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Akram Abou El-ella

Chartered RIBA, Intl. Assoc. AIA, Sevior Architect

Doha, Qatar

Work Experience

  • Senior Architect.Full Time

    LACASA Architects & Engineering Consultants

    Oct 2014 - Present -10 yrs, 9 months

    Qatar , Doha

    • Job Details:Senior Architect. Supervision. architecture and design consultancy. working as a senior architect involved in large scale hospitality projects. Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Doha, Qatar 4B+LG+UG+M+43+U43+4R (55 Floors) Five Star Hotel and Serviced Apartment Bldg. AQAR Residential Tower, Doha, Qatar. 2B+G+32+2R (37 Floors) Residential Building Samrya Quartier Hotel, Doha, Qatar. 3B+G+M+7+3R (15 Floors) Five Star Hotel and Hotel Apartments - Review design package, receive comments & queries, coordinate between project’s stakeholders and work on finding solutions for any discrepancies or missing information to finalize the necessary design documents against all related disciplines in the project to ensure compliance with the latest local authorities, client/operator’s requirement, International codes, standards, construction norms and procedures. - Review and reply engineering works, pre-qualifications, RFI’s, shop drawings, Method Statements, RPA’s, materials, schedules, and technical submittals by the contractor and assist in finding solutions for any issues face the engineers during construction processes including any coordination with MEP services to assure the submitted documents satisfying project’s needs. - Manage, lead and attend progress, technical or coordination meetings/workshops with the client, operator, stakeholders, contractor & subcontractors to ensure proper coordination between all project disciplines and site activities. - Develop comprehensive progress, technical and financial reports and support the tender process, including responding to bid queries and evaluating bids, claims and variation orders and work on value engineering reports to ensure supporting team and project manager to achieve client’s satisfaction and fulfill his expectations with a high quality cost-effectively. - Conduct required site inspections and daily/weekly site walks to ensure the required quality for execution in compliance with the approved engineering works and scope baseline, and follow up all architectural activities and critical path charts to ensure achieving completion date of the project
  • Senior Architect.Full Time

    360 Contracting Group

    Nov 2013 - Aug 2014 -9 months

    Saudi Arabia , Riyadh

    • Job Details:Senior Architect. architecture and design studio. joined as a senior design architect in the field of interior design and architectural composition, in retail design and residential sectors. - created the exterior and interior design and implementation supervision of 360 café, manchester, uk. - created interior design for majlis in prince y. al saud’s palace, riyadh, saudi arabia. - created interior design for princess s. al-rasheed’s villa, ain al-soukhna, egypt. - created interior design for 360 café london, uk. - full design and execution for interiors and exteriors for dishes restaurant in maadi, cairo.
  • Site Architect and Project Coordinator.Full Time

    AHRAS Contracting Co.

    Oct 2012 - Oct 2013 -1 yr

    Saudi Arabia , Riyadh

    • Job Details:Site Architect and Project Coordinator. worked in large scale projects in the governmental sector.
  • ArchitectFull Time

    Big Apple Group

    Aug 2009 - Oct 2012 -3 yrs, 2 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:Architect. architecture and design studio. worked as a design architect in the field of interior design, landscape and architectural composition, in retail design, residential and commercial exhibitions and corporate events sectors. - designed the exterior facades for the following projects:- commercial: success company headquarters, dondiego clubhouse - el watany bank and festival café. residential: safa residence apt. building. retail: 4 playmobil stores, mr. and mrs. studio, absorba store, hp store, gb auto showroom. - was in charge of designing the interior elevations of the following projects:- commercial: c.c.g head office, amadeus head office reception, plus head office, royal house hypermarket, mass egypt factory g.m office, famco tours. educational: new horizon educational center. - plotted the outdoor landscape of the following projects:- hotel: hannoville hotel beach. park: damac hyde park activation club roundabouts: al-shwaifat, moustafa mahmoud and al-gezira roundabouts all with damac branding residential: the entrance of orouba royal compound educational: the approach of arab academy for science and technology - created booth designs for the following companies:- commercial: hyundai, mazda, amadeus, foton, gb auto, headline print house and gsma medical: sirona, medi tech, orchidia and abbott. residential: orascom c.i, hassan allam, al-akareya - handled to come up with creative decorative solutions for the following events:- zien annual event, volvo fmx trucks event, novartis egypt annual event, amadeusannual event and jeep new wrangler release’s event, cairo stock exchange, nile stock exchange, cairo festival city project launch, damac hyde park project launch and damac gamsha bay project launch.
  • Education

    • BSc in Architectural Engineering & Environmental Design

      Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AAST)

      Jan 2002 - Jan 2007 - 5 yr

    Skills

    • AutoCAD
    • Adobe Photoshop
    • Microsoft Powerpoint
    • Architecture
    • Graphic Design
    • Microsoft Word
    • 3ds Max
    • ArchiCAD
    • Microsoft Excel
    • Adobe illustrator

    Languages

    • Arabic

      Fluent
    • English

      Advanced

    Training & Certifications

    • The Architecture Imagination

      Harvard University·2020
    • Construction Management Foundations

      PMI (Project management institute)·2020
    • Understanding The Architectural Design Process

      LinkedIn Learning·2020
    • Customer Service

      Al-Ammar for Trade & Contracting, Alexandria, Egypt·2011
    • RIBA Part 2

      Royal Institute of British Architects·2009
    • Architecture finishings

      Thani Bin Abdullah Housing Group, Doha, Qatar·2006
    • Construction Basics

      The Arab Contractor, Alexandria, Egypt.·2005
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