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Eliezer Shamir
Structural
engineer
Partner, Founder of SPB
Key Qualifications:
Wide professional experience in
heavy structural and bridge design, long-span structures, buried (underground
structures)special foundations design, vibration control, elastic foundations,
prestressed concrete, reinforced concrete, precast elements design, massive
concrete design, hardened (protected) structures, steel structures, structural
dynamics and seismic design, retaining structures and sheetpiling, soil / rock
anchorages, structural static and dynamic analysis, special structural bearings
and non-linear shock mounting of equipment, tunneling, specifications.
Professional experience covers all levels of analysis, design, detailing,
technical specifications, team leader, project leader, and senior partner of a
leading design firm for design of heavy structures, bridges and underground
hardened (protected) structures.
Experience:
1979-present day:
Senior Partner, Shamir-Posner-Brown Cons. Eng. Ltd.
Responsibilities:
- Office
technical leader
- Thorough involvement in all projects in the office, at all
analysis, design and detailing levels and phases
- Establishing design
policies and criteria, as well as decision making in respect to all structural
solutions, structural schemes, methodology of analysis and design, for all
office projects
- Feasibility studies
- Specifications
- Design review
and quality control for all office projects
- Dynamic analysis and vibration
control
1972-1979:
Associate Partner with Yaron Shimoni Cons. Eng.
Ltd.
Responsibilities:
- Team leader (bridges)
- Multiprojects
leader
- Structural analysis
- Structural design
- Detailing
-
Specifications
- Coordination
- Design review
- Expertise and
reports
1967-1972:
Design Engineer with Yaron Shimoni Cons. Eng.
Ltd.
Responsibilities:
- Structural analysis
- Structure and
bridge design
- Dynamic and impact analysis
- Detailing
-
Specifications
- Engineering coordination
- Project
leader
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Education:
- BSc. Civil Engineering (structures and bridges) Technion, Israel Institute of Technology - 1967.
- MSc. Studies, Structural Engineering and bridges.
- Technion, Israel Institute of Technology - 1971.
Additional Professional Activities:
- Member of the Board of
Directors of the Israeli Standard Insttute.
- Israel Standards Institute:
Reinforced Concrete Steering Committee
- Israel Standards Institute:
Prestressed Concrete Technical Committee (Chair Person)
- Israel Standards
Institute: Seismic Design for Bridges Technical Committee
- Israel Standards
Institute: Bridges Design Technical Committee
Memberships:
- Israel Ass. of Engineers of structures and Infrastructur (Member of the Steering
Committee)
- Precast / Prestressed Concrete Inst. (PCI - USA)
- American
Concrete Inst. (ACI - USA)
- American Inst. of Timber Cons. (AITC - USA)
- International Ass. of Bridge and Structural Eng. (IABSE)
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