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Elias Melhem, Assistant Director

Elias Melhem

Assistant Director·Dar Al Handasah (Shaer & Partners)

Canada

Master's degree, Hydraulics

Work experience

Total years of experience: 16 years, 0 months

Assistant Director

August 2013 - Present

Dar Al Handasah (Shaer & Partners)

Angola

August 2013 - Present

•Coordination with of all the Resident Engineers in order to ensure that all the activities are being executed as per the Contracts’ documents and within the time of delivery;
•Carrying out meetings with the Clients regarding the financial and physical progress of the projects and constraints encountered during construction;
•Reviewing of all the reports, letters and notifications sent by the Resident Engineers to the Client / Contractors;
•Coordination with the design offices regarding the elaborated designs and the ones to be prepared;
•Preparation of the financial and technical proposals for the tender documents related to the infrastructure projects;
•Preparation of the Contracts between the Client and Contractor based on FIDIC Forms of Contracts;

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Management

Coordinator for the Integrated Infrastructure Projects of N'Zeto, Soyo, M'Banza Congo and Cabinda

April 2012 - August 2013

Dar Al Handasah (Shaer & Partners)

Angola

April 2012 - August 2013

•Carrying out regular site meetings with the Client, Contractor and Local Administrations of the cities in order to discuss the progress of the work and resolve the difficulties;
•Ensuring that all tasks are within the time of delivery;
•Checking and approving materials’ submissions such as pipes, fittings, accessories, valves, concrete mixtures, asphalt mixes design, steel reinforcement, forms and formwork …etc.;
•Checking and approving the shop drawings for all works;
•Ensuring that construction is done according to the specifications and drawings;
•Liaising with Dar’s administration, supervisor and team involved in the project;
•Liaising with Local Authority to ensure compliance with local construction regulations;
•Supervising and monitoring the work on site such as earth work, surveying, excavations, pipes’ laying, concreting, asphalt pavement …etc.;
•Overseeing quality control, health and safety matters on site;
•Preparing weekly and monthly reports;

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Quality Control

Site Civil Engineer

January 2011 - April 2012

Dar Al Handasah (Shaer & Partners)

Angola

January 2011 - April 2012

•Checking and approving the shop drawings for all works;
•Ensuring that construction is done according to the specifications and drawings;
•Overseeing quality control, health and safety matters on site;
•Preparing weekly reports;

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Quality Control

Design Engineer

December 2010 - January 2011

Dar Al Handasah (Shaer & Partners)

Beirut, Lebanon

December 2010 - January 2011

Checking and approving concrete mix design for the above following projects:

•Expansion of Hurghada International Airport (Hurghada, Egypt);
•Lot II of the Expansion of the Port of Tripoli (Tripoli, Lebanon);
•Cambambe Dam (Luanda, Angola)

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

Environmental Engineer (Designer for Water, Sewage and Drainage Networks)

June 2010 - December 2010

Dar Al Handasah (Shaer & Partners)

Beirut, Lebanon

June 2010 - December 2010

•Assist in the preparation of the master plan of Sambizanga City in Angola and mainly in the conceptual design of drainage and sewage networks;
•Preliminary and detailed design of water, sewage and drainage networks in the cities of Sambizanga and Soyo in Angola;
•Assist in the design and safety’s review of the detailed design done by Dar Pune for the Integrated Infrastructure Project of N’Zeto’s city in Angola;

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

Education

Concordia University

December 2015

December 2015

Master's degree, Hydraulics

Canada

Lebanese American University

June 2010

June 2010

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineer

Lebanon

GPA (point): 3.71 out of 4

GPA (point): 3.71 out of 4

•Award for achieving the Second Best Civil Engineering Design Project for the academic year 2009 – 2010; •Scholarship for academic achievement covering all years of study at L.A.U; •Graduated on the Distinction list for outstanding grade point average at L.A.U;

College des Soeurs des Saints-Coeurs

June 2005

June 2005

High school or equivalent, General Science

Lebanon

Skills

Concrete
Expert
Concrete
Expert
Asphalt
Expert
Asphalt
Expert
Water
Expert
Water
Expert
Drainage
Expert
Drainage
Expert
StormCad
Intermediate
StormCad
Intermediate
WaterCAD
Intermediate
WaterCAD
Intermediate
AutoCAD
Expert
AutoCAD
Expert
MS office
Expert
MS office
Expert
Culvert Master
Intermediate
Culvert Master
Intermediate
Flow Master
Intermediate
Flow Master
Intermediate
Primavera
Intermediate
Primavera
Intermediate
SewerCad
Intermediate
SewerCad
Intermediate
Robot Millenium
Beginner
Robot Millenium
Beginner
SAP 2000
Intermediate
SAP 2000
Intermediate
Concrete
Expert
Concrete
Expert
Asphalt
Expert
Asphalt
Expert
Water
Expert
Water
Expert
Drainage
Expert
Drainage
Expert

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Expert
Portuguese
Expert

Memberships

Syndicate of Engineers in Lebanon

Member

February 2011

Training and Certifications

Training
Hot Asphalt Mix Design and ACI Concrete Construction Inspector and Concrete Field Testing
Advanced Construction Technology Services
Jan 2011