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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nEducation Professional Record<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n – 1974-1975 C. Okutan Engineering Co. Ltd. (Mech. Design Engineer) Partners of GEN-TES Ltd. \u00a0 Memberships of the Managing \u00a0Director International awards presented to the Managing Director GEN-TES Ltd. works with full-time and\/or part-time working Engineers, drafting experts and non-technical staff, number of whom varies between two and ten regarding the Company\u2019s workload. Special topics such as designs of fire protection and fire extinguishing, central medical gases, vacuum and pressurized air designs can be outsourced when required. The company\u2019s Engineering staff generally […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gen-tes.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gen-tes.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gen-tes.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gen-tes.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gen-tes.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/gen-tes.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211,"href":"https:\/\/gen-tes.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gen-tes.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/strong>– 1968: TED Ankara College Highschool
– 1974: METU – Middle East Technical University, Mechanical Engineering Dept. (BSc.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
– 1975-1978 SSK General Directorate of Construction (Deputy Director, Mech. Eng. Dept.)
– 1979-2000 GEN-TES Eng. Co. Ltd. (Founder partner and Managing Director)
– 1990-2014 ODTM Technical Consultancy Co. Inc. (Founder partner, Chair of the Board)
– 2000-present: GEN-TES Eng. Co. Ltd. (Owner and Managing Director)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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1990-2014: The Managing Director F. Colasan has been a partner and Chair of the Board of ODTM – Middle East Technical Consultancy Co. Inc, in addition to ownership of GEN-TES Co. Ltd. ODTM was a multi-disciplinary design company having main Engineering branches and Architecture in-house.
2023-present: GEN-TES Engineering \u00a0Ltd. and DOLFEN Consulting Engineering\u00a0 Inc. came together in a permanent cooperation Partnership for international projects under the name \u2018GEN-TES & DOLFEN Partnership\u2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– <\/strong>1979-present: TMMOB-MMO – Chamber of Mechanical Engineers
– 1983-present:\u00a0 TOBB \/ ATO Ankara Trade Chamber (GEN-TES Eng. Ltd.)
– 1987-present: <\/strong>ATCEA-Association of Turkish Consulting Engineers and Architects
– 1987-present: FIDIC \u2013 International Federation of Consulting Engineers, (Member through membership in ATCEA)
– 1988-1990: FIDIC Client-Consultant Relationships Committee Member
-1992-present: TTMD Turkish HVAC Engineers’ Association, founder Member
– 1993-2000: ASHRAE American Society of HVAC Engineers Member
– 1993-1995:\u00a0 FIDIC Integrity Management Committee Member
– 1993-1998:\u00a0 ISBE International Society of the Built Environment Member
– 1996-1997 FIDIC Capacity Building Committee Member
– 1996-2000: President of ATCEA – Association of Consulting Engineers & Architects
– 1996-2000 FIDIC Executive Committee (Board) Member (First Turkish and first female \u00a0\u00a0Board \u00a0Member of FIDIC, elected since its establishment in the year 1913.)
– 1997-2019: TOBB – Union of Turkish Chambers & Commodity Exchanges, Chair of the\u00a0\u00a0 Technical Consultancy Council
– 2000-present: ATCEA- Member of Past Presidents Conseil
– 2001-2009: USHD National Transparency Association
– 2002-present: EFCA – Federation of European Consulting Engineering Associations, <\/s>(through membership in ATCEA)
– 2000-2019: FIDIC BPC – Business Practice Committee Member
– 2002-2010: EFCA\u00a0 EU Public Procurement Committee Member
– 2003-present: FIDIC QBS – Qualifications-Based Consultant Selection Task Group Chair under BPC
<\/s>– 2013-2019: FIDIC Consultant Selection Task Group Chair \u00a0under BPC
– 2016-2017: FIDIC – Contractor Selection Task Group Member under BPC
– 2011-present: EFCA – EU\u00a0 Internal Market Committee Member
– 2018-present: MUKAD – Association of Turkish Female Engineers & Architects, Member
– 2020-2023: FIDIC – BPLC Business Practice Leadership Committee, Vice Chair
– 2021-2023: FIDIC QCBS – Qualification and Cost Based Consultant Selection Task Group Chair (under BPLC)
– 2021-present: DRBF \u2013 Dispute Resolution Board Foundation Member
– 2022-2025: FIDIC Ambassador to Turkiye
-2023-present: FIDIC CCS \u2013 Consultant & Contractor Selection Standing Task Group Chair
(under BPLC)
– 2024-present: FIDIC Contracts Committee Member [for updating of the \u2018FIDIC <\/em>White Book
(Client-Consultant Model Services Agreement Guide<\/em>), after which the group shall continue updating the Guides of all the FIDIC Conditions of Contracts.
Presentations of the Managing Director
<\/strong>– Conference speaker introducing \u2018QBS Guide\u2019<\/em> (during\u00a0 FIDIC annual conference in Davos (<\/strong> 2011)
– Conference speaker\u00a0 introducing \u2018FIDIC Guidelines for the Selection of Consultants\u2019<\/em> (during the FIDIC annual conference in Acapulco(Mexico<\/strong>, 2002)
-Sspeaker in Teheran\/Iran <\/strong>about Consultant Selection procedures (2004)
– Conference speaker in Dakka\/Bangladesh<\/strong>\u00a0 about Consultant Selection Procedures (2007)
– Conference speaker during the annual FIDIC conference in Rio de Janeiro\/Brazil<\/strong> (2014)
– \u2018Mentor for FIDIC YOUNG PROFESSIONALS\u2019<\/em> (for four consecutive years, during 90\u2019s)
– BPLC Webinar speaker introducing \u2018Concerns and Recommendations on the application of QCBS method\u2019<\/em> for consultant selection. (2022)
– FIDIC Webinar speaker about the wrong applications of QCBS method for Consultant selection (2019)
– Speaker at the annual meeting of MMO-Chamber of Mechanical Engineers about Professional Liability Insurance; pros and cons. (2023)
– Webinar speaker invited by MERGE Consultants \/EU) (to be organized during the second half of May 2026) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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2013: \u201cFIDIC Louis Prangey Award<\/em>\u201d (12th<\/sup> highest prestige award of FIDIC presented since the Federation\u2019s establishment in the year 1913.)
2021: \u201cREHVA Professional Award in Design<\/em>\u201d
(REHVA: Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air conditioning Associations)
-2022-2025: Assignment as the \u201cFIDIC Ambassador to Turkiye<\/em>\u201d FIDIC publications prepared
<\/strong>– \u2018<\/strong>QBS Guide\u2019 (Qualifications Based Consultant Selection) (<\/em>QBS TG Chair, first edition, 2011)
<\/em>– \u2018QBS Marketing Guidelines\u2019, first edition<\/em> (QBS-MGTG Chair, first edition, 2017)
– \u2018Recommended Procedures to Improve the Application of QCBS-Qualifications & Cost Based Consultant Selection\u2019<\/em> (QCBS TG Chair, first edition, 2023)
– \u2018FIDIC Guidelines for the Selection of Consultants<\/em>\u2019
(Consultant Selection TG Chair for 2003, 2010, and 2019 editions )
– \u2018Selection of Contractors<\/em>\u2019 (CS-TG member, 2021)
– \u2018White Book Guide\u2019<\/em> (first edition, TG member, 90\u2019s)
(White Book: FIDIC Client-Consultant Model Services Agreement)
– \u2018Business Integrity Management System <\/em>Training Manual\u2019 (member, first edition, during 90\u2019s)
– \u2018Guidelines for Integrity Management System\u2019 (member, first edition, during 90\u2019s)
– \u2018Building the Capacity of Consultancy Firms<\/em>\u2019 (member, first edition, during 90\u2019s)
– \u2018White Book Guide\u2019<\/em> second edition (being prepared) (Contracts Committee TG4 member, 2025)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"