Construction Project Manager/Engineer

Ghazi Babahami

Address: ***- * **** ******, ********, ON, L6T 4A2

Email: y6cs5z@r.postjobfree.com

Cellphone: 416-***-****

OBJECTIVE

A highly talented, professional and dedicated Civil Engineer with over 20 years' of planning, designing and directing the construction, maintenance and restoration of concrete buildings, highways, bridge and water retaining structures.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

Registered for Professional Engineers of Ontario

EDUCATION

B.Sc. in Civil Engineering

M.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Concrete Technology and Building Materials

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Over 10 years of result-filled Civil Engineering experience both in the construction field and academia

• Specialist in concrete technology and building materials

• Quality control and rehabilitation of precast concrete factories

• Excellent structural design competence in design of different types of structures

• Specialist in concrete technology, including production, properties and design of different types of concrete as self consolidating concrete, high strength concrete, recycled aggregate concrete, light weight concrete and polymer concrete…..etc

• Long experience in destructive and nondestructive concrete testing including ultrasonic testing methods

• Long experience in testing, assessment, evaluation and restoration of concrete structures

• Authorized reviewer of the American Concrete Institute Journals (Materials and Structural)

• Ability to interact with the office team and construction team - excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Sound knowledge of strengths, properties and uses of different types of building materials in public works construction

• Proven expertise in planning, design, construction and maintenance of public works projects

• Extensive knowledge in quality control of different types of structures and building materials use and production

• Effective report and technical specification writing skills requirements and techniques

• Sound ability to interpret Engineering drawings and technical specifications

• Excellent understanding of relevant computer software

HIGHLIGHTS OF ACHIEVEMENTS

• Project Coordinator: STRUCTCON construction Ltd / Williams Parkway / Brampton / Ontario / Pape Subway Station Renovation project

• Consultant of the National Center of Construction Laboratories

• Consultant of the Iraqi Organization of Standards and Specifications

• Consultant & Structural Engineer: Waste water treatment plants, sewerage pumping stations, pre-stressed and precast concrete buildings, different types reinforced concrete structures and testing, evaluation & rehabilitation of damaged reinforced concrete and steel buildings

• Professor, Civil Engineering Faculty of Engineering: University of Mustansiriya, Baghdad, Iraq, Supervised 3 Ph.D. and 16 M.Sc. theses between 1996 and 2009

• Published 26 scientific papers and books, in addition to numerous standards and specifications on properties and testing of construction materials

• Member of the editorial committee of the Iraqi code of scaffolding work

• Member of the editorial committee of the Iraqi code of precast concrete

WORK EXPERIENCES

Project Coordinator (Dec 2009 – present) : Struct-Con Construction Ltd

Williams Parkway / Brampton / Ontario / Pape Subway Station Renovation Project

• Analysis and approvals of building materials and equipments specifications, subcontractors monthly payments reports, shop drawings, vibration monitoring, waste management, safety plans and other topographical and geotechnical data to plan projects

• Coordinates work between client and subcontractors

• Responsible for all approvals of documentations, reports, shop drawings, materials product data and their compliance with project specifications

• Responsible for quality assurance and safety programs on site

• Participated in surveying to lay out installations and establish reference points, grades, and elevations to guide construction

• Estimated quantities and cost of materials, equipment, and labor to determine project feasibility

• Inspected project sites to monitor progress and ensure conformance to design specifications and safety regulations

• Preparation of monthly payments, change orders, monthly work progress report, RFQ, RFI

Structural Designer and Consultant 2003-2006

• Structural Designer and Construction Contractor of Mechanical Building in the Presidential Palace (Baghdad, Iraq). For HVAC Equipments and 40 MW Electrical power generator turbines (Halliburton, US army operations in Iraq)

• Structural Designer and Construction Contractor of Gymnasium Building for US army in the Presidential Palace (Baghdad, with Kellog, Brown and Root, US army operations in Iraq)

• Assessment of damaged buildings and design and supervision of their restoration.

• Consultant of the renovation of pre-cast and pre-stressed concrete factory and programming heating cycle of the accelerated curing of concrete in the factory

• Member of consulting committee on quality assurance and work progress in a 700 house recreational city project

• Estimated quantities and cost of materials, equipment, and labor to determine project feasibility

• Inspected project sites to monitor progress and ensure conformance to design specifications and safety standards

• Supervised staff members responsible for production and casting operation activities at project sites

• Planned and designed water treatment structures, following construction and government standards in accordance with Code of practice for design of water retaining structures

• Prepared and presented public reports on topics such as bid proposals, deeds, environmental impact statements, or property and right-of-way descriptions

• Provided technical advice regarding design, construction, modifications and structural repairs to industrial, residential, administrative structures

Professor, Civil Engineering 2004 - 2009

Faculty of Engineering - University of Mustansiriya, Iraq

• Collaborated with colleagues to address teaching and research issues; Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments

• Conducted research in a particular field of knowledge and published findings in professional journals

• Evaluated and graded students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers; Initiate, facilitate, and moderate class discussions

• Kept abreast of developments in the field of Civil Engineering by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences

• Planed, evaluated and revised curricula, course content, course materials and methods of instruction

• Prepared and lectures both undergraduate and graduate students on topics such as mechanics of materials, concrete technology, concrete design, rehabilitation of concrete structure, testing of concrete structures

• Provided professional consulting services to government and professional businesses; Supervised undergraduate and graduate teaching, internship, and research work

• Wrote grant proposals to procure external research funding

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