Bora Aksu, MSc
Sr. Project Manager Total Experience: 22 years
Address: Dubai, Sheikh Zayed Road
Nationality: Turkish
Phone: +971 55 138 1786
E-mail: bora.maksu@hotmail.com
Experienced Senior Project Manager with 22 years experience and a Master's degree in Construction Project Management program. Ready to provide strong project lead, technical direction and strategy development. Highly technical expertise in the construction projects and keen abilities in business management including budgeting, value engineering, planning, strategy creation, time management, automation, standardization, stakeholders management and business development. Ready to get the responsibility for a department and large projects.
Latest Education:
Heriot-Watt University - Dubai (Master's degree)
Program: Construction Project Management - MSc.
Core Competencies & Software Skills
Project Management & Design Management
Budgeting & Timeline Management & Risk Management
Subcontractor/Vendor management & Issue resolution
Strategy Creation & Planning
Strong writing skills (Contractual and Commercial letters)
Management of project stakeholders & Communication
Knowledge of concept, schematic, DD, tendering, IFC, construction activities
Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Microsoft Project
AutoCAD, Revit, Navisworks Manage, BIM360 Docs, Primavera P6
Work History
April 2019 - Current Senior Manager, Projects
Emaar Development, UAE – Dubai
Opera District Towers A2, A3 (Dubai) (4B+G+4P+72+R)Total BUA: 2,351,019 sqft
Creek Rise (Dubai) (B+G+M+P+38) BUA: 1,186,959 sqft
DownTown Burj Crown (Dubai) - (4B+G+M+47) BUA: 1,532,843 sqft
• Leading the project teams: engineers, designers, cost consultant, main contractor and subcontractors to ensure the project is delivered on time and to budget.
• Budgeting and cost estimation for each project stage.
• Coordinated, directed, and monitored all the main contractor activities
• Achieved maximum cost-effectiveness by providing value engineering
• Preparation of RFP and tendering documents for the consultants
• Production of the base-line program to set the high-level milestones
• Managing the value engineering process and providing suitable alternatives.
• Collection of comments from different disciplines for each design package
• Production of the Employer's Information requirements for consultant, contractor, and supervision-consultant.
• Integrating the auto-quantification and auto-cost calculation and cost comparison between design revisions. Achieved 70% time-saving.
• Comply with the completed works as per contractual obligations.
• Coordinating the design between architecture, structure, MEP, ID
• Assisting the contract manager to add necessary clauses to the contracts & WOs
Sep 2017 - April 2019 Senior BIM Manager - MENA
Damac Properties, UAE – Dubai
Aykon City Towers (Dubai): 3,604,750 sqft
Mina Sultan Qaboos (Mixed Used in Oman) – BUA 1,582,446 sqft
Maldives Luxury Villas (Maldives) 750,342 sqft
• Project Management through BIM System as per the contractual obligations
• Managing the BIM Teams of internal stakeholders, consultants and contractors.
• BIM Competency Assessment for the new consultants and new contractors.
• BIM Training for the new staff, consultants and contractors for the adaptation of the BIM system of DAMAC.
• Integration of 5D BIM
• Assisting commercial department on contractual BIM Obligations.
• Preparation of EIR according to project requirements.
• Development of OIR and revising as per business requirements
• Guiding the QS team for the auto-generation of quantities, BOQ and cost calculations.
• Evaluating the BIM deliverables of each project.
• Set up of BIM360 Docs for each new project
• Coordinating the projects between QS - design - budgeting team - consultant.
• Preparing the RFP of design stages for the consultant.
Oct 2016 - Sep 2017 Project BIM Manager
TAV Construction, Bahrain – Manama
Bahrain International Airport – Project Value: 1,200,000,000 $
• Project Management in Bahrain International Airport (Modernization Project)
• Collaboration with project members to identify and address problems.
• Completion of tasks according to pre-determined budget, maintaining time parameters and quality standards.
• Preparing the project execution plan and BIM workflow diagram
• Following PAS-1192 British standards
• Reviewing the project deliverables
• Stakeholders management
• Making weekly and monthly programs according to site program
• Developing construction planning and 4D scheduling
• Auditing the BIM System of the project
Aug 2014 - Oct 2016 BIM Manager
Incorporated Consultants Conin , UAE – Dubai
Royal Pearl & HSBC Project Star & Dubai Heights School & Damac Akoya Park
• Managing BIM coordinators, BIM modellers, Electrical BIM engineers, Mechanical BIM engineers, structural BIM engineers, BIM architects, AutoCAD technicians, BIM QS team.
• Scripting with the dynamo to create concept perspective of the buildings
• Preparing the BIM Implementation Plan for each project and follow the standards of PAS-1192 and BS-1192.
• Preparing the work breakdown structure and milestones in Microsoft Project
• Checking architectural design
• Testing the structural BIM Models in TEKLA.
• Preparing 4D scheduling and integration between Navisworks and Primavera
• Creating a BIM team for each project and managing the resource allocation.
• Preparing validation reports for the design stages
Oct 2010 - Aug 2014 Project BIM Manager
Habtoor Leighton Group, UAE - Dubai & Abu Dhabi
Mafraq Hospital – Abu Dhabi 3,121,534 sqft
Daman Complex – Dubai – 60 Floors Res. + 60 floors Hotel + 18 F Office + Mosque
• Managing BIM Coordinators, BIM Electrical Engineers, BIM mechanical engineers, BIM architects.
• Preparing BIM Implementation plans according to British standards.
• Preparing time frame and BIM deliverables list in Microsoft Project and follow up the milestones of the project.
• Checking Clash detections between MEP to architectural disciplines in Navisworks Manage.
• Preparing the 4D scheduling in Navisworks.
• Organizing BIM meetings, design meetings and coordination meetings.
• Visiting all design offices of each project in the UAE and checking the status
• Preparing target dates of shop drawings and BIM Models.
• Studying on the contractual obligations and specifications.
Sep 2008 - Oct 2010 Project Manager
Habtoor Leighton Group, UAE – Dubai
Emerald Palace – Dubai - Luxury Residential + 5 Star Hotel + 16 luxury villas
• Managing Construction team, planning, site admin, QS, design site office, architect and engineers.
• Preparing project execution Plan.
• Producing a base-line program for client approval.
• Budgeting.
• Reviewing the variations.
• Communication with supervision consultant and client.
• Organizing Dubai Municipality, DEWA and civil defence approvals.
• Checking the completed works at the site.
• Monitoring the completed works.
• Ensure that tasks are completing on time and estimated budget
• Preparing monthly reports for head office.
• Arranging weekly meetings with project team to discuss the issues and status
• Change management; including the variations, revising project plans, targets, staffing changes and operational specifications, FM requirements
• Monitored contracts to identify potential risks and implement mitigation actions to avoid unforeseen delays and costs.
Apr 2001 - Aug 2008 Project Manager
Renaissance Construction, Russia - St. Petersburg
Aura Shopping Center - Russia
Renaissance Plaza - Russia (2 towers with common podium 3B+G+3P+42+R)
IKEA Mega Parnas Mixed Used - Russia (IKEA + AUCHAN + OBI + MALL)
• Strategic leadership to employees.
• Budget management and Time management.
• Coordination between enabling company and foundation team.
• Preparing work breakdown and project milestones
• Ensuring timely delivery of the projects within the allocated budget.
• Monitoring the material orders and procurement activities
• Perform risk management to minimize the risks of the project.
• Monitoring health and safety activities
• Management of vendors and sub-contractors.
• To ensure delivery and compliance of contractual KPIs.
• Preparing the project execution plan.
• Producing a base-line program as per essential milestones of the client.
• Assisting technical evaluations related to RFPs and tender submissions.
• Strategy creation to reduce the number of snags.
• Resolving the problems related to project claims.
• Creating comprehensive project documents.
• Follow up the claims.
• Ensure that tasks are completing according to the approved base-line program
• Ensuring that health and safety are the priority at the site.
• Developed a long-term business strategy by using customer feedback.
Mar 1999 - Mar 2001 Project Manager
Aysa Engineering, Turkish Republic – Izmir
Toyota Plaza - Izmir TURKEY
Manisa Swimming Pool & Spor Complex – Manisa - TURKEY
• Resource management including construction team.
• Negotiated on the purchase of project materials and inventory required to meet production schedules.
• Outlined work plans, determining resources, wrote timelines and generated initial budgets as part of project scope determination.
• Managed the project elements for multiple initiatives from initial planning to project rollouts.
• Developed project plans and managed project scope for all projects, using specific methodologies to guide projects from conceptualization to implementation and maintenance.
• Performed detailed assessments of risks to determine constraints and develop mitigation strategies.
• Achieved cost control objectives and clarified service parameters through clear statements of work and project classification systems.
• Creating the quality assurance and safety standards to comply with construction plans. Monitoring the safety activities weekly basis
• Reducing the cost through value engineering
• Monitored contracts and service level agreements to identify potential risks
Sep 1998 - Mar 1999 Electrical Engineer
Aysa Engineering, Turkish Republic
Valfsel Armatür in Manisa TURKEY
Merloni Factory in Manisa TURKEY
• Communicating with the consultant.
• Following the weekly submission plan.
• Production of the electrical layouts.
• Reviewing the American Codes and specifications
• Checking the IFC drawings and specifications.
• Preparing single line diagrams and load schedules.
• Production of the take-off schedules.
• Supervising and controlling subcontractors.
• Organizing shipment of electrical materials.
• Coordinating the Installation of Lighting Panels.
• Designing and drawing lighting, small power, power distribution, CCTV, fire alarm, and emergency lighting disciplines
• Organizing the low current panels in the workshop.
• Improving methods for measurement and workflow.
• Performed in-depth electrical acceptance testing of completed hardware, including continuity and high-potential isolation testing.
• Evaluation of installed electrical equipment and systems to isolate faults and implement corrective actions.
Education
Master of Science: Construction Project Management
Heriot-Watt University - UAE – Dubai
Associate degree: Electrical Engineering
Cukurova University - Adana - Turkish Republic
Languages
Turkish
Native
English
Fluent
Russian
Superior
Arabic
Intermediate
Personal Information
Date of Birth: July 10th, 1977
Nationality: Turkish
Marital Status: Married
Driving License: existing (for UAE, Bahrain and Turkish Republic)