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Premith Satish

Mid-Level Design Manager / Senior Architect
Dubai,United Arab Emirates

Summary

Experienced Design Manager (Architecture) with about 10 years of experience in Architecture Engineering and Construction Industry skilled in communicating complex concepts, Pre Construction Coordination, Technical Management and to accomplish Steady workflow for project execution. Leads design team strategy to develop and accomplish team goals. Drives initiative and demonstrates excellent organization and communication in fast-paced dynamic environment and collaborates with cross-functional stakeholders for greatest potential impact. Dedicated Architect by background specializing in Climate Design and Optimization of Design via Computation. Advanced knowledge of sustainable design elements and LEED green building standards. Career focused on residential, commercial and healthcare design of facilities exceeding 9.1 million square feet in 7 Countires worldwide.

Having extensive international experience and leadership ability in front-end development and design management, coupled with experience in supervision and on-budget building completion. Worked with leading companies worldwide such as CERN, HOK, Gensler, BSBG, CRH, AFGRE, CRH, Permasteelisa, ALEC, DUTCO, LazerVision, and many more on projects locally and internationally.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
3
3
Languages

Work History

Design Manager

SWEID & SWEID
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
08.2019 - Current
  • Produce investor memorandums, executive summaries, and project pipelines
  • Partnered with JLL & CBRE on large-scale designs of key strategic significance to win projects and accomplish design strategies.
  • Ensuring contract value, negotiation, and removal of redundancies in proposed items and occasionally value engineering out excess fat of suggested items (Materials, Labor, Production and Installation time, transportation, etc..)
  • Appointed design consultants and encouraged performance pursuant to deed and scope of service.
  • Spearheaded design process to align with client specifications and budget.
  • Getting relevant authority approvals such as Dubai Municipality, RTA, Trakhees, TECOM (Master Developer), EMAAR (Master Developer), and more.
  • Reporting anomalies in project, delays, and producing site reports with photographs.
  • Researched design trends, technology and processes and directed work of design team .
  • Partnered with senior directors to drive change by evaluating methodologies, tools and templates at enterprise level.
  • Managed and expedited complex projects worth $80 Million in revenue.
  • Successfully resolved technical design issues by using Grasshopper, Rhino and Ladybug Software for Thermal Simulation and Heat Transfer Analysis.
  • Developed space planning concepts, material selections and client presentations.
  • Prepared Progress Reports, Investor Memorandums, Executive Summaries and Project Summary documents and details to ensure coordination, communication and to raise capital investments.
  • Consulted with clients to determine architectural preference to meet overall design goals.
  • Chaired design team meetings and issued action items.
  • Define quality budget and schedule for technical quality review on deliverables: plan site supervision workshops and progress meetings to maintain compliance with method of statement and construction quality standards.

Architect

HOK
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
02.2015 - 06.2017
  • Designed and constructed essential electronical art structures called ‘Media Blades,’ which housed bubble machines, searchlights, thermoelectrical coolers, speakers, and computers. The central island piece consisted of flame throwers and water jets for project budget of $10 Million. This Project won Guinness World Record for largest water projection screen in the world.
  • Shadowed the Lead Architect for six months during their absence, maintaining strict control over construction process and ensuring final design was completed according to specifications.
  • Attended all team meetings to resolve technical and project issues, coordinate with team members and review project schedules.
  • Developed, managed, reviewed, and commented on shop drawings and documents submitted by contractors and ensure that execution will match design quality and ensure timely delivery of construction stages. (incl. Review of RFI’s, material submittals, operational manuals, as-built drawings).
  • Liaising with design team at HOK, ALEC contracting team, and client development team at Al Futtaim Group Real Estate to ensure construction quality.
  • Coordinated all architectural construction documentation and drawings for each phase of fast-track projects.
  • Worked closely with multi-disciplinary team to design a large scale commercial project in Dubai Festival City.
  • Carefully documented every design phase, including SD, DD and CD.
  • Researched building codes by Dubai Municipality and Civil Defense and ensured requirements and applied to design planning.
  • Progress meetings and site supervision to ensure that Method of Statement and construction quality meets design expectations.
  • Personally Book-kept various schedules (such as doors, windows, finishes, sanitaryware, etc.).

Graduate Architect

Vertigo Design
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
08.2012 - 01.2015
  • Designed the main office and other vital areas for private residence for the Emir of Qatar.
  • Designed and supervised the whole fit-out interiors of a 45m Private Yacht for the Crown Prince of UAE with AriesMarine Contracting team and Al Naboodah fitout team.
  • Devised overall strategy for documentation and identified design sets planned for each stage of work including as-built designs and final building information models (BIM).
  • Consulted with clients to determine functional and spatial requirements of new structures.
  • Recommended minor adaptations and modifications to complete working drawing sets.
  • Reviewed project goals and objectives on monthly basis with project manager and design team.
  • Created, printed and modified drawings in AutoCAD and Revit.
  • Reviewed contractor proposals and sets of drawings prepared by THAPI, Al Gurg, Emarati Engineering, AriesMarine, Jumeirah Golf Estates firms to identify missing information, generate questions and align budgets.
  • Discussed zoning laws, fire regulations and building codes with city and county government agencies.
  • Designed custom furniture adapted to floor plans, working closely with multiple furniture vendors.
  • Coordinated with clients, consultants and contractors during construction bidding.

Graduate Architect Intern

NM Salim & Associates,
Calicut, India
04.2010 - 12.2010
  • Facilitated client involvement in design processes with direct contact and support.
  • Completed site measurements and gathered details of components to facilitate accurate design.
  • Created and delivered project presentations to stakeholders.
  • Put together project documents and reports.
  • Provided clerical and administrative support to senior architectural staff.
  • Created, printed and modified drawings in AutoCAD and Revit.
  • Created new and innovative approaches to problems and discussed strategies with project managers.

Education

Master of Science - MSc Architecture, Urbanism And Building Sciences

Delft University of Technology
Delft, Netherlands
08.2017 - 07.2019

Honours Programme Master - Computational Design And Additive Manufacturing

Delft University of Technology
Delft, Netherlands
12.2018 - 04.2019

Bachelor of Architecture - Architecture & Landscape Design

School of Architecture And Landscape Design
Jammu & Kashmir, India
08.2007 - 06.2012

Skills

    Technical Architecture Design

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Accomplishments

  • Collaborated with team of 18 Stakeholders in the development of VISA CEMEA HQ, Banyan Tree - Club House & Residence Project.
  • Resolved various project issues issue by monitoring he progressive works at Pre Construction Stages and then overseeing the works throughout production, construction and snagging .
  • Documented and resolved a major sanitation issue where the T&C team had accidentally plugged out the drain pipes causing the whole building to have sewage smell which led to saving a couple of hundred thousands AED.
  • Reduced the project spending by AED4 Million by Value engineering and negotiating over the specifications of the facade to meet the regulations but skimming off the excess and ensuring the design remained the same.
  • Completed the VISA CEMEA HQ, Banyan Tree - Club House & Residence Projects, Dubai on time and budget.
  • Promoted to Design Manager after 7 months of employment.
  • Managed a construction budgets of more than $100 Million.
  • Managed construction of a 96,000-square foot building.
  • Used Microsoft Project & monday.com to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
  • Led over 4 projects that were all completed within budget and on schedule.

Software

Microsoft Project

Mondaycom

Autodesk Revit

Autodesk AutoCAD

Rhino

Grasshopper

Sketchup

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Certification

CERN Idea Square Design Thinking, CERN, Switzerland

Notable Projects

VISA CEMEA Headquarters | Dubai, UAE
3B+G+5, Build-to-suit Office Space, 8,862 sq.m BUA, $73.5 Million Budget

Project Q, Commercial Hub | Dubai, UAE
2B+G+5, Build-to-Suit Office Space, 11,961 sq.m BUA, $82.4 Million Budget

Banyan Tree Residences - Club House | Dubai, UAE
G+1, Parks & Resorts, 2.35 acres Plot Area, $12.5 Million Budget

Private Villa 5 Bedrooms | Dubai, UAE
G+1, Architecture & Interior Design, 585 sq.m BUA, $4.5 Million Budget

Dubai Festival City Mall | Dubai, UAE
2B+G+2, Commercal Retail, 40,000 sq.m BUA, $400.0 Million Budget

Dubai Festival Centre WOW Factor | Dubai, UAE
Electrical Art Installation, 1.5dx1.4wx7.3h meters, Guinness World Records Awards, $10.0 Million Budget

Meitra Private Hospital (220 Beds, 52 ICU Units & 7 OT’s) | Calicut, India
B+G+8, Healthcare, 25,000 sq.m BUA, $1.4 Million Budget

Shiekh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Villa (Private Villa 5 Bedrooms) | Doha, Qatar
G+1, Interior Design - Residence, 2,550 sq.m BUA, $3.2 Million Budget

Timeline

CERN Idea Square Design Thinking, CERN, Switzerland

04-2020

Design Manager

SWEID & SWEID
08.2019 - Current

Technology in Sustainable Development (TiSD) Annotation, TU Delft, Netherlands

05-2019

Honours Programme Master - Computational Design And Additive Manufacturing

Delft University of Technology
12.2018 - 04.2019

Master of Science - MSc Architecture, Urbanism And Building Sciences

Delft University of Technology
08.2017 - 07.2019

LEED® Green Associate, USGBC

07-2016

Architect

HOK
02.2015 - 06.2017

Learning how to Learn, University of California, San Diego

01-2015

Design Cities, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

08-2014

Graduate Architect

Vertigo Design
08.2012 - 01.2015

Graduate Architect Intern

NM Salim & Associates,
04.2010 - 12.2010

Bachelor of Architecture - Architecture & Landscape Design

School of Architecture And Landscape Design
08.2007 - 06.2012
Premith SatishMid-Level Design Manager / Senior Architect