Syed Waqar Ali Shah is an associate engineer with 7 years of experience in civil engineering, particularly in tunneling and construction projects in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. He has held various positions, including Tunnel Inspector at RMTC for the Riyadh Metro and Associate Engineer for the Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project. His responsibilities included supervising tunnel excavations, monitoring construction progress, and ensuring quality control for concrete and rock support systems.

1. Curriculum Vitae
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ASSOCIATE ENGINEER (CIVIL)
PERSONAL INFORMATION Syed Waqar Ali Shah
Muzaffarabad,Azad Kashmir (Pakistan) (SaudiArabia)
00923129061646 00966591314778
waqar_ak92@yahoo.com swaqarshah@systra.com
Experience (7 Years’ experience in Tunnelling and Construction)
PREFERREDJOB Supervision
WORK EXPERIENCE
May2015 - Present Tunnel Inspector (RMTC, Saudi Arabia)
RMTC (Riyadh Metro Transit Consultant). A joint venture between SYSTRA,
PARSON & EGIS.
January2014 –May2015 Associate Engineer
NeelumJhelumConsultant.Ajoint venture between (MWH“USA”,
Norplan “Norway” Nespak “Pakistan”, ACE “Pakistan”, NDC“Pakistan”)
Neelum Jhelum hydropower projectis underconstructionin order to meettheneeds of
the power.Theprojectis locatedin thelower Himalayas;itenvisages thediversionof
Neelum riverwater througha tunnelout-fallingintoJhelum River. Neelum Jhelum Hydro
Electric Project Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir (contract value Rs. 274.882 Billion).
The total length of head race tunnel was about 48 km. A 19.54 km stretch of the
tunnel from the Nauseri site was constructed as a twin tunnel systemeach with
cross sectionalarea ranging from 52-58m2. The remaining headrace tunnel down
to the surge chamber was a single tunnel having cross sectionalarea 100m2
approximately. The tunnelportion to be excavated with TBM will be shortcrete
lined with a concrete invert while the drill and last portion of the tunnel will have
full face concrete lining. The tunnelcrosses underthe Jhelum River at EI. 602.0,
approximately 180m below Riverbed. The tunnelwas accessed by 8 construction
Adits for removal of excavated spoil. The Surge Chamber consist of341m high
riser shaft and 820m long surge tunnel, four steel lined Penstock tunnels 118 m
long and having 3.8 m internal diameter will also be constructed.The underground
power Station will have four units with a total capacity of 969 MW.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
 Supervisionofconcretelininginheadraceandtwin tunnelas per specification
and design.
 Monitor the dailyprogress ofwork withthe reference ofapproved work
schedule.
 SupervisionofRollerCompactedConcrete inAccessTunnelas perITP and
Specification.
 Site monitoring and preparingprogressformatinMS Excel for differentsite
activities such as excavationand concreteetc.

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September2012– Jan2014
2009 – Sep2012
Junior Engineer
Chinese GroupCGGC-CMEC (GezhoubaGroup and China National
Machinery Import and Export Corpor,Muzaffarabad (Pakistan)
Junior Engineer on Neelum Jhelum Hydro Electric Project Muzaffarabad, Azad
Kashmir (contract value Rs. 274.882 Billion). The total length of head race tunnel
was about 48 km. A 19.54 km stretch of the tunnel from the Nauseri site was
constructed as a twin tunnelsystemeach with cross sectional area ranging from
52-58m2. The remaining headrace tunnel down to the surge chamber was a single
tunnel having cross sectional area 100m2 approximately. The tunnelportion to be
excavated with TBM will be shortcrete lined with a concrete invert while the drill
and last portion of the tunnel will have full face concrete lining. The tunnel
crosses underthe Jhelum River at EI. 602.0, approximately 180m below Riverbed.
The tunnel was accessed by 8 construction Adits for removal of excavated spoil.
The Surge Chamber consist of 341m high riser shaft and 820m long surge tunnel,
four steellined Penstock tunnels 118 m long and having 3.8 m internal diameter
will also be constructed.The underground power Station will have four units with
a total capacity of 969 MW.
Responsibilities in the project include Excavation (D & B) for tunnels and power
house cavern,
 Supervision of blasting works,Supervision of rock support with
Lattice Girders, Shotcrete Ribs, Rock bolts (Expansion shell end
anchored rock bolts, resin anchored rock bolts, Fully cement grouted
rock bolts ) and Shotcreeting (Fibre reinforced shotcreeting,
shotcreeting with wire mesh), Grouting, Probing.
 Supervision of Rock support Evaluation,
 TunnelExcavationthroughDrill& BlastMethod(mucking andscaling).
 SupervisionofreinforcedShotCrete(Plain& Fiber) and ShotCretebondand
thicknessTestfor assurance ofqualityofwork.
 SupervisionofDrilling& Groutingofsystematic Rock Bolts (Dia 25mm,length
4m,5m,7m).
 Supervisionof10m RockAnchors for junctionarea inTBMChamber 1&2and
their pullouttestfor installed bearingstrength.
 SupervisionofinstallationofweldedwirefabricmeshreinforcedRibs and
Lattice Girder.
 Supervisetemporaryconstructionofbuildingwork atsite.
 Documentation ofwork(sitediaries,dailyprogressreport,confirmationsheets,
shiftreports etc.) doneatsite.
Tunnel Inspector
Chinese Group CGGC-CMEC(Gezhouba Group and China National
Machinery Import and Export Corpor,Muzaffarabad (Pakistan)
The major responsibilities during my working are listed below.
 Supervise the TBM junction.
 Supervise the assembling of TBM.
 SuperviseTunnelExcavationthroughDrill& BlastMethod(mucking & scaling)
 SupervisionofShotCretereinforcedatthe face or behindthe face (Plain&
Fibre) and shotCretebondtestand thickness test.
 Supervisionofdrillingrock bolts andgroutingrockbolts (dia.25mm,
length.4m/5m/7m/10m anchors)andtheirtubetestandpull testfor their
strengthandspillingbolts,canopypipes,alsoadditionalsupportlikes steel ribs,
lattice girder and steelstraps.
 Conductthemapping throughgeologistand passthe tunnelsupportto the
tunnelforeman.

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 Preparation ofrequestsheets and submittedto consultantbeforethe activity
startandshiftreports ofworkdoneduringshift.
 MaintainGoodcoordinationbetweenconsultantandcontractor.
 Site monitoringandpreparingprogressformatinMS Excel for differentsite
activities such as excavationand concreteetc.
 MaintainGoodcoordinationbetweenconsultantandcontractor.
EDUCATION:
2006-2009
2011-2013
2003-2005
BSc. (Statistics, Geography,Economics)
AJK UniversityAzad Kashmir,Muzaffarabad
Diploma of Associate Engineering(civilstructure)
KashmirPolyTechnical InstituteMuzaffarabad.(KPK BoardPeshawar)
F.Sc (Statistic, Economic, Computer)
Tech Era ScienceCollege,Muzaffarabad (Pakistan)
Mother tongue(s) Urdu
Other language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING
Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
English A1 A2 A1 A2 B2
Chinese A 2 A 2
Levels: A1/A2:Basicuser - B1/B2: Independentuser - C1/C2:Proficientuser
CommonEuropeanFrameworkofReferencefor Languages
Communicationskills very good communication skills andsolvingproblems,as working throughoutwith
foreigners
(ChineseatCGGC)
(NJC atWAPDA)
Organizational/managerial
skills
1st Aid Training,ABCD Training,Disaster and ManagementTraining by Turkish
Red Crescentin Pakistan.Safety and Managementat TBM for Pakistani Staff.
CAPT., for Concrete lining & Grouting Team.
Computer skills Assemblylanguage,Computer Hardware & Software Installation,MS Office,
Research Methodology.
Job-related skills Supervisionof differentStructuralElement,GoodManagerial Skills,Team Player,Time
ManagementSkills,Havinggood TechnicalKnowledgeofthe Concreteand Tunnel.