Umar Abdullah

Background

About Umar Abdullah

Passionate professional dedicated to temporary traffic control, temporary traffic management and temporary highway design. I hold a bachelor's of civil engineering degree from the Toronto Metropolitan University, specializing in the Transportation sector. I have also acquired invaluable experience in Traffic Engineering and various leadership roles throughout my career journey. Through my time practicing Traffic Operations management, I have dealt with traffic staging sequences for major transit construction, OTM Books, traffic signal design/optimization, traffic management drawings and LoS analysis. I have also acquired a strong understanding of project controls and procurement. I have attained these skills working for the "Aecon Group" on the tunneling project "Eglinton Crosstown West Extension - Advanced Tunnel 1" During my time at the ECWE ATC-1, I submitted RFIs, reviewed and implemented Traffic Management Drawings, and created OTM Book 7 Traffic control plans using Bluebeam Revu and RapidPlan. I participated as a Traffic lead in Client and ISO audits. I was also a designated key individual who was responsible for coordination and communication with municipalities, transit agencies, design groups and clients.