Profile
I am an ambitious academic, researcher, and project manager who acquires extensive construction management, commercial, procurement, and contractual knowledge, skills, and experience.
Professionally, my work covered Lebanon and the Emirate of Dubai, where I held managerial positions at major projects like the Lebanese National Museum, Hilton Dubai, Dubai Marriott Palm Jumeirah, Taj Exotica Hotel and Spa, etc.
Academically, I have a solid history of top-tier research outputs, development of training content, lecturing in Higher Education institutions, and supervision of postgraduate students. I am also experienced in working on key funded research and consultancy projects that involve close collaboration with industry partners.
Professional affiliations
- Affiliated Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers
- Member of the Order of Engineers – Lebanon
- BSI PAS 8700 Review Panel
- Local Government Association Digital Construction Working Group
- Member of CIB TG96 Accelerating Innovation in Construction, Task Group. 2020–2024
Awards
- Winner of Research Innovation Sustainability Enterprise Award – MMC Award 2022. The University of West of England Bristol
- Highly Recommended for the Social Sustainability Category International Conference Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society Conference 2021, Leeds Beckett University, Dublin Institute of Technology, and The University of the West of England. For the paper titled: Extracting MMC Values that contribute towards Employment Opportunities Amidst Global Pandemics. Ali M. Saad and Chris Gorse
External activities
Guest Editor of Buildings Special Issue. Peer Reviewer for Business Process Management Journal, Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management (ECAM), Architectural Engineering and Design Management (AEDM), Journal of Open Innovation, Construction Innovation, Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, and Results in Engineering.
Key collaborators
My research and enterprise activities are conducted with a range of academic and stakeholder partners, including:
- YORhub
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council
- Local Government Association
- CITB
- InnovateUK