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Expert in Structural Engineering Steel Concrete FEA Static Dynamic Seismic Architectural Energy Oil Gas Petro
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Summary of Expertise:
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Design of all types of structures and foundations in industrial, petrochemical, energy and commercial projects
- Towers
- Platforms
- Process Structures
- Pipe-racks
- Sleepers
- Bridges
- Cooling Tower Basins
- API Separators
- Blast-resistant buildings
- Foundation for compressor, pumps, turbines, fans, furnaces, flares, tanks, vessels, exchangers
- Finite Element Analysis of Tanks, pressure-vessels
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities: Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Houston, Texas;
Pasadena, Texas;
Beaumont, Texas;
College Station, Texas;
Baytown, Texas;
Bryan, Texas;
Sugar Land, Texas;
Victoria, Texas;
Port Arthur, Texas;
and Galveston, Texas.
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Degree |
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1985
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MS
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Civil Engineering (Construction Management)
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Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
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1983
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M. TECH
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Structural Engineering
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Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
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1980
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BE
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Civil Engineering
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Birla Institute of Technology & Sciences, Pilani, India
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2000 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Structural Engineering
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CEO & Partner
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Supervise Structural design work.
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1997 to 2000
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Fluor Corporation, Houston, Texas
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Civil Structural Engineering
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Senior Engineer & Area Lead
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Served as Area Lead with principal responsibility to supervise engineering effort & ensure that project requirements are met within budget & on schedule. Additional responsibilities include providing technical guidance, establishing design philosophy, coordinating interface requirements with other disciplines & providing construction support.
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1997 to 1997
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Bechtel Corporation, Houston
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Civil Engineering
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Senior Engineer
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Served as Senior Engineer with the responsibility to coordinate Civil/Structural modeling with PDS. This position requires extensive interaction across various disciplines. Additional responsibility includes setting up Design Review procedures, monitoring progress & providing technical support to the users of PDS & Design Review.
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1990 to 1997
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M W Kellogg Corporation Houston Texas
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Civil Engineering
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Work Group Leader
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Served as Work Group Lead with principal responsibility to supervise a team of engineers & ensure that project requirements are met within budget & on schedule. Additional responsibilities included providing technical guidance, establishing design philosophy, coordinating interface requirements with other disciplines. Design assignments included large high-rise reactor loop towers, piperacks & foundation for vessels, exchangers, reactors, dynamic analysis & design of table top & on-grade foundation for centrifugal & reciprocating compressors, design of blast resistant buildings, etc.
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1989 to 1990
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CBM Engineer
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Structural Design
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Design Engineer
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Analysis & design of commercial high-rise structures including design of foundations, retaining walls, shear wall, post-tensioned concrete flat plates, slabs, joists, composite floor framing systems, steel & concrete frames, transfer girders, vierendeel trusses, critical connections. Additional responsibilities included reviewing calculations, connection details & shop drawings & supervision of CAD production.
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1988 to 1989
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Owen Ayres Associates, Gainesville, GA
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Civil Structural
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Staff Engineer
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Primary responsibilities were design of commercial & industrial structures Additional responsibilities were preparing specifications, supervising CAD drafting, reviewing shop drawings & coordinating design work with Architectural/Mechanical/HVAC/Plumbing
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1985 to 1988
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Mid Size General Contractors
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Construction Management
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Construction Manager
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Managed construction activities for commercial projects upto $10 million. Responsibilities included planning, scheduling & coordinating subcontractors, soliciting bids & issuing contracts, ensuring compliance of plans & specifications by subcontractors, reviewing shop drawings & submittals, claims, negotiating change orders with architects & owners, preparing periodic cost projections, obtaining necessary permits & performing liaison activities for timely completion of construction.
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Associations/Societies
ASCE
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Licenses/Certifications
PE (State of Texas)
CE (Institute of Engineers, India)
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| Selected Consulting Examples: |
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Design of a large diameter water storage reservoir in seismic zone.*******************************************************************************During the design of the tank, investigation of various types of forces,inertial and convection forces due to acceleration and sloshing effecthad to be done. Code provisions had to be investigated.Project completed on time & under budget.
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Design of several structures, conveyor trusses, transfer towers,equipment foundation, silo-foundation and supports requiredclose coordination and attention to constraints.Project completed on time and under budget.
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Design of ready-mix plant equipment foundation, enclosure buildings, conveyorsand transfer-towers in Rochester Minnesota required review of vendor drawings,client-requirements, physical constraints, deadlines and frequent changes in thedesign requirements. The work was delivered on time and under budget. Therewere no post-design issues in construction.
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Design of 30,000 sq tilt-up wall construction building in Willis Texas.The design process required coordination of information betweenvarious consultants (HVAC, Mechanical, Architectural, Elevator, etc).Project completed on time and under budget.
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Design of emergency generator structure for a large Medical Center in Houston.Coordination between owner, architect, HVAC, Mechanical consultant, equipmentvendors vendor was required. Project completed on time and within budget.
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| International Experience: |
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1996 to 1997
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Venezuela
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Led a team of civil engineers to develop civil/structural
design components of FEED package for a grass-root heavy
crude refining complex.
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| Language Skills: |
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Description |
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Hindi
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Excellent command over Hindi.
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Marathi
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Excellent command over Marathi.
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25 years experience in Civil/Structural engineering, consulting, construction-management
related to petrochemical, refining, oil & gas, power, industrial, manufacturing and commercial
projects throughout the USA, Middle East, Latin America and Asia. Extensive experience in
coordinating/managing collaborative design using remote/offshore resources in Mexico, Venezuela,
India, Philippines and elsewhere and familiar with attitudes, work-processes, work ethics, work-practices, work-cultures. Ability to gauge industry-trends.
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| Additional Skills and Services: |
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Training/Seminars
Civil/Structural Design in Petrochemical & Energy Projects
Time Management
Ethics in engineering
Communication
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