Abid joined Terrapex in 2021 as Manager, Geotechnical Investigations. He has over 20 years of experience in various aspects of geo-engineering, including geotechnical, geo-environmental, hydrogeological, geotechnical instrumentations, underground structures (tunnels, shafts, powerhouses and subway facilities) design and construction supervision. He has also prepared numerous geotechnical investigation and design reports for commercial and residential developments, slopes, bridges, pavement and culverts. He has been involved in the preparation of geotechnical baseline reports.

Abid has conducted a tunnel boring machine (TBM) confinement study, worked on TBM dismantling, managed a slurry treatment plant, and designed instrumentation & monitoring requirements for construction projects. In addition, he has experience in design and calculation of support requirements for underground structures in soft and hard rock, and mixed ground. He has been involved in P3/AFP projects, from proposal phase to design and construction supervision, and has been involved in writing the geotechnical portion of Project Agreements and Project Specific Output Specifications.

Abid holds a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering with specialization in Geotechnical Engineering from York University. He also holds Master’s degrees in Engineering Geology and in Information Technology. He is registered as a Professional Engineer with PEO and Professional Geoscientist with PGO. He is a member of the Canadian Geotechnical Society, Pakistan Geotechnical Engineering Society, Tunneling Association of Canada and Hong Kong Tunneling Society.

Please feel free to contact us with any inquiries on how we can assist and/or support you in your geotechnical needs.

Terrapex is pleased to welcome Zen Keizars. Zen is a Senior Hydrogeologist with over 20 years of experience leading multi disciplinary projects throughout the United States, South Africa, Bermuda, Namibia, and Canada. His extensive ground-level experience and broad theoretical skill-set are ideal for providing fast and adaptive technical support at any level.

Zen is a Past President of Professional Geoscientists Ontario (PGO; previously APGO) and continues to contribute to the PGO as the Communications Committee Chair. In recognition of his reputation for leadership and professionalism, Zen is an invited advisor to technical committees with several municipalities, a Fellow of Geoscience Canada, and a sessional instructor at Trent University, providing instruction in Geophysics (3rd year) and Structural Geology (3rd year).

As a Senior Hydrogeologist at Terrapex, Zen’s areas of focus include the management of dewatering hydrogeology investigations, groundwater under direct influence (GUDI) investigations, radiological investigations, and feature based water balance (FBWB) assessments.

Please feel free to contact us with any inquiries on how we can assist and/or support you in your hydrogeology needs.

Terrapex is pleased to welcome Chris Parent as Senior Biologist and Project Manager. Chris has more than 20 years of experience in the public and private sectors related to wildlife biology and species at risk. During his career, he has managed, undertaken or contributed to more than 100 projects, including subwatershed studies, Class Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Studies, with a specific emphasis on wildlife species at risk, particularly herpetofauna (reptiles and amphibians). He has a particular interest in the development and implementation of mitigation measures to reduce development impacts on wildlife.

Chris completed a B.Sc. in Zoology and a M.Sc. in Biology. He is a MNRF-certified Butternut Health Assessor and also serves as a part-time instructor in Niagara College’s Ecosystem Restoration Graduate Certificate Program.

As a Senior Biologist and Project Manager, Chris will be involved in the completion of life science inventories, and will manage all aspects of environmental impact assessment, including the design of technical study protocols, the collection and analysis of data, and reporting.

Please contact us with any inquiries on how we can assist and/or support you with your biological and ecological surveys and other environmental impact assessment needs.

Terrapex is very pleased to welcome Amer Mohammad, P. Eng. to our Ottawa office as of Monday June 22, 2020. Amer obtained a Bachelor of Applied Science Degree in Civil Engineering (Structural and Geotechnical Engineering Option) from the University of Ottawa in 2011. A licensed professional engineer in the province of Ontario, he has over 7 years of geotechnical experience with the last 5 years working in the Ottawa region including a variety of real estate development and municipal infrastructure projects. Prior to working in Ottawa, he completed geotechnical projects in the province of Alberta and internationally.

Amer will assist our clients by managing geotechnical investigations, site inspections and materials testing. He will also oversee the geotechnical testing laboratory in Ottawa.

Please feel free to contact us with any inquiries on how we can assist and/or support you in your geotechnical needs.