Snr. Civil/Structural Engineer - PM/TL

CURRICULUM VITAE

A.Personal data

-Family name: GYOSHEV

-First names: Alexander Georgiev

-Date of birth: 08 September 1957

-Nationality: EU - Bulgarian

-Civil status: married

-Education: University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Sofia, BG

Years attended: From September 1976 to April 1981

Degree Civil/structural engineer (M.Sc.) – major in structures

-Language skills

English: Fluent

Bulgarian: Fluent – mother tongue

Russian: Very good

German: Basic

-Professional membership: International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineers (IABSE), Switzerland; KIIP - National Association of Civil/Structural Engineers in Bulgaria

B.Professional skills

1.Professional skills:

i.Computer literate:

General software - MS Office/Project

Engineering analysis/design software – MIDAS, Staad/Pro, ROBOT v.23, RCAD v.6, TEKLA/Xsteel v.14, StruCAD, AutoCAD

ii.Formal FIDIC contracts training to EU standard practices and renewable energies

2.Key qualifications (relevant to the position):

i.Overall design, team and project management experience on engineering structures

On high-rise RC structures – static, dynamic & seismic calculations

On industrial steel structures – design, detailing, shop drawings and BOQs; erection supervision

On transportation structures – design & project management, bridge construction supervision; retaining wall design checks

Dealing with all major international codes and practices

ii.Managing multi cultural teams of local architects & engineers, transferring know-how, mentoring junior colleagues

iii.Dealing with EU standard tender procedures and tender dossier preparation including material take-off and BOQs to General Specifications (GS) and Special Conditions (SC) of Contract; writing/editing project specifications

C.Professional experience

1.By regions:

i.In Bulgaria since 1983

ii.Worldwide since 1990

Consulting Structural Engineer on broad range of high-rise, institutional, industrial and transportation projects

Design & Tender preparation and evaluation

Managing teams of architects and engineers

Tender Evaluation for Presevo BCP, EAR Belgrade

Team Leader for Ministry of Internal Affairs, Pristine, Kosovo

Projects in Africa, Asia, Middle East, Russia & the Balkans

2.By dates:

-June 2016 – August 2017

Location: Bangladesh

Company: JV ICT-KUNHWA-NARCO-EPC

Position Team Leader/Snr. Bridge Engineer

Description of projects & duties performed:

Client: Road and Highways Department (RHD) at Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges

Project title: Design Phase I and Construction Supervision Phase II of Paira (Lebukhali) Bridge with related bank protection works; design-supervision contract

Funding institutions: Kuwait Fund (KFAED-841)

Total cost: 165 MUSD; Client: RHD

The Bridge Project – 1470 m extra-dosed cable stayed bridge 4 lanes road (115 m + 2x200 m + 115 m bridge spans with 30 m span viaduct approaches)

Review of Design Phase I

Team building and commencement of Phase II Supervision of works

Bank protection (river training) study, design and related works; evaluation of options

Large pile (2.5 m and 3.5 m dia) O-cell testing

Managing multi-cultural team of supervision engineers

Liaison between Chinese contractor and RHD as Client

-September 2015 – June 2016

Location: Bulgaria and Germany

Company: JSA Ltd

Position Owner/Senior Engineering Consultant

Description of projects & duties performed:

Participation in tenders and project preparation activities

Evaluation of bridge/structural software – MIDAS and SCIA

Participation in presentations, team building

Assessment of design proposals

-May/June 2015

Location: Gbarnga, Liberia

Company: IMC worldwide

Project title: 10297 - Monitoring / Supervision of Output and Performance Based Road Contract, Road Asset Management of Lot 2; Gbarnga - Ganta - Guinea Border (May 2013-May 2023); design-construct-maintain contract

Funding institutions: World Bank, EU funds, KfW – Germany, UK – development funding

Position Bridge/Structural Engineering Consultant

Description of projects & duties performed:

Total cost: 90 MUSD

Client: Ministry of Public Works; Infrastructure Implementation Unit (IIU)

12 nos. single/double span girder bridges; composite (steel beam with RC deck) or RC beams and deck; span lengths up to 50 m; 2 lane existing country roads

Monitoring/Supervision on OPRC, Lot 2, Gbarnga-Ganta-Guinea Border Road

Assessment of Contractor’s performance

Evaluation weathering of steel bridges

-From - September 2014

-To – April 2015

Location: St. Petersburg, Russia

Company: JV Astaldi – Ictash

Project title: M-11 toll Expressway Moscow-St. Petersburg – Lots 7 & 8 (till June 2018); design-build-operate contract

Client/Funding institutions: RF government, VTB bank, VINCI -France

Project details: 6 & 4 lane express toll-way with speed limit up to 130 km/h

64 nos. bridges, over- & under- passes, 1 tunnel

Span ranges from 50m to 350m – concept designs in RC and steel

Project cost: 1.2 billion Euro for 140 km length

Position Design Manager/Director

Description of projects & duties performed:

M 11 Moscow – St. Petersburg Highway Project – design coordination; liaising between Contractor and local Design Company “Dorservice”; obtaining “good for construction” designs & permits for 64 bridges – steel and reinforced concrete (RC)

Concept designs on road, rail and river crossings; presentations in ROBOT and MIDAS

Evaluating costs and construction techniques

Evaluating soil conditions to design options; weak soils stabilization vs. light weight embankment construction

-From - March 2012

-To – September 2013

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Company: Bernard Ltd

Client: Ar Riyadh Development Authority (ADA)

Funding institutions: KSA government

Project title: Development of East King Abdullah Road in Riyadh (completed); supervision contract

Position Lead Civil Structural Engineer – Team Leader & Deputy PM

Description of projects & duties performed:

5 nos. intersections to be transformed from 1 level street junctions to 2 & 3 level uninterrupted crossings providing space for future light-weight train (LWT)

Project costs: ca. 50 MUSD per each intersection

DEPKAR Project – design check & supervision on infrastructure projects - development of King Abdullah Road intersections – underpasses and flyover

Design check and modifications on retaining walls using ROBOT software

Design check and modifications on foundations – abutments and piers

Re-design of flat to piled footings as per soil characteristics

Design check and modification on steel connection details

Assisting PM in chairing meetings, writing reports, value engineering calculations, site modifications

-From - August 2009

-To – November 2011

Location: Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Company: SAIPEM S.A. – France & SCNL

Project title: OML 58 project for TOTAL and OB OB T 6 project for NAOC (completed); design-build contract

Funding institutions: TOTAL, Nigeria Agip Oil Company, Shell, Chevron and others

Position Lead Civil Structural Engineer – Team Leader

Description of projects & duties performed:

oOB OB T6 Project – gas plant upgrade - pipe rack supports & foundations; 180 m new pipe rack design – structural steel & RC to ROBOT & TEKLA software

oOML 58 PHASE 1 – existing Total gas plant requiring 60 % output upgrade

Civil/structural calculations to ROBOT v. 23 on foundations and piling, modifications according existing buried networks and found obstacles

Revision/checking of structural calculation notes, formwork and reinforcement drawings

Material take-off, preparation of BOQs to project specifications - GS and SC

Site visits and instructions on modifications; rearrangement foundations and piling

-From - August 2008

-To – July 2009

Location: Sofia, Bulgaria

Company: JSA Ltd

Project title: Residential, Office and Institutional buildings (completed); design contracts

Funding institutions: Private owners

Position Civil Structural Engineering Project Manager

Description of projects & duties performed:

Office building extension in structural steel

Residential blocks of flats – reinforced concrete (RC) structural FEA & CAD to Euro codes utilizing ROBOT and RCAD

-From - August 2007

-To – August 2008

Location: Chembe, Zambia

Company: WSPimc UK

Project title: Construction Supervision of Bridge on Luapula River at Chembe CONTRACT NUMBER - TB/SP/007/06-104 (completed); supervision contract

Funding institutions: World Bank, Zambia government

Position Resident Structural Bridge Engineer

Description of projects & duties performed:

Client: Roads Development Agency (RDA), Zambia

Project cost: ca. 115 MUSD

Construction supervision on Chembe Bridge over Luapula River

320 m 2 lane box girder incremental launching technique

Supervision and consulting services – review exiting design and specifications, comments and modifications, redesign of superstructure

Liaison between client RDA and Chinese contractor

-From - January 2003

-To – July 2007

Location: Sofia, Bulgaria

Company: JSA Ltd

Project title: KOSOVO – 086 Ministry of Internal Affairs in Pristine, Kosovo, Hospitals -reconstruction projects, Ski Bansko Zone and Institutional buildings (completed); feasibility studies and design contracts

Funding institutions: European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR), the World Bank, Local Banks & Private owners

Position Consulting Civil Structural Engineering Manager

Description of projects & duties performed:

Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA) – Pristina, Kosovo – reconstruction project for Parsons Brinckerhoff, UK

Preparation complete set of EU standard Tender Dossier including calculations, drawings, project specifications (GS & SC) and BOQs

PRESEVO Border Crossing in Serbia – Design and Tender Review for BCEOM

National Revenue Department Building (NAP) reconstruction – Sofia, BG – calculations, drawings BOQs to project specifications

DHL Office Building in Sofia

The Alexandrovska Hospital reconstruction project – funded by the World Bank

Bansko Ski Centre – steel and bridge design

Panagjurishte winery

Residential and office blocks of flats

-From - July 2002

-To – December 2002

Location: Ajman, UAE

Company: Archirodon Contractors Overseas

Project title: 3-rd Bridge crossing to Abu Dhabi Island (completed); construction contract

Project details: 842 m total length; 140 m main span; Zaha Hadid architects

Project cost: 300 MUSD

Funding institutions: Abu Dhabi government

Position Design Structural Engineer – temporary works

Description of projects & duties performed:

Construction preparation – design & detailing of temporary works

-From - July 2000

-To – July 2002

Location: Sofia, Bulgaria

Client: Ministry of Transportation and Communications

Project title: Vidin-Calafat Danube Bridge Project (completed); consultancy contract

Funding institutions: EU, KfW, French development funds, Bulgarian and Romanian governments

Position Project Implementation Unit member – senior consulting engineer

Description of projects & duties performed:

Extra-dosed cable stayed bridge – main span 180 m

Total length: 3.6 km crossing river Danube; combined 1 rail track & 4 lane road bridge;

Total cost ca. 350 MEuro

Project implementation and management activities. Institutional relations, EU applications and procedures on Project preparation; evaluation of design options; liaising with local authorities

-From - June 1999

-To – June 2000

Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Company: Asian Engineering Consultants

Project title: Approaches to Cable-Stay Bridge on Bangkok Outer Ring Road (completed); design contract

Funding institutions: Thai government

Position Design Manager

Description of projects & duties performed:

Approaches to Kanchanaphisek cable-stayed bridge – main span 951 m over Chao Phraya river

4km approaches to cable-stayed bridge on Bangkok Outer Ring Road – 4 lane box girders in each direction

Steel space trusses at Thai-Lao checkpoint Second Mekong Bridge Project

-From - November 1995

-To – April 1999

Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Company: various

Project title: Hon Chon Cement Plant in Vietnam (completed); design-build contract

Funding institutions: HOLDERBANK

Position Design Manager

Description of projects & duties performed:

Precast concrete residential buildings at Lop Buri, Thailand

Steel structures for Hon Chong cement plant in Vietnam

Steel structures for Thai plastic plant in Rayong

Supervision precast segmental elevated expressway Bangkok-Chonburi

-From - November 1991

-To – November 1995

Location: Sofia, Bulgaria

Company: private practice

Project title: Residential, Office and Institutional buildings (completed); design contracts

Funding institutions: Private owners

Position Civil Structural Engineering Design Manager

Description of projects & duties performed:

Single, double and tri span bridges up to 100 m length – pre-cast RC post tensioned girders

Residential and Office Complex in Odessa, Ukraine – 60,000 sq.m.

The Economic Bank – Radomir

the DSK Bank – Montana

the PCHB Bank – Preslav

TRON offices & residential blocks

-From - November 1990

-To – September 1991

Location: Johannesburg, RSA

Company: TASS Engineering

Position Field Civil Structural Engineer

Description of projects & duties performed:

Site Manager on steel erection - factory in Germiston, Tutuka Power Station in Standarton

-From - June 1983

-To – November 1990

Location: Sofia, Bulgaria

Company: SOFPROJECT

Position Junior Civil Structural Engineer

Description of projects & duties performed:

Single and double span bridges up to 50 m length

Pre-cast RC post tensioned girder bridges

CSKA Swimming Complex

The BULBANK tower

Residential high-rises up to 25 stories

Pedestrian bridge over Maritza (project) – steel orthotropic deck; 1 asymmetric A-pylon

Active consulting & structural design practice to:

ROBOT v. 23 - analysis and design software – reinforced concrete (RC) & structural steel

TEKLA v. 14.1 – connection design & fabrication drawings

RCAD v. 6 – preparation of reinforced concrete shop drawings & BoQs

Attended workshops and seminars:

EU tender dossier preparation to FIDIC contracts; formal training – September 2000 conducted by COWI, Denmark

UNOPS and FIDIC renewable energy Business Day, Copenhagen – June, 2014

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