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CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME : RASENDU. PRABHUDAS. THAKER.

FATHER'S NAME : PRABHUDAS. N. THAKER.

ADDRESS PRESENT :
P.O.Box. : 53363 , Dubai. (U.A.E.)
Tel. No. (Res) (00-971-4) 223-1404
(Mob) (00-971-50) 476-0236.
E-mail: thaker@emirates.net.ae

ADDRESS PERMANENT :
"Prabhu - Kunj " 14th, Manahar Plot ,Behind Mai -
Mandir , Rajkot : 2 , Pin : ( 360 002 )
Gujarat State ( India ) Res. Tel. No : 00-91-281-246-4772

DATE OF BIRTH :
2nd , January , 1951.

MARITIAL STATUS : Married and father of one son.

EDU. QUALIFICATION : B. E. (CIVIL) in 1976, M.I.E. in 1978

RELIGION : Hindu.

NATIONALITY : Indian .

PASSPORT NO : A-5687339

DRIVING LICENSE :
Valid U.A.E. & International Driving License.

EXPERIENCE : In my 28 years of long experience as a Structural Design Engineer, Chief Engineer, Manager , and a Private Practitioner I have designed, tendered, and supervised almost all types of concrete and steel structures and obtained the structural design approval from the concerned authorities , municipalities before starting the work at site & obtained the completion certificate after the completion of the project from the same authorities. In this long professional experience I have used Indian standard codes, British standard codes & ASTM with my own "structural design programs" which I created my self in Microsoft Excel for all the different structural members.

I am approved for an unlimited license by the national authorities. (This means that I am approved to design and submit the proposal in any authority with my signature for any high-rise building of 12 stories and above)

I have worked with some of the leading Consultants at Delhi (India) and at Dubai , Sharjah , & Abu Dhabi (U.A.E.) The names and the addresses of some of the
Consultants are on the following pages.

PRESENT WORK PLACE : Presently I am working as a Chief Structural Engineer with M / S Badri & Bensouda , (Architectural & Engineering Consultant)

NAME & ADDRESS OF ORGANISATION:
BADRI & BENSOUDA.
( Architectural & Engineering Consultants )
P O. Box. 53363 , Dubai. ( U. A. E.)
Tel. No. (04) 3318800 & Fax No: (04) 3317799

DESIGNATION :
Chief Structural Engineer.

PERIOD OF WORK : From January 1st , 1997 to till date

NATURE OF WORK :
To supervise the team of Structural Draughts men & Site Engineers , Prepare Structural Design for all projects and get it approved from the concern Authority or Municipality & checking on the sites In this office we are taking all types of jobs since I joined I had designed so many concrete and steel structures , residential villas, factory buildings, offices, hotels, car parking building etc.

Some of the important structures are as under.

BUILDINGS :
( B + G + 4 ) Storied parking with 3.0m cantilever on both sides on plot no 67, Abudhabi Road for Holiday inn crown plaza at Dubai ( Cons. Will start at the end of 1999)

( G + M + 3 ) Storied building on plot no P-18 , Regga East for Mr.Ali Lootah at Dubai.( Cons. started in 1999)

( B + G + 7 ) Storied building on plot no P-51/6 , Regga Al Butin for Mr.Ali Lootah at Dubai.( Construction will start at the end of 1999)

( G + 1 )Offices and ware house on plot no 2-58, at Jebel Ali free zone for Gulf Pacific.( Construction completed in 1999 )

Grd Storey Offices and ware house on plot no B-34 BS- 23, at Jebel Ali free zone for Swarovaski Middle East ( Arc shape building in the plan, Construction completed in 1999 )

An extension of U.P.C. factory on plot no : B-757, Al Gose Industrial area at Dubai ( Extension work is completed in 1998)

Group of villas (11 nos) on plot no 425, Umm Suqeem for Mr. Mahmood Haji Haider at Dubai ( These 11 villas construction completed in 1998)

Extension of offices at third floor level for Holiday inn Crown Plaza on plot no:67, Abudhabi Road, Dubai ( 74 feet span with 10 feet cantilever, steel structure completed in 1999)

(3 Basements + Grd. + Mechanical + Mezzanine + 5 storied) (11 Nos of Structural slabs) Hotel building on plot No: 128-0793 at Al Khabisi Dubai. (Structure of this Hotel is completed in 2004)
It is difficult to provide all the details of each work so some of the important works of this office are mentioned above and these are for your reference only.


NAME & ADDRESS OF ORGANISATION :
From January 1996 to December 1996 I was working as a "free lancer structural design engineer"
During this time I worked with so many consultants & contractors and worked on different types of Structural designs, machine foundations, bar bending schedules etc. And in January 1997 I joined above said consultant as a chief structural design engineer. Before that I was working for the well known Architects ' Development Consult ' of Dubai. I worked for them approximately 10 years. Details of this organization is as under.

NAME & ADDRESS OF ORGANISATION :
DEVELOPMENT CONSULT

(Architects , Engineers , Planners )
P. O. Box. 13401 , Dubai. U. A. E.
Tel. Nos. (04) 2225692. (04)2284947
(02) 2767186
Fax Nos. (04)2227078

DESIGNATION : Chief Engineer / Structural Engineer.

PERIOD OF WORK : From October 1986 to December 1995 .

NATURE OF WORK : To supervise the team of engineers , team of draughts men , supervise and take the daily progress reports from the site engineers and administration work. Check the
the structural design and discuss the same with the concern authority to obtain no objection certificate prior to start the construction work at site . At the time of construction work attend site meetings to
solve the problems of the contractors and clients .From 1986 to Dec1995 almost all important structures of this office has been structurally designed , supervise , and tendered by me.

It is highly impossible to provide the details of all the structures which I had designed for this office but ,the names and places of 'some tall structures' which I had designed within these 10 years for this office are given as under.

MULTISTORIED
BUILDINGS
Multistoried Buildings Designed by me and constructed in

U.A.E. (Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi)

[a] [10-storied], (B+G+M+7) storied commercial & residential building on Al Regga Road (opposite to "Abudhabi Commercial Bank"). Construction completed in 1997.

[b] [10-storied], (B+G+M+7) storied Hotel structure on Al Regga Road (opposite to Lal Super Market). Construction completed in 1995.

[c] [9-storied], (B+G+7) storied structure for Sheikha Snna (back side of Baker Mohebi Super Market 'Bur Dubai'). Construction completed in 1995.

[d] [9-storied], (B+G+7)
storied residential building for Al Gurg (next to Baker Mohebi Super Market 'Bur Dubai'). Construction completed 1994.

[e] [10-storied], (B+G+M+7) storied commercial & res. Build. for Al Tayer (Next to "Falcon Roundabout" Bur Dubai). Const. completed in 1994.

[f] [10-storied], (B+G+M+7) storied commercial and residential building at the back of Al Regga Road for Abdul Aziz Al Majid ( Next to house of travel building ) construction completed in 1997

[g] [8-storied], (G+7) storied hotel building at the back of Al Regga Road & the back of the old Labour Office ( Name of the hotel is "Gondola inn Hotel " ) Construction completed in 1992.

[h,i,j] [8-storied], (G+7) storied 3-Nos. structures are at the back of the Al Regga Road These three residential buildings designed and constructed For Abdul Aziz Al Majid ( This construction took place exactly At the back of the "Sara show room" ) Construction completed Between 1988 to 1991

[k] [9-storied], (G+M+7) storied structure at the end of Al Regga Road for Bin Saloom ( opposite to corner mosque) This construction completed in 1990

[l,m] [8-storied], (G+7) storied two numbers structures are at the back of the Al Regga Road . (exactly back of old Labor Office) These two residential buildings designed for Abdul Aziz Al Majid. Construttion completed in 1988 to 1991

[n] [10-storied], (B+G+M+7) storied hotel building near " Fish R/A" opposite to National Show Room and now called "Meridious Hotel" The construction of this hotel completed in 1991

[o] [8-storied], (G+7) storied residential building opposite to "Al Ghurair Center" on "Regga Road" This project is designed and Constructed for "Development Board" Construction completed up to (Grd.+ 4) storied only in 1989 due to financial problems.

[p] [9-storied], (B+G+7) storied structure on Regga Road. Plot is second from "Lal Super Market" is designed and got approval from Dubai Municipality for Mr.Lootah. Construction completed 2000.

[q] [11-storied], (3B + G + Mech + Mezz + 5+Clubhouse) Hotel Building (for Badri & Bensouda Consultants) for Mr Zubair of Oman. (Construction completed in March '2004)

Sharjah

[r] [9-storied], (G+M+7) storied residential and commercial building at the "second fly over" at Sharjah for Nasser Abdul Latif Al Serkal Construction of this building completed in 1991

[s] [12-storied], (G+M+10) storied structure at Rolla Square at Sharjah. For Abdul Aziz Al Majid. Construction of this building completed In 1996

[t] [14-storied], (G+M+12) storied residential building at Rolla Square , Sharjah for Abdul Aziz.Al Majid,Cons. completed in 1989

[u] [8-storied], (G+7)
storied residential building opposite to "Sharjah Expo" at Sharjah. Construction of this building completed in 1991

 

Abu Dhabi

[v,w] [10-storied], (B+G+M+7) storied two numbers office building for " Al Ahlia Insurance Co." These "two buildings" are placed next to each other on the Dubai Abu Dhabi main road at Abu Dhabi Construction of these buildings completed in 1994.


From March 1985 to July1986 I ran my own Structural Consultancy office at Delhi. The details are as under

NAME & ADDRESS OF ORGANISATION :
THAKER STRUCT BUREAU
.
12 / 12, Western Extension Area .
Karol Bagh , New Delhi .

DESIGNATION : Owner of the company .

NATURE OF WORK : Within above said period I worked with so many leading
consultants of Delhi as a structural consultant & helped
them in tendering , supervising the project which has been
design by my office. Some of them are as under

1) R.K. & Associates,
E-31,Green Park,
New Delhi :

I have designed some 'residential societies' for R.K.&
And associates.Some of them are as under.
a) Neelgiri Co Operative Group Housing Society
Pvt. Ltd .on Plot No 4,Sector no:9, Rohini-New Delhi
( Three types of blocks are there and all are completed )
b) Rama Krishana Co Operative Group Housing Society
Patpargang , New Delhi
c) Balco Co Operative Group Housing Society Ltd.
On Plot no 58, Patparganj New Delhi (In this residential
society two types of blocks are there and both are multi
storied.


1) Khurmi & Associates
16,Jangpura extension
New Delhi :

I have designed some residential societies for Khurmi &
associates. Some of them are as under.
a) Suvidha Co Operative Group Housing Society Lyd.
Rohini , New Delhi (All multistoried blocks and
Construction of all blocks completed
b) Goodwill Co Operative Group Housing Society Ltd.
Rohini, New Delhi ( All Four Storied Blocks and
Construction of all Blocks completed )

3) Sudhir Despandey &
Associates,
13/14,Windsor
Mansion, Janpath-
Lane, New Delhi:
I have designed some residential societies for S.D.&
Associates. Some of them are as under.
a) Shikha Co Operative Group Housing Society at
Patpatganj, New Delhi
b) Agarsen Co Operative Group Housing Society Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi (One number 8-Storied structure completed )

1) Architects Bureau,
II-J 29, Lajpat Nagar,
New Delhi :

During my private practice under the name of " Thaker
Struct.Bureau" I had designed some residential C.G.H.S.
(Co Operative Group Housing Society) and some of
them are as undr.
a) Jai Shiv C.G.H.S. at Pitam pura , New Delhi.
( Construction of this Society is completed )
b) Tarun Sewak C.G.H.SA. at Rohini,New Delhi
( Costruction completed)
c) Laxmi C.G.H.S. at Rohini , New Delhi
( Construction of this Society is completed )
d) New Nalanda C.G.H.S. at Bodellas, New Delhi
( All four storied structures with pile foundations
are completed on site )

From May 1984 to March 1985 I had worked as a chief structural design engineer with M/S Arora & Aggarwal (Architectural Consultant) The details of this organization are as under.

NAME & ADDRESS OF THE ORGANISATION :
ARORA - AGGARWAL

( Architects & Planers)
28-29,Krishna Niket,
Delhi Gate, New Delhi
&
3, New Rohtak Road,
New Delhi

DESIGNATION :
Chief Engineer

PERIOD OF WORK : May 1984 to March 1985

NATURE OF WORK :
To supervise a team of Engineers and a team of Draughts mans. Site supervision and to look after some administration work also.
This office was dealing with "residential societies only" and on my wide experience they have offered me this position. And after joining here I designed and supervise some of the residential societies and some of them are as under.

1) Delhi Citizen Co-
operative Group
Housing Society Ltd.
On Plot No. 24
Sector IX, Rohini
New Delhi : In this society, three types of buildings are there:

a) Type : - 4-Storied
b) Type : - 4-Storied
c) Type : - 8-Storied
Construction of all the buildings are completed)

2) Delhi Nivas Co-
Operative Group
Housing Society Ltd.
On plot no: 30/2,
Sector IX, Rohini
New Delhi : All are four storied structures and Construction of all
The blocks are completed.

3) Shri Saibaba co operative Group Housing Society Ltd.
On plot no:4, Sector no: IX, Rohini, New Delhi : All are 4 storied structures

4) Adarsh Bhavan Co Operative Group Housing Society Ltd.
On plot no: 37, Sector no: IX, Rohini, New Delhi : All are 8 storied structures

5) Dhruva Co Operative Group Housing Society Ltd.
Patparganj, New Delhi : All are 4 storied structures

6) Vedjanak Co Operative Group Housing Society Ltd.
Mayur Vihar, New Delhi : All are 4 storied structures

7) Company Law Co Operative Group Housing Society Ltd.
Mayur Vihar, New Delhi : All are 4 storied structures
( A,B,C,D types)

8) Nav Shakti Co Pperative Group Housing Society Ltd.
Sector : IX, Rohini, New Delhi : A & B typed are 4 storied
Structures and C type is
8 storied.

9) Prshwanath Co Operative Group Housing Society Ltd.
Sector : IX, Rohini, New Delhi : All are 4 storied structures
( A,B,C types)


10) Uco. Hut Co Operative Group Housing Society Ltd.
Rohini, Sector : IX, New Delhi : All are 4 storied structures
( All are Load bearing )

11) New Modern Co Operative Group Housing Society Ltd.
Rohini, Sector : IX, New Delhi : All are 4 storied structures

12) Railway Co Operative Group Housing Society Ltd.
Shahadara, New Delhi : A,B types are 4 storied
C,D types are 8 storied

13) Laljyoti Co Operative Group Housing Society Ltd.
Rohini, Sector : IX, New Delhi : All are 4 storied structures
( All are Load bearing )

14) Anubhav Co Operative Group Housing Society Ltd.
Rohini, Sector : IX, New Delhi : All are 3 storied structures
( All are Load bearing )

Before designed these above mentioned few Group housing Societies I had started my career as a Structural Design Engineer from September 1976 with M/S
Kothari & Associates and I worked with them from September 1976 to March 1984, The details are as under.

NAME & ADDRESS OF THE ORGANISATION :
KOTHARI & ASSOCIATES PVT.LTD.

( Architects, Engineers & Town Planners)
65-G, Connaught Circus
New Delhi - 110 001

DESIGNATION : Senior Structural Design Engineer

PERIOD OF WORK : September 1976 to May 1984

NATURE OF WORK : I had started my carrier with this organization and I
worked approximately 8 years with the same organization
during this period , I have designed and supervise so many structures.

(A) RESIDENTIAL
BUILDINGS :

Staff quarters, Students hostels, Villas and
some of the residential buildings are as under.
a) Students & Teachers Hostels at Gujarat Agriculture
University at Dantiwada.(Gujarat)
b) Nathdwara Dharamshala at Nathdwara
c) Rajasthan Bhavan Nirman Group Housing Society Pvt.Ltd.at Pitampura,New Delhi.
d) Staff Quarters for Gujarat Agriculture University at
Dantiwada, Gujarat

(B) PUBLIC BUILDINGS
(Schools, Colleges, Offices
Banks, Hospital Buildings,
Auditoriums and Embassy
Buildings, Mosques,
Temples etc.) :
Some of the important public buildings are as under
a) Material Science Center at I.I.T. Kanpur
b) Sardar Patel Vidyalay at Lodi Colony at New Delhi
c) Institute of Company Secretaries of India at Lodi
colony, New Delhi (Basement + 5 storied structure completed in 1981 )
d) Reserved Bank of India at Jaipur (5 Storied ,circular structure in plan completed in 1981)
e) Office building of Alembic Chemical works at Baroda Gujarat.
f) Administration building for Institute of
Drilling Technology at Dehradun.
g) Auditorium Block for I.P.E Dehradun.
h) Canteen Block for I.P.E. Dehradun.
i) Laboratory Block for I.P.E. Dehradun
j) W.H.O.(World Health Organization) extension of 5 stories office building at Indraprasth Estate, Ring Road, New Delhi.
k) Singapore High Commission at Chankyapuri, New Delh
( Construction completed )
l) U.A.E.(Unite Arab Emirates) Embassy at Chankyapuri, New Delhi (Construction Completed)

( C ) MULTI STORIED
BUILDINGS :

a) Rajasthan Bhavan Nirman Group at Pitampura,
New Delhi ( 8 Storied Housing Complex, Construction
Completed )
b) Institute of company secretaries of India at Lodi
Colony, New Delhi.( Basement + 5 Storied Structures
Construction completed)
c) Laboratory Block of I.PE. Dehradun ( 4 Storied with
Future provision, Construction completed)
d) Pre Heater tower of Beawar cement plant.( This bldg.
was 70m high, construction completed in 1984 )
e) Packing Plant of Beawer Cement Plant ( Seven
Storied structure completed in 1984 )

D) FACTORY
BUILDINGS :

In Factory buildings, I had designed like normal sheds
trusses by using tubes or using ' I ' sections.
Some Storage shades with mezzanine floors, Cement Plants, Storage Silos, Packing Plants, Kilnfeed Buildings, Pre Heater
Some of the buildings are as under
a) Raw mill, Cement mill with Raw mill hopper and
Cement mill hopper at Neemuch cement plant, Neemuch
b) Pre-heater tower for Shree Cement mill at Beawer
( Construction completed, Project in M.P. India)
c) Packing Plant for Shree Cement mill at Beawer
( Construction completed, Project in M.P. India)
d) Feed End Building at Beawer Cement Plant at
Beawer.
e) Discharge End Building at Banas Cement Plant at
Banas. ( Construction completed in M.P. India)
f) Storage Silo at Sikka Cement Plant at Sikka at Jamnagar
Gujarat state, India)
g) Adilabad Cement Plant at Adilabad, India

 

E) OTHER BUILDINGS :
Besides above mentioned Structures I had designed
Some other important structures are as under.
a) Army welfare housing organization at Noida, New Delhi
( Construction of this building is completed )
b) Indian Statistical Institute Housing at New Delhi
( Construction of this building is completed )
c) Singapore High Commision at Chanakyapuri, New Delhi
( Construction of this Embassy building is completed )
d) U.A.E. Embassy at Chankyapuri, New Delhi
( Construction of this Embassy building is completed )
e) Kiinfeed building at Tandur Cement Plant ( 70m high
structure, Construction completed )


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