Mohammed Rahif Hakmi
Mohammed Rahif Hakmi[1] | |
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Native name | محمد رهيف حاكمي |
Residence | Dubai, UAE |
Occupation | Founder and Chairman of Armada Group |
Website | http://www.mohammedrahifhakmi.com |
Mohammed Rahif Hakmi(Arabic: محمد رهيف حاكمي) is the founder and chairman of Armada Group,[2] a conglomerate with interests in investment, construction, real estate, retail, marine, information technology, healthcare and hospitality.
Biography
Mohammed Rahif Hakmi [3][4][5] is the founder and chairman of Armada Group and has been licensed by Dubai Land Department (RERA - Real Estate Regulatory Agency) as Developer back in 2008.[6][7] Hakmi holds a degree in Civil Engineering, M.Phil. and a PhD in Structural Engineering from the University of Salford, United Kingdom.
In 1989 he was awarded a Ph.D for his research into the Local Buckling of Sandwich Panels from the University of Salford in Manchester, England. He was subsequently had been employed by the University of Salford where he conducted a series of research into numerical and experimental behaviour of materials, fire and blast of Composite materials.
He was elected as a Board Member[8] and then Vice-Chairman of the Syrian Business Council (SBC), Dubai and Northern Emirates.
In 2008, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Honor of Al-Karamah SC Football Club in recognition of his support to the club.[9]
Armada Group
Armada, was founded by Hakmi in early 2000. He serves as chair. Under Hakmi the company has engaged in property development and other sectors, including hospitality and leisure, information technology and health care. Armada has developed some of Dubai's most notable landmarks, such as Armada Towers, The company has ongoing projects in Europe, Turkey and the Middle East.[10][11] [12]
Research
During his academic carrier at the University of Salford, Hakmi has contributed substantially to research relating to numerical, experimental behavior of Sandwich Panels, fire and blast behavior of Composite material. As recognition of his research, he was made a Research Fellow at the University of Salford in 1999.
Hakmi developed a design theory, one of his formula has been recommended by the CIB Working Commission W056 Sandwich Panels, ECCS/CIB Joint Committee to be used in codes of practice and has been adopted as design formula by the European recommendations for sandwich panels (CIB, 2000).[13] He was also involved in the Marine-tech North West programme on cost-effective use of fibre reinforced composites offshore.[14]
Awards
- Science and Engineering Research Council Award, Overseas Research Scholarship(ORS)-United Kingdom.
- Institution of Structural Engineers Jubilee Award-United Kingdom.
- Syrian Business Council (SBC) Award 2009, Businessman of the year.[15]
See also
- Armada Group
- Al-Karamah SC
- Real Estate Regulatory Agency
- Armada Towers
- Sandwich plate system
- Metal faced insulating sandwich panels
External links
References
- ↑ "Mohammed Rahif Hakmi".
- ↑ "Armada Group".
- ↑ "Gulf News-UAE market will rise to Dh230b in seven years".
- ↑ "Khaleej Times: UAE real estate set to grow manifold".
- ↑ "UAE's new federal property law soon".
- ↑ "Dubai Land Department Approved Developers".
- ↑ "RERA list of approved developers names".
- ↑ "SBC electing new board members- مجلس العمل السوري ينتخب أعضاءه الجدد في دبي والإمارات الشمالية".
- ↑ "Honoring Ceremony to Al-Karamah supporters and forming the Club Board of Honor-حفل تكريم لداعمي نادي الكرامة وتشكيل مجلس شرف للنادي".
- ↑ "Arap Yatırımcılar Bölgeden Memnun Kaldı".
- ↑ "Armada Grup Trabzon'da Yapacağı Yatırımları Sıraladı".
- ↑ "مجموعة ارمادا:السوري رهيف حاكمي ينشئ مدينة عربية بمنطقة البحر الأسود".
- ↑ "European Recommendations for Sandwich Panels".
- ↑ Professor J.M.Davies, R. Hakim, J.B. McNicholas (2003). "The cost effective use of fibre reinforced composites offshore" (PDF). University of Newcastle Upon Tyne.
- ↑ "Syrian Business Council (Dubai) Awards مجلس الأعمال السوري في دبي يحتفل بأول دورة لجوائزه السنوية".