CV




Ihab Al-Qazzaz
Curriculum Vitae 
Ihab Al-Qazzaz
Personal Information

Name and Surname: Ihab Fadhil Mohammed Ali Al-Qazzaz
Place and Date of Birth: Baghdad, 9/12/1986
Nationality: Iraqi   
Gender: Male
Job Title: Chief Engineer
Scientific Title: Assistant Lecturer

Current Address: Nottingham, United Kingdom
E-mail:  alqazzaz@yahoo.com                 
Languages: Arabic (native), English  


Education Qualifications:

- MSc. Civil Engineering / Construction Management, University of Baghdad, 2010

Thesis: Development of an Integrated Construction Management System for Building Estimation

- B.Sc. Building and Construction Engineering / Building Engineering and Construction Management, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq, 2008, [Rank of Graduation 1st in class]

Funding

2014 – 2022 HCED

Scholarship for PhD studies

Awarded by the Office of the Prime Minister \ The Higher Committee for Education Development in Iraq, to carry out PhD studies at The University of Nottingham, UK.





Development of an Integrated Construction Management System for Building Estimation, Journal of Engineering (Baghdad University), Volume 18, Number 9, September 2012 



Certificates
-Test of the validity of Teaching / University of Technology / March 2018
- Teaching Methods – Al-Mustansiriya University – January 2018
- Certificate PMP Examination Preparation Course - Iraqi Engineers Union (IEU) October 2017
- Certificate of Participation (pass the required test for postgraduate students (University of Baghdad - Computer Center – Consultative Bureau of Information System and Computer \ August 2008
- Certificate  of Completion (English Course) Office of the Prime Minister - The Higher Committee for Education Development -  English Language Center 2015



Work Experience

Assistant Chief Engineer (Government Employee),

Investment Commission \ Department of Engineering Affairs

January 2021 to July 2022


Assistant Chief Engineer (Government Employee)

Service Directorate \ Engineering Affairs Department 

January 2020 to December 2020


 Government Employee \ Office of the Inspector General

 July 2011 to December 2019


Teaching experience

Demonstrator / University of Nottingham / 2022

Modules:  Introduction to building information modelling


  External lecturer at the Institute of Technology – Baghdad, the Academic year 2010-2011

Conferences and seminars

August 2023 20th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies - Nottingham, United Kingdom

 

May 2023 CSEI Seminar series - Online

Presentation title: " A BIM-based Framework for the Integrated Assessment of Building Circularity and Sustainability".


April 2023 Engineering Research Showcase 2023 - Nottingham, United Kingdom

Presentation title: " A BIM-based Framework for the Integrated Assessment of Building Circularity and Sustainability".



Interests
Sustainable Construction, Project Management, Contracts, Procurement, Building Information Modeling


Volunteer work

Polling officer (Station Manager) at the Independent High Electoral Commission - Parliament elections 2021




Professional associations 

- Member of Iraqi Engineers Union (License degree)

- Member of the Federation of Arab Engineers

- Member of the Project Management Association of Iraq (PMAI)



Honours, Awards, and Recognition

- March 2023 Winner of the Centre for Structural Engineering and Informatics internal showcase 2023 Pitch Perfect Presentation

- Received thanks and appreciation from the Prime Minister in 2022.

Recognized as a Distinguished Employee for outstanding performance in the Office of the Inspector General in both 2012 and 2016.


  - Thanks and Appreciation (20 Times)

- Received thanks and appreciation from the Ministry of Construction, Housing, and Public Municipalities / Al-Fao General Engineering Company in 2020.

 

-        Awarded a shield from the Head of the Building & Construction Engineering Department for ranking first in the class in the Building Engineering & Construction Management branch in 2008.


Computer Skills (Software and programming languages)

BIM: Revit

Design: AutoCAD

Project management: Primavera, MS Project

Programming: C#, Visual basic

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint (,

- Certificate of Participation (pass the required test for postgraduate students (University of Baghdad - Computer Center – Consultative Bureau of Information System and Computer \ August 2008