Email Us: ealsaidi@addozeng.ca
Founding Principal
Emad Alsaidi, PhD, PEng, PE, President / Managing Principal
Emad Alsaidi has over twenty seven years of professional career experience in the fields of Civil Engineering, Traffic, and Transportation Engineering, and engineering consultant service. Dr. Alsaidi is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) currently registered in Alberta with APEGA, British Columbia with EGBC, and Saskatchewan with APEGS as well as a licensed Professional Civil Engineer registered in the State of Michigan, USA. Dr. Alsaidi is the President / Managing Principal of Addoz Engineering Inc.
Dr. Alsaidi is a transportation engineering and planning director with many years of experience in this field. He is knowledgeable in a verity of fields including transportation network planning, development planning, traffic operations, and transportation engineering. Dr. Alsaidi served as a traffic engineer and a senior transportation engineer for local governments and private clients. He completed many infrastructure engineering designs for large public works projects in major world cities. As a private consultant, he completed more than 100 traffic impact assessments and transportation planning studies. Dr. Alsaidi has extensive knowledge of functional planning, network planning, traffic signal design and operations reviews, parking studies, and traffic calming & safety. Dr. Alsaidi has long years of experience working with variety of software packages including Microsoft office, Synchro, SimTraffic, Sidra Intersections, Microstation, and Highway Capacity Software (HCS).
Experience
29 Plus Years of Experience in Civil, Traffic, & Transportation Engineering
Education
· Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Wayne State University (WSU), Detroit, Michigan, USA
· M.S. Civil Engineering, WSU, Michigan, USA
· B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Affiliations
· The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)
· The Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia (EGBC)
· The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS)
· Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (PE) Michigan, USA
· Institute of Transportation Engineering, Washington D. C. (ITE)
· Institute of Transportation Engineers, Canada, Alberta Section
We are experienced in Transportation Engineering Design, Planning and Analysis
Professional Experience
President /Managing Principal – Addoz Engineering Inc., Mar 2018 – Present
Professional consulting engineering services in Traffic, Transportation and Civil Engineering including but not limited to following job responsibilities:
- Manage and direct business operations of the firm involving engineering service delivery, client interactions /contacts, marketing and business development, financial management as well as staff direction and management.
- Provide expert technical engineering advice and services to external clients on behalf of the firm.
- Prepare and/or oversee the preparation of the required documentation to provide engineering services to clients including Express of Interest, Request for Proposal and Request for Quotation documents.
- Oversee a group of traffic technical staff to ensure the provision of effective, timely and accurate traffic and transportation engineering services and information to external clients.
- Perform traffic and transportation studies, modeling, warrant analysis, traffic and pedestrian safety evaluation, and transportation needs assessments.
- Identify the scopes, tasks and associated engineering fees required for consulting engineering services or projects.
CEO /Managing Principal – EASL Transportation Consultants, Inc., Jan 2015 – Feb 2018
Professional consulting engineering work in Traffic and Transportation Engineering including but not limited to following job responsibilities:
- Manage and direct business operations of the firm involving engineering service delivery, client interactions /contacts, marketing and business development, financial management as well as staff direction and management.
- Identify the scopes, tasks and associated engineering fees required for consulting engineering services or projects.
- Provide expert technical engineering advice and services to external clients on behalf of the firm.
- Prepare and/or oversee the preparation of the required documentation to provide engineering services to clients including Express of Interest, Request for Proposal and Request for Quotation documents.
- Oversee a group of traffic technical staff to ensure the provision of effective, timely and accurate traffic and transportation engineering services and information to external clients.
President / Managing Principal – EA Traffic Engineering Consulting Services, Aug 2013 – Dec 2014
Professional consulting engineering work in Traffic and Transportation Engineering including but not limited to following job responsibilities:
- Traffic Impact Assessment
- Signal Timing Design
- Traffic Accommodation Strategies
- Corridor Traffic Signal Optimization
- Intersection Design and Improvements
- Traffic Signal Warrant Studies
- Intersection Safety Studies
- Modern Roundabout Design
- Parking Design and circulation Studies
Senior Engineer / Facility and Capital Planning - City of Edmonton, Alberta, Mar 2012 – May 2013
Professional consulting engineering work in Transportation & Traffic Engineering, responsibilities included:
- Functional planning, conceptual designs, and reports preparation & reviews
- Existing and future traffic operations analyses and designs
- Administer and manage concept plans circulation process
- Coordination of work with different agencies, consultants, and municipal departments
- Represent the section at various public meetings, project meetings, and interdepartmental committee meetings
Transportation & Land Development Engineer - Scheffer Andrew Limited, Edmonton, Nov 2011 – Dec 2011
· Project Management and Geometric design reviews
· Lead Traffic Impact Assessments and Transportation Planning Studies
· Land Development Assignments
· Synchro Analysis
· Reports Writing and Proposal Preparation
· Safety studies, access, parking, and traffic circulation studies
Engineer / Planner / Project Manager / Team Leader - AECOM, Dubai, UAE, May 2007 – Jul 2011
Professional consulting engineering work in Traffic & Transportation Engineering Design
· Responsible for business development and client relationships
· Functional planning and conceptual designs
· Report and proposal writing
· Traffic impact assessments and traffic modelling
· Safety studies, parking and circulation studies
· Liaise with authorities and other stakeholders
· Preparation of contract documents
· Coordination of work with different agencies, consultants, and municipal departments.
· Transportation planning and master planning studies
Transportation / Traffic Engineer - PARSONS, Southfield, MI, USA, May 2001 – Apr 2007
Professional consulting engineering work in Traffic & Transportation Engineering Design
· Management of signal optimization projects
· Traffic impact analysis
· Liaise with Road Commissions and local authorities
· The optimization of traffic signal progressions along major corridors.
· Signal warrant studies
· Crash/safety studies and counter measures development
· Report writing and proposal preparation
· Data Collection and analysis
· Parking and traffic circulation studies
Addoz Engineering Inc. Civil, Traffic and Transportation Engineering Consulting Services. TIA, Traffic Accommodation Strategies and Plans