SANTOSH KEKANE, TRAFFIC MANAGER / TDP SPECIALIST

SANTOSH KEKANE

TRAFFIC MANAGER / TDP SPECIALIST

ITAL CONSULT

Lieu
Inde
Éducation
Master, TRANSPORTATION
Expérience
27 years, 1 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :27 years, 1 Mois

TRAFFIC MANAGER / TDP SPECIALIST à ITAL CONSULT
  • Qatar - Doha
  • Je travaille ici depuis juillet 2019

- Supervising & monitoring LRDP Projects as Traffic Engineer for specialist inputs into traffic management & road safety elements for various LRDP projects & road improvements projects
- Covering all Doha West projects under ITAL such as DW80, DW83, Umm Al Dome, DW002-P2 & DW002-P3, A Ring Road & B Ring Road
- Reviewing and approving contractor's detailed Traffic Management Plans and traffic diversions / TDP during construction as per WZTMG 2015.
- Monitor compliance to WZTMG & HSE by the contractors and issue NCR's if required
- Administer & Monitor the RSA process for the project

TRAFFIC MANAGER à BIN OMRAN TRADING & CONTRACTING
  • Qatar - Doha
  • novembre 2017 à juin 2019

- Working on DN-116-P01 & P02, Al Shamal (QN-01) LRDP project as Traffic Manager for BOTC

- Responsible for planning, design, execution & maintenance of traffic management schemes for both projects. Project include more than 192 Micro Tunneling Shafts & 2000 manholes.

- Liaising with stakeholders, client authorities like Ashghal & MOI.

- Leading & managing team of traffic operatives to deliver the traffic mgmt. schemes safely onsite.

- Carrying out internal TM audits to review & assess the ongoing TM schemes and continuously improve road safety onsite.

- Carry out & obtain necessary Authority approvals to implement TM schemes as per WZTMG

SR. ROAD SAFTY AUDIT ENGINEER à CH2MHILL-JACOBS
  • Qatar - Doha
  • janvier 2014 à octobre 2017

• Oversaw 3 major highway projects P-10, P-11 and P-15 Expressways under Group-1 contracts from Feb 14-May 2015. Currently covering only P-10/11 i.e. East -West Corridor.

• Manage all traffic . road safety infrastructure works like Chain Link Fence, Decorative Fence, Bollards, Steel Barriers/VRS, Concrete Barriers, and Standard & ITS Traffic Signs & Directional Signs, Road Marking etc. including handling material submissions, review, liaison with Ashghal for approvals, plan approvals, Doha municipality approvals, Arabic Names Committee approvals.

• Reviewing and approving contractor's detailed Traffic Management Plans and TDPs during construction as per WZTMG 2015.

• Guide & review Contractor’s Construction Traffic Management plans for the highway construction site including all haul routes, construction access/egress, and internal layouts to provide safe traffic movement within construction area complementing the HSE objectives.

• Monitor compliance to WZTMG & HSE by the contractors and issue NCR's if required.

• Conduct & Coordinate Road safety audits / Work Zone Audits for the temporary traffic diversions.

• Supervise mgmt./ maintenance of all temp. traffic diversions in a safe condition for the road users.

• Monitor all temporary road networks on the construction site to ensure safe use. Including intersections, speed limits, visibility, signage, etc.

• Stakeholder management for all traffic management activities

• Change Management in project drawings initiated by the designer/client.

SR. TRAFFIC ENGINEER à WS ATKINS
  • Qatar - Doha
  • juin 2012 à janvier 2014

Working on Qatar’s ambitious infrastructure project framework towards FIFA 2022. The role covers strategic traffic management solutions & conflict management / interface resolution for various infrastructure activities including Qatar Rail & Ashghal’s highway programmes.
• Provide technical inputs to various Traffic Engineering / Traffic Management related work tasks.
• Liaise with key stakeholders like Ashghal, Qatar Rail on various issues.
• Contribute to Keeping Doha Moving objectives at strategic level.
• Prepare letters, meeting notes, presentations, papers, technical notes, reports and drawings/plans relating to the assigned Traffic Engineering work task.
• Contribute to Traffic Engineering deliverables relating to the work tasks and submit them to the Traffic Engineering Team Leader for further action towards formal issue.
• To assist in preparing Task Orders related to CPO’s Traffic Engineering work.
• Awareness of Ashghal Work Zone Traffic Management Guide (WZTMG) + TDP process and study/review various traffic management drawings / road safety audit reports submitted by stakeholders wrt. WZTMG.
• To participate in the TTMWG meetings with external organisations / stakeholders along with Head of Traffic Engineering team and attend internal meetings within CPO.

TRAFFIC SAFETY / MANAGEMENT ENGINEER à AECOM
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Al Ain
  • janvier 2009 à mai 2012

Traffic engineering & road safety support in the Department of Transport (DoT), Abu Dhabi’s Strategic Road maintenance program for Al Ain region covering 1200 Kms. of highways. Responsible for safe road Operation & Maintenance of road network under Al Ain jurisdiction.
 To prepare & approve the Work Zones / Traffic Detours / Temporary Traffic Management Plans submitted by the contractor in co-ordination with Traffic Police to ensure safe Work Zones & Construction activities on highways. Also to monitor the satisfactory implementation of the approved detour plans on site by the contractors.
 Co-ordinate with Traffic Police to ensure safe traffic movement & operation on the highways
 Carrying out Traffic studies & investigations to identify network defects in the areas of traffic operations & management, safety, pedestrians, connectivity to local communities etc.
 Carried out various traffic engineering & safety improvements on Al Ain strategic roads worth Dhs. 20 million in last one year & works worth Dhs. 10 million in progress for the current F.Y. 2011-2012 & planned for upcoming works amounting to Dhs. 42 million.
 Carrying out necessary Traffic Impact Studies for new junction improvement schemes, network additions, capacity analysis for various road improvement schemes
 Overall improvement in Traffic Control Devices (Traffic Signs, Road Markings, Cats eyes, Delineators etc.) to improve & enhance safety of road users
 Identify & make roads safe for pedestrian movements by maintenance and/or creation of new pedestrian facilities.
 Assist the DoT engineers & carry out Road Safety Audits for the existing network to identify the defects / short-comings in existing road safety & suggest improvements & carry out the same.
 Carry out the Asset Management tasks required by the DOT like carry out various surveys & inventories for the road network like pavement studies, traffic control devices inventory, KPI management
 Improvement of overall road safety on the roads
 Performing Accident investigation, evaluation & measures to avoid the accidents
 Assisting in Pavement Condition Survey & investigate the traffic related impacts onto pavements using the non-destructive techniques
 In addition to traffic safety, looking after general HSE issues on site

TRAFFIC PLANNER à NAKHEEL
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Dubaï
  • avril 2008 à janvier 2009

Construction traffic planning & management within the Dubai Waterfront project.
 Construction Traffic Management, operation & supply chain management for project.
 Sourced, procured & implemented non-intrusive traffic counting systems on project for improvement in project inventory, traffic planning & management.
 Introduced & designed concept of website for logistics operations on construction site at Nakheel.
 Introduced & implemented Fleet Management System into project to reduce the fleet requirement from 110 vehicles to around 50 vehicles & improve fleet operations.
 Review of various ITS technologies & prepared ITS concept for construction traffic mgmt.

SR. PLANNER à WS ATKINS
  • Inde - Bengaluru
  • octobre 2007 à mars 2008

Design of various Traffic Engineering schemes for UK based projects.
 Design of improvement scheme for lower road bus lanes in London to reduce congestion
 Preparation of preliminary designs for improvement of Cedars Road, London to improve capacity with geometric layout changes & junction safety.
 Scoping options for improvements for Manchester Road London to select most feasible option.

DY. TRANSPORTATION PLANNER à MUMBAI METROPOLITAN REGION DEVLOPEMENT AUTHORITY
  • Inde - Mumbai
  • avril 1997 à septembre 2007

Prepare various traffic schemes, carry out bidding process & implement the schemes.
 Traffic Impact Assessment for proposed developments in Bandra Kurla Complex
 Designed, bidding, bid evaluation & implementation of traffic safety program including traffic signage, road markings spread over 100 kms. of road network valued at INR 400 million successfully.
 Prepared preliminary study, scoping options for Mumbai Monorail project.
 Participated in bid preparation & bidding process for Mumbai Metro project.
 Administered contracts of various World Bank funded projects as team member of local funding agency.
 Designed, installed & activated traffic signal at Mumbai International Airport junction in record 6 days.
 Developed scheme of pedestrian bridges in Mumbai city at 25 locations to improve pedestrian safety.

Éducation

Master, TRANSPORTATION
  • à SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITETCURE
  • juin 2004
Baccalauréat, Civil Engineering
  • à University Of Mumbai
  • juin 2000
Diplôme, Civil Engineering
  • à SBM POLYTECHNIC
  • juin 1993

Specialties & Skills

Transportation
Road Safety
MICROSOFT OFFICE
SYNCHRO

Langues

Anglais
Expert
Urdu
Moyen

Adhésions

INSTITUTE OF TRASPORTATION ENGINEERS (ITE), US
  • Member
  • January 2008
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORT , UK
  • MEMBER
  • January 2015
Ashghal/PWA Qatar
  • PWA APPROVED ROAD SAFETY AUDIT MEMBER
  • October 2017

Formation et Diplômes

10 Day RoSPA,UK Course in Accident Investigation & Collision Engineering, with TMS Sep. 2017 (Formation)
Institut de formation:
TMS, UK
ITS & ROAD SAFETY CONFERENCE, QATAR (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
September 2013
Valide jusqu'à:
September 2013
 VISUM (Introduction & Advanced PrT (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
May 2008
Valide jusqu'à:
May 2008
Managing Projects (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
July 2008
Valide jusqu'à:
July 2008
Road Safety & Local Traffic Management’ (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
October 2005
Valide jusqu'à:
October 2005
ITS & ROAD SAFETY CONFERENCE, QATAR (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
October 2012
Valide jusqu'à:
October 2012

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