Dr. Ferzat Mercan CIVIL ENGINEER, Ph.D.

Profile Dr. Mercan is a Civil Engineer (Gazi University, Ankara, 1986), M.S. and Ph.D. in Structural Engineering (Middle East Technical University, Ankara 1989 & 1996). Dr. Mercan also worked as a research assistant in Department of Civil Engineering of Middle East Technical University for 3 Years (1990-1993). During his academic works, he founded many electronic test laboratories for experimental research of structures for universities and companies. He has done many projects for private sector as an expert in Middle East Technical University for development of cold formed steel structures during this period of time. During his Ph.D. Thesis, he studied behavior of brick infilled R/C frames under earthquake. His researches were used as a reference for new Thesis, Articles and academic works. Dr. Mercan is the author of many technical and construction related articles. Dr. Mercan also attend as examining committee member for M.S. Theses. He was member of the committee of AFAD (Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency) prepared a design code for earthquake design of cold formed steel buildings. He is attending many technical conferences as speaker and moderator. His professional works on steel prefabrication and modular buildings started as a Structural Design Engineer since 1989 in a pioneer Turkish company in steel prefabrication. 1994-2016 he was working at “Dorçe Prefabricated Building & Construction INC.”. He owned different positions as chief Structural Engineer, Head of R&D, Deputy General Manager and Senior Executive Manager in Dorçe. Today Dorçe owns one of the biggest cold formed steel prefabrication production capacity in the world. Dorçe also ranked as top 250 biggest International Contracting company of the world in 2013, 2015 & 2016 (ENR List, Engineering News Record, McGraw hill). He is Senior Consultant of Dorçe since 2016. Contact ADDRESS:  1325 Sok. No:6 Aşağı öveçler Mahallesi 06460 Çankaya Ankara- TURKEYE PHONE: +90 530 548 1232 WEBSITE: www.ferzat.com EMAIL: F e r z a t @ m e . c o m Hobbies Swimming Motorcycles Travel

EDUCATION Middle East Technical University, Ph.D. 1989-1997 Department of Civil Engineering. Ph.D. in Civil Engineering.  Major subject: Structural Engineering Minor subject: Concrete Structures, Earthquake, Behavior. Middle East Technical University 1986-1989 Department of Civil Engineering M.Sc in Civil Engineering Major subject: Structural Engineering Minor subject: Concrete Structures, Computer Program, Design. Gazi University 1982-1986 Department of Civil Engineering. B.Sc program  WORK EXPERIENCE DORÇE PREFABRİCATED BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION IND. TRADE INC. 1994- Board Advisor Senior Executive Director, Deputy General Manager, Project Director, Head of R&D Design Engineer MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY 1991-1994 Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering Lab. assistant. Developing computer test setup for experimental research. Assistant in advanced reinforced concrete courses for graduate students. AYTEMİZLER MACHINE INDUSTRY & TRADES Co. Design Engineer 1989-1994 Memberships, Certificates & Trainings, BookS Book: Design of Cold Formed Steel Structures by TS EN 1993-1-3 Code, Technical inspection, Written by Osman Sultan. 2018 ANKARA Vice chairman of Turkey-Peru Business Council at DEİK (Foreign Economic Relations Board) 2018. Member of Turkey-USA at DEİK (Foreign Economic Relations Board), Member of Turkey-Pakistan Business Council at DEİK (Foreign Economic Relations Board). 2018. Vice chairman of Turkey-Ecuador Business Council at DEİK (Foreign Economic Relations Board) 2016 & 2017 Member of Turkey-Canada Business Council at DEİK (Foreign Economic Relations Board). 2016 & 2017 Inspector Certificate, Ministry of public works and housing, Document No: 325 Chamber of civil Engineers, Vocational Training Seminar Joining Document No: 139 Turkish Structural steel association, TK7: Light weight steel technical committee member. Technical review (Book), Design of Cold Formed Steel Structures According to TS EN 1993-1-3 Certificate of Appreciation, Speaker, Trueventus, 5th Annual Modular & Precast Construction, Bangkok Thailand 25th-26th May 2016 Certificate of Appreciation, Speaker, Trueventus, Modular Construction, Abu Dhabi UAE 26th-2tth November 2016 Certificate of Attendance, Speaker, Marcus Evans, Doha – Qatar, 2nd Global Construction Technology Building Materials, 28th & 29Th March 2010 Steel Framing Alliance, Certificate of Completion, Stud University 101 a Cold Formed Steel Framing Training Course, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, March 14th-15th 2007 Certificate for Speaking, Marcus Evans, Urban & Housing Development, Cape Town – South Africa, 15th-17th February 2012 Steel Framing Alliance, Stud University a Cold Formed Steel Framing Training Course, Rosemont - IL - USA, October 1st-4th 2005 Participated Conferences & Events 2006.03.13-18 - International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction - METU - Ankara – Turkey 2006.05.02-04 - California Steel Framing Alliance Spring Forum May 2-4, 2006 - Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, CA – USA 2006.05.00 - Thesis Jury Member at “a thesis submitted to the graduate school of natural and applied sciences of middle east technical university by celaletdin uygar in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of M.Sc. in civil engineering May 2006“,” Seismic Design of Cold Formed Steel Structures in Residential Applications” 2011.00.00 - Miles and Money London 2011 - London – UK 2011.05.23-26 - Turkish-Gana-Gabon Ticaret ve Yatırım Heyeti - GANA & GABON 2011.08.09-13 - Turkish Delegation to Republic of Korea - Seoul - Republic of Korea 2011.10.18-19 - Dünya Türk Girişimciler Kurultayı - Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar Kongre ve Sergi Sarayı - Istanbul – Turkey 2011.11.02 - Turkish Trade Delegation to the Libya – Libya 2012.00.00 - 5th Annual Mines and Money – Hongkong 2012.00.00 - Infrastructure & Construction Libya - Summit 2012 2012.07.17-21 - Turkish Trade Commission - Tokyo – Japan 2012.11.00 – Teşekkür yazısı , DELİKLİ ÇELİK LEVHALARLA GÜÇLENDİRİLMİŞ TUĞLA DUVARLARIN TERSİNİR TEKRARLANIR YÜKLER ALTINDAKİ DAVRANIŞ VE DAYANIMI, (Yüksek Lisans Tezi) , Rahim BABAYANİ , GAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ , FEN BİLİMLERİ ENSTİTÜSÜ , Kasım 2012 2012.11.15 – TUCSA Hafif Çelik Yapılar Sektör Danışma Kurulu Toplantısı – Istanbul – Turkey 2013.00.00 - Offshore Technology Conference - Houston - TX – USA 2013.00.00 LNG17 - Houston - TX – USA 2013.02.12 - Turkish Trade Delegation To Libya - Tripoli – Libya 2013.04.01-05 - Turkey-USA Trade Delegation - USA 2013.05.03 - Turkish-Japanese Business Council XX. Joint Meeting 2013.05.03-06 - Programme de Mission Economique - Tunusia - Algeria – Morocco 2013.05.25 – TUCSA, Panel konuşmacı , “Türkiye de Hafif Çelik Yapılar ve Karşılaşılan Sorunlar” 2013.10.08 - IMUS2013 - İnşaat Mühendisliği Uygulamaları ve Sorunları Konferansı - ODTU Kültür Kongre Merkezi - Ankara – Turkey 2013.10.09-12 - OneBuild - Malaysia International Building, Architechture & Construction Technology - PWTC – Kuala Lampur – Malaysia 2013.10.16 - Sahra Altı Afrika Bölgesi Ticaret Müşavirleri Firma Buluşmaları Etkinliği 2014.10.23 - TOBB - İran Ekonomi Semineri - TOBB - Ankara – Turkey 2014.11.26-27 - TruEventUS - MODULAR CONSTRUCTION FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS 26 - 27 November 2014 Intercontinental Hotel, Abu Dhabi, UAE 2014.12.07-11 - Iran-Isfahan Business Delegation - Isfahan – Iran 2014.12.12 Türkiye-İtalia İş Formu - Cumhurbaşkanı Sayın Abdullah Gül'ün İtalia Resmi Ziyaretleri – Rome - Italy 2015 - ADIPEC 2015 - Abu Dhabi - Emirates 2015.04.01-02 - 10th Turkish-Arab Economic Forum - Four Seasons Bosphorus Hotel - Istanbul – Turkey 2015.04.21 - VIII. Türkiye Sektörel Ekonomi Şurası - Ankara – Turkey 2015.10.06-07 - International Seminar on Business Opportunities in Punjab Pakistan - Lahore – Pakistan 2015.10.06-09- Inter Airport Europe - Munich – Germany 2016.01.10 - VIII. Büyükelçiler Konferansı Kapsamında Deik Çalışması- Ankara – Turkey 2016.01.14 - Deik Canada - Canada Büyükelçisi ile çalışma toplantısı – İstanbul 2016.01.15 - Deik şili-Peru-Ekvador ortak Toplantısı - DEİK - İstanbul – Turkey 2016.01.26 - TMB 64. yıl Toplantısı - TMB Merkezi - Ankara – Turkey 2016.01.29 - Ecuador Minister of International Trade ile Çalışma Toplantısı - TIM - Istanbul – Turkey 2016.01.30-2016.02.05 - T.C. Cumhurbaşkanı Sn. Recep Tayyip Erdoğanın Şili, Peru ve Ekvador'u Resmi Zİyaretleri – Deik 2016.03.02 - Libya Tripoli Havaalanı Müdürlüğü ile Terminal Binaları Teknik Geliştirme Toplantıları - Tripoli – Libya 2016.03.03 - Libya Başbakanı ile Teknik Toplantı - Tripoli – Libya 2016.03.17-20 World of Modular Conference & Exhabition - San Diego - CA – USA 2016.03.29-31 - Afganistan Business Developement Visit- Kabul – Afganistan 2016.04.11 - Türk Hafif çelik deprem şartnamesi toplantısı - Boğaziçi Üniversitesi - Istanbul – Turkey 2016.04.14-15 - Libya Tripoli Havaalanı Projesi Toplantısı - Istanbul – Turkey 2016.04.29 - Maleziya Büyükelçiliği ile Deik Toplantısı - Ankara – Turkey 2016.05.16 Iran Health Summit 2016.05.23-24 - World Humanitarian Summit - Istanbul – Turkey 2016.06.01-03 - AFAD - Türkiye Siesmic Tehlike ve Bina Deprem Yönetmenliği Çalıştayı - Ankara – Turkey 2016.10.11 - Saudi Aramco memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony with Turkish companies - Istanbul – Turkey 2016.12.02 - Turkish-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry - 7th UK Turkey Business Forum - Swissotel The Bosphorus - Istanbul Turkey 2016.12.05 - H.E. Jesus German Faria Tortosa (Venezuela Minister) Deik Venezuela ile toplantısı - Deik - İstanbul – Turkey 2017.01.14 IX. Büyükelçiler Konferansı Çalışma Kurultayı - Ankara -Turkey 2017.03.26-28 - EFDRR European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction - Hilton İStanbul Boğaziçi – Turkey 2017.05.03-05 - 6th Annual Modular & Precast Construction - Trueventus - Speaker & Moderator - Sofitel Bangkok - Sukhumvit - Bangkok – Thailand 2017.05.09-12 - IDEF'17 - Under the auspices of the Residency of the Republic of Turkey - Istanbul – Turkey 2017.05.24 - Building Technology Conference - Ministry of Housing - Riyadth - Saudi Arabia 2017.07.03-04 - Pakistan İş geliştirme Konferansı - Lahore – Pakistan 2017.08.12 R&D Site visit - Lightweight concrete and cold formed steel- Helsinki Finland 2017.09.28-30 - Pakmedia - Medical, Health & Cosmetics Fair- Lahore – Pakistan 2017.10.05-06 - Venezuela Başkanı Madura ile Deik Toplantisi - JW MArriot Hotel - Ankara – Turkey 2017.10.06 - Türkiye-Venezuela İş Forumu - DEİK - Istanbul – Turkey 2017.10.09-19 -Libya İş Geliştirme Gezisi - Tripoli – Libya 2017.10.24 - Canada Büyükelçisi ile İş Geliştirme Toplantı - Müsiad - Ankara – Turkey 2017.10.26 - 18. Yapısal Çelik Günü - Istanbul Marriot Hotel Asia - Istanbul – Turkey 2017.10.27 - Meeting on Business and investment opportunities and legal regulations in İran - TMB - Ankara – Turkey 2017.11.01-08 - Pakistan İşbirliği Geliştirme Toplantıları - Lahore & Karachi – Pakistan 2017.11.16-17 - Fildişi Sahili İş Geliştirme Toplantıları- Fildişi Sahili 2017.11.22 - Türkiye Saudi Arabistan İş ve Yatırım Forumu - Ceylan intercontinental hotel - Istanbul – Turkey 2017.11.23-25 - World Halal Summit - Istanbul – Turkey 2018.02.04 - Kazakistan Yatırım Ajansı ile İş Geliştirme Toplantısı - ATO - Ankara Turkey 2018.02.13-15 - Deik Pakistan seyahatı - Islamabad & Lahore 2018.02.24-25 - Libyan Turkish conference for Developement & Investment - Istanbul – Turkey 2018.08.09 - Pakistan Turkey Business Opportunities Conference - Istanbul – Turkey 2018.08.12 - DEİK USA meeting– Istanbul 2018.10.30 - Meeting with Pakistan President - Conrad Hotel - Istanbul 2018.11.14 - Meeting with Ivory Cost Housing Ministry - Turkish contractors association - Ankara 2018.11.15 - Deik Pakistan Ankara görüşmeleri - Ankara - Turkey 2018.12.20 - Türkiye-Iran iş forumu - DEİK organizasiyonu - Çankaya Köşkü - Ankara - Turkey Participations in: IWE Istanbul Water Expo, The Big 5 - International Building & Construction Show, Turkish-Arab Economic Forum, IQPC - International Quality & Productivity Center, World of Modular, Yapı - TurkeyBuild - YEM Exhabitions SKILLS