Project Name: Earthquake Performance Assessment and Preparation of Structural Seismic Retrofitting Designs for Imperial Kitchens, Serbethane and Helvahane of Topkapi Palace.
Location: Istanbul, Turkey.
Client: Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency.
Details: Seismic evaluation and structural earthquake retrofitting of Topkapi Palace, Imperial Kitchens, located at 1st degree earthquake zone. Project required non-destructive field testing and development of alternative retrofitting schemes. The least destructive and most innovative structural retrofitting methods were developed to retrofit the more than 500 years old masonry historical structure.
Project Name: Marmaray Project, Blast Analysis and Calculation of Blast Loads Inside The Train Stations.
Location: Istanbul, Turkey.
Client: GAMA-Nurol JV.
Details: Source of the TBM design explosion load was identified and its effect on station members calculated.
Project Name: 34th Regiment Area, Mihail Kogalniceanu Military Base, Romania.
Location: Constanta, Romania.
Client: Framaco - Epik - Metis JV for United States Army Corps of Engineers.
Details: Served as design of record, providing structural and civil engineering services and construction support for this military base construction. 22,000,000 euro project included 35 buildings (a mix of pre-engineered buildings, panelized buildings, reinforced concrete buildings, and CMU buildings) and total of 18,000 sq. m closed space.
Project Name: Marmaray Project, Structural Fire Safety Evaluation of Cut and Cover tunnels and Station Buildings.
Location: Istanbul, Turkey.
Client: GAMA-Nurol JV.
Details: Investigation of Structural Fire Safety of cut and cover tunnels and station buildings.
Project Name: Marmaray Project, Structural Fire Safety Evaluation of Yedikule-Yenikapi TBM Tunnel.
Location: Istanbul, Turkey.
Client: GAMA-Nurol JV.
Details: Investigation of Structural Fire Safety of 2130-meter TBM tunnel under the Marmara Sea.
Project Name: Retrofitting of Non-Structural Components in Ataturk Hospital.
Location: Ankara, Turkey.
Client: Ministry of Health, Ataturk Hospital.
Details: Investigation of vulnerability of non-structural components in the hospital building and design of seismic connections.