Private and Public Industry

Private and Public Industry/Agency Experience

Dr. Haque’s teaching activities in Construction Science are underpinned by the 4Cs of teaching: commitment to the teaching endeavor, competence in the subject area, comfort with his teaching style, and compassion for his students. These 4Cs of teaching are well nourished by his previous academic and long industry experience in the field of civil/construction engineering. Dr. Haque has over 14 years of professional experience in analysis and design, planning and management of bridges, tunnels and building projects valued over 250 million dollars. His professional experience includes structural analysis and design of bridges (steel, concrete, and prestressed concrete), buildings and special structures, such as catenary poles and high mast towers and their foundations, load ratings for highway and railway bridges, project management for structural projects with various City and State agencies. Before he moved to academia in 1998, Dr. Haque worked for seven years with the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority – Bridge & Tunnel) in New York City as an Administrative Project Coordinator - Supervising Structural Engineer for the Technical Services, and was involved with diversified responsibilities that included in-depth review of Consultant-designed drawings and technical specifications, addressing technical, constructibility, maintainability and durability issues, and resolving field problems arising during the construction phase. He supervised and developed in-house design projects, and computer aided Bridge and Tunnel Management System. He was actively involved with the Bridge Management Database System, and the Capital Programming Database System, which provided the Authority with an analytical tool to assess near-term and long-term capital needs. He worked for various New York City Engineering Consulting firms where he was involved with numerous buildings, bridges and other civil infrastructure design, inspection, evaluation and project management.

A. August 1991 - August 1998

Supervising Engineer, Technical Services, Structures
(New York City Civil Service Title: Administrative Project Coordinator)
Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority
(New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Bridges & Tunnels)
Randall's Island, New York, NY

(Website: http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/bandt/index.html)

Largest among the nation's bridge and tunnel toll authorities in terms of traffic volume, the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA) serves more than a million people daily in the New York metropolitan area. As a constituent agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), its dual role is to operate seven bridges and two tunnels and to provide surplus toll revenues to help support public transit. Its facilities are the: (1) Triborough Bridge, (2) Throgs Neck Bridge, (3) Verrazano Narrows Bridge, (4) Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, (5) Henry Hudson Bridge, (6) Marine Parkway Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge, (7) Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge, (8) Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, (9) Queens Midtown Tunnel

Responsibilities: In-depth review of consultant design drawings and technical specifications for complex structural systems. It included review of technical, feasibility, constructibility, maintainability and durability issues, and identification of critical areas, which required further study by the Consultants. Resolved field problems related to structural systems during construction phases. In-house design, supervision of contractors and consultants, and review of several major design and structural rehabilitation projects, valued at over $200 million dollars. Involved significantly with the Capital Programming System (CPS) and Biennial Bridge Inspection Databases, which were the key to planning, executing, and monitoring the twenty-year needs capital programming plan for the Authority.

Major projects:

[1] Biennial Bridge Inspection Database System

Project involved mainly - Developed Uniform Bridge Element Identification System (UBEIS) to identify each bridge element uniquely, and utilized it in developing the Biennial Bridge Inspection Database System (BBIDS). Developed the algorithm for transferring bridge inspection data from BBIDS to Capital Programming System and to assess near-term and long-term capital needs for TBTA. These databases can test different priorities and scenarios, and estimate the costs and impacts of varying the timing, the scale and the levels of repair to be performed on Authority's bridges and tunnels.

[2] Tunnel Leak Repairs, Walls, Ceiling, and Fire line Rehabilitation of the Queens Midtown Tunnel, New York City ($97 M)

Project involved mainly - In-depth inspection and evaluation including various nondestructive evaluation; Repair/Replacement of ceiling slabs; new veneer panels; Leak Repairs; Rehabilitation of the Fire lines and Tunnel lighting.

[3] Rehabilitation of the Anchorages at the Triborough Bridge, New York City ($10 M)

Project involved mainly- Cable strands socketing and re-anchoring; Strand wires splicing; Post-tensioning of the front and rear concrete anchorage blocks to prevent/decrease the crack openings due to Alkali-Silica Reaction; Epoxy-grouting of all major cracks; Elasto-plastic analysis (by ABAQUS) of the cable bent and rehabilitation design; Seismic Investigation of the roadway bents and rehabilitation design.

[4] Tunnel Leak Repairs, Walls, Ceiling Rehabilitation of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel ($56 M)

Project involved mainly - In-depth inspection and evaluation, including various nondestructive evaluations; Replacement of Ceiling slabs (pre-cast reinforced concrete panel); new veneer panels; Leak Repairs, and Tunnel lighting.

[5] Rehabilitation of the 37^th Street Bridge at the Queens Midtown Tunnel, New York City ($3M)

Project involved mainly - Replacement of the entire bridge superstructure by pre-stressed box girders and new deck; Rehabilitation of abutments, bridge seats and the bearings.

[6] Rehabilitation of Queens Midtown Tunnel Roadway slab and fresh Air Duct ($19 M)

Project involved mainly - In-depth inspection and evaluation, including various nondestructive evaluation (such as Sonic-ultrasonic, Ground Penetrating Radar, Half-Cell Potential, etc.); Finite Element analysis of the roadway deck; Load Test on the deck; Rehabilitation design for the reinforced concrete roadway slab and fresh air duct walls; installing membrane waterproofing, and fresh air flue rehabilitation.

[7] Rehabilitation of Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Roadway slab, New York City.

[8] Rehabilitation of the Ventilation Buildings at the Queens Midtown Tunnel, New York City.

Project involved mainly - Rehabilitation design for the floor, walls, exhaust shafts and retaining walls.

[9] Rehabilitation of the 10 Columbus Circle Parking Garage, New York City.

Project involved mainly - Replacement of the existing waffle slab floor by reinforced concrete flat slab system; repair wall cracks.

[10] Rehabilitation of the Bridge Deck Superstructure for Cross-Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge, Queens, New York City.

Project involved mainly - In-depth inspection and evaluation, including various nondestructive evaluations (Sonic-ultrasonic, Ground Penetrating Radar); Load rating; and rehabilitation design drawings for the new roadway overlay and structural repairs for the bridge under-deck, pre-stressed girders, and substructure.

B. May 1987- August 1991

Project Engineer/Structural Engineer
Gandhi Engineering, Inc.
(Franklin Engineering Corp., est. 1931)
105 Chambers St., New York, NY

Gandhi Engineering, Inc. is a consulting engineering firm located in New York City, established in 1931 (original name, Franklin Engineering Corp.), provides civil, structural, architectural, traffic, electrical, mechanical and construction management services. It is one of the top 50 architectural and engineering design firms in New York City. It employs more than 80 full-time design and construction professionals including several licensed professional engineers and architects.

Responsibilities: Structural analysis and design of bridges (Steel, Reinforced Concrete, Composite and Pre-stressed), buildings, load ratings for highways and railways bridges, and analysis and design of special structures, such as, catenary poles and high mast towers, and their foundations. In charge of in-house CAD training, management and expansion of computer usage in design and analysis. Preparation of Contract Drawings, Technical Specifications, and Technical Proposals.

Major Projects:

[1] Rehabilitation of West Fordham Road Bridges over Metro-North tracks and Major Deegan Expressway in Bronx, NY.

Project involved mainly - Analysis and design for composite wide flange beam superstructure for the two bridges, (one with two spans continuous, and the other with four spans), abutments, piers and ramp structures.

[2] Rehabilitation of Ellis Ave. Pedestrian Bridge over I-95, Bronx, NY.

Project involved mainly - Structural design for the new prestressed box beams superstructure, and new-elevated ramps for the handicapped, abutments and piers.

[3] Rehabilitation of Alexander Hamilton Bridge, Bronx, NY.

Project involved mainly - Structural analysis to determine causes of bearing and joint failure, and rehabilitation design for the replacement of bearings and joints.

[4] Rehabilitation Design and widening of Queens Midtown Viaduct, Queens, NY.

Project involved mainly - Structural analysis and checking the adequacy for all existing steel-column bents (total 77) including their foundations considering new loading, design for six new columns and their foundations for the widened ramp, retaining walls, and various steel brackets and joints.

[5] Inspection and load ratings for the Atlantic Ave. Viaduct (Railway Bridge), Brooklyn, NY.

Project involved mainly - Copper-E Load Rating using the manual for railway engineering, (AREA).

[6] Biennial and Interim Inspection of Arterial Bridges in Queens and Brooklyn, NY.

Project involved mainly - Load Ratings for the Honeywell Street Bridge Ramp, Queens, NY

[7] Engineering and Design of Catenary Poles and Foundations for High Mast Light Towers for New Haven Yard, CT, for Metro-North Commuter Railroad.

Project involved mainly - Structural analysis and design for new Catenary poles, drilled shaft pier foundation for the Catenary poles and high mast light towers, preparation of contract drawings and technical specifications.

C. September 1986 - May 1987

Civil/Structural Engineer
Omni Engineering, P.C.
381 Park Ave. South, New York, New York

Major Projects:

[1] Catenary Support Structure Design for AMTRAK

[2] Computer Aided Traffic Analysis for Miller Highway (West Side Highway), Manhattan, NY: Level of Service Analysis for Signalized and Un-signalized Intersections, Ramp and Freeway Analysis using Highway Capacity Manual Software.

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