Mohammed Abdou Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Led successful Cost Management teams, overseeing staff management and recruitment for delivering healthcare, commercial and institutional projects. • Fostered client relationships, drove business development, identified cross-selling opportunities, and led proposals.• Optimized cost management procedures, templates, and products; implemented internal process improvements; championed knowledge management.• Provided financial oversight using tools for tracking margins and forecasts; collaborated on cost estimates, managed checks, valuations, and variances.• Communicated efficiently with contractors, project managers, and stakeholders for precise cost estimate updates; crafted concise comments; coordinated comprehensive cost information.• Upheld quality control standards ensured ISO compliance through active participation in audits.• Drove strategic planning, informed engineering priorities based on cost impact, and led comprehensive funding presentations, including value engineering coordination.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Managed and prepared detailed, elemental, and divisional estimates for complex commercial, institutional, and residential development projects with budgets ranging from $30M-$180M.• Assembled bids and proposals for different contract types including Lumpsum, construction management and GMP.• Oversaw the preparation of detailed tender and bid packages and leveling for all Divisions 1-16• Provided constructability and value engineering analysis for various projects through team collaboration and subcontractors' involvement.• Led the estimating team in developing and implementing integrated BIM processes to improve speed, efficiency, and accuracy of estimates for well-developed models.• Established solid communications with subtrades resulting in more efficient, and faster response to various pricing exercises.• Provided leadership, guidance, coaching, mentoring and support to all the junior estimators and assign tasks after carefully understanding the current workloads for each person.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Prepared conceptual, schematic, and detailed cost estimates including pricing of the general expense and project-specific general requirements.• Provided pre-construction services including the preparation of preliminary budgets, cost plans, and value engineering opportunities for major commercial, residential, recreational, and healthcare projects in Vancouver, BC.• Developed and led the estimating strategy for commercial and healthcare projects with $450m, including participating in the development of the Project Execution Plan, Estimate Development Plan, and Basis of Estimate.• Developed compliance tracker sheets for tracking compliance with the Statement of Requirements for assigned healthcare projects. • Prepared the Estimate Risk Analysis and cost contingency recommendations.• Attended design meetings, city meetings, STM and debrief meetings. • Experienced user with 2D and 3D quantities and data extraction software, and estimating software; CostX, Navisworks Manage, Revizto and Autodesk Assemble• Updated the affordability Models for DBF projects and adjust the model financing percentage.

Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

- Managed the overall bidding and pre-construction estimating and bidding process for the company’s projects including preparing and coordinate estimates for projects with values 320 Million USD. - Participated in regular bid evaluation meetings from the conceptual stage for Academic, and Industrial projects with values exceeding 200 Million USD. Moreover, in the Schematic, and Detailed Design. - Performed various cost estimating techniques, such as Benchmarking, Price per sq.m , and analyzed project proposals to prepare budget and cost estimate.- Provided leadership, coaching, and mentoring in: planning, organizing, coordinating, supervising and training estimating personnel on wither QS or estimating techniques.- Participated effectively in reducing various projects costs at conceptual project stage by conducting value engineering processes. - Negotiated change orders and claims for out-of-scope work and Prepared counter-claims. - Guided a team of 25- 30 QS engineers and BIM modelers to perform manual and automated QS services for ASMEP disciplines.- Developed the firm’s BIM templates, QA procedures and standards including developing BIM Execution Plans- Reviewed design models to ensure compliance with BIM standards.- Audited modeling procedures and results to improve deliverable quality based on the BIM execution plan and standards.

Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

Assistant Professor of Construction Engineering and Management.Areas of research and teaching:- Cost Estimating- Scheduling- Claims and Contracts - Risk Management- Building Information Modeling_ BIM

Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

• Prepared accurate cost estimates based on efficient construction practices as RS means. • Performed value engineering process resulting in considerable costs savings from 15 to 30%. • Reviewed tender documents, contracts, budget, bills of quantities and other PM documentation. • Created feasibility studies for major projects besides sensitivity analysis for various scenarios.• Contributed to the positive assessment of sustainable features feasibility in assigned projects. • Proven ability to maximize the use of advanced software and technology and supervise others on how to use this technology (BIM technology, Excel, Word, Power Point and CAD tools).• Responsible for making decisions and recommendations on technical or complex issues arising during tendering stages

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

• Reviewed and commented on design drawings and produced coordination comments. • Completed estimating quantity take offs using various software tools such as AutoCAD, Excel etc• Prepared material submitting for A/E and owner representatives review• Performed cost estimating for new packages. • Managed the Developed a sound knowledge of the project scope and requirements• Ensured compliance with stringent contract and owner quality requirements• Implemented multiple levels of quality control for various and concurrent trades• Prepared comprehensive, project-specific QC plans• Produced detailed daily and monthly reports in electronic format

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Construction Engineering And Management, A-

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Construction Engineering And Management, A+

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Civil Engineering

Elementary School, Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education And Teaching

London