Design Project Manager

MOHSEN SHAAKER, PE, MBA

**-** **** ******, ********* 2 ~ Astoria, New York 11105

917-***-**** ********@*****.***

Profile

Professional structural engineer (BS & MS in Civil Engineering & MBA in

Finance & Management) with over 10 years of experience in design and

engineering management of various types of projects including the new

World Trade Center. Outstanding knowledge of analysis and design programs,

building codes, programming and computer skills with solid quantitative and

modeling background. Proven problem solving, analytical, management, and

business development skills honed through serving a diverse client base of

both public and private sectors.

ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

Partner, StructureIQ, New York, NY

Jan 2010 - Present

Lead the structural group providing all types of structural engineering

services including design of midsized buildings, developing 3D computer

models, design of temporary structures, evaluating and peer reviewing of

analysis and design models. Some projects include:

RB, New York, 12-story concrete commercial building, 150,000 square feet:

developing building model in ETABS, analysis and design of gravity framing

and shear walls, and foundation design

LEXINTON, New York, 8-story steel residential building, 96,000 square feet:

3D modeling in ETABS for lateral analysis and bracing design in addition to

RAM modeling for designing the gravity frame, connection, floor framing and

foundation design

WILLIS, New York, 6-story steel residential building: developing and using

RAM model analyzing and designing gravity frames, floor framing, bracing

and moment frame systems

Prepared business development plan expanding into Building Information

Modeling sector. This includes development of the service, business

analysis, price studies, and marketing strategies.

Project Manager, WSP Cantor Seinuk, New York, NY

Jan 2007 - Dec 2009

Performed modeling, analysis and design of steel and concrete high-rise &

large scale building projects. Expert in using analysis and design computer

programs including ETABS, SAP2000, RAM, RISA, SAFE, and STAAD in addition

to developing proprietary design spreadsheets. Solid knowledge in

implementing the most up to date building codes in design and analysis

including ASCE-7, IBC, ACI-318, AISC-LRFD, AISC-seismic provision, GSA, and

NYC building code. Some projects include:

TOWER THREE WORLD TRADE CENTER, New York, 71-story steel commercial

building, 2.1 million square feet: involved in all phases of design from

schematic to preparing construction document: developing 3D model, studying

lateral system options, design of gravity framing, design of shear wall and

moment frames, non-linear dynamic analysis, progressive collapse analysis,

developing data analysis spreadsheets, foundation rock anchor design,

estimating material take offs, attending progress and coordination meeting

with architects and MEP engineers.

TOWER TWO WORLD TRADE CENTER, New York, 78-story steel commercial building,

2.4 million square feet: non-linear and progressive collapse analysis,

foundation design, and gravity frame design, developing data collecting and

organizing spreadsheets.

HIGHLINE HYBRID, New York, 60-story concrete hotel and residential

building: creating 3D model, study, analysis and design of lateral systems

including shear walls and link beams, preliminary gravity framing design.

NSLIJ HOSPITAL, Long Island, 10-story steel hospital, 250,000 square feet:

design and development of the project from schematic to construction

documents: developing 3D model, gravity and floor framing design, lateral

system analysis and design including braced and moment frames, connection

design, foundation design, material take-off, cost estimates and

collaboration in foundation design.

MAIDEN LANE, New York, 46-story concrete residential building: development

of computer model, study of different lateral systems options, lateral and

gravity system analysis and design including shear walls link beams.

EO TOWER, Dubai, 48-story concrete residential building: modifying existing

3D model to study different lateral system options, cost estimate and

comparisons for finding the most efficient system.

WEST PARK DEVELOPMENT, New York, 21-story concrete residential building:

generating the computer model, design of lateral component, design of

gravity frames including transfer truss girder systems, collaboration in

foundation and floor slab design.

HARBORVIEW, New York, two 15&14-story concrete residential buildings:

developing computer model, lateral system analysis and design.

FALLING WATER HOTEL, Kish Island, 8-story concrete hotel, 200,000 square

feet: Creating 3D model, lateral system analysis and design in a

high-seismic zone, mat foundation design, frame design,

DAHILL ROAD, Brooklyn, 10-story concrete condominium, 450,000 square feet:

computer model development, collaboration in analysis and design of gravity

system, and shear wall design.

Project Engineer, RSD Engineering, New York, NY

Sep 2002 - Dec 2006

Led design team for preparation of analysis, design, drawings,

specifications and cost estimates for various building projects valued up

to $200M. Some projects include:

80,000 square feet, 13-story steel frame commercial building, Flushing, N:

shop drawing review, construction site visits, attending progress meeting,

and answering RFI's.

44,000 square feet, steel frame commercial building, Teterboro, NJ:

redesign of the existing building and design of the new extension wing,

composite floor framing design, foundation design, responding to RFI's,

20,000 square feet, steel frame educational building, Ardsley, NY: analysis

and design of the foundation and super structure, construction site visits,

shop drawing review, progress meetings. RFI reviews, cost estimation.

6000 square feet, cold-formed steel frame laboratory building, New York,

NY: super structure and foundation design, client liaison, attending

progress meeting, shop drawing reviews, construction supervision.

280,000 square feet, 13-story educational building, New York, NY: concrete

retrofit design, site visits and construction super vision, progress

meetings, answering RFI's.

Research & Teaching Assistant, Research Foundation, New York, NY

Feb 2001 - Sep 2002

Created computational and mathematical model to study floor vibration and

mitigation strategies by developing more than 5000 line code in MATLAB

programming language.

Assisted in teaching Statics and Introduction to Structural Mechanics.

Thesis title: Vibration Serviceability Assessment and Mitigation for Long

Floor Plates.

EDUCATION

MBA in Finance & Management

City University of New York - Baruch College, New York, NY, August 2006

MS in Civil Engineering (Structure)

City University of New York - CCNY, New York, NY, September 2002

BS in Civil Engineering

IUST, Tehran, June 1996

SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS

Structural design and analysis programs: SAP, ETABS, RAM, RISA, SAFE and

STAAD

Detail knowledge of various building codes: AISC-7, IBC, ACI-318, AISC-LRFD

Computer programming languages: C#, MATLAB, PASCAL, FORTRAN, and VBA.

Mathematical software: MathCAD, Excel, MATHEMATICA.

Licensed Professional Engineer in the state of New York

PUBLICATION

T. E. Price, M. Shaaker "Dynamic Response of a Long Discretely Supported

Beam."

Proceeding EM (2002) - 15th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference.

Columbia University, New York City, NY, June 2-5

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