Peyman Askari Nejad

Dr. Peyman Askari Nejad (July 25, 1977 in Tehran, Iran), He is an American Citizen and Living in United State of America, He is a USA based Principal Structural Engineer. Dr. Peyman is the Expert high-rise Designer for the Super Tall skyscrapers in the United States and in the Middle East. He has Extensive Tall Building Experience that started with Burj Dubai-Plot63A landmark Emmar Building. During his five years in Dubai he led the design of many towers, He is noted for his contributions to the designs for some of the World's Tallest Projects in United Arab Emirates like Princess Tower, Marina 101, Elite Tower Residence, Infinity Tower, Wind Tower-I, Wind Tower-II U-Bora Tower, Crescent Hotel in Palm Jumeirah, Shams Gate Towers in the Abu Dhabi, Trump Hotel and in the Europe, Okhta Center Tower, Gazprom project.

Dr. Peyman received his bachelor’s degree in the field of Civil Engineering,in Tehran, Iran in 1997 while placing first in his college. He pursued his advanced studies at the Sharif University of Technology. He earned his Master's in Structural Engineering specialized in structural design and afterwards a PhD in Structural Engineering specialized in Tall Buildings and in addition to his educational carrier he also received the Project Management degree (M.Sc., PMP) from UC Berkeley, California, USA. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of University of IAU and teaching in the SBP State Polytechnic University.

Career

• He began his career as a Structural Engineer with Tehran Berkley Construction Contracting Company.
• Mayor advisor with Tehran District One Municipality.
• As a Senior Structural Engineer, project manager with Geno Consultancy Engineer, Tehran.
• Chairman with Feyavaran Consultancy Engineer, Tehran.
• As dean of the Civil Engineering department with Int. Academy of Arts, Sciences & Technology, Knowledge Village .
• Head of structural division with Farayand Consultancy Engineer.
• Principal Structural Engineer with Hyder Consulting UK.
• Principal Structural Engineer with CBM Engineers Inc. USA

In 2005, Dr. Peyman established PGB Engineers, a structural engineering firm in The United Kingdom. PGB Engineers now plans to broaden their reach to Middle East and have opened a regional office in Dubai recently. Peyman has been serving the company as the CEO since its establishment.

Professional Achievements

• Chairman of seismic committee of high-rise & complex building in International congress on seismic retrofitting (March, 2006).
• Article award concrete deep beam using perforated steel plates, 7th International conference on multi-purpose high-rise towers and tall building, in Dubai (December, 2005).
• Article award on concrete & technology, Malaysia (April, 2005).
• Elected as an outstanding researcher of the year, award given by the President of Iran in recognition of science and research activity (March, 2002).
• Design of high-rise building award, presented by the Ministry of Housing & Municipality of Iran (May 2001).
• Best article on water resources of the year award, presented at the 2nd International symposium by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. (June, 1999)
• Standing First World University Students Olympiad, University of Toronto, Canada (February, 1997)
• Research and science award, presented at the seminar on civil engineering and architecture at the technical faculty of Islamic Azad University of Iran. (December, 1999)

License and Membership

License

• Post tension design and construction, Imperial College, London, UK.
• Design fundamentals of post- tensioned concrete floors, Pti, San Francisco, USA.
• Tehran Municipality License in Design & Structure unlimited, Tehran-Iran.
• UK Professional Engineering License (MIStructE & CEng.), London, UK, ( Jun 2005)
• Dubai Professional Engineering License (PE), Dubai-UAE. (Dec. 2004)
• USA Professional Engineering License (PE), Houston-Texas. (Oct. 2009)

Membership

• CTBUH Consul of Tall Building and Urban Habitat, Chicago, Country Leader, 2007–Present.
• USA Structural Engineers Association of Texas, 2005 – present
• UAE society of civil engineers.
• International institute of earthquake of Iran.
• Iranian construction engineers organization province of Tehran.
• Iranian society of civil engineers.

External links

• PGB Engineers website