khalil El Daher, Geotechnical Designer & Project Manager

khalil El Daher

Geotechnical Designer & Project Manager

Ahmadiah Contracting and Trading Company

Location
Kuwait
Education
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
Experience
12 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 1 Months

Geotechnical Designer & Project Manager at Ahmadiah Contracting and Trading Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since July 2015

 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.

Geotechnical Designer & Project Engineer at Geoworks
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • September 2012 to 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.

Water Networks Designer at Dar Al Handasah
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • July 2012 to 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.

Trainee at Consolidated Contractors Group
  • Sudan - Khartoum
  • July 2011 to 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.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at Notre Dame University
  • July 2012

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

Specialties & Skills

Engineering
Retaining Walls
Geotechnical Engineering
AUTOCAD
DeepXcav
AllPiles
Plaxis 2D
CHA for Ultrasonic Crosshole Test Analysis
Flac 3D
Primavera

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