noura hamzeh, Structural Engineer

noura hamzeh

Structural Engineer

Target Engineering Construction

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Engineering Management
Experience
9 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :9 years, 8 Months

Structural Engineer at Target Engineering Construction
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since April 2018

Position: Structural Engineer at site offices (with main contractor)

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Providing calculation reports if required (for any action on site not considered in the design drawings/for design changes) using SAFE, ETABS.
• Liaising with other professionals (architects, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, site engineers).
• Guiding subcontractors to produce shop drawings as per requirements.
• Ensuring that the detailed drawings meet the design drawings.
• Providing technical advice for site engineers if required.
• Preparing/Revising bar bending schedules.
• Applying to Dubai Municipality for site inspection works.

Project Held:
• Forte Development: Forte is a two-tower residential development situated in Downtown Dubai. The scope of work includes the construction of 5 basements, 5 podiums, 67 floors for Tower 1, 42 floors for Tower 2. Client: Emaar; Consultant: AECOM; Cost: $312million.

Structural Engineer (Freelancer) at Freelancing
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • July 2016 to December 2017

Worked under the supervision of senior structural engineer on the structural design of several
residential buildings and villa situated in Lebanon.

Structural Enginner at ACECO CONSULTING
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • July 2014 to July 2016

Position: Structural Engineer (with consultant)

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Development and validation of customized spreadsheets based on ACI building code requirements.
• Teamwork and coordination with other disciplines for efficient integrated design for the best interest of the project.
• Preparation of design drawings, shop drawings, and bar bending schedules.
• Analysis and design for basic structural components.
• Lateral (static and dynamic) analysis of a structure.

Projects Held:
• Botanica Hotel/Project: Touristic development located in Seychelles Islands including Hotel, Villas, Hillside Apartments, Plateau Town Houses and Club House. Critical design considerations relate to soil-structure interaction due to the topography of the site, the nature of the soil and the rainy weather all-year round (high precipitation levels).
• Saifi 912 Building: Structural retrofitting of an historic (G+3) residential building. Works include strengthening of vertical and horizontal elements through jacketing.
• Roumieh 2982: Preparation of design drawings, shop drawings and bar bending schedules for a multi-story industrial building located in Roumieh, Lebanon.
• Riyadh Project: Replacement of steel barriers by concrete barriers for 23 interchanges in Riyadh, K.S.A. Scope of work includes design, detailing, fixation, assessment of available as-built data.

Software Used:
• ETABS, SAFE, SAP2000, S-CONCRETE, AUTOCAD.

Education

Master's degree, Engineering Management
  • at American University of Beirut
  • May 2014
Bachelor's degree, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • at Beirut Arab University
  • July 2012

Specialties & Skills

Shop Drawing
Civil Engineering
Structural Design Engineering
AUTOCAD
MICROSOFT OFFICE

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
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