About
Sumanth Vallabhaneni is Design Highway Lead having more than 15 years of experience in Design and management of a wide range of projects in Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE and India. Project experience including geometric design of highway infrastructure, design of earthworks, pavements, swept path analyses, temporary traffic management, road signs/markings, road restraint system analyses and road safety aspects for expressways, local roads and development projects, technical reviews, resource allocation, project management, team budget control, client and authority liaison. Conversant with Qatar, Bahrain, AASHTO, DMRB, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Oman & IRC design standards. Has been actively involved in all aspects of highway engineering and his experience includes: - Geometric design of highways includes links, junctions, roundabouts, and interchanges using MX Roads, Civil 3D. - Engineering design solutions for the highway engineering projects from proposal stage, through conceptual design, detailed design, construction, and completion stages. - Resource planning, and overall project design management include Variation and Change control. - Interdisciplinary design team and external stakeholders \ liaison and coordination for approval. - Accountable for the design quality management, design check and review and technical delivery of highway deliverables within budget. - Contribution to preparation of Tender and contract documents and addressing contractors’ tender queries. - Competent user of Qatar, Bahrain, American, British, UAE, Kuwait, Oman & India design and construction code of practices. - Pedestrian and Bicycle track design as per international standards. - Temporary traffic management, traffic circulation & access plans, road sign & marking design. - Review and approval of contractor’s submittals; Shop Drawings, RFI, Materials, Bill of Quantity and Specifications. - Liaise with interdisciplinary design team, contractors, and Project Management Consultants to develop integrated design solutions as design coordinator. - Undertake Independent Design Review (as part of PMC and Client representative) of Consultant’s and contractor’s submission and Internal design submissions. - Technical review team: organize meeting and workshops to facilitate closure of design reviews. - Liaise with Design team, Contractors, and Project Management Consultants to develop optimum design solutions. - Mentoring and managing engineers and designers on various aspects of highway design and allied areas. - Competent user of CDM regulations.
