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Uzair Wasif
and Sharif Makki
Lead Hill’s Bahrain Operations to New Heights
The Bahrain Ministry of Transportation and
Telecommunications, Bahrain Airport Company,
and Abu Dhabi Fund for Development developed
the AMP as part of a major growth strategy. The AMP
features a new terminal and supporting facilities
to accommodate an annual capacity of more than
14 million passengers. The new passenger terminal
building has a gross area of 205,000 SM. Other
highlights of the AMP include new departure, arrival,
and transfer halls and gates; parking facilities;
commercial facilities; a central utility complex; and
a state-of-the-art baggage handling system/facility.
Hill’s scope of services encompasses project
Uzair Wasif, and the Bahrain International Airport team
surpassing 10 million safe man-hours. controls, including scheduling, cost control, and
document management; procuring consultants
and contractors; design management and review;
With double-digit growth expected and a $32 value engineering; and construction management,
billion infrastructure investment pipeline, Bahrain including supporting the Operational Readiness and
is one of Hill’s most active markets. Like many Airport Transfer and Defects Liability Stage.
other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations,
Bahrain has created a long-term development plan Hill began providing project management services
for the country, called Vision 2030. Vision 2030 for the modernization in 2009, and shortly thereafter
calls for a more diverse economic base, broader Mr. Wasif was named Project Manager. Mr. Makki,
privatization, industrialization, and education. who like Mr. Wasif has been with Hill since 2007,
Against this background of growth and opportunity, has also been part of Hill’s team since the AMP’s
Hill Vice Presidents Uzair Wasif and Sharif Makki inception. Hill’s contract was extended in 2013 when
have worked side-by-side for nearly a decade. the program was expanded.
Their achievements include delivering the $1.2 The Hill team’s achievements on the AMP include
billion Bahrain International Airport Modernization leading a value engineering workshop that resulted
Program (AMP), where Mr. Wasif serves as Project in recommendations that led to $23 million in
Director while Mr. Makki is Contract Administrator. cost savings for the client; effective design and
“Neither Uzair nor Sharif can be defined by a single constructability reviews; and recovering consultant
title,” says Abdo Kardous, Regional President, and contractor time slippage. Specifically, Mr. Wasif
Middle East. “They both excel in all of their roles, headed off potential capacity issues that frequently
both benefit the AMP in a host of ways, and both crop up on major programs by verifying vendors
enjoy the praise of their clients.” had the required manpower to complete the work
as-planned.
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