Gannett Fleming expands Toronto transit and rail team

Written by Maggie Lancaster, assistant editor
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Left to right, David Bannister, Magdy Samaan and Yousef Kimiagar

Gannett Fleming Canada ULC is expanding its transportation practice with the addition of three experienced professionals to its Toronto office: David Bannister, Yousef Kimiagar and Magdy Samaan.

 

With more than 35 years of experience in the engineering industry, David Bannister joins Gannett Fleming Canada ULC as a vice president and director of facilities and program development. His expertise in structural engineering for facilities and infrastructure projects, coupled with his management of complex multi-disciplinary projects across the transit, industrial, aviation, municipal and healthcare sectors and knowledge of alternate project delivery approaches will support the advancement of the firm’s capabilities.

Yousef Kimiagar joins the firm as a vice president and Canada systems manager with more than 30 years of international engineering and management experience. He specializes in the management and integration of complex and advanced technology systems in transit rail environment. He has overseen and managed large projects in Europe, Asia and North America, is knowledgeable in alternative financing procurement, and carries years of experience working with Infrastructure Ontario, Metrolinx, Toronto Transit Commission and the city of Toronto.

Dr. Magdy Samaan joins the company as a transportation structures practice manager responsible for expanding and growth of the transportation structures business in Ontario and across Canada. Samaan over 23 years of experience in the planning, concept development, analysis, design, construction engineering, inspection, strengthening, value engineering and project management of structures.

Samaan has extensive knowledge in finite modeling of complex structures, planning and concept design, and detailed design and rehabilitation work of small and major prestressed and post-tension concrete and steel bridges, which he has applied to national and international bridge work in both private and public sectors. He will leverage his experience in P3/design-build and design-bid-build projects for the Ministry of Transportation Ontario and other major clients, as well as his expertise in the use of American, Canadian, and European Bridge Codes and Standards (AASHTO, CHBDC, and EuroCode) to advance the service offerings provided by the transportation structures business practice in Gannett Fleming.

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