Behnam Hakimi

Project Controls Planner/Scheduler

Years of Experience

29 (15 with PB; 14 with others).

Education

M.B.A. (Candidate) in Information Systems (IS), Golden Gate University (GGU) - USA

Certificate in Information Science: 1983, GGU – USA

B.A., Translation, Tehran University: 1978

Key Qualifications

Senior planner/project control specialist with Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) Project Controls Technical Resource Center and recently participated in the Local Road and Drainage Programme in Doha, Qatar as a senior planner and previously the Regional Connector Project in California as a senior Scheduler and previous to that with California High-Speed Rail Project, Louisiana TIMED Managers Program Controls Group, the Silicon Valley Rapid Transit, the Orange County Great Park Development Projects, the CenterLine Project in California and Tren Urbano Project in Puerto Rico.  Gained extensive experience in Project Controls with emphasis on cost and schedule; also quite familiar with several software packages, particularly Primavera P6 and Microsoft Office Suite.

Recent Experience

•      Parsons Brinckerhoff International Inc., Qatar: June 2012 to May 2016

Providing design and construction planning and scheduling support for Local Road and Drainage Programme. Responsibilities include supporting Doha South and Doha West’s Delivery Teams in their planning, scheduling and claims efforts using Primavera P6 for scheduling and MS Excel, Slope/Linear Diagram and Acumen Fuse for various data analysis.

 

•      Regional Connector Transit Corridor Project (LACMTA), Los Angeles, CA: Jan. 2010 ~ Feb. 2012

Providing design scheduling support for Metro’s 2 mile tunnel project to connect several train lines during PE EIR/EIS phase using Primavera P6 for scheduling and Excel software for variance and trend analysis reports as well as Slope/Linear Diagram for visual project presentation.

 (2009)

•      California High-Speed Rail Project (CAHSR), Sacramento, CA: Jan. 2008 ~ Dec. 2009

Providing scheduling support for program management team and 10 project sections during PE EIR/EIS phase using Primavera P6 for scheduling and fiscal year cost/schedule analysis, Org Plus for EPS & WBS development, and Excel software for variance and trend analysis reports.

(2009)

•      TIMED (Transportation Infrastructure Model for Economic Development), Baton Rouge, LA: Jan. 2006 ~ Dec 2008; Providing scheduling support for 125 project segments using Primavera Project Management 5.0 and P3 software for scheduling and Excel software for variance and trend analysis reports. (2006)

•      Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Project/BART, San Jose, California: August 2005 ~ December 2005

Providing scheduling support for the development of the Systems installation and testing schedule.

(2005)

•      CenterLine Preliminary Engineering Services, Orange County, California: June 2002 ~ July 2005

Providing scheduling and cost controls as well as maintaining an extensive action items and deliverable lists.

(2002-2005)

•      Tren Urbano Project, Puerto Rico: November 1999 ~ May 2002

Senior Project Scheduler responsible for providing schedule and cost analysis to the project team.  Collected schedules from team members from various locations including Paris, Sacramento, Boston, Portland, New Jersey, Atlanta, and San Juan for analysis and integration into the master schedule containing over 5,000 activities with six levels for the work breakdown structure (WBS) on monthly basis.  Produced cost and schedule reports and variance analysis for submittal to management team for decision making and progress payments reporting purposes. (1997-2002)

Previous Experience

Prior to joining PB, provided process control services, scheduling, and cost estimation to numerous transit, airport expansion, and hydroelectric projects.  Project experience included:

Transit

•      Amtrak North End Electrification Project, Massachusetts

Project Controls Engineer responsible for developing and maintaining drawing control system for over 10,000 drawings with more than ten levels for WBS. 

Prepared the design schedule and provided data processing support to make the civil engineering data available to the systems’ computer programs.

Airports

•      San Francisco International Airport (SFIA) Expansion Program, California

Cost Engineer responsible for providing cost engineering for the SFIA master plan program and construction management (CM) cost coordination of the new International Terminals Complex, airport rail transit system, and multi-story garages.

Process Control

•      Chevron Oil Project, California

Project Controls Specialist responsible for providing project controls implementation and support.

Other Projects

•      Engineering Consultant Firm, San Francisco, California

Information Systems/Project Controls Specialist responsible for developing application programs for a job cost and document controls program using FoxPro relational data base management system. 

Provided support during the decision-making process through preparation of WBS, OBS. cost/schedule, and performance measurement tools.  Relevant project works included:

-       U.S. Army Materials Testing Laboratory, Boston, Massachusetts, 1992

-       Tasman Corridor, San Jose, California, 1991

-       Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Dublin/Pleasanton Extension, San Francisco, California, 1991

-       Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Light Rail Starter System, Dallas. Texas, 1990

-       Superconducting Super Collider, Dallas, Texas, 1990

-       New Denver International Airport, Colorado, 1990

-       Preventive and Channel Maintenance, Egypt, 1989

-       Milner Dam and Hydroelectric, Idaho, 1989

-       Holban/Hillside Maintenance Facility, Hollis, New York, 1989

-       Baltimore Central Light Rail Line, Maryland, 1988

-       I-95 Expansion, Florida, 1987

-       Shuikou Hydroelectric, China, 1987

-       I-10/1-17 Interchange, Phoenix, Arizona, 1987

-       Monterey Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant, California, 1986

-       Piedra del Aguila, Argentina, 1985

-       Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Actions, California, 1985

-       Lucky Peak Hydroelectric, Idaho, 1985

-       Small-Hydro Development, San Francisco, California, 1984

•      Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California 1983 

Computer System Operator/Information Systems tutor responsible for operating two HP 3000 minicomputers, series 64 and series III. 

Assisted students and faculty members with computer programming and operation and implemented a faculty information system for the Graduate School.