About

Rishi Javeri

Rishi Javeri, Project Controls Director, Abu Dhabi

A project controls leader who turns the numbers of a major programme into decisions leadership can trust.

Over more than twenty years, I have led project controls across upwards of AED 27 billion of major programmes in the UAE, Oman and India — spanning aviation, rail, infrastructure, sports, hospitality and large-scale urban development. My work sits where cost, time, risk and commercial assurance meet: building the systems and standards that keep a programme honest, and translating what they reveal into decisions the board can act on.

Today I lead the integrated controls function on Modon's AED 11B+ Hudayriyat West Island Development within the EllisDon PMC, reporting to the Programme Director. Across my career the throughline has been the same: impose a clear standard, measure against it relentlessly, and surface exposure early enough to manage — whether that means lifting contractor schedule quality from a quarter to over four-fifths conformance through digital assurance, or the evidence-led work on the Riyadh City programme in Abu Dhabi, where a 291-day claim was assessed in detail to an approved 64-day determination.

20+
Years in project controls
AED 27B+
Portfolio value led
25+
Major programmes
15
Professionals led

Career

Two decades on major programmes.

2023 — Present
Senior Project Controls Manager · EllisDon (PMC)

Hudayriyat West Island Development (Modon) — AED 11B+. Integrated controls, digital schedule assurance, forensic delay analysis across concurrent packages.

2020 — 2023
Programme Planning Manager · KBR (PMC)

Riyadh City Infrastructure Development, Abu Dhabi, UAE — AED 13.47B. 14+2 contracts, 12 senior planners; a 291-day claim assessed to an approved 64-day determination — between the Engineer and independent-specialist assessments of 67 and 60 days.

2019 — 2020
Scheduling Manager · Jacobs Mace JV

Expo 2020 Dubai. Employer-side schedule assurance protecting a fixed opening date across interfaced packages.

2015 — 2019
Lead Scheduler · Jacobs

Dubai Metro Route 2020 (RTA) and Abu Dhabi International Airport airfield infrastructure.

2014 — 2015
Planning & Controls · H&K Solutions

Project controls engagements in India.

2012 — 2014
Planning Engineer · BAM International

Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium (AED 698M) and Oman Botanical Garden (USD 117M) — planning, EOT and forensic claims strategy.

2011 — 2012
Planning · Sobha / Amana

Planning and controls on building programmes.

2007 — 2010
Lead Planning Engineer · BAM International

Ibn Battuta Gate Hotel & Offices, Dubai — AED 925M. Baseline management and recovery programmes.

Credentials

FCIArbMCIOBMAPMPMPPSPAssocRICSCeng (India)EPBM · IIM-C

Currently pursuing

PgMPEVPCCP

Education

Executive Programme in Business Management
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
Diploma in International Arbitration
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
BE Civil Engineering — First Class
Savitribai Phule Pune University

Professional Memberships

PMIAPMCIOBCIArbAACERICSInstitution of Engineers (India)Society of Construction LawEngineers AustraliaSociety of Engineers UAEIndian Council of ArbitrationInstitute of Technical Arbitrators

Languages

English
Full professional
Hindi · Gujarati · Sindhi · Kutchi
Native
Marathi · Punjabi
Professional

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