MOHAMMED SAKR, P. Eng.

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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6M 0C9

Tel: 780-***-**** (home)

Cell: 780-***-****

E-mail: add8qv@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Registered professional engineer in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, BC and Alberta, Canada

• Managed growth, development, and profitability of the Worley Parsons Canada and Almita Piling Inc geotechnical department in Edmonton

• Developed business in the geotechnical and helical pile industries

• Over than 20 years of experience in geotechnical investigations, foundation design for large number of transmission lines and substations.

• Managed helical foundations designs, geotechnical investigations/projects and writing geotechnical reports for various facilities, structures and developments

• Developed helical pile design software for Almita Piling Inc.

• Provided senior mentorship for geotechnical and civil engineers

• Extensive experience in geohazard assessment and or geotechnical design of linear structures such as transmission lines and pipelines

• Advanced experience in the areas of foundations and improvement techniques, helical piles, slope stability, machine foundation design, soil dynamics, finite element, construction management, and structural rehabilitation

• Experience in the development and maintenance of the construction services including field quality control and assurance, laboratory testing, proposals and reporting.

• Experienced in several geotechnical software tools such as G-Slope, Geo-Slope Office, Dyna 5, SWM, Lpile Plus, DLTWAVE, and PDPWAVE

• Sound technical writing skills supported by writing M.E.Sc. and Ph.D. theses, forty peer- reviewed technical papers and over than hundred geotechnical reports PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Geotechnical Engineer/ Office Manager, E2K Engineering Ltd, Edmonton, AB, Canada (2017 - present)

• Responsible for Edmonton operation including growth/business development planning, client liaison/management, and employee supervision

• Provided senior review for geotechnical investigation reports, geotechnical laboratory reports and material testing results for numerous projects

• Provided senior mentorship for junior geotechnical engineers and lab technicians

• Supervised Professional of CCIL laboratory facility in Edmonton including soil and concrete testing, field services and laboratory testing methods

• Managed delivery of geotechnical projects such as:

- Alix Sewage Lagoon Geotechnical Investigation;

- Ross Creek Slope Stability Assessment and Remediation Design, Fort Saskatchewan, AB

- Edmonton Catholic Schools (St. Boniface, St. Elizabeth and St. Paul) Office Manager, P. Machibroda Engineering Ltd, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (2015 – July 2016)

• Responsible for Alberta operation including growth/business development planning, client liaison/management, and employee supervision

• Provided expert professional and technical advice and support Continued

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• Provided senior review for geotechnical investigation reports for numerous projects

• Mentored junior/intermediate geotechnical and civil engineers

• Designed retaining walls and performed slope stability assessments for numerous projects

• Supported PDA testing by providing CAPWAP analyses and senior mentorship

• Reviewed staff performance; and recommended increments, training, discipline and/or position award Engineering Director, Iron Brothers Ltd, Nisku, Alberta, Canada (2013 – 2015)

• Led engineering department and managed design projects for various industrial and commercial projects.

• Overall supervision and coordination of the department, including growth/business development planning, client liaison/management and employee supervision.

• Mentored and trained junior/intermediate geotechnical engineering staff, and was responsible for employee hiring, and performance planning.

• Managed delivery of large projects such as:

- AltaLink 426L and 718L transmission Lines

- AltaLink Foothills Substation, Alberta

- ATCO Birchwood Substation, Alberta

- Hangingstone Substation, Alberta

- Enbridge Stations in Saskachewan including Odessa, Hardisty, Langbank, Buthene, Hershel, Cuctus and Loreburn

- Imperial Oil Kearl Lake Camp, Alberta

- Suncor Mount Logan Camp, Alberta

Geotechnical Core Service Manager, Worley Parsons., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (2011 – May 2013)

• Led geotechnical project engineering and project management role on a wide variety of transportation, infrastructure, utility, resource industry, and commercial land development.

• Overall supervision and coordination of the geotechnical department, including financial management, growth/business development planning, client liaison/management, contract risk control and employee supervision.

• Supervision and training of junior/intermediate geotechnical engineering staff, assisting the office manager with employee hiring, performance planning, appraisal and development

• Managed delivery of large projects such as:

- AUX Stable Fort Saskatchewan Expansion

- Aurora Tailings Management Project for Syncrude

- ATCO 240 kV Hanna Transmission Line, Alberta

- Master Built Hotels Ltd. Stevan, Saskatchewan Helical Foundation Design

- ATCO Monitor Substation, Alberta

- Geotechnical Recommendations for MMX Mining Project in Brazil

- ConocoPhillips Surmont 2 Pile Load Testing Program, South of Fort McMurray, Alberta Senior Geotechnical Manager/ R&D and Testing Director, Almita Manufacturing Ltd., Ponoka, Alberta, Canada (March 2009 – Feb 2011)

• Played a key role in growing the company and opening new markets

• Led the research and development department at the company.

• Co-supervised research programs jointly with the University of Western Ontario and University of Alaska – Fair Banks

• Managed delivery of screw pile projects for several projects such as:

- Suncor Froth Pipeline

- Sault Sainte Marie Solar Farm, Ontario

- Mill Valley Solar Plant CA, USA

- Arnprior Solar Farm, Arnprior, Ontario

- Imperial Oil Kearl Lake 240 kV Transmission Line, north of Fort McKay, Alberta Continued

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- Enbridge Power Stations in Alberta (Hardisty), Manitoba (Gretna, Glenavon, Glenboro) and Saskatchewan (Milden, Kerrobert, Craik, Rowat)

- Aroura Transmission Line at Syncrude north of Fort McMurray, Alberta

- Albian Sand Power Transmission Line north of Fort MaKay, Alberta

- Suncor 260 kV Power Transmission Line

- ATCO Structures CreeBurn Camp, north of Fort McMurrray, Alberta

• Assisted Imperial Oil in developing specifications for fabrication, design and installations of helical piles.

• Carried out a series of presentations and short courses to educate engineering community about the development and recent advancement of design and use of screw piles Lead Geotechnical Engineer, Almita Manufacturing Ltd., Ponoka, Alberta, Canada (2007 – 2009)

• Managed geotechnical investigations/projects and wrote geotechnical reports for various facilities, and developments;

• Designed screw piles for a variety of telecommunication towers, power transmission lines, substations, industrial facilities, oil facilities, residential camps and dwellings.

• Developed a software for design of screw piles in sand and clay and estimating their axial compression, uplift and lateral capacities

• Managed large pile load test projects in USA and western Canada (Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta) such as:

- Brookhaven Solar Farm, NY

- Imperial Oil Kearl Lake Helical Pile Load Testing Program, Kearl Lake, Alberta

- Arnprior Solar Farm, Arnprior, Ontario

- Enbridge Pile Load testing Program (Gretna, MB, Milden, SK and Glenavon SK)

- Alberco Conforce Stressing Bed Project, Alberta

Project Engineer, Thurber Engineering Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (March 2004 – Feb 2007)

• Performed geotechnical design for several oil facilities and plants such as:

- Deflector Dyke at Syncrude

- Shell’s Scotford Upgrader in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta

- CNRL Hydrogen Plant in Fort McKay, Alberta

- Shell’s Tank Farm - Sherwood Terminal, Edmonton,

- Petro Canada Tank Farm, Edmonton Alberta

- HLU Ethanol Plant, Lloyminster, Alberta

- Keyspan Energy of Edmonton Tank Farm

• Assessed landslides for several sites and analyzed stability of slopes using Geoslope Office such as:

- Valleyview Drive Subdivision, Camrose, Alberta

- Wolf Willow Landslide Repair, Edmonton, Alberta

• Designed geogrid reinforced slopes for several projects

• Performed risk assessment for several sites for Alberta transportation

• Designed several bridge sites and highways such as:

- North Edmonton Ring Road

- Arcedia Creek Bridge

- Shunda Creek Bridge

• Prepared a variety of geotechnical reports and foundation recommendations

• Supervised drilling and field investigations

• Designed Allan Block retaining walls

• Managed geotechnical investigations for a variety of projects with different sizes

• Estimated deep foundations performance including evaluating their lateral deflection using Lpile Continued

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Research Engineer, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada (January 1998 – Mar 2004)

• Studied experimentally and simulated numerically dynamic response of composite FRP-SSC concrete piles in dense sand

• Developed an innovative driving technique suitable for FRP and steel empty tubes

• Optimized design parameters for tapered piles subjected to axial, lateral and uplift loading

• Evaluated chemical transport of contamination along the soil media using POLLUTE

• Developed classification chart for horizontal directional drilling (HDD) applications

• Assessed a variety of landslide and slope stability problems

• Hands on testing experience using Centrifuge facility, Dynamics, and MTS facilities Construction Director, AL Sagri Group, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (January 1994 – September 1996)

• Managed and coordinated design and construction of industrial facilities and residential complexes

• Established and supervised project administration and construction procedures and ensured quality and cost control processes are followed

• Ensured construction plans and specifications met building code and municipalities requirements Structural Design Engineer, Consulting Centre, Tanta University, Egypt (July 1992 – December 1993)

• Work experience in design and detailing of concrete structures and sanitary engineering

• Reviewed designs, calculations and cost estimates of construction projects

• Conducted technical analysis of the project and compiled soil mechanic investigations EDUCATION

PhD, Geotechnical Engineering, University of Western Ontario (2004) M.E.Sc., Geotechnical Engineering, University of Western Ontario (2000) Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering (Hons.), Alexandria University (1992) Other: Courses on Leadership Essentials Program for Managers (LEP-M), Steel and Pipe Making, Welding and Coating, H2S Training, Work Safety, Radiation Safety Training, Design of Micropiles, Pile Driveablity Analysis, First Aid, and Teaching Training Program COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS

• Geotechnical analysis and design software tools including Geo-Slope Office (slope stability analysis), Dyna 5 (machine foundation analysis and design), Afena (general finite element modeling), Strain Wedge Model Program for Analyzing Laterally Loaded Pile and Pile Group (SWM), LPILE (analysis of laterally loaded piles), DLTWAVE (signal matching process using wave equation analysis), PDPWAVE (pile driveability predication), and Pollute (analysis of contamination transport) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Professional Engineers Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and BC

• Canadian Society for Civil Engineering

• Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS)

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Ontario, Canada, 2001-2002, 2003-2004

• Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology, Ontario, Canada, 2002-2003

• Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology, Ontario, Canada, 1999-2001

• Milos Novak Memorial Award, University of Western Ontario, Canada, 1999

• Special University Scholarship, University of Western Ontario, Canada, 1998-1999 INTERESTS: Computer software, Material arts, and listening to music REFERENCES: AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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