{"id":15,"date":"2017-10-30T11:12:12","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T11:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staffpages.uofk.edu\/gamal-mahmoud\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2017-10-30T11:12:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T11:12:12","slug":"previous-employment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staffpages.uofk.edu\/gamal-mahmoud\/previous-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"Previous Employment"},"content":{"rendered":"

(A) Independent Consultant:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sept \u201815 \u2013 Feb \u201816<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Habitat III National Reports Consultant<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat), Nairobi, Kenya<\/span><\/p>\n

Aug. \u2013 Dec. 2014<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 National Consultant <\/strong>commissioned by the United Nations HumanSettlements Program (UN-Habitat) to prepare (in coordination with the National Council for Urban Development) Sudan\u2019s Report to Habitat III international conference, 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n

Feb. \u2013 June 2013.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Consultant <\/strong>(with Dr. Bahreldin, I.Z.) for the Sudanese EnvironmentConservation Society for a study entitled “Khartoum 2030: An Alternative, Environmentally-Sensitive Vision for the Development of Greater Khartoum”<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2011 – 2012<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nConsultant <\/strong>(with Dr. Eltahir, M.M) for Omdurman Islamic University, to<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nassess, \u00a0 update and develop \u00a0 the curriculum of \u00a0 its Department of<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nArchitecture and Planning.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May \u2013 Sept. 2009:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nConsultant <\/strong>for the World Bank, for a study on the Urban Sector in<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nSudan. Included an in-depth study of the cities of Khartoum, Nyala<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n(Darfur) and Juba (South Sudan).<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov. 08 \u2013 Feb. 09<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nConsultant <\/strong>for \u00a0 UNDP Syria and \u00a0 the Syrian Ministry \u00a0 for Local<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nAdministration and Environment under the \u201cTechnical Assistance in the<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nArea of Sustainable Urban Development\u201d Program (SYR\/08\/002). Major<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nrole \u00a0 included designing a \u00a0 national training program \u00a0 on Sustainable<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nUrban Development.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug \u2013 Oct. ’06<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nConsultant <\/strong>for \u00a0 UNDP Saudi Arabia \u00a0 and Al-Madinah Al-Munawara<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nMunicipality \u00a0 to evaluate Al-Madinah \u00a0 Al-Munawara’s Local Urban<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(B) Academic<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. \u201808 \u2013 Present<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nAssociate Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning, <\/strong>University of<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nKhartoum (On secondment to the National Council for Urban Development)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar. ’10 \u2013 April \u201815 \u00a0Dean, <\/strong>Faculty of Architecture, University of Khartoum.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
January 2015<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nExternal Examiner <\/strong>for B.Sc. Architecture students, Batch No. 19, Department<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nof Architecture and Planning, Wad Medani Ahlia University.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 2014<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nExternal Examiner <\/strong>for B.Sc. Architecture students, Batch No. 18, Department<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nof Architecture and Planning, Wad Medani Ahlia University.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. ’08 \u2013 Mar. ’10<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nDeputy Dean <\/strong>for Administrative Affairs and Head <\/strong>of the Physical Planning and<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nUrban Design Department, Faculty of Architecture, University of Khartoum.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 2008<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nExternal Examiner <\/strong>for B.Sc. Architecture students, Department of Architecture<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nand Planning, Omdurman Islamic University.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan. ’95 – Mar. ’98:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nHead, <\/strong>Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture,<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of Khartoum<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec. ’92 – Jun. ’03:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nAssistant Professor of Architecture and Planning, <\/strong>University of Khartoum.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 93 – Jul. 94:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nCoordinator, <\/strong>Master Program in Physical Planning, Department of Architecture,<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nFaculty of Engineering and Architecture, University of Khartoum.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Sept. ’00 – May ’03:\u00a0\u00a0 Coordinator<\/strong>, Comparative Research Initiative on Poverty (CRIP) in the Middle-East and North Africa, an inter-disciplinary expert group sponsored by the Middle East Awards Program of the Population Council\u2019s regional office for<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nWest Asia and North Africa.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995 – 1998<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nCo-coordinator<\/strong>, National Council for Research, Sudan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nSAHA, a national research project on urban housing.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Mar.- Sept. ’92<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Visiting Scholar, <\/strong>Urban Planning Program, UCLA<\/span><\/p>\n

Spring ’89<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Teaching Assistant, <\/strong>Urban Planning Program, UCLA
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Winter-Spring ’86<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Teaching Assistant, <\/strong>Department of Architecture, MIT, USA<\/span><\/p>\n

July- Oct. ’82<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Part-time instructor, <\/strong>Institute for Extra-Mural Studies, University of Khartoum<\/span><\/p>\n

Feb. ’82 \u2013 Sep. ’83\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Teaching Assistant, <\/strong>Department of Architecture, University of Khartoum<\/span><\/p>\n

(C) Professional Planner – Architect<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mar. \u2013 Dec. 2015<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Team\u00a0 Leader\u00a0\u00a0 and\u00a0\u00a0 Project\u00a0\u00a0 Director<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 of\u00a0 a\u00a0\u00a0 team\u00a0\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 planners\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and engineers commissioned by UN Habitat Sudan (within a cooperation agreement with the Faculty of Architecture, University of Khartoum) to prepare Strategic Urban Development Plans for the towns of Al Roseiris and Al Damazine, Blue Nile State, Sudan.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2008 \u2013 Present:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Architect \u2013 Planner, <\/strong>University of Khartoum Consulting Corporation<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

(UKCC)<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Leader of a team to prepare a design for a commercial, cultural <\/span>and\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 recreational\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 development\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Omdurman\u2019s\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nile\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 front.Commissioned by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport,Khartoum State.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
      \n
    • Design of a commercial tower as a waqf<\/em> for Saad Abuelila Hospital, <\/span>Khartoum (with Ahmed Abdelraouf).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        \n
      • Design of a children\u2019s hospital as an extension to Saad Abuelila <\/span>Hospital, Khartoum (with Amna Yahia).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
          \n
        • Coordinator of a team of architects and engineers for three mixed-<\/span>use towers that are part of Al-Baghdadi Trust in three prominent sites in Khartoum’s C.B.D. (with Ammar Osman, Amal Balila, Abdelmagied Mohamed).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
            \n
          • Leader\u00a0\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 a\u00a0\u00a0 team\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 planners\u00a0\u00a0 and\u00a0\u00a0 designers\u00a0\u00a0 charged\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 with <\/span>preparation\u00a0\u00a0 of\u00a0 a\u00a0\u00a0 master\u00a0\u00a0 plan\u00a0\u00a0 for\u00a0\u00a0 the\u00a0\u00a0 University\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 Khartoum campuses and estates (2010 \u2013 2030).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
              \n
            • Leader of a team of planners and architects that prepared a land <\/span>use plan for the new University of Khartoum Medical Campus at<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                \n
              • Leader of a team of professionals charged with preparation of <\/span>updated\u00a0\u00a0 designs\u00a0\u00a0 and\u00a0\u00a0 feasibility\u00a0\u00a0 studies\u00a0\u00a0 for\u00a0\u00a0 five\u00a0 University\u00a0\u00a0 of Khartoum investment projects \u2013 including a residential complex inSoba, a mixed-use development in Burri, a family and science park in Soba, a four-star hotel on Khartoum’s river front.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                • Member of a team of professionals charged with preparation of <\/span>feasibility\u00a0\u00a0 studies\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for\u00a0\u00a0 three\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 school\u00a0\u00a0 complexes\u00a0\u00a0 (that\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 include kindergartens,\u00a0\u00a0 primary\u00a0\u00a0 and\u00a0\u00a0 secondary\u00a0\u00a0 schools)\u00a0\u00a0 in\u00a0\u00a0 Khartoum, Khartoum North and Omdurman.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                    \n
                  • Member of the design team for the Marawi Poultry Farms Project.<\/span><\/li>\n
                  • Co-team leader of the design team for a proposed new Faculty of <\/span>Medicine Campus at Soba.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                    2003 \u2013 Present:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Free-lance Architect – Planner<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

                    Designed and supervised the construction of numerous residential and commercial buildings. For example:<\/span><\/p>\n

                      \n
                    • Residences for Mr. Kamal Ibrahim Ahmed; Dr. Mohamed A. Bakheit; Dr.<\/span>Ahmed Hajo; Eng. Eltigani M. Ahmed; Mr. Yahyia Abbas;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                      • Commercial building for Mr. Emad Ahmed;<\/span><\/li>\n
                      • Sales hall for Celledur Paints, Khartoum;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                          \n
                        • Sheikh Taha Islamic Center, Hasahisa Locality;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                          June ’04-June ’08:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director, <\/strong>Middle East and North Africa Child Protection Initiative (C.P.I.) (<\/strong>www.menacpi.org) <\/strong>, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A $5 million regionalprogram funded by the World Bank, the Arab Urban Development Institute (A.U.D.I.) and other donors.<\/span><\/p>\n

                          Nov.’00 \u2013 June ’04:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Urban Planning Specialist, <\/strong>Arab Urban Development Institute(A.U.D.I.), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/p>\n

                            \n
                          • Initiated, in collaboration with World Bank staff, the inception, establishment and development of the Middle East and North Africa Child Protection Initiative (C.P.I.).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                              \n
                            • Led the establishment of a $440,000 City Development Strategies (CDS) Facility at A.U.D.I., funded by the Cities Alliance, the World Bank, A.U.D.I. and the O.P.E.C. Fund. The Facility provides technical assistance to Arab cities on preparation of urban development plans.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                                \n
                              • Collaborated with World Bank and A.U.D.I. experts in initiating City Development Strategies for the cities of Alexandria, Amman, Sana’a and Al-Madinah Al-Munawara.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                                  \n
                                • Coordinated and participated in the scientific committees of five international<\/em> conferences in Riyadh (2001), Amman (2002), Geona (2004), Dubai (2005), Rabat (2006) related to urban development, children and youth in MENA.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                  • Technical committee member of three regional<\/em> symposia organized by A.U.D.I. and the cities of Homs, Muscat, and Khartoum.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                    • Represented A.U.D.I. in the organizational and technical committees of four symposia organized by the Saudi Ministry of Construction and Public Works, the Supreme Commission for Tourism, Riyadh Municipality and Dirraiy\u2019a<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                                      Mar ’98 \u2013 Dec ’99:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Deputy Project Manager then Urban Planner\/Housing Specialist <\/strong>United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UN – Habitat)<\/span><\/p>\n

                                      (National Professional Personnel), Urban Upgrading and Poverty Alleviation Project, Khartoum, Sudan, (SUD\/97\/017) \u2013 a UNDP-funded Project implemented by the Ministry of Social and Cultural Affairs, Khartoum State.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                      Jun ’96 \u2013Mar. ’98:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Planner<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

                                      Member of a planning team commissioned by the Ministry of Engineering Affairs, Khartoum State, led by Dr. Bushra Eltayeb, to assess land uses and to prepare transportation and urban design schemes for the core of Greater Khartoum.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                      Major assignment: formulation of the planning framework and preparation of land use plans and urban design schemes for the core of Khartoum North.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                      1993 – 2003:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Partner and co-founder,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

                                      \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

                                      SINAN Engineering Group, Architects \u2013 Planners, Khartoum <\/strong>Some of the major projects undertaken as co-Team Leader:<\/span><\/p>\n

                                        \n
                                      • Design competition for the Bank of Sudan Headquarters; Sudan Airways Headquarters (won the 4th<\/sup> place).<\/span><\/li>\n
                                      • Expansion of the Children\u2019s Village, Soba, funded by S.O.S. International<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                        • Consultant for Shell Sudan Oil Company.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                                            \n
                                          • Design and supervision of numerous residential, commercial and industrial buildings.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                                              \n
                                            • Preparation of structure plans for the towns of Suakin, Sinkat, and (in collaboration with Dar Consult) Singa and Sinnar, Sudan.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                                                \n
                                              • Preliminary physical and socio-economic studies for the towns of Dalang, Kadugli and Dibaibat, Sudan.<\/span><\/li>\n
                                              • Urban design schemes for three prominent sites in Port Sudan;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                                                Sept. \u2013 Dec. 1988<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant Architect \u2013 Planner, <\/strong>Urban Innovations Group, Westwood,California, USA<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                June – Sept. 1985<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant Architect-Planner, <\/strong>The Architects-Designers Coalition, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                Feb. \u201882 \u2013 Aug. \u201883:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Free-lance Architect<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

                                                Designed a residence and an apartment complex (26 flats) for Mr. Mahmoud Al-Musharraf; and a commercial building for Al-Haj Ahmed Al-Mubarak.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                May 1981 – Jan. 82<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Architect, <\/strong>Abdel-Moneim Mustafa Architects, Khartoum.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                Some of the major works involved in: the design and detailing of the Unity Bank (now Bank of Khartoum) Headquarters, Khartoum, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                June ’78 – Sep. ’80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Part-time assistant architect, <\/strong>Abdel-Moneim Mustafa Architects, Khartoum.Some of the major works involved in: the design and detailing of the Savings Bank Headquarters, Wad Medani; Adam Dosa Building, Khartoum 2; the design competition for the Social Insurance Fund building, Jamhoria Street; numerous new branches for Unity Bank, Alnilein Bank, Khartoum Bank, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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