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1 Risks Identification and management Contracts Management Claims Consultancy Cost Management and Quantity Surveying Project Planning and Scheduling Dispute Resolution & Arbitration E x p e r t s i n C o n t r a c t s M a n a g e m e n t C O M P A N Y P R O F I L E

2 Ahmad A. Al Mansoury FCIArb, Dipl. Arbitration, B.Sc Civil Eng. Chairman and Managing Director Contact Us Villa 147 Al Showaifat Street, Fifth Settlement, New Cairo, Cairo - Egypt Egypt Tele.: UAE Tele.: ahmad@ almansouryclaims.com

3 T H E F I R M A U n i q u e P e r s p e c t i v e S e r v i c e s Al Mansoury for Contracts Management and Arbitration Practice provides high quality consulting services in the areas of engineering and construction contracts, claims, expert witness testimony and Arbitration. Its founding partners bring together decades of experience in the construction industry, coupled with an in-depth knowledge of international contracts and an intricate understanding of the business context in the Middle East and Gulf area. With clients in Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, Al Mansoury has proven experience in applying international know-how locally. Through memberships and fellowships in numerous international prestigious professional institutions that specialize in construction contracts, claims and arbitration, Al Mansoury remains at the forefront of the field. Having worked extensively for multinational corporations, written for leading professional journals, and received numerous degrees and certifications from the United Kingdom, Al Mansoury s team is uniquely positioned to provide a level of service that is unparalleled in Egypt and the Gulf region. Preparation of construction contracts that distribute risks and effectively safeguard the interests of our client; Analysis of the potential risks of the existing signed contracts; Assist the client in setting the procurement strategies; Negotiation of construction contracts for the best interest of our client; Provision of tender evaluation and recommendations report, and preparation of contract award documentation; Contracts Administration of the project during construction phase; Creation of effective change-management procedures; Analysis of construction claims during construction phase; Assessment of the additional services requested by the consultants during construction phase; Analysis and preparation of delay impact submissions; Quantity Surveying and Cost Management for the project; Project Planning and Scheduling; Provision of dispute resolution services, including arbitration, mediation and adjudication; Participation in dispute adjudication boards; Construction Arbitration; and Preparation of Expert Witness report in the different Engineering fields and testimony. T h e b e s t y o u c a n e v e r h av e...

4 Clients and Projects Clients and Projects Client: New Giza for Hotels and Resorts Project Name: MGM Grand New Giza Hotel Project Type: 5 Stars Hotel and Serviced Apartment (600 key) Location: Cairo, Egypt Preparation of the project procurement Strategy; Management of the tenders procedures for the designers, Consultants and contractors; Preparation of the tender documents for consultants and contractors; Full range of contracts administration services; and Claims consultancy. Client: New Giza for Real Estate Development Project Type: 6,451,200 m2 Mixed Use Residential Development Location: Cairo, Egypt Preparation of the project procurement Strategy; Management of the tenders procedures for the designers, Consultants and contractors; Preparation of the tender documents for consultants and contractors; Full range of contracts administration services; and Claims consultancy. Client: ATIC Contracting Group Project Type: Al Mirag Residential Compound Location: Cairo, Egypt Full range of contracts administration services; Claims consultancy; and Arbitration procedures for an industrial project in Cairo, Egypt. Client: Qatari Diar Egypt (collective experience as Contracts Manager) Project Type: Mixed Use Residential Developments Location: Middle East and North Africa Full range of contracts administration for 5 stars Hotel, Mixed-use Compound, and Industrial Area in Egypt, Libya, Sudan and Morocco. Client: Al Rajhi Construction LLC Project Type: Infrastructure Works for Palm Jebel Ali Project. Infrastructure Works for Dubai Waterfront Project. Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Review the tenders packages and advise the contractor with the Potential risks involved in order to consider in the pricing; Assist the contractor in contract s negotiations and award; Initiate and respond to all contractual correspondence; W e c a r e a n d i t r e a l ly s h o w s...

5 Clients and Projects Clients and Projects Prepare all the claims for extension of time and additional payment; and Review all the changes and variations to protect the contractor s interest. Client: International Developer (barred for confidentiality) Project Type: Mixed Use Residential Development Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Redeveloped existing contract forms and created particular conditions based on FIDIC Red & Yellow Books; and Appointed as member in the project dispute adjudication board. Client: MNG- Zemats LLC Project Type: High Rise Building (G+80 floor) - Enabling works (Piling, Diaphragm Wall, Dewatering and Excavation) Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Qatar, Doha Full range of contracts administration; Claims consultancy; Commencement of arbitration; Preparation of the statement of claim and the required documents for arbitration; and Preparation of the required evidence for the arbitration procedures. Client: Delta Foundation LLC Project Type: Emirates Industrial Bank - Enabling works (Piling, Diaphragm Wall, Dewatering and Excavation) Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Full range of contracts administration services; Claims consultancy for extension of time and additional costs; and Disputes resolution; Client: Al Huda Contracting LLC Project Type: 5 Stars Millennium Hotel Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Full range of contracts administration services; Claims consultancy for extension of time and additional costs; and Disputes resolution; Client: Local Contractor (barred for confidentiality) Project Type: Power Plant Location: Muscat, Oman Full range of contracts administration services; Claims consultancy for extension of time and additional costs; and Disputes resolution; A f o r c e t o b e r e c k o n e d w i t h...

6 Ahmad A. Al Mansoury, FCIArb, Dipl. Arbitration Chairman and Managing Director With a background in civil engineering and construction law, Al Mansoury has extensive experience in a wide range of international contract forms including FIDIC, JCT, ICE -NEC3, AIA. Al Mansoury received his bachelor degree in civil engineering from Cairo University, Faculty of Engineering and continued his post-graduate studies in construction law and arbitration from The Robert Gordon University in the UK. Al Mansoury, as a specialist in the areas of contracts management, claims preparation, assessment, defense and arbitration, spends most of his professional time advising both owners and contractors in construction and engineering claims and disputes on projects that range from five-star hotels and mixed-use mega projects to infrastructure and enabling works. Providing consultations to clients in procurement strategies, contracts preparation and management, Al Mansoury has gained his reputation in Egypt and a number of Gulf countries including the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar. A trusted and accomplished professional in the field, Al Mansoury was appointed to the dispute adjudication board of numerous high-profile projects in the Emirates, and conducted arbitration under various arbitration rules including the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law and the International Chamber of Commerce. Al Mansoury is a fellow to the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), a founder of the Egypt branch of the UK-based Society of Construction Law and a member of the board of the Society of Construction Law-Gulf. He also teaches courses in contracts management and FIDIC forms in the UAE and Egypt. Aref Amer Senior Partner With 35 years of professional experience, Mr. Amer has specialty in the field of Contracts Management and Arbitration. Mr. Amer, assisted international contractors in mega projects in UAE, Egypt and KSA. His experience has been utilized in international mega projects such as: - International Roads works, Infrastructure for cities and mega residential projects; - The Holy Mosque of Prophet Mohammad Pbuh at Madinah(KSA); - The railway project between Macca- Jeddah- Madinah (KSA), - Palm Jebel Ali (Dubai-UAE), Dubai Waterfront and hundreds of kilometers of roads, infrastructure networks and bridges in (UAE). He is highly qualified arbitrator in construction disputes under the different arbitration rules including the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law and the International Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Amer's civil engineering back ground coupled with his extensive experience in construction contracts and claims made him a highly reputable professional in the areas of contracts management, claims preparation, assessment, defense and arbitration. Mr. Amer is a member in Society of Construction law in UAE and Egypt. ONE NAME, SEVERAL EXPERTISE & MANY SERVICES

7 O u r P e o p l e O u r P e o p l e Raad Hajjar Structural and High Rise Buildings expert. Mr. Hajjar is a 30 years of experience working as Senior Structural specialist in most types of construction projects. His specialty includes structural design, construction quality control, construction supervision, design and construction coordination, design team leader and project management of steel and concrete mega projects in the GCC region and Middle East. Mr. Hajjar is unique author of more than 28 publications in the different areas of the construction projects. Such publications have been used in most of the land mark projects in UAE and Middle East, such as: 01. Guide for Quality Management system. 02. Guide for quality procedure for Contractor / Sub-contractors / Fabricators and Suppliers. 03. Guide for the Design-Construction Process. 04. Guide for Tolerance. 05. Guide for Concrete Inspection. 06. Guide for joints in Concrete Structure. 07. Guide for Form work for concrete. 08. Guide for Curing. 09. Guide for Crack Mechanisms in Concrete. j u s t ly s a i d t o b e l e a d i n g t h e way Guide for GGBFS. 11. Guide for Quality Control of High-strength concrete. 12. Guide for piling works at sites. 13. Guide for Temporary Structures. 14. Guide for Evaluation of Concrete Structures. Mr. Hajjar expertise has been recently utilized in the following projects: 01. AL MAS Tower (380m),(5B,GR+64.), 02. Gold and silver towers (GR+50), 03. Burj Dubai lake hotel (5B+GR+65), 04. Al Sama Tower (B+G+84), 05. Trump tower (Palm Island) (5B+GR+75), 06. PPM Conrad hotel (3B+GR+55), 07. Emerald Palace (Palm Island), 08. Bright Start (B+GR+63), 09. Al-Salam Tecom Tower (3B+GR+45), 10. Al-Salam Tower (B+GR+53), 11. Jumeira lakes towers (V2, J1, E1, F3, W2, D1, D2, Saba 3, BB3) towers (5B+Gr+45), 12. MARINA (A22A, 4R, Irish Blue, Pier8, 2CDE) Towers (3B+GR+40), 13. Sky Garden Tower (3B+GR+50), 14. Etisalat Administration Bldg (3B+GR+33), 15. Flower Center DCC, 16. Novotel Hotels,

8 AHMED NASRELDIEN Director - Commercial and Contracts Mr. Nasreldien is an experienced commercial and contracts Director who joined Al Mansoury in He has extensive experience in Egypt, Qatar, UAE and KSA and has comprehensive understanding of the Middle East construction market and the different forms of contracts frequently used in the region. His area of expertise includes renowned hotels and resorts, commercial buildings and mega mixed use projects with international developers in the region. Mr. Nasreldien embraces more than 18 years of experience working with different forms of contracts and practically with FIDIC forms of Contract. Specific skills include the negotiations of the contracts with the international Consultants and Contractors. He has extensive experience in construction claims, preparation of custom tailored conditions of contracts that match the size, nature and requirements of the project and to reasonably distribute the risks without compromising the Client's rights, further eliminate the unnecessary inflation of the Contract prices. Mr. Nasereldien was active Contracts Manager in mega projects (i.e ADNOC Capital Center, TDIC Eastern Mangroves Development and Al-Wahda Mall in Abu Dhabi in addition to SD Dubai Creek front Development, Dubai Duty Free HQ and Arena Mall in Dubai Sports City in Dubai, The Pearl Qatar Island and Marinas, BARWA City in Al- Khor in Qatar, the Extension for American University in Cairo, San Stefano Complex in Alexandria and El Sokhna New Harbor in Egypt. Dr. HISHAM ELSHAZLY Geotechnical Expert Dr. Elshazly, with PhD Civil Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan, has nearly 25 years of combined practical, research and academic experience in Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Soil Dynamics, Earthquake Engineering, Dam Engineering, Water Structures, Soil-Structure Interaction, Structural Dynamics, Infrastructures Geotechnics, Shoring Systems, Tunnels, Bridges, Maritime Geotechnics, Pavement Design, Estimation Theory and

9 Inverse Analysis, geophysical methods and interpretations. He has led design teams as well as provided expertise and consultations for various earth projects covering the aforementioned scope in addition to ground improvement works and studies, with various modern techniques, including vibroflotation; stone columns Dynamic replacement, Dynamic compaction vacuum consolidation, sand drains and controlled modulus columns. He has also developed significant experience in Piling Works, land reclamation works, manmade islands and embankments, shoring systems, including sheet pile and diaphragm walls, design of dewatering systems and water control structures as well as various foundations, including shallow and deep (pile) systems. Long experience with laboratory and field testing as well as scoping and interpreting ground investigation works compliment the aforementioned expertise. 2-D and 3-D mathematical modeling of complex foundation, tunneling and soil structure interaction problems is one of his substantial strengths. Dr. Elshazly is the founder of the Soil Dynamics, Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Laboratory of the National Water Research Center, Egypt. The laboratory is the first of its kind in the Arab world. Dr. Elshazly and his team of researchers, engineers and technicians started serving the community by providing the expertise of dynamic testing and vibration level assessment to a number of steel bridges, reinforced concrete bridges, adventure lands, dam models under hydrodynamic action as well as hydro-power stations, including the one of the famous prestigious High Aswan Dam.

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