Title: Professional Headshot of Man

 

Dr. Ferzat

Mercan

CIVIL ENGINEER, Ph.D.

 

Profile

Dr. Mercan is a Civil Engineer (Gazi University, Ankara, 1986), M.S. and Ph.D. in Structural Engineering (Middle East Technical University, Ankara 1989 & 1996). Dr. Mercan also worked as a research assistant in Department of Civil Engineering of Middle East Technical University for 3 Years (1990-1993). During his academic works, he founded many electronic test laboratories for experimental research of structures for universities and companies. He has done many projects for private sector as an expert in Middle East Technical University for development of cold formed steel structures during this period of time.

 

During his Ph.D. Thesis, he studied behavior of brick infilled R/C frames under earthquake. His researches were used as a reference for new Thesis, Articles and academic works. Dr. Mercan is the author of many technical and construction related articles. Dr. Mercan also attend as examining committee member for M.S. Theses. He was member of the committee of AFAD (Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency) prepared a design code for earthquake design of cold formed steel buildings. He is attending many technical conferences as speaker and moderator.

 

His professional works on steel prefabrication and modular buildings started as a Structural Design Engineer since 1989 in a pioneer Turkish company in steel prefabrication. 1994-2016 he was working at “Dorçe Prefabricated Building & Construction INC.”. He owned different positions as chief Structural Engineer, Head of R&D, Deputy General Manager and Senior Executive Manager in Dorçe. Today Dorçe owns one of the biggest cold formed steel prefabrication production capacity in the world. Dorçe also ranked as top 250 biggest International Contracting company of the world in 2013, 2015 & 2016 (ENR List, Engineering News Record, McGraw hill). He is Senior Consultant of Dorçe since 2016.

 

Contact

ADDRESS: 

1325 Sok. No:6 Aşağı öveçler Mahallesi

06460 Çankaya Ankara- TURKEYE

 

PHONE:

+90 530 548 1232

 

WEBSITE:

www.ferzat.com

 

EMAIL:

F e r z a t @ m e . c o m

Hobbies

Swimming

Motorcycles

Travel

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Middle East Technical University, Ph.D.

1989-1997

Department of Civil Engineering.

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering. 

Major subject: Structural Engineering

Minor subject: Concrete Structures, Earthquake, Behavior.

 

Middle East Technical University

1986-1989

Department of Civil Engineering

M.Sc in Civil Engineering

Major subject: Structural Engineering

Minor subject: Concrete Structures, Computer Program, Design.

 

Gazi University

1982-1986

Department of Civil Engineering.

B.Sc program 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

DORÇE PREFABRİCATED BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION IND. TRADE INC.

1994-

Board Advisor

Senior Executive Director,

Deputy General Manager,

Project Director,

Head of R&D

Design Engineer

 

MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

1991-1994

Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering

Lab. assistant. Developing computer test setup for experimental research.

Assistant in advanced reinforced concrete courses for graduate students.

 

AYTEMİZLER MACHINE INDUSTRY & TRADES Co.

Design Engineer

1989-1994

 

 

Memberships, Certificates & Trainings, BookS

 

Book: Design of Cold Formed Steel Structures by TS EN 1993-1-3 Code, Technical inspection, Written by Osman Sultan. 2018 ANKARA

 

Vice chairman of Turkey-Peru Business Council at DEİK (Foreign Economic Relations Board) 2018.

 

Member of Turkey-USA at DEİK (Foreign Economic Relations Board),

 

Member of Turkey-Pakistan Business Council at DEİK (Foreign Economic Relations Board). 2018.

 

Vice chairman of Turkey-Ecuador Business Council at DEİK (Foreign Economic Relations Board) 2016 & 2017

 

Member of Turkey-Canada Business Council at DEİK (Foreign Economic Relations Board). 2016 & 2017

 

Inspector Certificate, Ministry of public works and housing, Document No: 325

 

Chamber of civil Engineers, Vocational Training Seminar Joining Document No: 139

 

Turkish Structural steel association, TK7: Light weight steel technical committee member.

 

Technical review (Book), Design of Cold Formed Steel Structures According to TS EN 1993-1-3

 

Certificate of Appreciation, Speaker, Trueventus, 5th Annual Modular & Precast Construction, Bangkok Thailand 25th-26th May 2016

 

Certificate of Appreciation, Speaker, Trueventus, Modular Construction, Abu Dhabi UAE 26th-2tth November 2016

 

Certificate of Attendance, Speaker, Marcus Evans, Doha – Qatar, 2nd Global Construction Technology Building Materials, 28th & 29Th March 2010

 

Steel Framing Alliance, Certificate of Completion, Stud University 101 a Cold Formed Steel Framing Training Course, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, March 14th-15th 2007

 

Certificate for Speaking, Marcus Evans, Urban & Housing Development, Cape Town – South Africa, 15th-17th February 2012

 

Steel Framing Alliance, Stud University a Cold Formed Steel Framing Training Course, Rosemont - IL - USA, October 1st-4th 2005

 

Participated Conferences & Events

 

  • 2006.03.13-18 - International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction - METU - Ankara – Turkey
  • 2006.05.02-04 - California Steel Framing Alliance Spring Forum May 2-4, 2006 - Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, CA – USA
  • 2006.05.00 - Thesis Jury Member at “a thesis submitted to the graduate school of natural and applied sciences of middle east technical university by celaletdin uygar in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of M.Sc. in civil engineering May 2006“,” Seismic Design of Cold Formed Steel Structures in Residential Applications”
  • 2011.00.00 - Miles and Money London 2011 - London – UK
  • 2011.05.23-26 - Turkish-Gana-Gabon Ticaret ve Yatırım Heyeti - GANA & GABON
  • 2011.08.09-13 - Turkish Delegation to Republic of Korea - Seoul - Republic of Korea
  • 2011.10.18-19 - Dünya Türk Girişimciler Kurultayı - Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar Kongre ve Sergi Sarayı - Istanbul – Turkey
  • 2011.11.02 - Turkish Trade Delegation to the Libya – Libya
  • 2012.00.00 - 5th Annual Mines and Money – Hongkong
  • 2012.00.00 - Infrastructure & Construction Libya - Summit 2012
  • 2012.07.17-21 - Turkish Trade Commission - Tokyo – Japan
  • 2012.11.00 – Teşekkür yazısı , DELİKLİ ÇELİK LEVHALARLA GÜÇLENDİRİLMİŞ TUĞLA DUVARLARIN TERSİNİR TEKRARLANIR YÜKLER ALTINDAKİ DAVRANIŞ VE DAYANIMI, (Yüksek Lisans Tezi) , Rahim BABAYANİ , GAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ , FEN BİLİMLERİ ENSTİTÜSÜ , Kasım 2012
  • 2012.11.15 – TUCSA Hafif Çelik Yapılar Sektör Danışma Kurulu Toplantısı – Istanbul – Turkey
  • 2013.00.00 - Offshore Technology Conference - Houston - TX – USA
  • 2013.00.00 LNG17 - Houston - TX – USA
  • 2013.02.12 - Turkish Trade Delegation To Libya - Tripoli – Libya
  • 2013.04.01-05 - Turkey-USA Trade Delegation - USA
  • 2013.05.03 - Turkish-Japanese Business Council XX. Joint Meeting
  • 2013.05.03-06 - Programme de Mission Economique - Tunusia - Algeria – Morocco
  • 2013.05.25 – TUCSA, Panel konuşmacı , “Türkiye de Hafif Çelik Yapılar ve Karşılaşılan Sorunlar”
  • 2013.10.08 - IMUS2013 - İnşaat Mühendisliği Uygulamaları ve Sorunları Konferansı - ODTU Kültür Kongre Merkezi - Ankara – Turkey
  • 2013.10.09-12 - OneBuild - Malaysia International Building, Architechture & Construction Technology - PWTC – Kuala Lampur – Malaysia
  • 2013.10.16 - Sahra Altı Afrika Bölgesi Ticaret Müşavirleri Firma Buluşmaları Etkinliği
  • 2014.10.23 - TOBB - İran Ekonomi Semineri - TOBB - Ankara – Turkey
  • 2014.11.26-27 - TruEventUS - MODULAR CONSTRUCTION FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS 26 - 27 November 2014 Intercontinental Hotel, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • 2014.12.07-11 - Iran-Isfahan Business Delegation - Isfahan – Iran
  • 2014.12.12 Türkiye-İtalia İş Formu - Cumhurbaşkanı Sayın Abdullah Gül'ün İtalia Resmi Ziyaretleri – Rome - Italy
  • 2015 - ADIPEC 2015 - Abu Dhabi - Emirates
  • 2015.04.01-02 - 10th Turkish-Arab Economic Forum - Four Seasons Bosphorus Hotel - Istanbul – Turkey
  • 2015.04.21 - VIII. Türkiye Sektörel Ekonomi Şurası - Ankara – Turkey
  • 2015.10.06-07 - International Seminar on Business Opportunities in Punjab Pakistan - Lahore – Pakistan
  • 2015.10.06-09- Inter Airport Europe - Munich – Germany
  • 2016.01.10 - VIII. Büyükelçiler Konferansı Kapsamında Deik Çalışması- Ankara – Turkey
  • 2016.01.14 - Deik Canada - Canada Büyükelçisi ile çalışma toplantısı – İstanbul
  • 2016.01.15 - Deik şili-Peru-Ekvador ortak Toplantısı - DEİK - İstanbul – Turkey
  • 2016.01.26 - TMB 64. yıl Toplantısı - TMB Merkezi - Ankara – Turkey
  • 2016.01.29 - Ecuador Minister of International Trade ile Çalışma Toplantısı - TIM - Istanbul – Turkey
  • 2016.01.30-2016.02.05 - T.C. Cumhurbaşkanı Sn. Recep Tayyip Erdoğanın Şili, Peru ve Ekvador'u Resmi Zİyaretleri – Deik
  • 2016.03.02 - Libya Tripoli Havaalanı Müdürlüğü ile Terminal Binaları Teknik Geliştirme Toplantıları - Tripoli – Libya
  • 2016.03.03 - Libya Başbakanı ile Teknik Toplantı - Tripoli – Libya
  • 2016.03.17-20 World of Modular Conference & Exhabition - San Diego - CA – USA
  • 2016.03.29-31 - Afganistan Business Developement Visit- Kabul – Afganistan
  • 2016.04.11 - Türk Hafif çelik deprem şartnamesi toplantısı - Boğaziçi Üniversitesi - Istanbul – Turkey
  • 2016.04.14-15 - Libya Tripoli Havaalanı Projesi Toplantısı - Istanbul – Turkey
  • 2016.04.29 - Maleziya Büyükelçiliği ile Deik Toplantısı - Ankara – Turkey
  • 2016.05.16 Iran Health Summit
  • 2016.05.23-24 - World Humanitarian Summit - Istanbul – Turkey
  • 2016.06.01-03 - AFAD - Türkiye Siesmic Tehlike ve Bina Deprem Yönetmenliği Çalıştayı - Ankara – Turkey
  • 2016.10.11 - Saudi Aramco memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony with Turkish companies - Istanbul – Turkey
  • 2016.12.02 - Turkish-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry - 7th UK Turkey Business Forum - Swissotel The Bosphorus - Istanbul Turkey
  • 2016.12.05 - H.E. Jesus German Faria Tortosa (Venezuela Minister) Deik Venezuela ile toplantısı - Deik - İstanbul – Turkey
  • 2017.01.14 IX. Büyükelçiler Konferansı Çalışma Kurultayı - Ankara -Turkey
  • 2017.03.26-28 - EFDRR European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction - Hilton İStanbul Boğaziçi – Turkey
  • 2017.05.03-05 - 6th Annual Modular & Precast Construction - Trueventus - Speaker & Moderator - Sofitel Bangkok - Sukhumvit - Bangkok – Thailand
  • 2017.05.09-12 - IDEF'17 - Under the auspices of the Residency of the Republic of Turkey - Istanbul – Turkey
  • 2017.05.24 - Building Technology Conference - Ministry of Housing - Riyadth - Saudi Arabia
  • 2017.07.03-04 - Pakistan İş geliştirme Konferansı - Lahore – Pakistan
  • 2017.08.12 R&D Site visit - Lightweight concrete and cold formed steel- Helsinki Finland
  • 2017.09.28-30 - Pakmedia - Medical, Health & Cosmetics Fair- Lahore – Pakistan
  • 2017.10.05-06 - Venezuela Başkanı Madura ile Deik Toplantisi - JW MArriot Hotel - Ankara – Turkey
  • 2017.10.06 - Türkiye-Venezuela İş Forumu - DEİK - Istanbul – Turkey
  • 2017.10.09-19 -Libya İş Geliştirme Gezisi - Tripoli – Libya
  • 2017.10.24 - Canada Büyükelçisi ile İş Geliştirme Toplantı - Müsiad - Ankara – Turkey
  • 2017.10.26 - 18. Yapısal Çelik Günü - Istanbul Marriot Hotel Asia - Istanbul – Turkey
  • 2017.10.27 - Meeting on Business and investment opportunities and legal regulations in İran - TMB - Ankara – Turkey
  • 2017.11.01-08 - Pakistan İşbirliği Geliştirme Toplantıları - Lahore & Karachi – Pakistan
  • 2017.11.16-17 - Fildişi Sahili İş Geliştirme Toplantıları- Fildişi Sahili
  • 2017.11.22 - Türkiye Saudi Arabistan İş ve Yatırım Forumu - Ceylan intercontinental hotel - Istanbul – Turkey
  • 2017.11.23-25 - World Halal Summit - Istanbul – Turkey
  • 2018.02.04 - Kazakistan Yatırım Ajansı ile İş Geliştirme Toplantısı - ATO - Ankara Turkey
  • 2018.02.13-15 - Deik Pakistan seyahatı - Islamabad & Lahore
  • 2018.02.24-25 - Libyan Turkish conference for Developement & Investment - Istanbul – Turkey
  • 2018.08.09 - Pakistan Turkey Business Opportunities Conference - Istanbul – Turkey
  • 2018.08.12 - DEİK USA meeting– Istanbul
  • 2018.10.30 - Meeting with Pakistan President - Conrad Hotel - Istanbul
  • 2018.11.14 - Meeting with Ivory Cost Housing Ministry - Turkish contractors association - Ankara
  • 2018.11.15 - Deik Pakistan Ankara görüşmeleri - Ankara - Turkey
  • 2018.12.20 - Türkiye-Iran iş forumu - DEİK organizasiyonu - Çankaya Köşkü - Ankara - Turkey
  • Participations in: IWE Istanbul Water Expo, The Big 5 - International Building & Construction Show, Turkish-Arab Economic Forum, IQPC - International Quality & Productivity Center, World of Modular, Yapı - TurkeyBuild - YEM Exhabitions

 

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