Shaji Abdulsalam

A Chartered Engineer who has Twenty years of working experience, among which more than Eighteen years as a Roads/Highways Design Engineer. Design work experience generally included design of at grade and grade separated intersections, roundabouts and access controlled highways through densely populated areas and design of parking areas. The design had several geometric challenges like maintaining adequate horizontal and vertical sight distances, tying the road profiles to existing junctions, maintaining the road below the threshold of buildings to facilitate drainage towards the road, maintaining adequate clearances to the obvert of underground services, tying vertically to the cover levels of existing manholes. Experienced in providing traffic signs, road markings and taking quantity take off with the details provided by the surveyors. Designed various roads and parking areas for the Kerala State Public Works Department, Dubai Roads and Transport Authority, Abu Dhabi Western Region Municipality, Abu Dhabi City Municipality, Musanada and Ministry Of Public Works, United Arab Emirates. Conversant with Dubai / Abu Dhabi Municipality Highway Design standards, Abu Dhabi Urban Street Manual and AASHTO highway standards, Roads / Highway geometric design strategy (using Abu Dhabi/UPC/Dubai Manuals, AASHTO, etc.) – horizontal geometric alignment & vertical profiles, roundabouts, signalized intersections, u-turns, and grade separated intersections or interchanges; on & off-street car parking; site grading using MX Road in AutoCad and Microstation environments. Experienced in design of vehicle tracking and swept path checking with Autoturn software. Performed various other responsibilities such as site management; general guidance to the supervisory staffs and technicians for the execution of the planned tasks as per design and relevant standards; measurement of quantities of works; certification of contractors running payment bills; design and review of technical submittals and working drawings; examination of works as per design, relevant standards and manufacturer’s recommendations to ensure the quality of works and contract conditions.
Experienced in highway design using Bentley MX Road in AutoCAD & Microstation environments