Alireza Afkhami.
I am a geotechnical engineer specialized in creating software solutions for engineers
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Novo Tech Software Ltd.
Computers make our life easier, especially when dealing with complex engineering analyses. Since 1998, Alireza was obsessed with computer programming. He has developed several software tools in various fields including customer management, nutrition analysis, structural engineering analysis, geotechnical engineering, and 3D rendering.
In addition to his formal education in civil engineering, he received his Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) degree in 2000, and focused on creating a new brand in engineering software industry. In 2008, Alireza founded Novo Tech Software Ltd and developed several computer programs (both desktop and cloud-based) for geotechnical engineering. Currently, over 1000 consulting engineering companies and universities across the world use Novo Tech tools in their projects.
In 2021, Novo Tech Software was acquired by Rocscience Inc, a leading geotechnical software company based in Toronto, Canada.
North Surrey Sports & Ice Complex
Completed in 2019, this 134,000 square foot facility features three ice rinks, community meeting spaces, food services, and outdoor activity areas, with a fitness centre, yoga studio, and indoor cycling. The subsurface soil conditions at this site included up to 4 metres of fill material underlain by very soft silt and peat to a depth of about 40 metres, with a shallow groundwater level. The geotechnical design of any structure on this type of soil stratigraphy is always very challenging, both in static loading condition (bearing capacity / settlement) as well as following a design earthquake and impact of soil liquefaction on the foundations. Alireza was the project lead engineer for this project, and was responsible for the design of steel / concrete piles (static and seismic loading conditions) as well as supervision of the field engineers during pile installations and site preparation.
Evergreen Transit Line (Skytrain)
Evergreen Line Rapid Transit (ELRT) project consists of 11 km of advanced light rail transit that connects with and extends Vancouver’s existing SkyTrain system from Burnaby through Port Moody to Coquitlam ($1.4B budget). The project included some challenging design and construction issues, including accommodating higher seismic requirements in areas of poor soil conditions, difficult tunnel boring conditions, 4 km of construction immediately adjacent to CP Rail’s mainline, integrating new train control systems into the existing operation, and significant traffic management issues.
Alireza was the lead geotechnical engineer for Segment 1 of the ELRT project. He was responsible for the static and seismic design of the guideway piles as well as foundations of the new stations, team liaison and construction reviews of large diameter drilled shafts and driven steel piles, as well as soil mixing and stone columns.
