Naeem Hussain
Profession
Civil Engineer
Current Position
Director
Arup Fellow
Global Bridge Leader
Naeem’s education in both engineering and architecture has
enabled him to combine the best of both disciplines in winning
international bridge design competitions and designing award
winning bridges for both road and rail.
Naeem’s success in bridge engineering can be illustrated by
several award winning projects. Most recently, he was the Project
Manager for the detailed design and construction supervision for
the Hong Kong Stonecutters Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge with a
main span of 1018m, the third longest cable-stay span in the
world, which has won several awards including the IStructE
Supreme Award 2010.
Naeem is Arup’s global bridge leader and has over 55 years
experience of structural civil and bridge engineering works
around the world.
Joined Arup
1969
Years of Experience
55
Nationality
Pakistani/ British
Qualifications
BSc (Eng), The West Pakistan
University of Engineering and
Technology, 1962
Design Studies, Architectural
Association School of Architecture,
London, 1967
DIC, MSc (Concrete Structures),
Imperial College, University of
London, 1971
Professorships
Adjunct Professor – Technological
and Higher Education Institute,
Hong Kong
Awards
The Royal Academy of Engineering
– Prince Philip Gold Medal 2012
for Exceptional Contribution to
Engineering
He was the concept and lead designer for the competition and
award-winning Hulme Arch Bridge in Manchester which has
been described as the “show-piece for the civil engineering
profession” and was awarded the Millennium Product Status
fully recognising its innovation, creativity and pioneering
qualities within the bridge field.
Another notable project is the 10km combined rail and road
Øresund bridge crossing between Denmark and Sweden in
which Naeem was a key member of the original design team that
won the international design competition for the bridge which
has a double deck main cable stayed span of 490m, and
approach spans of 140m. The Øresund bridge received the IABSE
outstanding Structure Award.
Since February 1998 Naeem has been based in Hong Kong. He
was the Engineering Manager for the detailed design of KCRC
West Rail Yuen Long Section which comprises 9km of precast
segmental post-tensioned viaducts with spans up to 90m, and
three elevated stations each 400m long. The KCRC viaducts
include innovative noise attenuation systems.
Naeem has also been involved in other major infrastructure
projects in Hong Kong including Route 8 Cheung Sha Wan to
Tsing Yi; Ground Transportation Centre at Chek Lap Kok Airport;
MTRC Tsing Yi Railway Viaduct, Shenzhen Western Corridor and
Deep Bay Link bridges, viaducts and cable-stay bridges on the
40km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Link.
He was the Main Bridge Design Leader for the unique
1/2018