1. Alok Kumar Puri
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Proposed Position/Title Project Director/ Technical Director/Design Manager
Name of Firm: DIWI Consult Emirates
Name of Staff: Alok Kumar PURI
Profession: Civil Engineer
Date of Birth: 14th September 1962
Years with Firm / entity: 6 Nationality: Indian
Membership in Professional Societies:
Member of Indian Road Congress
Member of Indian Institute of Engineers
Member of Institution of Highways and Transportation, UK
Technical Competencies
Highly skilled professional with more than 30 years’ experience on all aspects of managing multi-disciplinary design teams.
He has been involved with all aspects of design management ranging from tender to project delivery, client liaison and
coordination, procurement and appointment of sub-consultants and managing client delivery schedules.
He has extensive experience in design of roads and infrastructure projects from inception through planning and feasibility
studies to preliminary and detailed geometric and pavement designs, preparation of design and construction drawings to the
preparation of bidding documents for various funding agencies world-wide, including UAE, Africa and Caribbean.
He has comprehensive knowledge of various computer aided design and drafting, GPS and surveying software.
Career Summary
In recent years, he has worked on the following relevant projects:
2009 – till date with DIWI Consult (Emirates)
Project Management for numerous infrastructure projects (Prominent are - East Midfield Perimeter Road Project and Midfield
Airside Road Tunnel Project for Abu Dhabi Airports Company – ADAC, Internal Roads Project in Baniyas and Shawamekh
for Abu Dhabi Municipality).
Management and coordination of various infrastructure projects in UAE, Afghanistan, Africa & Caribbean, business
development, responsible for bidding;
2007 – 2008 with AECOM Middle East (earlier Cansult Maunsell Ltd.)
Design Verification Manager for all design works at Al Raha Beach Development, Abu Dhabi, UAE;
Design Manager for infrastructure works at Al Raha Beach Development, Abu Dhabi, and UAE.
1995 – 2007 with DIWI CONSULT INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Team Leader/Principal & Senior Highway Design Engineer for several road and infrastructure schemes in Africa, the Middle
East and the Caribbean;
2001 - 2002: Project Engineer for Housing and Infrastructure Project in Palestine/Gaza;
2001: Assistant Resident Engineer in Roads and Bridges Maintenance Project in U.A.E;
1996 - 1997: Highway Design Engineer in a Debre Markos – Gonder Road Upgrading Project in Ethiopia;
1995 - 1996: Senior Highway Engineer/ Project Co-ordinator in a Rural Road Development Project in Malawi;
1992-1995 with Roads Department, Ministry of Works Transport and Communications, Botswana
1992 – 1995: Road Design Engineer for numerous rural road projects in Botswana;
1985-1992 with various local contractors and clients in India
1991 – 1992: Project Executive for various construction works in India;
1990 – 1991: Senior Civil Engineer in an infrastructure project in India;
1987 – 1990: Deputy Manager Civil with Continental Construction – Balfour Beatty Joint Venture;
1985 – 1987: Graduate Civil Engineer with HP PWD, Shimla.
Education:
Master of Engineering (Highways), Panjab Engineering College, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, 1987
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil), Panjab Engineering College, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, 1984
2. Alok Kumar Puri
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Career History
Dates: December 2008 – Till Date
Employing Organisation: DIWI Consult (Emirates)
Title / Position: Director (Engineering)
Location of Assignment: United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi)
Activities:
About Employing Organisation - DIWI specialises in the provision of design, construction supervision, project management,
technical assistance and maintenance management services for transportation infrastructure, roads, bridges, airports, ports and
tunnels, industrial and commercial buildings, health facilities, water supply systems, sewerage networks and waste water treatment
plants. DIWI also undertakes economic and technical feasibility studies and provides environmental management services.
Reporting to – Regional Director
Key roles & responsibility
Project Manager – Responsible for design delivery on schedule, liaising with Client and other stakeholders, managing
sub-consultants and coordinating design teams for multiple disciplines, ensuring quality control as per company’s QMS.
Director (Engineering) – Built up a highly skilled & motivated design team; Manage company resources to optimize
production.; Quality Control/Assurance for all design projects, bidding for new projects, Quality Control/Assurance for all
design projects, bidding for new projects
Key Achievements
Project - Midfield Airside Road Tunnel Project, for Abu Dhabi Airports Company, Abu Dhabi, UAE and East Midfield and Perimeter
Roads for Abu Dhabi Airports Company, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Managed design delivery to keep up with a very aggressive construction schedule for building a road tunnel under the
runway. The runway was closed for a short period of 6 months in early 2014.
Co-ordination with various stakeholders etc.
Co-ordinating multiple design teams to deliver a functional, well-engineered, economical and constructible design.
Project - Internal Road Projects in Baniyas and Shawamekh for Abu Dhabi Municipality.
Managed extensive site investigations by proper planning and outsourcing certain activities to respect the tight schedule;
Managed to define the ambiguous scope of works by close liaison with client and presentation of site conditions.
Dates: March 2007 – December 2008
Employing Organisation: Cansult Maunsell Ltd. (www.cansultmaunsell.com)
Title / Position: Design Manager/ Design Verification Manager
Project: Al Raha Beach Development (www.alrahabeach.ae)
Location of Assignment: United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi)
Client Reference: ALDAR, Abu Dhabi
About Employing Organisation – Cansult Maunsell was formed in October 2006, when Cansult Limited merged with the AECOM
family of companies to join with Maunsell operations in the Middle East. The combined company names signify the market strengths
of both brands, under the world-leading AECOM banner. With nearly 1,500 employees, Cansult Maunsell is one of the largest
engineering consulting firms in the Arabian Gulf and is AECOM’s first operating company in the region. Cansult Maunsell’s extensive
portfolio of projects includes signature projects such as the Al Raha Beach Development, the Abu Dhabi Trade Centre, Danet Abu
Dhabi, and bridges for the Dubai Sheraton & Gulf Gate, Jumeirah Beach Development, the Etisalat Tower, Abu Dhabi Tourist Club
and the district cooling for the $3.5 billion Dubai Metro Project.
Reporting to – Project Director/Design Director
Key roles & responsibility
Design Verification Manager - Responsible for managing design verification for all design packages being issued to the
contractor for construction. Responsible for delivery of design packages on time, co-ordination with various utility agencies
and other stake holders.
Design Manager – Design Management of Luluat Al Raha, a massive reclaimed island for Al Raha Beach Development.
Coordination between different disciplines – roads, bridges, utilities, landscaping, Light Rail, Geotechnical and the
contractor.
Key Achievements
Setting up and managing the design verification procedure as per AECOM QMS;
Setting up a database of worldwide resources for all disciplines to carry out third party checking of design;
Managing delivery of design packages as per schedule to the contractor. Mainly ensuring Category II check for all bridges
and structural elements in the project.
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Dates: Jan 1996 – Feb 2007
Employing Organisation: DIWI Consult International GmbH
Title / Position: Principal Highway Design Engineer/Team Leader
Location of Assignments: United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi), St. Lucia, Grenada, Jamaica, Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique
Reporting to – Regional Manager
About Employing Organisation – DIWI Consult International Gmbh, based in Essen, Germany employs over 100 qualified and
experienced experts, engineers, administration personnel and management. The Company is engaged in engineering projects world-
wide. The Head Office in Essen is the driving force behind the Company activities, centralising the design staff and specialists and
providing overall direction and supervision to the overseas branch offices and subsidiaries.
Key roles & responsibility
Principal Highway Design Engineer - Geometric and pavement design, traffic analysis and contract documents for
numerous road projects using Computer Aided Design software – Civil Designer, STARDUST & MXROAD.
Team Leader – Took up the role of Team Leader for various road and infrastructure projects funded by World Bank,
African Development Bank, Kuwait Fund, Abu Dhabi Fund for Development and Caribbean Development Bank in
Caribbean and South and East Africa.
Key Achievements
Setting up a back office for design activities for the entire group;
Extensively travelled to countries in Caribbean and southern and eastern Africa to manage and coordinate local site
investigation teams and experts and back office design teams.
Dates: Oct 1995 - Sept 1996
Employing Organisation UNETEC Ltd., Cyprus (Head Office - Kuwait)
Project: Economic Feasibility Study, Preliminary Engineering Design for a comprehensive Rehabilitation
and Upgrading of Selected Rural Roads Development Project’, funded by Kuwait Fund
Title / Position Senior Highway Engineer/ Project Co-ordinator
Location of Assignment Malawi
Reporting to – Project Manager
About Employing Organisation – UNETEC is a multi-disciplinary Kuwaiti Firm having staff with design experience in a number of
fields and having undertaken projects in various Middle Eastern and African and Asian Countries and the Caribbean.
Key roles, responsibilities & achievements
SeniorHighway Engineer - Pavement Condition Survey for project roads; Preliminary engineering design/detailed design
Socio-economic data collection for economic evaluation; Traffic studies and forecasts; Preparation of Bill of Quantities,
cost estimates and Tender documents; Preparation of Inception Report, Design Reports etc.;
Project Coordinator - Setting up design office in Lilongwe, Malawi; during this period, also assisted with geometric design
of on-going road design projects in Mozambique, Gambia and Burkina Faso (all funded by Kuwait fund).
Dates: Sep 1992 - Sep 1995
Employing Organisation: Design Section, Development Division, Roads Department, Ministry of Works Transport and
Communications, Botswana
Title / Position: Roads Engineer - Design
Location of Assignment: Botswana
Reporting to – Senior Roads Engineer
About Employing Organisation – Roads Department under the Ministry of Works Transport and Communications exists to serve
as the focal point for policy and operational direction pertaining to road design, road construction and road maintenance in line with
the Public Roads Act
Key roles, responsibilities & achievements
Roads Engineer - Preliminary and detailed design of rural roads projects totalling more than 400 Km including design of
drainage & intersections using Roads design software like ‘STARDUST’, ‘CARDS’, ‘SIDRA’ and ‘CULVERT’.
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Record of other experience:
Dates: Sep 1985 – Aug 1992
Employing Organisation: Various Contractors and clients in Western and Northern India.
Title / Position: Project Executive (Civil)/Senior Civil Engineer/Deputy Manager
Location of Assignment: Western and Northern India
Activities: Supervision of Construction of Roads, Bridge, Infrastructure, Canal and Buildings
Languages:
English – Fluent
Hindi & Punjabi – Native
Professional training courses attended:
Post-Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications from National Centre for Computers & Management Services, Chandigarh,
India.
‘SIDRA’, a traffic analysis software tool for signalised and un-signalised intersections and junctions, developed by Australian
Road Research Board, and conducted by ‘BKS Incorporated’, Pretoria, South Africa.
‘Hydraulic design of culverts and associated software’, conducted by ‘Civillo software’, Pretoria, South Africa.
MX in Windows (MOSS), road design software, conducted by ‘The Civil Engineering Centre’, Doha, Qatar.
Attended training course on “ROUNDABOUT DESIGN TOOLS IN MX” in Dubai Internet city, Dubai in July ‘03
Attended a 2 day intensive workshop on Project Management in March 2008 conducted by PSMJ, Australia.
Attended a 2 day course to become an Internal Auditor as part of ISO 9001 requirements in June 2008.
References and detailed CV available on request.