Mahmoud Karaz (581A-839A-E0F4)

Curriculum Vitae

Mahmoud Karaz is an experienced Project Manager in the Middle East and western Europe, and a Researcher. With a demonstrated history of experience in the building and transportation construction projects. His main focus is on applying innovation into the industry through the application of modern construction principles rather than conventional ones and strives to incorporate new technologies and approaches such as (Location-based management, sustainable design, Offsite construction, Lean construction, BIM and IPD). Completed the Magister (2.º ciclo de estudos) in Construction Technology Management in 2017/06/23 by Politechnika Poznanska and Bachelor in Geomatics and Surveying Engineering in 2011/02/08 by Al-Balqa' Applied University Faculty of Engineering. Mahmoud currently attends the Doutoramento in Thinking systems using Lean Construction, Building information modelling (BIM) and Intenet of Things (IoT) by Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Civil. Is a PhD student in Universidade do Minho Centro de Território Ambiente e Construção. Works in the area(s) of Engineering and Technology with emphasis on Civil Engineering with emphasis on Construction Engineering. In their professional activities interacted with 1 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Mahmoud Karaz
Gender: Male

Citation names

Karaz, Mahmoud
Karaz

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 581A-839A-E0F4
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3063-4998

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering - Construction Engineering
Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering - Construction Engineering

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)
Portuguese	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)
French	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)
Arab (Mother tongue)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2006/09/09 - 2011/02/08 Concluded	Geomatics and Surveying Engoneering (Bachelor) Major in Civil Engineering Al-Balqa' Applied University Faculty of Engineering, Jordan	16

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2017/09/10 - Current	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Território Ambiente e Construção, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021 - Current	Coordenador de Projeto (Categorias e Funções Especificas)	VN2R, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/01 - 2021/02	BIM Modeler	Instahouse, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2013/02/28 - 2016/01/15	Site manager and Planning Engineer (3 Highway Projects, and 2 rural roads) - Prepared time, resources, constraints, and milestones schedules - Measured projects performance against schedule performanc	Nahdet AL Emar for Construction, Saudi Arabia

2011/03/01 - 2013/02/14	Site & Quantities Engineer(3 km highway transportation project and 177 m bridge length) I managed the site (Bridge construction, Highway layers, Structural MEP installations, Obstructions removal and)	Marwan A. Alkurdi & Partners Co. Ltd., Jordan

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2021/09 - Current	Construction waste elimination using Lean construction and BIM methods 2021.04751.BD PhD Student Fellow	Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Mahmoud Karaz; José Cardoso Teixeira. "Waste Elimination and Value Management Framework Based on Lean Design Methods". 2023. 10.1007/978-3-031-20241-4_23 Karaz, Mahmoud; Teixeira, José Cardoso; Rahla, Kamel Mohamed. "Construction and Demolition Waste—A Shift Toward Lean Construction and Building Information Model". In Sustainability and Automation in Smart Constructions, 51-58. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2020. 10.1007/978-3-030-35533-3_8
Conference abstract	Karaz, Mahmoud; José Cardoso Teixeira. "Understanding Construction waste from production perspectives". Paper presented in The 3rd Doctoral Congress in Engineering, Porto, 2019. Published
Conference paper	Karaz; José Cardoso Teixeira. "Developing a Construction Supply Chain System based on Lean construction and Building Information Modelling supported Internet of Things standards". Paper presented in 2020 International Conference on Building Science, Technology and Sustainability, Lisbon, 2021. Submitted Karaz, Mahmoud; José Cardoso Teixeira. "Construction Waste Management based Lean constructoin and BIM: Systematic Literature Review". Paper presented in 3rd Portuguese congress on building information modeling, Porto, 2020. Accepted
Journal article	Mahmoud Karaz; José Cardoso Teixeira. "Waste Elimination based on Lean Construction and Building Information Modelling: A Systematic Literature Review". U.Porto Journal of Engineering (2023): https://doi.org/10.24840/2183-6493_009-003_001808. 10.24840/2183-6493_009-003_001808
Thesis / Dissertation	Karaz. "Evaluation procedure for subcontractors based on Six-Sigma Methodology". Master, Politechnika Poznanska, 2017.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2019/04/05	How production theory can help in understanding and managing C&D waste	CTAC meeting CTAC The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (Guimaraes, Portugal)

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2019 - Current	Engineering Construction & Architectural Management (1365-232X)	Emerald (MCB UP)
2019 - Current	International Journal of Construction Management (2331-2327)	Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2019/04/02 - 2020/06/01	Building Information Modelling For Integrated Project Delivery	International Master Programme and Post-graduation in. SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. iDiSBE.

Distinctions

Other distinction

2017	Master degree with distinction Politechnika Poznanska Wydzial Inzynierii Ladowej i Transportu, Poland