Mohammad Barakat, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Performed construction administration tasks for multiple construction projects
• Administered ongoing contracts, including compliance with the contract documents to ensure that the requirements of the contracts were implemented and maintained.
• Handled the change management process upon identifying and documenting contract changes and submitting change notifications and change request pricing for approval within contractual timeframes.
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• Monitored schedule for submission of deliverables while ensuring notification of any potential slips.
• Reviewed and addressed the performance of weekly progress reports and monthly cost reports.

• Offered several construction management related courses such as: Introduction to Construction Project Management, Construction Project Planning and Schedule, Building Construction Methods and Safety, Construction.

Lebanon

• Developed project baseline schedules, tracked project milestones and deliverables, and updated schedules throughout the project.
• Coordinated the request for information (RFI) process, while maintaining RFI logs and ensuring RFIs are distributed to affected trades.
• Prepared purchase requisitions for approval and assisted with procurement of materials and equipment.
• Conducted quality control activities, inspection programs, and updating of construction progress records
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• Decreased duration of construction phase by 14% upon implementing location-based planning technique

• Supervised construction works, while managing teams of 50 labors
• Reviewed, interpreted, and updated construction schedules
• Gained understanding of applicable contract unit rates, as-built drawings, and construction standards
• Minimized hiring and firing of resources upon implementing resource leveling and allocation

Beirut, Lebanon

• Introduced Autodesk Revit to the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department where students used it as a tool in their courses, final year projects, as well as future careers
• Presented Anylogic, a tool used for agent-based, discrete event, and system dynamics simulation
• Created tutorial content for different construction management including, Primavera, AutoCAD, and Revit

Beirut, Lebanon

• Worked on topics related to Building Information Modeling (BIM):
• BIM with an application on cranes
• Clash detection
• Automated code checking
• BIM and Energy

Beirut, Lebanon

• Produced 20% savings in design costs upon implementing BIM on several projects
• Reduced rebar cutting waste from 7% to 2% on a project using 4,464 tons of reinforcement
• Supervised the construction works of a factory having 20,000 m2 in built-up area

Makkah, Saudi Arabia

• For the duration of 8 months (summer 2013, winter 2013, and summer 2014), I had an internship opportunity as a Site Engineer.
• Managed a construction site having 4 cranes, 150 steel fixers, and 50 carpenters/scaffolders
• Chosen as the site engineer of the month for having the best productivity of labors

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Construction Management / Contracts

• Specialized Track: Construction Engineering and Management • Concentration Area: Construction contract administration and dispute.

Master Of Engineering (M.Eng.), Construction Management

• Specialized Track: Construction Engineering and Management • Thesis: An Agent-Based Framework for Studying Occupant Multi-Comfort Level.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Civil And Environmental Engineering