Mazen Houry, Associate Director

Mazen Houry

Associate Director

Transpo Group

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Higher diploma, Civil Engineering
Experience
15 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 5 Months

Associate Director at Transpo Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since March 2014

Leading the delivery of BACS' scope of Traffic Management During Construction of Lines 1 and 2 in the Riyadh Metro Project
Resources management and handling client expectations.
Managing the daily activities and operations.
Interfacing with the different construction teams (viaduct, at-grade,
stations, etc…) and adjust per construction methodology and phasing.
Acquiring approvals from the Project’s Consultant and meet the Client
demands to serve the local needs.
Interfacing with the public authorities and high officials in the City.
Manage and review traffic impact reports and temporary traffic control
plans.
Utilize relevant traffic software in the process to produce proper output
(EMME, Synchro, etc...)

Traffic Consultant at Royal Commission for Riyadh City
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • July 2013 to April 2014

In addition to my previous assignments and responsibilities towards
ADA, I was involved in:
Setting the RFP, and manage the Phase 2 Traffic Management Plan during
Construction of King Abdul Aziz Public Transport Project.
Setting the RFP for the ArRiyadh Road Intelligent Traffic Information
Project.

Traffic Engineer at Khatib & Alami
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • September 2009 to July 2013

Between March 2011 & July 2013: Seconded full time to ADA - Arriyadh
Development Authority, KSA. Working with ADA involved:
Supporting ADA in the daily operations and traffic management studies.
Provide continuous organization and coordination with transportation
consultant companies, contractors, and other public sector entities (Traffic
Police, Riyadh Municipality, MoT, etc…)
Studying and resolving traffic congestion along Riyadh’s critical areas.
Investigating and analyzing traffic counts on more than 350 studied nodes
using different modeling software (Synchro, HCS, VISSIM)
Integrating the traffic count survey data obtained since 1990 and still
ongoing into the integrated ArcGIS model, to be as part of an interactive
and user friendly database.
Developing the RFPs for and managing the projects:
Comprehensive Traffic Management Plan During the Construction of
King AbdulAziz Public Transportation Project, Phase 1.
Resolving Riyadh Traffic Black Spots Project, etc.
Involvement in the Riyadh Bus Project.
Preliminary design for traffic signals along BRT corridors.

KHATIB & ALAMI Specific Projects, Beirut & Riyadh:
Preparing thorough GIS maps for analysis and presentation.
Analyzing points of interest along the BRT and community line network.
Participating in the designing of the bus feeder network.
RFP for the AVM project.
Proposed Damascus Road extension project from using Lebanon's EMME
Model.
Feasibility study of the Pan Arab Highway - Lebanon using Lebanon's
EMME Model.
Haramain High-Speed Rail project and large underground parking in the
busy downtown of Beirut using VISSIM simulation.
Traffic detour plan during construction phase for the prestigious King
Abdulaziz Center for World Culture.
Traffic Impact Studies for Beirut Terraces Project in Beirut and Souria
Towers in Damascus.

Assistant Traffic Engineer at Sitram Consult
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 2008 to September 2008

Preparing traffic impact studies for residential and commercial projects in
Lebanon, KSA, UAE and Qatar.
Traffic circulation enhancement studies.
“Multi-Modal Transport Project” for Syria using Stan software.

Education

Higher diploma, Civil Engineering
  • at Beirut Arab University
  • September 2009

Specialties & Skills

Transportation Planning
Innovative Problem Solver
Traffic Studies
Client Management
Team Management
Client Interface (Private & Public Sector)
Transportation Planning and Innovative Solutions
Team Player
Problem Solving Skills
New projects and relevant content adaptation
Traffic Engineering

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert
French
Intermediate