2020-2022 SPED Egypt Chapter President
MAHMOUD ABDALLAH

Mahmoud has over 23 years’ experience with fertilizers, oil & gas, and petrochemical plants. Mahmoud worked for different multinational companies in piping engineering and construction.
Mahmoud executed different challenging projects in the role of Engineering Manager.
Currently, Mahmoud is the Head of Department of Layout and Piping at ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions-Egypt.
Mahmoud holds Value Methodology Associate from SAVE International®
Mahmoud holds Pan-Arab Certified Energy Management Professional.

He holds BSc. In Mechanical Power Engineering

2020-2022 SPED Egypt Chapter Vice President
MOHAMED MOSTAFA

Mohamed has over 14 years’ experience with different piping systems of Oil & Gas, Power Plants, and Aviation Pipeline.
Mohamed has experience in applying a 3D environment to model different plant commodities using different software. He has customized and developed new tools using AVEVA PML coding. He is familiar with international codes and standards.
Currently, Mohamed is Lead Layout and Piping engineer at Enppi .

He holds a BSc.in Mechanical Engineering,

2020-2022 Egypt Chapter Treasurer
MOHAMED GOWAILI

Gowaili has over 14 years’ experience with fertilizers, oil & gas and petrochemical plants.

Gowaili has been given the opportunity to interact with multiple nationalities and work in projects that are located in different regions & learn more about each of these regions specific requirements. Currently, Gowaili is Lead Piping Material Engineer at ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions-Egypt.

He holds a B.SC in Mechanical Engineering,

2020-2022 SPED Egypt Chapter Secretary
NESMA ELKASHEF

Nesma has over 10 years’ experience in administration and operation management. Nesma worked for different companies in the engineering and construction field.

The last position was Engineering Assistant at ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions-Egypt.

2020-2022 SPED Egypt Chapter Head of Marketing Committee
SHERIF MOKHTAR

Sherif has over 16 years’ of professional experience in Power Plant Design, Piping and Layout. Proficiently using CAD software, and digital fabrication
Sherif has received many global awards in design and tech. he delivered several lectures, training sessions, and speeches in Global conferences and Training academies in Egypt, Gulf, and USA.
Currently, Sherif is Piping & Plant Design Group Leader at PGESCo.

He holds a BSc. & MSc in Mechanical Engineering.

2020-2022 SPED Egypt Chapter Head of Technical Committee
KHALED EL-GOHARY, PPD II

Khaled has over 12 years’ experience in oil and gas industry, Khaled has strong Engineering background, as well as piping construction hands-on experience.
Currently, Khaled is a Senior Mechanical Piping Engineer at GUPCO (Gulf of Suez Petroleum co) JV. With BP (British Petroleum) recently (Dragon Oil) in Egypt.

He holds a BSc.in Mechanical Engineering, Certified API 570, API 510

The SPED Board has released its new module on High Purity Piping. The module is free to SPED members. High-Purity piping is important in many industries, including:

• Food, Dairy, and Beverage

• Pharmaceutical

• Bioprocessing

• Semi-Conductor

This module is a quick overview of the standards and practices utilized in High-Purity piping and equipment.

The module is free to all SPED members. Registration can be done yourself, with the enrollment key given to you by this office.

For more information contact

catherine_van_der_walt@ spedweb.com

David Diehl of Intergraph gives a brief overview of CAESAR II. David spoke at the SPED Houston Chapter Meeting, August 22, 2013.

Holds in pipe fabrication are often contentious and misunderstood. In this article, the term “hold” is used to describe the act of removing a spool piece from the fabrication cycle and preventing further work on the affected spool until the “hold” is “released”. “Released” means fabrication on this piece can resume.

A hold can be an instruction from a client to stop work on a piece or group of pieces, or it can be a result of the client issuing a change to the piece, with the fabricator putting the piece on hold while the changes are processed. We will describe some of the challenges created by holds caused by the client after the contract has begun, resulting in increased costs charged by the fabricator.

In order to understand the true impact of holds on pipe fabrication in a professional pipe fab shop, one has to understand the production process.