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Ashraf
ElAssaly Ph.D., PEng. President
Ashraf is a Co-Founder of CIMS Ltd. in Edmonton, Canada. He
is registered Professional Engineer in the province Alberta,
Canada with 20 years of experience as a professional engineer
and project manager.
Ashraf is also a Designated Instructor and Consultant for project
and infrastructure management at University of Alberta, Alberta
Government, City of Edmonton, Government of Nunavut, Petroleum
industry, Bredin Institute, and LORMAN Education Services.
Ashraf received his Ph.D. in Construction Engineering and Management
from University of Florida, USA. Ashraf has been involved in
a number of major projects within Canada and abroad. This includes
a major oil project in Alberta, UE-1, with budget more than
$ 9.0 billion. His knowledge of state-of-the-art in infrastructure
management area put him as one of the pioneers in this field
in Canada and North America.
His inventive approaches helped government agencies and municipalities
to establish short and long terms funding plans to manage roads,
bridges, sewer networks and water mains in North America. Ashraf
is the winner of the Team Work award offered by the Government
of Alberta for 2006 for his exceptional consulting works.
As the president of CIMS, Ashraf oversees and manages the activities
of CIMS Ltd. across Canada and North America. His strengths
and abilities focus primarily on Infrastructure Management and
Project Management training.
Ashraf applies his experience implementing achievement-focused
project methodologies for clients, which includes training for
project managers and consulting with project sponsors and executives.
Awards:
1993 R. Benton Steel Bridge award University of Florida, USA
1994 Dean Weil Award of Achievement University of Florida, USA
2002 I Cube award for Invention CoSyn Technology, Canada
2007 Team Work Award The Government of Alberta, Canada
2009 Innovation Award, The Government of Alberta, Canada
2009 Premier of Alberta Golden Award, The Government of Alberta, Canada
Publications Sample:
El-Assaly, A., Ariaratnam, S., Ruwanpura, J, and Ng, H., "Cost
Forecast Model for Sewer Infrastructure," ICE Journal of
Municipal Engineer, Print ISSN 0965-0903, Volume: 159, Issue 3,
PP 155-160, September 2006·
El-Assaly, A., Ruwanpura, J., and Ariaratnam, S. "Cost
Forecast Models of Proactive Rehabilitative Infrastructure Sewer
Management (PRISM) model" (Journal of Civil Engineering
and Environmental Systems), August 2006·
El-Assaly, A., Ng, H., and Chua, K., "Cost and Budget
Prediction for Underground Sewer Rehabilitation Programming
and Planning," CSCE Annual General Conference, Calgary
May 2006.
El-Assaly, A., Kwan, A., and Ho, P., "Risk Management
in Geometric Design", Transportation Association of Canada
(TAC), Calgary, September 2005.
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Wael
El Ghandour Ph.D., P.Eng., PMP
Vice President
Wael, co-founder of CIMS Ltd., is a registered Project Management
Professional in North America at PMI and registered as a Professional
Engineer in the province of Alberta with over 15 years of experience
as project controls, instructor, and project engineer.
Wael received his M.Sc. from University of Karlsruhe, Germany,
and his Ph.D. from University of Alberta, Canada. As the vice
president of CIMS Ltd., Wael's role is to manage and direct
our offices overseas, continue providing consulting, and training
services to existing and future clients overseas, while developing
new business in the areas of Construction Innovation and Technology.
This includes PA UT for welding inspection, 3D Laser Scanning,
Impact Echo (IE), and Spectral Analysis of Surface Waves (SASW).
His past experience includes leading project controls
teams for some major projects in North America. This includes
PSI at Syncrude, KH-3 at EPCOR, MNU and MCU at Suncor Energy
with budget over than $4.0 Billion.
His innovative creative approach helped many major companies
in North America to develop new methods for managing and controlling
their projects including PCL, Lockerbie & Hole, TIC, COLT-WorleyParsons,
and City of Edmonton, Canada.
Awards:
1994 STUBE award, Stuttgart Karlsruhe University,Germany
2003 Stollery Award University of Alberta, Canada
2004 AACE Award AACE, Canada
2005 I3 (Invention) Award CoSyn Technology, Canada
2006 Performance Award Bantrel, Canada
Publications Sample:
ElGhandour W., and AlHussein M., 2003: “Survey of Information
Technology Applications in Construction”, Journal of Construction
Innovation, Vol. 3, 1-16.
ElGhandour W., Al-Hussein M., AbouRizk S., and Wang P., “An
automated system for estimating piping and refineries construction”,
the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, 31st Annual Conference,
June 4-7, 2003/Moncton, NB, Canada.
Mohamed ElAgroudy, MEng., Managing Director
Dr. Mohamed El Agroudy has more than 15 years of experience in Construction Engineering and management. Due to this extensive experience, he was assigned to teach Construction Engineering students the principals of Construction Engineering and Management at the Arab Academy for Science & Technology and Maritime Transportation (AASTMT) located in Egypt. He is an arbitrator, a Certified Corporate Trainer (CCT) and has a decade of corporate experience in the field of Planning, Time Management, Risk Management, Leadership, and Organizational Development.
During his extensive project management career, Dr. El Agroudy has served as a Technical office Manager then a Project Manager for many projects in Egypt. He served as a Regional Manager for a leading Construction Company in the Arabian Gulf Area.
Dr. El Agroudy is the Chairman and founder of the Engineering Project Management Association (EPMA), a founder member of the Arab Union of Engineering Arbitration Centers (AUEAC), a founder member of the Arab Union for Real Estate Development (AURD), a founder and Vice-Chairman of International Business and Investment Association (IBIA) Egyptian representative of (IBF), an active member of the Project Management Institute (PMI), a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), a member of Management Engineering Society (MES). He is the Program Chair of the 2nd International Conference on Construction In Developing Countries (ICCIDC-II).
Dr. El Agroudy is the Managing Partner of training and consulting at Canadian Innovative Management Solutions (CIMS) and chairman of Misr for Services and Maintenance (MSM), one of the leading companies in the field of Construction Engineering & Management Services in Egypt.
RECENT PAPERS & CONFERENCES:
- 9th Scientific International Conference (Alzaytoonah University)
“Environment Economics and Globalization” - April 19-22, 2009, Amman, Jordan
Paper Title: Risk Management in Environment Economics.
- 5th International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-V)
“Collaboration and Integration in Engineering, Management and Technology”
May 20-22, 2009, Istanbul, Turkey
Paper Title: A Fuzzy Logic Approach for Contractor Selection.
- 1st Real Estate Arbitration Conference
“Arbitration in Real Estate Disputes” - August 9-13, 2009, Cairo, Egypt
Paper Title: Risk Management in Real Estate Projects.
- 1st Euro-Arab Real Estate Conference
“Euro-Arab Partnership, Fact or Fiction?” – October 27-28, 2009, Barcelona, Spain
Paper Title: Risk Management in Euro-Arab Partnership of Real Estate Projects.
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