Farah Tanvir Najam

Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, U.S.A

Masters in City Planning (1995- 1997)

  • Courses taken: Land use Planning, Site and Urban system planning, Housing and Infrastructure, Water and Sanitation Infrastructure, Transportation Systems Planning, Project Evaluation, Public Financing, Quantitative Reasoning and Statistical Methods, Political Economy, Economic Development Planning and Policies,
  • GPA : 4

NED Engineering University, Karachi, Pakistan

Bachelor of Architecture (Dec 1987- August 1992)

  • The final year thesis dealt with the architectural and planning standards for housing schemes including infrastructure network.The study recommended viable standards, incorporating in a design solution along with policy recommendations.
  • Gold medallist

Other Stanford Centre for Professional Development,

Qualification 6 week Course on Project Management organised by Tatweer-

Urban Design Projects at MIT, USA (1997)

Projects Planning:

- Development plan for the Town of West Concord,

Massachusetts, that involved Zoning, land use regulations

and Master Planning.

- Designed Residential Neighbourhood at WaterTown, Boston

- Site Development for a shopping centre at Wesley, Boston.

- Site development and design of a Park in Cambridge, MA

Experience

Dubai Properties Group- Urban planning and Design
Management Department-(Nov 2011- till date)

Senior Manager– Urban planning and Design

  • Preparation of master plan concept design, modification, guidelines as per the vision of the development.
  • Technical review and assessment, Design management with required quality within budget and time limitation.
  • Appointment of consultants/ contractors by preparing design brief, scope of services (technical), tender documents, technical evaluation of their offers, discussions to mitigating risks and unfavourable exposures.
  • Technical advice to all the concern departments of DPG
  • Technical review on investors’ project as per the master plan guidelines and regulations to keep a control mechanism on any requested change.

The Tiger Woods Dubai, Tatweer (Nov 2007-Jan 2011)

Manager – Project Management

  • Managing master planner, design consultants, specialists and contractors guiding their deliverables according to the vision of the development.
  • Monitoring design and site progress as per the desired quality, specification, budget and time.
  • Review and approve work and payment certificates
  • Monitoring progress as per the program aligned with the overall master program and ensures deliverables.
  • Ensure flow of information to all concern parties.
  • Ensure entity’s achievement meet the target with regards to the progress and development of the project. Contributed in preparing alternative strategies for the completion of the project and maintenance of the assets.
  • Ensure customer/ client satisfaction with regards to information on the project.
  • Coordinate with government authorities for approvals
  • Assessment and evaluation of completed or terminated works and close liability.
  • Handing over and closing out of the project

Mohammed Bin Rashid Est. for Young Business Leaders

Asst. Manager –Project Management (Oct 2005-Nov 2007)

  • Managing the design and construction on behalf of the entity the major project “The Business Village”
  • Liaising with the contractors, consultants and government authorities securing interest of the project in terms of the time, quality and cost.
  • Overseeing contractual and financial commitments.
  • Leading in setting up policies and procedures and seeking its legalization.
  • Developing various project components to fulfil client requirements.
  • Managed staff.

DubaiHumanitarianCity (DHC)

Senior Executive-Project Management (May 2004 – October 2005)

  • Master planning of the HumanitarianCity
  • Project Management including construction management and developing project components as per client requirements.
  • Client interface, developing client requirements and incorporating in a fit-out design solution.
  • Strategic planning and business development initiatives
  • Attracting the key leading players of humanitarian Industry to DHC
  • Develop initiatives for visibility and productivity.

Dubai Development and Investment Authority (DDIA)

Urban Planner (July, 2003 to May 2004)

  • Supervised preparation of plan and design of various projects (Dubai land Projects, Wellness Cluster) on behalf of DDIA in coordination of various leading consultants.
  • Prepared the concept design of ‘Mall of Arabia” which has been approved by the developer.

NED Engineering University, (May’00-April’ ‘02)

  • Teaching and research portfolio

Aga Khan Housing Board for Pakistan, (Sep’98-April’ ‘00)

  • Worked on projects involving residential development, amenities and utilities as city planner.

Architecture Design Agency, Pakistan (Aug ‘93-Nov ‘95)

  • Worked in housing projects, public facilities, office building and parks.

Training/Seminars

Project Management Mastery (2008)by Stanford University, USA

  • Attended 5-day training course on Project management advance curriculum.

Project Management(2006)

  • Attended 5-day course on Project management sponsored by Tatweer.

Intl. Seminar on Disaster Recovery Platform, Kobe, Japan (2005)

  • Represented DHC at the platform and attended 5-day training session on disaster mitigation strategy.

Project Management Program (2004)

  • Attended 3- day Training on ‘Effective Project management’ sponsored by DDIA

American Planning Association, MIT, USA (1997)

  • Attended a six-week course on City Planning at MIT, conducted by the American Planning Association

OPP-RTISeminar on (ACHR), Thailand (1995)

  • Attended 15-day training in Housing conducted in Singapore and Indonesia.

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