Carla Moure Foraster is a civil engineer from Brussels, Belgium with experience planning and managing tunnel construction projects. She has a Master's in Civil Engineering and specialized in soil mechanics. For her previous role, she worked as a Methods and Planning Engineer for VINCI Construction on a large copper mine expansion project in Chile, developing construction plans and schedules. She is proficient in engineering software and fluent in English and French.

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MOURE FORASTER, Carla
Civil Engineer (Construction)
120, Avenue Molière
+32 (0) 465 79 84 82
1190, Forest, Brussels, Belgium
carla.moure.foraster@gmail.com
Date of birth: 07/08/1989
Nationality: Spanish
Marital status: Single
Available for travelling and relocating
Education
2010-2012: Master in Civil Engineering
(Ingeniería de Caminos, Puertos y Canales, UPC, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – ETSECCPB, Escola Tècnica de Camins, Canals i Ports de Barcelona)
 Specialization in Soil Mechanics
 Erasmus at the ULB, Université Libre de Bruxelles – École Polytechnique
 Final Master’s degree project : “Sustainable design of a hexagonal building, which serves as a business school and car park”
 Cooperating in a one-year research project at ULB as final thesis: "Capillarity effect on the mechanical behavior of granular media"
 First student to finish both MSc and BSc in 5 years at the ETSECCPB
2007-2010: Bachelor in Public Works
(Ingeniería Técnica de Obras Públicas, UPC, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – ETSECCPB, Escola Tècnica de Camins, Canals i Ports de Barcelona)
 Specialization in Civil Constructions and Project Management
 Final Bachelor’s degree construction project: New access to Cos Nou from La Mola road in the Port of Mahon
Professional experience
2013-2014 (18 months): VINCI Construction Grands Projets (Chile)
Methods Engineer & Planning Engineer for the New Mine Level Project in El Teniente
El Teniente is an underground copper mine in the Chilean Andes 2,300 m (7,500 ft) above sea level. It is reported as "the world's biggest underground mine”. The project involves the construction of two parallel 9 km-long tunnels, two additional 3 km-long access additional tunnels, a cavern to house the synchronization motor for the conveyor belt and several annexes civil works (water treatment plants, office buildings, canteens, petrol stations, changing rooms…).
My work as a Methods Engineer:
 Anticipation and preparation of detailed building methods, according to the design development and progress of the works
 Resolution of construction problems and ongoing
process optimization
 Management of the tenders for the tunnel paving, pipes and formwork, including meetings with potential suppliers
 Carrying out of the tender report for the concrete formwork (design and description of the frame)
 Attendance and participation in coordination meetings and follow-up of the tasks defined herein
 Tunnels fortification quantities and theoretical yield calculation of the tunnel support systems.

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My work as a Planning Engineer:
 Developing detailed analysis of the actual times of each activity and establishment of alternative lines of action plans
 Design and management of performance indicators for the monitoring and real time control of the project and planning and project leadership of continuous improvement processes
 Writing progress reports (daily, weekly, monthly) of the physical advances of the project, along with graphics and statistics of progresses and interferences (including S curve)
 Linear scheduling of the tunnels (Time-location diagram, Tilos 7), planning and monitoring of the civil constructions (Primavera P6) and the finishing works (MS Project & Tilos 7)
 Collaboration with other departments (Contractual, HR, Financial, Construction, Mechanical and Safety & Security)
Internships
2012 (3 months): Bordas+Peiro (Paris)
Staff Engineer
 Load charge calculations and modelling of a steel building
 Conception and design of structures (Robot Structural Analysis) of a train station
 Drafting and architectural drawing (AutoCad)
2009 (2 months): Port Authority of the Balearic Islands (Palma de Majorca)
Assistant Project Manager
 Supervision of the proper execution of the works and best practices, quality control of materials and correct commissioning work and deadline monotoring
 Technical and economical evaluation of the projects submitted to the tenders
 Calculation of monthly certifications and settlements of the works
Computer skills
Proficient
Advanced
Intermediate
MS Office
Word, Power Point, Excel (VBA)
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Planning
Tilos 7, MS Project
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Primavera P6
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Structures
SCIA Engineer, GiD 9.0.2, Robot, WinEva, WinH
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Drawing
AutoCAD
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Hydraulics
Hec-Ras 4.0
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Programming
MATLAB 2008
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Budget
TCQ
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Presto
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Server app platform
IBM Lotus Notes, Dymadoc
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Languages
Native
Fluent
Intermediate
Beginner
Catalan & Spanish
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English & French
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Dutch
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Italian & Portuguese
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Interests
Art, music, trekking, travelling, kick-boxing, documentaries, languages, political and social economy, climate change.