Engineer Design

Chaitali Parikh, P.E T: 571-***-****

*********@*****.***

Objective

Bring on engineering excellence and quality to the industry by delivering

creative and innovation services to the private and public client

organizations.

Design Experience

. 14 years of experience in Civil & Structural engineering of Bridges

Engineering: Bridge design, Bridge rehabilitation work, Bridge

Inspection, Traffic Engineering, Drainage Design

. Civil & Structural Engineering support and maintenance for Airport

traffic system design

. Structure prototype study for planning, design and equipment

installation activities for Air Traffic Control system and

operations

. Extensive knowledge of the latest codes including FAA, IBC, ASCE7,

AISC, ACI, AASHTO, AREMA, OSHA, LRFD, Bridge Manual, Prestressed

Manual, VDOT Land Use Manual, VDOT Bridge Manual, WMATA, MWAA, ODOT

Bridge Practice Manual, INDOT Bridge Practice Manual, Bridge Design

Memos.

. Specialized in Steel Design, Modeling, Connection design, Concrete

Design, 3D Modeling using SAP2000, STAAD, and GT Strudl.

. Specialization in Finite Element Methods for Framed Trusses,

Computational analysis of Finite Element methods, General Sparse

Theory, Iteration Solvers, Space Frames, Stress Analysis, Plastic

Theories

Field Experience

. Field work in Engineering support and operations at O'Hare

International Airport project office for two years.

. Worked in EPC Industry for more than seven years. Worked on major

LSTK, time and material, performed.

. Worked as a Field Engineer at CSX Rail & Metra Rail Jobsite for adding

one more Track Line for each Bound by providing Retaining Wall with

Caissons/Drilled Shaft foundation, Micro Piles Construction, Soil Nail

Wall Constructions and Sheet Pile Construction

. Worked as a field engineer at jobsite for MetraRail for sheet piling

and bridge abutment construction.

. Assist construction in their daily activities in installing

structural concrete and steel

. Ensure project scope, design criteria and compliance achieved with

project drawings, shop drawings and specifications while performing

construction activities on schedule driven projects.

Project Management & Development Experience

. Lead successful team of professional engineers and mid-level civil

and structural engineers

. Prepare Engineering quantities for civil/structural items for

bidding and cost estimation

. Prepare RFPs, Change Order, and Design Deviation Forms, manage

engineering subcontracts, On site construction support in

engineering judgment, data pull out, RFIs, Prepare Meeting Minutes

. Proficient in Structural design and analysis software

Education

. M.S. Civil Engineering, Illinois Institute Of Technology Chicago

IL (1999-2001)

. B Eng. Civil Engineering, BVM Engineering College India (1994-1998)

Affiliations

. Professional Engineer - District of Columbia, Commonwealth of

Virginia

Employment

Bechtel Power Corporation, Frederick, MD September,

2005 - July, 2012

Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project Civil Engineer

Dulles Transit Engineers - Joint Venture with DRPT (Virginia Department of

Rail & Public Transportation, WMATA (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit

Authority)

. Modeling, Analysis & Design of Airport Maintenance Yard building for

rail services and inspection using STAAD.

. Extension to Dulles/Route 772 - Analysis and design of Reston

Parkway, Herndon Monroe, Route 28, Route 606 & Route 772 stations &

Dulles Airport Stations.

. Extension to Wiehle Avenue - Analysis and Design of Tysons East,

Tysons West, Tysons Central 7, Tysons Central 123, Wiehle Avenue

Stations.

. Cost Estimations of Tysons East, Tysons West, Tysons Central 7,

Tysons Central 123, Wiehle Ave., Reston Pky, Herndon Monroe, Route

28, Route 606 & Route 772 & Dulles Airport Stations.

Parson Transportation Group (PTG), Indianapolis - IN/Chicago - IL March,

2004 - February,

2005

I 465 Corridor Project - JV HNTB Corporation Bridge Engineer

. Structure Prototype Study for I 465 Corridor design which includes

46 Bridges as part of Mainline Bridges, Interchange Ramp,

Interchange Overpass Bridges, Overhead Bridges

. Preparation of Structure Size & Type (SST) includes general bridge

layouts, Preliminary analysis and final design for Mainline Bridges

. Joint venture with HNTB as a prime managers for Section Design

Consultants for I465 West Leg Construction, which includes different

construction techniques to speed up the construction without

affecting I465 traffic, To name a few:

1. SPLICE AT PIER for steel plate girders and steel box girders

using MDX software and with the help of NSBA.

2. External Concrete Deck post-tensioning to reduce the structural

depth for more vertical clearances for Overhead bridges

3. Dead load external span construction to provide pier less I 465

Northbound & Southbound

. Geotechnical Design Draft review as a structural engineering point

of view for 46 bridges for consulting companies Alt & Witzig, Earth

Exploration Inc., Soil Testing Inc.

W&H Pacific Inc., Portland Oregon October 2003 -

March 2004

ODOT Bridge Rehabilitation Program Bridge Engineer

. Prepared TS&L drawing for US97 Bridge over California Avenue 3

span continuous bridge

. Prepared Design Acceptance Package and TS&L Narrative Reports

and Submit to ODOT

. Analysis and Design of composite steel plate girders for 3

span continuous bridge using LARSA program

. Load Rating of Steel Plate Girders for Columbia River Highway

Overcrossing using BRASS program

. Bridge Inspection work with Load Rating for Columbia River Hwy

Overcrossing Bridge

SEI, Chicago IL April 2002 - October

2003

MetraRail/URS Corporation/HAYWARD-BAKER Field Engineer

. Worked as a Field Engineer at CSX Rail & Metra Rail Jobsite for

adding one more Track Line for each Bound by providing Retaining

Wall with Caissons/Drilled Shaft foundation, Micro Piles

Construction, Soil Nail Wall Constructions and Sheet Pile

Construction

. Help Construction Engineers understand Structural Drawings and

designs, measure elevations, survey points for deflection

controls, measure movements in tracks while trains moving.

. Produce Paperwork like: Survey Data Sheets, Caissons and Micro

Piles lengths, Hammer Count for Sheet Piling, Concrete Data and

Structural Deviations in Designs for Project Office.

T6 PARTNERS (Bechtel Infrastructures., O'HARE Expansion Project,

World Gateway Program) Structural Engineer

. Engineering design with the right of way for the Automated People

Mover System at O'Hare, links three domestic Terminals, remote

parking and new international terminal 6

. Analysis and design of pre stressed concrete Elevated Roadway

Bridges for Airport transit system (ATS) in front of the new

Terminal 6 building

. Analysis and design of prestressed Concrete Bridges on east and

west Balmoral road over Bessie Coleman drive passing Interstate

190

McDonough Associates Inc., Chicago IL July 2000 - April

2002

. Analysis and design of Balmoral and Fullerton Stations for Chicago

Transit Authority (CTA)

. Responsibly of Structural Design of various Bridge & Building

Structures using various latest software programs

. Involved in manpower planning coordination with other engineers and

architects, project budget control and project schedule management

. Involved in design of wacker drive viaduct reconstruction project

with city of Chicago

. Analysis and Design of 8 span continuous composite steel plate

girder bridge on F.A.I 57 over 143rd avenue

Mitalee Associates., Ahmedabad, India September 1998 -

June 1999

. Structural design on Multistory Complexes and Shopping Center

. Project work on material retaining structures like silos and bunkers

. Design work on RCC Shells, RCC. Slabs and Steel Beams, Plate Girders

. Worked on Rate Analysis, Price Performance and Planning on

construction site of large residential complexes

. Construction site engineer for land development for 400 residential

complexes along with providing community facilities

Presentation:

. Worked on research work on Application of Probability in

construction, planning and scheduling with Graduate Dean at IIT,

during MS degree

. Project report prepared and presentation made of Strategies for Road

Transportation, during B.Eng. Degree

Computer Proficiency:

. Microstation V8i, Inroads, Geopak, STAAD PRO, GT-Strudl, Tekla

Structures Modeling, PCAMAT, PCACOL, MATHCAD, MATLAB, DCALC, LEAP

SOFTWARES(CONSPAN,RC PIER), WINABUD, MERLIN-DASH, DESCUS I, II,

MDX, REVIT Structures, MS OFFICE, Programming in C, Fortran

Reference:

. Available upon request.

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