Award Winners

Mr. Varun Kharbanda

TITLE : Mr. Varun Kharbanda

CATEGORY : Outstanding Project Risk Manager of the Year

Mr. Varun Kharbanda


Mrs. Fatima Ali Hassan Jaber

TITLE : Cost of the Projects Of The Buildings Contract Management

CATEGORY : Outstanding Project Cost Manager of the Year

The presentation includes a summary of our work as the Director of Building Contracts Department in the Public Works Department during the past two years, where the control of the costs of projects that we oversee their contracts witnessed a qualitative leap in updating procedures and developing policies through achieving the objectives listed in the operational plan that has been developed and modernized to improve the work mechanisms of the Department As a whole.


Ahmed, Riyaz

TITLE : Project Controls Digital Transformation-A digital Thread Journey

CATEGORY : Outstanding Project Control Manager of the Year

Leading project control function for UAE, Iraq, and Qatar with projects portfolio value around 8.1B$. the role involves project control responsibility on both Tendering and Execution phase. During the last 2 years major transition in operational excellence with new customized project control tools such as Unifier, Tableau, Time Control, SAP and PDM has be implemented. Leading development in usage of P6 to make it main platform for various data’s including time analysis, progress monitoring, resource planning and labor demand, cost forecasting, and earned value management


H.E. Eng. Ali Bin Shaheen Al Suwaidi

TITLE : H.E. Eng. Ali Bin Shaheen Al Suwaidi

CATEGORY : Leader of the Year (CPR Cost , Procurement, Risk)

H.E. Eng. Ali Bin Shaheen Al Suwaidi


Dr. Ibrahim Bakry

TITLE : Contractor Pre-qualification Model for Lean Project Delivery

CATEGORY : Emerging research scholar (CPR - Cost, Procurement & Risk)

Contractor Pre-qualification Model for Lean Project Delivery


H.E. Eng. Jamila Al Fendi

TITLE : H.E. Eng. Jamila Al Fendi

CATEGORY : Outstanding Woman of the Year

H.E. Eng. Jamila Al Fendi


H.E. Fahad bin Mohammed Al Hammadi

TITLE : H.E. Fahad bin Mohammed Al Hammadi

CATEGORY : Leader of the Year Contractors (CPR Cost , Procurement, Risk)

H.E. Fahad bin Mohammed Al Hammadi


Building contracts department, Directorate of Public Works - Sharjah Government

TITLE : Building contracts department, Directorate of Public Works - Sharjah Government

CATEGORY : Excellence in Project Procurement Management of the Year

Building contracts department, Directorate of Public Works - Sharjah Government


Samih Elsadig

TITLE : GENERAL ELECTRIC-RENEWABLE ENERGY-GRID SOLUTIONS-Project Controls Digital Transformation-A digital Thread Journey

CATEGORY : Excellent Project through Innovation in Cost, Procurement and Risk Management

In 2016, GE conducted a global assessment and set in motion a project transformation initiative aimed at improving projects’ performance, creating sustainable and transparent digital processes via strong functional leadership. Project Controls featured key points to address: ? Improving On Time Delivery ? Improving execution margin ? Improving EOT claims ? Improving Billing Lead Time ? Identifying Cash push out opportunities Transformation Key messages: ? Simplified processes. ? Improving productivity, reliability, transparency and accountability via Digitization ? Clean, standardized and reliable data as compulsory prerequisites ? Time + resource management combined with cost controls enhance the data (EVM, CTC, CM)