Abdul Tabbara
PE
Senior Principal / Office Director Doha & Riyadh
Abdul Tabbara is a senior principal who has been with ME Engineers since 2010. He brings extensive experience to the firm, particularly in the Middle East, where he serves as office director for the Doha and Riyadh offices. His projects span sports venues, commercial, healthcare, hospitality, and transportation projects, with specialized expertise in the design of sports and leisure facilities.
For Abdul, being a professional engineer is an inviting challenge to shape the built environment. He has successfully led the building services design team for one of the largest sports stadiums for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar. The stadium hosts 60,000 fans and includes an arena-style, efficient bowl cooling technology. During this project, Abdul managed multiple project disciplines and navigated several delicate dependencies.
Another notable project is the design of the retractable roof, chiller plant, and campus-wide electrical infrastructure for Arthur Ashe Stadium, home of the U.S. Open Tennis Championships.
Abdul characterizes the value ME brings to clients and projects. He has a knack for simplifying complex client’s requirements with a practical engineering approach. He’s devoted to the engineering community through leadership and mentorship, is a member of ASHRAE, and previously spent four years as a team leader in the ACE mentorship program.
More About Abdul
- Doha Office Director
- Riyadh Office Director
- MBA Business Administration and Management, Alliance Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK
- B.Eng Electrical Engineering: City College of New York, New York, NY
Project Highlights
- Al Bayt Stadium
- Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Stadium
- Sports Boulevard Foundation Global Sports Tower
- Bahrain International Sports City
- USTA Redevelopment including the ASHE roof
- Fasano Hotel
Expertise
- Electrical
- Medium-voltage Systems
- Low-voltage Systems
- Security Systems
- Infrastructure and Utilities
- Thermal Computational Dynamics
- Bowl Cooling
- Energy Centers
- District Cooling Plant
- GSAS