Lead structural designer

VIJAY A SALUNKHE

Personal details

Nationality Indian

Profession Sr. Structural Designer / CAD Manager

Specialisation Structural detail engineering for various types of projects.

Position in company Project CAD Manager

Year of birth 1976

Years with current company 10

Contact no.

Email address

Driving licence 0091 964-***-****

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Holding Valid UAE & Indian driving licence

Key experience Have an overall experience of 18 years in structural detail engineering of steel and RC drawings for various type of Infrastructural projects such as Metro rail viaduct structure, Bridges, Tunnels structures, Residential & commercial high-rise building structures, Heavy Industrial building structures, Airport building structures, Heavy process plant structures, Oil & Gas Refinery structures etc.

Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills, good project management skills, excellent understanding of the company’s business goals and objectives, Guide, coach, and mentor junior members of the team. Competency as a team leader and all aspects of employee management.

Develop, disseminate, and enforce CAD standards in regards to layering, dimensioning, text annotations, and other aspects of CAD usage

Overall having detail knowledge in the field of structural for designing & drafting.

Good command on Steel design & fabrication drawing for various types of structural projects. Worked on RC design & bar bending schedules.

Strong technical knowledge in the field of drafting with all version of AutoCAD. Good knowledge of working with UCS & X-refs.

Proven ability to lead, manage and deliver turnkey level projects with more than 12 cad person teams.

Have tremendous project coordination skills and capable of handling several projects simultaneously.

Administer and maintain CAD information repository database.

More than thirteen years of gulf experience in UAE,.

Education and

professional status National council trade Vocational training for Drafting from Pune Board, India, 1993

Computer science with AutoCAD, Shailaja Computer Sangnak Services, India, 1993

Diploma in Civil engineering

Language ability Marathi mother tongue

English good

Hindi good

Experience record

Aug 2010 - present Halcrow Consulting India Private Ltd, Hyderabad (India)

A CH2M Hill group of company

India: Hyderabad Metro rail project (Project CAD Manager)

Currently company is providing detailed engineering services for elevated viaducts on a 29km stretch. The metro corridor is fully elevated with concrete super structure, concrete sub-structure and foundations and column heights 10 to 30m. My role was to prepared full stretch of general arrangement drawings, elevations & cross sections etc. Also prepared super structure & sub structure dimensions & detailed drawings. Involved for preparing of tendon profile details & viaduct detailed drawings. Also responsible for coordinating cad related issue with main contractor Larcen &Toubro Metro company. Overall on this projects I was responsible for all CAD related issues & handling structural CAD team. Till date we have been prepared almost 1000 to 1200 structural drawings.

South America: Sir Solomon Hochoy Hwy Bridges (CAD manager)

Responsible for the preparation of pre bid design & detailed design drawings worked on general arrangement drawings, elevations & cross section where it is necessary. Also providing RC drawings & bar bending schedule as per BS standard

UK: Aylesbury Car parking bridge & service yard ramp (CAD Manager)

Global Design Centre: Responsible for the preparation of general arrangement drawings, elevations & cross section where it is necessary. Also providing RC drawings & bar bending schedule as per BS standard.

Qatar: Lusail Development and Primary Infrastructure (CAD coordinator)

Global Design Centre: Responsible for the preparation of structural design and detailed structural engineering drawings for Marina bridge & Tunnel at Junction 12 to 14. Mainly involved to prepare General concept drawings & detailed dimensional drawings. worked on CP4, CP5 & CP5B packages

Structure type: Bridges, tunnels.

Mar 2002 - July 2010 Halcrow International Partnership Dubai

Various projects, Senior cad technician/Designer

Responsible for the preparation of structural design and detailed engineering drawings for various projects as below.

Major projects involved

Qatar: Lusail Development and Primary Infrastructure

Structure type: Bridges, tunnels, culverts worked on CP4, CP5 & CP5B packages for marina bridge and surrounding tunnels

Abu-Dhabi: Yas Island Development Ph-2 Ramp bridges

Structure type: Bridges & Ramps (almost 30 type of ramps and bridges)

Oman: Bandar Jissah Resort hotel

Structure type: 1 Bridge & 7 Culverts

Dubai: Oberoi hotel twin tower (40 storey high-rise building)

Responsible for complete structural design drawings based on architectural drawings. preparing each floor layouts according to architectural requirements & giving proper idea of floor levels giving properly elevation & cross sections

Structure type: 40 storey with 3 level podium structures

Dubai: Binary tower (33 storey high-rise building)

Responsible for complete structural detailed drawings

Structure type: 33 storey with 3 level podium structures

Dubai: Emirates engineering centre (7 hangars for emirates)

Responsible for complete detailed structural steel design drawings with the help of ADPi consultant. Prepared drawings for 100m span trusses. steel columns, Deeply involved for preparing design drawings for Maintenance platforms, staircases etc.

Structure type: Airplane hangars for A380 airbus

Abu-dhabi: Abu dhabi golf club resort hotel

Complete structural design and detailed structural engineering drawings.

Preparing structural drawings as per architectural concept. Etc.

Structure type:3 storey with 2 level car parking hotel building.

Involved with some more projects as below:

Oman: Seeb Airport - main terminal building

UK: 150m long surtees steel bridge, UK, A-One highway services

Liverpool railway station, UK - all drawings

Abu Dhabi Ship Building - main steel structures

Royal Flight Hangar, Seeb, Oman - main hangar building

2001-2002 WS Atkins international Partners Abu-dhabi

UAE: Various projects, Senior structural draftsman

Responsibility of structural steel design & detail engineering drawings for high-rise building based on architect concept. Coordinating with MEP & Architectural engineering team.

Projects worked for:

Zadco/Gasco Headquarter Complex – 33 storey iconic building structure

Adma-Opco Headquarter Complex – 36 story iconic building structure

Sohar Poultry Farm Shades Oman – warehouses for fully developed area.

1999-2001 Ismail Khonji Consulting Engineers, Dubai

UAE: Various projects, senior structural draftsman

Responsibility of structural design drawings for various building and industrial projects. Involved in steel detailed engineering drgs.

Projects worked for:

Alba Coke Silo plant, Bahrain - all steel detailed engineering including fabrication drawings for main contractors

Berri Gas - Ethane and NGL recovery plant, steel fabrication drawings

IHI cement plant, Sharjah, steel fabrication drawings

Al Ghurair Center refurbishment, Dubai

Lexus Showroom refurbishment, Dubai.

1997-1999 Arabian International Steel Construction (Saudi Arabia)

UAE: Various projects, steel detailer

Company is engages to provide detail engineering consutruction services for truney projects. My role was to involve prepare of structural steel detailed & fabrication drawings for various heavy industrial and oil refinery projects.

Projects worked for:

Sharq expansion project - oil refinery, Saudi Arabia

Yanpet expansion project - oil refinery, Saudi Arabia

3100 TPD Ras Al Khaimah cement plant, UAE

Hadeed steel plant DR module-D, Saudi Arabia.

1996-1997 Chemplant Engineering Consultant, Mumbai (India)

India: Various projects, draftsman

Company is engages to provide detail engineering consultancy services for truney projects. My role was to involve prepare of mechanical, structural and process piping detailed drawing for various projects. Apart from normal duties, acted as chief draftsman for handling various projects in the piping division.

Projects worked for:

Rallies India Ltd - acetate plant

L&T cement plant

Power plants for WMI and Powerica.

1993-1996 Equipment Design Engineering Consultant, Mumbai (India)

India: Various projects, draftsman

Company is engages to provide detail engineering consultancy services for truney projects. My role was involved to prepare of mechanical, piping, structural detailed drawings for various projects.

Projects worked for:

Bulk drug plants for Ajanta Pharma and Kopran

Cement plants for Narmada Cement

Cement tiles plant for H&R Johnson’s

Soap plants for Godrej

Oil refineries for Reliance Ltd.

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