Associate/Senior Structural Engineer (Site Based) |
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Buro Happold
Ref: HP431-147
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The RoleThe RoleThe Project: The King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and World Culture is a bold new initiative to promote cultural development within the Kingdom. Buro Happold has delivered the design and is now appointed as part of the site team for these prestigious cultural facilities, including an auditorium, cinema, library, exhibition hall, museum and archive. Located in Dhahran in the Eastern Province the King Abdulaziz Cultural Center will provide for a wide range of activities serving the local population and becoming a cultural landmark on both a regional, national and global horizon. When completed, the project will contain some 45 000m2 of diverse cultural facilities. The King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and World Culture auditorium will seat 1000 visitors and will provide for a wide range of events ranging from opera, symphony concerts, musicals and speeches etc. Together with the smaller cinema, this will be an unrivalled venue for the performing arts in the Kingdom. The King Abdulaziz library will become a center of learning containing some 300 000 books on open access and catering for all ages and categories of users. The great exhibition hall will accommodate large scale travelling exhibitions,as well as providing the setting for social events, banquets and conferences. The museum and archive facilities connect the vibrant cultural life of the center to the past and to the very roots of the society from which this center is conceived. Key Responsibilities: • Review and approve structural shop drawings and engineering material submissions. • Respond to contractors technical queries. • Implement site quality assurance programme for structural and civil works. • Ensure senior staff are kept informed of important and relevant service/design decisions and the objectives of the client are achieved. • Ensuring all relevant Buro Happold staff are informed of client matters. • Continually ensuring that practices, policies, strategy and services represent the client’s best interests and that Buro Happold policy is in keeping with current legislation, relevant standards and Codes of Practice etc. |
RequirementsRequirementsQualifications: • Chartered Member of the IStructE or equivalent institution • Minimum of 10 years consulting engineering experience, including strong steelwork design experience and ideally structural facade engineering experience • Ideally good knowledge of American codes. • Ideally Middle East region experience and site based experience. |
About the CompanyAbout the CompanyBuro Happold aims to produce high quality engineering design in concept, in detail and in execution, on time, to programme and delivering excellent value for money. Our distinctive culture and ethos is still based on the same principles of care, value and elegance that were established when the practice was founded. Our engineering approach is holistic, combining different disciplines in one, integrated team. Our reputation for excellence has grown from the basis that engineering is always viewed as one important component of a project’s overall design solution. We constantly strive for innovation. Our appreciation of a client’s social, political and economic issues and of architectural and aesthetic qualities makes Buro Happold an ideal partner, helping our range of clients to shape great solutions. |
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