MEMBER PROFILE – ENGINEERING AFFILIATE
By Jim Chliboyko
Twenty years have gone by quickly for Sam Salem and Fred Agharazi. The two
men are the founders of AATech Scientific, an Ottawa-based pile-testing
company the two formed in 1997. That means, according to the protocol
experts, the proper gift for their 20th should be either fine china or platinum.
In those 20 years, AATech Scientific has morphed from a two-man operation into
a lean and efficient company of more than a dozen versatile and globe-trotting specialists
who are well versed in a variety of techniques and who have worked in a number of
countries, states and provinces, on a wide variety of projects.
“They were classmates at the University of Ottawa, and they acquired some experience
working in the field, both together and individually, in the next following years,”
said Tony E. Mohammadi, a 12-year company veteran and senior project manager,
on the firm’s two founders. (A third man, Dr. Bengt Fellenius, is also a key partner.)
“Following their dream, they decided to start their own firm, which is now one of
Canada’s leaders in foundation engineering and testing.”
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