Pete Veale has dedicated his professional career to the planning, design, and construction of the built environment with a focus on large scale projects in the GCC. He brings over 30 years of experience in architecture with an extensive range of large scale national and international projects for both public and private clients. Adept at both hands-on design and design management, he has in-depth experience leading projects through all phases – from the earliest planning and feasibility studies to project close-out and commissioning.
Upon completion of undergraduate business studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business, he entered the masters program in architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and served as Research Assistant in the MIT Laboratory of Architecture and Planning during his three years there. His full tuition was sponsored by the Japanese construction firm Shimizu, for whom he produced studies and research in the area of Building Portfolio Management. His research and graduate studies culminated in the publication (by the MIT Laboratory of Architecture and Planning) of his work “Managing Corporate Real Estate Assets: A Survey of U.S. Real Estate Executives”. The work was cited in The Economist in 1989.
After completing his masters degree in 1988, Mr. Veale joined the firm of Page Southerland Page. As the oldest and most prestigious firm in Texas, PSP provided the early technical foundation for his career in architecture. In 1991 he was commissioned in the U.S. Air Force and served as a Health Facilities Officer (HFO) for the USAF Surgeon General. In this role, he served as the principal client representative and design manager and was charged with overseeing design and construction activities for USAF hospital and clinic projects worldwide. From 1991 to 1993 he managed five simultaneous Life Safety and Utility Upgrade projects valued at over $155M. From 1993 to 1995 he was the resident HFO Project Officer for the new Kadena Medical Dental Facility, a $103M project in Okinawa, Japan and served as the lead negotiator for the US government.
Mr. Veale joined the firm of Francis Cauffman Foley Hoffman in Philadelphia in 1995 and continued his work with Project Architect assignments for Hahnemann University, Chester Crozer, Albert Einstein Medical Center, and the University of Pennsylvania. The projects involved demanding additions and alterations of existing structures on constrained urban sites. From FCFH, he joined the firm of Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz (KMD) in San Francisco in 1998 where he served as a Senior Project Architect / Manager in its healthcare studio. The work ranged from detailed seismic retrofit studies of existing facilities to master planning and feasibility studies. He served the combined roles of Design Architect, Project Manager, and Technical Architect on the creation of a new San Joaquin Mental Health Campus featuring new buildings, renovation of existing facilities and site infrastructure.
Following a recall to active military duty in 2003, with decorated service in Iraq and Kuwait, Mr. Veale was requested personally by the Iraqi Minister of Municipalities and Public Works to return to Iraq as the principal US advisor on Urban Planning and Redevelopment. His work there included planning and funding for major reconstruction projects and involved extensive involvement with the World Bank and other IGO’s / NGO’s.
In 2004 he was assigned by the Bechtel Corporation to lead the architectural design and engineering team for the new Basrah Children’s Hospital (BCH) in Iraq. This work required managing multi-national A/E teams and medical specialists from Jordan, Iraq, and the US in the design and construction of a $131M pediatric facility. He personally designed the new hospital and, traveling between Amman and Iraq, managed all engineering and specialty consultants and all on-site design-build efforts. He worked extensively with the Iraqi Ministry of Health and the NGO responsible for all medical equipment (Project Hope) under extremely demanding circumstances to provide a successful new model hospital for Iraq.
Following his assignment in Basrah, Mr. Veale was posted in Doha, Qatar where he served as the Resident Engineer for the New Doha International Airport (NDIA) project. He was directly responsible for the construction of the new Emir’s Terminal and Main Terminal Parking Facilities valued at over $253M. Mr. Veale’s role involved overseeing all site construction and design-build activities including a labour force of over 1,200 trade and craft workers and all elements of contract execution, site safety, and quality control. He lead a dedicated Bechtel site management team of site engineers, estimators, surveyors, inspectors, planners, project controllers, and contract specialists.
In 2007 Mr. Veale joined the firm of KEO International as the Director of Architecture and Engineering in Dubai. As the senior ranking manager, he held full financial and operational responsibility for the success of the office and a staff of over 140 architects and engineers. Mr. Veale was principal-in-charge of over 20 projects including senior client interface, proposal development, contract negotiation, design direction, project oversight, and fee collections. As Director, he was responsible for growth strategy, staff development, and profit & loss performance. His day to day responsibilities included operations management, client relations, resource scheduling and budgeting, hiring and firing of staff, business development and marketing, financial reporting, and project delivery for over $19M in design fees annually.
In 2009 Mr. Veale was invited to join the firm of Qatar Project Management (QPM) in the role of Design Director to oversee design management and technical review for large scale projects throughout the MENA region. In 2010 he was promoted to Chief Technical Officer and was tasked with executive technical oversight of QPM’s project portfolio valued at 20B QR across seven countries. During this period he was placed on special assignment in Cairo, Egypt overseeing the value engineering and redesign of a $900M mixed use 5-star hotel project as well as personally designing the early concept and master plan for a mixed use residential, 5-star hotel resort in Sharm El Sheikh on the Red Sea.
In 2013 Mr. Veale joined the firm of UCC as Design and Development Director for the Mall of Qatar, a mixed use retail and hospitality project completed in 2016 and the largest of its kind in Qatar. The Mall features 430,000 SM of built area, 450 stores, a 200-key 5-star hotel and is valued at over $1.2B. He personally designed the signature center Oasis space which recently received the International Council of Shopping Center award for design. In 2016 he was promoted to the position of General Manager of IDCC which manages UCC’s design projects. This role includes his current work as GM of Design for a $1.09B residential palace compound.
In summary, Mr. Veale’s 30 years in the field has allowed him to combine professional expertise and technical knowledge with a broad senior management perspective and critical analysis beginning with his early education at Wharton and MIT and developed over the many projects he has completed worldwide and the multi-disciplinary teams he has led.
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