(Geotechnical Consultant)
25 years of hands-on experience with projects mainly in North America, the Middle East, and the GCC area mostly related to onshore and offshore construction works with emphasis on civil engineering and special geotechnical applications.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
B.Sc., Civil Engineering (1996); Lebanon
M.Sc., Geotechnical Engineering (2000); USA
M. Eng., Tunneling (2015); Austria.
25 Years of Experience (Consulting and Contracting)
3 Professional Engineering Licenses (Georgia, USA | Florida, USA | Ohio, USA)
Onshore & Offshore Experience
AREAS of EXPERTISE
Mr. Itani’s career path unfolds 25 years of hands-on experience with projects mainly in North America, the Middle East, and the GCC area mostly related to onshore and offshore construction works with emphasis on civil engineering and special geotechnical applications. His experience is well distributed between consultancy services (11+ years) and contracting services (10+ years). Mr. Itani has strong managerial, technical, commercial, and contractual skills. Mr. Itani is skilled in geotechnical engineering practice with emphasis on: shoring, dewatering, piling design, Liquefaction analysis including effect on lateral and axial capacity of piles, Slope stability and staged construction analysis, Soil remediation (improvement and reinforcement), consolidation analysis (wick drains and time rates) and elastic settlement analysis, Shallow and deep foundation analyses, negative skin friction analysis, special investigations related to damages made by underground directional drilling, troubleshooting railroad subgrade and excavation (cut and fill) problems, lateral earth pressure analysis (retaining walls, sheet piles), designing using geo-synthetics, pavement subgrade evaluation, landfill management and design, and infrastructure road work.