SHEET 00/STRUCTURAL DOSSIER

Majzoob Ali.

CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEER · OIL & GAS · INDUSTRIAL & BIM

I design and verify steel support frames, pipe racks, equipment foundations, and bridges to international codes — turning finite element models into coordinated, buildable drawings and fabrication packages.

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BASE
Milan, Italy
CODES
EC · NTC2018 · ACI · AISC · BS
CREDENTIALS
MSc Struct. · MSc BIM · GMICE

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Interactive beam boundary-condition study An 8-metre steel girder under a moving 100 kN equipment trolley, comparing pinned and fixed end restraint.

FIG. 01 · BOUNDARY RESTRAINT & MOMENT REDISTRIBUTION

Drag the 100 kN equipment trolley along the 8 m girder — or watch the second engineer clamp the left support to restrain rotation, shifting peak sagging moment into support hogging.

Inspect calculation model
REACTION R_A (kN)
75.0
REACTION R_B (kN)
25.0
MAX SAGGING M+ (kN·m)
150.0
SUPPORT HOGGING M- (kN·m)
0.0

8 m span · E = 210 GPa · I = 0.0002 m⁴. Static Euler–Bernoulli model. Downward deflection amplified ×8. Clamp tightening is modelled as increasing rotational restraint; actor and beam self-weight are ignored.

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Professional Profile

Structural calculations, finite element verification, and coordinated 3D delivery across industrial, infrastructure, and building projects.

I am a civil and structural engineer based in Italy, with international experience across oil and gas facilities, highway bridges and viaducts, and commercial and residential buildings. My current work focuses on structural steelwork and reinforced concrete for industrial plants: sizing pipe racks, pressure-vessel supports, equipment skids, and foundations subject to operational, thermal, fatigue, and seismic actions.

I hold two Master's degrees: an MSc in Structural Engineering from the University of Bologna, where I graduated top of my class in Advanced Structural Mechanics, and an MSc in Building Information Modelling (BIM) from the University of Pisa. Combining analytical mechanics with federated BIM coordination lets me check member stability, connection stiffness, and soil–structure interaction — and resolve clashes with piping, mechanical, HVAC, and firefighting disciplines before fabrication drawings are issued.

Whether assessing existing prestressed concrete viaducts under NTC 2018 and Eurocode 8, or detailing heavy industrial steelwork to EN 1993, AISC, BS, and ACI 318/350, I use finite element software (SAP2000, Midas Gen/Civil, CSI Bridge, ETABS, SAFE) to verify physical load paths and produce clear calculation reports.

Professional Experience

Experience in industrial structures, bridges, buildings, and healthcare facilities.

  1. JUN 2024 — PRESENT Cecina, Italy

    Civil & Structural Engineer

    Union Technic S.r.l.

    • Design and verify primary and secondary steelwork and support frames for oil and gas facilities under Eurocode, BS, AISC, and ACI provisions.
    • Perform structural integrity and fatigue checks for pressure-vessel supports, pipe racks, and equipment foundations under operational and environmental loading.
    • Optimize steel and reinforced-concrete details in coordination with process, piping, mechanical, HVAC, firefighting, and civil engineering teams.
    • Prepare calculation reports, coordinated 3D BIM models, detail drawings, and shop/fabrication packages using SAP2000, Revit, Tekla Structures, and AutoCAD.
  2. APR 2023 — JUN 2024 Pisa, Italy

    Civil & Structural Engineer

    Smart Engineering S.r.l.

    • Designed and assessed prestressed-concrete and steel–concrete composite structures for highway bridges and viaducts, including structural rehabilitation works.
    • Executed static safety checks, nonlinear pushover analyses, and seismic vulnerability assessments to NTC 2018 and Eurocode 8.
    • Conducted field condition inspections and developed maintenance, strengthening, and retrofit strategies for existing transport infrastructure.
    • Authored technical calculation reports, regulatory submission packages, and construction drawings using Midas Civil, CSI Bridge, SAP2000, and SAFE.
  3. JUN 2022 — APR 2023 Khartoum, Sudan

    Structural Engineer

    Bait Alkaram Co. Ltd.

    • Led structural design and site supervision for commercial and residential building projects, monitoring technical quality, schedule, and budget.
    • Produced structural calculations and coordinated shop drawings and design revisions with contractors and subcontractors using ETABS, SAP2000, Tekla Structures, and AutoCAD.
    • Resolved a critical soil–structure interaction problem by redesigning a reinforced-concrete foundation system to eliminate differential-settlement risk.
  4. JUN 2017 — JAN 2018 Khartoum State, Sudan · On-site

    Facilities Engineer

    Khartoum Breast Care Centre (KBCC) · Full-time

    • Oversaw maintenance and repairs across the centre's facilities, including civil works, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), fire alarms, life-safety systems, and the lift.
    • Managed facilities projects from inception to completion, coordinating work with multidisciplinary teams.
  5. JAN 2015 — JUN 2017 Khartoum, Sudan

    Civil Engineer

    Elkhandagawi for Contracting & Construction

    • Supported construction delivery through field surveys, QA/QC inspections, design-conformity checks, and multidisciplinary site coordination.
    • Developed constructible structural details, cost estimates, tender documentation, technical specifications, and Bills of Quantities.
    • Implemented Revit and AutoCAD value-engineering workflows that achieved a reported 2% reduction in overall project construction cost.
  6. FEB 2014 — JUN 2014 Sudan

    Facilities Engineering Trainee

    Ram Energy Co. Ltd.

    • Participated in the engineering design and field construction of oilfield surface facilities for upstream oil and gas projects.
    • Compiled and analysed field progress data to optimize construction schedules and verify site quality compliance.

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Core Technical Competencies

Design standards, numerical modelling tools, and the interfaces between engineering disciplines.

STRUCTURAL & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

Advanced FEA & seismic engineering
Nonlinear pushover · modal response · seismic vulnerability · buckling · soil–structure interaction
Oil & gas / industrial structures
Pipe racks · pressure-vessel & equipment supports · industrial platforms · foundations · operational & thermal loading
Structural analysis & verification
Steel, reinforced concrete, prestressed & composite design · member & connection checks · fatigue & integrity
Deliverables & multidisciplinary coordination
Calculation reports · shop/fabrication packages · piping, mechanical, HVAC, firefighting & civil interfaces
International codes & standards
Eurocodes (EN 1990–1998) · NTC 2018 · ACI 318/350 · AISC · BS 8110 / BS 5950
Analysis & BIM software
SAP2000 · ETABS · Midas Gen/Civil · CSI Bridge · SAFE · Revit · Tekla Structures · AutoCAD · Navisworks

Unbraced bay racks

Braced vs. unbraced industrial portal bay A pin-jointed rectangular portal bay racks sideways under lateral pipe-anchor pull until a second engineer installs a diagonal tension brace.

FIG. 02 · LATERAL STABILITY & BRACING PATH

An unbraced pin-jointed pipe-rack bay is a mechanism under horizontal surge load. Installing the diagonal brace establishes a direct axial tension path to the foundation.

Inspect bracing model

Braced: stable. Elastic sway amplified ×500.

SECTION 04/ENGINEERING ARCHIVE

Featured Projects

Six work areas covering structural analysis, industrial structures, bridges, buildings, BIM coordination and academic research. Spread the folders or select a file to read more.

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STRUCTURAL INTERACTION STUDY · 19-NODE CANTILEVERED GANTRY

Industrial pipe racks and bridge launching gantries rarely stop at simple supports. This 19-node, 40-member two-tier planar truss combines V-pier foundations at x = 2 m and 10 m, a lower pipe walkway, an upper crane runway with 2 m cantilevered overhangs at each end, and a polygonal arch crown.

The operator advances the 100 kN hoist while the inspector checks reactions from the lower walkway. At the right overhang, the inspector signals a stop and rolls a 25 kN ballast trolley towards the left tip. Moving the loads changes the support reactions and axial forces. The two engineers then recover the load and park the ballast.

Operator and inspector agree the plan

19-node multi-tier cantilevered industrial gantry and pipe-rack truss A two-tier planar truss on anchored V-piers with a moving equipment trolley and a separate ballast trolley.

FIG. 03 · TWO-TIER CANTILEVERED PIPE-RACK & OVERHEAD HOIST GANTRY (38 DOF)

Inspect 19-node stiffness model
PEAK COMPRESSION
0.0 kN
PEAK TENSION
0.0 kN
LEFT PIER R_A (x = 2 m)
100.0 kN
RIGHT PIER R_B (x = 10 m)
0.0 kN

12 m total deck · supports at x = 2 and 10 m · 19 joints · E = 210 GPa · A = 3,200 mm². Linear 2D pin-jointed model; all members, including the stays, are idealised as axial bars in tension or compression. A negative reaction indicates hold-down demand at the anchored support. Ballast weight is an applied load; actor and member self-weight are ignored. Suspended-load swing is illustrative, not a dynamic analysis. Member titles report signed forces.

Contact & Enquiries

Available for structural engineering roles, industrial plant packages, bridge assessments, and BIM coordination across Italy, Europe, and international projects.

BASE
Milan, Italy
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ENGINEERING WORK AREA · FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS & SEISMIC ASSESSMENT

FEA & seismic assessment

Static verification, nonlinear analysis and soil–structure interaction

My engineering experience includes finite element modelling, static safety verification, nonlinear pushover analysis and seismic vulnerability assessment. These methods support the bridge, industrial and building work described in the other files.

Analysis and interpretation

At Smart Engineering, my work included static safety checks and nonlinear pushover analyses for bridges and viaducts under NTC 2018 and Eurocode 8. At Bait Alkaram, a reinforced-concrete foundation redesign addressed a soil–structure interaction issue and differential-settlement risk.

From model to engineering checks

The documented software includes SAP2000, Midas Gen/Civil, CSI Bridge, ETABS and SAFE. Analysis models support code-based checks, technical reports and design revisions coordinated with the wider project team.

UNION TECHNIC S.R.L. · CECINA, ITALY · 2024–PRESENT · EUROCODE / BS / AISC / ACI 318 & 350

Oil & gas structural package

Pipe racks, vessel supports and foundations

In oil and gas plants, structural steelwork and foundations must resist concentrated mechanical, thermal, wind, and seismic forces within tightly constrained plant corridors. At Union Technic S.r.l., I design and verify primary and secondary steel support frames, multi-tier pipe racks, pressure-vessel supports, and reinforced-concrete equipment foundations.

Engineering scope & verification

Using SAP2000, I build 3D finite element models with dead, live, product-test, thermal anchor/guide friction, wind, and seismic load combinations to EN 1990–1993, BS 5950/8110, AISC, and ACI 318/350. High-frequency operational loads on pressure vessels and rotating machinery are checked for fatigue and local plate buckling, while baseplates, anchor bolts, and RC pedestals are verified against uplift and overturning.

Multidisciplinary coordination & fabrication delivery

Member sizing and connection details — moment end-plates, gusseted bracings, sliding pipe shoes — are optimized for constructability and lower steel tonnage. All structural models are federated in Revit, Tekla Structures, and Navisworks so that clashes with process, piping, mechanical, HVAC, and firefighting routes are resolved before shop and fabrication drawings are issued.

SMART ENGINEERING S.R.L. · PISA, ITALY · 2023–2024 · NTC 2018 & EUROCODE 8

Bridge assessment & rehabilitation

Composite design, seismic pushover and rehabilitation

Italy's highway network includes post-tensioned concrete and steel–concrete composite viaducts that need rigorous condition assessment, seismic vulnerability checks, and targeted strengthening to NTC 2018 and Eurocode 8.

Numerical modelling & seismic assessment

At Smart Engineering S.r.l., I developed spine and grillage finite element models in Midas Civil, CSI Bridge, and SAP2000 to assess moving traffic loads, prestress losses, temperature gradients, and soil–structure interaction in the substructure. For existing multi-span viaducts, I ran nonlinear static (pushover) analyses and modal response spectrum checks to locate plastic hinges in piers and shear demand at bearings.

Field inspection & retrofit strategy

Analytical findings were combined with on-site inspections — mapping spalling, tendon corrosion, and bearing degradation — to produce regulatory calculation reports, maintenance plans, and rehabilitation drawings: jacketed piers, bearing replacement, and deck strengthening.

BAIT ALKARAM CO. LTD. & ELKHANDAGAWI · KHARTOUM, SUDAN · 2015–2023 · ACI 318 / EUROCODE 2 & 3

Buildings & foundation design

Soil–structure interaction and BIM value engineering

Across commercial and residential developments in Khartoum, I led structural design, site QA/QC, and contractor coordination from foundation excavation to superstructure completion.

Foundation redesign for differential settlement control

At Bait Alkaram Co. Ltd., geotechnical checks on a multi-storey building revealed compressible soil layers that posed a serious differential-settlement risk under isolated footings. I modelled the coupled soil–foundation–superstructure system in ETABS and SAFE and redesigned the substructure as a stiffened reinforced-concrete foundation system. It redistributed column reactions, controlled angular distortion, and kept bending and punching shear within ACI 318 limits.

Shop drawings & value engineering

Earlier, at Elkhandagawi for Contracting & Construction, I combined field QA/QC inspections with Revit and AutoCAD quantity take-offs and bar-bending optimization, contributing to a documented 2% reduction in total construction cost without compromising code safety margins.

UNIVERSITÀ DI PISA · NOVEMBER 2025 · PROFESSIONAL BIM WORKFLOWS

BIM coordination

Coordinated models and construction information

My Pisa BIM programme covered Revit-based structural and MEP coordination, Navisworks clash detection, Level of Development (LOD) specifications and digital delivery.

Professional application

My documented engineering work includes producing 3D models, detail drawings and fabrication packages using Revit and Tekla Structures, and coordinating structural solutions with piping, mechanical, civil and plant-layout teams.

Deliverables

This work area brings together model coordination, drawing revisions and construction documentation. It complements the analysis work in the industrial, bridge and building files.

UNIVERSITÀ DI BOLOGNA · 2022 · ACADEMIC WORK

Academic SHM research

Bologna thesis in static structural health monitoring

My Bologna thesis is titled Static Structural Health Monitoring Analysis of Four Case Studies and Lessons Learned. It examined structural health monitoring for the assessment of ageing structures, with attention to long-term performance and reliability.

Research context

This academic work concerns the interpretation of monitoring evidence in structural assessment. It is presented separately from my professional design and rehabilitation experience.

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