Pierre Murad

Landscape Engineer

2014 -2018 Senior Landscape Consultant at DAR Al HANDASAH.
SAUDI ARABIA

Project Name: GOVERMENT AGENCY COUMPOUNDS AC –NOV 2016- JUNE 2018 Job Title: Project Engineering
Project Name: PRINCESS NOURA UNIVERSITY –FEB 2016 –NOV 2016 Job Title: AFM Landscape
Project Name: RTCC-METRO TRANSPORT CONTROL CENTER -JUNE 2014 –JAN 2016 Job Title: Project Engineering
Duties:

*Prepare design works for landscaping and gardening, stone work and paving, deck design & installation, garden night lighting design, unique water features, fountain and ponds and associated decorative works.
*Developing new or improved theories, policy and methods for landscape planning, design, restoration, management and maintenance of cultural and/or historic landscapes, parks, sites and gardens.

*Planning, design, management, maintenance and monitoring functional and aesthetic layouts of built environment in private and public open spaces, parks, gardens, streetscapes, plazas, housing developments, memorials; tourist, commercial, industrial and educational complexes; sports grounds and recreation areas .

*Inspecting sites, analyzing factors such as climate, soil, flora, fauna, surface and subsurface water and drainage; and consulting with clients and making recommendations regarding methods of work and sequences of operations for projects related to the landscape and built environment.

*Monitoring the realization and inspecting the construction of proposals to ensure compliance with plans, specifications of work, cost estimates and time schedules.

*Prepare the project execution plan for management review and approval and manage approved plan to achieve project deliverables and timeline objectives.

*Identify and ensure skills and training needs of assigned manpower are aligned to project requirements and support recruitment activities to source technically competent personnel for the project.

*Implements controls over variables affecting job progress to ensure engineering and procurement provide timely delivery of drawings, materials and equipment.

2012 Senior Landscape Consultant at Sunset Beach Resort (5 stars)
Al Khobar Saudi Arabia

Team Management - Landscape Execution of new Design in Spa and Family Park
Pest Control - Nursery Establishment and Production
2011 Owner Projects.
Lebanon

Landscape Design – Maintenance of private and public gardens, restaurant, hotels.
Managing simultaneous landscape projects from bedding stages until the end of liability period of the project.

2010 Booms Construction Company - Project Manager.
Doha, Qatar

Duties:
Monitoring and coordinating with contractors on all aspects of Hardscape and Soft cape procurement.
* Hardscape, including exterior stonework (paving of roadways, pedestrian walkways and parking lots), cladding, GRC-artificial rockwork, wood decking, site furnishings, natural rock grouping, and water features (fountains, water jets and swimming pools).
*Softscape, including plant material inspection (on site, at local nurseries and over-seas), on-site planting and associated landscape elements [soil mixing, leveling and capillary movement (drainage)].
*On site design modifications and implementation of additional clients’ requests. Participating in the preparation of periodical progress report Correspondence with client, project managers and contractors.

2007-2010 Owner Projects.
Lebanon

Landscape Design – Maintenance of private and public gardens, restaurant, hotels. Managing simultaneous landscape projects from bedding stages until the end of liability period of the project.

2005 – 2007 Assistant Landscape Manager -NOFA CO. H.H. Prince Sultan Bin Mohammed Bin Saud AL Kabeer Projects
Saudi Arabia
Nova Equestrian Resort is 100 Kilometers south of Riyadh. It occupies some 24 square kilometers of desert and sand dune. Over 30% is now irrigated and planted with a variety of projects from full grass golf courses, horse racing course, football and cricket pitches, themed resort and high-quality accommodation areas. All are extensively landscaped with a wide variety of trees, shrubs and plants. The nursery production area is over 2 Hectares including production of indoor plants and flowers. And all the Managers were British and Irish.

Duties:
*My responsibilities concentrated on propagation of trees, shrubs and plants required for Landscape construction and maintenance of finished landscape areas. I managed the planting and maintenance of over 2,000 highest quality palm trees and their subsequent date harvest and the planting and maintenance of over 6,000 mixed fruit trees and 1,000 grape vines. I was directly responsible for over 80 employees of various nationalities and indirect responsibility for a further 70 employees in construction and other areas. Maintenance of Nova Golf Club.
*Develop and conduct site visits, monitoring and checking work on-site projects.
*Planning, preparing the specifications, scheduling and supervising of all related works.
*Present reports to the higher management on regular basis.
*Maintain daily records of work attended. Reports, faxes and general correspondences.
*Implement the approved landscaping design for roads, intersections, roundabouts, interchanges, parking areas,
*Establish general landscape requirements with related departments within road directorate, conducting preliminary studies of contours/ outlines, soil conditions, drainage, bionetwork, roads and paths.
*On-site, material, pattern and color comparison and choose most appropriate to use.
*Prepare scope of work for in-house projects to be tendered to contractors.
*Managing the maintenance staff; electrical, plumbing, mechanical and horticultural.
*Directing all landscape maintenance operations for large swimming pools, water features, landscape lighting, irrigation & general grounds as a single unit. - Maintains customer satisfaction and good public relations.
*Supervising janitorial services and grounds maintenance such as landscaping, lawn, tree pruning and palm cleaning.
*Overall responsibility for maintaining payroll records. Hires and trains unit personnel.

1990 – 2005 Colorama - Own Company
Lebanon
Project manager
This is a landscape company active in design, renovation, execution and maintenance of landscape projects.
Duties:
*Prepared design plan, photo-design and offer.
*Planned and executed projects. Programmed and supervised the team work execution.
*Followed up of gardens with organic methods of pest management.
*Centralized the activities at the Head office resulting in cost reduction and better services. Negotiated the offers and followed up of invoices and accounts. Prepared design drawings and planting, maintenance or product sales offers.
*Coordinated with other engineers and consultants: civil, electrical…
*Installed and programmed various types of irrigation devices and electrical system protection.

Following is a list of some projects in Lebanon
-Restaurants, Hotels, Resorts maintenance.
-Banks maintenance
-Safir Hotel – Bhamdoun
-Al Sahel (Sahel Alma)
-Villa Mr.Joe Tohme (Beirut - Beit Chabab) Interior Designer of Mr. Kutaiba (Kuwait).
-Villa Mr. Henry Tyan Baabdat- Bank Manager + Owner.
-Jardin de Tabaris – Achrafieh
-Le Creneau – Achrafieh
-Portemilio Hotel & Resort.
-Samaya Resort
-Villa Adib Millet
-Amwaj Resort
-Villa Rizk Rizk

N.B: All work experience certificates are available as per requirement.

Last Resume Update May 6, 2019
Address Beirut, Lebanon
E-mail pierremurad@outlook.com
Phone Number 0096181915942
Website http://muradpierre.wix.com/pierre-murad

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