Design Engineer
Resume:
Mohamed El Semelawy, P.Eng, Ph.D
Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Summary
Professional Engineer with over fifteen years of experience including four years in commercial and residential projects, four years in industrial oil & gas, and two years in Code and standards development. In addition to five years of industrial research.
Expert knowledge of Part 4 (structural Design) and structural sections of Part 9 of the Ontario and the National Building Code of Canada; competent knowledge of Part 3; general knowledge of other parts.
Worked on the development of the 2018 version of Ontario’s Building Code.
Worked with North American model codes (NBCC & IBC) and their provincial and state variations. As well as the affiliated design standards for Concrete, Steel, and wood; i.e. CSA A23.3, S16, O86, S136, ACI 318, AISC 360, NDS.
Post graduate research focused on developing and validating cost-and-time-effective structural systems embracing innovation in design and construction.
Worked with different commercial software, i.e. S-Frame, STAAD Pro., SAP, ETABS.
Expert knowledge in the fields of finite element, structural dynamics, seismic and wind analysis using advanced finite element software such as LS-DYNA and VecTor.
Specialized in design, analysis and construction/fabrication support of concrete, steel structures and foundations for industrial and commercial applications. Experienced in modular structures and panelized buildings design.
Performing modularization & panelization analysis, including lifting and transportation load cases. Also designing the various elements taking constructability into consideration.
Preparing structural calculations and report, material take-offs, Engineering Work Packages, Material requisitions, technical bid evaluations, technical deviations, and design change notices.
Received miscellaneous praises and recognitions from for delivering sound and high-quality structural engineering solutions in fast track and multidisciplinary team environment.
Experience
Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Toronto, ON, Canada
Nov 2015 – present
Building Code Advisor – Structural Specialist, responsibilities included:
To provide specialist engineering expertise and advice to support the development, review, and revision of the Building Code Act, the Building Code and related regulations and standards with a particular emphasis on the design, construction, inspection and rehabilitation of building structural systems.
Participate in initiatives that support public safety and other government priorities, and prepare recommendations for senior staff through:
Representing the Branch/Ministry on various committees within and outside of government:
Member of the National Research Council (NRC) task group evaluating a code change proposal to allow tall wood buildings (12 storeys) under the acceptable solutions (Division B – Part 3).
Member of the steering committee for the “Ontario’s tall wood: Guide to the alternative solution method to achieve compliance with Ontario’s Building Code”
Observer to the NRC Standing committees responsible for updating Part 4 (structural) of the National Building Code of Canada (NBCC)
Standing Committee on Earthquake Design
Standing Committee on Structural Design
Observer to the Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) Professional Standard Sub-committee working on:
Structural condition assessment of existing buildings guidelines.
Design and evaluation of demountable event structures (temporary stages) guidelines.
Observer to the Structural Advisory Committee; Advisory committee to the Large Municipalities Chief Building Officials (LMCBO).
Provide expert advice on the suitability of new and innovative building technologies/systems for use in Ontario (Minister’s Ruling or Building Materials Evaluation Commission).
Review and evaluate building-related provincial regulations, the model National Building Code, and proposals from industry and municipalities
Organize and/or participate in workshops and seminars to increase awareness of Building Code technical requirements.
Engage with municipal building department and municipal enforcement officials to build municipal capacity and ensure key technical skills and competency to effeciently and effectively administer and enforce the Building Code.
WorleyParsons, Edmonton, AB., Canada
Jul 2011 – Oct 2015
Intermediate/Senior Structural Engineer, projects included:
Suncor Energy – Fort Hills PAW Pond:
Feb 2015 – Oct 2015
Responsible for conceptual and detailed design and analysis of various structures complying with the client specifications and the Alberta building code for the Fort Hills PAW pond project. Responsibilities included:
Design of foundation, separation fire wall and secondary containment for electrical transformers as well as their pile foundation.
Design of Cable tray crossover steel structure.
Preliminary design and preparing material take-off (MTO) for budgetary purposes with targeted accuracy of 10% of the actual project cost for the structural scope. The structural scope included: Water intake structure, Pump house, and Electrical house.
Suncor Energy – Fort Hills – Construction Support phase:
Dec 2014 – Oct 2015
Responsible for all the steel fabrication and erection request for information (RFI) from the steel fabricator in China (BaoSteel) and the steel erector (Ledcor), acting as the single technical point of contact representing my team on issues related to steel fabrication and erection. This task required dealing with the client, team management, and fabricator on daily basis. Also dealing with construction support from the site regarding piling and foundations. Responsibilities included:
Responding to queries from steel fabricator regarding issues with fabrication that for some instance required alternating the design. The response time was critical to the success of the project; average response time for over 550 RFI was less than 24 hour.
Review of submitted fabricator drawings (Erection and shop drawings) and other documents. The review time was a critical component to the project delivery.
Responding to queries from steel erector, the response required co-ordination with steel fabricator and client project and field engineers. RFI involved queries from the site (stick-built steel) and from module yard (modular structures).
Responding to queries from site: Responded to queries from site regarding issues/construction errors with concrete and piling that for some instance required an alternate design or a site fix.
Suncor Energy – Fort Hills - Detailed Engineering (DE) phase:
Dec 2012 - Dec 2014
Responsible for the detailed design and analysis of various structures complying with client specifications and the Alberta building code for the primary extraction plant, $1.8B TIC. Stamped over 150 drawings, which included piling, concrete foundations and steel structures. The quantities were around 300 piles, 3000 m3 of concrete and 1800 ton of steel.
Represented the Structural team in meetings with other disciplines, project management team, and client.
Regular communication with team members, other disciplines, project management, and client in the form of technical discussions including work share with WorleyParsons china office.
Providing feedbacks/contributions to weekly structural meeting design reviews.
Inter-disciplinary co-ordination with piping, mechanical, electrical and process to optimize various aspects of project design.
Design of industrial steel building: Design of the steel framing, concrete pile cap foundations, and piling. The building sizes ranged from 8.0x8.0x7.0 to 38.0x65.0x40.0 m. For the larger building (1350 ton of steel), wall and roof panels were erected in module yard and shipped to site. One of the buildings was work shared with China office, i.e. designed in China and I was responsible for review of the design and drawings in addition to stamping.
Modular Pipe racks: Pipe rack was assembled in a module yard and transported to site (module approximately weight about 50 ton) and Miscellaneous Pipe supports.
Stair tower for an industrial building: 26.0 m high– Piling, concrete, and steel.
Design of equipment foundation (2400 ton load- 2.0 m thick circular slab 30.0m dia, supported on a 100 steel pile)
Pipe anchor: supported 530 ton of horizontal load – Piling, concrete, and steel.
Design of deep concrete Trenches subjected to vehicle loads.
I reviewed submitted vendor documents for technical compliance with client and project standard and for appropriate tie-ins to foundation system designed by WorleyParsons.
Project design Criteria, geotechnical reports: Peer review and providing feedback to team.
Design spread sheets: Created and verified design spread sheets for complex design procedures. This ensured high quality of calculation and saving time as well for the engineering team, in addition design optimization is easy to achieve.
Preparing structural calculations and report, material take-off, Engineering work packages (used as part of bid documents), and other deliverables.
Review and stamping of architectural drawings for building cladding.
Research technical standards and literature to provide direction to team members on design procedure for special structures.
Suncor Energy – Fort Hills - Engineering Design Specification (EDS) phase:
Nov 2011 - Nov 2012
Responsible for preliminary design and preparing material take-off (MTO) for budgetary purposes with targeted accuracy of 10% of the actual project cost for the structural scope of the $3.4 B green field mineable oil sands project located North of Fort McCurry. Total quantities were approximately: 1800 pile, 20000 m3 of concrete and 6000 ton of steel. Project scope included:
Industrial process buildings: Four process buildings ranging in size from 8.0x8.0x7.0 to 38.0x65.0x40.0 m3, the building consisted of a steel super structure supported on concrete pile caps and steel driven piles. Some of the buildings were equipped with an overhead crane, capacity ranged from 5.0t to 35.0 ton.
Process equipment foundations: Design of pile cap foundation and piling for miscellaneous process equipment foundations. For instance: Thickener tank (D=55.0 m), SEP cell foundation (D=30.0 m), Water Tank (D=14.0 m), Column flotation cells (D=8.0 m).
Foundation for vendor supplied buildings: piling foundation for Vendor supplied buildings.
Modular Building: 7.0x18.0x5.0 m3 modular building, weight 35 tons.
Pipe rack modules: miscellaneous modular pipe rack and cable tray modules, approximate size 6.0x8.0x30.0 m3, weight 50 tons.
Stair tower modules and access platforms /walkway: several stair towers to access elevated platforms within the project (2.8x6.0x22.0 m3, weight 30 tons) and steel platforms/walkways.
Transformer yard: Design of transformer foundation and miscellaneous cable tray supports.
Pumps and pump boxes foundations.
Slab-on-ground and trenches inside process buildings and beneath main process equipment, for instance thickener tank and Separation cells.
Other responsibilities included:
Preparing calculation and supervision of design drawings preparation in support of the budgetary MTO.
Review of squad-check documents issued by vendors or other disciplines on behalf of the Structural team.
Pre-Engineered buildings: provided structural input to Material Requisition (MR) for various pre-engineered buildings in the project (i.e. E-houses and pump houses) and for evaluating submitted bids for compliance with the required specifications.
Suncor Energy – Fort Hills - Design Basis Memorandum (DBM) phase:
Jul 2011-Oct 2011
Responsible for high level design and preparing material take-off (MTO) for budgetary purposes with targeted accuracy of +30%, 20% of the actual project cost for the structural scope of the project. Total quantities and structural scope are detailed above.
Engineering Analysis and Dynamics Limited, London, ON., Canada
Jan 2008 – Oct 2009
Structural Engineer: Various Clients – Miscellaneous Projects; responsible for analysis and design of flooring systems, columns, shear walls and pile caps of concrete/Precast structures. Designs included consideration of lateral wind and earthquake loads. ETABS was used for the building analysis; design was conducted using hand calculations and Response 2000. Projects included:
Hampton Inn tower, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
The building was a sixty-five storey, L-shaped torsional-sensitive with regards to lateral load analysis and design. Responsibilities included; detailed design and analysis of concrete flooring system (flat slab), concrete columns and shear walls under gravity and lateral loads, in addition to the pile cap foundation which was analyzed using the strut-and-tie method. Design complied with The Ontario building code. The project was completed on time within the allocated man-hour.
Renaissance Hotel Addition, South Tower building, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Fifty-seven storey tower, addition to an existing building. Checked the design and analysis of the concrete flooring system, concrete columns and shear walls under gravity and lateral loads. The building utilized flat slab floors supported on rectangular columns; shear walls was used to resist lateral loads.
Technia Factory (Precast Concrete), Jedda, Saudi Arabia
Industrial facility with an overhead crane: Precast concrete option was investigated as a value engineering alternative to using a steel structure. Responsibilities included detailed design and analysis of concrete crane girder and connections. Design complied with the ACI code.
Le Monaco Condominium, Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
The structure was a four storey; 900 m2 condominium concrete building. Designed, detailed and analyzed the concrete flooring system, shear walls and columns.
Research/Teaching Assistant, University of Western Ontario
May 2007 – June 2011
Research project focused on experimental and analytical development of a novel anchor jointed precast shear walls system that is intended to resist lateral load in low-to-medium rise buildings. The project was conducted towards the final goal of achieving code recognition of the new system. The study involved testing several specimens as well as using LS-DYNA to model the test and predict the behavior of other system configurations. Four specimens, 2.5x1.0x0.3 m3, were tested under monotonic horizontal load. Each specimen consisted of a precast concrete wall panel and a base jointed through a horizontal joint.
Research/Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto
Sep 2004 – Dec 2006
The research project focused on the effects of axial prestress on the punching shear resistance of unreinforced slabs subjected to wheel loads. The ultimate objective of the research was to gain code recognition to eliminate the need for reinforcement in the top slab of segmental precast bridges. The study involved testing of a number of specimens and modelling of the specimens using VecTor program.
Hany El Zayat Engineering, Consulting Office, Cairo, Egypt.
Feb 2002 – Aug 2004
Structural Engineer: Various Clients – Miscellaneous Projects; responsible for completing the structural design of several commercial and residential Reinforced Concrete skeleton type buildings. These ranged in size from single storey to twenty stories medium-rise buildings. The Egyptian building code was used in the design. For some projects outside Egypt, the American design standards were employed. Also worked on field testing of bridges located in Greater Cairo ring road. Highlights of the projects are given below:
Residential Villas, Misc. locations, Egypt.
Two to three stories villas, the structural system consisted of solid slab and beam column concrete frame supported on shallow foundation.
Court House, Sanaa, Yemen.
Twelve-storey court house building. Concrete frame and slabs supported on a shallow concrete mat foundation. ACI code was used for the design.
Warehouse, Cairo, Egypt.
Single storey steel structure. Span was 12 m, steel frame supported on concrete shallow foundation.
Aquarius Luxury resort, El Sokhna, Egypt
Design of different units for a luxury resort, one storey concrete frame supported on shallow foundations.
Load testing of bridges located in Greater Cairo ring road
Supervised load tests for bridges in the ring road for the Greater Cairo Area. Also was responsible for final report and submission to client.
Education
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada,
Ph.D. Engineering Science, Average courses grade: 98/100.
May 2007 – Jun 2011
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Master of Applied Science, GPA: 3.7/4.0.
Sep 2004 – Jan 2007
Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Bachelor of Science, specializing in Civil Engineering, Structural Section.
Grade: Distinct with honor (6 out of 385 successful candidates).
Sep 1997 – Jun 2002
Registration/Affiliation
Professional Engineers Ontario (P.Eng)
The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.
Precast / Pre-stressed Concrete Institute.
American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC).
Language
English: fluent
Arabic: fluent
Additional graduate courses
Schulich school of business, York University: The Project Management Course
University of Toronto: Analysis and Design of Seismic resistant Structures, Bridge Engineering, Advanced Numerical Analysis, and Technical report writing.
Western University: Design of Pre-stressed Concrete structures.
Self-Study: Analysis and design of Blast resistant structures, Forensic Engineering, Structural condition assessment, and Design of temporary structures.
Extracurricular activities
Big Beam Competition 2008: design, build and test a precast concrete beam to meet certain criteria – First place Canada – 6th place international (1000$ prize).
Elected council, Society of graduate students – university of Western Ontario
Specialized skills
Expert knowledge of Structural analysis and design software, including:
STAAD Pro.
S-Frame, including non-linear analysis.
SAP 2000.
ETABS.
Response 2000, sectional analysis program for reinforced concrete members.
Expert knowledge of Advanced finite element analysis software, including:
LS-DYNA.
VecTor programs, nonlinear Reinforced Concrete response.
ABAQUS.
References available upon request.
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