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Persian Tribune
Person of The Month
Jamil Mardukhi, M.A.Sc.,M. Eng., P.Eng., Ing., Consult.
Jamil Mardukhi is the Managing Director of NCK Engineering Ltd., Toronto office. A consulting designate structural engineer with over 40 years of civil and structural design and project management experience, he has been a longstanding leader in the field, having played key roles in the design and construction of several iconic developments. He has also made significant contributions to the intellectual development of the structural engineering and development business through his personal scholarship and support for academic research and development. He received his Master's degree in Structural Engineering from the University of Toronto in 1974, and a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Tabriz in 1969. He joined NCK Engineering, at the time called Nicolet and Associates, in 1973. He has been managing the Toronto office of the firm since 1982, and became a partner of the firm in 1992. Mardukhi has been responsible for the design of many tall towers, high rise buildings and special structures in Canada, Mexico, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Jeddah, Tehran, Trinidad, and Moscow since 1973. This includes key roles as the lead structural engineer for award winning projects such as the CN Tower, 46
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in Toronto and Les Pyramides Du Grand Louvre, in Paris. He has also been the chief engineer responsible for all inspections, monitoring, and revamping of the CN Tower since its completion. In parallel to his professional practice, he has been closely involved in many research and development projects, including research on the use of advanced fibers for the reinforcement of structural systems, detailed study of the uses of Tuned Liquid Dampers and advanced modeling work into the structural complexities of Tall Wind Towers. This work was achieved in partnership with academic and research institutions, including the University of Toronto, the University of Western Ontario and Ryerson University. Mardukhi has published many professional papers including several papers on the structural performance of the CN Tower, the use of advanced fibers in construction and technical issues related to tall tower design. He has appeared in numerous presentations and media reports, and his papers have been printed in technical journals, and presented at Conferences on tall Towers, Wind Towers, and Earthquake Research. He was Key-note speaker at the 9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earth-Quake Engineering, Tall
Tower Conference in Moscow in 2002 and several other major conferences in Mexico, Trinidad, Erbil, Dubai and Toronto. Since his arrival in Canada in 1973, continuing the tradition of Iranian engineers, he has been an active community member with a particular focus on the community of professional engineers, and the Iranian and Kurdish communities. He organized the first Iranian Students Association in the University of Toronto, where he led the Norouz celebrations for the Iranian community in Ontario in 1973 and 1974 before moving to Montreal and continuing his activities there. In 1991, he was a driving force behind the major fund raising effort for the Iraqi Kurdish refugees in Turkey and Iran, while in 2003 he was one of the lead organizers for the Bam Earthquake Relief Committee, and was one of the pioneers of the The Canadian Society of Iranian Engineers and Architects in 1988 and the Ontario Kurdish Association in 1987. Jamil Mardukhi is a member of several professional and technical societies including the Professional Engineers Ontario, Consultant Designate; Order of Engineers of Quebec; Canadian Society of Civil Engineers and the American Concrete Institute.