Catherine Saber, Senior structural Engineer

Catherine Saber

Senior structural Engineer

ARABTEC CONSTRUCTION

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
Experience
17 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :17 years, 4 Months

Senior structural Engineer at ARABTEC CONSTRUCTION
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since July 2013

Project area is 228, 000sqm, construction cost of USD 300 Million, 2
towers 50 floors each plus 2 car park 11 floors each. The project is
partially existing required strengthening works/jacketing to the core
walls and columns. It also involves a huge amount of demolition and
reconstruction work.
Consultant: ADPI and Client is Meraas.
Role :
‐ Reporting to the Technical Manager.
‐ Managing the structural discipline of the project as briefed in
following points:
‐ Studying the I.F.C drawings, raising any needed technical inquiries,
clarification, and preference from a construction point of view /
R.F.I's.
‐ Managing the process of shop drawings preparation (General
Arrangement and Reinforcement drawings).
‐ Review of the shop drawings and revising them when required.
‐ Co‐ordination with the other disciplines/ Architectural and M.E.P.
‐ Design of the temporary structures required over the construction
period: ie: Hoists Foundations and Tie‐Ins connections, tower
cranes foundations and tie‐ins design.
‐ Design of the any required structural element (steel and Concrete).
‐ Managing the drafting team.
‐ Assisting the Planning Team with any required technical support in
case of E.O.T claims or any other presentations.
‐ Assisting the Commercial Team with the technical input regarding
any cost impact due to the client changes or any additional
technical requirements.
‐ Assisting the Construction Team with the required technical
solution/ input for any construction sequence that could have a
structural impact on the main building.
‐ Communicating with the consultant when needed and for

Senior Structural Engineer at AL GHURAIR CONSTRUCTION (FAÇADE AND STEEL
  • October 2011 to June 2013

‐ Reviewing the structural calculations done by design consultant,
suppliers, steel contractor, façade contractor and subcontractors
related to structural steel.
‐ Coordination with the commercial manager and reporting steel
tonnage on regular basis, assuring that total steel tonnage is within
the estimated steel tonnage limits or less.
‐ Resolving problems would happen due to coordination,
unavailability of materials or unclearly written specifications.
‐ Supporting QA‐QC team and assuring that steel contractor
standards are in line with the clients’ requirements and the project
specifications.
‐ Miscellaneous tasks for RC shop drawings production for the raft in
the beginning of the project.
 Miscellaneous Tasks at the H.Q office.
‐ Supporting the technical team with preparation of structural
design calculations and visiting some construction sites for
technical support when needed.

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER at CATHERINE SABER
  • United Arab Emirates
  • April 2010 to September 2011

‐ Loading calculations using different codes such as UBC, ASCE and
BS6399.
‐ Leading of design team leaders for fabrication drawings, shop
drawings and ensuring it matches the structural calculations.
‐ Other miscellaneous duties such as official correspondence,
designers following up, tasks schedules preparation, official
meetings and weekly report to the operations manager.

CONSULTANT at TERRELL INTERNTIONAL
  • United Arab Emirates
  • November 2008 to March 2010
Project at Oger
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 2007 to November 2008

value 150 M€ , 18000 M^2 (Stock Exchange) . Client:

Education

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY
  • June 2006

Structural Department. GRADUATION PROJECT (Project Grade: Very Good) Design Of Reinforced Concrete Structures. Project structures: 1- Repeated residential building. 2- Three spans industrial frame (Static & Dynamic loads study). 3- Conference hall using shells system.

Specialties & Skills

Glazing
Steel Structures
CONSULTING
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
MICROSOFT WORKS
PRESENTATION SKILLS

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert
French
Beginner