Engineer Quality Control
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Résumé
Bilind “Bill” Armaghani, M.S.C.E, P.E.
Experienced Senior Geotechnical Engineer
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A competent engineer with over 32 years of diverse experience in the field of civil engineering, with
emphasis in the areas of Geotechnical, Foundation Engineering, Quality Control and Material Testing,
Management and Business Development.
EDUCATION
M.S.C.E., Geotechnical/Environmental Engineering, University of Florida, 1993.
M.S.C.E., Structural Engineering, University of Technology, Baghdad, 1987.
B.S.C.E., Civil Engineering, University of Baghdad, 1980.
REGISTRATION
Registered Professional Engineer, State of Florida.
Registered Professional Engineer, State of Georgia.
Registered Professional Engineer, State of Alabama.
In the process to acquire P.Eng from APEG, BC Canada.
Certified with NCEES
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Over the years, managed and provided technical services and design recommendations thousands of
projects in the areas of Foundation, Earth Retaining Structures, Geotechnical Engineering and
Construction Material Testing and Quality Control for thousands of State, County, City, and Private
Sector projects.
Broad experience in management, marketing and business development on and cultivating clients’
relationships.
Solid work ethic and excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Provided leadership, direction and mentoring to staff engineers to include peer review of
geotechnical reports and analyses to build a high level of team performance.
Provided technical consultants to assist contractors in resolving geotechnical and construction
problems and assisted prime consultants in developing technical specifications to what is related to
geotechnical and quality control.
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Shallow Foundation Design, to include bearing capacity, settlement analysis and site soil
exploration and laboratory testing.
Deep Foundation Design, to include Driven Piles, Drilled Shafts and Auger Cast.
Driven Piles Design based on Dynamic Measurements & Analysis (PDA).
Earth Retaining Structures Design, to include Concrete Retaining Walls, Proprietary (MSE)
Walls, Sheet Piles, Soldier Pile Walls and Secant Walls. Geogrid Reinforced Earth Slope..
Slope Stability Analysis.
Problematic Soil Evaluation and Mitigation.
Soil Improvement Techniques.
Flexible and Rigid Pavement Evaluation and Design.
Geotechnical Laboratory Testing.
Material Testing and Quality Control for Earth Work material Construction.
Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) and Jack and Bore method of drilling
Scour Evaluation for bridges with unknown foundations.
Bill Armaghani, PE 1529 Chadwick Way, Tallahassee, FL 32312 Cell: 850-***-**** H: 850-***-****
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
12/2010 - Present Sr. Geotechnical Engineer /Business development coordinator
Exp (previously Trow Engineering.) Tallahassee, FL& Vancouver BC)
02/2010 -11/2010 Sr. Geotechnical Engineer and Contractor
Set Square LLC (Euless, Texas) Self Employed, Overseas
04/2009 - 01/2010 Area Manager (Tallahassee, Jacksonville)
Nodarse & Associates Inc.Teracon company (Jacksonville, FL)
07/1995 - 02/2009 Geotechnical, Environmental & Drilling Department Manager
Ardaman & Assoc. Inc, Tetra Tech Company. (Tallahassee, FL)
01/1994 - 07/1995 Project Manager
PSI, Inc. (Jacksonville,, FL)
08/1992 - 12/1993 Teaching Assistant
University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
01/1986 - 04/1992 Sr. Project Engineer
Dorsh Consult (Baghdad, Iraq)
07/1981- 12/1985 Project Engineer
Industrogradnja Construction Co. (Baghdad, Iraq)
PROJECTS EXPERIENCE
Below is a select partial list of large civil and geotechnical engineering projects, where geotechnical
and foundation design analysis were provided to include engineering, construction and quality control
recommendations. The main responsibilities in these projects consisted of:
- Business promotion and cultivating clients’ relationships.
- Managing task orders and projects. Specifically, preparing bids, proposals and invoices, in
addition to serve as technical lead for teams performing engineering site investigation and
analyses, and preparation of reports, plans, and specifications and design.
- Providing technical consultants to assist contractors in resolving geotechnical and construction
problems and assisted prime consultants in developing technical specifications to what is
related to geotechnical and quality control.
Escambia Bay Bridge-Florida (Client FDOT/ FHWA) Design Built, total cost $210 million. My
responsibility consisted of managing the project to include the drilling program and leading the
foundation design group which consisted of 36” hollow piles, length 90-160 ft.in addition to
controlling the cost and scheduling and client relation, in addition to managing PDA test piles
program and giving the general geotechnical recommendations.
South West Sea Dyke, Vancouver International Airport Stability analysis, (Client “Kerr Wood
Leidal)”. Design, and determine stable cross-section for static and post-liquefaction for 4.1 m crest.
The Keystone XL Project (Client, Trans Canada) provided geotechnical recommendations for
HDD crossing design and peer review and quality assurance. The 7 billion Project is a proposed
pipeline system to transport crude oil from Hardisty Alberta, Canada to Nederland, Texas, with an
extension to either Houston, Texas, or Texas City,
Alaska Pipeline Project – Yukon Territory, Canada; (Client, Trans Canada; Subcontractor
EBA). Peer review and quality assurance for “SBD” and Koidern soil testing program for 30
discrete sites.
I-95 South Widening, Jacksonville Fl; Foundation Design of 7 Bridges over I-95 founded on
Drilled Shaft, Concrete and H-Steel Driven Piles ($1.1 million worth of Geotechnical work). FDOT
COP – Horizontal Directional Drill (HDD) – Grand Lake Crossing; (Client, Conoco Phillips)
Provided project management, technical Review and prepared specifications for proposes
Horizontal Directional Drill (HDD) in Oklahoma
Bill Armaghani, PE 1529 Chadwick Way Tallahassee, FL 32312, Cell: 850-***-**** H: 850-***-****
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I-10 Widening, Leon County, FL; The project included providing geotechnical and foundation
design recommendations for 6 bridges founded on Concrete Driven Piles and all related retaining
structures, ponds and 12 miles of roadway widening ($1.3 million worth of geotechnical work).
Cervantes Bridge over I-110, Pensacola, FL; Drilled Shaft Foundation Design, FDOT–D3.
Scour evaluation of 87 bridges of unknown foundation in North Florida, FDOT–D3 ($1.6
million worth of geotechnical work).
(PDA test) for pile foundations in Blountstown, FL, 2 Bridges along SR20; Pile driving analysis
per Wave Equation Theory, Piles production lengths and pile driving criteria. recommendations
US-98 widening, Gulf County, FL; design of one ridge, road way base layers, earth retaining
structures and ponds, ($0.6 million worth of geotechnical work), St. Joe Company.
Foundation design of a total of 16 structures buildings at Florida State University campus; to
include School of Medicine, Parking Garage # 2,3,4 and 5, Psychology Building,, Chemistry
Building,, Dick Houser Stadium Expansion, Montgomery Gym, aquatic center and others.
Geotechnical design of commercial and development projects; to include, Hotels, Banks,
Apartment Complexes, Department Stores, Big developments; such as Wal-Mart, Target, Lowe’s,
Walgreen, and Tallahassee Shopping Malls, South Wood and wind Mark Village.
I-10/Thomasville Rd. MSE retaining wall design, Tallahassee, FL; 40 ft high reinforced wall,.
Jenks Av., Panama City, Fl; evaluation and recommendations for problematic soil conditions.
Subsoil Improvement using Surcharging Technique; Apalachicola Potable Water Project.
South Wood Village Development, St. Joe Company, Tallahassee, FL (thousands of residential
units, roadways, a bank, a school and commercial buildings).
Wind Mark Village Development; St. Joe Company. Carrabelle;
Geotechnical evaluation and pavement design; Mission Road. Leon County, FL.
Sinkhole evaluation at SR 263, Leon County, FL.
Concrete Mix Design for Snead Weigh Station Pavement, Madison County.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
A well-regarded Adjunct Instructor at Florida State University, The College of Engineering, teaching
Senior Foundation Engineering & Geotechnical Design courses since 2005 to 2011.
PUBLICATIONS
McVay, M., Armaghani B., Casper R., "Design and Construction of Auger-Cast Piles in Florida"
Transportation Research Record, 1447, National Research Council Washington D.C., Oct. 1994.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Florida Engineering Society (FES)
Transportation Research Board (TRB)
National Society of Professional Engineer
REFERENCES
References shall be provided upon request.
Bill Armaghani, PE 1529 Chadwick Way Tallahassee, FL 32312, Cell: 850-***-**** H: 850-***-****
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