Power Plant Engineer

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Kasula Srikanth Reddy

Objective:-

Seeking Engineer Position, which could utilize my education, experience and provide me

an opportunity to further my skills and responsibility in the area of Civil Engineering and be part of

prestigious firm.

Education

Graduation: M.S in Civil Engineering (Structures) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State

University, VA. Date of Graduation: 5/15/2005

Course profile:

Certification: - EIT (83%), Virginia. Appeared for PE 2009 April from California.

Under graduation:

B.S in Civil Engineering-1999-2003 Osmania Univ, Hyd, India.

Course profile:

Professional Experience:-

8th August, 2006 to Present

Bechtel Power Corporation

Position: Civil/Structural Engineer

Frederick MD.

Projects:-

1. Prairie State project, Lively Grove, Washington County, IL. It is a 2 unit 800 MW pulverized

coal plant. This is a modern coal plant with all new facilities of a power plant. It is a 2 billion

dollar project. I have been involved as a structural engineer in design and construction phase

of the project.

2. W.H Sammis First Energy Retrofit project, Stratton, Ohio. It is a retrofit project for 750 MW

power plants. The project involves design and construction of SO2 and other harmful emission

absorption system from the flue gases. It is a 2 billion dollar project involving installation of

system which contains Absorbers, OX -Air building, Chimney, Lime Preparation Building,

Secondary Dewatering Building, Waste Water Treatment Facility, ducts system 30ft x 30 ft in

cross section and running along the length of the existing plant, and so on.

3. Trimble County Unit II, Trimble, Kentucky. It is a 750 MW Coal fired Power Plant. Trimble

County Unit II power plant is a Supercritical Coal fired power plant. This is the second unit which

adds the power generated to the existing unit I which was designed in 1970’s by Foster Wheeler.

I worked as a Structural engineer in the project involved in boiler structure design.

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My responsibilities as Civil/ Structural Engineer are:-

1. Evaluate, select, and apply standard engineering methods, techniques, procedures and

criteria, using independent judgment in making adaptations and modifications.

2. Perform assignments, which have clear and specific objectives and require the

investigation of a limited number of variables for an engineering discipline within a global

business unit.

3. Understanding the basic discipline work processes.

4. To perform engineering tasks, within discipline, with a degree of complexity.

5. Participate in reviewing and checking designs, drawings and data from suppliers.

6. Experienced with relevant Engineering Department Procedures (EDPs), design

standards and guides, and Bechtel Standard Application Programs (BSAPs) like STAAD.

Pro, Infill, GT strudl, TEKLA XSTEEL, 3DM Microstation, Infoworks and Applicable

software.

7. Responsibilities include Civil/Structural System design and development, including

concept sketches and layouts.

8. Use of engineering computer programs and solutions; Preparation of design calculations

and specifications.

9. Preparation or review of engineering studies and reports.

10. Reviewing and checking designs, drawings and data prepared by suppliers.

11. Reviewing design documents of equipment manufacturers or subcontractors of a

moderate degree of complexity and prepares comments and recommendations.

12. Preparation of letters for replies to vendor correspondence.

13. Assist in preparation of forecasts, quantity take offs and change orders.

14. Responsibilities include technical knowledge of engineering systems and calculations,

applications of engineering methods and construction materials, applications of computer

to engineering design.

15. Knowledge of project controls within discipline.

16. A good knowledge of industry or regulatory standards like ASCE 7-05, ASCE 498, ASCE

43-05, IBC, UBC, ACI-318, ACI 349, AISC, Process Industry Procedures and design

criteria pertinent to the Civil/Structural discipline.

17. Coordinating and supporting construction by resolving FCRs, RFIs, SDDRs etc

Some of the accomplishments are:-

1. Finite element analysis of the plates, connections and providing solutions to the

problems. 3D modeling, analysis and design of buildings and structures in STAAD.pro.

2. Developed Programs for designing of structures in Excel, MathCAD and developing

Standard models of Standard Structures.

3. Working with Structural Analysis software’s such as STAAD Pro and mathematical

programs Developed in MathCAD and Excel.

4. Checking of the Structural Drawings and approving the drawings.

5. Working in tandem with Management Team, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical engineers,

Designers and detailers.

6. Handling multiple tasks at a time.

7. Documenting the Specifications, Design Procedure and Calculations to the Bechtel

standards.

8. Coordination with the Vendors to get information, identifying, checking and verifying the

vendor submittals.

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9. Working with the 3D Model Detailing and Drawing tools such as TEKLA XSTEEL and

3DM MICROSTATION to check the layouts, interferences.

10. Design of Trusses, Beam, Columns, Base plates, Splices, Bracing, Plate girders, Box

beams and Composite Beams, foundations for buildings, transformers, sumps, pipe racks

and foundations (spread footing and pile foundations), Dynamic analysis for the machine

foundation.

11. Concrete Masonry design for the blast resistance against the transformers.

12. Leading a group of 2 to 3 engineers. Scheduling, distributing, over viewing and material

requisition are some of the responsibilities

13. Working on Field change requests or notices, deficiency reports, engineering change

notice etc supporting the construction operations.

14. Engineering Drawing Detailing with TEKLA XSTEEL and the in depth knowledge of the

process of the TEKLA structural steel management system.

Conveyor Engineering Inc

08th August, 2005 –08th August, 2006

Position: Structural Engineer

Boise, ID

Conveyor Engineering Inc is a Structural Engineering company Specialized in Designing

Industrial Heavy material Handling systems, Industrial Structures, Trusses, Buildings,

Foundations etc for clients such as Bechtel, Aker Kvaerner etc.

Responsibilities:-

1. Structural Analysis of various Types of Structures, Ranging from Buildings to truss

Structures, tunnels etc

2. Structural analysis of various improvised components and shapes used in the Design of

Industrial Structures.

3. Developing Programs for designing of structures in Excel, MathCAD and developing

Standard models of Standard Structures.

4. Working with Structural Analysis software such as RISA and mathematical programs

Developed in Mathcad and Excel.

5. Designing of the Steel Structures, Buildings (Steel and Concrete), and Truss Design.

6. Checking of the Structural Drawings and approving the drawings

7. Working in tandem with Management Team, Mechanical Engineers, CAD Designers and

detailers.

8. Handling multiple projects at a time.

9. Site Visit for educational purposes.

10. Documenting the Design procedure and calculations to the highest standards for the

Clients like Aker Kvaerner, Bechtel Etc.

11. Understanding the loads due to Mechanical equipment and design the substructure for

vibrations and dynamic loading.

Projects:

SanCristobal, Chile: - Conveyor engineering Inc provided the complete design services to Aker

Kvarener for the complete design of in-plant and overland heavy material handling systems.

Which included mechanical and structural engineering, AutoCAD designing, fabrication and

construction management of the complete material handling systems?

Designed the transfer towers, tunnels with Material Handling systems in each level, long trusses

ranging from 50 to 200 feet, various improvised structures depending on the requirement

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OroGrande, CA: - CEI provided complete design services to FLUOR for development of

complete material handling systems for the Cement production plant located in Oro-Grande.

Services offered were mechanical and structural engineering, AutoCAD designing, fabrication

and construction management of the complete material handling systems.

Designed the transfer towers, multistoried buildings with Material Handling systems in each level,

long trusses ranging from 50 to 200 feet, various improvised structures depending on the

requirement.

HPGR, Indonesia: - CEI provided complete design of the material handling system for the

Copper and other metal extraction from the ore. I have designed two conveyors with long trusses.

Responsibilities in projects:-

1. Preliminary design and cost estimation of all the structures.

2. Collection of data from the specifications provided by the client.

3. Getting the data from the mechanical engineering team to get the loads on the structures.

4. Development of conceptual models.

5. Working with the software developed by CEI for designing of various structures.

6. Modeling of structures using RISA-3D, Risa- 2D and Mathcad.

7. complete design of the structures according to the ASCE, IBC specification

8. Working with the designers to check the feasible design and checking the structural

drawings.

9. To work with the fabricators to oversee the erection, transportation and detailing issues of

the structures.

10. Handling multiple projects at a time.

Sysplan Engineers & Associates:-

Worked as an Intern with Sysplan Engineers & Associates, which is one of the top Consulting

firms in Hyderabad, India. It has many projects accredited to it and had taken up many project

ranging from Gujarat EQ Rehabilitation, Srisailam Project, Charminar Renovation etc.

Responsibilities:-

Used conventional methods, excel programs and STAAD PRO for structural analysis.

Involved in planning, analysis and designing of Steel and Concrete Structures, Commercial

buildings and apartments.

Interaction with the Designers, fabricators, management team, architects and clients on planning

and design.

Autocad design of the conceptual drawings.

Skills

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“Design and Analysis of Multistoried RCC building.” Adopted moment

distribution method of analysis and used Limit State approach of design.

B.S “Study of Factor Affecting Cost Overrun in a Flyover Project.”

Designed and Analyzed 4 Storied Steel Framed Building to current AISC spec

and analyzed for the deflections using SAP2000.

Designed for floor vibrations.

M.S Designed, Detailed and Analyzed the framing of an 8 storied building used for

Partial Facility at Memphis, Tennessee. Designed by the ACI 318 code and

detailed it for Seismic Effects.

Designed the Steel Framing and Connections for 8 Storied Steel building

according to AISC Spec and current literature on the connections for seismic

effects.

Analyzed various structures by Finite Element Analysis using SAP2000 and

ANSYS.

Pre-stressed Bridge Design project according to AASHTO’s LRFD spec for

Bridge structures

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