Matan Amram

Role

Construction project manager / execution engineer with 10+ years in the field. Currently at akrstein in a headquarters-level PM role; previously 7 years at solel-boneh. Expert practitioner in project bidding, subcontractor management, and execution-side cost optimization.

Affiliations

• akrstein — current employer; shifted from site PM to a corporate/HQ PM role.
• solel-boneh — previous employer (7 years); involved in large-scale projects including the Plugot military base and Intel Kiryat Gat.

Notes

• Holds a dual-track construction engineering degree: planning track + execution track. Chose execution/PM over design.
• PM role involves closing contracts with subcontractors, negotiating prices, managing timelines, and liaising between client, supervision company, and field teams.
• Describes the industry’s three-party structure: developer (יזם) → general contractor (קבלן מבצע) → supervision company (חברת פיקוח). GC is where he sits.
• Core KPI he’s measured against: schedule adherence. Says almost no project in Israel is delivered on time; 1-month overrun is considered “fine.”
• Two biggest pain points he named: (1) tender-to-execution handoff — knowledge gaps between bid team and execution; (2) no live internal visibility — team syncs via WhatsApp groups, offline Excel, and a weekly secretary-consolidated status email.
• Uses Ramidor (רמדור) for external reporting to client and supervision — contractor/client/supervision all share it, but it’s outbound-facing only, not internal PM tool.
• Also familiar with quality-control tools (שייפ דו / SafeDo) and safety apps (widely adopted, low-cost, doesn’t see a gap there).
• On procurement: knows crane rates by heart (Tavura vs. Crane Avi — two largest); formal procurement handled by a dedicated purchasing department at larger firms, but at smaller/HQ roles he negotiates directly.
• On incentives: engineers and junior PMs get no bonus for cost savings. VPs and above may have performance clauses; Matan is negotiating one for his next contract.
• On subcontractor enforcement: penalties (קנסות) exist in contracts but are almost never actually levied — structural shortage of good subs means the leverage isn’t there.
• Offered to connect the team with a colleague from the tendering/procurement department for a deeper dive on that workflow.
• Offered to connect the team with a subcontractor contact (friend from the field) if they want the other side of the market.

Mentioned in

• 2026-06-04-directions-matan-construction — expert interview on construction PM workflow, pain points, and tooling gaps.