Structural Engineering
• Design Skids with a program called SAP90, Petrol-Chemical Industry in Houston, TX.
• Designed mat foundation for a PAK tank, Houston Fuel Oil, in Houston, TX.
• Analyzed an existing dock with a new ninety foot tall crane, Port of Beaumont, Beaumont, TX.
• Analyzed mooring dolphins, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico.
• Estimated fuel mooring facility using Lotus, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico.
• Responsible for finding possible column locations for a metal structure, Texaco, TX.
• Reviewed fabrication drawings and field discrepancy on Exxon's basic chemicals and polymers buildings, Exxon, Orange, TX.
• Designed connections for a refinery pipe support structure, Champion, India.
• Analyzed exciting concrete beam, Exxon, office on Buffalo Speedway, Houston, TX.
• Designed mechanical equipment tunnel, United States Department of Agriculture, Peoria, Illinois.
• Designed spread footings and concrete retaining walls, Abbott Data Center, Ohio.
• Designed CMU shear walls, grade beams and sized piles, USDA Agricultural Research Service, New Orleans, LA.
• Designed new library office building including composite second floor beams at the HISD's Sterling High School campus, Houston, TX.
• Analyzed existing long span joist and The George R. Brown Convention Center for point loads created by a display, The George R. Brown Convention Center Association, Houston, TX.
• Design new steel bar joist, American Steel Building, Houston, TX.
• Designed truss structures using" STAADIII "and" STRESS", Cucklers Inc., Montello, Iowa.
• Developed simple span truss standards, Cucklers Inc. Montello, Iowa.
• Developed mini storage standards, United Structures of America, Houston, TX.
• Designed large octagon church, United Structures of America, North Carolina.
• Generated metal building rigid frame standards generated metal building end wall design tables for SBC, UBC, and MBMA codes, American Steel Buildings, Houston, TX.
• Analyzed 501 KB, LM2500, and LM5000 3D metal frames using the SAP90, Stewart & Stevens, Houston, TX.
• Designed battery racks in 3D using the STARDYNE program, Exide, Houston, TX.
• Developed the department of the Army U.S. Corps of Engineers guide specification CEGS14630 "cranes electric overhead traveling, top running and under hung 30 ton max." , Army U.S. Corps of Engineers, USA.
• Performed heat lose calculations for metal buildings, Many structures in Iowa, Montello, Iowa.
• Performed blast debris hazard analysis, Mason & Hanger Silas Co., Inc. , North of Amarillo, TX.
• Designed concrete walls to resist blast forces, Mason & Hanger Silas Co. Inc., North of Amarillo, TX.
• Designed commercial structures like this church I estimated and did some design on.
• Designed industrial building at Whirlwind Steel Buildings.
• Designed metal house and industrial buildings at Whirlwind Steel Buildings, Inc., Houston, TX.
• Structural Engineer/Designer of one and two story office building including the foundation at Scientech Engineers.
• Structural review of bridges and worked on modifications at Scientech Engineers.
• Involved in the concrete foundations for gas compressors for Shell in South TX.
• Involved in the pipe supports design for Shell near McCook, TX and El Paso Oil and Gas at Port Sulphur, LA.
• Involved in the design 20 ft tall concrete platforms using Coastal Construction Manual.
• Involved in the design of 500 to 3000 Barrel tank foundations, El Paso Oil and Gas at Port Sulphur, LA.
• Involved in the design of a concrete containment pit for a L.A.C.T. station for El Paso Oil and Gas in Port Sulphur, LA.
• Involved in the design of an asphalt road around L.A.C.T. station for El Paso Oil and Gas.
• Structural Lead for the feed study for tank farms at East McCook and El EBanito Shell sites near McCook, TX.
• Structural Lead for the design of a compressor foundation at Javelina Shell site near McCook, TX.
• Billings FCC Design and Billings Stripper Detail.
• Designed foundation mats for ammonia tank, peroxide tank with containment and small pumps, foundation micro-pile system for the SCR, concrete pipe trenches across roads, numerous spread footings for pipe supports, numerous steel pipe supports and retaining walls.
Project Manager
• Project Manager and structural engineer on three story apartment complexes including a post-tension foundation at Scientech Engineers.
• Project Manager, where I reformed construction reviews and handles all RFI on new three-story student center at Steven F. Austin University. This also included the review of all steel fabrication drawings at Scientech Engineers.
• Project Manager, performing site review and provide structural modifications at many of the City of Houston Parks. Following is a list: Dodson Park, Westbury Park, Crestmont Park, Garden Villas Park, Cloverland Park, Monti Beach Park, Tidwell Park.
• Project Manager, for the Janowski Elementary School and Saint George Elementary School. Performed site reviews and handled the RFI’s by design and drafted up the modification in Autocad 2004 and issuing the response.
• Project Manager for the renovation of 5000 North Stadium Drive, Houston, TX parking garage. Performed site reviews, acted as Scientech Engineers representative at weekly site meetings and approved contractor payout based on work completed. Handled all RFI’s and designed and drafted up the modifications in Autocad 2004.
• Project Manager, created the structural steel and foundation design for new fire station in Downtown Houston at the corner of St. Joseph Parkway and Milam. The new building will house the largest fire station in the city of Houston. It will have eight bays for fire trucks.
• Worked as a FORTRAN programmer for 1.5 years programming various structural programs. Including updating and changing The Synercom Plane Frame Design Program named Auto/Steel, end wall program, longitudinal wind bracing program, and a continuous purlin program.
• Flew to England to install Synercom's Auto/Steel design program
• Negotiated contract with Synercom for the use of Auto/Steel design program.
• Wrote A program converting Nastran Code to Stardyne Code using QuickBasic, wrote a screen menu program for the old IBM-PC-XT, etc.
• Wrote HP calculator programs for grain storage, snow build-up, steel column and concrete beams.
• Wrote hundreds of Mathcad templates including concrete beam design, wood connections using split rings, steel beams temple that imports the steel member properties from an Excel spread sheet.
EDUCATION:
Iowa State University
B. S. Construction Engineering
Registrations, Certifications and Memberships:
• Professional Engineer in the State of TX , Kansas and Oklahoma
• Engineer-In-Training by the State Board of Engineers in Iowa
• Member: Foundation Performance Association
SKILLS:
STAAD-Pro, RISA-3D, Risabaseplate, Strucad-3D, SAP90, Stardyne, and Synercom’s (auto/steel design), Progecad, Smartsketch, Autocad, Frameworks, Smartplant, Smartsketch, Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Word, Excel, and MathCAD Version 4 through Version 14, Fortran Compilers, L-Pile, BEAMII, HILTI PROFIS, Dimension Solutions, Founbdation-3D, Shaft-3D, Mat-3D, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project
Ongoing Training and Development:
• Structural Design Loads at the University of Wisconsin
• Programming in FORTRAN IV and RSX11 USER, Digital Equipment Corporation
• Economic Design of Low Rise Steel Structures in Houston, Put on by The University of Wisconsin Extension
• Basic Design for Stability – Columns and Frames in 2003
• Floor Vibrations, Welding Process Overview, End Plate Connections & Seismic Loading, Principles of Connection Design, Anchorage in Z-Purlin Supports Roof Systems, Welding Metallurgy in 2004
• Ground Improvement in 2005
• Geotechnical Design of Storage Tank Foundations in 2006
• Introduction to Gas Compression in 2006
• Hilti Concrete Capacity Design Method for Post-Installed Anchors in 2006
• Machinery Foundation Grouting and Chocking in 2006
• AISC 13th Edition, Bracing of Large Buildings, ASCE-7 Snow Load Provisions, Roof Drainage & Ponding Prevention, Engineering Ethics in 2006
• Waterstops for Chemical Resistance in 2006
• Concrete Evaluation, Repair & Strengthening Corrosion Control and Cathodic Protection in 2007
• Design Consideration for Reciprocating Compressor Foundations in 2007
• Valley Forge Load Indicator Fasteners in 2007
• Introduction to Fiberglass Structural System For the Offshore Environment in 2007
• FrameWorks Training at Jacobs in 2007
• Structural Steel Connection “Overview of Vertical Bracing and Transfer Forces†by James Yong Oct. 2007
• Fiberglass Reinforced Plastics conducted by Seasafe/Engineering Processes, Inc. by Jason Walker on Nov. 2007
• Design for Welding Seminar by Duane K. Miller, ScD, PE with Lincoln Electric on Nov 2007
• Design of Cold-Formed Steel Purlins Using the 2007 North American Specification by Roger LaBouge, PhD, PE on Nov. 2007
• AISC 13th Edition P-Dalta Analysis, Approaches for Tapered Beam Frames by Robert Zabcik, PE on Nov.10, 2007.
• Engineering Ethics, Legal Issues by Cecelia Batz, Esq from the Texas State Board on Nov. 9 2007
• Staad-Pro Seminar, Jan., 30, 2008
• Dimensional Solutions, Inc., Anchor Design Training, April 22, 2008
• ITW Polymer Technologies Certificate of Completion, Chockfast Industrial Seminar, June 2008
• Contech Construction Products Technical Presentation, June 11, 2008
• HILTI Modular Installation Systems and Power Actuated Fastening Technology, June 18, 2008
• Contech Construction Products, Inc. Planning, design and implementation of Tensar Geogrid solutions in engineering and architectural projects, July 2, 2008
• Industrial Surfacing Corp. Sept. 23, 2008
• Cyntech Anchor Systems Inc. Introduction to Screw Pile Foundations, Oct. 9, 2008
• Advance Online, Defensive Driving Practices, Nov. 4, 2008
• Advance Online, Ladder Safety, Oct. 30, 2008
• Advance Online, First Aid, Nov. 4, 2008
• Advance Online, SpotLight on Bloodborne Pathogens: Engineering and Work Practice Controls, Nov. 2008
• Advance Online, SpotLight on Fire Safety: Fire Extinguisher Requirements, Classes, and Rating, Nov. 5, 2008
• Advance Online, Violence In The Workplace, Apr. 10, 2009
• HILTI, Building Codes and Post-Installed Anchors, May 29, 2009
• Seismic Design Criteria and Requirements per ASCE-7, 2005 Session 2, June 10, 2009
• Advance Online, Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures, Aug. 14, 2009
• Advance Online, Flammable and Combustible Liquids, Aug. 17, 2009
• Contech, Performance Characteristics of Profile Wall HDPE Drainage Pipes, Sept. 24, 2009
• Contech, LEED Green Building Rating System and Sustainable Sites, Sept., 24, 2009
• Contech, Overtopping Flow Protection, Sept. 24, 2009
• Technip, Technical Writing, Oct. 6, 2009
• Philosophy of Structural Engineering For the Burj Dabai Tower Oct. 15, 2009
• Technip, Leads Training, Dec. 2009
• NCI Building Systems, Engineering Ethics, ASCE-7 2010 Wind Loads, AISI 2007, Flange Brace Analysis, Green Building Design, Blast Protection for Bldgs., Roll-Up Door Testing, Bi-Fold Doors, Oct. 16 and 17, 2009
• Geogrids Reinforced Pavement Sections Feb. 10, 2010
• Forensics Engineering Conference Feb. 25-26, 2010
• Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute Presentation Mar. 18, 2010
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