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Ramiz Gabrial
My Engineering Journey
Three Continents, Seven Countries
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Table of Contents
1. Personal Details........................................................................................3
2. Academic Qualifications ..........................................................................4
3. Professional Qualifications & Achievements.........................................5
4. Engineering Mission.................................................................................6
5. Key Landmark Projects............................................................................7
6. In the Press .............................................................................................11
7. Professional Activities ...........................................................................20
8. Last But Not Least ..................................................................................23
9. Further Information ................................................................................24
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1. Personal Details
Name: Ramiz Gabrial
Citizenship: New Zealander
Residence Status: Permanent Resident in Australia
Marital Status: Married
Languages: English, Arabic and French (spoken)
Contact Details:
Address: 148 Renou Rd
Wantirna South
Victoria 3152
Mobile: +61 (0) 405 44 88 34
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2. Academic Qualifications
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering (1980).
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering (1984).
o Full degree evaluation by the NZ Qualification Authorities (1995)
o Full degree evaluation by the Educational Credential Evaluators
(ECE), USA (2001).
o Full degree evaluations by Engineers Australia (2012)
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3. Professional Qualifications & Achievements
Member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air
conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE, 1998 - current)
Registered Professional Engineer, Virginia, USA (2004) current
registration license.
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited
Professional (LEED AP) by the US Green Building Council (2009 -
current).
Founding member and the immediate past president of the Qatar
Chapter of ASHRAE.
Past member of the Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC).
Professional public speaker and sustainability advocate. Have
participated in many technical and awareness raising programs and major
professional conferences (e.g. The Data Centre Dynamics conference in
Doha 1010).
Technical writer. Have published few articles on sustainability and
other socio-engineering subjects
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4. Engineering Mission
Iraq (1980 - 1994)Ministry Of Higher Education
Engineering Consortium
Jordan (1994 - 1995)
Arabtech-Jerdaneh
New Zealand (1995 -2001)
Connell Wagner (Aurecon)
The United States (2001 - 2004)
North Carolina Virginia
Lana Dunlap & Spriggs
New Zealand (2004 -2005)
OPUS International
Qatar (2005 - 2011)
Qatar Petroleum
Australia (2011 -Current)
ECM Group
Beehive Consulting Group
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5. Key Landmark Projects
Below is a sample of some major projects in which I have played major role in
their design, documentation or design and construction management in
different countries.
Eden Park Stadium, North Stand
Auckland - New Zealand
The North Shore Hospital
Auckland - New Zealand
The Carlton Hotel
Auckland - New Zealand
Qatar National Data Centre
Doha - Qatar
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Qatar Foundation, FIFA 2022 StadiumDoha - Qatar
Qatar National Library
Doha - Qatar
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Virginia - USA
Iraq Presidential Palace
Baghdada - Iraq
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Qatar Foundation Student Accommodation Centre
Doha - Qatar
The Rydges Hotel
Auckland - New Zealand
Qatar Foundation HeadquarterDoha - Qatar
Caniegie Mellon University Qatar
Doha - Qatar
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The Museum of Islamic Art
Doha - Qatar
Industries Qatar Tower
Doha - Qatar
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6. In the Press
Part of my interest in spreading knowledge and sharing experiences is to write
articles for some professional journals. Below is a list of three of the most
recent published articles. Feel free to contact me by email if you like to get copy
of any of these articles.
I. Design & Construction in the Gulf - Published in the July 2013 issue of
the Hotel Engineer Journal in Melbourne - Australia.
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II. Cultural Differences - Published in January 2012 in the American Society
of Heating, refrigerating and Air conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Journal -
USA.
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III. Green Washing - Published on May 2013 in the Hotel Engineer Journal in Melbourne - Australia
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7. Professional Activities
Receiving certificate of appreciation from Her Excellency the Indian Ambassador to Qatar
Qatar
Receiving ASHRAE Qatar Chapter
achievement certificate from Mr. Gordon
Holness ASHRAE President
Kuwait
With the late Mrs Lynn Bellenger, ASHRAE President, on side of the ASHRAE Region-At-Large conference
Cairo - Egypt
Representing the ASHRAE Qatar Chapter in the
ASHRAE Region-At-Large CRC Conference
Cairo - Egypt
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With the board of directors of the Institute
of Engineers India -Qatar and her
Excellency the Indian Ambassador to Qatar
Chapter, as guest speaker
Doha - Qatar
Speaking at sustainability
awareness raising presentation
Doha - Qatar
Key Speaker at a major sustainability awareness raising
conference for middle and high school
students
Doha - Qatar
Receiving ASHRAE Qatar Chapter plaque
of appreciation.Delivered by the late Mrs Lynn Bellenger, ASHRAE President
Doha - Qatar
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With Mr Kent Peterson ASHRAE President
and Texas AM University academic staff during a visit to
Doha - Qatar
Donating a set of ASHRAE handbook on
behalf of ASHRAE Qatar Chapter to the library of Texas A&M
University in
Doha - Qatar
8. Last But Not Least
Beehive Consulting Groupa registered engineering firm in Australia
that serves clients throughout Australia
and overseas.
The firm is a young company that is
backed up by seasoned managerial and
engineering expertise which extends
three decades back and is spread over
three continents and seven countries.
Our past experience equips us with the
full confidence to fully serve our local and
global clients.
We strongly believe that knowledge can
only stay fresh and up to date by sharing
it with others. Accordingly we provide
professional training services alongside
our main professional stream of consulting engineering. These services are provided in corporation with our overseas affiliates.
Beehive Consulting Group was formed during 2013 and aim to serve clients both nationally and overseas.
is
a registered engineering firm in Australia
serves clients throughout Australia
The firm is a young company that is
backed up by seasoned managerial and
engineering expertise which extends
three decades back and is spread over
quips us with the
full confidence to fully serve our local and
We strongly believe that knowledge can
only stay fresh and up to date by sharing
it with others. Accordingly we provide
professional training services alongside
ional stream of consulting engineering. These services are provided in corporation with our overseas affiliates.
was formed during 2013 and aim to serve clients both nationally and overseas.
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ional stream of consulting engineering. These services are provided in corporation with our overseas affiliates.
was formed during 2013 and aim to serve clients both nationally and overseas.
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9. Further Information
Thank you very much for spending the time to view "My Engineering Mission", it
would be great if I can be of any help to you or your organization. In fact it is
great enough to get to know other good professionals. I will be honoured if you
visit my company web site and drop me an email for any issue that I may be
able to help with.
Beehive Consulting Group web site is;
www.beehivecg.com
www.beehivecg.com.au
You can email me on;
