Manager Project Management

Jim J. Zhao, PE, F.ASCE

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Boyds, MD 20841

Tel, 240-***-**** (cell)

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

CAREER PROFILE

With over 30 years of experience in bridge engineering and project management, I am currently working as a Senior Program Manager for WMATA, managing transit infrastructures in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia. EDUCATION

Graduate Diploma in Project Management, Université du Québec, Hull, Canada

M. Sc. in Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

B. Sc. in Structural Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China AREA OF EXPERTISE

• Long span bridge design including cable stayed bridges, concrete segmental box- girder bridges and tied-arch bridges.

• Steel, concrete and prestressed concrete structure design and finite element analysis

• Structural dynamic analysis and seismic design

• Structural fatigue analysis and remaining life prediction.

• Structural condition survey, load rating and rehabilitation

• Design-build project management, including financial analysis and risk management for P3 projects.

• Infrastructure asset management

• Value engineering and life cycle cost analysis

• Project financial analysis and risk management

• International project management

• Common project management tools such PROCORE and Projectwise. WORK HISTORY

10/15 – Present Senior Program Manager

WMATA, Washington, DC

Develop bridge inspection and maintenance manual and organization-wise asset management strategy.

Manage large P3 projects.

07/14 – 10/15 Director of Engineering

Sheladia Associates, Inc. Rockville, MD

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Managing engineering operations (P&L).

Projects included 2 bridge replacements in PG County, MD, and a 10 km bridge in Patna, India (ADB project)

01/12 – 06/14 Technical Lead & Division Manager – Bridge Engineering AMEC, Edmonton, Canada

Managing bridge engineering in Western Canada operations. Managing the division's profit/loss, business development, and major projects and clients.

Major project: NEAHD project in Edmonton, Alberta - a P3 project involving over 20 bridges (design fee over $10 million). Highway 63: a 55 km highway design with 3 major bridges.

(design fee $4.5 million).

07/09 – 12/11 General Manager – International Operations JSTI, Washington, DC

Managed JSTRI (www.jsti.com) international operations 03/07 – 06/09 Chief Bridge Engineer

WBCM, Baltimore, MD

Managed bridge department

Major project: ICC in Maryland - a design-build project involving over 10 bridges.

04/02 – 02/07 President

Frederick Engineering, Frederick, MD

Created the company and managed general operation

(the company merged into WBCM in 2007)

03/98 – 03/02 Sr. Project Manager and Branch Office Manager T.Y. Lin International, Charles Town, WV

Managed I-64 widening project in WV, including the design of the Kanawha River Bridge

1996 – 1997 Design Manager, Chief Structural Engineer Sungei Way Construction, Malaysia

Created an in-house project design department and coordinated with external consultants for design-build projects 1990 – 1996 Senior Structural Engineer

Stantec, Ottawa,Canada

Accomplished design of several bridge projects

1988 – 1990 Master’s Student

University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

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1984 – 1988 Lecturer – Structural Engineering

Tongji University, Shanghai, China

TYPICAL PROJECTS

Goethals Bridge Rehabilitation Design: Deck replacement and truss member reinforcement. Staten Island, NY/NJ

Sutong Bridge Design and Health Monitoring System Design: Technical Advisor, Jiangsu, China

Kanawha River Bridge Design. The longest concrete box girder bridge in USA. Jim Zhao, F.ASCE

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ICC Project – A Design and build project in Maryland, with over 10 bridges. VOLUNTARY WORK

Past-President, SEI-MD (Structural Engineering Institute of Maryland)

Secretary General –Tongji University Alumni Association of America

Author and speaker of technical seminars “Bridge Rehabilitation” for ASCE

Technical Paper Reviewer – for ACI Structural Journal publications and ASCE Bridge Journal.

Co-author of several design guide/specifications for ASCE/ACI on Bridge Design and Prestressed Concrete Design.

Chairman of ACI/ASCE subcommittee “Bridge Details and Constructability”

Member of ACI/ASCE committees “Bridge Design” and “Prestressted Concrete”. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Licensed (PE) in many US states and Canada (since 1991).

ASCE & ACI (committee member on Bridge Design and Prestressed Concrete Design, Chair of Bridge Details and Constructability Committee).

Fellow of ASCE.

PUBLICATIONS

• Bridge Engineering (university textbook), published by McGraw-Hill, 2006 and 2011.

• State-of-the-Art Report on Partially Prestressed Concrete. ACI 423.5R-99, 1999.

• Recommendations for Concrete Members Prestressed with Unbounded Tendons, ACI 423.3R-96, 1996

• Analysis and Design of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Structures, ACI 343R-95, 1995.

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