Personal Resume’
Of
Howard E. Canaway
C/o C. Kirchhoff
Saratoga Springs, New York
Telephone 518-***-****
Or
Email abl6zg@r.postjobfree.com
QUALIFICATIONS for: Design Drafter / Structural Detailer
With over, thirty years of diversified design drafting experience. This experience includes over ten years
of computer graphics experience.
Project Responsibilities have been engineering and production support, which has included; product
design concepts, master module layouts for prototype proposals, product tolerance studies, creation of parts
and assemblies along with functional and production documentation, parts development and detailing. As well
as, facility layouts, equipment placement and details, including field research.
Other assignments have included parts and materials selection, bills of materials, cost estimates, drafting
department managing; team meeting and supplier interface.
In addition, I have been responsible for maintaining CAD sections, including creating and developing
customized CAD menus and programs for use in CAD editors.
I am experienced in basic ASI, ASME and ISO (metric) drafting standards, along with Xerox, Kodak, IBM,
General Electric, and Carrier corporate standards.
Along with my board experience, I am also experienced in AutoCAD rel. 5 thru present, SDS, Pro-E,
Prime-Medusa (rev. 5+ thru 12.2) along with many other CAD editors.
I am also proficient in the operations and functions of MS-DOS, OS/2 and UNIX systems. As well as
being experienced in a verity of applications and operating programs, including MS-Windows, '98, 2000, NT, XP
and others.
Programming language experience includes ASCII basic, LISP, "C", and "C
In addition, I have designed and developed various menus, utility and application programs for my own
computer systems.
DISCIPLINES:
Architectural: Building renovation both interior and exterior for industrial facilities; structural layouts and detailing of,
Municipal, Storage, Batching and Material handling facilities, which include: Beams and Columns, Anchor Bolt layouts,
Bulk tank & hopper storage, Step-bottom chutes & conveyor systems, also trusses, platforms, stairways and ladders.
Field work: Concrete: slump testing, air entrainment, cylinder breaking and soil test.
Mechanical: Prototype proposals, production designs and mechanisms. Structural, tubular and sheet steel fabrications:
Layouts and weldments. (Including ISO standards.); foraging, casting and machine drawings, HVAC systems, including
compressors and Chillier units, processing vessels and agitators; welding, joining and fastening techniques, CAD-CAM
editors, CNC tool pathing.
Electro-mech.: Consoles, cabinets and packaging designs and layouts, wiring diagrams and printed circuit boards
positives and assemblies.
Electrical: Logic diagrams, schematics and relay circuits.
Hydraulics: Both fluid and pneumatics.
Materials: Have included, heavy and light gauge hot and cold rolled steels; structural, stainless and machine stock
steels; alloy, composites and ceramic materials.
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6/90 to Pres. TuSeas Designs Northumberland, New Hampshire
A member of N.I.S.D.
Position: Mechanical Designer/ Steel Detailer (Sole Proprietor)
Service: Design drafting / Structural steel detailing Services – AutoCAD
Since 1997, TuSeas Designs has been engaged in the creation of the working mechanical drawings
(Shop Drawings) needed to create the parts and assemblies for the steel fabrication industry.
With a list of dozens of buildings ranging from municipal to residential and weights ranging from a
1000ton Church to a few tons and structures, ranging from train stations and grain elevators supports to coal
handling conveyors.
TuSeas Designs has been supplying good and precise informational drawings to a wide range of steel
fabricators and contractors throughout the northeast.
Holding to standards set forth by A.I.S.C., N.I.S.D. and other governing bodies and using the concepts
created by the Architect and the calculations performed by the engineers. TSD has been creating accurate
drawings, which are legible and precise, to complete the needed requirements for shop personnel to use to
create the physical parts and assemblies needed in the erection of these many structures.
PROJECT LIST:
11/09 to 02/10. New London, CT – DOD-USN Submarine Base: Equipment platform, Stairs, Ladders and Misc. steel (F/R)
06/09 to 08/09. Natick, MA – Natick Army Base, Bldg #42: Equipment platform layouts and details Misc. steel (F/R)
05/09 to 07/09. Lowell, MA – Marston Street Mill Renovations: Layouts and details Misc. steel (F/R)
04/09 to 05/09. Campion, NH – White Mtn. Adm. Complex: Stairs and railings, Misc. steel (F/R)
10/08 to 11/08. Westfield, MA – Barnes Air National Guard Base: Layouts and details Misc. steel (F/R)
09/08 to 10/08. Pennsylvania – Stapan Chemicals 2008 expansion: Platform layouts, Beams, Columns and Misc. steel (21.2 tons)
07/08 to 08/08. Boston, MA – North Point Park: (2) Floaters Docks, (F/R)
07/08 to 09/08. Calais, ME – New Commercial Port of Entry: Anchorages, Beams, Columns and Misc. steel, (F/R)
03/08 to 05/08. Boston, MA – UMASS Venture Development Center): Layouts and details Misc. steel, (F/R)
12/07 to 01/08. Taunton, MA – Combined Supp. Maint. Shop (CSMS) and (FMS): Layouts and details Misc. steel, (F/R)
10/07 to 06/08. E. Boston, MA – MBTA Orient Heights Maint. Facility: Anchorages, Beams, Columns and Misc. steel, (218.0 tons)
08/07 to 04/09. Laconia, NH – Laconia School Renovations: Anchorages, Beams, Columns and Misc. steel, (F/R)
02/07 to 01/08. Mattapan, MA – MBTA Station upgrade: Anchorages, Beams, Columns and Misc. steel, (35.8 tons)
11/06 to 12/06. Bourne, MA – Aerial Port Training Facility: Layouts and details Misc. steel, (F/R)
10/06 to 03/07. Bedford, MA – Block Whaling Museum: Anchorages, Beams, Columns and Misc. steel, (110.0 tons)
10/06 to 11/06. Foxborough, MA – CVS Pharmacy Store #1868: Anchorages, Beams, Columns and Misc. steel, (27.3 tons)
07/06 to 09/06. Bourne, MA – CVS Pharmacy Store #1576: Anchorages, Beams, Columns and Misc. steel, (34.8 tons)
05/06 to 09/06. Alburn, NH – Linear Technology: Anchorages, Beams, Columns, Trusses and Misc. steel, (66.1 tons)
05/06 to 01/07. Boston, MA – 461 Park Drive Apartments (5) Stories: Anchorages, Beams, Columns and Misc. steel, (62.0 tons)
04/06 to 05/06. Milford, MA – Brookside Elementary School: Anchorages, Beams, Columns and Misc. steel, (37.5 tons)
04/06 to 07/06. Conway, NH – Intervale Scenic Overlook: Anchorages, Beams, Columns and Misc. steel, (28.5 tons)
01/06 to 05/06. Portsmouth, NH – Wal*Mart: Anchorages, Beams, Columns and Misc. steel, (87.4 tons)
05/05 to 01/06. Lebanon, NH – Courtyard by Marriott: Anchorages, Beams, Columns and Misc. steel, (80.3 tons)
05/05 to 11/05 Cambridge, MA – Trolley Square: Anchorages, Beams, Columns and Misc. steel, (70.0 tons)
11/04 to 12/04. N. Y.C., NY – Battery Park Ferry Terminal: Gangways, Ramps and Support towers
10/04 to 11/04 Boston, MA – Canopies Charles/MGH – Anchorages, Beams, Columns and Misc. steel, (12.5 tons)
06/04 to 08/04 Providence, RI – Pearl Street loft Marketplace – Anchorages, Beams, Columns and Misc. steel, (22.5 tons)
04/04 to 07/04 New Bedford, MA – New Bedford Ferry Terminal – Anchorages, Beams, Columns and Misc. steel, (26.5 tons)
02/04 to 07/04 Woodsville, NH – Woodsville Savings Bank – Anchorages, Beams, Columns and Misc. steel, (28.5 tons)
11/03 to 02/04 Boxborough, MA – Sergeant Memorial Library – Anchorages, Beams, Columns and Misc. steel, (32.0 tons)
08/03 to 06/04 Hanover, NH - Verizon - Renovations, 2nd Floor addition: Anchorages, Beams, Columns, Stairs and Misc. steel (35.0 tons)
05/03 to 07/03 Boston, MA - MBTA - Vent and Rescue Building: Anchorages, Beams, Columns, Stairs and Misc. steel (75.0 tons)
12/02 to 06/03 Malden, MA - MBTA - Renovations and Addition Malden Center Station, Stair tower #4, Elevator #1, Fencing and Misc.
steel. (28.0 tons)
10/02 to 11/02 Warwick, RI - Colony Truck Center - Renovations and Addition Beams, Columns, Stairs and Misc. steel (40.5 tons)
09/02 to 12/02 Wilton, NH - High Mowing School Science and Technology Building - Anchorages, Beam, Columns and Misc. steel
(45.5 tons)
09/02 to 09/02 Littleton, MA - MBTA Weather Shelter Stations - Anchor Bolt layout, Beam, Custom Col's and purlins ((3)4.05 tons)
07/02 to 08/02 Gilford, NH - Varney Boats Sales - Anchor Bolt layout, Beam, Columns and Misc. steel (35.03 tons)
06/02 to 07/02 Boston, MA - MBTA Green-line Station Relocation - Underpinning Fleet Center redesigns (55.1 tons)
05/02 to 05/02 Nantucket, MA - Our Island Nursing Home - Anchor Bolt layout, Beams and Columns. (8.0 tons)
02/02 to 04/02 Boston, MA - MBTA Green-line Station Relocation - Beams, Columns, embedments, Misc.. steel (16.1 tons)
01/02 to 02/02 Boston, MA - MBTA Green-line Station Relocation - Underpinning Fleet Center and Road Plates (164.1 tons)
02/02 to 02/02 Lynn, MA - North shore Comm. Col. - Stair #3, Stringers, step pans, hand railing. (2.0 tons)
09/01 to 11/01 Boston, MA - MBTA B-line Stations - (5) Weather shelters, Fencing, Beams, Col’s, Misc. steel
09/01 to 09/01 Everett, MA - Mystic Power Plant - Platform & cable supports (1.5 tons)
09/01 to 12/01 Medford, MA - Morgan Self Storage - Beams, Col’s, roof purlins (15.0 tons)
08/01 to 09/01 Boston, MA - 495 Network Center - Anchor bolts, Beams, Col’s (10.5 tons)
02/01 to 03/01 Bluffton, SC - SPA at the Village at Belfair - Ext. Stairs, landings and columns (3.5 tons)
01/01 to 02/01 Northfield, NH - Eptam Plastics - Anchor bolts, Beams, Col’s, Misc. steel (20.0 tons)
12/00 to 01/02 Framingham, MA - MBTA Commuter Ext. Stations, Westborough and Ashland - Anchor bolts, Beams, Col’s, Stairs, Misc.
steel ((2)114.0 tons)
11/00 to 12/00 Nashua, NH - Temple Beth Abraham - Renovations and Addition Beams and Columns (9.5 tons)
09/00 to 10/00 Portsmouth, NH - U. S. Postal Distribution Center - Renovations and Canopy (11.0 tons)
08/00 to 09/00 Northfield, NH - Hall Memorial Library - Anchor bolts, beams and columns, Misc. steel (18.0 tons)
07/00 to 08/00 Madison, NH - Madison Elem. School Addition - Anchor bolts, beams and Col’s, Misc. steel (25.0 tons)
03/00 to 05/00 Ithaca, NY - Cornell Univ., Heat Exchange Bldg. - Anchor bolts, Beams, Col’s, Misc. steel (55.0 tons)
12/99 to 03/00 Buffalo, NY - General Mills, Inc. - Conveyor bridge truss and towers, Misc. steel (120.0 tons)
08/99 to 10/99 Montour Falls, NY - Schuyler Hospital - Anchor bolts, beams and columns, Misc. steel (45.0 tons)
Syracuse, NY - Rite Aid Pharmacy #633 - Anchor bolts, beams and columns, Misc. steel (25.0 tons)
Syracuse, NY - United Auto Supply - Anchor bolts, beams and columns, Misc. steel (15.0 tons)
Syracuse, NY - Lamacchia Honda - Renovations and addition (12.0 tons)
06/99 to 08/99 Woonsocket, Rhode Island - Woonsocket Middle School - Renovation and additions (8.0 tons)
06/99 to 07/99 Burlington, Vermont - FAHC Renal Dialysis Center - Anchor bolts, Beams and Columns (15.0 tons)
03/99 to 05/99 Milbury, MA - Milbury Substation No. 305 - anchor bolts, embeds and beams stairs (20.0 tons)
11/98 to 02/99 Omaha, Nebraska - Salem Baptist Church - Stairway, Catwalk, and Misc. Steel (1000.0 tons)
08/90 to 12/90 Syracuse, NY - Telephone Exchange Building - Building renovations
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INDEPTH WORK HISTORY:
02/97 to 03/97 Lehigh Designs, Inc. Rochester, New York
Position: Design Drafter
Responsibilities: Mechanical layouts and project development.
Assignments: 02/97 to0 3/97 University of Rochester, Depart. of High Energy Physic, Rochester, New York
Project: A large cryostat particle detector barrel, for the Cyclotron at Cern Switzerland.
A letter of reference is available through U of R Depart. of High Energy Physic.
07/85 to 03/98 T&M Technical Services Co., New York Mills, New York
Position: Mechanical Design Drafter
Assignments: 02/98 to 03/98 Lamsen Corp. Syracuse, New York
10/91 to 12/97 Carrier Corp. Syracuse, New York
Product: Air handling units, Chillier Units, Compressors
04/91 to 09/91 Carrier Corp. Savannah, Georgia
Product: Air terminal ends.
06/86 to 10/86 General Electric Corp. Utica, New York
Building renovations at GE’s Broad Street facilities Utica, NY
03/86 to 05/86 Kelsey –Hayes, (Utica Corp.) Whitesboro, New York
07/85 to 01/86 General Electric Corp. Utica, New York
07/95 to 05/97 TAD Technical Services Corp., New Hartford, New York
Position: Design Drafter
Responsibilities: Mechanical layouts and product development
Assignments: 04/97 to 05/97 Bartell’s Machine Systems Rome, New York
Product: Compound spray unit used in tire industry.
03/96 to 09/96 Mitten Fluidpower Inc., Syracuse, New York
Product: Hydraulic Fluid and Lubrication Systems
07/97 to 01/96 Pheionx Systems & Technologies New Hartford, New York
Product: Electrical devices
10/86 to 06/90 Cherry-Burrells Corp., Little Falls, New York
Position: Mechanical Designer
Product: Stainless steel constructed processing and storage vessels
and related equipment.
09/84 to 05/85 R.D.R. Industries, Inc., Mohawk, New York
Position: Product Design Drafter
Product: Custom designed packaging and enclosures for
Electrical testing units and control systems.
11/82 to 09/84 Hamilton Digital Controls, Inc., Utica, New York
Position: Design Drafter
Product: Magnetic recorder heads for 12.7mm data tape drives.
12/79 to 10/82 Lehigh Designs, Inc. Rochester, New York
Position: Mechanical Drafter
Assignments: 04/81 to 10/82 Xerox Corp. Rochester, New York
Building renovations at Webster, NY facilities.
12/80 to 04/81 Singer Educational Systems Co. Rochester, New York