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M.Tech. in Transportation Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.
Project Title: A Computer Model for Simulation of Traffic in Urban Corridors.
Supervisor: Prof. Bhargab Maitra, IIT Kharagpur
Outline: A simulation model named CORSM© was developed, calibrated and validated. Model was specially tailored to befit roadway geometric and control conditions prevailing in developing countries like India. Various policy issues like network assessment, congestion mitigation and demand management were addressed.
B.Tech. (Civil Engineering), AMU, Aligarh, India, 1998
Employment Record
From March 2006: Till Date
Employer: KEO International Consultants, Abu Dhabi
UAE
Founded in 1964, KEO delivers world-class professional design and management services. At over 1400 professionals, KEO is one of the largest AEP firms and have consistently ranked in ENR in the top 100 International Design Firms, as well as Top 20 International PM rankings for 2007-2008.
Position Held: Project Manager (Transportation)
Major Projects Undertaken:
a. Traffic Modeling Expert for the Project entitled, "Al Mogran Central Business District, Khartoum, Sudan" (65 hectares site with 8.5 km of road network including 12 signalized junctions) Responsible for travel demand modeling for the new CBD using VISUM and operational analysis of various geometric layouts using VISSIM. Comprehensive Traffic Control design including actuated and semi actuated signals were also undertaken. Presented the report to the Ministry of Physical Planning and Public Utilities at Khartoum, Sudan (March 2006 to October 2006).
b. Traffic Modeler for the Project entitled," Consultancy Services for Lost City Master Plan, Dubai, UAE" (550 hectare site with 75,000 total population) Major responsibility includes strategic transport modeling of the Lost City Masterplan using Dubai traffic model (R-1000 in VISUM), interpretation and analysis of the model output, isolated intersection analysis using Sidra and HCS, Sub area network analysis inVISSIM and preparation of Level III Traffic Impact Study Report (TIS) for the Road Transport Authority (RTA) of Dubai. Various coordination meeting and presentation were also made. (Nakheel, Dubai, June 2006 to December 2006).
c. Project Manager for the project entitled, "Consultancy Services for Jumeirah Golf Estates Masterplan, Dubai, UAE, (10 million square meter site with total population of 116,400 and some 11,700 daily visitors) Demand modeling using R-1000 model (VISUM) of Dubai Municipality, operational analysis of sub-area network using VISSIM. Preparation of Traffic Impact Study (TIS) Report for direct access arrangements and other desktop studies for the RTA (Road and Transport Authority). (November 2006 to June 2007).
d. Lead Transport Engineer for the project entitled, "Detailed Design of Gwheifat Border Post, UAE. Reviewed the proposed border post design by CRANG & BROAKE, conducted Value Engineering for the envisaged transportation facilities of the Gwheifat border post. Client interaction and presentation was a major role for this project. Later on redesigned the transportation components of the Border post for the Ministry of Municipality and Agriculture, UAE (ADM, Abu Dhabi, December 2006 to March 2008).
e. Lead Engineer for the project entitled, "Consultancy Services for Detailed Design of Doha Business Square, Doha, Qatar. Responsible for Preparation of Traffic Impact Study (TIS) Report. (UPDA, Qatar, January 2007 to October 2007).
f. Project Manager for the project entitled, "Consultancy services for preparing Masterplan for the South of Shamkha New Town Project, Abu Dhabi" (Estimated population of about 120,000 with an extensive road network of grade separated and at grade intersections), Responsible for area wide simulation modeling using VISSIM. The model had features like dynamic assignment and vehicle actuated signals design using VAP module of the software. (UPC, Abu Dhabi, May 2007 to October 2007)
g. Project Manager for the project entitled, "R854 Improvements to Satwa Roundabout, Dubai" (Design and construction supervision of intersections/interchanges and road facilities at Satwa Area at Dubai) Responsible for concept development and design of transportation facilities. Coordination with client and other Project Management activities were among the major responsibilities. Various improvement schemes were tested using microsimulation model developed in VISSIM. Preliminary Design Report was submitted to the RTA (Road and Transport Authority), Dubai. (RTA, Dubai, October 2007 to February 2008)
h. Traffic Modeler for the project entitled, "Capital District Master Plan, Abu Dhabi" (4500 hectare project Area with the designed resident population of about 415,000 and 150,000 daily commuters) Main task was to provide a strategic basis for traffic and transportation planning of the Capital City Development. Developed a comprehensive model for the Capital District Region in VISUM, Presented the model to the client and a panel of consultants, Conducted microsimulation of various plots within the Capital District using Synchro. Developed workable traffic control arrangement over hundreds of intersections in the Capital District, Identified access issues, conflict areas and access constraints and evaluated options for improvement using VISSIM, preparation of Traffic Report (Urban Planning Council, UPC, February 2008 to September 2008)
i. Traffic Modeler for the project entitled, "Barwa Al Doha Mixed Use Development, Doha, Qatar" (61,303 sqm project area comprising residential, office, retail, restaurants, cinema, mosque and a luxurious hotel) Traffic modeling of the development using Qatar transportation model in VISUM. Assessment of impact on the study area junctions. (Urban Planning Development Authority, UPDA, September 2008 to till October 2008)
j. Project Manager for the project entitled, "Downtown Infill and Streetscape Design Standards, Abu Dhabi" Responsible for transportation studies developing design guidelines for standard downtown block situated in CBD. The major tasks undertaken were intersection analysis using VISSIM, SIDRA and SYNCHRO, Capacity analysis of midblock, VAP design of study area junctions, analyzing access to parking and internal circulation plan and writing the report for UPC (Urban Planning Council, UPC, October 2008 to March 2009)
k. Project Manager for the project entitled, "Traffic Impact Study for the Traders Hotel, Abu Dhabi" Conducted Traffic Impact Study as per the guidelines issued by Abu Dhabi Municipality (ADM) for a Luxury Hotel situated in Outer CBD. The major tasks undertaken were intersection analysis using VISSIM, SIDRA and SYNCHRO, Capacity analysis of midblock, analyzing access to parking, queuing analysis and internal circulation plan, developing mitigation measures for the study area junctions and writing the TIS report for the ADM (Al Jaber L.E.G.T. Engineering & Contracting (ALEC), April 2009 to May 2009)
l. Traffic Modeler for the project entitled, "Concept Design of Roads/Infrastructure – Phase 2, Qatar" Responsible for traffic studies and updating the Transport Master Plan for Qatar (TMPQ) as part of conceptual design of roads and associated infrastructure facilities for packages 10,15 and 16. Major tasks include demand modeling for the designated sub area network consisting Private and Public Transport. Design guidelines were recommended for road development allowing UPDA to implement the proposed schemes in timed manner. (Urban Planning Development General Authority, UPDA, June 2009 to till date)
Review Projects:
a. Review of Vehicles Circulation and Parking Report for South Island Plot of the Bahrain Financial Harbor, Bahrain prepared by Cansult Limited.
b. Review of Traffic Study Report for Education City at Al Rayyan, Qatar prepared by Parsons International Limited.
c. Review of Primary Infrastructure Design for Education City at Qatar submitted by Hyder Consulting Middle East Limited and W.S. Atkins & Partners Overseas.
Prepared Technical and Financial proposals for various traffic modeling transport master planning, engineering design and construction supervision projects.
From August 2004: February 2006
Employer: Gulf Engineering House, Riyadh
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Gulf Engineering House is a leading engineering consulting company that specializes in all aspects of pavements engineering, transportation and traffic engineering, GIS, and highway networks. The company has six offices throughout the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Position Held: Senior Traffic Engineer
Description of Duties:
a. Task Leader for the Project entitled, "Consultancy Services for the Study and Design of IV Ring Road at Mecca, Saudi Arabia" Responsible for traffic demand estimation, analysis and forecasting, analysis of freeway elements using HCS, Operational analysis of the proposed network using Synchro, SIDRA and CORSIM; for the proposed 60 km outer ring road including 7 major interchanges. (Mecca Municipality, September 2004 to December 2005)
b. Project Manager for the Project Entitled, "Traffic Count and Monitoring Project for Riyadh City" Responsible for over all supervision and submission of study report, coordination with client, preparation of minutes of meeting and other liaisoning requirements of the project. (Ar Riyadh Development Authority (ADA), April 2005 to February 2006)
c. Project Manager for the Project Entitled, "Traffic Impact Study for the Building Materials Hypermarket" (The total area of the development is 78379.8 m2) Conducted Traffic Impact Study (TIS) for the huge building materials hypermarket proposed on King Fahad Road in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. TIS includes parking design, site assess and circulation and mitigation measures. The study area road network was modeled in CORSIM for with and without development scenario. (Tanmiat Real Estate Investment Company, September 2005 to November 2005)
d. Task Leader for the Project Entitled, " Consulting Services for Traffic Impact Study for Al Barsha Shopping Center at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia" Conducted Capacity analysis, LOS and Signal Warrant analyses, Traffic Forecasting and Modeled the surrounding network in CORSIM for with and without development scenario. (Arch Dome Consulting Engineers, September 2005 to November 2005)
e. Project Manager for the Project Entitled, "Development of Public Transport for Buraydah City" Initiated the project with the review of secondary data, previous studies and identification of primary data requirements. (Ministry of Transport, December 2005 to February 2006)
From September 2003: August 2004
Employer: Wilbur Smith Associates, Riyadh
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Wilbur Smith Associates is an infrastructure consulting firm based at United States of America. The firms 75 offices worldwide provide planning, engineering, design, financial and economics services for all types of infrastructure projects. WSA has worked in all 50 States and in 117 Countries on Six Continents.
Position Held: Project Manager for Traffic Management Plan for Al-Shifa (Southern part of Riyadh)
Description of Duties:
a. Project Manager, "Traffic Management Plan for Al-Shifa (Southern part of Riyadh)" Responsible for conducting required traffic surveys, analysis of traffic data, identification of problems and issues and formulation of traffic management plan in terms of short term, medium term and long term measures. Major traffic surveys include Parking Survey, Speed and Delay Survey, Road and Intersection Inventory, Traffic Volume survey using pneumatic tubes, Saturation Flow survey and Pedestrian Survey. The data collected was analyzed to Estimate Network congestion, Performance of weaving sections, Evaluation of Pedestrian Facilities, Determination of route efficiency, Assessment of parking demand and Intersection Capacity Analysis. Synchro, aaSidra and HCS were mainly used for analysis. ( September 2003 to August 2004)
From January 2002: August, 2003
Employer: Mott MacDonald, New Delhi
Mott MacDonald is an International Engineering Consulting firm based at United Kingdom having offices in over 100 countries.
Position Held: Traffic Engineer
Description of Duties:
The responsibility includes undertaking preparation of technical and financial proposals, feasibility studies, preparation of detailed engineering report, traffic impact assessment studies, involvement in regional, environment and infrastructure development related projects.
a) Task Leader, Traffic Management Plan for City of Mangalore, Udupi and Puttur, Karnataka Urban Development and Coastal Environmental Project. Responsible for traffic surveys, analysis and preparation of Traffic Management Plan. Important tasks include Network Analysis using CORSIM, Traffic Forecasting, Prioritization of Improvement Schemes, Traffic Dispersal and Network Improvement with due consideration to traffic safety.; (Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance corporation limited) ADB Funded Loan No. 1704-IND. (January 2003 to August 2003).
b) Traffic Engineer, "Planning and Design of Delhi Metro Stations with Project Planning" The work mainly involves, Design of curves, ramps and other geometric components, finalizing the layout of metro stations, verification and checking of construction drawings and other public utility spaces on and around the Metro stations. The responsibility also includes scheduling, and coordinating with multi disciplinary international agencies involved in construction of Delhi Metro. (Delhi Metro Rail Corporation; August 2002 – December 2002)
c) Task Leader, Traffic Management Report for Mysore City, Responsible for analyzing the traffic data for demand – supply gap and formulating traffic and transportation improvement and management plan to meet the demand. Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance corporation limited, Government of Karnataka; ADB Funded Loan No. 1415-IND. (July 2002 to August 2002)
d) Task Leader, Traffic Surveys, analysis and forecast for Ambikapur – Ramanujganj, Ambikapur – Dhanwar and Pamgarh – Sohela Corridors as part of the package for the Preparation of a Detailed Project Reports for the three corridors under Chhattisgarh State Highways Project. Carry out traffic engineering components including data requirements, identification of survey locations, formulation of methodology, estimation of ADT, seasonal factors and AADT, estimation of traffic growth factors, forecast traffic volumes, capacity analysis, analysis of alternative routes, etc. also undertook geometric design of intersections and optimization of signal timings with due consideration to traffic safety (March 2002 – June2002)
From June, 1998: February, 2002
Employer: Intercontinental Consultants and
Technocrats (P) Ltd. New Delhi, India
Intercontinental Consultants and Technocrats (P) Ltd (ICT), is a leading international consulting organization based at India. ICT has about 1000 professional staff located at seven countries around the globe.
Position Held: Deputy Manager (Traffic & Transportation)
Description of Duties:
Responsible for all type of traffic studies and different type of highway related studies, which include:
(a) Traffic Engineer, "Consultancy services for Carrying out Prioritization Study for widening of sections of National Highway of Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh, India) on NH-25 to Silchar (Assam) on NH-54 segment of East-West Corridor, India"(World Bank Funded) was responsible for economic and engineering survey for 1850 Km. of Road Section from Lucknow to Silchar of NH-28, NH-31, NH-37, NH-36, NH-54 and was engaged in carrying out traffic and transportation studies and assist Team Leader (From Louis Berger of USA) to prepare the report. (March 2000 to June 2000)
(b) Traffic Engineer, "Preparation of Detailed project report for four laning and Strengthening of Jalandhar Amritsar section (Km.387.00 to Km.450.00) of NH-1 in the State of Punjab, India (MOST Funded)", was responsible for carrying out traffic and transportation studies and analysis. (Dec.1999 to March 2000)
(c) Traffic Engineer, "Preparation of Detailed project report for Rehabilitation and upgrading to four lane of Tambaram – Tindivanam section (Km.28.00 – Km122.00) of National Highway no. 45 in state of Tamil Nadu, India On BOT basis" was responsible for carrying out Traffic and transportation studies and to assist Traffic expert in analyzing and design of Intersections, Flyover and interchanges. (September 1999 to December 1999)
(d) Traffic Engineer, "Preparation of detailed project report for 4/6 laning and Strengthening of existing two lane carriage way from Km.17.06 (near Calcutta) to km.210.00 (Bihar-Orrisa Border) section of NH-6, "(Package VIII, World Bank Funded)", was responsible for carrying out traffic and transportation studies, Roughness survey, Benkelman Beam deflection test for about 200km. long stretch and analysis of data and also to assist the team leader and Traffic Expert to decide the type of Interchange and pavement design for different homogeneous section. (March 1999 to August 1999)
(e) Traffic Engineer," Preparation of Detailed project report for North-South and East-West Corridors of National Highway no.25 in the state of UttarPradesh, India", was responsible for carrying out Traffic and Transportation studies and analysis. (December 1998 – March 1999)
(f) Traffic Engineer," Preparation of detailed project report for four laning and Strengthening of existing two lane carriage way from Km.199.66 (near Agra) to km.400.00 (Rajpur) section of NH-2, (World Bank Funded)",was responsible for Traffic and Transportation Studies and Analysis. (October1998 to December 1998)
COMPUTER PROFICIENCY
Modeling and Operational Analysis: HCS+, VISSUM, VISSIM, CORSIM, SYNCHRO, TRANSYT-7F, SIDRA, HDM-IV
Programming Language: Basic, C, C++, FORTRAN 77
Working Knowledge: AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop and MX Road
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:
1. "A Techno-Economic Rating System for National Highways Using Discrete Multi Criteria Analysis", CES, Journal of Civil Engineering, Special Edition, December 2001, Moen Azmi, S.N.Ibrahim.
2. "Rating of National Highways- A Disutility based approach", Transportas, International Journal of Transportation Engineering, May 2002,Lithuania, Bhargab Maitra, Azmi M, S.N. Ibrahim.
3. "Simulation of Traffic Flow at Isolated Intersection", Australian Road Research Board, Recently accepted, Azmi M, Bhargab Maitra.
4. "Future Development Strategy of Mysore City – A Case Study", Proceedings of National Conference on Roads Transportation in India: Emerging Trends and Techniques (ROTRAN 2002), September 2002, IIT Kharagpur, Moen Azmi, Col. R.S.Pandey.
5. "Effect of Tires on Road Safety", Proceeding of International Conference on Structure and Road Transportation Engineering (START-2004), January 2004, IIT Kharagpur, Anwar Basha, Moen Azmi
6. "Modeling Traffic Impact of Flyover at an Urban Intersection under Mixed Traffic Environment", European Transport, 27, 56-67, Maitra, B., Azmi, M., Kumar, N., and Sarkar, J. R. (2004)
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