Project Design

MALEK SOUBRA

**** ****** ** *********, **, Canada

Tel: 514-***-****

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

PROFILE

Highly motivated, confident, hard worker and eager to learn

Good communicator

Able to work with a team and also independently

Think positively and can work hard to execute difficult tasks at high level

EDUCATION

Masters of Engineering, Civil (June 2015)

Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

Major: Structural Engineering

Relevant Courses: Structural Health Monitoring, Planning and Design of Bridges

Seismic Assessment & Retrofit of Steel Buildings, Earthquake Engineering,

Structural Dynamics, Project Management, Building Economics, Building Science,

Project Cost Estimation, Pavement Design, Precast & Pre stressed Concrete,

Fire & Smoke Control in Buildings

Bachelor of Science, Civil (May 2013)

“Graduated with distinction”

Rafik Hariri University, Damour, Lebanon

COMPUTER SKILLS

Structural Design: SAP2000, ETABS, Robot Structural Analysis (Good)

Project Management: Primavera (Basic Knowledge)

Programming Language: Matlab, C++ (Intermediate)

CAS Systems: AutoCAD (Very Good)

Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel (Very Good)

LANGUAGES

Arabic, English, French, and basic Spanish

WORK EXPERIENCE

Internship

Dar Al-Handasah Shair & Partners, Beirut, Lebanon (May-June 2013)

Designed concrete slabs of 2-stories of the Cultural Center in Lebanese town “Chakra”

Modeled the slabs using SAFE-CSI software

Designed of non-bearing concrete shear wall

Designed the reinforcements of soil embedded concrete-water-tank

Applied the requirements of American Concrete Code (ACI)

One day site-visit for “Landfill of garbage project” in Saida City

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Cost Estimation of one story Medical Clinic

Used RS mean online database and Prepared quantity takeoff following Master Format 2010

Developed a detailed bid document

Construction Claim

Analyzed all documents provided (contract, labor hours, cost data, site reports, man-hours, …)

Analyzed the delay by comparing the as planned and as build activities using Primavera

Quantified total claimable amount and damage from point of view overhead, loss of productivity…

Feasibility Study for a Condominium

Analyzed cash flows different alternatives to select the option that would result in highest profit

Applied sensitivity and risk analysis for each of the alternatives considered

Design of Military Hospital

Designed concrete slabs, columns, shear walls, staircase and spread footings according to ACI 318-11

Design a multi-design slabs, a mix of one way and two way ribbed slab on same floor

Provided executive drawings for each designed member

Time History Analysis on Elevated Water

Applied Time History Analysis using EL Centro Earthquake data using SAP 2000

Derived a pseudo acceleration response according to Newmark’s procedure using Matlab

Scaled earthquake record to match Vancouver code’s spectrum

Seismic Retrofitting and Monitoring of steel 3-storey Building in Montreal

Provided steel braces to resist seismic load following NBCC 2010

Analyzed the performance of the building after retrofit using motion-sensors

Analysis of 6-sotrey Building under Earthquake

Designed shear walls using Response spectrum Analysis ETABS & Excel based on A23.3 code

Wrote programming code for scaling earthquake records to match code’s spectrum using Matlab

Supplying Energy Demand for sensors by Harvesting Energy From The Pavement

Reviewed different energy-harvesting techniques

Calculated the maximum energy that could be collected by convection, conduction and radiation

Improving Energy Efficiency and Comfort of a House

Calculated heating and cooling loads in my apartment based on ASHRAE handbook

Used eQuest software to determine the yearly energy consumption

Provided different construction material with better resistance and showed it reduces the energy bill

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Gym Employee - Financial Aid Program (2012)

Rafik Hariri University, Damour, Lebanon

Responsible for gym safety, fast service, and discipline

Coach assistant and tournaments referee for 2-semesters

INTERESTS

Sports, computers & technology, watching movies, and camping

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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