بشار خزام, Shelter and infrastructure Team Leader

بشار خزام

Shelter and infrastructure Team Leader

Danish Refugee Council

Location
Syria - Homs
Education
Master's degree, Structural Engineering
Experience
14 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 7 Months

Shelter and infrastructure Team Leader at Danish Refugee Council
  • Syria - Damascus
  • My current job since January 2019

• Set work plan for shelter, WASH, and school rehabilitation projects.
• Liaison and follow up with local authorities to proceed with DRC rehabilitation approvals, participating in coordination meetings, and communicate with stakeholders on the governorate level.
• Verify & identify buildings and facilities for rehabilitation projects according to DRC standards.
• Adjust BoQs according to DRC standards and find a technical solution to problems.
• Preparation of the tender documents and follow up on tendering and awarding process.
• Writing reports about construction work status regularly.
• Monitoring construction works, verifying work status for processing payments.
• Improve the technical knowledge for shelter field staff, and conduct appraisal and performance evaluation for field staff.

Housing and infrastructure Project Officer at Danish Refugee Council
  • Syria - Damascus
  • February 2017 to December 2018

• Assessing schools, collective shelters, and unfinished buildings.
• Supervise as requested the work of DRC field engineers in different governorates.
• Preparing and revising Bill of Quantities.
• Liaison with local authorities for any issues concerning the DRC intervention.
• Monitoring construction works, verifying work status for processing payments
• Writing report about construction work status.
• Participating in coordination meetings if requested.

Assistant Field Engineer at Danish Refugee Council
  • Syria - Homs
  • July 2015 to January 2017

• Assessing schools, collective shelters, and unfinished buildings in the governorate of Homs
• Supervise, monitor, and coordinate the work of DRC companies.
• Preparing and revising Bill of Quantities.
• Regular reporting on rehabilitation works
• Quality Control on materials and work executed by the contractor.
• Verifying work status for processing payments.
• Liaison with local authorities for any issues concerning the DRC intervention.
• Identification of buildings for rehabilitation.
• Supervise and monitor the distribution of equipment and furniture

GIS team – Civil engineer at GIS Office, Homs City Council
  • Syria - Homs
  • September 2014 to June 2015

• Coordinate with the different branches of the city council to the valuation of maps of parcels.
• Compiling and organizing property data sets for GIS and CAD drafting.

Building permits Office – Civil engineer at Service Directorate of new Homs area, Homs City Council, Homs
  • Syria - Homs
  • October 2010 to August 2014

• Ensure that the building drawings matching to the terms of local building codes.
• Prepare a folder of different required building details and reports, and give permission to start building.

Civil engineer at Private construction engineering office
  • Syria - Homs
  • October 2009 to October 2010

• Interior design and supervise the implementation of many residential apartments.
• Structural analysis and design of many concrete buildings.
• Prepare structural drawings, details, and sections, for the projects above.
• Prepare reports on quantities of construction work, price analysis, and cost estimates for the projects above.

Education

Master's degree, Structural Engineering
  • at Al Baath University, Faculty of Civil Engineering
  • August 2013

• I had passed the first year in MSc program successfully, which includes studying several courses, and I had registered the thesis with the title: Study of the flexural behavior of reinforced concrete beams constructed with recycled concrete aggregate • In 2013 I had to pause my registration in master according to the unrest that was affecting my home city.

Bachelor's degree, General Civil Engineering
  • at Al Baath University, Faculty of Civil Engineering
  • September 2009

Classification Degree: Good Graduation treatise: Structural & Seismic Study for a Mall Building in Homs

Specialties & Skills

Interior Design
Residential Design
Construction Drawings
Construction Detailing
Adobe Photoshop
AutoCAD ( 2D )
Windows, MS Office
analyzing & designing programs ( structural programs, and else..).

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Native Speaker

Memberships

The Syrian Engineers Syndicate , Homs (Syria)
  • skilled worker member
  • November 2009

Training and Certifications

Hazardous Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) (Training)
Training Institute:
Danish Refugee council (DRC), Chtoura (Lebanon)
Date Attended:
September 2017
Duration:
32 hours
Project Cycle Management Training (PCM) (Training)
Training Institute:
Venture International for business Consulting and training, Damascus (Syria)
Date Attended:
March 2018
Duration:
70 hours
Damage Assessment Techniques & Urban Recovery Training (Training)
Training Institute:
(NAFS II) programme of UN-ESCWA in coordination with Baden-Wurttemberg Chamber of Engineers, Beirut
Date Attended:
July 2018
Duration:
50 hours

Hobbies

  • Traveling
  • Reading