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Bringing local knowledge and global expertise together
Our team works collaboratively with clients towards minimizing risk,
navigating challenges, and creating innovative solutions.
ASH MAHMOUD
PRESIDENT
Ash has a bachelor’s degree in Construction Engineering from the American University in Cairo and a Graduate Diploma of Construction Management from Heriot-Watt University. He obtained PMP certification in 2005 and has over 24 years of experience in Real Estate Development and Construction.
He has been the driving force behind numerous projects in Canada and in the Middle East.
He has successfully managed, from inception to completion, +7000 multi-family and commercial unit projects in Canada. His projects (both new construction & conversions) include mid-rise wood frame buildings, high-rise towers, and townhomes as well as 3 shopping malls.
Ash’s passion for ensuring that his clients vision becomes reality is part of the foundation for Cairo Development. His objective is not to meet the Client expectations, it is to exceed them. This goal has become an intrinsic value of Cairo Development.
Construction is not a linear process – changes happen – and Ash’s experience allows him to seamlessly pivot, guiding his team to meet project challenges & keep construction schedules and budgets on track. In working with his clients, he guides them to position their projects so that profitability is increased while providing innovative, beneficial contributions to our urban landscape.
DAVID CAMPBELL
VICE PRESIDENT, CONSTRUCTION
David holds a master’s degree in Real Estate Development from the University of Southern California, a Red Seal Journeyman Certificate as well as being a Passive House Certified Builder.
David’s background includes Design, Development and Project Management – in both large- and small-scale multi-family commercial and residential construction. He is well-versed in energy-saving techniques, including the Passive House initiative. His projects have been both wood-frame and concrete. His extensive experience includes conversion commercial projects in addition to new construction of multi-family, commercial and infill townhome and single-family residential projects from concept through completion.
He has worked in the construction industry for 15+ years. His knowledge & experience has contributed to his excellent reputation in the Edmonton market – not only among his peers but with City officials, Consultants, Developers, Clients, Suppliers and Trade Contractors.
David has effectively managed well over 80 projects, collaborating with multiple site teams, suppliers, trade contractors, consultants, and city officials, all in fast-paced environments with zero-lost time accidents.
SCOTT BALKWILL
DIRECTOR, PRE-CONSTRUCTION
Scott has 35+ years’ experience in the construction industry. He has been involved in the construction of over 3 million square feet of space including well over 2500 units.
His extensive knowledge has enabled Scott to amass a great depth & understanding regarding the construction process for both Type One (Concrete) and Type Five (Wood) buildings, as well as commercial and tenant improvements.
Scott’s projects have included entry-level housing, multi-building high rise complexes, office to residential conversions and health care construction across Canada. His strength lies in the fields of management, communication and liaison with municipal officials, procurement, and construction. His approach to construction management has been collaborative by building relationships within project teams.
Scott provides leadership, guidance, and support to all the project management teams. He works constructively to ensure that the projects are delivered timely, at high quality, complying with applicable health and safety standards. He is highly skilled in managing schedule, cost control, and estimating functions, and have a keen understanding of working with a cross-functional team in the full-cycle execution of construction projects.
PAUL WRIGHT
VICE PRESIDENT, CONSTRUCTION
With over 30 years in the construction industry, Paul started his career on the tools, consulting in the contaminated land sector, Estimating and Project Management. His experience with sectors spans from High Rise Residential, High-Rise Hotel, Heritage Renovation, Hospitality Industry, Education and Health Care, some of these projects were also LEED certified.
Projects have ranged in size from $1m to $210m with multifaceted layers to a lot of the projects. Paul also has experience in the transitional cohabitation between ongoing construction and onboarding of operations particularly in the hotel sector, this requires an extraordinary amount of communication and coordination to allow construction to continue while allowing operations to continue. Paul is a big believer in two factors starting out, communication and transparency, without those aspects instilled in the project team from day one the project will inevitably hit many speed bumps along the way, most of which could be avoided when everyone on the team is open and honest, from this approach this also establishes a good relationship between the project team. Leading on from that is attention to detail, again from conception, during the course of construction to the deficiency program and ultimately handing over a building everyone is proud to be a part of.
LISA STEWARD
DIRECTOR, OPERATIONS
Lisa manages Cairo Development’s Operations including the Contract Life Cycle and Legal Reviews, Asset Management, Quality Assurance, Development of Workflow Processes and Document Control, actively contributing to a company-wide initiative of building a sustainable corporate structure that provides our Client base with an unparalleled experience.
She has 18+ years of construction management experience, in both commercial projects & custom residential projects in Canada and the United States. This experience has allowed her to develop a well-rounded knowledge of the construction process with a focus on best practices.
She completed her degree in Business Administration with Honours, received certification in Early Elementary Studies and successfully completed her Construction Contract Law program.
Her professional background includes Contract Management, Client Relations, Project Management, Procurement, Quality Assurance, Team Management, Trade Partnerships and Cost Control.
KATHY SCOTT
CONTROLLER
Kathy is an accomplished and energetic financial and business expert with over 20 years of experience in the construction industry working for reputable companies in Calgary and Brisbane, Australia. She has a solid history of achievement in full cycle accounting for various commercial and residential construction projects.
Her profound knowledge in developing and maintaining financial forecasting procedures, ensures that budgets are realistic and reasonable. Kathy constantly tracks and monitors the projects financial data and budgets to better suit the needs of the end users and stakeholders.
Kathy works closely with project management team to ensure current budgets are realistic and reasonable. With her ability to identify and correct systematic issues in the accounting structure she has been able to improve financial reporting timing and accuracy. She is an experienced user of accounting software packages including Sage 100 (Timberline), Sage 300, CMS, ERP-LN, QuickBooks, etc.
AUTUMN WRIGHT
DIRECTOR, PROCUREMENT
Autumn holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA), a Graduate Diploma in Management, as well as certification in Supply Chain Management.
Over the advancement of her career Autumn has worked on a variety of wood and concrete assets including industrial, commercial, and residential (low, mid and high rise) buildings throughout Canada. She has had a managerial level role in the completion of projects in the Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Quebec, Newfoundland, and the Territories of, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Autumn has over 12+ years of progressive construction experience in project management, specializing in cost effective supply chain implementations strategies. Autumn’s purpose-built multi-family real estate knowledge and involvement in the end-to-end activities upstream and downstream of land acquisition, development and construction life cycles and client turnover has contributed to the successful completion of over 3,300 purpose built multi-family units that she has been involved with throughout her career.
Autumn has been involved with numerous real estate organizations during the creation of PMO departments. With her purpose-built construction knowledge in the real estate market she has successfully developed, grown and mentored project teams with a culture valuing quality and sustainable multi-family developments.
The strong managerial and leadership experience Autumn brings to all project she is involved with produces effective communication plans with a value on the processes, workflows, governance and supply chain network activities required to reach project success.
PEGAH JAZAERI
SENIOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Pegah has a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering and a Master of Business Administration (MBA). She has 14+ years of progressive construction experience with a proven track record of results in multiple roles ranging from estimating, procurement, business development, quality control and project engineering.
She provides detailed project estimates and reports based on the specifications of the projects as well as quantifying alternative materials that will allow reduction of overall project construction costs.
Pegah proactively explores opportunities that meet the needs of the development projects, providing cost-effective solutions that result in measurable project cost reductions. She has repeated success in developing project initiatives and the necessary resources for the implementation of a project.
She oversees all pre-construction activities, including the estimating and budgeting process, schedule development and management, constructability, procurement, benchmarking, development of project proposals, and management of client, consultant, and stakeholder relations from the start of a proposal/opportunity through to contract agreement.
MILAD KONDORI
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
Milad Kondori has more than 18 years of expertise in all phases of construction projects. He has a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Master of Business Administration (MBA), SAIT certifications and an accredited history of successful residential and commercial projects.
His proficiency in developing positive partnership with the vendors and clients, coordinating the trades, and cost analysis guarantees the project to be completed on time and on budget.
Milad’s strong technical background helps to improve project schedule, resolve inefficient processes, and minimize disruptions in the project lifecycle from inception to monitoring and closing stage to deliver an end result that exceeds the clients’ expectations.
Milad offers an array of skills in ground up construction, and adaptive reuse projects implementing continual improvement, logical problem solving, and identifying potential roadblocks. His extended knowledge of latest technology and building material from managing projects in concrete, steel structure, light-gauge steel, and wood frame dwellings gives him the ability to analyze, compare, and select the best method and process for each project.
KEVIN KAZAN
PROJECT MANAGER
Kevin has 15+ years’ experience in the construction industry. He has construction experience in wood frame construction, Office Conversion projects, and high-rise concrete. He has been involved in the construction of over 1000 units.
His strength lies in the fields of management, communication and liaison with Trade Contractors and Suppliers, procurement, and construction. His approach to construction management has been collaborative by building relationships within project teams. His proficiency in developing positive partnership with the vendors and clients, coordinating the trades, and cost analysis guarantees the project to be completed on time and on budget.
Kevin has a strong technical background which helps to improve project schedule, resolve inefficient processes, and minimize disruptions in the project lifecycle from inception to monitoring and closing stage to deliver an end result that exceeds the clients’ expectations.
Kevin works constructively to ensure that the projects he is working on are delivered timely, at high quality, complying with applicable health and safety standards. He is highly skilled in managing schedule, cost control, and estimating functions.
ADAM WOODHOUSE
PROJECT MANAGER
Adam has over 20 years of experience overseeing the successful implementation and launch of construction projects. He has managed both the preconstruction and delivery phase of complex construction projects across all development disciplines.
His extensive knowledge of construction enables him to understand the entire scope of projects down to the smallest details. Commercially astute and possessing a forward-thinking approach to the management of clients and stakeholders, Adam has a successful track record of winning work through the tender process on a variety of highly sought after and complex projects.
Adam is a proactive team leader and the driving force behind the success of projects up to $150M on major infrastructure and building projects. An experienced manager with a demonstrated history of working in the construction and development industry; Adam is skilled in Negotiation, Budgeting, Analytics, Operations Management, Real Estate Development and Construction Management with a consistent track record of success.
Adam has worked on alliances, joint ventures, design build, P3 and conventional lump sum and measure and value contracts with project values ranging from $1m to $150M. Adam has enjoyed outstanding performance managing large capital development projects for Fortune 500 clients where he has overseen hundreds of multi-phase projects with a 98% on time and under budget delivery rate.
EWALD LE ROUX
SCHEDULING MANAGER
Ewald has a BSc Honours degree in Construction Management from the University of Pretoria in South Africa and has over 13 years construction experience, of which 10 years are dedicated to Scheduling and Time Management.
He has successfully developed schedules for hundreds of projects of different types. Projects included high rise buildings, hospitals, stadiums, airports, casinos, schools, housing/residential, warehousing, conversions, major and value retail centers, factories, and renovations of all types, to name a few. He has also worked on projects in various countries which include, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Mauritius, Qatar, and Canada.
He has a creative approach in developing project schedules and can predict, identify, and resolve any issues that might arise in the original plan. His extensive experience and thorough understanding of the construction process, along with his superior intelligence enable him to react decisively and originate measures to achieve each project’s end goal.
Ewald’s exceptional organizational skill allows for effective prioritization of tasks, assessment, and allocation of resources. His enthusiasm, passion, and commitment to excellence, guarantee the success of any project that he is involved in.
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