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khalil El Daher, Geotechnical Designer & Project Manager

khalil El Daher

Geotechnical Designer & Project Manager·Ahmadiah Contracting and Trading Company

Kuwait

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering

Work experience

Total years of experience: 14 years, 2 months

Geotechnical Designer & Project Manager

July 2015 - Present

Ahmadiah Contracting and Trading Company

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

July 2015 - Present

 Assist in managing over 50 foremen, workers and engineers.
 Manage and coordinate work plans for excavation sites.
 Perform technical inspections of executed sites.
 Prepare managerial budgeting and pipeline reports.
 Prepare quantity reports and issue invoices.
 Coordinate with other managers in acquiring new projects.
 Arrange and perform ultrasonic cross-hole pile testing and produce associated technical reports.
 Design soldier beams, wood lags systems (Berliner), retaining wall supports (struts, anchors and nails), compression and tension piles, aker and strutting systems.
 Design and perform static pile load testing (compression, tension and lateral) and produce method statements.
 Redesign existing systems for variable conditions and complications encountered on site.
 Prepare forensic investigation or remedy reports with associated method statements.
 Prepare method statements for shoring systems, pile test setups and technical details.
 Assist with other managerial matters as they arise.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

Geotechnical Designer & Project Engineer

September 2012 - July 2015

Geoworks

Beirut, Lebanon

September 2012 - July 2015

 Managed and coordinated excavation sites.
 Supervised a team of over 30 workers.
 Prepared project schedules, bills of quantities, pile and anchor record forms, daily production sheets, daily reports, monthly reports, soil mapping logs, maintenance sheets, invoices and other reports.
 Produced project plans and associated technical drawings.
 Performed site visits for preliminary inspections and design analysis.
 Coordinated with surveyors to set lot layouts and demarcation markings.
 Designed retaining diaphragm walls, piles and structural shotcrete walls.
 Designed retaining wall supports (struts, anchors and nails).
 Analysed stability and geotechnical capacity for shallow and deep foundations, and investigated structural capacity.
 Executed diaphragm walls and supervised shotcrete construction processes and drilling of piles and wells.
 Coordinated with suppliers and issued material orders such as steel rebars, concrete, and wire mesh and inspected their quality for conformance with project specifications.
 Performed technical inspection on sites.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

Water Networks Designer

July 2012 - September 2012

Dar Al Handasah

Beirut, Lebanon

July 2012 - September 2012

 Performed site visits for geotechnical and hydraulic assessment for Kfar Sir Dam.
 Generated plans and drawings.
 Designed water network systems.
 Assisted in the zoning of main hydraulic distribution and transmission units.
 Corrected profile drawings for water systems.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

Trainee

July 2011 - September 2011

Consolidated Contractors Group

Khartoum, Sudan

July 2011 - September 2011

 Assisted engineers on constructions sites, and conducted construction plan check-ups.
 Acquainted myself with engineering practices such as the reinforcement of construction materials and its requirements, cost assessments, drawings, coordination between mechanical, civil and electrical engineering work (by preparing composite drawings), planning and tracking workflow.
 Liaised with senior engineers and reported to the project manager on tasks and assignments.
 Managed inventory of spares, manpower and resources, and performed bill of quantities for material requests.
 Supervised a team of construction workers and ensured adherence to health and safety.

Company industry:
Civil Engineering
Job role:
Engineering

Education

Notre Dame University

July 2012

July 2012

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering

Lebanon

GPA (point): 3.95 out of 4

GPA (point): 3.95 out of 4

Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering Oct 07 - Present Notre Dame University (NDU), • 1st class Honours with 3.95 Cumulative GPA, and 4.0 GPA for four semesters • Have earned numerous merit-based scholarships, awards, and distinctions • Have received the University President's Special Award for the highest GPA at NDU . Graduated 2012

Skills

Engineering
Expert
Engineering
Expert
Retaining Walls
Expert
Retaining Walls
Expert
Soil
Expert
Soil
Expert
Piling
Expert
Piling
Expert
Geotechnical Engineering
Expert
Geotechnical Engineering
Expert
AUTOCAD
Expert
AUTOCAD
Expert
DeepXcav
Intermediate
DeepXcav
Intermediate
AllPiles
Expert
AllPiles
Expert
Talren
Beginner
Talren
Beginner
PCA
Intermediate
PCA
Intermediate
Plaxis 2D
Expert
Plaxis 2D
Expert
CHA for Ultrasonic Crosshole Test Analysis
Expert
CHA for Ultrasonic Crosshole Test Analysis
Expert
Flac 3D
Intermediate
Flac 3D
Intermediate
KRea
Intermediate
KRea
Intermediate
Primavera
Beginner
Primavera
Beginner
Engineering
Expert
Engineering
Expert
Retaining Walls
Expert
Retaining Walls
Expert
Soil
Expert
Soil
Expert
Piling
Expert
Piling
Expert
Geotechnical Engineering
Expert
Geotechnical Engineering
Expert

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Memberships

Active "Society of Civil Engineers" (SCE)

member

"Human Rights" club

Member

Society of Engineers of the Lebanon.

Design

February 2015

Hobbies

  • Math and Physics
     Worked as high school physics teacher for 3 years (Modern Saint Anthony College).
  • Music
     Composed a repertoire of more than 300 songs.  Wrote and composed songs for charities.  Wrote and composed the club song of the “Human Rights” club.
  • Sports
    Built and maintained a good physique through body building