| Geotechnical/soil Investigation and interpretation, geological
mapping, site investigation/selections, identification and classification
of soils and rocks, testing physical and chemical characteristics of soil,
rock and minerals, preparation and interpretation of geotechnical/soil investigation
reports, engineering calculations for soil settlement and building foundation
design, preparations of suitable sampling plans for soil, water and industrial
minerals, quality inspections of various minerals, volumetric measurements
of bulk mineral stock piles, mine plan preparations and handling of explosives,
marine surveys including draft survey, hatch inspection and cargo inspection,
administrational duties like preparation of documents for tender invitation
as well as tender submittal, interaction with clients and tap works from
them, handling of export and import documents, quality inspection of various
commodities for export and import, posting field staff, routine official
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CAREER HISTORY: -
(1) Since September 1998: -
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M/s. INCO - LAB, Kuwait.
Position: - Geologist
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Duties: -
- Compiling field data and laboratory test results and prepare Geotechnical
report.
- Geotechnical calculations for settlement and foundation design.
- Preparation of tender documents and pricing.
- Classification of soils and rocks at site and Lab.
- Ground investigations and safety measurers.
- Supervise auger and rotary mud drilling, rotary core drilling, excavations,
Cone Penetration Test.
- Preparation of bore hole and trial pit logs, CPT soil profiles.
- Installation of piezometers, standpipes and bore hole casing, falling-head
permeability test.
- Supervision of physical and chemical tests on soils, rocks and concrete
in lab and preparation of test results.
- Well conversant in various methods of physical testing such as particle
size distribution, pipette analysis, Atterburg limits, California bearing
ratio test, Proctor test, direct shear test, maximum - minimum and bulk
densities, saturation settlement, field vane test, field compaction
test, plate load test, permeability test, Cone Penetration Test (CPT)
etc.
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(2) Dec. 1991 to June 1998: -
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M/s.SGS India Limited, India.
(Societe Generale de Surveillance S. A.
Geneva)
Position Held: - Geologist
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Duties: -
- Preparation of suitable mine-head/shipment sampling plan and executions for industrial minerals such as Iron ore, Baryte, Coal, Coke, Bentonite, Quartz, Feldspar, Bauxite, Fertilizers, Cement, Petroleum Products, etc. according to ISO, ASTM, BS, BIS, JIS standards.
- Field investigations and Geological interpretations for suitability of mining.
- Mine plan preparation, mine development and handling of explosives in various types of mines/quarries.
- Assessments of mine out put through core sampling and proper mine planning.
- Topographical survey and contour mapping for granite mines.
- Resistivity survey and hydrogeological investigation for ground water resources.
- Quality inspections of minerals, granite products and fertilizers.
- Volumetric measurements and quality assessment of bulk mineral stock piles.
- Marine survey and draft survey of bulk carrying ships during discharge/loading,
hatch inspection, bunker survey, damage and condition survey.
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MAJOR PROJECTS COMPLETED WITH INCO - LAB: -
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(1) Al-Khiran Residential Pearl
City.
Owner :- La'ala'Al-Kuwait Real
Estate Co.
Consultant :- Al-Shaheen Consultant/Buro Happold
Responsibilities: -
- Supervision of different methods of drilling and boring activities
with mobile rig, dune buggy and jack up barge, standard penetration
test, sampling by thin walled samplers, Demes and Moore sampler, open
tube sampler, split- barrel SPT sampler, coring etc. Classification
of soil and rock core, preparation of logs, installation of standpipes
and piezometers.
- Boring in intertidal channels with jack up barge / dune buggy.
- Conducting Cone Penetration Test (CPT), preparation of CPT graph,
interpretation etc.
- Installation of piezometers, standpipes and permeability tests.
- Monitoring the trial pit excavations, supervision of sample collection
from different strata and depth, water sample collection, classification
of soil and preparation of logs.
- Supervision of physical and chemical testing in laboratory.
- Compiling field data and laboratory test results to prepare the final
report.
(2) Al-Doha Residential Pearl City. (3) Al-Subiya
Residential Pearl City.
Owner :-
La'ala'Al-Kuwait Real Estate Co.
Consultant :- Al-Shaheen Consultant/Buro Happold
Responsibilities: -
- Supervision of drilling activities by Mobile rig and dune buggy, different
types of sampling, standard penetration tests etc.
- Supervising physical and chemical testing on soils.
- Compiling field data and laboratory test results to prepare the final
report.
(4) Oil Sector Complex Project- Kuwait Petroleum
Company.
Owner :-
Kuwait Petroleum Company.
Consultant :- Salem Al-Marzouk & Sabah Abi
Hanna.
Responsibilities: -
- Evaluation of thickness of soft soil layer at various offshore locations.
- Supervision of dynamic cone penetration testing and torque testing.
- Interpretation of field and laboratory test results.
- Preparing geotechnical report.
(5) New Fire-fighting Systems at Main Gathering
Centre at Wafra Oilfield.
Owner/Consultant :-
Kuwait Oil Company/Saudi Arabian Texaco.
Responsibilities: -
- Supervision of drilling activities, borehole logging etc.
- Supervising physical and chemical testing on soils.
- Settlement calculations for foundation designing.
- Compiling field data and laboratory test results to prepare geotechnical
report.
- Supervision of field compaction testing during construction.
(6) Soil Testing for PMP-TMP 003 Tank in Wafra
Oilfields.
Owner/Consultant
:- Kuwait Oil Company/Saudi Arabian
Texaco.
Responsibilities: -
- Supervising physical and chemical testing on soils.
- Supervision of field compaction testing during construction.
- Preparing final report.
(7) Sampling and Testing of Soil at Wafra and
Ahmed Al-Jaber Airbase.
Owner :-
United States Airforce.
Consultant :- Zenith Enterprises.
Responsibilities: -
- Supervision of sample pit excavation and sampling.
- Supervision of physical testing on soil.
- Preparing final report.
(8) Soil Investigation For:
8.1 Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) New Project
Building
At Mina Ahmadi Area.
8.2 KNPC PD Construction Office Building At Mina Al-Abdullah.
8.3 KNPC Local Marketing Ahmadi Depot at Ahmadi.
Owner :-
Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC).
Consultant :- Al-Jazeera Consultant.
Responsibilities: -
- Supervision of drilling activities, borehole logging etc.
- Supervising physical and chemical testing on soils.
- Settlement calculations for foundation designing.
- Compiling field data and laboratory test results to prepare geotechnical
report.
(9) Soil Sampling and Testing Along Wafra Road.
Owner :-
National Industries Group/Kuwait Cement Company.
Responsibilities: -
- Supervision of drilling activities and sample collection.
- Supervising physical and chemical testing on soils.
- Preparation of final report.
(10) Geotechnical Investigation For International
Football Stadium At Ardiya.
Owner :-
Public Authority for Youth Sports.
Consultant :- Weidleplan Consulting GmbH.
Responsibilities: -
- Supervision of drilling activities, different types of sampling, standard
penetration tests etc.
- Supervision of installiation of groundwater monitoring wells.
- Installation of piezometers and standpipes and permeability tests.
- Supervising physical and chemical testing on soils.
- Settlement calculations for foundation designing.
- Compiling field data and laboratory test results to prepare geotechnical
report.
(11) Soil Electrical Resistivity Test For Reinforced
Bar Factory At Shuaibha.
Owner :-
USIC Rebarmill Factory.
Contractor :- Abdullah Ahmed Nass Contracting
Company.
Responsibilities: -
- Conducting field soil electrical resistivity test by using Wenner
four electrode configuration.
- Compiling field data and to prepare final report.
(12) Soil Investigation For VSM Driven Crude
Transit Pumps At Various Gathering
centre at Ahmadi Oilfield.
Owner :-
Kuwait Oil Company.
Contractor :- Shinwah Construction Co.
Responsibilities: -
- Supervision of drilling activities, different types of sampling, standard
penetration tests etc.
- Conducting field soil electrical resistivity test by using Wenner
four electrode configuration.
- Supervising physical and chemical testing on soils.
- Settlement calculations for foundation designing.
- Compiling field data and laboratory test results to prepare geotechnical
report.
(13) Soil Testing for Evaporation Pits at South
and North Tank Farms in Ahmadi
Oilfield.
Owner/Consultant
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Kuwait Oil Company.
Responsibilities: -
- Supervision of field density tests at the time of construction
- Preparation of Reports.
(14) Site Investigation of Rock Formations at
Al- Ahmadi Quarry for Limestone Reserve
Estimation.
Owner :-
National Industries Group.
Responsibilities: -
- Supervision of drilling by augering through soil overburden and rotary
core drilling through rock stratum to collect core samples.
- Logging of boreholes, classification and identification of rock types.
- Selecting rock core samples for various laboratory tests.
- Preparation of detailed report by complaining field and laboratory
test results.
(15) Soil smpling for determination of oil contamination
in soil at Mina Al-Zour (Mina
Saud).
Owner :-
Saudi Arabian Texaco Inc.
Responsibilities: -
- Supervision of drilling, collection of disturbed soil samples and
visual calssification.
- Preparation of Report and cross-sectional profiles.
(16) Soil
Investigation For:
16.1 Multi-storey Carparking at Kuwait Airport.
16.2 Housing plots for Public Authority for Housing Care.
16.3 Hydrotreating Catalyst Plant.
16.4 Fahaheel Development Project.
16.5 Crude oil pipelines and project services at Main Gathering
Center, Wafra Oilfields.
16.6 Two 100,000 bbls free water knock-out proces tanks at
Main Gathering
Center, Wafra Oilfields.
16.7 Replacement of water and gas networks at Al-Ahmadi.
16.8 Construction of box culverts at Jaleeb Al Shuyokh, Doha,
Hadiya.
16.9 Refurbishment of port services area at Mina Al-Ahmadi.
16.10 Waterfront Projects at Salmiya and Fahaheel.
16.11 16.11 Ministry of Interior Headquarters.
16.12 CPT tests for Subiya Causeway.
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MAJOR PROJECTS COMPLETED WITH SGS: -
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(1) Annual stock assessment of Thermal Coal
at Madras and Vizag Ports,
M/s.National Thermal Power Corporation India Limited. (Feb. - March 1998)
Responsibilities:-
- Volumetric measurement by using Theodolite and Total Station, calculations
and final report preparations.
(2) Ground water quality monitoring along the
East Coast of Alappuzha District, Kerala State.
M/s. UNICEF (Dec. 1997 to Feb.1998).
Responsibilities:-
- Groundwater sampling, socio-ecological survey, final report preparation.
(3) Quality control inspection of Thermal Coal,
M/s. Karnataka State Thermal Power Station [KSTPS] (March - May 1997).
Responsibilities:-
- In-charge of camp office, co-ordinating with KSTPS officials, labour
management, sampling and sample preparations according to ASTM.
(4) Quality control of baryte powder ,
M/s. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (Nov. 1992 to Oct. 1993)
Responsibilities:-
- Monitoring specific gravity, particle size, blending of different
grades of baryte, co-ordinating with ONGC officials and pulverizer mill
management.
(5) Cargo Inception and Survey Experiences
- Various types of marine surveys including draft survey of bulk carrying
ships for initial, interim and final during discharge of Coal, Coke,
Sulfur, Fertilizers, metal scrap etc. Initial, interim and final draft
surveys during loading of Iron ore, Baryte, Granite etc. Hatch inspection
prior to loading, bunker survey, on-hire/ off-hire survey, condition
and damage survey. Inspection of containers for their seaworthiness
etc.
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SPECIAL TRAININGS UNDER GONE:-
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- Methods of bulk solid sampling and quality inspections , conducted
by SGS in Malaysia.
- ISO 9000 quality management programs , conducted by SGS in India.
- Field orientation courses on various aspects of sampling and sample
preparation technices, marine surveys etc. , conducted by SGS in India.
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ACADEMIC BACKGROUND: -
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- M.Sc. Geology (Year 1991)
University of Madurai Kamaraj, Tamil Nadu, India
- B.Sc. Geology (Year 1989)
University of Calicut, Kerala, India.
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TECHNICAL BACKGROUND:-
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- Certificate in d'Base 3++, The Talent Acadamy of Computer Technology, Calicut, Kerala (Oct. 1991).
- Certificate in basic electronics, The Directorate of Technical Education Govt. of Kerala, India (July 1986).
- Excellent Working knowledge in Window, MS Office, Excel, MS Word, HTML Programming, JavaScript, Internet, etc.
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PERSONAL DETAILS:-
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