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Principal Engineer & International..., Somat Engineering Inc., Detroit
Belleville, Michigan, USA
A registered Professional Engineer with extensive international infrastructure experience and strong academic background.

Professional Summary

Mr. Mathari is a registered Professional Engineer with extensive international infrastructure experience and strong academic background. He was involved in construction engineering and management, geotechnical engineering, quality control and material testing, structural engineering, and water/wastewater engineering. Mr. Mathari has managed projects at local, state, federal, and international levels. His activities involved feasibility evaluation, planning, designing, and construction management of tunnels, roads, buildings, bridges, airports, tanks, dams, and pipelines. Mr. Mathari has managed up to 180 personnel from 16 different countries and 35 subcontractors at one time.

Areas of expertise: Analysis, design, and construction management of foundations, retaining structures, and underground facilities; value engineering; structural distress evaluation of buildings, bridges, dams, and pavements; geotechnical investigation, instrumentation, monitoring, and reporting; and rehabilitation of constructed facilities.

Other Qualifications:
- Strong communication, presentation, report writing, and inter personal skills.
- Fluent in six languages.

Major Projects:
- I-15 Reconstruction Project for the Winter 2002 Olympics, Salt Lake City
- One Billion $ Upper Rouge Tunnel Project, Detroit
- Detroit River International Crossing Connecting Two Countries, Detroit
- Ambassador Gateway Project Involving 10 Bridges, Detroit
- King Fahad International Airport Project (Largest Airport in the World by Area), Dammam
- King Fahad Medical City (Largest Medical Complex in the Middle East), Riyadh
- Jubail Industrial City (Largest Civil Engineering Project)

Contact Info

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Phone
313-887-7140 (work)
Website
Address
660 Woodward Ave, Suite 2430
Detroit, MI 48226 USA
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Work Experience

Somat Engineering Inc., Detroit / Principal Engineer & International Infrastructure Consultant
2003 - Present
Management of infrastructure design and construction projects; quality assurance and review of designs and reports; management of SOMAT’s design team including supervision and training; project feasibility studies and value engineering; Expert technical advice to SOMAT’s Detroit, Taylor, and Grand Rapids offices in Michigan, Cleveland office in Ohio, and international offices in Bangalore and Mumbai, India.

Major Projects: (1) Seven mile long, 30 foot diameter, billon dollar, Upper Rouge Tunnel (URT) project in Detroit, Michigan. (2) The Ambassador Gateway Project involving ten new bridges and more than 30 walls to connect the existing Ambassador Bridge between Windsor, Canada and Detroit, Michigan with the interstate highways passing through Detroit. (3) 6,300 foot long, 23.5 foot diameter, Modified Detroit River Outfall No.2 (Mod DRO-2) Tunnel in Detroit, Michigan. (4) Feasibility evaluation of the Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC), a second bridge connecting Windsor, Canada with Detroit, Michigan. (5) Design of seven mile long, 42 inch diameter, water main along 24 Mile Road, in Macomb County, Michigan. (6) Construction oversight of the Baby Creek CSO Control facility involving a basin, screening building, service building, chemical storage building, treatment sewer, and an effluent sampling building. (7) Design of more than 60, 000 feet of 18 to 24 inch diameter water mains along various streets in Detroit, Michigan. (8) Design of four mile long, 48 inch diameter interceptor sewer in Macomb County, Michigan. (9) Evaluation of Hamilton and Utah dams built in the 1920s in Flint, Michigan, as part of the Flint River Restoration Project.
Miracle Group of Companies, India / Director & Partner
1986 - Present
Recycling & Food Processing: Miracle Rubber Pvt Ltd. Miracle Elastomer India Ltd; Miracle Foods International; Miracle Rubber Coimbatore Pvt. Ltd; Miracle Polymer Coimbatore Ltd.
NTH Consultants / Project Manager
1999 - 2003
Project management; cost estimation and alternative evaluation; design of Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) control facilities such as basins, tunnels, treatment shafts, sewers, screening and disinfection facilities, and pump stations; preparation of project plans and basis of design reports; preparation of proposals, budget, contract amendments, and change orders; preparation of design drawings, construction specifications, and contract documents; project cash flow analysis and budget evaluation; identification of funding sources and management of grants and loans; coordination with permitting authorities and other project stakeholders; presentation of project related information to clients, permitting authorities, and other key stakeholders; construction monitoring, responding to contractor’s request for information, and review of shop drawings.

Major projects: (1) 300 million dollar Dearborn CSO Control Program involving evaluation CSO control alternatives such as tunnels, basins, treatment shafts, and combinations in Dearborn, Michigan. (2) Study, design, and construction supervision of the Ford Field Bridge, Dearborn, Michigan. (3) Storm Water Management Program of the City of Dearborn involving erosion control, stream bank stabilization, illicit discharge elimination, public awareness campaigns, and preparation of a citywide Geographic Information System (GIS) for the city sewer network, associated structures, and outfalls.
URS Corporation / Project Engineer
1997 - 1999
Foundation analysis and design; geotechnical instrumentation and monitoring; construction monitoring; failure analysis; analysis and design of retaining structures, slopes, embankments, and underground facilities; design of soil improvement and dewatering procedures; preliminary evaluation of CSO control alternatives such as basins, rock and soft ground tunnels, and new concepts.

Major Projects: (1) Geotechnical investigation, instrumentation, impact assessment, design of embankments and retaining structures, and soil improvement for the I-15 corridor reconstruction, a design-build project, involving 16 miles of roadway, 160 bridges, high embankments, several urban interchanges, and retaining walls through the Salt Lake City metropolitan area as part of preparing the city for the Winter 2002 Olympics. (2) Design of Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) retaining walls for the McNamara Terminal of the Detroit Wayne County International Airport. (3) Emergency geotechnical instrumentation, monitoring, and reporting as part of the failure evaluation of the Joliet Road in Chicago, Illinois which failed overnight as part of a mining operation in the vicinity. (4) Carr Reclamation Project involving study of the collapse of abandoned mine shafts in Saginaw, Michigan.
Rashid Geotechnical & Materials Engineers / Area Manager (Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia)
1982 - 1993
Mr. Mathari managed Eastern Province office of the company with over 180 personnel from 16 different countries. Area operations included marketing of consulting and contracting services, client development, procurement of sub-consultant/subcontractor services, contract and budget negotiations, personnel management, hiring and training of engineers and technicians, and planning and execution of projects. The area office, started with less than ten staff members, grew to become one of the main revenue generating offices of the company.

Major Projects: 1- Management of three onsite laboratories (soil, asphalt, and concrete) for a comprehensive quality control and material testing program for the King Fahad International Airport (KFIA) in Dammam using a team of more than 160 personnel to monitor the work of more than 35 subcontractors. 2- Supervision of site/civil, quality control, and construction material testing for the King Fahad Medical City in Riyadh. 3- Supervision of an independent testing laboratory, geotechnical investigation for the five new residential districts, and as-needed civil/structural tasks for the Jubail Industrial City. 4- Off-shore geotechnical investigation and foundation analysis for the platforms in Safaniyah and Berri oil fields. 5- Geotechnical investigation, soil improvement, and construction monitoring for Qunfudah and Adhum hospitals. 6- Feasibility evaluation of a 240 mile access road to Shaybah oil field. 7- Study, analysis, design, and installation of offshore screens in red sea shore to protect swimming areas of a private palace from sharks, barracudas, and jelly fish. 8- Study of the behavior of expansive shale of Tabuk and soft soil (Subkha) of Gizan. 9- Distress evaluation and retrofitting of the pre-cast, pre-stressed double T girders of the 8 mile long trestle system of the Ju'aymah loading terminal. 10- Conduct a landscape under drainage study of the reclaimed land for the Jubail Industrial City.

Education

M S E (GPA = 8.1/9.0), Construction Engineering & Management, 1997
M S (GPA = 4.0/4.0), Civil Engineering, 1994
B Sc E (Equivalent GPA = 4.0/4.0) First Rank (1/180), Civil Engineering, 1977
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Moideen Mathari posted updated profile information Mar 27, 2010

New work homepagehttp://somateng.com

Moideen Mathari posted updated profile information Mar 27, 2010

New about meMr. Mathari is a registered Professional Engineer with exten...

Moideen Mathari posted updated profile information Mar 27, 2010

New brief descriptionA registered Professional Engineer with extensive internatio...

Moideen Mathari posted updated profile information Jan 18, 2009

New companySomat Engineering Inc., Detroit
New job titlePrincipal Engineer & International Infrastructure Consultant

Moideen Mathari posted updated profile information Jan 10, 2009

New about meA registered Professional Engineer with extensive internatio...
New interestsInfrastructure Consulting, Investing, Professional Networkin...
New home townBelleville, Michigan, USA
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