RTA
Consultant: Parsons International Ltd.
Contract Amount: AED 200, 000, 000

• Managing full project scope of works with a team of Site Managers, supervisors and work force.
• Preparing Schedule of work, Cost control, monitoring & control of site activities.
• Following all procurement of materials and making sure material is on site on time.
• Following all Construction NOCs approvals’ with RTA & liaising with relevant authorities and coordinating with several contractors working in the same location.
• Attending meetings with Clients, consultant and authorities for progress of works and priorities.
• Preparing Monthly Progress Payments, submittal and approvals.
• Preparing variation orders for extra works and project extension of time requests.
• Attending to all correspondences to consultant and client.
• Following site works with Site managers and reporting to High Management.

Site Manager at Al Husam General Contracting Est.
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • March 2010 to December 2010

Project: Bridgeway Mixed Used Development (Rocco Forte Hotel) Including 292 hotel rooms, 87 rented apartments, 154 apartment bldg., shopping centre and 580 under parking area.
Consultant: WS ATKINS & PARTNERS OVERSEAS
Owner/Investor: TDIC/Al Farida Investment
Contract Amount: AED 600, 000, 000

• In charge of all works related to Main Ground floor lobby & Mezzanine Floor area finishing works.
• Following up on all subcontractors’ works including block works, partitions, ceiling gypsum works, wall & floor marble works and all related finishing works.
• Coordinating with consultant/client on priority of works and their requirements.
• Leading a group of supervisors and workers to complete the works in time.
• Reporting progress of the work to Project Management, including delay mitigation reports and enforcing mitigation actions of the site.
• Attending weekly meetings with client representatives, consultant and project management team to discuss the progress of the works and delays.

Construction Manager at Al Husam General Contracting Est.
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • January 2009 to March 2010

Project: Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) - Green Carbon Plant & Butts Crushing Plant, Civil Buildings, Steel Structure Buildings, Piping, & MEP.
Contractor: Outotec
Main Contractor: SLWP- SNC Lavalin/Worley Parsons
Client: Emirates Aluminium (EMAL)
Contract Amount: AED 110, 000, 000

• Fully responsible for Construction of several RCC Buildings including all Civil and Finishing works, Planning and Scheduling, preparation of Monthly Progress Payments and variations
• Following up on daily activities and planning activities with Site engineers and Supervisors.
• Coordinating with consultant/client on priority of works and their requirements.
• Following material and method statement submittal, approval, purchase and delivery.
• In charge of all Site civil activities from A-Z and reporting directly to Project Manager.

Project Engineer at Al Husam General Contracting est.
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • March 2008 to December 2008

Project: Construction of cooling Plant (5 story build. 1000m2) Earthwork, foundation, civil, structural & Architectural. Client: Tabreed, Main Contractor: SNC Lavalin.

Major Responsibilities:

- Running, supervising & monitoring of all site activities including reinforcement, formwork, concreteing, blockworks, painting & all finishing activities, etc..
- Distribution of resources: manpower & equipment..
- Preparing daily, weekly & monthly progress reports.
- Procurement of all required materials for execution of activities.
- Preparing Monthly invoices for payments.
- Quality related issues from inspections, documentation, sitework checking & coordination with client.
-Planning, scheduling & monitoring progress of work.

QA/QC Engineer & Planning Engineer at Al Husam General Contracting est.
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • April 2007 to February 2008

Site QA/QC Engineer for Constrcution of Tabreed Cooling Plant-Spinneys-AD-11.
Major Respsonsibilties:
-All Quality related issues from inspections, documentation, sitework checking & coordination...
-Planning, scheduling & monitoring progress of work.
-Preparation of Daily, Weekly, & Monthly Reports.
-Preparation of Monthly Invoices.

Project Engineer at Al Husam General Contracting est.
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • January 2006 to April 2007

Major Projects Handled:
1. Tabreed District Cooling Scheme- Baynoona, Development of Plots C1 to C6, W-35.
2. Tabreed Bahrain District Cooling Scheme-Diplomatic Area
3. Tabreed District Cooling Scheme-Al Minhad Airbase Zones 1 &2.
4. Tabreed Al Wadi ETS & External Piping for Al Ain Police H.Q.
5. Tabreed Cooling System- Al Noor Hospital ETS Works.
6. Marine Tower Building Extension at Mubarraz Island.

Major Responsibilities:

- Submitting of Material for approval, Material Ordering and following delivery.
- Preparation and submitting Method Statements.
- Follow up on site activities and progress of work.
- Preparing Schedule of work, Planning, scheduling, monitoring & control.
- Keeping track of productivity of work for all projects.
- Preparing Weekly and Monthly progress reports, S-curves of planned vs. actual progress and cash flow statements.
- Preparation of Monthly Invoices.
- Control of Manpower and Equipment distribution and usage.
- Liaison with other department, suppliers and third parties.

Project Control Engineer at Al Husam General Contracting Co.
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • February 2005 to January 2006

- Monitoring and Controlling projects and keeping track of progress updates.
- Preparation of Project Planning, Monitoring and Control Packages for Consultant/Client.
-Problem Solving and delay evaluation of ongoing Projects with Poject Managers, Consultants & Clients.
-Control of Manpower and Equipment distribution and usage.(Resource Management)
-Follow up on quality procedures, Material, and Method Statements submittals.
-Coordination with Project Managers and Site Managers for progress of projects through scheduled meettings and regular site visits.
-Keeping track of productivity of work.
-Studying of Site measurement sheets, work progress, and preparation of Monthly progress reports and Invoices.(Cost Control).
-Engineering Work: Material quantifying, floating inquiries for qoutations, material submittal, method statement submittal, drawing submittal, and following up on approvals.
-Material ordering and delivery tracking.

Education

Master's degree, MEngSc in Project Management Civil Engineering
  • at University of New South Wales
  • July 2004

Masters of Engineering Science in Civil Engineering- Project Management

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at University of Balamand
  • March 2003

Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering

Diploma, Scientific Lebanese Baccalaureate
  • at International School
  • June 1999

Scientific Lebanese Baccalaureate

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Progress Monitoring
Material Handling Equipment
Problem Solving
Microsoft Office
MS Project
MS Excel
Primavera
MS Office
c++ (cpluzpluz)
Autocad
Contracts Management
Estimation
Tendering
Cost Control & Monitoring
Bidding Process

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Hobbies

  • Basketball, Volleyball, swimming.