TAREK

Tarek F. Messiha

Email: ************@*****.***

949-***-****

EDUCATION:

CAIRO UNIVERSITY, Egypt, Department of Civil Engineering

Bachelor of Science, July 1983

Graduation Project: Concrete Structures Academic Award: Distinction Scholarship, 1982-83

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Department of Civil Engineering

Master of Science, June 1989

Field of Study: Structures G.P.A.: 3.95 on a 4.0 Scale

STATE OF OHIO

Professional Engineer (P.E.) 1991

INTERGRAPH, CHICAGO IL, USA 1994

Courses in Microstation Graphics and Microstation Development Language

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO 1997

Professional program in project Management

Diploma Courses: -Project Planning and Control Techniques.

-Project Budgeting and Financial Control.

-Project Specifications, Bids and contracts.

-Feasibility Studies and Financing.

-Management of Project Resources.

-Computer Applications in Project Management (Primavera).

COMPUTEK TRAINING CENTER 2000

Courses in Advanced Visual basic

COMPUTEK TRAINING CENTER 2005

Diploma in Graphic Concept - Adobe Photoshop CS – Corel Draw 11 – Macromedia Freehand MX –

Quark Express 5 – Photo Art – Photoshop Special Effect – Color Separation.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Construction Manager, 2000-2012

RTC Engineering & Construction, Cairo, Egypt

- Managing the execution of one or more small sized (100k – 500k) Contracting Projects.

Projects Examples:

Starbucks – Corporate Social Responsibilities Projects Finishing

Pyramids Hills Compound – Villas Concrete Works

Katemeya Residence Compound – Villas Finishing

Mirage Compound – Villas Finishing

Structural Engineer, 1990-1999

SEI Engineers, Inc., Columbus, Ohio

Silo Engineers & Consultants, Inc., Columbus, Ohio

-Analyzed, designed, and supervised construction of steel and concrete structures and silos

-Used finite element computer modeling of reinforced concrete silos and associated material

handling structures.

- Developed Design programs using basic & C programming languages

Graduate Research Assistant, 1988-1989

Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

- Conducted intensive research to modify ACI Standard 313-84 for the design of concrete bins, silos,

and bunkers.

- Adapted finite element analysis computer package to evaluate and analyze existing and

proposed design standards.

- Developed expressions, tables, and graphs to aid in formulating the new standards.

Owner and General Manager, 1986-1990

Tarco for Engineering and Contracting, Cairo

- Execution of concrete construction projects:

Helwan gardens hospital for Orascom

Building and conference room for Behman Hospital

Extensions in children’s home for psychological Rehabilitation

- Working with consulting company Builtec (Dr. Sadek Abdel Sayed & Associates), Cairo

Assisted and designed construction drawings for various commercial, industrial, and

residential buildings.

Structural Engineer, 1985

EMCC, France in collaboration with Greater Cairo Regional Metro, Egypt

-Supervised soil investigation work for the Cairo Metro (underground) System.

-Designed the layers injected into the soil to prevent the upward flow of the underground

water during construction.

-Supervised the injection process on site.

Quality Control Engineer, 1984

Misr Raymond for Foundations, Egypt

-Conducted laboratory experiments to measure and control the quality of concrete mixture

ingredients and concrete additives, and evaluated the strength of concrete samples (serving

more than 30 major construction companies).

-Trained and supervised technicians performing laboratory and on site tests.

-Prepared and presented the result reports to the clients.

Practical Training, Summer 1982

Undergraduate summer internship with Freyssinet for Prestressed Concrete, Paris, France

LANGUAGES:

English and Arabic

TRAVEL:

Egypt, U.S.A., France, Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Spain, Turkey, Dubai and Canada

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