Eskandar Ghani

About Eskandar Ghani

Dr. Ghani is a structural engineer with extensive background in buildings, parks, marine, renovation/adaptive re-use, underpinning, transportation, and tunneling (cut-and-cover type) construction. He has a solid track record for handling challenging and diverse projects consolidated over 33 rewarding years in consulting engineering.

Experience

1. Technical Leader Ii

   AECOM

   Jan 2002 — Present

   Bechtel Almabani & Civil Works JV, Riyadh Metro Project, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Task leader responsible for design of structural typical details & specific sections for a group of 11 deep underground railway stations as part of the $80+billion design-build project; stations consist of cut- & -cover reinforced concrete box sections with structural tiers for concourse, platform, mechanical & invert floor slabs.Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, World Trade Center, Capital Reconstruction: Transit Hub, New York, New York. Task leader responsible for structural design & coordination of 60% & 100% design packages for Cortlandt Street Station Phase 1; subsequently, performed review of contractors’ shop drawing submittals, including segments of the East Bathtub. New Jersey Transit, Access to Region\'s Core Mass Transit Tunnel (formerly Trans-Hudson Express Tunnel), Newark, New Jersey. Task leader for structural design & coordination for the FE design phase of a modified through station at Secaucus (F.R. Lautenberg) Station building. MTA New York City Transit, Second Avenue Subway, New York, New York. Task leader for structural coordination, feasibility and PE design of a group of 7 stations out of 16 total along the proposed 8.5-mile subway service beneath Second Avenue –and subsequently responsible for the co-ordination and review of contractors’ shop drawings for the first FE phase of a group of 4 stations. MTA New York City Transit, Second Avenue Subway, New York, New York. Task leader for structural coordination, feasibility and PE design of a group of 7 stations out of 16 total along the proposed 8.5-mile subway service beneath Second Avenue –and subsequently responsible for the co-ordination and review of contractors’ shop drawings for the first FE phase of a group of 4 stations.

Education

• King's College, University of London

  BSc(Eng), PhD, Civil Engineering

  1978 — 1982

Skills

• Structural Engineering
• Earthworks
• Pavement Engineering
• Sewer
• Drainage
• Condos
• Highway Design
• Transportation Engineering
• Microstation
• Water Resources
• Foundation Design
• Road
• Traffic Engineering
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Bridge
• Hec-Ras
• Water
• Site Development
• Highways
• Stormwater Management
• Hydrology
• Civil Engineering