Mohamad Hajj Ahmad, Ph.D
Dr. Mohamad Hajj Ahmad is a Lebanese American professional general contractor.
He acquired his Masters in Civil Engineering in 1985 and his Ph.D. in Technical Sciences five years later, in 1990.
Dr. Mohamad has amassed a comprehensive experience of over 30 years in the construction industry. He has also handled many different mega-projects with a value over one billion Dirhams (>$ 300 mill), one of which is the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) building, which now acts under Mubadala.
Other projects include high-rise towers, residential and commercial projects, hotels, industrial buildings, and Royal complexes. Additionally, Dr. Mohamad visited & inspected factories like Mitsubishi in Nagoya Japan, Peri in Munich Germany, EATON in the USA, and others. He also managed different Joint Venture projects between Commodore Group and South Korean companies, Turkish companies, and German companies like German Tunneling Herrenknecht AG. His work experiences span across the Middle East covering countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Sudan, Qatar, Iraq, Lebanon and USA.
For the past 3 years, Dr. Mohamad has been working as a Freelance consultant, reviewing client inquiries addressed to the main contractor. Additionally, he has been reviewing detailed mobilization plans for essential projects, following up on main contractors work progress, and ensuring the implementation of the Projects Baseline Program. Dr. Mohamad has also been working on assistance claims and variation orders.
In his three decades working at “Commodore Contracting Co.”, a company based in Abu Dhabi & Dubai in the UAE, Dr. Mohamad handled responsibility for establishing new businesses and new subdivisions and representing top management in all Commodore Group industrial subsidiaries (Abaad for wood industry, Commodore Steel, Commodore Aluminum industry, Commodore Cement Industry in Doha and others).
He also was responsible for examining the state of the project’s finances, cash flow, major claims, and mitigation plans. Dr. Mohamad established efficient channels of communication between the Commodore headquarters and different project directors.
As the Senior Vice President of Commodore Group, he overlooked the business master plans for the Group Companies, as well as banking regulations and resources. He also assumed the role of implementing the safety and quality policies of the companies.
From 2013 and until he left Commodore, Dr. Mohamad acted as area manager in Qatar and Iraq. Additionally, he took on the position of Senior Vice President of Commodore Group in 2014.
Dr. Mohamad has been consistently successful in every pursuit of work and education sought after, and he attributes his successes to his perseverance, hard work, consistency and positivity.
Life’s work has filled him with a lot of experiences. Tears, headache and pain were there, stress and sleeplessness were there, a lot of success was there also. Now, Mohamad is ready to aim and work even higher.