• Evaluation of the existing bridge, Vickery Avenue, Saratoga, California. (2025)
• Design of the steel bridge, Hermiston, Oregon. (2024)
• Access road bridge, Felton, California. (2022)
• Access road bridge, Oakland, California. (2021)
• Jahad Bridge in Arak city for Arak Municipality — structural design of a cable bridge with a 50-meter span. (2008)
• Hamadan Intersection Bridge for Iranian Radio & TV Broadcasting, Hamadan Municipality — basic design of a bridge with 35-meter spans. (1999)
• Hamadan Pedestrian Bridge for Hamadan Municipality — basic design of a pedestrian bridge with a 40-meter span. (1998)
• Abbasabad Bridge for Tehran Technical Consultant Organization — basic design of a bridge with a 50-meter span. (1998)
• Sarve Bridge for the Municipality of Tehran District 2 — design of a concrete bridge with a 25-meter span. (1995)
• Mohammad Ali Jenah Bridge (B2) for Sazian Consulting Engineers — design of a bridge with a 25-meter span and a total length of 120 meters. (1994)
• Poonak Bakhtari, Yadegar Imam Highway Bridge for Maragh Company — design of a bridge with a 24-meter span. (1994)
• Karaj Highway Interchange Bridge B1 & B2 for Sazian Consulting Engineers — design of bridges with 22-meter spans. (1994)
• Resalat-Modarres Bridge (Resalat Ahanchi) for Sazian Consulting Engineers — design of a bridge with a 22-meter span. (1994)
Evaluation of the existing bridge, Vickery Avenue, Saratoga, California. (2025)
Description: This bridge is part of the access road to several private properties. Two bridges were inspected and evaluated for safety in response to the County of Santa Clara’s comments. The bridge was supposed to carry the load of 75000 lbs (fire engine).
Type of order: Full scope consultant services
Owner/Client: Private owner
Ordered by: Owner
Lead Engineer: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Project manager: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Architect: N.I.A.
Structural/Civil Eng.: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Mech. & Elec. Eng.: N.I.A.
Supervision/Construction: Padir Consulting Eng.
Contractor: N.A.
Location: Vickery Avenue, Saratoga, California, USA.
Project size: N.A.
Construction cost: N.A.
Engineering Software: N.A.
Date of project: 2025
Design of the steel bridge over an irrigation canal, Hermiston, Oregon. (2024)
Description: This bridge is part of the access road to a property. The span length is more than 40 ft. The bridge has steel girders.
Type of order: Full scope consultant services (preliminary design and reports, contract drawings and calculations, contract procedures, supervision)
Owner/Client: Private owner
Ordered by: Fortress Structural Engineering Inc.
Lead Engineer: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Project manager: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Architect: N.I.A.
Structural/Civil Eng.: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Mech. & Elec. Eng.: N.I.A.
Supervision/Construction: Padir Consulting Eng.
Contractor: Local GC.
Location: Hermiston, Oregon, USA.
Project size: N.I.A.
Construction cost: 60,000 USD
Engineering Software: SAP 2000 – Infline
Date of project: 2024
Access road bridge, Felton, California. (2022)
Description: This bridge is part of the access road to a residential dwelling. The span length is more than 20 ft. The bridge has timber stringers with a concrete slab.
Type of order: Full scope consultant services (preliminary design and reports, contract drawings and calculations, contract procedures, supervision)
Owner/Client: Private owner
Ordered by: Fortress Structural Engineering Inc.
Lead Engineer: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Project manager: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Architect: N.I.A.
Structural/Civil Eng.: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Mech. & Elec. Eng.: N.I.A.
Supervision/Construction: Padir Consulting Eng.
Contractor: Local GC.
Location: Madrona Ave., Felton, California, USA.
Project size: N.I.A.
Construction cost: 80,000 USD
Engineering Software: SAP 2000 – Infline
Date of project: 2022
Access road bridge, Oakland, California. (2021)
Description: This bridge is part of the access road to a residential dwelling. The span length is more than 30 ft. The bridge has timber stringers with a concrete slab.
Type of order: Full scope consultant services (preliminary design and reports, contract drawings and calculations, contract procedures, supervision)
Owner/Client: Private owner
Ordered by: the owner
Lead Engineer: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Project manager: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Architect: N.I.A.
Structural/Civil Eng.: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Mech. & Elec. Eng.: N.I.A.
Supervision/Construction: Padir Consulting Eng.
Contractor: Local GC.
Location: Skyline Blvd., Oakland, California, USA.
Project size: N.I.A.
Construction cost: 60,000 USD
Engineering Software: SAP 2000 – Infline
Date of project: 2021
Jahad Bridge, in Arak city (2008)
Description: This bridge is in the Jihad square in Arak city. It is one of the most important bridges in this area which is a concrete bridge with 55-meter length.
Type of order: Full scope consultant services (preliminary design and reports, contract drawings and calculations, Contract procedures, supervision)
Description: Monj Hydropower plant is the part of the “Karun 4” dam major project, which is ARMAND AB is the ultimate consulting engineers and consulting engineers, is the consulting engineers for design of 2000 mm penstock. This hydropower plant has been designed to supply the required electrical power for the construction of Karun 4 dam. The length of penstock that was exposed with anchor blocks & buried was equal to 2000 m that is one of the largest penstocks in the country. The hydropower consists of hydro turbines, which are rotating by water pressure. A penstock from upstream secondary dam feed the water to the hydro power plant, and the pipeline route has an approximate length equal to 2000 m with 100 m height between dam and powerhouse. A bridge is across Monj river and is designed for access to the power station. Also, the 2000 mm penstock passed over it to the power plant It is one of the most important bridges in the project of Karun 4 Dam. This bridge Has steel plate girders which have one bay with 33-meter length & designed for truck & penstock loads.
Type of order: Full scope consultant services (preliminary design and reports, contract drawings and calculations, Contract procedures) for bridge design
Owner/Client: Iran, water resource organization
Ordered by: Mahsar Abniyeh Company
Lead Engineer: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Project manager: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Architect: N.I.A.
Structural/Civil Eng.: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour, Nastaran Ashtari, Heydar Abbasi
Mech. & Elec. Eng.: N.I.A.
Supervision/Construction: Armand Ab Consulting Eng.
Contractor: Mahsar Abniyeh Co.
Location: The pipeline is going to the Monj River and thus a Bridge structure shall be required to support the penstock and access road. The Penstock will be located near the main road between SHAHR KORD to IZEH cities in KHOZESTAN province.
Project size: N.I.A.
Construction cost: N.I.A.
Engineering Software: SAP 2000 – Auto Cad 2000 -Infline
Date of project: 2003-2004
Dar Abad-Alborz Bridge (1999)
Description: A bridge was designed with a 12m length of span in Dar Abad, at the inference of Shahrak Alborz.
Type of order: Full scope consultancy for bridge design.
Owner/Client: Municipality of Tehran – district 1
Ordered by: Dismansaz co. As EPC contractor
Lead Engineer: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Project manager: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Architect: N.I.A.
Structural/Civil Eng.: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour – Nastaran Ashtari
Mech. & Elec. Eng.: N.I.A.
Supervision/Construction: Municipality of Tehran
Contractor: Dismansaz co.
Location: Bridge – Shahrak Alborz – Dar Abad – Tehran – Iran.
Description: Yadegar Imam highway was divided into five parts and each part was designed by consulting engineers. 5 kilometers of highway was designed by ParsPadir consulting engineers (between Eyvanak and Eassar streets). This part consists of 3 bridges (Sarve, Poonak Bakhtari, and Eyvanak), three interchanges and one intersection, shallow water drainage system, lighting, geometrical and pavement design of highway and retaining structures. The project is one of the most important ones in Tehran city, and the features were published in journals. Also, the president of Iran inaugurated the highway in 2001. Abutments are made by reinforced soil structural system, designed by Amin Ghafooripour. It was checked by Dr. Behnia (Tehran University) and constructed by Khak Mosalah Iran Company with their contract and patent basis modifications. Street lighting was also designed.
Type of order: Full scope consultant services (preliminary design and reports, contract drawings and calculations, Contract procedures, supervision)
Structural/Civil Eng.: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour (structural designer of bridges), Nastaran Ashtari (Highway designer and coordinator of contract drawings)
Mech. & Elec. Eng.: Bahram Artimes for street lighting
Supervision/Construction: Consulting Eng.
Contractor: Maragh co. – Dismansaz co.
Location: Yadegar highway – Tehran – Iran.
Project size: N.I.A.
Construction cost: 2,000,000 USD
Engineering Software: SAP 90 – Infline
Date of project: 1996-2001
Yadegar Imam Highway, Sarv Bridge (1996-2001)
Description: Yadegar Imam highway was divided into five parts, and each part was designed by consulting engineers. 5 kilometers of highway was designed by ParsPadir consulting engineers (between Eyvanak and Eassar streets). This part consists of 3 bridges (Sarve, Poonak Bakhtari, and Eyvanak), three interchanges and one intersection, shallow water drainage system, lighting, geometrical and pavement design of highway and retaining structures. The project is one of the most important ones in Tehran city, and the features were published in journals. Also, the president of Iran inaugurated the highway in 2001. The precast reinforced concrete bridge has been designed with 21 m length of span. The bridge has couple bays and 12 m width.
Type of order: Full scope consultant services (preliminary design and reports, contract drawings and calculations, Contract procedures, supervision)
Structural/Civil Eng.: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour (structural designer of bridges), Nastaran Ashtari (Highway designer and coordinator of contract drawings)
Mech. & Elec. Eng.: Bahram Artimes for street lighting
Supervision/Construction: Consulting Eng.
Contractor: Maragh co. – Dismansaz co.
Location: Yadegar highway – Tehran – Iran.
Project size: N.I.A.
Construction cost: 2,000,000 USD
Engineering Software: SAP 90 – Infline
Date of project: 1996-2001
B2 Bridge over Karaj Highway (1994)
Description: The B2 bridge was designed over the Karaj highway as a curved bridge connecting the metro station to the highway. The precast reinforced concrete bridge has been designed with a 25 m span length. The bridge has five bays and a 40 m width.
Type of order: Full scope consultant services (preliminary design and reports, contract drawings and calculations, contract procedures, supervision)
Owner/Client: Municipality of Tehran, District-2
Ordered by: Sazian Consulting Engineers
Lead Engineer: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Project manager: Amin Ghafooripour
Architect: N.A.
Structural/Civil Eng.: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour (structural designer of bridges), Nastaran Ashtari (highway designer and coordinator of contract drawings)
Mech. & Elec. Eng.: Bahram Artimes for street lighting
