
Principal Engineer at Somat Engineering, International Infrastructure Consultant
Greater Detroit Area

Principal Engineer at Somat Engineering, International Infrastructure Consultant
Greater Detroit Area
A registered Professional Engineer with extensive international infrastructure experience and strong academic background. Involved in construction engineering and management, geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, and water/wastewater engineering. Managed projects at federal, state, local, and international levels. Projects included feasibility evaluation, planning, designing, and construction management of tunnels, highways, buildings, bridges, airports, and pipelines. Areas of expertise are analysis, design, and construction management of foundations, retaining structures, and underground facilities; value engineering; structural distress evaluation of buildings, bridges, and pavements; geotechnical investigation and reporting; forensic evaluations, and rehabilitation of constructed facilities. Well-known for solving clients’ infrastructure challenges through careful analysis, alternative evaluation, and recommending optimum solutions.
Project Management; Construction Engineering & Management; Analysis, Design, & Construction of Tunnels, Underground Structures, and Water/Wastewater Distribution Systems and Facilities; Project Feasibility Studies; Cost Estimating and Alternative Evaluation; Value Engineering; Geotechnical Engineering
(Privately Held; Civil Engineering industry)
May 2003 — Present (6 years 8 months)
Management of infrastructure design and construction projects; quality assurance and review of designs and reports; management of SOMAT’s design team including supervision, hiring, and training; project feasibility studies and value engineering; Expert technical advice to SOMAT’s Detroit, Taylor, and Grand Rapids offices in Michigan, Cleveland office in Ohio, and international offices in Bangalore and Mumbai, India.
Major Projects: Upper Rouge Tunnel CSO Control Project, Ambassador Gateway, Modified Detroit River Outfall No.2 (Mod DRO-2) Tunnel, Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC), 24 Mile Road Water Main, Baby Creek CSO Control Facility.
(Renewables & Environment industry)
1986 — December 2008 (22 years )
Rubber Recycling & Food Processing
(Privately Held; Civil Engineering industry)
September 1999 — May 2003 (3 years 9 months)
Project management; cost estimation and alternative evaluation; design of Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) control facilities such as basins, tunnels, treatment shafts, sewers, screening and disinfection facilities, and pump stations; preparation of project plans and basis of design reports; preparation of proposals, budget, contract amendments, change orders, specifications, and subcontract documents; project cash flow analysis and budget evaluation; identification of funding sources and management of grants and loans for clients; coordination with permitting authorities and other project stakeholders; presentation of project related information to clients, permitting authorities, and other key stakeholders.
Major projects: Dearborn CSO Control Program, Ford Field Bridge, City of Dearborn Stormwater Management Program.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; URS; Environmental Services industry)
May 1997 — September 1999 (2 years 5 months)
Formerly with Woodward-Clyde Consultants
Foundation analysis and design; geotechnical instrumentation and monitoring; construction monitoring; failure analysis; analysis and design of retaining structures, slopes, embankments, and underground facilities; design of soil improvement and dewatering procedures; preliminary evaluation of CSO control alternatives such as basins, rock and soft ground tunnels, and new concepts.
Major Projects: I-15 Corridor Reconstruction for the Salt Lake City Winter 2002 Olympics, Detroit Wayne County International Airport McNamara Terminal, Chicago Joliet Road Failure Evaluation, Carr Reclamation Project.
(Civil Engineering industry)
1980 — 1993 (13 years )
Managed Eastern Province office of the company with over 180 personnel from 16 different countries. Area operations included marketing of consulting and contracting services, client development, procurement of sub-consultant/subcontractor services, contract and budget negotiations, personnel management, hiring and training of engineers and technicians, and planning and execution of projects. The area office, started with less than ten staff members, grew to become one of the main revenue generating offices of the company.
Major Projects: King Fahad International Airport, King Fahad Medical City, Jubail Industrial City Housing Districts, Al Hawtah Oil Field, Al-Yamamah Palace Complex, Southern Area Oil and Gas Program, Safaniyah and Berri Oil Fields, Qunfudah and Adhum Hospitals, Pavement Management of 24 Civil Airports, Access Road to Shaybah Oil Field, Underground Oil Recovery System for the Jeddah Oil Refinery; Offshore Shark Screens in Jeddah, National Guards Housing Projects.
M.S.E , Construction Engineering and Management , 1997
GPA = 8.1/9.0
M.S , Civil Engineering , 1994
GPA = 4.0/4.0
B.Sc.E , Civil Engineering , 1977
Equivalent GPA = 4.0/4.0, University First Rank (1/180)
International Civil Infrastructure Consulting, Investing, Financing, Diet Balanced by Glycemic Loading
American Society of Civil Engineers
University of Michigan Alumni Association
Michigan State University Alumni Association,
Registered Professional Engineer - State of Michigan