HALIM F.

BALKAYA
M.Sc. Civil Engineer,
1978 Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey (B.Sc.)
1981 Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey (M.Sc.)
Present job title: General Director, Eko Construction and Trade Co. Inc.

From To Company Project / Position / Experience .

2009 Eko Construction General Director

& Trade Co. Inc.
 Bacau Bypass Road Construction, Bacau, Romania
(Under construction, financed by EU funds, FIDIC
contract)
 Istanbul Ataturk International Airport,
Reconstruction and Extension of the Runway 06/24
 M-4 Motorway Construction Project, Multan /
Pakistan
(Financed by IsDB, FIDIC contract)
 Atyrau-Aktau Road Reconstruction Project, Dossor
Kulsary Section, 122 km, Atyrau / Kazakhstan
(Financed by EBRD, FIDIC contract)
 Atyrau-Aktau Road Reconstruction Project, Kulsary-
Opornye Section, 88 km, Atyrau / Kazakhstan
(Financed by EBRD, FIDIC contract)
 Kahramanmaras-Narlı-Gaziantep Highway
Construction (under construction)
 Gulluk-Bodrum Highway Construction

2002 2009 Eko Construction Deputy General Director of the company responsible for all
& Trade Co. Ltd. the projects performed between these dates. The selected
important projects are given below;
 Sana’a International Airport Development Project, 1st
Phase, Sana’a / Yemen
 Atyrau International Airport Development Project,
Atyrau / Kazakhstan
(Financed by EBRD, FIDIC contract)
 Trakia Motorway Project, Karnobat-Burgas Section,
Burgas / Bulgaria
(Financed by EIB, FIDIC contract)

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  Adapazarı-Karasu-Akçakoca Highway Construction

1990 2002 Eko Construction Technical Director of the company responsible for all the
& Trade Co. Ltd. projects performed between these dates.
Selection of the most important projects which have been
performed under his technical management are listed below;
* Bodrum-Milas International Airport Construction
(Completed as a turn-key EPC airport construction project
including all related airside and landside civil, structural,
mechanical and electrical works.)
* Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport,
Construction of Superstructural Facilities (Completed
including all civil, structural, mechanical and electrical
works related with International Passenger Terminal, VIP
Terminal, Domestic Passenger Terminal, Transformer Sub-
stations, Air Navigation (ILS) and Communication Systems,
AWOS.)
* Incirlik Air Base, Reconstruction of South Parallel
Taxitrack
(NATO project)
* Incirlik Air Base, Reconstruction of North Parallel
Taxitrack and Paved Areas
(NATO project)
* Incirlik Air Base, Reconstruction of the Main Runway
(NATO project)
* Incirlik Air Base, Reconstruction of India Loop
(NATO project)
* Ankara-Pozantı Motorway Project, Construction of
Sariyahsi-Ortakoy Section
* Bodrum-Milas Airport, Construction of Military
Aircraft Fuel Storage Facilities
(NATO project)
* Bodrum-Milas Airport, Construction of Military
Aircraft Shelters
(NATO project)
* Bodrum-Milas Airport, Construction of Military
Facilities
(NATO project)
* (Amasya-Havza Junction/Amasya-Zana Bridge)
Highway Construction
(Partially financed by the World Bank and completed under
FIDIC Contract conditions.)
* Zana Bridge-Erbaa Highway Construction
(Partially financed by the World Bank)

1988 1990 Eko Construction * Bandırma Air Base, Reconstruction and Extension of
& Trade Co. Ltd. Airside Paved Areas (runway, parallel taxiway, taxiways,
aprons, AGL systems)
Project Manager
(Financed by NATO. Performed under NATO contract
conditions, NATO standards and specifications.)

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1986 1988 Eko Construction * Macunköy Mass Housing Zone, Construction of
& Trade Co. Ltd. Roads, Sewage, Storm Water, and Potable Water
Distribution Systems, Phase I & Phase II Works.
Project Manager
(Partially financed by EBRD.)

1985 1986 Eko Construction * Ankara-Kırıkkale-Cerikli Highway Construction

& Trade Co. Ltd. Technical Office Manager

1983 1985 Eko Construction * Balgat Air Station, Repavement of Roads and Parking
& Trade Co. Ltd. Areas
Project Manager
(Employer: U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers)

* Balgat Air Station, Add/Alter Gymnasium Project

Project Manager
(Employer: U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers)

1982 1983 Ministry of * Miscellaneous military infrastructure projects financed

Defence, by NATO
NATO Infrastructure
Department, Turkey Project Engineer during military service.

1980 1982 Bimar Co. Ltd. Chief Consultant Engineer in a multi-national team.

1978 1981 Bimkal Engineering * Engineering and design works for miscellaneous
Services Co. Ltd. hydraulic projects.
Project Engineer.

Published works : * “Optimization of Groundwater Management by Linear

Programming”,
M.Sc. thesis, M.E.T.U., Ankara, Turkey,1981.
* “Optimization of Groundwater Management by Linear
Programming”,
International Journal of Environmental Studies, 1993, Vol.44,
pp 53-62, Gordon & Breach Science Publishers S.A.,U.S.A.