Samer (Sam) Daibess, P.Eng.
President
Sam has over 14 years of experience in engineering consulting, with 12 years
in the building science field. Sam has provided services for over 90 building
envelope projects in British Columbia and Ontario with JSD Engineering,
Trow Global, Morrison Hershfield, Belanger Engineering and SNC Lavalin.
Sam specializes in building envelope rehabilitation design and field reviews,
new construction design and field reviews, project management and contract
administration, depreciation reports/reserve fund studies, building condition
surveys, investigation of building envelope failures, project supervision,
performance verification, reinforced concrete structures restoration design
and field review, parking structures condition assessments, and technical
3168 Pier Drive, Coquitlam, BC V3C 5S5 / T: 604-***-**** / F:604-***-**** / E-Mail: ***@******.***
audits. Sam is a member of the BC Building Envelope Council (BCBEC s)
Board of Directors.
2010-Present: President at JSD Engineering
Professional Experience Building Envelope Rehabilitation
2008 - 2010: Senior Project Engineer at Trow (exp)
Provided design, tendering, contract
2004 - 2008: Project Engineer and Project
administration, field review, or performance
Manager at Morrison Hershfield
window testing (Approximate construction
2000 - 2004: Building Science Consultant at Sundial at the Park -9-stories- (Vancouver),
values are indicated in bracket.)
Belanger Engineering Ltd. 1111 Haro Street -16 stories- (Vancouver),
1999: Civil Engineering Technologist at SNC Lavalin The Dunhill -16 stories-(Burnaby), The
Evergreen -25-stories-(Burnaby), Moody
1998: Civil Engineering Technician at UMA
Park -9-stories - (New Westminster),
Balmoral Tower- 12 stories - (Surrey),
residential concrete high-rise buildings with
B.A.Sc. in Civil Engineering at the University of
Education
various types of cladding (e.g. stucco, EIFS,
Toronto, 2001, specialized in building brick veneer, cast-in-place concrete) and roof
science and structural engineering assemblies (ranging from $0.3M to $12M)
Civil Engineering Technologist at Humber 1230 Haro Street (Vancouver), Victoria
College of Applied Science and Technology, Gardens Co-op (Vancouver), Victory House
Toronto, 1999 Care Facility Center (Vancouver), Helens
Court Co-op (Vancouver), Lions Manor
JSD ENGINEERING INC.
Civil Engineering Technician Humber College
(District of North Vancouver), Riverside
of Applied Science and Technology, Toronto,
Elementary School (Maple Ridge), Sonrisa
1998
(Port Moody), Fairview Court (Vancouver),
(Vancouver),
Residence (Vancouver), etc. residential wood
Active Member of APEG BC
Association Memberships Coral Court Robinson
low-rise buildings with various types of
cladding (e.g. stucco, vinyl, fibre cement) and
Council (BCBEC) Board of Directors roof assemblies - (ranging from $0.4M to
Currently a Member of British Columbia Building
(Treasurer & Privacy Officer Director) $2.0M)
Envelope
Member of BCBEC Board of Directors 2009/2010 (TWU)
& 2010/2011 (Past Director of Program) NorthWest (NW) Building, institutional
Trinity Western University
concrete low-rise with ext. insulated Swiss
Pearl and Teraccota walls (Langley)
General Meeting (AGM) Organizing Committee
BCBEC Technical Conference and Annual
($1.5M)
Member in 2007/2008, 2008/2009, 2009/2010
Samer (Sam) Daibess, P.Eng.
President
Bentall 5, addition of 12 storey commercial
structure over an existing 15 storey high-rise
(Vancouver) MCMP Architects
YMCA (The Patina), mixed use commercial and
residential 45 storey high-rise with Heritage
Fa ades (Vancouver), Design stage only
Stantec Architecture
Luxe, two residential high-rises (Burnaby),
Design Stage only Rafii Architects
3168 Pier Drive, Coquitlam, BC V3C 5S5 / T: 604-***-**** / F:604-***-**** / E-Mail: ***@******.***
Solaris Meadows Gate, mixed use commercial
and residential high-rises (Pitt Meadows),
Under Construction Gateway Architecture
The Pulse, residential mid-rise (Vancouver)
Sundial At the Park Building Envelope
Remediation, 2011- 2012 (ongoing)
Nigel Baldwin Architects
W13th, Heritage house and a residential high-rise
New Construction
(Vancouver) Urban Design Architecture
Provided design review, shop drawings review,
enhanced field review, performance testing, or
O2, mixed use commercial and residential
maintenance schedule preparation
mid-rise (Vancouver), below grade Only
Merrick Architecture
1460 Bute Street, multi-residential low-rise
(Vancouver) Merrick Architecture In design
Urba and Circa, two residential high-rises
Development Stage
(Burnaby) LDA Architects
1860 Barclay Street, mixed use multi-residential
Willingdon Park Phases 8 & 9, two commercial
low-rise (Vancouver) Merrick Architecture In
office buildings (Burnaby) CEI Architecture
design Development Stage
1543 & 1540 Grant Street, multi-residential low-rise
(Vancouver) - Birmingham & Wood Architects and
Planners In design Stage
JSD ENGINEERING INC.
4338 Commercial Street, multi-residential low-rise
(Vancouver) Wilson Chang Architects In
Vancouver Police Department (VPD) Training
construction
Facility, institutional low-rise (Vancouver) -
DGBK Architects
Nurses Residence, mixed use commercial and
residential high-rise with Heritage Fa ades
(Vancouver) Nigel Baldwin Architects
The Hudson, mixed use commercial and
residential high-rise with Heritage Fa ades
(Vancouver) Stantec Architecture
The Bentall 5 Office Tower in Downtown.
Pomaria, residential high-rise (Vancouver).
(Vancouver, BC, Canada), 2006~2008
Won Best High-rise Development
at 2007 UDI Awards Rafii Architects
Samer (Sam) Daibess, P.Eng.
President
Building Envelope Surveys & Second Maintenance Manuals & Contingency
Opinions Reserve Fund Studies (CRFS)
Provided occupant surveys, moisture content Provided reporting, financial analysis, opinion of
1230 Haro St. (Vancouver), 3650 Kaneff
survey, field observations, opinion of probable probable costs, presentations, etc.
Low-rise residential: 1230 Haro Street Cresent (Mississauga), 7300 Yonge Street,
costs, reporting, or presentation
(Vancouver), 1510 Grant St. (Vancouver), (Thornhill), 270 Davis Drive (Scarborough), etc.
Helens Court (Vancouver), The Trails (Surrey),
Riverside Elementary School (Langley),
2950 Heather St. (Vancouver), and more.
3168 Pier Drive, Coquitlam, BC V3C 5S5 / T: 604-***-**** / F:604-***-**** / E-Mail: ***@******.***
(Vancouver), Victoria Gardens (Vancouver),
Victory House Care Facility Center
(Vancouver), The Dunhill (Burnaby), The Lions Manor (DNV), etc., Maintenance and
High-rise residential: Sundial at the Park
Evergreen (Burnaby), Discovery Place I Renewal Plan
(Burnaby), The Rotary Tower (New
Westminster), 5885 Yew St. (Vancouver),
Princess Tower (Chilliwack), Seastrand (West
Forensic Review for Legal Support
Vancouver), and more.
Provided construction document review, field
Saint Andrew s Hall at UBC, institutional Low- Wind Chimes, residential low-rise (Vancouver)
observations and documentation
rise (Vancouver) Moody Park, residential high-rise (New
Westminster)
Coquitlam Library, low-rise
(Coquitlam)
institutional
Rehabilitation of reinforced concrete parking
Speciality Engineering
structures, includes parkade waterproofing
replacement on the following projects:
Roof Replacement
Landmark Mariner (Vancouver), 3650
Provided design, tendering, contract
Kaneff Cresent (Mississauga, ON), 275
Bentall Towers IV, III, II, I, & TD-Bank
Administration or field review
Cassandra Blvd. (Scarbourgh, ON), 580
commercial high-rise and low-rise roofs
Christie Street (Toronto, ON), 288 Mill Road
(Vancouver & Burnaby)
(Etobicoke, ON), and 8 Wild Briarway
Discovery Place I (Burnaby), The Rialto (New
(Toronto)
Westminster), residential low-rise roofs
JSD ENGINEERING INC.
25 and 35 Trailwood Drive, condition
38 Leopold Place (New Westminster), High-rise
assessments and technical reports of concrete
Xantrex at SFU (Burnaby), institutional low-rise ro parking structures (Mississauga)
ofs
Mount Boucherie Community Centre, design
Bentall Towers III & IV Water Feature/Pool &
and specification Review of an Ice Ring Arena
Planters (Vancouver), waterproofing membrane r
(Mount Boucherie)
eplacement
Alloway Library in TWU (Langley), Indoor Air
Faculty House Building and Norma Marion
Quality Testing and Field Review of
Warranty Review
institutional low-rise buildings
Provided warranty & construction document
Project Management of BASF Walltite, Third
review, occupant surveys, field observations, &
The Hudson (Vancouver), TWU NW Building Party Warranty Program, 2007 - 2008
reporting
(Langley), Aria I 2&5 year warranty reviews, etc.