Research Interests
Engineering Analysis
Fixing Systems
Analysis & Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures
Durability of Reinforced Concrete Structures
Concrete Construction Practices
Chemical Admixtures
Pre-cast Lifting Systems and Pre-cast Concrete Construction.
Advisor
Advised the Saudi Al-Amar Company since 1982. and I have been actively involved in its development over the years. The company developed from a contracting company to a trading and contracting then into trading and manufacturing and now has factories and/or offices in all the Gulf States, in Europe and in China.
Consultant
Acted as part time consultant for many organizations such as: The Ministry of Housing, Riyadh, the Ministry of Post, Telephone and Telegraph The Royal Commission in Jubail and Yanbu, and Dhahran Airport Military Air Base, etc.
Conferences/Symposia/Seminars/Short Course
I attended numerous conferences symposiums, seminars and short course such as: 1st Structural Analysis Program (SAP IV), Los Angeles, U.S.A., 1976;
Annual Convention of ACI at Las Vegas, U.S.A., 1978
2nd U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Stanford University, U.S.A., 1979
Advanced Mechanics of Reinforced Concrete, IABSE, Netherlands, 1981
Sixth International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, France, 1981
Annual Convention of Prestressed Concrete Institute, San Francisco, California, U.S.A., 1981
Short Course "Effective Management and Organization Skills", Arab Center for Management Development, Athens, Greece, 1982
Short Course "Maintenance, Repair and Rehabilitation of Bridges", IABSE Symposium, Washington, DC, U.S.A., 1982
1st Saudi Engineering Conference, Jeddah, 1983
Short Course "Corrosion: The Environmental Degradation of Materials", Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A., 1984
First International Conference on Deterioration and Repair of Reinforced Concrete in the Arabian Gulf, Bahrain, 1985
Annual Convention of ACI at Chicago, U.S.A., 1985
Second Saudi Engineers Conference, Dhahran, 1985
Symposium on "Concrete and Concrete Structures in the Middle East", King Saud University, Riyadh, 1987
Second International Conference on "Deterioration and Repair of Reinforced Concrete in the Arabian Gulf", Bahrain, 1987
Symposium on "Causes of Concrete Deterioration, Cracks in Concrete Structures and Remedies", sponsored by Engineering Committee Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry, 1989
Training seminar on "Concrete Technology" at Elkem Materials Norway, 1990
ASCE-SAS First Seminar on "Reinforced Concrete", 1992
ACI-SAC Third Technical Program, Al-Jubail, 1993
"New Development in High Concrete Performance", Dubai, 1994
One day ACI-Saudi Chapter Seminar, Jubail, 1994
"Facade for High Rise Concrete Buildings", Bahrain, 1995
6th International Conference on Deterioration and repair of Reinforced Concrete in the Arabian Gulf, Bahrain, 2000
Evolutionary trends in Concrete, KFUPM 2001
Analysis and design of Structures Using STAD-III, 2001
Projects & Exhibitions Visited
I visited many construction project sites during the development stage of the projects. The list of visits include:
Saudi Bahrain Causeway King Saud University Campus Dammam Wastewater Facility
Ministry of Interior Building Diplomatic Quarters King Fahd Stadium
Sweet Water Desalination Saudi Cement Company Jubail Sea Port Facility
King Fahd International Airport King Abdulaziz University Campus Riyadh Ring Road Project
Mabco Pre-cast Factory Saprico Pre-cast Factory Glass Reinforced Concrete Factory
Al-Gosaibi Bison Pre-cast Factory National Guard Housing Project
Riyadh City Rain Water Drainage Project Imam Muhammad bin Saud University
Ministry of Interior Building Mekka Haram Expansion Project, etc.
Ministry of P.T.T. Headquarters Building in Dammam Jubail Industrial City