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ISAM ALLABABIDI

Candidate ID: 1582523

Career Summary

Consistent track record of driving completion of projects within schedule & budget and improving profitability of assigned projects by establishing effective project delivery processes & by realigning team focus; targeting senior level assignments in Projects Management, Projects Control Management.

Skill Set

Project Control, Contract Management, Planning, Cost Control

Professional Information

Total Experience : 30

Nationality : Syria

Qualification Level : Engineering Graduates/PG

Job Function : Engineering

Work Location Preference : Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE

Detailed Profile








Executive Profile

A competent professional offering over 3 decades of GCC experience with Royal Palaces, Power Plants, Airport’s Facilities, High-rise Towers, Hospitals, Offices & Residential Complexes & Villas, Technical & Supporting Facilities, Rehabilitation of Civil & Industrials Projects, Infrastructural Electro-Mechanical Networks & External Works.
Rich expertise in time schedule management and control of EPC projects, Includes: establishing baseline schedule; monitoring actual work progress against schedule on weekly basis; preparing daily, weekly & monthly progress reports; recommending corrective action to mitigate the schedule delays.
Rich expertise in Earned Value Management process to control project costs vs. budget includes setting baseline budget, revising budget quarterly to include scope changes, controlling project resources (i.e. material, manpower & equipment), capturing actual costs, preparing cost status (CTC & CAC) & efficiency report, analysing cost variances & root causes to take corrective & mitigating actions.
Proficient in directing, managing & controlling of subcontractor’s evaluation & administration functions; Includes: Evaluating the contracts with subcontractors & vendors by assuring those are comprehensive & within project’s scope & budget, Ensuring the scope changes are identified, reviewed & approved by concerned parties, Reviewing the sub-contractors invoices & issuing the payment certificates, Preparing of Back-charge/Debit Notes.
Expertise entails construction claims preparation (i.e. time extension & prolongation claims) by identifying of delaying events in schedule & writing their narrative with supporting documents, Conduct Schedule Delay Analysis & Estimating the Cost Impact.

Education & Credentials
1986

B.S. Degree of Civil Engineering from King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, KSA in February 1986







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Key Skills

Communicator Collaborator
Intuitive Innovator Analytical
Motivator
Team Builder
Leader

Career Timeline



Professional Experience

Oct’12-Aug’17 with Unicorp International Contracting,
Riyadh & Qassim in Saudi Arabia
Contracts Manager

Oct’07-Sep’12 with Unicorp International Contracting,
Khobar & Qurayyah in Saudi Arabia
Planning & Controls Manager

Key Result Areas:
Led the development of Construction Claim for “Extension to the Subcontractor’s Time for Completion and Reimbursement of Loss and Expense” for PP12 Combined Cycle Project against “JV BEMCO-GS” amounted SAR 142 Million.
Performed the Contracts Management & administration by sourcing the subcontractors & vendors, issuing (RFQs & RFPs) to subcontractors & vendors, evaluating quotations & proposals, issuing the POs & Subcontracts agreements, evaluating the progress payments & issuing the payment certificates, issuing the periodic contracts scope statuses.
Managed the scope changes through change orders.
Created of back-charges & debit Notes on subcontractors.
Formulated baseline schedule submittal (Level 4) & get client rep approval.
Prepared revised & recovery schedule submittals (Level 4) & get client rep approval.
Involved in the schedule monitoring, updating and maintenance on weekly basis.
Conducted schedule performance analysis (i.e. BCWP, BCWS, SV & SPI), critical path analysis & recommend the corrective action.
Generated and maintained periodic daily, weekly & monthly progress reports, prepared weekly efficiency report of direct manpower.
Established baseline budget with revisions on quarterly basis.
Performed cost performance analysis (i.e. BCWP, ACWP, CV & CPI)
Developed Cost Status Report (CAC & CTC) & recommend the corrective & mitigation actions.
Developed planning requirements for technical proposals of tenders.

Significant Accomplishments:
Handled a high net-worth project worth SAR 2,316 Million (US$ 618 Million) involving an esteemed set of clientele including Saudi Electricity Company & Saudi Arabian National Guard “SANG”
Regulating the development of Construction Claim for “Extension to the Subcontractor’s Time for Completion and Reimbursement of Loss and Expense” for PP12 Combined Cycle Project against “JV BEMCO-GS” worth SAR 142 Million.
Successfully completed the Contracts Management & Administration for “SANG” Housing Project amounted SAR 1,348 million, includes: Evaluating the contracts with subcontractors & ensure scope is comprehensive & within budget, also ensure the scope changes are identified, reviewed & approved by concerned parties, Reviewing the sub-contractors invoices, issuing of payment certificates Back-charge/Debit Notes.
Successfully completed the Planning & Cost Control Management for Qurayyah Power Plant Project (Blocks 1 to 6) worth SAR 682 Million / US$ 182 Million.

Projects Handled

Organization : Unicorp International Contracting

Project : PP12 Combined Cycle Project – Riyadh
Client : Saudi Electricity Company
Main Contractor : JV Bemco – GS Engineering
Scope : Power Plant – Civil Works
Project Value : SAR 286 Million

Project : SANG Housing Project – Qassim
Client : SANG
Main Contractor : Saudi Binladin Group
Scope : Construction of 1250 Villas and external works
Project Value : SAR 1,348 Million

Project : Construction of Qurayyah Power Plant- Block 6
Client : Saudi Electricity Company
Main Contractor : Arabian Bemco Contracting Co.
Scope : Construction of civil works for the power plant
Project Value : SAR 58 Million

Project : Conversion of Qurayyah Power Plant to C. Cycle
Client : Saudi Electricity Company
Main Contractor : Consortium of Arabian Bemco and Doosan
Scope : Construction of civil works for the power plant
Project Value : SAR 174 Million

Project : Qurayyah Combined Cycle Power Plant
Client : Saudi Electricity Company
Scope : Construction of civil works for the power plant
Project Value : SAR 450 Million

Jun’04-Sep’07 with Almabani General Contractors, Doha in Qatar
Senior Planner & Scheduler
Project : New Doha International Project, Utility System CP13
Client : New Doha International Airport Steering Committee
Client Rep. : Overseas Bechtel International (OBI)
Scope : EPC Contract
Project Value : QAR 1100 Million

Key Result Areas:
Led the preparation of EPC Contract Master Schedule and Revised & Recovery Schedules Submittals and get Bechtel approval, the above-mentioned schedules includes design deliverables, procurement of long lead items, construction phase, testing & commissioning, and handing over
Generated weekly schedule update & maintenance including schedule analysis of critical path, and prepare corrective action recommendations
Issuing daily, weekly & monthly progress reports, including narrative of in progressing & completed activities, actual vs. planned progress curves, installed key quantities status, schedule variance analysis report, contractual milestones status, design deliverables status and procurement status of long lead items
Prepared and approved Two Week Look-ahead Schedule and 4-Week Rolling Schedules Submittals, the schedules prepared in coordination with the project management based on critical path analysis and the availability of design, resources & area
Reviewed the sub-contractors daily & weekly resources reports to ensure their compatibility with the schedule requirements & site progress
Tracking of Procurement Schedule for long lead items
Issued KPI Reports

Previous Experience

Oct’00-May’04 with Almabani General Contractors; Khobar, Jubail & Riyadh in Saudi Arabia
Planning & Cost Control Manager

Projects Handled:
Sea Water Cooling & Pump House No. 2 in Jubail (SAR 76 Million)
Sea Water Cooling System Expansion in Yanbu (SAR 70 Million)
Rehabilitation of selected concrete structures at Jubail Plants (Phases 1 & 2) for Saline Water Conversion Corporation in Jubail (SAR 67 Million)
Jeddah Municipality Headquarters Building (Phase 1 & 2) in Jeddah (SAR 40 Million)
Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City, Package “E1R1, BP-09, BP-10” Riyadh (SAR 33 Million)
SABIC Technology Center in Jubail (SAR 34 Million)
Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Science & Technology Center in Khobar (SAR 31 Million)
Upgrade of Reverse Osmosis Units & Support Facilities in Jubail (SAR 22 Million)
Shorouq Al-Hada Hospital in Khobar (SAR 16 Million)
King Fahed Hospital, ECC & LTCC Buildings in Riyadh (SAR 10 Million)
Rehabilitation of civil and industrial projects in eastern province (SAR 6 Million)
Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City, “Buildings # B10, B14 & B15” in Riyadh (SAR 5 Million)


Feb’90-Jul’00 with Saudi Binladin Group; Jeddah & Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Senior Projects Control Engineer (Planning & Cost Engineer)

Projects Handled:

As Senior Project Control Engineer
Makkah Hotel Project (SAR 214 Million – Makkah)
Prince Abdullah Palace Project (Phase 6 – Makkah)
Beach Palace (Jeddah)
Prince Abdullah Palace Additions (Phases 3, 4 & 5 – Makkah)
Safa Palace Addition Project (Phase 6 & 7 – Makkah)
Aziziah Palace Addition Project (Phase 7 – Makkah)
Al-Diwan Complex Additions Project (Phase 7 - Makkah)
Ministry of Interior Project (Makkah)
Prince Sultan Palace Project (Medina)
Prince Sultan Palace Extension (Tabuk)
Namerah Mosque Project (Makkah)
Kiswa Al-Ka’ba Factory Project (Makkah)
Grave Yard Project (Makkah)

As Senior Planning Engineer
Safa Palace Projects (Phases 2 to 5 – Makkah)
Prince Abdullah Palace Project (Makkah)
Al-Diwan Complex Projects (Phases 7 to 9 – Makkah)
Prince Sultan Palace Projects (Phases B to E – Makkah)
Prince Sultan Palace Projects (Phases B & C – Makkah)
A/C Plant Project for Haram Extension (Makkah)
Waqf Al-Aghawat Project (Makkah)
Guest / Offices Building Project (Makkah)
Umm Naif Palace Project (Makkah)
Mena Slaughter House Project (Makkah)
Haram Mass’a Piazza Tiling Projects (Phase 1 & 2 – Makkah)
Prince Sultan Palace in Towel (Jeddah)
S.B.D. Makkah Compound Project (Makkah)

Apr’87-May’89 with Al-Mobty for Contracting; Shuaiba/Makkah in Saudi Arabia as
Site Engineer

Mar’86-Apr’87 with Suhail Est. ; Makkah in Saudi Arabia as Civil Engineer

Certifications
“Construction Claims” Certificate from Prime Consulting in September 2017
“Construction Delay Analysis Methodologies with Primavera P6 Legal Edition” Certificate from Prime Consulting in September 2017
“Program Management Training Course” Certificate from PMCerty in August 2017
“Construction Claims Legal Edition” Certificate from Prime Consulting in August 2017
“FIDIC Contract Administration Legal Edition” Certificate from Prime Consulting in August 2017
“Managing Successful Programs” Certificate from SimpliLearn in 2015
“Customized Project Management Professional” Certificate from Tamayyaz in March 2014
“Project Management Professional” Certificate from SAC for Training & Consulting in August 2010
“Basic Course – Planning & Controlling” Certificate from PROMASTER in July 2009
“Client/Server Advanced Project Management Course” Certificate from PROMASTER in July 2009
“Client/Server Advanced Resource Management Course” Certificate from PROMASTER in July 2009
“Migrating from Primavera Project Planner P3 to P6” Certificate from CMCS in December 2008
“IS0 9000 : 2000 Series – Foundation Training Course” Certificate from SGS in December 2005
“Timberline Precision Estimating Extended - V6.2” Certificate from Orbit Middle East in October 2002
“Primavera Enterprise V3.0 – Training Program” Certificate from PrimArabia in June 2002
“IS0 9000 : 2000 Series Internal Quality Auditor Training Course” Certificate from SGS in May 2002
“Expedition 5.0 for Windows – Engineering & Construction Contract Control” Certificate from Saudi Projacs in November 1996

IT Skills

Primavera P6 Professional (V 8.4)
Microsoft Project 2016
Timberline Precision Estimating (V6.2)
Expedition for Windows (V9.0)
Microsoft Office 2010