Beirut Governorate, Lebanon
Project Director at SN-AVECI / Founder & Project Lead Architect at Esber Architects, with extensive experience in design and supervision across the construction and architectural sectors. Bringing over 15 years of professional practice in the MENA and Africa region and 8 years of university teaching as an Assistant Professor. Skilled in design and project management, with strong expertise in building design processes, construction regulations, project proposals, and technical evaluations. Experienced in supervising senior design projects and serving university as jury member at the Faculty of Sciences and Fine Arts, Department of Interior Architecture.
● Lead the execution phases of the project, from site mobilization to final handover, ensuring alignment with project objectives, quality standards, and timelines. ● Organize coordination meetings with contractors, subcontractors, and consultants. ● Supervise and coordinate all on-site teams, including engineers and HSE personnel. ● Ensure the implementation of the Project Execution Plan, work breakdown structure (WBS), and master schedule on an active construction site. ● Act as the main point of contact with the client, authorities, and stakeholders for all technical and contractual matters. ● Manage site-level risks, ensure compliance with HSE standards, and resolve technical and logistical issues. ● Chair weekly on-site coordination meetings, review progress reports, and ensure proper documentation of RFIs, NCRs, and change orders. ● Supervise and monitor the project’s financial aspects, including cost control, progress billing, and claims for additional works. ● Ensure smooth integration of civil, architectural, and MEP activities to minimize conflicts and delays.
● Management of project from inception through construction administration. ● Handle multiple projects or one account. ● Review and develop construction plans requested by the clients. ● Analyse and estimate project cost for labour, equipment, and material. ● Review and research state and local code compliances. ● Prepare reports and presentations for client meetings. ● Execute site surveys on a need basis. ● Visit project sites to assist with measuring, data collection, and sketching existing conditions. ● Develop project documentation for multiple projects of varying scale and type. ● Prepare construction documents including technical drawings and specifications. ● Communicate architectural progress and foster project coordination across multidisciplinary project teams. ● Research and apply applicable codes. ● Charing internal Project Architecture & Design team; developing strategies and best practices to ensure high quality work, sharing knowledge, ensuring discipline quality, and building relationships.
● Professor - Architecture teaches courses in the discipline area of architecture. ● Develops and designs curriculum plans to foster student learning, stimulate class discussions, and ensures student engagement. ● Provides tutoring and academic counselling to students, maintains classes related records, and assesses student coursework. ● Collaborates and supports colleagues regarding research interests and co-curricular activities. ● Participate in service activities to benefit School of Architecture. ● Lecture courses to conduct scholarly research and participation in service activities. ● Teach each semester one upper level or graduate level studio and support courses in design history and theory, historic preservation, and/or related areas of expertise. ● Pursue an active program of peer-reviewed scholarship or creative activity. ● Engage in an ongoing dialogue about the program and design practice. ● Advise and mentor undergraduate and graduate students. ● Supervise student for senior projects and theses for graduations. ● Member of faculty graduation jury for Interior architecture.
Experienced and driven Design Projects Manager with a successful track record in overseeing a wide array of projects throughout Lebanon and the GCC. ● Management of project from inception through construction administration. ● Manages multiple projects through interaction with Architects, Consultants, Contractors, and District personnel from project conception, through draft to final review, approval, and handoff to Project Execution. ● Establishes and follows a process to identify and select the architectural contractors best suited for each project based on the contractors’ qualifications and ability to meet performance standards. ● Functions as the lead design professional in the Design Department. ● Provides Architects with clear and consistent direction regarding goals and objectives, standards, site, schedule, and budget for each project. ● Resolve challenging technical and design issues with the team to produce innovative, technical, and constructible solutions. ● Reviews design changes submitted to ensure project remains within budget. Design Change Control. ● Review and develop construction plans requested by the clients. ● Review and research state and local code compliances. ● Prepare reports and presentations for client meetings. ● Execute site surveys on a need basis. ● Visit project sites to assist with measuring, data collection, and sketching existing conditions. ● Develop project documentation for multiple projects of varying scale and type. ● Prepare construction documents including technical drawings and specifications. ● Communicate architectural progress and foster project coordination across multidisciplinary project teams. ● Research and apply applicable codes. ● Charing internal Project Architecture & Design team; developing strategies and best practices to ensure high quality work, sharing knowledge, ensuring discipline quality, and building relationships.
● Plans, organizes, and directs the design activities for Project Program and DLP projects. ● Functions as the lead design professional in the Design Department providing quality review, implementation of policy and procedures and interface and coordinates with relevant authorities having jurisdiction. ● Manages multiple projects through interaction with Architects, Contractors, and District personnel from project conception, through draft to final review, approval, and handoff to Project Execution. ● Manages multiple projects through interaction with Architects, Contractors, Labours and District personnel throughout Project Execution. ● Oversees the building design process to ensure compliance with client’s standards and guidelines for the district by working with design professionals and various District administrators to ensure that buildings structures meet project site location standards requirements. ● Establishes and follows a process to identify and select the architectural contractors best suited for each project based on the contractors’ qualifications and ability to meet performance standards. ● Provides Architects with clear and consistent direction regarding goals and budget for each project. ● Establishes and follows an effective and efficient design review process to ensure that the design meets the overall goals and objectives for the project, providing maximum value for Design to Budget, and are appropriate and enduring to meet the functional needs of the Project. ● Resolve challenging technical and design issues with the team to produce innovative, technical, and constructible solutions. ● Ensures that all steps within the project are documented and that the documentation meets business requirements. ● Reviews design changes submitted to ensure project remains within budget. Design Change Control. ● Develops continuing lessons learnt from projects executed and having meeting and present critical points for future and ongoing projects.