Qualifications: PhD in "3D Finite Element Analysis of Lined and Unlined Tunnels"

MSc. in Management Systems in Construction

BSc. in Civil Engineering

Graduate member of the Institute of Civil Engineers

Graduate member of the Institution of Structural Engineers

Member of AMEC Geotechnical Forum

SYNOPSIS:

Baha joined AMEC as a Lead Structural/Geotechnical Engineer, he has been responsible for the design of various Marine offshore and onshore works, multi-storey Building and Heavy Civil engineering projects.

Highly experienced Civil Engineer with a broad range of expertise/experience in the structural / geotechnical field, complimented by high level qualifications, and attendance on numerous courses and seminars in construction safety, CDM, and construction products

Extensive project engineering gained in the design and supervision of multi-storey buildings, hospitals, leisure centres, industrial buildings and warehouses, nuclear projects (involving static, dynamic and fatigue and impact analysis), marine structures, wastewater installations, petrol stations, power stations & electrical sub-stations, underground stations, various rail structures, and oil and gas projects.

On the geotechnical front, Baha has been responsible for analysis and design of ground reclamation and podium design, off-shore piling and structures, most types of foundation and underground structures, railway geotechnical and structural design, and soil investigation and interpretation. On the nuclear analysis and design, Baha has also been responsible for various aspects of nuclear structures analysis including fatigue and drop load impact analysis.

Computer Skills:

Knowledge of the following computer software programs:

▪ PLAXIS / 2D geo-structural Finite Element program

▪ Crisp-Sage / 2D geo-structural Finite Element program

▪ STAAD III / 3-D Civil Eng. Finite Element Analysis Program

▪ CADS Piled Wall Suite

▪ SCALE / 2-D Civil Eng. Analysis & Design Program

▪ WALLAP/SLOPE Geotechnical Analysis Program

▪ Various self-written spread sheet design programs

Paper Publications

- Kidger, D. J., and Ismail, B. A., A 'LEGO'Based PCG solver for Finite Elements: How to perform 3D non-linear Excavation analyses on a PC. Presented by myself at the 6 ^th ACME conference at Exeter, 6-7 April 98 - published in the Conference press.

-Contractual Abuse of Subcontractors; (MSc thesis)

In-house Technical Notes:

-Buildability; A way forward

-Notes on Flat Slab Design

-Effect of construction loading on freshly cast suspended slabs

-Notes on Composite Floor Construction

-Site Technical manual

-Formwork Design Manual

-PFA & GGBFS concrete recommendations (CONS & BROS)

-Formwork striking time recommendations

AMEC EXPERIENCE:

11 February 2002 - 12 May 2006

Amec Group Ltd, Birchwood, Warrington

Civil & Structural Engineering Dept.

Lead Structural/Geotechnical Engineer involved in the design of the following projects:

-SSN Berthing Facility at HMNB Clyde: (On-shore & Off-shore structures design of the nuclear submarine berthing facility/ floating jetty project, MoD)

Soil investigation and interpretation, Offshore floating Jetty Restraint Piles structural/geotechnical analysis, Jetty Support Building, South & North Cable Transition Buildings Podium ground reclamation and piling design and various optioneering schemes, static and seismic slope stability for various sections, 'fatigue' analysis' of the restraint piles & frames and other structures, Drop Load impact analysis, various foundation and structural designs.

Rail Projects

Route 7 Alliance - (South Manchester)

Infrastructure such as UTX's, Location Bases, REB's, OLE foundation (OLEMI and CHS piles), pre-cast concrete and sheet piling retaining walls, embankments slope stability & repair.

Inspection of the route bridges. Various structural (steel, masonry, concrete & timber) elements design

Siemens Transportation Systems

Location Bases, embankment slope stability.

-BNFL buildings

Structural, Piling, and Foundation analysis and design of numerous building projects.

-Pre-cast concrete design projects:

Logford House (Immigration Removal Centre)

Three storey pre-cast concrete building.

The Open University Library Building

Pre-cast concrete multi-storey building.

St. Anne's RC Primary/Chertsey

Three storey pre-cast concrete building.

Coventry Hospital

Pre-cast concrete building of wings of different number of storeys.

The Music Centre/ Gateshead

Dealing with the precast concrete audience floors and seatings.

FE modelling of various tunnelling practices

Centre Point building/London

Designing the precast façade panels and its billet connections.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE:

10 November 2001- 8 February 2002

Entec North, Northwich

As a Principal Design engineer leading the design of various structures on the Oswestry Water Treatment Plant project (The Sludge Press Building, The Chemical Building, The Ozone Chamber, The Sludge Thickening Tanks, The Anthracite Trap, The MCC Buildings), including the co-ordination of the project activities between the project various parties.

10 November 2000 - 23 October 2001

Woh Hup Pte Ltd, Singapore

As a Technical Manager reporting to the executive directors, and heading a technical department of: 2 design engineers, a tendering co-ordinator, a planner, a technician, and a secretary. The department formed the forefront interface with the company's various consultants, clients and authorities, promoting the company's technical capabilities and position among the top few contractors in Singapore.

The company is a G8 (top) grade and specialises in "design and build" high-rise condominium buildings and heavy civil works (LRT and MRT stations, bored and cut & cover tunnels, underground cut & cover expressways). The company's typical annual turnover is in the region of S$500M.

The role of the technical department is to provide technical support to tendering & construction activities, appraise the consultants' analyses and provide alternative (economical and buildable) designs, provide temporary works schemes and designs, appraise and advise on the proposed water proofing systems, prepare tender programs and assist site managers with pre-construction programmes. Site problem solving was at the heart of the technical department role which involved many serious problems encountered in the tunnelling and high-rise building projects caused by various design and/or construction substandard practices.

I also worked on introducing new earth retaining schemes (in Marine Clay) in conjunction with a number of ground stabilisation techniques using cement or lime.

During my tenure, I endeavoured to promote the department's managerial and technical standards by: introducing time sheets costing system; issuing various technical advisory notes; planning a training program for the staff through courses, seminars and in-house work-shops; expanding on the use of relevant published technical papers, codes of practice and other technical institutions' publications; purchasing of various up-to-date structural and geotechnical software; and promoting & appraising the use of buildable schemes and designs. Projects details are available on request.

1 March 1999 - 9 November 2000

HBG Construction Ltd

Working as a Senior Design Engineer, and leading a team of graduate engineers and technicians, in charge of the design of various (design and build) multi storey building projects (e.g. Uxbridge Court, value £25M). Also involved in temporary works design for large projects, mainly heavy multi-layer propping schemes for multi-storey underground construction. I was also in charge of many geotechnical designs and advice for geotechnical problems e.g. embankments, ground movements, earth slip circle, land contamination, etc.

September 1996 - 28 February 1999

Universityof Manchester/Geotechnicalgroup

Working as an analyst on part time basis providing finite element modelling and analysis for various tunnelling and excavation projects to various clients (British Gas, BNFL).

14 November 1994 - 9 February 1996

Posford Duvivier Consulting Engineers

As a Senior Design Engineer, leading a team of graduate engineers and technicians, in charge of the structural analyses and design of major parts of the "Canary Wharf Underground Station" project structure (Perimeter Walls, Ticket Hall Slab, Base Slab, Central Column, Services Slab, West Core Walls, Building a 3-D model for the whole Station for checking the station wide forces correlation at the different elements interfaces), which included complex structural and geotechnical assessments. Project value is £60M.

22 April 1994 - 12 November 1994

Henry Boot Construction

As a Senior Temporary Works Design Engineer answerable to the Chief Engineer, based in the head office, responsible for the Temporary works design (heavy sheet piling, heavy propping systems, ground anchoring design, formwork & falsework design, refurbishment works, remedial works, etc.) for various projects including Bridges, Flyovers, power stations, and buildings.

1 August 1988 - 1 February 1994

T. Costelloe & Co. (Subsidiary of Taylor Woodrow group)

As a Temporary Works Design Engineer answerable to the Technical Director, based on site, responsible for the supervision and Temporary Works Design of the projects below:

Tesco Superstore Construction at Borehamwood

The work involved the RC construction of the building, underground RC tanks (including various multi propping sheet piling schemes), roads, car parks, internal & external drainage, and petrol station.

Sewerage Treatment Works Projects at Alton & Mogdon

As a visiting senior engineer involved in supervising the works, design of the formwork & the sheet piling schemes for the heavy concrete construction and pipeline network.

New North Circular (A406) Simply Supported Railway Bridges at Stonebridge Park

The work involved heavy civil construction of Bridges (30A, 30B, 30C, 30D, 30E, 30F), including heavy and complicated Temporary Works schemes (trestles, sheet piling schemes, propping schemes, Formwork and Falsework, various RC structures to support the temp. works).

WimbledonTown HallDevelopment

The work involved 2-storey underground car park (6m deep basement) of a total area of 4500 m ². It also involved a magnificent temporary work propping & post-tension anchoring scheme, and a large underpinning operation to the old Town Hall building.

The Belfry Centre at Redhill, Surrey

Involving two phases, the main building & the 15m deep office block. It included complex temporary works schemes (various heavy sheet piling schemes, post-tension anchoring schemes, huge multi-level king posts and cross propping schemes using 1800mm dia. steel pipes with hydraulic flat jacks and gauges, and various other propping schemes.

Victoria Barracks-Windsor

The work involved the demolition and crushing of the old Barracks & construction of the new buildings together with the external works (Roads & drainage).

The Leisure Centre at Bracknell

The work included the construction of the substructure and superstructure, including a variety of falsework and formwork schemes.

Two storey underground basement (car park) at Baltic Quay

The work was top-down construction which included various complicated propping (combined berms with multi level propping) and falsework (cantilevering over the berms) schemes.

10 May 1988 - 31 July 1988

O.C. Summers Ltd

As a Civil Engineer, working on the assessment and estimation of Leicester City underground services network project (tender value of 30 M pounds).

2 December 1986 - 12 December 1987

R. J. Crocker and Partners, Abu Dhabi, UAE

As a resident engineer, supervising the following projects:

The construction of 19 storey reinforced concrete commercial building (Omeir Bin Yousif Building).

Inspection and assessment of old reinforced concrete multi-storey buildings (7 no.).

1 July 1983 - 20 October 1986

Al-Nakhi Trading and Contracting Company ("Atlantic Building Systems"), Abu Dhabi, UAE

As a Senior Engineer involved in the construction of 4 no. multi-storey buildings, 11 Electrical Sub-stations & petrol station in Abu Dhabi.

2 April 1981 - 31June 1983

Al-Hamily and Al-Merza Contracting Company, Abu Dhabi, UAE

As a Project Engineer responsible for the construction of various building projects in Abu Dhabi (Residential building for the ministry of Interior, and various villa complexes).

1 July 1978 - 3 March 1980

Ministry of Housing and public works, Baghdad, IRAQ

Assistant Resident Engineer supervising the construction of a Residential multi-storey building in Baghdad.

5 March 1980 - 28 February 1981

Ministry of Health, Basra, Iraq

Assistant Resident Engineer supervising the construction of the Nuclear Diseases Hospital in Basra.