زبير أحمد

• Overseeing the daily laboratory’s operations and ensuring that all testing is executed in line with followed standards and compliance with company policies and procedures for safety and integrity.
• Preparation of Asphalt Mix Designs, Concrete, Aggregate Base Coarse, Wet-Mix, Sub Base etc.
• Directing and advising the site and lab technician teams.
• Designing and directing the testing and quality control procedures.
• Establishing or adjusting work procedures to meet testing schedules.
• Performing tests and corresponding analysis on samples of fresh concrete, Asphalt mixes, soil and aggregates. (Slump, temperature, air content, specific gravity, absorption, density, stability, extraction, bitumen content, core density, CBR, MDD, P.I, S.E etc.)
• Analyzing product failure data and laboratory test results to determine causes of problems and develop solutions.
• Conducting field sampling, testing and non-destructive testing.
• Conducting research to develop custom tests to meet client’s expectations.
• Preparation of Material Submittals according the project specification.
• Training and mentoring Senior Lab and Site technicians.
• Ensuring the adherence to the desired technical standards and staying up to date with new technologies and developments.
• Ensuring compliance of used materials with the projects specification.
• Participate in construction quality control.
• Maintain records of all test results and all taken corrective actions.
• Track and review the site testing and certificates of compliance.
• Ensure very close and clear coordination of Quality Team activities with the other construction supervision staff.
• Follow up and verify implementation of corrective actions.
• Ensure inspection and checking all delivered materials to site for conformance to the project requirements and approval.
• Managing relationships with clients.

• Inspect construction to insure compliance with approved method statements and contract requirements.
• Reviewing the material submittal proposed by the contractor in compliance with contract specification.
• Give practical advice on construction matters.
• Monitoring Contractor's progress of work, controlling and directing Contractor for the timely completion of the works in accordance with the Contractual requirements.
• Observe site safety practices.
• Prepare progress report
• Execution of infrastructure works like site grading works, road works, and sewerage networks, irrigation networks, potable water networks, lines with GRP, UPVC, HDPE pipes & construction of manholes, chambers.
• Coordinating between the contractor’s site staff & ARE to follow up the site works to bring the work to the good quality, progress. Try to solve the problems facing while execution of works at the sites to complete the works smoothly, otherwise advising the higher authorities (ARE & RE) to implement the quality system procedures for corrective & preventive actions for further actions.
• Participate in the site progress and co-ordination meetings.
• Supervise daily routine testing at site and collecting data from third party quality testing service provider.
• Visit and inspect Asphalt Plant during production, collect material samples and supervise the required tests as per required BS, ASTM or AASHTO Standards.
• Collecting site samples and submit to third party lab or DCL as per contract requirements and follow up testing schedules and collect testing data.
• Ensuring that the quality of the work is delivered according to the PARSON’s safety management plan / quality plan, PMS and the satisfaction of the client.
• Supervising contractor’s testing work and overseeing material section and testing for the project.

• Approval and submission of material submittals.
• Technical meetings with client and contractor. In - charge of all the site activities like guiding site engineers foreman, charge - hands, Co-ordination with Sub- contractors, profile direction to performing team for Civil (Earth work, steel / structural, masonry, carpentry, painting, Mechanical, Electrical, drainage, plumping utilities)
• Checking laboratory activities and testing materials.
• Inspection of materials (received at site) as per the approved drawings & inconformity with specification, shop drawings evaluation and implementation of site activities as per the drawing & site conditions.
• Liaison work with clients, consultants, contractors, and conducting and attending weekly and monthly progress meeting on site and head office and monitoring programs and progress of the project including daily, Weekly and monthly project reports with personal and machinery status. Checking laboratory activities and testing Materials.
• Coordinating different agencies, assisted Colleagues in quality control management, Preparation monthly reports.
• Coordinate with contractor’s material engineer for arrangements of sampling and all material testing.
• Quality assurance of all materials used in the construction of highway, underpass structure, retaining walls and bridges, calibration of asphalt and concrete batching plants, maintaining proper records of all tests in coordination with client and consultants.
• Inspection of materials and laboratories for machines calibration, file and reports of Quality control and testing plans.
• Inspection of tools/equipment, calibration records shall be maintained and available for examination.
• Over-all site supervision and control day to day functions, sorting out routing technical problems pertaining to material testing.
• Follow and maintain company standards of quality in accordance with company quality system requirements.

15Plus Years in the Field of Construction of Roads and Bridges in Quality Control Laboratory Preparation of Asphalt mixed design Specific gravity of paving mixes Marshall stability flow, core densities, extraction gradations, loss of stability, refusal voids % test etc. mix designs preparation of different classes slump core test, compressive strength of cubes etc. testing of field density, sieve analysis, moisture density relationship test C.B.R the above test are carried out as per standards (AASHTO, ASTM, B.S )following the specification, Preparation of the laboratory documents submitting to the consultants, clients and getting approval from concerned.