Mr. Rasheed Ansari, C.E.T., has over 30 years of experience managing, supervising and/or performing QA/QC testing of construction materials (soils, crushed aggregate and recycled concrete, Portland cement concrete, masonry, and asphalt concrete). In addition to performing specialized and complex testing (concrete permeability, aggregate soundness, sand equivalent, LA abrasion, freeze-thaw, masonry absorption, lightweight particles, direct shear, etc.), Mr. Ansari designs specialty mixes of Portland cement concrete, cement-treated aggregate base (CTA/CTB), cement and lime-stabilized soils, and proportioned soils (blended soils) to produce soils that have suitable/specific engineering properties. Mr. Ansari helped design, and later supervised, the trial batches of Portland cement concrete for the MWAA Metrorail Silver Line Phase I project, the Occoquan Dam Facilities improvements, and the runway pavement at Joint Base Andrews. He also designed the Cement Treated Base mixes that support the taxiway extension at the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport (MRB) and cement and/or lime stabilized soil mixes for large commercial and residential projects in Northern Virginia.

Mr. Ansari also inspects concrete and asphalt pavement material production facilities, concrete and asphalt pavement producer testing laboratories, and participates as a laboratory facility evaluator for the Washington Area Council of Engineering Laboratories (WACEL).

Mr. Ansari has served as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET). This is a volunteer position that requires a uniquely qualified individual who possesses extensive knowledge and skills in soils, asphalt, concrete and Geotechnical Engineering Technology. Mr. Ansari’s role as an SME was to assist NICET in their endeavor to convert the existing Work Element Based Testing Programs to Modified Computer Based Programs; to include practice analysis, writing and reviewing test questions, and question ratings.