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Karim Youssef Abdou

Architect|Retail Designer| Tenant Coordinator| Retail Delivery

6th of October, Giza, Egypt

Work Experience

  • Senior Retail Designer & Tenant CoordinatorFull Time

    Savills Middle East- Arkan Plaza

    Dec 2018 - Present -6 yrs, 6 months

    Egypt , Giza

    • Job Details:• Supervise the RDD team in delivering best in-class fit outs, with associated processes and procedures including Tenant fitout guides and supporting permit/H&S system • Execute Tenant Coordination processes, procedures and standards for management, quality and efficiency in tenant’s design, construction and life safety • Work with Leasing to provide support and develop the relationships necessary to handle all of the tenant’s needs as it relates to planning, budget, design, and construction • Work with the Retail design dep. in Tenant Coordination, Construction, Design & Planning • Know, enforce and update the company’s technical specifications • Establish the conceptual budget for tenants where landlord work is involved • Coordinate any changes to the base building design with Construction • Maintain an ongoing and comprehensive project tenant schedule • Manage the consultants for tenant construction projects • Direct and manage the tenant plan check and permit process • Manage all tenant contractors on the project • Coordinate all tenant preconstruction meetings and construction meetings • Coordinate all tenant tie-ins to landlord system • Coordinate tenant schedules and design with Development, Design and Construction where necessary to ensure smooth flow of timely delivery and completion of tenant spaces • Close out tenant construction projects by providing Legal with all documents, fees, charges, lien wavers, balance reports, as built and other construction related items necessary for Legal to close out projects and return tenant allowances • Work hand-in-hand with the mall personnel to review all tenant drawings and coordinate the tenant construction process • Keep master copies of documents that are sent to tenants, contractors, architects, etc. such as the tenant criteria handbook and contractor’s rules and regulations
  • Senior Retail Designer & Tenant CoordinatorFull Time

    Raya Smart Buildings- Galleria40

    Jan 2017 - Dec 2018 -1 yr, 11 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:1.Manage the tenant coordinators team and its work flow and report weekly to Operation direction. 2. Track activities to ensure tenancy is handed over to lessee by deadline. 3. Establish the conceptual budget for tenants where landlord work is involved. 4. Estimate the billing for tenants for extra works. 5. Work with Leasing to provide support and develop the relationships necessary to handle all of the tenant’s needs related to planning, budget, design, and construction 6. Oversee that the base building has sufficient characteristics and capacities. 7. Work closely with Property Management, Operations and Leasing to coordinate the tenant construction process and facilitate timely construction projects. 8. Ensure the Tenants have paid in full all their financial obligations prior to consent to operate certificate being issued. 9. Receive comment and approve on behalf of the Landlord the fitting-out proposals which include concept design approval and detailed design approval, provide to the Landlord advice on the tenants’ proposals as required and communicating with the consultants as necessary 10. Receive and attend to queries from tenants and their consultants concerning specification utilities available routing of services, etc…
  • Tenant CoordinatorFull Time

    Raya Smart Buildings-Galleria40

    Nov 2016 - Dec 2017 -1 yr, 1 month

    Egypt , Giza

    • Job Details:- Execute Tenant Coordination processes, procedures and standards for management, quality and efficiency in tenants design, construction and life safety. - Review tenant’s lease construction exhibits. - Work with Leasing to provide support and develop the relationships necessary to handle all of the tenant’s needs as it relates to planning, budget, design, and construction. - Work with the Retail design dep. in Tenant Coordination, Construction, Design & Planning. - Know, enforce and update the company technical specifications. - Establish the conceptual budget for tenants where landlord work is involved. Monitor, maintain and enforce approved tenant criteria. - Oversee that the base building has sufficient characteristics and capacities. Coordinate any changes to the base building design with Construction. - Maintain an ongoing and comprehensive project tenant schedule. - Manage the consultants for tenant construction projects. - Direct and manage the tenant plan check and permit process. - Manage all tenant contractors on the project. - Coordinate all tenant preconstruction meetings and construction meetings. - Coordinate all tenant tie-ins to landlord system. - Coordinate tenant schedules and design with Development, Design and Construction where necessary to ensure smooth flow of timely delivery and completion of tenant spaces. - Close out tenant construction projects by providing Legal with all documents, fees, charges, lien wavers, balance reports, as builts and other construction related items necessary for Legal to close out projects and return tenant allowances. - Work hand-in-hand with the mall personnel to review all tenant drawings and coordinate the tenant construction process. - Work closely with Property Management, Operations and Leasing to coordinate the tenant construction process and facilitate timely construction projects.
  • ArchitectFull Time

    MHT Contracting Co.

    Sep 2014 - Sep 2016 -2 yrs

    Saudi Arabia , Jeddah

    • Job Details:1- Architect at the design department. 2- Conducting shop drawings in the technical office. 3- Pricing new projects and generating BOQ’s. 4- Monitoring the casting process in the factory. 5- Holding technical meetings with clients. 6- Approaching and signing new projects. 7- Coordinating the installation of different materials on the elevation (GRC, Glass, Marble and Stone, etc…) 8- Plans and develops architectural elevations with different design complex layers to meet the client’s needs. 9- Interpreting, organizing, executing and coordinating assignments.
  • Education

    • Architectural Engineering in Architecture

      American University in Cairo (AUC)

      Jan 2008 - Jan 2014 - 6 yr

    • High School - Thanaweya Amma

      pyramids international school

      Jan 2008 

    Skills

    • AutoCAD
    • Google sketchup
    • GRC
    • Precast Concrete
    • Retail Design
    • Tenant Coordination
    • GRP
    • Autodesk Revit
    • GRG
    • Design
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    Languages

    • English

      Fluent
    • Arabic

      Fluent
    • French

      Intermediate

    Training & Certifications

    • Architecture Internship

      Detac·2012
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