Eliminate wasted time, energy, materials and paper.
Christopher Rinke PE
BACKGROUND
Growing up in Aberdeen, SD and having spent most of my pre-engineering years working construction in the Dakotas and Minnesota has ingrained strong moral, professional and work ethics in me.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Varco Pruden Buildings, Evansville, WI 09/14/1998 to 12/03/2008
A major manufacturer of complex metal buildings using mostly continuous single and multi-span rigid frames of welded 3 plate straight and tapered primary members with some continuous truss frames mixing welded plate member T chords with hot rolled angle webs. Typically cold-formed Z, C, wide bay trussed purlins and bar joists were used for roof and wall secondary members. Hot rolled sections were used as economically dictated. Common add ons would be crane runway beams and support brackets, mezzanines, parapets, facades, mansards, roof top unit support, large sliding or bi-fold doors, portal frames, portal braces, cable, rod and angle bracing. Less common would be hips and valleys, stepped or independent crane columns for cranes up to 100 tons, fixed base columns, membrane roofs with interior drains and overflow provisions, and ponding provisions on low slope roofs.
Senior Design Engineer
· Buildings up to 500 ft wide or 1000 ft long or 110 ft high.
· Coordinated with customers, architects, contractors, project engineers, project managers and detailers to provide the best building solutions economically, accurately and on time.
· Communicated effectively with multiple remote service centers simultaneously with a paperless system in real time (ISO 9001).
· Prepared Calculation Packages, Reaction Reports, designs, technical drawings, sketches, and specifications.
· Overcame software limitations, omissions and errors with innovative solutions.
· Critiqued new software for format and accuracy.
· Mentored and trained other engineers and EITs.
· Reviewed and advised on designs of other engineers and EITs.
· Designed post erection field modifications for strength, stability and erectibility.
· Assumed Responsible Charge sealing Erection Drawings, Calculation Packages and Reaction Reports for projects by myself and others in states where I was a Registered Professional Engineer.
· Specialized experience includes but is not limited to performing routine safety related assessments of engineering work, such as determining compliance with existing Federal, State, and/or organization safety regulations and/or analyzing and evaluating potential safety regulation deficiencies; planning and conducted engineering projects according to clear and specified objectives such as developing technical data on materials, sizes, dimensions, and quantities and costs of materials to be incorporated in formal specifications; monitoring contractor activities by performing duties such as reviewing drawings for accuracy and adequacy or evaluating requests for routine design deviations.
R & M Steel, Caldwell, ID 04/1997 to 09/1998
A metal building manufacturer for simple to moderately complex buildings, mostly hangers.
Chief Engineer
· Traded knowledge, experience and ideas with a self made owner of a steel fabrication company.
· Configured frames to optimize section properties and eliminate scrap.
· Prepared Calculation Packages and Reaction Reports.
· Supervised draftsmen and reviewed drawings, sealing them where licensed.
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Wedgcor, Jamestown, ND 01/1989 to 04/1997
A metal building manufacturer for simple to moderately complex buildings.
EIT and Design Engineer
· Manipulated program input to achieve the most economical designs for frames, purlins, girts and bracing.
· Prepared Calculation Packages and Reaction Reports.
· Reviewed calculations and drawings.
· Mentored and trained EITs and draftsmen.
Self Employed, Carpenter 1974 to 12/1988
Built mostly houses, condominiums and apartment buildings with some remodeling and repairs working in various positions from laborer to foreman, working independently or leading a crew, hiring, firing and dictating tasks. Buildings up to 450 ft long and 3 stories.
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EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science – Construction Engineering, May 1988 NDSU Fargo
Undergraduate studies at The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and Boise State University
Relevant Coursework: Structural Steel Design, Reinforced Concrete Design, Foundation Engineering, Timber Design, Highway Construction, Surveying, Route Surveying, Engineering Economy, Engineering Economics Analysis, Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials, Statically Determinate Structures, Statically Indeterminate Structures, Elements of Structures III, Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Scheduling, Soil Mechanics, Geology, Into to Mining and Exploration, Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Business Writing, Construction Estimating, Accounting, Business Law, Construction Techniques I & II, Impact of Technology on Society, Statistics, Fortran, Construction Programming, Construction Quality Control, Construction Management Decisions, Heavy Construction, Codes and Specifications.
Various continuing education courses geared towards maintaining engineering registration including but not limited to; STAAD.Pro Computer Software, Seismic Design of Low Rise Buildings, Wisconsin Building Code Refresher, Wisconsin Commercial Building Code Refresher-Structural, SMI Steel Products - Designing Long Span Floor Systems Using SMARTBEAM - Using The RAM Structural System, Behavior & Design of Structural Steel Members, The VP Buildings Design Conference, VP Command 4.5 and RamSteel 8.0, Intermediate RamSteel Seminar, Introduction to 2006 IBC & 2005 AISC, Interaction Skills For Success, 2006 VP Buildings Design Conference, Professional Development Goals Seminar, at The North American Steel Design Conference; Welding Lessons Learned in the Field, Material Issues, Rules of Thumb for Steel Design, News You Can Use in AISC Specifications, Steel Joists Topics I, Industrial Building Design – Crane Design and Roof Issues, Floor Vibrations Due to Human Activity.
CERTIFICATIONS
Professional Engineering licenses in ND, SD, MN, WI & MI.
NCEES Council Record #16114.
EXAMPLE
University of Minnesota Equine Center
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