Howard Riley BSc MIStructE MPMI

Experience

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  White Young & Partners

  Aug 1977 - Oct 1979

  Technician
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  White Young Qatar

  Jul 1982 - Dec 1988

  Assistant Engineer

  Design, draughting, and site supervision, chiefly for reinforced concrete building structures. Abundant site experience. Designed blast resistant structures on several projects for both military and civil clients. Solely responsible for hardened construction designs subject to third party scrutiny, and for authoring specifications for massive concrete pours, blast doors, spall liners, and camouflage systems.

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  Cameron Taylor Partners | Furness Partnership | R H Thomason Partnership

  Jan 1989 - Apr 1990

  Project Engineer

  Short term contract placements.

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  White Young Consulting Engineers Ltd

  Apr 1990 - Aug 1997

  Principal Engineer | Project Manager

  Duties included lead roles in engineering and in project management; the execution of option studies for works projects; undertook the statutory HSE appointment of Planning Supervisor on several major Defence projects; auditor for second-party QA audits within the White Young group.

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  Peter Hudson Buckle

  Aug 1997 - Dec 1999

  Senior Engineer

  Team leader role for new build engineering commissions including Ajman City Centre phases I and II.

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  DHV Campbell Reith

  Feb 2000 - Feb 2002

  Senior Structural Engineer

  Team leader role for new build and structural repair commissions including Green Community commercial centre and structural survey of buildings at UAE University in Al Ain.

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  COWI Almoayed Gulf

  Feb 2002 - Aug 2005

  Senior Engineer

  Projects: Resident Engineer for dockside Liquid Pitch Unloading project at DUBAL (Dubai Aluminium); Resident Engineer for structural repairs at Dubai Municipality HQ; Project Manager for construction phase of Jetty Refurbishment at Bayt Al Baraka, Oman, for the Office of the Sultan.

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  E C Harris

  Aug 2005 - Apr 2009

  Project Manager

  Project Management Consultancy. Project Manager for Design and Master Planning of Dubai Industrial City, a greenfield project of five thousand hectares of mixed Industrial and Residential/Commercial/Office developments and infrastructure.Chiefly concerned with design management of Master Planning, including road network and utilities corridors, traffic impact and environmental impact assessments, sewage treatment plant, zoning controls, utilities and community facilities, phasing plans for infrastructure development, and public transportation. Meeting weekly with Client to update all aspects and discuss upcoming work, managed all master plan changes, including associated variation orders to consultant, and the coordination with regulatory authorities including Dubai Electricity & Water Authority, Dubai Municipality Planning and Execution departments, and Roads and Transport Authority. Show less

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  Campbell Reith Hill International

  Jul 2009 - Mar 2017

  Project Director

  Engineering and PMC. Project Manager for a high end leisure, entertainment, and hospitality venue incorporating a boutique hotel, restaurants, theatre, nightclub, spa, and gym; Resident Engineer for Jebel Ali Industrial Bus Depot for Roads & Transport Authority; Senior Resident Engineer for three Bus Stations contracts for Roads & Transport Authority, responsible for cost control, claims assessment, and negotiation of final settlement with the contractor on early termination of the contract.

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  Whitespace

  Apr 2017 - May 2019

  Project Director

  Architectural Design. Team Leader of sixteen persons supervising high-end villas at Dubai Hills Estate, particularly responsible for value engineering and payment certification; G+6 office building for Sheikh Diab Bin Zayed, Abu Dhabi; DEWA Customer service centre and museum, 'LEED Platinum', at Expo 2020 district.