Representative project experience.
The following projects were performed by Abdikarim Ali, P.E., while with Caltrans, Office of Geotechnical Design North.
Foundation reports for a 124-ft, two-span steel girder railroad bridge and about 1,400 ft of tangent and soldier pile retaining walls, part of the SR 46 widening and High-Speed Rail improvements. The work included a 200-ft boring and 6-ft and 8-ft diameter CIDH piles checked against AREMA and calibrated to pile load tests.
Role: Project Engineer (P.E.)
Foundation report for a 230-ft bridge replacing an existing freeway connector. Two 150-ft mud rotary borings with SPT, corrosion testing, seismic and liquefaction evaluation, a spread footing at the bent, and Class 200 driven pile recommendations at the abutments.
Role: Project Engineer (P.E.)
Foundation report for a new office building and generator pad. Rotary core borings with SPT, lab and corrosion testing, building code seismic design data, spread and continuous footing design, slab-on-grade, settlement, and over-excavation and compaction recommendations.
Role: Project Engineer (P.E.)
Golis project experience will be added as projects are completed.