Derek Swift
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Procore Certified: Project Manager (Core Tools)
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Procore Certified: Superintendent
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Bad Boss: Dealing with a Difficult Manager
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Building Accountability Into Your Culture
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Construction Management: Reading Drawings & Specifications
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Delegating Tasks
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Financial Accounting Part 1
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Hiring Your Team
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Leading Productive Meetings
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Learning Construction Estimating
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Managing for Results
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Mindfulness
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Performance Review Foundations
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Rewarding Employees
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Extreme Productivity (Blinkist)
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't (Blinkist)
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Experience
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Armed Forces
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United Kingdom
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700 & Above Employee
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Executive Director Of Development
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Jul 2019 - Present
The Armed Forces Officers Club and Hotel was established in Abu Dhabi under the guidance of the late Father of the Nation His Highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and was inaugurated on the 1st of December 1997. The property was designed by famous French architect Mr. Roger Tallibert. The design of the building is inspired by a desert Falcon» SHAHIN«. The Club offers various experiences for events, sports and recreation. It contains 600 luxury rooms and suites, 32 banqueting and meeting rooms, a modern gym and spa, an Olympic sized indoor swimming pool, an outdoor leisure pool, athletic facilities for both indoor and outdoor, kid’s play area, a range of outstanding restaurants, cafes and shisha, and a mix of retail outlets. Currently, the Armed Forces Officers Club and Hotel is being refurbished, complete with its new brand, to include a high-tech centralized catering facility, outdoor venues, luxury beachside villas and other facilities. Aiming an overall innovative resort experience. Geographically, the site of the club and hotel occupies an area of 579,000sq.m in the southeastern side of Abu Dhabi Island located 12 kilometers from the capital city center and 15 kilometers from the Abu Dhabi International Airport. Support other projects accross the GCC including new builds and maintaining all Majalis in the UAE
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Emaar
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United Arab Emirates
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Real Estate
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700 & Above Employee
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Director Of Project Development
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Aug 2017 - Jul 2019
Monitor and report on P&L in accordance with agreed budgets for the programme of works. Manage the planning framework to ensure the initial groundwork and other details are in place for master plans to be completed on time. Study concept outlines, developed and seek inputs from relevant sources internally and externally to expand the concept outlines into more detailed plans. Manage and assist the Management Board in formulation and presentation of project budgets and establishing the basic project framework. Coordinate all inputs to consultants to optimize business parameters without compromising design ideas. Monitor progress of development projects regularly, liaise closely with other departments to enable other phases of the project such as the Land and Infrastructure, marketing, pricing and Construction to progress smoothly in accordance with approved concepts. Manage the Project Management, and Contracts Team for each package of works within the Programme. Monitor various business, financial and project management indices to ensure that projects are being developed in a profitable matter, highlighting any significant variations and taking steps to overcome these. Guild, motivate and develop subordinates, to work together as a team and provide high level of performance. Key Skills: Creative as well as analytical skills A thorough understanding of property market dynamics, i.e. behavior, market conditions valuation procedures, leasing procedures and risk management in a development context. Commercial negotiation skills. An ability to motivate and manage several development teams to achieve the Companies vision / mission within a challenging budget and time frame work.
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Gulf Related Development
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Project Manager Specialist
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Apr 2016 - Aug 2017
Management of all Special Features and Implementation across Al Mariah Island Abu Dhabi Global Markets. Duties and Responsibilities: • Digital Features – Static and Active (Advertising) • Draft Proposals for Contract Scope of Works with Consultants, Manufactures and Supply Chains • Manage Design Consultants and Coordination Work with the Site Project Development Master Plan (DMP) to provide the following Community Facilities: Library: Implantation scope of works for community library coordination with Municipalities. FF&E Managing the and Coordinating overall Components from loose furniture to lighting fixtures, Banquet Seating, Washrooms, Art Works, Special Lighting, Planters and Remote Merchandising Units (RMU’s) with Consultants, Contractors, Manufactures and Supply Chains.
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Turner Construction International
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Project Manager
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Feb 2011 - Mar 2016
Core Team Project Manager Responsible for all design activities (from concept to detailed design) of the company, delivering designs on time and within budget Manage relations with key stakeholders – Project Managers, Government, Procurement & Development Duties and Responsibilities: • Arrange for design peer reviews if warranted. • Obtain Owner, Architect, and appropriate consultants onto the Jobsite so that they see what is happening and can assist in spotting problems. • Coordinate with Owner to determine their expectations. Make sure the Architect and staff are communicating and executing those requirements correctly. • Verity that the Superintendent and Engineer are performing their QA/QC responsibilities. • Ensure the quality section of the job meeting minutes is reviewed. • Review generic mock up list and project specifications and determine required mock-ups for job with the Superintendent and Engineer. • Determine if shop visits are necessary or beneficial. Identify who is to attend and when the trip(s) will be most beneficial. • Determine if any trade specialist should be consulted. • Coordinate with the onsite Deputy Inspectors, and municipalities building inspectors. • Submit weekly reports to Owner indicating non-conforming items of work with a proposed remedial action. Include subsequent reports to track the actual action taken. • Monitor testing and inspection reports generated by Owner’s testing agency to verify all work has been completed in accordance with the contract documents. • Provide design input specific to horizontal and vertical design to Development
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Al Fara’a General Contracting
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Engineering Group Manager
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Mar 2008 - Jan 2011
Duties and Responsibilities: • Directing the Design-Build contract and enforcing the implementation of the set procedures to all site projects. • Monitoring the performance of technical offices at all sites projects and ensuring consistency of their works. • Set procedure for “Design Change Process” and all its relevant activities. • Liaison with the Contracts Departments and Project Managers. • Responsible for the productivity of the technical engineers and CAD operators in all sites. • Evaluating their performance and suggesting needed training. • Assist in plan and spec analysis in order to provide clear tractable and coordinated interpretations of the design / drawings for construction. • Research and recommend solutions to design document problems, including conflicts, interferences and errors / omissions. • Clearly defined drawing process, including superseding process. • Ensure that the subcontractors’ shop drawings are meeting the Consultants’ requirements prior to submission. • Ensure that all site projects are maintaining accurate and up-to-date logs (RFI, Drawing submittals, Vendor / Subcontractor drawing submittals etc.). • Monitoring the document control functions in accordance with the set policy and procedures, including tracking and creating RFIs, transmitting and tracking of submittals, and maintain project expediting list. • Attend project coordination and Client/consultant / architect / engineer meetings as required. • Creating Histograms, Organization Charts and Quality Project Planning. • Perform detailed review of all contract documents including the drawings, specifications, general contract, general conditions, and subcontracts. • Establish closeout procedure and closeout manual/checklist
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Bureau Veritas Group
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France
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Environmental Services
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700 & Above Employee
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PMC Asset Management Specialist - Construction Loan Monitoring
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Jun 2005 - Mar 2008
Responsible for the overall operation of multiple projects, including long term capital planning and new build construction evaluations. Reviewing and managing new building construction installations. Duties and Responsibilities: • Directing the entire scope of various Public Sector / Government / City-owned projects within budget and on-time, while providing high client satisfaction • Proposal development of client and project specific scopes of work • Reviewing and evaluating construction documents over the completion of the projects installation. • Identifying problems and providing technical direction and guidance to field construction staff • Prepare project progress reports and routinely communicate with clients on the status of projects. Other Roles and Responsibilities: • Facilities engineering for commercial and government buildings. • Performing property condition assessments and preparing property condition reports • Programming and Pre-Construction Documentation • Construction Document Review and Budget Analysis • Budget Draw and Construction Scrutiny and Post-Construction Evaluation
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Ohlson Lavoie Collaborative
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Greater Denver Area
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Design Engineer
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May 2002 - Jun 2005
Duties and Responsibilities: • Architectural Civil Engineering Design • Meet with the city’s building and planning department and respond to the city’s submission reviews. • Designed plans for Health and Wellness, commercial public buildings. • Managing Cost Estimates to determined Design Concepts and changes. • Review code compliance registrations and job set-ups for initial time lines for construction. Gather quotes from several contractors and determine the best suitable responsibilities to the project. • Procurement on all construction materials, schedules for site arrival.
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Integrated Development (EGC)
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Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area
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Project Engineer
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Mar 1998 - May 2002
Project Industrial –Brampton Brick Ontario Canada Industrial Gas Piping and HVAC design for equipment application. Design conveyors with high temperature dryers and Mechanical equipment planning. Designed installation drawings for industrial machinery equipment Quality Assurance and creating BOQ’s Laboratory Rooms: Deign manufacturing of controlled environment rooms for universities and scientific industrial communities. Duties and Responsibilities: • Field utility management planning for the completion of laboratory designs. • Technical writing for field construction documents procedures. • Construction review document installations for all scientific test laboratories. • Translated the client’s requirements as defined into AutoCAD 3-D solid modeling • Coordinating with various building contractors in order to meet scheduled deadlines
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Richard Bowen & Associates
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Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area
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Architectural Engineer
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Apr 1991 - Feb 1998
Coordinating Architectural, Civil Engineering Design Build for Commercial and Government Works Duties and Responsibilities: (Tender) • Submitted proposals, Tendering and BOQ’s for planning and bidding projects. • Organized sub-contracting work & building materials • Implemented construction documents for mediation works • Review planning and zoning code requirements. Design Department: • Managed mechanical and electrical CAD department • Implemented jobs and standards for projects • Mechanical equipment selection sizing for HVAC & process plumbing • Manage and revised specification / drawings and routed jobs • Coordination-site inspections and gathered field measurements MEP Responsibilities: Field Design Coordinator – Created design drawings and scaled models for all aspects of proposed waste water treatment plants. Designed process piping & mechanical equipment for environmental treatment plants. Roles & Responsibilities: Field conducted inspections and gathered field measurements. Created and set-up architectural backgrounds for HVAC and plumbing design layouts Conducted inspections and gathered field measurements. Review shop drawings for local building codes. Demolition and new construction plans with relation to mechanical plumbing and HVAC codes
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Education
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2011 - 2014
San Francisco Institute of Architecture
MBA, Architectural Engineering
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