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George Michel Matta

Senior Road Designer & Painter
Programmer, AutoCAD & Autodesk Land Development Expert
Creator of GMCA ; The Architectural Package Software for AutoCAD 2007,2008 & 2009)

BORN: 27 APRIL 1954, LEBANESE
LANGUAGES: ARABIC, ENGLISH & FRENCH
EDUCATION: Courses in Aircraft Design by correspondence V.1 for K. D. WOOD, 1975-1977,
[ ]High School, Beirut 1973-1974
ADDRESS: Beirut-Lebanon
Tel: (961-1) 878-429 , (961-3) 303-504
E-Mail: g_matta@yahoo.com
Web pages: gmca.synthasite.com [1],
[ ]artlight.synthasite.com [2]

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
From 1999 till date at KREDO & TECSULT of Canada Highways Consultants & Planners).

2008-2009:
- Wadi AL-Shesh Dam, in Bcharre - Lebanon, terrain modeling, surface editing & sections...
- Hadath EL-Jebbeh Dam, in Bcharre - Lebanon, terrain modeling, surface editing, profile & sections...
- Rehabilitation of Entrance No.9 Road, at Beirut Seaport, full infrastructural, roundabout, guardhouse & landscape concept.
- Rehabilitation Design of Bared Irrigation Canal (NLWA) - North Lebanon, vertical allignment revision & cross sections of bottleneck solution concept...
- Study of Faraya Bypass (MPWT), Full infrastructural design concept with marking & signing.
- Road Designs in South Lebanon (IMG), Plan & Profiles with cross sections...
2007-2008:
- Study of Alternative for Tfail road (25km) - Lebanon
- UNRWA Dbayyeh Palestinian refugee camp infrastructure rehabilitation - Lebanon (Final)
- Faraya Bypass Road - Lebanon (Plan & profile, cross-sections, drainage, marking & signing with all details)

2006-2007:
- UNRWA Dbayyeh Palestinian refugee camp infrastructure ehabilitation (Lebanon)
- Classification & Reclassification of road network in Lebanon (Mohafazat of Bekaa & Baalbek El Hermel).
- Detailed engineering design of Antelias cave diversion dam with shaft staircases & tunnel intakes.
- Haret Saida bypass - Rafiq Hariri Boulevard.

2005-2006:
- Detailed engineering design including plan/profile layouts of wastewater Master Plan & Sewage Network Design for the Liberated Border Strip,the Adjacent Area of Jezzine in South Lebanon & Nabatiyeh. for the Lebanese Ministry of Energy & Water.
- Preparation of Technical Terms of Reference for the Rehabilitation of the Quay at Zahrani Facilities.

2004-2005:
- Detailed engineering design and tender document preparation for upgrade of Roundabout at Dekwaneh Square.

2003-2004:
- Al Nabatiyah-Abu Al Aswad road, (Horizontal & vertical alignment design study with X-sections & misc. details.)
- New grade separation at Dekwaneh Square (Viaduct, Roundabout tender design & drawings.)
- Al Minieh Coastal Boulevard & Main road (Horizontal & vertical alignment design study with cross sections & misc details.)

2001-2002:
- Aamsheet-Mayfouk, Hadtoun-Tannourine & Tannourine El Tahta - Tannourine El Fawka; 40 km
- Al Aabdeh-Fnaydek road (Redesigning with smaller width to minimize r.walls volume); 38 km
- Al Jahilieh road (Urban street layout design; Plan & profile, Misc. Details, X-sections); 1 km

2000-2001:
- En Nabi Shbat - Tfail road (Rural road detailed engineering design complete study with details), 21 kilometers.
- Cthaura-Saadnayel road planning (Urban street layout design; Plan & profile, Misc. Details and X-sections); 3 km.

1999-2000:
- Aamsheet-Tannourine & Abdeh-Halba,Abdeh-Fnaydek roads; (Design layout, plan & profile, cross-sections /Super elevations, misc. Details and volumes using SDSK (Softdesk 8 civil based on AutoCAD R14); 78 km.

From 1991 till 1999 at Samir Khairallah & Partners (Architects & Planners).
1994-1999:
- Computer drafting senior, using EDMAX system & finalizing drawings for B.C.D projects (SOLIDERE)
- The Souks of Beirut Master Plan.
- The Officers Club of Beirut..
- Also worked on LAU Architectural & Engineering Building (Blat-Jbeil).
- Byblos Bank Head Office (Achrafieh, Beirut).
- School of Mazraat El Shouf, School of Damour, School of Debbyeh.
- St. George Hospital, & Revitalization Center (Nahr Ibrahim).

1993-1994:
- Supervising & working on D.C.A (A Civil Coordinate Geometry Software) for the cartography of several projects...And implementing special libraries for AutoCAD, included in GMCA package.

1991-1993:
- Supervising AutoCAD operators & computer section, also implementing some Basic & Autolisp routines for AutoCAD R.11 & R.12...

From 1975 to 1991 at Dar Al-Handasah Consultants (Shair & Partners).
1990-1991:
- At Dar office in Beirut, created special AutoCAD package for International Road Signs dedicated to all Dar Al-Handasah offices overseas. Also worked on a highway project for Cameron including plan & profile drawings, calculated & illustrated by D.C.A.

1989-1990:
- In Adana-Turkey, senior draftsman & Computer system administrator on Pozanti-Tarsus Motorway project, using AutoCAD R.10 with D.C.A.

1986-1989:
- Plan & profile drawings of several Saudian highway projects by AutoCAD such as, Taif-Abha road, Madinah 3rd.Ring road, Car Parks & APM system for Makkah in Saudi-Arabia. My assignment for these projects was in Cairo Egypt.

1984-1986:
- In Cairo-Egypt, senior draftsman for C.B.D (Central Business District) and Doha Artillery Camp.

1978-1984:
- In Jeddah & Riyad Saudi-Arabia, worked on several town planning & highway projects such as, Makkah Planning Study, Buraydah Ring Road, Abhur Interchange, Riyad Ring Roads, Jeddah-Makkah Expressway & Al-Kurr Road ...

1976-1978:
- In Beirut Lebanon, worked on several Royal Jordanian & Nijerian concept study drawings such as, Amman Major Intersections, Kano, Jos & Kaduna in Nijeria (Master plans)...

1975-1976:
- In Manamah-Bahrain, finalized the final drawings for Al-Muharraq Island Master Plan & its concept design report drawings & figures...