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Canadian Consulting Engineer | July/August 2024
Sameer Hasham, BASc, P.Eng., CPHD | Group Leader

Sameer Hasham, 39, is an associate and group leader with RJC Engineers, special­izing in building science. As a Certified Passive House De­signer (CPHD) and board member of the British Col­umbia Building Envelope Council (BCBEC), he focuses on designing enclosures for buildings with consideration for both structural and ther­mal engineering of the façade.

After emigrating from Kenya at 17, Hasham complet­ed high school in Canada. He was drawn to physics, learn­ing how things work at a fundamental level.

“My father was a steel fab­ricator who designed and built structures,” he explains. “I initially wanted to be an architect, but found myself enjoying the engineering side of putting things together.”

While attending the Uni­versity of British Columbia (UBC), he joined RJC as a co-op student.

“As soon as I started study­ing civil engineering, I knew it was exactly where I wanted to be,” says Hasham. “It’s the connection between learning concepts from books and practical, hands-on construc­tion work.”

After completing his de­gree, he rejoined RJC as a design engineer. He has since contributed to national best practices, e.g. by developing design tools for fenestration assemblies’ structural and thermal performance. He also contributed research to a guide for mitigating ther­mal bridging in wood-frame balcony assemblies and to a digital twin-based analysis of deep-energy retrofit strat­egies, both for the B.C. Hous­ing Excellence Grant.

“It’s interesting to apply building science to designs for retrofitting existing buildings while they are still occupied,” he says.

Projects where he has served as building envelope engineer of record have in­cluded Vancouver Island’s McLoughlin Point Wastew­ater Treatment Plant and Victoria’s LEED Platin­um-certified Capital Park of­fice and retail building. To­day, he leads a team of engineers and technologists on Vancouver Island and has overseen hygrothermal an­alysis and reporting for the retention of heritage fabric in the redevelopment of Ot­tawa’s Block 2, across from Parliament Hill.

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