Civil Engineer with structural engineering focus
EDUCATION California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. BS in Architectural Engineering, 1988. Dean's honor list Spring 1988.
REGISTRATION Licensed as a Civil Engineer No. C50638 in the State of California since 1993.
CERTIFICATION Certified LEED Green Associate since June 2010.
EXPERIENCE Total of 25 years experience as a civil engineer focused upon structural engineering.
Complere Engineering Group, Inc. (2010 to Present)
Senior Structural Engineer. Sole structural engineer of the firm. Clients include: Foster Farms, Bass Pro Shop, City of Riverbank, Frito Lay, Seneca Foods, Hartford Insurance, and Liberty Mutual. Well versed in current building codes, common structural materials and practice, and alternative structural systems. Project development using Microsoft Word, Excel, Risa 3D and AutoCad.
Experience with forensic structural engineering: Conducting on-site structural investigations and preparing structural reports for locations in local Cities and Counties. Investigations primarily for insurance adjustors, Type V construction, identifying damage due to natural disasters, differential settlement, water damage, fire damage, rot, and infestation. Recommendations are given for cost-viable repair.
Experience with design of industrial and commercial projects: Designed structural steel, light gage metal, and wood framing for industrial enclosures and other items such as cooling towers and racks, mezzanine expansions, steel braced frames, CMU walls, and foundation work. Designed anchorage and foundation work for heavy equipment, including tanks, generators, silos and cooling towers.
Private Consulting (1996 to 2010)
Independent structural engineering consultant for design professionals, developers, contractors and owner/builders on various construction projects thruout greater Los Angeles and Ventura County. Experience with on-site investigations and reports, structural design, building permits, seismic design, retrofit, specifications, design modifications and on-site structural observation. Project development using Microsoft Word, Excel, and AutoCad (See PROJECTS below).
Experience with forensic structural engineering: Conducted on-site structural investigations and prepared structural reports for 26 locations thruout greater Los Angeles and Ventura County. Investigations were primarily for realtors, Type V construction, identifying damage due to natural disasters such as earthquakes, differential settlement, water damage, fire damage, rot, infestation, and capacity of existing structure to sustain remodeling. Recommendations were given for cost-viable repair.
Experience with design of commercial projects: Designed structural steel framing, steel moment frames and braced frames, metal stud wall framing, subterranean walls, retaining walls, and foundations. Written specifications for structural steel, structural wood framing and structural concrete. Developed extensive personal library of structural AutoCAD details for structural steel, wood framing and structural concrete. Reviewed structural steel shop drawings.
Welding Unlimited, Inc. (July 2009 to October 2009)
Sole engineer of all-steel construction design-build projects. Responsible for complete structural design, orchestration and presentation.
Experience with design of commercial projects: Written specifications for structural steel, metal deck, metal fabrication, light gage metal studs, and structural concrete. Developed extensive library of AutoCAD details for structural steel, metal deck, light gage metal stud framing and structural concrete. Reviewed structural steel shop drawings.
Brandow and Johnston (1991 to 1998)
Seven years structural design experience as a structural designer, responsible for all phases of project development, orchestration and presentation: preliminary on-site investigation, structural design and modification, seismic design and retrofit. Focused upon design of schools, hospitals and office buildings.
Experience with forensic structural engineering: 1.) In response to the 1994 Northridge earthquake, reviewed, categorized and summarized over a thousand structural steel shop drawings and forensic analysis reports on complete penetration welds of existing structural steel wide-flange connections, in accordance with FEMA Interim Guidelines, covering all such joints in several structures throughout Los Angeles. Identifying type of damage, extent of damage, and specifying repair. Information used by a SEAOC committee to investigate the overall extent of structural damage as a result of the 1994 earthquake. 2.) Investigated and reported on the existing condition of over 200 classroom bungalows on public school grounds throughout East Los Angeles for the Los Angeles Unified School District. Recommendations were given for cost-viable repair.
Experience with design of commercial, retail, medical and educational facilities: 1.) Designed modified structural steel wide-flange connections involving plastic analysis. Work done in response to the 1994 Northridge earthquake, under the direction of a structural engineer on a SEAOC committee investigating methods of modifying structural steel wide-flange connections to achieve appropriate failure in the plastic state away from the connection z...
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