Bruce Duffin
Senior Construction / Bridge Inspector
**** ***** ********** *** - ****** City, MO 64151
***********@*****.*** - 816-***-****
Civil Engineering Technician, Senior Construction Inspector and Bridge Inspector
• Practical Approaches to Groundwater Hydrology and Contamination
• Practical bridge Inspection Certification
• Roadway Worker Protection
• Rail Safe Certified
• A. C. I. Certified
WORK EXPERIENCE
Engineering Tech Lead
City of Kansas City - Kansas City, MO
1999 to 2008
Inspected the installation of new subdivisions, Industrial Parks, and Shopping Centers. Successfuly dealt with developers, project managers, and construction company foremen and superintendents to accomplish the construction of new sanitary and storm sewers, new streets, erosion control fences and retention basins, sidewalks and A.D.A. Wheelchair ramps and driveways. Always signed off on projects as soon as they were complete.
Housing Inspector
Housing Authority of Kansas City, MO - Kansas City, MO
2011
Inspected Section 8 Housing for compliaince to H. U. D. rules and regulations as they apply to new houses, existing houses for yearly inspections and special inspections (complaint inspections).
Bridge Inspector
Kansas Department of Transportation - Topeka, KS
2009
Inspected non- U.S., State, and Interstate Highway bridges in Eastern Kansas (County Bridges)
Senior Construction/ Bridge Inspector
TapanAm Associates - Kansas City, MO
2008
Co-Inspected bi-yearly inspection of long and tall City bridges with an Engineer. Entered data on to MOBIS (MISSOURI Bridge Inventory System) and K.C.M.O.'S Bridge Inventory database (K.I.V.A.)
Inspected the paving of new bridge decks and approaches over rivers and railroads. Reinspected a
failed pier. Am Rail-Safe Certified.
Inspected a rebuild of the failed Wornall retaining wall on the Plaza.
Inspected the installation of a waterline in a Union Pacific railroad yard.
Tester
Alpha Omega Geotechnical - Kansas City, KS
1996
Tested construction materials
Education
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
University of Kansas - Lawrence, KS
Skills
Am Lead, Asbestos and Mold Supervisor Certified. Also have American Concrete Institute Certification as a Concrete Field Testing Technician--Grade I
Additional Information
Volunteered the last 5 years building bridges and blazing trials in the Parkville, MO Nature Sanctuary.