A K M Saiduz Zaman is the owner of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering. He received his PhD in Civil Engineering from Concordia University. Dr. Zaman has over twenty-two years of professional experience in civil, building, and environmental engineering, hydrodynamic and water quality studies, and water and wastewater engineering.
He worked for approximately four years as a Civil Engineer with URS Corporation in Tallahassee, Florida. His association with URS dates back to 1995, when he worked with Woodward-Clyde International.
Throughout his career, Dr. Zaman has alternated between professional practice and academic pursuits. In 2006, he completed his doctoral dissertation at Concordia University, focusing on the treatment of groundwater contaminated with arsenic and organic material.
Dr. Zaman has applied his expertise to numerous projects, including surface water and deep-sea geohazard modelling. He has used the programming languages FORTRAN and MATLAB to implement numerical methods. He is also experienced in the application of standard process-based transport models, including the SMS models FESWMS, RMA2 & 4, ADCIRC, M2D, StormNET, XPSWMM, PCSWMM, the HEC suite of models, as well as CAD, GIS, STAAD Pro, STAAD Foundation Advanced, Mathcad, and Microsoft Office programs.
Dr. Zaman is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario and a Certified Associate Project Manager. He has extensive experience in both academic and workplace curriculum development and has been responsible for delivering a wide range of work-related, subject-specific, technical, and job-specific training.
Dr. Zaman has applied his expertise across a broad range of disciplines, including Water Supply and Sewerage, Storm Water Management, Environmental Engineering, Hazardous Waste Management, Engineering Aspects of Chemical and Biological Processes, Engineering Aspects of Site Remediation, Fate and Transport of Contaminants in the Environment, and Design and Analyses of Experiments.
Dr. Zaman has planned, directed, coordinated, and budgeted a wide variety of construction projects, including commercial, industrial, and residential buildings. He has also conducted preliminary Phase 1 and Phase 2 Environmental Site Assessments for owners of commercial buildings. These studies involved quantitative risk assessments, including hazard identification, exposure assessment, toxicity assessment, and risk characterization.
In addition, Dr. Zaman has developed workplace curricula by setting learning objectives based on needs assessments, selecting subject matter and teaching methods appropriate for construction workers, developing learning materials and activities, and evaluating learning outcomes. He has also delivered environmental, health, and safety training.
