Karim Magdy Raafat

Site Architect at Wael Farid Interiors

New Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

Feb 2024 - Present -1 yr, 4 months

Egypt , Cairo

Job Details:• Manage finishing works and maintain high quality standards. • Monitor progress and ensure conformance to design specifications. • Review and submit site reports, designs and drawings. • Provide technical advice.

Ionic Contractors

Feb 2023 - Jan 2024 -11 months

Egypt , Cairo

Job Details:• Follow up and ensure that tasks are implemented with required quality to meet project timeline schedule.

Luxury Living & Supplies

Jun 2022 - Jan 2023 -7 months

Qatar , Doha

Job Details:• Take part in FF&E and material selection and purchasing for all components as defined to support architectural and interior design concepts (our partner is IMAR). • Specifies materials and furnishings, such as lighting, furniture, wall finishes, flooring and sanitary fixtures. • Create practical, realistic mood boards that include design and materials selection. • Prepare FF&E datasheet, tender documents and B.O.Q. • Find and manage vendors to choose the highest quality for the best price. • Attend coordination meetings regards all design matters/FF&E. • Work alongside the procurement team to release orders, ensures inventory and negotiates costs. • Review shop drawings and follow up on all manufactured items. • Contact clients, consultants, and vendors on all FF&E or SPECS matters and attends site meetings. • Update and maintain the FF&E library.

Luxury Living & Supplies

Jul 2021 - May 2022 -10 months

Egypt , Giza

Job Details:• Responsible for preparing & updating the project BOQs and calculating quantities. • Review schematic designs of new projects received from the design team, to verify their compliance with local building codes & regulations. • Responsible for reviewing all shop drawings received from contractors. • Responsible for communicating with contractors & suppliers. • Responsible for responding to RFIs and site queries. • Revise inventory control reports regularly, take over items which reached the order limit, calculate the quantities needed to be purchased according to needs plan to ensure the running of the work. • Look for new suppliers with accordance to the approved system of selecting suppliers, make database to include all necessary information about the selected suppliers who are well known for their quality, good reputation, and compliance with required quality responsibilities. • Coordinate with Store-keeping department to distribute the available items with accordance to project’s needs and plans not to disrupt the work. • Make monthly and weekly reports about work done and purchase orders not implemented and delayed explaining the reason for the delay and submit them to the Procurement Manager.

Bachelor's Degree in Architecture Engineering in Architecture Engineer
October 6 University (OU)
Jan 2014 - Jan 2019 - 5 yr