Engineer Project Manager

Ehsan Abdullah, P.E. **** S Santa Rita

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Structural Engineer Chandler, AZ 85249

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Years Experience: 15 Home: 480-***-****

Cell: 480-***-****

[Exp. 06/30/2011]Structural Engineer responsible for transportation-related

structural design, inspection, and rehabilitation projects. Work involves

highway bridges, pedestrian bridges, retaining walls and culverts.

Experienced in various phases of detailed design, inspection, and analysis

from the conceptual design phase through construction services. Experience

ranges from the design of reinforced concrete bridges, prestressed

concrete, post tensioning and steel plate and box bridges to structural

analysis and load rating of existing concrete, steel, timber, and truss

bridges. Roadway engineering experience includes detailed geometric

design, modern roundabouts, drainage storm systems, intersections, and

culvert design.

Summary of Projects:

Gannett Fleming, Phoenix, AZ [2009-2010][2009-9/2010]

PHX Sky Train, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, AZ, City

of Phoenix Aviation Department. Project Cost 1.2 billion Structural

Engineer during final design of the PHX Sky Train, a predominantly elevated

guideway system with seven stations. The system connects three terminals,

two parking areas, a rental car center, and a ground transportation center

with a light rail transit interface. The project is being developed in two

stages. The design of stage one is being completed and it includes: 37

spans 3050 ft prestressed concrete u girders, 20 spans 2025 ft post

tensioned concrete box girders and 17 spans 2780 ft of steel plate and

steel box girders. Responsibilities include detail design of

superstructure including deck design, substructures ( columns, footing ( on

drilled shaft & spread). Supervision of junior engineers and computer-

aided drafting and design technicians, conducting independent design

calculation checks, shop plans reviews, responses to RFI's and performing

quality control reviews of plans and specifications.

AZTEC Engineering, Inc., Phoenix, AZ [2008-2009][2008-2009]

Higley Road Bridge Over Roosevelt Water Conservation District (RWCD)

Floodway, Gilbert, AZ, Town of Gilbert. [2008] [2008] Lead Structural

Engineer responsible for the design of improvements to Higley Road

beginning at the East Maricopa Floodway (EMF) and ending 1,370 feet north.

The improvements involved roadway, drainage, utilities, traffic, and bridge

work. The project included design details and layouts for the 378-foot-

long, six-span box beam EMF bridge and a 41-foot-long, single-span RWCD

Canal bridge. As part of the bridge widening, six precast, prestressed box

girders were added on both sides of the EMF bridge and 6 precast,

prestressed, voided slab girders were added to the Canal bridge. New

sidewalks were also added to both bridges and utilities conduits were

relocated and placed in the sidewalks. Responsibilities included

structural design of box girders, solid columns, and footings on the

drilled shafts. Also reviewed shop plans and provided post-design

coordination.

Rid Canal Bridge, North Miller Road Improvement, Phoenix, AZ, Town of

Buckeye.[2008] [2008] Structural Engineer responsible for the design and

preparation of a cost estimate for precast, prestressed voided slab

bridge.

S.R. 303L Bridge Review, Peoria, AZ, Arizona Department of

Transportation.[2008] [2008] Reviewer responsible for a complete

independent check and calculation of single-span,(AASHTO) Type VI girder

bridge over Caterpillar Wash.

Nebraska Department of Roads, Lincoln, NE [1995-2008] [1995-2008]

Load Rating Engineer, Bridge Division [2005-2008] [2005-2008] responsible

for supervising the Load Rating Section and performing load ratings and

structural evaluation of new and existing bridges. Providing recommendation

to counties and districts to increase or lower the posted capacity limit of

the posted bridge. Also responsible to analyzes and evaluate the oversize

and overweight trucks restricting or allowing them to move across the

national and state bridges in Nebraska. In coordination with University of

Nebraska at Lincoln, we developed a methodology for load rating of all

state and local bridges in Load factor method and created a summary sheet

for each bridge and the result was reported to National Bridge Inventory.

This was a massive effort of data collection and load rating of hundreds of

steel, timber, concrete, and truss bridges.

Structural Engineer, Bridge Division [2002-2005] [2002-2005] Structural

Engineer for the preliminary and final design of simple, complex, and multi-

span bridge projects. Responsible for checking and reviewing bridge plans

developed by consultants; checking and reviewing shop plans prepared by

fabricators; and reviewing specifications, estimates, and agreements.

U.S. Route 75 Over J Street, Omaha, NE. [2005] Lead Structural Engineer

responsible for the design of a 180-foot, multi-span, steel rolled bridge.

The bridge was widen to accommodate an additional lane and extending the

overhang at median to provided wider shoulder.

Albion Northeast Bridge, Boon County, NE. [2004-2005] Structural Engineer

responsible for the design of a three-span, prestressed concrete girder

bridge in accordance with (AASHTO) LRFD specifications.

Lincoln West Bridge, Lincoln, NE. [2004-2005] Lead Structural Engineer for

a $3.2 million, three-span, IT-400 girder. A 100 feet wide with a raised

median constructed in four phases and using temporary shoring.

Campbell West Bridge, Campbell, NE. [2004-2005]Reviewer of a three-span,

115-foot-long, reinforced concrete slab bridge located west of the city on

Nebraska Highway 4, with substructure supported on steel H-piles.

Osmand East Bridge, Osmand, NE. [2003-2004] Reviewer for a single-span, 70-

foot-long reinforced concrete slab bridge. An independent calculation was

performed for the superstructure and substructure.

Wellfleet South Bridge, North Platte, NE. [2002-2003] Lead Structural

Engineer for single-span, 135-foot skewed welded plate steel girders bridge

designed in accordance with (AASHTO) LRFD specifications. This bridge was

constructed in phase construction. Integral abutment, steel piles, steel

sheet pile, and U-type wing wall were used as part of the substructure of

the bridge.

Oshkosh Northwest, Oshkosh, NE. [2002-2003] Reviewer for a single-span,

142-foot, welded plate girders bridge over a railroad track. Responsible

for a complete independent check and calculation of the design of columns,

drilled shafts, and mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls.

Project Design Manager, Roadway Design Division [1997-2002]

[1997-2002] Responsible for the detailed design of highways and urban

roadway projects from the conceptual phase to the final stage of

construction. Design included alignments and geometric design, sight

distance, driveways, retaining walls, at-grade intersections, modern

roundabouts, storm drainage, and culverts. Prepared cost estimates,

coordinated with the Right-of-Way Division for obtaining easements and

right-of-way, and coordinated with utilities to resolve conflicts. Was

responsible for coordinating with districts, the Federal Highway

Administration, consultants, and others during the preliminary and final

design phases of projects. Responsible for the review, processing, and

certifying of design plans developed by consultant engineers. Also

conducted plan-in-hand meetings and public information meetings and

reviewed and coordinated construction plans with project managers.

Blair South, Blair, NE. [1998-2000] Lead Engineer and Project Manager for

an $11.4 million 4 miles with 5 driving lane. A complete drainage system

was designed, including inlets, manhole, ditches, and culverts, to collect

the water from east side (hill side) and convey it to the other side under

the road. Mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls were used to limit the

taking of the right-of-way, and parking lots were design to accommodate a

nearby business for the loss of parking. A modern roundabout was designed

to channelize traffic and reduce the speed of truck traffic entering the

town.

Bridge and Roadway Construction Inspector, District 8: Responsible for

working out of the District's Ainsworth office to enforce compliance with

design plans and specifications to ensure the quality and quantity of the

work and to recommend acceptance or rejection of construction materials.

Education:

B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Kabul, 1984

M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska, 1992

Certificate Program, Reconstruction & Rehabilitation

Safety Inspection of In-Service Bridges, Federal Highway Administration -

National Highway Institute (FHWA-NHI), 2006

Fracture Critical Inspection Techniques for Steel Bridges, FHWA-NHI, 2006

Registrations:

P.E.: Nebraska No. E8894 (1997) [Exp. 12/31/2011]

Arizona No. 47932 (2008)

CONFERENCES ATTENDED:

Arizona Roads and Streets Conference, Tucson, AZ, 2008.

Virtis/Opis User Group Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC, 2007.

Computer

Conspans, Steel girders, Merlin Dash, LARS, MDX, Stadds Pro, MathCad,

PcColumn, Lpile, Qcon. Geopak, Microstation, AutoCad.

Foreign Language Proficiency:

Persian (Fluent)

Pashtu (Fluent)

Urdu (fair)

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