Reem Elhakim

Highways Design Engineer
Tasks
• Design horizontal and vertical road alignment (major roads, interchanges and local roads) using autocad and microstation according to the standards.
• Design road profiles using Autodesk civil 3D.
• Design Roundabouts by grading on Autodesk civil 3D.
• Site grading using Autodesk civil 3D.
• Validate parking design using autoturn.
• Design Highway roads signage/ gantry signs as per Dubai standards.
• Addressing RFIs from site and proposing alternative solutions if required.
• Prepare cross sections for major highways.
• Prepare cut/fill pavement, footpath quantities using Autodesk civil 3D.
• Prepare setting out tables for road alignment using MX roads.
• Attend Bid openings to major projects at RTA (Roads and Transportation Authority).
• Prepare bid proposals as per the RFP.
Projects
• MUDON by Dubai Properties
• R842-5 Comprehensive Improvements of Al Fay Road
• MEYDAN ONE By Meydan
• EXPO 2020 Master Plan
• R1048 EXPO 2020/2030 External Roads.
• DOC (Dubai Outlet City) TIS.
• Dubai Industrial City (DIC)
• Sharjah Re-master Planning
• Opera District by EMAAR
• King Abdallah Financial District in KSA
• Ghaf External Roads.
• Al Mamzar local roads.
• MBZ (Mohammed Bin Zayed) City local roads.
• Prospect Heights by Dubai Properties
• Container Terminal 4 by DP World

Design villa slab and tie beams using safe software.
Design concrete columns using Prokon software.
Design single foundation using municipality of sharjah requirements.
Design compound foundation using Prokon and raft foundation using safe modeling.
Discuss structural status of projects with the municipality of sharjah when required and acquire the approval on each project.
Discuss projects requiring fire system with the civil defense authority.
Draw structural drawings for the villas using autocad software.
Draw water, drainage, mechanical, gas and etisalat plans using autocad according to the municipality of sharjah requirements.

August-September 2011 AL NIMR CIVIL Engineering LLC

• Intern

RELEVANT PROJECTS

* Graduation design project: Design of a construction management system of (B+G+1) villa (89, 529 sq. ft area)
* Construct a work breakdown structure, quantity takeoff, detailed cost estimate and scheduling for a butterfly shaped villa project.
* Structural design of a 10-storey office building using regularly reinforced concrete
* Design of two-way flat plate system, columns, and footings
* Road profiling and intersection design for part of a city
* Profiling of major and minor roads and design of major and minor intersections
* Coordination of a signalized intersection network using Synchro 6
* Coordinating and optimizing signalized intersections.
* Research of factors affecting profit
* Relevance and importance of factors affecting profit of construction projects.
* Research of Project delivery methods
* Means to determine the project delivery method to be used in a construction project.

AutoCAD
Primavera
E-TABS
SAP 2000
WaterCAD
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)


ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Soft Skills
• Team player
• Ability to apply academic knowledge to real life situations
• Result oriented and Meets deadlines
• Performing well under pressure
• Flexibility to perform various tasks