Meet the Director
“A winning programme not only wins the bid, but also sets-up the project team for delivery success.”
Ahmed Sherif - BEng IEng MICE
With over two decades of striving to achieve excellence in the civil engineering field, I see the programme as the heart of what we deliver.
My passion to get planning right has no boundaries, having progressed from a site engineer to a site agent then moving in to planning, delivering major infrastructure, I understand the need to engineer our programmes to meet delivery ambitions and commercial excellence.
Being an ICE professional member and holding an APM project management qualification increases my sense of responsibility to achieve a sustainable industry, through innovative thinking and a one-team approach.
Setting up a planning function for the VL business in the UK, as the Head of Planning
Over 250 tenders with strategically developed schedules to support work winning
Covering a diverse portfolio and contracts (NEC, JCT, ICE and bespoke contracts)
Supporting projects in claims and adjudicated disputes and achieve recovery
APM Project Management Qualification in 2017
Incorporated Civil Engineer status in 2014
Developing and managing design and procurement programmes on mega projects
Career Highlights
Learning never stops for me and so I always took on additional roles:
Appointed Person
Temporary Works Co-ordinator
Environmental Engineer
3D and 4D modelling
Key projects
Multiple highways and new road construction, including packages such as: earthworks, structures, drainage, utilities and surfacing works.
Nuclear sector projects, including the mega Sizewell C and Sellafield infrastructure works. Managing construction, tendering and schedule optimisation.
Energy and transmission schemes, schedule optimisation and sprints.
Heavy civils and marine work on container terminal schemes, planning and delivery.
Airport pier extension, successful £140 million tender: NEC4 two-stages, RIBA 3, 4 and 5. Delivering both design and construction programmes.
Carbon capture schemes and EPC programmes, tendering and advisory consultation.
Upgrade schemes for the water sector, schedule management and focus on delivery.
The TransPennine Route Upgrade West (TRUW) between Huddersfield and Leeds. Leading schedule recovery and management on W34
Tender planning for refurbishment of numerous iconic structures, such as the Newport transporter bridge - one of only six built globally!