Project Manager Engineer

Mark W. Smothers

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Education

Georgia Institute of Technology, Construction Management & Construction

Engineering Technology (Co-Op) program

Texas A & M - Construction Management Program

Overview

Over thirty five years experience in the construction and engineering

fields including power, petrochemical, refining, manufacturing, and pulp

and paper projects of all sizes.

Expertise

Experience covers grass root projects and revamps, simultaneous multi-

units; contract types have included lump sum, cost reimbursable, cost

plus with fixed prices, and a variety of incentive approaches.

Developed a new business unit for EPC company in power generation;

responsible for business development and operations; this included the

development of opportunities, contract negotiations, development of

partnering teams to undertake EPC contracts and to oversee execution

of project contracts. (2,650 megawatts completed; additional 1,750

megawatts contracts were won but due to industry turndown the projects

were not completed).

Responsible for project management, construction and start-up of all

AQCS and new generation projects for the fossil fuel division of

Progress Energy. This position required team restructuring and adding

additional resources to the organization. Existing contracts were all

renegotiated and several new projects contracted which are now

successfully underway.

Detailed Experience

Progress Energy Corporation, Raleigh, NC

January 2006 - July 2009

A Fortune 250 energy company with more than 21,000 megawatts of generation

capacity and $9 billion in annual revenues.

General Manager, Project Management, Construction and Start-up

Current Projects:

AQCS:

Ashville, N.C.-Addition of SCR's and Scrubbers on two existing 350MW coal

fired units

Roxboro, N.C.-Addition of SCR's and Scrubbers on three existing 750MW and

one 350MW coal fired units

Roxboro, N.C. (Mayo Station) - Addition of Scrubber on existing 750MW coal

fired unit

Crystal River, Fla. - Addition of SCR's, ESP and Scrubbers on existing two

750MW coal fired units

Additional AQCS projects in the development stage for Robinson, Cape Fear,

Sutton, Lee and Crystal River1&2

Gas Fired:

Bartow, Florida-Hines PB-4 / 2x1 Combined Cycle

Tampa, Florida-(Bartow Station)/ 4x1 Combined Cycle

Buncombe County, N.C.-Simple Cycle (fast start) Units

Richmond County, N.C.-2x1 Combined Cycle

Wayne County, N.C. (1) 7FA Simple Cycle Unit

S&B Engineers and Constructors, Houston, TX March 1994 -

December 2005

Vice President and Operations Manager - S & B Power Division

Hines Energy Complex Power Block 4 Project for Progress Energy in Bartow,

FL

Project Sponsor - Nominal natural gas fired 500 megawatt combined cycle

power plant consisting of two General Electric 7FA gas combustion turbines,

two Nooter/Eriksen HRSGs, and one General Electric D11 reheat steam

turbine.

S & B is responsible for overall management of the projects as well as

purchasing and construction. Detailed engineering, construction support,

and start-up/commissioning management will be provided by Bibb& Assoc.,

Inc.

Hines Energy Complex Power Block 3 Project for Progress Energy in Bartow,

FL

Project Sponsor - Westinghouse 501FD combustion turbines, 2 Nooter/Eriksen

supplementary fired heat recovery steam generators with SCR and CO

catalyst, a Siemens Westinghouse HE steam turbine, and duel fuel (natural

gas and light liquid fuel); Power Block 3 is to be integrated into existing

Power Blocks 1 and 2 with consideration for additional future power blocks;

S & B is a joint venture partner with Bibb and Associates, and has overall

project management, purchasing, and construction responsibility.

CHP Project for Cinergy Solutions, Inc. (Acting On Behalf Of Green Power,

LP) in Texas City, TX

Project Sponsor - Engineering, procurement, and construction project

associated with a combined cycle cogeneration power block; installation

includes:

Three General Electric PG 7241 (FA) natural gas-fired, gas turbine

generator sets (GTG's)

Three Deltak heat recovery generators (HRSG's)

One Dresser-Rand extraction back pressure steam turbine generator set

(STG)

Generator step-up transformers (GSUT's)

Associated ancillary equipment

Each HRSG has a guaranteed fired output of approximately 825,370

pounds/hour, 1,600 PSIG at 1,0240 F; at the maximum-fired condition, each

HRSG produces approximately 1,100,000 pounds/hour of steam; approximately

half the steam flow from supplemental firing the HRSG's with "55 pound fuel

gas" from the host complex; a SCR system was installed as part of each HRSG

to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from the project; the steam

turbine reduces high-pressure steam to nominal delivery pressures of 480

PSIG and 150 PSIG at the steam turbine outlet; engineering/procurement of

engineered items was subcontracted to Burns and Roe, with overall project

direction/management and all construction activities and remaining

procurement by S & B; construction activities were approximately 1.2

million work hours.

Project won the Associated Builders and Contractors mega project category

for project of the year in 2004.

McIntosh Unit 5 Combined Cycle Conversion Project for the City of Lakeland

in Lakeland, FL

Project Sponsor - Combined cycle facility; the thermal island equipment

provided by Siemens-Westinghouse and installed by S & B includes a 120 MW

steam turbine generator-axial flow and a triple pressure-1, 800 PSIG/1050o

F. Nooter/Eriksen HRSG with SCR; balance of plant includes an 8-cell

cooling tower, circulating water pumps and piping to condenser, closed

condensate cooling water system with Titanium heat exchanger, and a 300

foot concrete stack; a multi-story control room/shop/warehouse building

will also accommodate the unit; project estimated to take 400,000 work

hours with work force peaking at approximately 350.

Addition for Alstom Power to American National Power's Texas Combined Cycle

Gas Plant in Midlothian, TX

Project Sponsor - Mechanical construction and equipment installation of

this 500 megawatt addition; contract scope of work included installation of

2 single shaft KA24-1 CTG/STG units and auxiliaries, a fuel gas system with

compression and preheat, de-mineralized water, feed water and condensate

systems, main and station auxiliary transformers, and approximately 45,000

feet of alloy and carbon steel piping systems.

Project Manager - S&B Engineers and Constructors

Phenol 3 Unit for Shell Chemical Company in Deer Park, TX

This $188 MM EPC petrochemical grassroots project that produces 500 MM

pounds per year of phenol and 300 MM pounds per year of acetone in full

operation; over 2 million work hours were expended to complete the project

on time and under budget with no lost time injuries; new utilities

supporting the unit include a 3 cell 400,000 GPM cooling water tower,

300,000 pounds per hour 650 PSI steam boiler, and a spent air incinerator;

construction work force peaked at 1,360.

Project won the Associated Builders and Contractors

mega-project category "Project of the Year" for 1999.

Delayed Coker Unit/Gas Plant for Lyondell-Citgo Refining Company, Ltd., in

Houston, TX

Low pressure, low recycle Delayed Coker unit with gas plant processing

45,000 barrels per day; TIC cost was in excess of 400 million dollars;

project exceeded 4.1 million work hours, with peak manpower of 1,700;

recordable rate for project was 0.86, with no lost time incidents.

Jacobs Engineering Manager of Construction March 1991-

March 1994

Responsible for providing project resources, execution, and client

interface from corporate office; typical projects included the following:

Low Sulfur Diesel Hydrofiner Unit Upgrade and FCCU Upgrade Chevron USA

El Paso, TX

Synthetic Manufacturing Facility FirestoneLake Charles, LA

Mid-Plant Phase II Refinery Expansion, Koch Refinery CompanyCorpus

Christi, TX

Hydrocracker Utility Systems (6 plants)

Firewater System (6 plants)

Catalyst Activator Plants (5)

Pellet/Fluff Storage/Loading Facility (4 plants)

Hydrocarbon Storage Facility (6 plants)

Flare Systems (3 plants)

Administrative Complex

Metering Station And Distribution Systems

Control Rooms (6 with HP3000 DCS)

Wastewater Treatment Plant

Offsites Work For Complex

Repair And Revamp Polypropylene Complex, Delayed Coker, Coke Calciner, Sulfur Recovery Unit, Dock Facility, and

Related Off-Sites

Anchor Glass Bottle Facility, Henryetta, OK

MTBE Unit, Exxon Corporation, Benecia, CA

Hazardous Waste Incinerator Rhone Poulenc, La Porte, Texas

H. B. Zachry Company, San Antonio, TX May 1974-

March 1991

Auxiliary Rebuild Project for Phillips 66 Company in Pasadena, TX

Project Manager for rebuild project in aftermath of plant explosion;

responsibilities included rebuild of complex facilities; project was

undertaken on a "7 day/24 hour work week" schedule; expended 3.5MM work

hours with no lost time accidents; average staff of 85 indirects, 1,600

direct, and 400 subcontract personnel; project included the following:

Boiler House Complex (8 boilers - 275,000 pounds per hour each)

Electrical Distribution System

Pilot Plants HDPE (plastics)

K-Resin Plant Expansion for Phillips 66 Company in Pasadena, TX

Project Manager for 14 month project of 1.2 million work hours with no lost-

time accidents; averaged 45 indirect, 550 direct, and 60 subcontract

employees; doubled size of plant with new purification area, reactors,

extruders, material handling, and storage facilities.

De-bottleneck Plants IV and V High Density Polyethylene for Phillips 66

Company in Pasadena, TX

Project Manager - Project included 4 sets of reactor loops, 9 finishing

lines with all fluff and pellet materials handling systems; staffed with 40

indirect, 650 direct, and 150 subcontract personnel.

Paper Mill Project for Georgia Pacific Corporation in Palatka, FL

Project Manager responsible for demolition of existing and installation of

new Beloit tissue paper machine; 6-month project with 72-day outage;

average of 42 indirect, 650 direct, and 125 subcontract personnel.

Polypropylene Plant Expansion for Phillips 66 Company in Pasadena, TX

Project Manager with responsibilities which included adding reactor loops,

additional purification area, extruder line, material handling system, and

material storage area; project averaged 35 indirect, 450 direct, and 30

subcontract employees; duration of project was 14 months with no lost time

accidents.

Combined Cycle EPC Project for PPG Industries in Lake Charles, LA

Project Engineer responsible for EPC contract to add 2 GE Frame 7

combustion turbines with Mitsubishi heat recovery steam generators and 1 GE

steam turbine; project included overall DCS control capabilities to provide

steam and power for multi-plant chemical complex; responsibilities included

procurement, project controls, QA/QC, subcontracts, design liaison,

operator training, commissioning, and start-up engineering.

Combined Cycle EPC Project for Capitol Cogeneration Company in Bayport, TX

Project Engineer responsible for installation of 3 W501 Westinghouse

combustion turbines and 2 Westinghouse steam boilers with Vogt 1290 PSIG

heat recovery steam generator; responsibilities included procurement,

project controls, QA/QC, subcontracts, design liaison, operator training,

commissioning, and start-up engineering.

Joint Venture Project for USI Chemicals and Tenneco Inc., in Deer Park, TX

Project Engineer assigned to project that included installation of Phthalic

Anhydride unit and Two Ethyl Hexanol units with all supporting facilities

to the grass roots complex; responsible for scheduling, estimating, cost,

subcontracts, and design liaison during this 5 million work hour project.

Expanded PVC Plastics Plant for Tenneco Chemical, Inc., in Deer Park, TX

Project Engineer with responsibilities that included addition of 4 new

reactor lines and associated systems on existing methanol plant expansion

responsible for scheduling, estimating, cost, subcontracts, and design

liaison; approximately 750,000 work hour project.

FCCU Revamp for Koch Refinery in Corpus Christi, TX

Project Engineer assigned to project to replace existing management;

project peaked at approximately 700 direct and 50 indirect employees;

approximately 240,000 pre-turn around work hours and 360,000 turn around

work hours.

Gas Plant Expansion for Shell Western E & P in Sheridan, TX

Project Manager responsible for adding 2 units to existing complex; project

averaged 40 indirect, 350 direct, and 50 subcontract employees; duration of

project was 6 months with a 14-day outage.

Various Plants for USI Chemicals in La Porte, TX

Project Engineer for project which included installation of LDPE Plastic

Plant, Acetic Acid Plant, Vinyl Acetate Monomer Plant, and Catalyst

Plant; project consisted of 4.5 million work hours; responsible for

scheduling, estimating, cost, subcontracts, and design liaison.

HDPE Plastic Plant for Phillips 66 Company in Pasadena, TX

Project Engineer on an assignment that included installation of 2 HDPE

plastic plants with 10 extruder lines, materials handling systems, storage

systems, and all support systems; project required approximately 2.5

million work hours.

Olefins Unit for Union Carbide Corporation in Taft, LA

Project Controls Engineer responsible for scheduling and cost under multi-

plant installation; contract for approximately 2 million work hours.

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