JAIME W. GALARRAGA

**** ** ** ** ******, Apart. 706

Halandale, FL-33009

410-***-****

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Key skills

I m working providing technical evaluation and reviews of the overall design, construction, and operational analysis of residential, commercial and industrial facilities.

I worked with architects, engineers, and decorators in coordinating and developing construction documents. I oversee and establish specifications, estimates, budgets, schedules, and reports.

Professional Experience

- Construction Contractor

February 2013- December 2014

ONU-HABITAT, Construction of drinking water Project in Zapallo and Zapallito towns, Esmeraldas, Ecuador. Construction cost US$ 85,966.

-Manager of inspection, installation and montage.

July 2011-July 2012

COCA SINCLAIR Hydro-electric Project. It is a run of the river, included:

Spillway-dam, of concrete faced rock-fill dam, CFRD, of 34 meters high; intake for 222 m3/s; 6 sediment trap. Conduction tunnel of 24.8 Km with 9.10 m diameter, excavate with TBM. Compensation reservoir with a concrete faced rock-fill dam, CFRD, of 50.0 meters high. Two penstocks of 1400 meters length and 5.80 meters of diameter. Power House of 26x50x192 meters, with 8 sets of turbine-generator, with 1500 MW total. Included the construction inspection of 6 camps of 60,000 m2, with bedrooms, offices, restaurants, hospitals, etc. Construction cost is USD $ 2000 000,000.

- Project Manager

March 2009- June 2011, ENERGYHDINE, Managed the consulting contract for the Rio Luis Hydroelectric Project Construction Design, Run-of the-river Project included: 17 m high concrete dam; 2,200 m long tunnel 2.8 x 2.9m, 3200 m steel pipe of 1.5 m diameter, surge shaft 3.0 m diameter, penstock and powerhouse with capacity of 15 MW. Responsible for preparing budgets, estimates, quantity and specifications for pre-bid package.Construction cost US$ 31 600,000.

Managed the consulting contract for the Rio Luis II, Hydroelectric Project Inventory Design, Run-of the-river Project included two intakes, in Luis and Amarillo Rivers: 9,5 m high concrete dam in the Amarillo River; 6691 m long tunnel-channel, 3656 m steel pipe of 2,2 m diameter penstock and powerhouse with capacity of 21,5 MW. Construction cost US$ 35 866,000.

In charge of review hydraulic, structural studies, designs, figuring projects construction cost, project budgets, program schedule and economic evaluation of projects.

- Project Manager

March – August 2006, Empresa Eléctrica Provincial Cotopaxi S.A., Designed the Rafael Cajiao Hydroelectric Project, power house capacity of 3500 Kw, and

repowered and modernized two old powerhouses, Iluchi Hydroelectric Plants, with capacity of 16495 Kw, Cotopaxi, Ecuador. In charge of review hydraulic, structural studies, designs, figuring projects construction cost, project budgets, program schedule and economic evaluation of projects.

Reference cost US$ 17 004,249

- Project Manager

June 2005–February 2006, Drinking Water and Sewer County Office of Quito, Managed and consulted for the Ríos Orientales contract, prefeasibility Project, hydroelectric system. Project included 18 powerhouses, between 2.7 to 194.6 MW. Supervise hydraulic, structural studies, designs, figuring projects construction cost, project budgets, program schedule and economic evaluation of projects.

Reference design construction cost US $ 1536 710,642

- Technical Director

May 2001–December 2003, Fundación Ecuatoriana para la Capacitación e Investigación Social, Supervised the construction of the Quinsaloma irrigation project, Los Ríos, Ecuador; (first phase), intake and derivation channel with a capacity of 4,500 hectares and 4,820 liters/sec; (second phase), secondary channels and control structures. Construction financed by the Ecuadorian and Canadian Development Fund. Responsible for preparing budgets, estimates, quantity and specifications for pre-bid package. Construction cost US $ 3 000,000

- Consultant

September 2001–April 2003, National Polytechnic University, consulting group HIGEODES, In charge of figuring projects construction cost, project budgets, program schedule and economic evaluation of some projects for the Drinking Water and Sewer County Office of Quito and the Ecuadorian State Oil Company.

Reference design cost US $ 3 500,000

- Consultant, Project Director

May–October 2000, Port Authority of Esmeraldas, Created Development Plan for fishing port and construction design for fish market, Esmeraldas, Ecuador. In charge of review architect, structural studies, designs, figuring projects construction cost, project budgets, program schedule and economic evaluation of projects.

Reference design construction cost US $ 1 482,000

- Construction Contractor

March 1994 - March 1995 Banco Ecuatoriano de la Vivienda, Constructed 95 concrete houses for Tolita Housing Project in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. Construction cost US$ 533,000

- Consultant

December 1993 - September 1995, Petroindustrial, Completed sanitary and hydraulic studies and designed the water supply system, Complejo Industrial Shushufindi, Ecuador. Responsible for preparing budgets, estimates, quantity and specifications for pre-bid package. Reference construction cost US$ 155,000

- Coordinator and Superintendent

January 1984 - October 1993, Ecuadorian Institute of Electrification (INECEL), Ecuador, Constructed Paute Hydroelectric Project (phase C). Project included: 6,028 m long tunnel; 7.8 m diameter excavated with tunnel boring machine (TBM), surge shaft, penstock and underground powerhouse with 575 MW capacity. Construction partially financed by the Inter-American Development Bank and the Italian Government. The construction company and equipment supplier were Italian. In charge of review hydraulic, structural studies, designs, figuring projects construction cost, project budgets, program schedule and economic evaluation of project.

Construction cost US$ 212 019,000

- Project Manager

January 1981- December 1983, Ecuadorian Institute of Electrification (INECEL), Managed the consulting contract for the Paute Hydro-electric Project Construction Design (phases A and B), with INECEL, and International Engineering Company (IECO) – USA and ASINCA Ecuador. Project included: 170 m high concrete dam; 6,200 m long tunnel 5.0 m diameter, surge shaft 7.0 m diameter, penstock and underground powerhouse with capacity of 500 MW. Project partially financed by the Inter-American Development Bank. The civil works were constructed by a Spanish company and the electrical and mechanical equipment were from Italy and Japan. Supervise and review hydraulic, structural studies, designs, figuring projects construction cost, project budgets, program schedule and economic evaluation of projects.

Construction cost US$ 671 680,000

Education National Polytechnic University Quito, Ecuador

MS Civil Engineering

Central University of Ecuador Quito, Ecuador

BS Civil Engineering

Other Studies

- EPANET, software that models water distribution piping systems, January 2016.

- Hydropower Development, Advanced International Training Program; Swedpower, Stockholm, Sweden, September 19 - November 10, 1988.

- Autocad; National Polytechnic University, Quito, Ecuador, December 10 –21, 1990.

- Harvard Total Project Manager (HTPM); Military Polytechnic University,

Quito, Ecuador, November 20-30, 1989.

- Hydraulic Resources Planning Course; MOPU - Spain, INERHI, Central University Quito, Ecuador, May 16 - June 28, 1985.

- Hydraulic Resources Education; MOPU - Spain, INERHI, Central University Quito, Ecuador, May 3- July 27, 1984.

- Underground Supports, Theoretic and Practical Seminar; Ecuadorian Institute of Electrification, Quito, Ecuador, April 11 -15, 1983.

- Underground Works and Using Explosives Seminar; Society of Civil Engineers of Pichincha, Quito, Ecuador, May 25-29, 1981.

Memberships

Association of Civil Engineers of Ecuador, Member No. 17-1056

Construction Chamber of Quito, Member No. 1581

Languages

Spanish : Native speaker

English : Working knowledge

Computer skills

MS Word, Excel, Project, Internet, EPANET

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