Managing Partner

Mohammad Aref Abu Shawar

More than 25 years on major high-rise projects, progressing through engineering, site, project and business leadership. Previously Construction Director at Roberts Construction and Director and General Manager of Multiplex Plant & Equipment.

Mohammad Aref Abu Shawar

Biography

Experience behind the thinking.

Mohammad has more than 25 years of experience on large-scale high-rise construction projects. His career has progressed through site engineering, site and project management, general management, senior construction management and director positions.

He brings experience in construction systems, building technology, value engineering, design, planning, resourcing, and plant and equipment. His work includes some of Dubai’s major high-rise developments and projects across the wider Middle East and Serbia.

He has managed large plant and equipment businesses supplying construction logistics, cranes, hoists, formwork, scaffolding, JumpForm systems and engineering solutions.

Career & experience

From practice to leadership.

Turiim

Managing Partner

Brings construction delivery, engineering and plant expertise to Turiim’s integrated JumpForm systems and international project relationships.

Roberts Construction

Construction Director

Serbia · 2019–2021

Construction leadership on major residential and hospitality developments in Belgrade.

Projects

  • St. Regis Hotel and Residences — Kula Belgrade
  • Metropolitan Residential Project
  • Symfonija Residential Project

Multiplex Plant & Equipment

Director & General Manager

Dubai · 2008–2018

Rejoined Multiplex to establish a plant business providing central construction engineering services and cranes, hoists, formwork, scaffolding and JumpForm systems.

Dubai projects

  • Index
  • Emirates Park
  • Motor City Autodrome
  • Opus
  • Standard Chartered Headquarters
  • Renaissance Hotel
  • Motion Gates
  • MAF Shopping Mall
  • The Address Boulevard Hotel
  • The Dubai Mall Zabeel Expansion
  • Zabeel Residential Tower
  • One At The Palm
  • Nikki Beach
  • Lapita Hotel
  • Courtyard Hotel
  • HSBC Headquarters
  • Bluewater Hospitality
  • ICD Brookfield Place
  • Jumeirah Lake Towers
  • Marina Gate 2
  • Marina Gate 3
  • One Zabeel

Abu Dhabi projects

  • Masdar Headquarters
  • Eastern Mangroves
  • City of Lights
  • Golf Club
  • Etihad Training Academy
  • Parsons Headquarters
  • Al Manarah Central Shopping Mall

Qatar projects

  • Jaidah Headquarters
  • Qatar National Library
  • Doha Land C1
  • NDIA Vehicle Service Building

Modern Emirates Heavy Cranes / Emirates World Scaffolding

General Manager

Dubai · 2004–2007

Managed the tower crane, construction hoist and formwork businesses, including organisational restructuring and expansion across the GCC, Middle East and Europe.

NASA Multiplex

Site Manager / Assistant Project Manager

Dubai · 2001–2004

Site and project management on residential, hotel and major tower works.

Projects

  • UP Tower, Dubai
  • Dubai Marina — Phases 1 & 2
  • The Residences — Phases 1 & 2, Dubai
  • Grosvenor House, Dubai
  • Burj Khalifa Raft, Dubai

Al Habtoor Murray & Roberts JV

Project Engineer

Dubai · 1996–2000

Engineering experience on landmark hospitality and commercial projects.

Projects

  • Burj Al Arab, Dubai
  • Abu Dhabi National Bank Headquarters, Abu Dhabi

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