Abd El Aziz Ali Ali ElShinawy

Senior Geotechnical EngineerFull Time

• Job Details:Responsible for the site supervision of piling and foundation works, including review of designs and submittals, coordination of site works with other trades, ensuring compliance of site works with the approved specifications and designs, and preparation of progress reports and other technical documents, for the following projects: - Madinah Hajj City, Saudi Arabia. Master plan, detailed design, tender documents and supervision of construction for a township on a 1.6 million m² site located 3 km southwest of the Holy Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, envisaged to accommodate 120,000 pilgrims. The project comprises 82 four-star and five-star hotel towers; office towers; commercial mall with a basement for 2,200 cars; 2 mosques with a total capacity of 14,000 worshipers; hospital complex; and elevated light rail transit and bus stations with a peak capacity of 84,000 pilgrims/hour. The project is complete with an internal road network, all infrastructure utilities and landscaping. - Aircrafts Maintenance Hangars, Saudi Arabia. Data collection, master plan update, feasibility study, preliminary design, preparation of tender documents, review of detailed design prepared by the Contractor, and supervision of construction for a maintenance, repair and overhaul facility, consisting of a 14-bay wide-bodied aircraft maintenance hangar (107,100 m²), 2-bay paint hangar (13,000 m²), 4-aircraft wash dock (28,000 m²), engine run-up area and blast fence (18,000 m²), shop core building and administration block (90,000 m²), warehouse (45,000 m²), 14-aircraft apron (110,000 m²), and a car-parking area for 2,000 cars (48,000 m²), including all electromechanical and infrastructure utilities and networks. - King Abdul Aziz International Airport, Saudi Arabia. Project management, design review (according to LEED requirements), construction management and supervision for a new airport based on a new phased master plan up to the year 2035 (Phase 1 up to 2012), comprising a new passenger terminal complex (670,000 m²) with a capacity of 30 million passengers per annum to replace the existing North and South Terminals; facility design to cater for both domestic and international operations, A380 aircrafts and full hub capability with latest systems and equipment; integrated provision for a planned railway station and an automated passenger mover (APM); airfield upgrading, new parallel taxiways, control tower and related systems; state-of-the-art navigation aid and communication installations, FIDS, departure control, life safety aspects and public address systems; Baggage Handling System (BHS), support buildings and facilities, complete landscaping, major utility networks, new landside roads and interchanges; programme coordination for related projects, including fuel tank farm, desalination plant, upgrading of existing terminals, sewage treatment plant; and planning and infrastructure for a major landside commercial zone, complementing the main development. - King Abdullah Bin Abdel Aziz Extension for the Holy Haram, Saudi Arabia. Design review and supervision of construction for an extension to the Makkah Holy Haram to accommodate additional 800,000 worshipers, comprising a new building of 4 praying levels with a capacity of 300,000 worshipers, connected at its ground, first and roof floors to the First Saudi Extension of Makkah Haram, and includes a basement level for electromechanical services; state-of-the-art technology in natural and artificial climate and lighting controls; security, crowd management, and sound distribution and control systems; structural health monitoring sensors; cleaning equipment; interactive signage; and high end interior finishing works. The project provides internal courtyards covered with 12 operable skylights, 6 fixed ones, 4 fixed domes of 18 m diameter each, and one 36 m diameter sliding dome above the 24 m wide and 26 m high ceremonial spine connecting the north and south piazzas through a 59 m wide main gate at the north end flanked by 2 new minarets (135 m high each) on its left and right sides and a 30 m wide gate at the south end. The project also comprises 194,000 m² external praying piazzas accommodating 314,000 worshipers with 2,500 toilet cubicles and 850 ablution points beneath them; a service building of 6 overlapped radial steps accommodating 8,750 toilets, 5,370 ablution points, 2 helipads, service and solid waste management facilities, authorities’ offices and a 110,000 m² praying area at its roof level for 165,000 worshipers; several bridges (total of 42,750 m²) linking the new building to the service building and to the Holy Haram; a service road below the external piazzas and dedicated service culverts carrying all infrastructure utility networks.

Senior Geotechnical EngineerFull Time

• Job Details:Responsible for the preparation of geotechnical investigation programmes, review and approval of geotechnical campaign and test results, design of foundations and related structures, and preparation of geotechnical reports and recommendations for the following projects: - Qassim - Madinah - Rabigh Expressway in Madinah, Saudi Arabia. Design for two highway sections, namely Madinah Eastern Entrance (Section 1) and Madinah Western Entrance (Section 2) which represent the extensions of Qassim - Madinah and Yanbu - Madinah Expressways respectively into Madinah. Section 1 is a 7 km urban expressway, flanked with service roads at left and right, 6 grade-separation structures, 14 slip ramps and 1 viaduct. Section 2 ties with the existing Hijra Road and comprises 2 main lines, namely Yanbu - Madinah Expressway (9 km long) and Madinah third Ring Road (6 km long) in addition to 3 interchanges (2 full-cloverleaf and 1 directional), 5 wadi bridges, 1 underpass, 2 vehicular culverts, 20 km of service roads and 11 slip ramps. Deep and shallow foundations were used as appropriate to support the structural loads. Qatar - Bahrain Causeway/Preliminary Environmental and Engineering Investigations and Studies, Qatar. Traffic planning, traffic impact study, topographic and bathymetric surveys, preliminary environmental and engineering investigations, and geotechnical investigation for a 40-km long Causeway, incorporating a 20-km long bridge to maintain through navigation, access and approach roads, toll plazas and rest areas, and custom and immigration facilities.

Senior Geotechnical Engineer - Task Member/Task Leader Full Time

• Job Details:Task Member/Task Leader in the assigned projects, proposals and research works related to soil, geotechnical, foundations and materials works. Involved in the following projects: - Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Runways at Ahmed Al-Jaber and Ali Al-Salem Airbases, EB010C, 1997, Kuwait. Client: Ministry of Defense. Task Leader, responsible for the design and supervision of destructive field and laboratory soil, material and asphalt tests and preparation of the final reports summarizing test results and study analysis. - Study, design, construction and supervision of a Pilot Groundwater Drainage Project, Phase 3, Long-Term Operation, Monitoring and Assessment of the Drainage System at Shamiyah and Kaifan, WH001, 1995 - 2000, Kuwait. Client: Ministry of Electricity and Water. Member of two tasks in this study: the long-term laboratory leaching tests and the neural network study and settlement prediction using Neural Network Analysis. In the first task, he was responsible for the design and fabrication of modified leaching test cell, performing and supervising five long-term laboratory leaching tests for different soil types, recording and tabulating all test measurements, and preparing interim and final reports concerning the task. In the second task, he was responsible for developing a trained network for predicting settlements adjacent to and displaced from the pumping wells using NeuroSolutions software. Also involved in the determination of vertical permeability coefficient for different soil types (a total of 25 samples) using flexible wall permeameter (Triaxial Cell). - Evaluation and Treatment of Underground Cavities at Al-Dhahar Area, EB001K, First Stage, 1995 - 1997, Kuwait. Client: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research. Responsible for the geotechnical investigation in the Karst limestone which included: borehole drilling in soils and rock, field and laboratory testing and the elaboration of treatment measures against sinkhole development in the Karst limestone. - Condition Assessment of Guest Palace in Bayan Palace, EB-015S, 1998, Kuwait. Evaluation and documenting the building condition based on visual inspections for the superstructure in addition to supervising field testing works and participating in preparing the final report. - Evaluation of the General Administration of Customs, EB-014S, 1999. Similar responsibilities as in the previous assignment. - Development of a methodology for Testing Construction Materials, incorporating Local Conditions and Quality Measures, 1998, Kuwait. Client: Ministry of Public Works (MPW). Task Leader, responsible for two tasks (1) preparation of a testing manual and quality detailed procedures and methodology for all soil and material laboratory tests based on review of well-known standards, and (2) preparation and participating in a practical and theoretical training to all MPW laboratory staff.