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Eufemio “Noli” Torres Jr., PE

***** **** ****** *****, *******, WA 98178

home: 206-***-**** / ****.******@*****.***

Professional Summary

1. Registered Professional Engineer in Washington State with a degree in Civil Engineering

2. Over 8 years of Structural Design Engineering in the U.S. with combination of design, analysis and supervisory skills in residential, multi-family and commercial projects; includes more than 5 years of experience in Washington State analyzing and designing projects ranging from new single family wood-framed homes to multi-family projects, small office buildings, apartment complexes, large underground storm water detention vaults, tall site retaining walls, CMU buildings, metal buildings, lateral analysis, seismic retrofits and building remodel projects

3. Experience in providing structural engineering in a multi-disciplined engineering and project management consulting company with emphasis using Reinforced Concrete and Structural Steel designs

4. Over 3 years of experience in providing structural engineering design and technical support in using reinforced and unreinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC)

5. Experienced with land use, building and environmental permit and code compliance; working knowledge of local, state and federal codes, ordinances and regulations

6. Experienced conducting site observations and inspections including preparation of reports

7. Energetic, hard worker, customer service and detail oriented person

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

1. 2. Building Structural Design and Analysis

3. Gravity, Lateral and Footing Design Analysis

4. Project Management

5. IBC, IRC, ASCE-7, ACI 318, ACI 530-05, AISC, NDS, UBC

6. Plan Preparation, Review and Approval

7. Plan Specification Preparation

8. Shop Drawing Review and Approval

9. Building Retrofit, Value Engineering and Building Addition

10. Site Observation and Inspection

11. Technical Support

12. Customer Service

13. Computer Aided and Manual Drafting

14. AutoCAD customization

15. Simple programming

16. Quantity take-off and estimates

17. Able to handle difficult customer and provide problem resolution

18. Multi-tasking

19. Report and Documentation

20. Budgeting and cost control

Registrations

1. Washington State Professional Engineer

2. Registered Civil Engineer (Inactive) - Philippines

Software Skills

1. Staad

2. Etabs

3. Enercalc

4. Visual Analysis

5. CTshoring

6. PCA CoL

7. PCA Beam

8. AutoCAD

9. Outlook

10. Word

11. Excel

12. Access

13. PowerPoint

14. Adobe Acrobat

Training / Certificates

1. Certificate, Intermediate to Advance User (AutoCAD)

2. 2006 IBC Seismic and Wind Lateral Design

3. Accessibility and Usability based on IBC 2006 and ICC ANSI

4. 2006 IBC Fire-Resistance Rated Construction

5. Extreme Building Plan Review and Inspection

Work Experience Summary

Building Plan Examination Engineer II King County, DDES, Building Services Division, Renton, WA 08/08-04/09

1. Reviewed building and related permit application documents on a daily basis to ensure construction proposals meet code requirements for life and safety, structural integrity, energy performance, accessibility, mechanical and other applicable local/state/federal codes; construction proposals include large to small residential and commercial projects

2. Reviewed complex structural plans and calculations to verify conformity with structural engineering principles; and perform structural engineering analysis of designs and related features of construction plans

3. Reviewed, interpreted and applied local, state and federal codes, ordinances and regulations for architects, engineers, developers, contractors and property owners

4. Reviewed, evaluated and approved residential and commercial project proposals about the use of new building materials, new construction techniques, alternative materials and methods used in construction;

5. Researched new materials and verified meet the minimum requirements allowed by the building code and issued approval to the project applicant

Structural Design Engineer AERCON FL, Technical Services Division, Haines City, FL 03/05-07/08

1. Designed and prepared computations and panel schedule for the production of pre-fabricated autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) including technical assurance review of drawings, specifications and types of reinforcements of the product to comply with project specific requirements

2. Performed simple quantity take-off to determine volume of raw materials needed in every project assigned

3. Provided engineering technical support to architects, engineers, contractors and owners ranging from product pricing, insulation properties to engineering designs

4. Prepared, developed and reviewed shop drawings of panelized AAC wall and floor panels for approval by the structural engineer of record and wrote Engineering Reviews for architects, owners and consultants regarding the applicability of the AAC products for their proposed projects; projects included hotels, military barracks, warehouses, single family and multi story residential projects

5. Directly supervised a drafter in preparation of shop drawings including providing rough sketches, plan layouts and specific details for shop drawing production including labor hours to complete any project assigned

6. Updated Excel spreadsheet computations used in the design of AAC panels to comply with the current codes

Design Project Engineer Johnson Consulting Engineers, Bellevue, WA 06/99-01/05

1. Design Project Engineer for a structural engineering consultant firm that provides structural engineering services for owners, builders, architects and developers

2. Analyzed and designed projects ranging from new single family wood framed residential building to multi-family construction, remodels, commercial buildings, apartment complex buildings, large underground storm water detention vaults, tall site retaining walls, and small office buildings

3. Prepared, performed and reviewed structural analyses and computations for wood, concrete, steel and masonry structures including steel framed metal buildings using various structural engineering software such as Enercalc, CT shoring and Visual analysis

4. Responded to questions, inquiries and comments from owners, developers and building officials in order to complete permit applications including request for information from contractors and suppliers

5. Conducted site observation and prepared site observation reports

6. Developed and prepared structural details using AutoCAD and/or manual drafting

7. Reviewed and approved shop drawings in compliance with the intended design concept including truss shop drawings, concrete mixes, steel reinforcements for reinforced concrete structures, steel beams, columns sections including welding and bolt connections in a regular basis

8. Helped, supervised, trained and guided new/younger structural designers during the progress of any project assigned

Other Positions Held

Senior Design Engineer

Structural Division

Constech Management Group Inc.

Manila, Philippines

06/94-04/99

Technical Sales Engineer

Buildmac Inc.

Makati, Philippines

01/94-06/94

Education

1. Adamson University: Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Manila, Philippines, May 1993

2. University of Southern Florida: Course credits, Spring 2008

3. Renton Technical College: AutoCAD Training Certificate, 1999

References:

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