Resume

EXPERIENCE:
SAI Consulting Engineers
1350 Penn Ave., Suite 300
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone: 412.392.8765   Fax: 412.392.8785

Develops web-based (PHP/mySQL) systems used for the management of bridge and highway projects.

Designed, developed and currently maintains a Project Management website for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. This robust, multi-featured, secure database-driven website is the primary project management tool employed by the PTC and their consultants for the design of over $1.3 Billion in Total Reconstruction Projects.

Performed design tasks for bridge substructures and superstructures. Proficient with PennDOT design software including ABLRFD (abutments), BPLRFD (elastomeric bearings), PAPIER (piers), PSLRFD (prestressed beams), SPLRFD (splices), STLRFD (steel beams), etc.

Designed and checked numerous bridge erection and bridge demolition plans.

Designed the PS I-beams, deck, deck drainage, elastomeric strip seals, and elastomeric bearings for the 35-span Fort Pitt Boulevard Bridge replacement in Pittsburgh.

Performed design tasks for bridge substructures and superstructures.  Familiar with ACI, AISC, AASHTO, AREA and PennDOT specifications.  Worked on highway and railroad bridge rehabilitation projects (including the Wheeling Suspension Bridge in Wheeling, WV) and the design of new bridges (including the I-80 bridge over the Susquehanna River in Northumberland County, PA).  Proficient in AutoCAD, structural analysis software, spreadsheet and database software, as well as MS Windows operating systems.

Performed bridge safety inspections to the requirements of the National Bridge Inspection Standards.  Work included routine, emergency and in-depth inspections on state-owned and locally-owned multi-beam, girder, truss, arch and movable bridges of steel, timber, stone, concrete and precast P/S concrete in the states of FL, OH, PA and WV.

Served as an engineer on the Pennsylvania Historic Bridges Inventory and Assessment, a survey of over 11,000 pre-1957 bridges in Pennsylvania for PennDOT.  Personally evaluated over 1,600 bridges for technological and historical significance.

Engineer Summer 1995
The Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) Washington, D.C.
Researched bridges of technological significance with the Iowa Historic Bridges Recording Project out of the field office in Ames, Iowa, for the Iowa DOT. Had sole responsibility for documenting seven bowstring arch bridges from c. 1870 - 1880.
Studies involved historic research and investigation of the behavior of the structures. Provided engineering guidance to the architectural field teams. Served as Administrative Supervisor for the team.

Project Manager 1984 - 1991
Millitech Corp. S. Deerfield, MA
Provided project management functions including the generation of: Work Breakdown Structures, program plans and schedules, cost estimates, engineering change orders, contract negotiation, formal risk analyses, and proposals. (1987-91); Sales Engineer: Provided technical interface with customers (1985-87); Jr. Engineer: Support for a high tech R&D department. Systems integration, design and development (1984-85).

EDUCATION:
B.S. in Civil Engineering, summa cum laude, 1995
B.S. with Individual Concentration in Architectural History, 1992
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

CERTIFICATIONS:
E.I.T. certificate issued 9/95 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Certified Bridge Safety Inspector certificate issued 2/97 by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)

HONORS & AWARDS:
Awarded the 2001 Association for Bridge Construction and Design (ABCD, Pittsburgh) Achievement Award
William W. Boyer Scholarship for outstanding civil engineering student
Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor Society)
Chi Epsilon (Civil Engineering Honor Society)

ORGANIZATIONS & ACTIVITIES:
Designer and project manager of 1994 AISC / ASCE Steel Bridge Competition New England Conference winner
Association for Bridge Construction and Design, 2003-2005 President of Pittsburgh Chapter.

MILITARY:
1983-1989 USAF (Res.) SSGT 439th Military Airlift Wing
C-130 and C-5A Automatic Flight Control Systems technician.

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