Ali Tawbi

About the Candidate

Ali Tawbi Houston, Texas, United States
+1 (313) 661-5050 | Alitawbi.ca@gmail.com
WORK EXPERIENCE
Engineering Designer Dec 2023 – Current
Bureau D’études Spécialisées, Montréal, Canada
• Utilize SAFE software to design and analyze slabs, ensuring structural integrity and compliance with industry standards.
• Conduct hand calculations for the design of footings, strip footings, beams, and other structural components, demonstrating
proficiency in manual structural analysis.
Engineering Designer May 2022 – Aug 2023
MTE Consulting, Toronto, Canada
• Detailed design and prepared structural drawings for new wood frame buildings, renovating, and extending existing houses as p er
OBC, including concrete foundation footings & piers; steel baseplates, columns & beams; joists (using ForteWeb).
• Reviewed steel, reinforced concrete, and wood shop-drawings and coordinated with contractors and clients responding to RFI’s.
• Coordinated sketches of structural layouts, connection details, and markups for client submissions and design drafting.
• Prepared detailed engineering documents, including structural recommendation reports and construction inspection reports for
existing/new structural components.
Engineering Designer July 2020 – April 2022
Niagara Roof Anchors, Toronto, Canada
• Designed of external facade access systems for cleaning and maintenance and custom equipment for various types of building with
architectural features as well
• Assisted with designing connection components for fall arrest and restraint system, davit system, and anchor equipment under
working load of 11.1kN and ultimate load of 22.2kN.
• Prepared engineering calculations using excel and Mathcad to verify different local connection sizes that can pass under ultimate
limit state and service limit state
• Managed multiple projects at the same time from conceptual design to final completion. Projects includes hospitals, condominiums,
railway stations, airports hotels and various buildings with complicated architectural features.
Engineering Designer July 2018 – July 2019
Ankor Engineering Systems Inc., Toronto, Canada
• Produced shop drawings using AutoCAD for new/existing structures from preliminary concepts and engineering calculations
• Provided window washing/maintenance support systems and travel restraint/fall arrest systems for long term maintenance
• Designed systems using Canadian building code, provincial regulations and CSA standards (in particular, CSA Z91 and CSA Z271)
• Coordinated installation drawings for equipment placement in concrete, on precast, steel, and wood with other Trades’ shop drawings
• Provided technical reports for load testing reports, logbooks, and as-built drawings
Engineering Designer July 2016 – Oct 2016
CODE Construction & Design, Beirut, Lebanon
• Reviewed shop drawings, material submittals and bills of quantities for accuracy of calculations
• Monitored site progress to make sure that the work carried on-site is according to schedule
• Assisted with the design of structural slabs using SAFE
• Detailed reinforced concrete walls, columns and beams using S-Concrete
EDUCATION
Masters of Civil Engineering University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada May 2017 – May 2018
Bachelor of Civil Engineering Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Sept. 2012 – June 2016
SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES
Familiar Design Codes &
Standards
Structural Steel S16, Reinforced Concrete A23.3 & ACI 318, Wood O86, Ontario Building Code
OBC, NBCC, OHSA, CSA Z91, CSA Z271
Engineering Design Tools and
Applications
Licenses and Certifications
Languages
AutoCAD, Revit, SAP2000, Etabs, SAFE, S-Concrete, STAAD.PRO, Tekla Tedds, ForteWeb,
MATLAB, Sketchup, ArcMap, ArcGIS, Blender, Mathcad, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, etc.)
Engineer In Training (EIT-100529258) – PEO, G Driver’s License
English (Native), Arabic (Native), French (Basic)