Saeed Hassan (Graduate

Civil Engineer)

Professional Progress Report (Jan 2012

August 2012)
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Civil Engineer)
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Saeed Hassan

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Content

Title

Page

1. Introductory Note
2.Executive Summary
3. Projects
3.1. Background

3.2. Al-Markaz Development

3.3. Al-Watani Residential Development
4.Visits

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5.A Typical Day On Site

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5.1. Checklist Table

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6. Experience
6.A. Personal Development

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6. A.1. Seminars
6. A.2. Training
6. A.3. Workshop

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6.B. Future Ambitions

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7. End Note

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1. Introductory Note:
Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to
the top of your career

Career as it can be described as an occupation undertaken for a significant period of

a person's life and with opportunities for progress. Career can also pertain to an
occupation or a profession that usually involves special training or formal education,
and is considered to be a persons lifework.
Deciding to move your career forward or to choose a new career, usually that is the
hardest part, making the decision to do just that to take action. Then comes the
second part, deciding on how youre going to set goals and maximize your career
potential also termed as career development plan.
Career Development Plan is the main key
growth by suggesting time frames for certain
higher knowledge through further training &
and identifying areas that need to develop
career milestone.

to set realistic expectations of career

milestones to happen (like acquisition of
courses resulting in promotion of skills)
before becoming eligible for their next

These are some terms and facts that really impact ones job life or work life from
traditional way to a competitive way of progress where every time you have to face
challenges that enhance your abilities and help to achieve goals for better career
growth.
I don want to skip the same methodology directed by Project Director Mr. Mubashir
Niaz and Project Manager Mr. Anjum Javed that you have not to bound yourself to the
work assigned to you but you must prepare yourself for upcoming challenges by
setting your short term and long term objectives/goals that actually are related to,

Education and training

Job assignments

Developmental activities

So, for better career development these things should go hand in hand with each
other.
This report is also a reflection of their motivation and guidance.
I am very grateful to all my colleagues and seniors for providing such an excellent
environment for better career growth/development and also hope the same in the
future.
Saeed Hassan (Employee # 60385)

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2. Executive Summary
2

After completion of my graduate studies as a Civil Engineer in July, I started my first

job in Pervad Const. as a Junior Infrastructure Engineer from (2009-2010) in Pakistan.
1. Pervad Construction ( 2009-2010):
The responsibilities that assigned to me were,

Planning and design of water supply scheme and sewerage system (teamwork)
for design build projects.
Developed hydraulic model for sewerage system using excel spread sheet.
Review and preparation of monthly/weekly progress reports.
Participation in weekly progress review and co ordination meetings.
Coordination with other contractors, consultants and relevant authorities.
Involved in the review of shop-drawings, method statements, as built drawing and
material submittals as per clients specifications.

2. Bulgu Insaat Ve Ticaret Ltd (Feb 2010- Sep 2011) :

After short duration I realized that to work with international company has more
exposure to career development. So, I applied for job in Saudi Arabia and got an offer
to work as a Structural Engineer in Riyadh.
I joined Bulgu Insaat Ve Ticaret Ltd, Saudi Arabia (2010 -2011) and mobilized for the
project of Harisulwatani (Special Security Brigade) which was consisted of 151
buildings. The responsibilities assigned were,

To check Design calculations and prepare design reports using structural

software such as (ETABS & SAFE).
Prepare the shop drawing and design reports for all buildings according to
site condition that included:
o
Footing plan & sections detail
o
Slab on grade plan & sections detail
o
Grade beam layout plan & sections
o
Detail of structure slab(Roof, F.F) and beam elevations
o
Detail of parapet & sections
o
Drawing to be prepared with co-ordination of mechanical &
electrical plans.

3. Mott MacDonald Consultant Group ( Jan 2012 - Present ) :

I joined Mott MacDonald Consultant Group (Water and Environmental Division) in
January 2012 as a Graduate Civil Engineer and first mobilized to Al-Markaz
Development that is fifty five km southwest of the main Abu-Dhabi Island and adjacent
to the development known as Abu-Dhabi Industrial City V (ICAD V), which consist of
gravity lines and also pressure lines for collection of sewage. There is also one main
Pumping Station designed to collect the discharge and pumped towards external
network by pressure.

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As an overview Consultant appointed by ADSSC our main work at site from kick off
meeting and end till the handing over of the project, all of this is a sequence of
learning new things practically and technically.
I was trained in reference with the ADSSC Specifications at site by RE Mr.Shuja A
Zaidi and ARE Mr.Iftikhar Ali. As I had never worked for Pumping Station and pressure
line in past, so they helped me on each and every stage of project to handle the
situation and proceeding of work in smooth way in the lights of specification and
standards.
After 4 months I was mobilized to project of Al-Watani Residential Development
pahse-1A and phase-2 in Abu Dhabi Main Island which consists of gravity network
only.
To summarize my experience in seven (7) months with MML is very good as I have
learned many things that cant be counted but in big scope I experienced that how to
learn and implement technical experience in every field. I gained a good
communication approach between different parties and mostly between the site office
and home office. I have learned different ways for establishing a better connection with
concerned parties by maintaining documentation require during the stage of
construction of a project which is very helpful for me and will surely help in future.
The use of GIS As. Built Drawing and Microsoft Database System in maintaining
record of all the data related to sewer network is one of the latest technologies that I
learned and furthermore PIMS Project Information Management System is a system
first implemented by Mott MacDonald in the region of United Kingdom and is now
extended to MESA. The most advantage of this system is one can have access to all
information about his data throughout the World.
These are some fractions of that I have learned in Mott MacDonald up till now but
journey has not ended, it is now to begin. There are still more to go that actually
depends upon the self esteem and honesty with profession.

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3.

Projects:

3.1. Background:
As I was recruited for the Water and Environmental Division in MML and mainly
wastewater works of Abudhabi area where the client is Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services
Company (ADSSC) and under the contract of O-1054 where the responsibilities of
Mott MacDonald is limited to over-seeing the sewerage works for the development.
Contract O-1054 contains almost 20 different projects and I am working on two
projects as a Site Staff amongst them.
Before taking responsibilities of site work and starting work in company everyone has
to go through and passed some courses that are necessary to do work consciously
and safely as Mott MacDonald motto is COMMITTED TO SAFETY. I have completed
all of courses and the major are.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Welcome to Mott MacDonald (GPEL0139-826)

Business Ethics: Getting It Right - Policy Compliance (IMS0071-826A)
PiMS Training - Introduction and Overview of PiMS Live link (GPEL0237)
Your Performance and Development Review [PDR] (GPEL0149-826)
Health and Safety Risk Assessment Training (IMS0051-826)
Site Safety Awareness [REST OF WORLD] (IMS0001)
The Safe Way to Work (IMS0008-826)

Mott MacDonald has divided the waste water works scope for contract O-1054 in to
four (4) stages.
Stage 1: Review of Conceptual Design
Stage 2: Detailed Design and Tendering Document
Stage 3: Tender Evaluation
Stage 4: Construction Supervision & Handing over the developments
The main concern for me in these stages is construction stage because I am working
as a site staff. The first three stages are mainly handled by home office support
personnel but I often involve in this stage as I am working in developing hydraulic
statement on spread sheet and applying x-checks with Developer consultants
statement that mostly include population, sewage load, design flow, gradient, diameter
of pipe used and ratio of Qp/Qf and Vf final velocity by keeping in view the ADSSC
Design Guidelines. I developed following hydraulic statement with support of home
office personnel.

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1. Garden Crescent Zone K

2. Golf Garden Phase-2
3. ARG Attached housing
I am also in involved in updating the monthly progress report for contract O-1054.The
main work assigned to me is,
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Maintain record regarding Minutes of Meeting (MOM)

Location Maps
Sub-Project Schedules and Status
Site Visit Reports including Fortnightly Visit Reports for ADSSC
Monthly progress report and material submittal for different sites of contract O1054.

The construction overview work has been further divided in to Material submittals
review and material inspections, Method statement review and supervising the
construction work on site, testing supervision, monthly progress report, material
submittal log, fortnight reports etc.
ADSSC has a set of specification as well as Standard Details Drawings for the
review/supervision of its work that describe about each and every aspect of the project
stage/phase. These are the guidelines for everyone to get a better end result for all
types of sewerage work.

3.2. Al-Markaz Development, Abu Dhabi:

a)

Introduction:
The Al Markaz development is located close to the Mussafah Industrial area
approximately fifty five km southwest of the main Abu-Dhabi Island and adjacent to the
development known as Abu-Dhabi Industrial City V (ICAD V). The population of Al
Markaz development will be approximately 22, 215 diverse occupants, consisting of
residential, business and industrial components of the development. Al Markaz covers
approximately 600 hectares and it has been split into four phases each of 150
hectares. Phase 1 being 1st stage started in November, 2011 and is in progress now.
The sewage will be discharged to the proposed pumping station near Hameem
Roundabout that connects to Industrial Effluent treatment plant located within vicinity.
A main pumping station with the total capacity of 38 l/s will be located at the boundary
b/w phase 1 and 2. The sewerage network has a total of approximately 7.5 km gravity
pipe lines ranging from 160mm to 300mm diameter with a depths varying from 1.00m
to 11.00m.

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b)

Responsibilities:

c)

Inspection of construction work and verifying with the procedures mentioned in

the accepted method statement.
Inspection of the material and testing on site and factories and the third party
laboratories.
Maintaining all types of logs i.e. Material submittal log, Method statement logs,
Shop drawings log, Pipeline progress log, Manhole log.
Prepare the Monthly Progress report on the basis BOQ and Fortnight Reports.
Review of the shop drawings for the network i.e. layout plan and profile.
Inspection and testing on site for the construction of sewer line by Hydrostatic
testing for any leakage and Deflection test for any deformation in pipe in
accordance with ADSSC specification.
Maintenance of all the documents in the PIMS database server i.e. includes
scanning and maintaining record on each specified location in database.
Maintenance of all related documents at site that more or less include material
submittal ,method statement, shop drawings, MIR, inspection request for
testing of line, HSE related document.
Inspection of site safety procedures and implementations on site.
Report to ARE for day to day progress.
Inspection of HDPE sewer pressure line.

Experience Gained:

Al-Markaz Development was my first project and gained lot of experience from my
seniors who guided and taught me most of the aspects and technical issues related to
work and also managing the data that is very valuable at the end of time i.e. for
Handing over procedures. Every day I learned new skills including technical or non
technical and also managerial skills to manage the project. This project is not mere a
gravity network but it also contain HDPE pressure lines for sewerage line and one
pumping station that has great influence on my experience . The main areas of
concern are.

ADSSC specifications implementation on site

Document management system
Testing and inspection procedure for ongoing work
Dewatering procedure
Material Inspection procedure
Daily work reporting
Pump station drawings and components

Pressure line testing

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Watani Location Plan

Proposed Final Plan

On going Work

3.3. Al-Watani Development, Abu Dhabi:

a)

Introduction:
Al- Watani, Sorouhs first master-developed community dedicated to Emirati citizens,
is located in Khalifa City A and close to the Abu Dhabi Golf Course.
This residential community, which is being constructed to meet the standards and
requirements of UAE national family living, will also offer a superb range of amenities,
including mosques and retail facilities housed within a mall.
Under the patronage of the Government of Abu Dhabi, this development will bring
to life a community that caters specifically to UAE Nationals.
Mott MacDonald scope of work in this project is as an overview consultant for
sewerage system. At present two phases are in progress that contains a gravity
system for transport and disposal. The sewerage system is comprised of a length of
5.9km and 5.7km approximately for Watani phase-1 and phase-2 respectively.

b)

Responsibilities:

Inspection of construction work and verifying with the procedures mentioned in

the accepted method statement.
Inspection of the material and testing on site and factories and the third party
laboratories.
Maintaining all types of logs i.e. Material submittal log, Method statement logs,
Shop drawings log, Pipeline progress log, Manhole log.
Prepare the Monthly Progress report on the basis BOQ and Fortnight Reports.
Review of the shop drawings of the network such as layout and profile and
pumping station with concept design.
Inspection and testing on site for the construction of sewer line by Hydrostatic
testing for any leakage and Deflection test for any deformation in pipe in
accordance with ADSSC specification.
Maintenance of all the documents in the PIMS database server i.e. includes
scanning and maintaining record on each specified location in database.

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c)

Maintenance of all related documents at site that more or less include material
submittal ,method statement, shop drawings, MIR, inspection request for
testing of line, HSE related document.
Inspection of site safety procedures and implementations on site.
Review of As Built drawings with accepted shop drawings.
Preparation of logs and documents for handing over procedure.
Report to ARE for day to day progress.

Experience Gained:

Presently I am working on Watani Development project and gained lot of experience

up till now under the guidance of my seniors ARE Mr. Saddar-ul-Islam and RE Mr.
Shuja A Zaidi, who taught me most of the aspects and technical issues related to
work and also managing the data that is very valuable at the end of time i.e. for
Handing over procedures. As this project is not same as previous project in most of
aspects so every day I learned new things that I had not experienced in past. Some
of important things are

Working with double skin liner for GRP Manhole and Inspection Chambers.
GRP lamination and Jointing System for external and internal Liner.
Soil improvement technique.
Temporary connection works with existing Manhole/line.
PAC form data elaboration (Handing over Form) before ADSSC final
inspection.
Review of Material submittals

4. Visits:

Visit to Anabeeb Factory for the testing of Upvc pipes located in Musaffah Abu
Dhabi UAE.

Visit to Exova limited (Abu Dhabi) for the testing of Steel Reinforcement.

5. A Typical Day on Site:

Refer to Checklist below:

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SR #

Description

Get ready and communicate with other colleagues.

Take all required PPE (i.e. Hard hat, High visibility Jacket, Safety shoes
and Mask etc).

Visit Head Office to take all document/Correspondence if any for site

record.

Coordination with other site members before going to site in case of

multiple sites.

Visit that site for which ongoing work require more attention as directed
by Senior site staff.

Schedule all inspection requests in a way so maximum work can be

inspected.

Daily visit to all sites to inspect the progress, quality and Safety of work.

If any non-compliances observed regarding site safety or quality of work

immediately report to Senior site staff.

Collect all data required i.e. progress photos, MIR, Test inspection
request.

10

Report to Senior site staff for all activities for respective day.

11

Take necessary actions as directed by Senior site staff for ongoing site
work and other issues regarding materials and data management/record
if any.

12

Record all instructions and data by updating all related log, and
maintaining it continuously.

13

Arranging all data in a way that can be access at any time and without
wastage of time.

14

Prepare progress drawing by highlighting all proceeding work on

drawings.

15

Prepare Fortnight and Monthly progress report.

Status

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6. Experience:
A)

Personal Development:
Working with a multi national company like Mott MacDonald who have a slogan of
committed to Safety is a great achievement for me and here I am learning lots of
things technically and managerially i.e.

A.1)

Seminars:

A.2)

Confined Space Entry (Emirates Technical & Safety Development Centre

Abu Dhabi UAE).
Authorised Gas Tester (Emirates Technical & Safety Development Centre
Abu Dhabi UAE).

Workshop:

B)

Key Concepts in Project Management ( 3FOLD Education Centre Abu

Dhabi UAE )

Training:

A.3)

Completion of task within limited timeframe.

Data Management system.
Safety procedure and courses/Training.
Knowledge development in terms of short courses.
Planning of work etc.

Scheduling and Cost Control ( 3FOLD Education Centre Abu Dhabi UAE )

Future Ambitions:

Master in Engineering Management

Master degree in Infrastructure work.
PHD in Engineering Management
To be a part of higher Management in company

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7. End Note:
Success is simple. Do whats right, the right way, at the right time.
Arnold H. Glasgow
I understand that the key to success is to look forward, perform with sheer hard
work, total commitment to assigned duties/ responsibilities and honesty in all walks
of life.

I personally feel that this is the right time for me to move forward towards my
career goal by working and learning with such an amazing and wonderful team that
I have. I am very grateful to Peter Hall (Divisional Manager), Mubashir Niaz (PD) ,
Anjum Javed (PM), Shuja Abbas Zaidi (RE), Saddar-ul-Islam (ARE), Iftikhar Ali
(ARE), Amanullah (ARE), Nasir Mehmood, Zahid Hussain , Javed Khokhar, Ibrar
Farooq and Waseem Abbasi.