Karl Lahti
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PROFILE:
• 40 PLUS years in the engineering field: sound engineering practices in design/drafting for
mechanical/structural disciplines completed projects on schedule and within budget. Create
specifications, standards and tender documents for project completion and provide field
assistance when required for construction projects (construction coordinator)
• Draft and draw using CAD (Microstation and autocad 11 ) with 25 plus years experience in
Microstation drawing plus AutoCAD drawing
• Strong experience in mine ventilation, HVAC, dust collection and vacuum system design,
pipe design/detailing and structural & mechanical layouts/detailing and design
• Conveyor design and detailing
• Structural design/detailing
• Concrete design/detailing
• HVAC/mine ventilation & dust collection design/detailing
WORK EXPERIENCE:
31/10/13 to Present
Structural/Mechanical Senior Designer /Project Specialist
Doing Small contract Engineering Projects Mining, Smelting, Refinery,
Mills, Commercial, Industrial & Government Agencies for various
Engineering Firms in Sudbury. Various Disciplines Mechanical,
Structural, Civil, Electrical & architectural.
8/04/13 to 31/10/13 Present
Structural/Mechanical Senior Designer /Project Specialist
On contract for Lycopodium Engineering in Toronto on Ghana Gold Mine,
Africa, for new Mill Complex. Lead Designer for Structural Steel,
Concrete and Buried mine services.
05/07/12 to 05/04/13
Structural/Mechanical Senior Designer /Project Specialist
On contract for SNC Lavalin Engineering in Toronto on Agrium Potash, Saskatchewan, Agrium
new Mill Complex for HVAC, dust collection, launders, chutes and distributors.
01/04/12 to 25/06/12
Structural/Mechanical Senior Designer /Project Specialist
On contract for Amec, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Engineering, on Mosaic new Mill Complex for
HVAC, dust collection, etc.
06/01/11 to 30/03/12
Structural/Mechanical Senior Designer /Project Specialist
On contract for Stantec Engineering, Sudbury, Ontario on Mining/Smelting and Refinery in HVAC,
mechanical, piping, dust collection, underground developments (crusher stations, ore loadout
bins, shaft steel and conveyors) and structural designs as well as field coordination.
31/11/10 to 04/01/11
Structural/Mechanical Designer and Layouts/Construction Coordinator
On contract (work at home) for JRHamalainen Eng’g, Edward Eng’g, CDCD Eng’g and others on
mining, institutional and government projects in HVAC, mechanical and structural designs as well
as field coordination.
01/01/10 to 31/10/10
Senior Structural/Mechanical Designer and Construction Superintendant
AMC Mining, Regina, Saskatchewan.
Engineering for Headframe and associated buildings for PCS Potash Corporation,
Saskatchewan, Scissors Creek doing Structural/Mechanical Detailing, Design, Plant Layouts and
piping design/detailing.
06/24/09 to 31/01/10
Senior Structural/Mechanical Designer
Hamalainen Eng’g, Edward Eng, CDCD Eng, Anmar Mechanical/Structural Fabricators and
various other outfits.
At present I work from my home doing Structural/Mechanical Detailing, Design, Plant Layouts. On
Vale Inco, Xstrata and other projects for the above listed Company’s in Sudbury, Ontario.
08/2006 TO 06/24/09
Senior Structural/Mechanical Designer, Sudbury
WorleyParsons/HGE Engineering in Toronto & Sudbury on various large projects,
Mechanical/Structural/Concrete and HVAC/Dust Collection layouts and Details.(for Mines,
Smelters and Refinery’s)
05/2005 – 07/2006
Anmar Mechanical & Structural Ltd. Sudbury, Ontario,
Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer
Structural layouts/details and estimating for their fabrication shop on various mining projects for
Inco Ltd & Falconbridge ltd, chutes, grizzlies, crushing stations etc., precipitators, spray
chambres, platforms, etc.
12/2004 - 04/2005
Nickel City Steel Sudbury, Ontario
Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer
Structural layouts/details and estimating for their fabrication shop on various mining projects for
Inco Ltd & Falconbridge ltd, chutes, grizzlies, crushing stations etc.
04/2004 - 11/2004
Cementation Skanska North Bay, Ontario
Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer
Mechanical & Structural layouts & details for Falconbridge new nickel rim mine vent shaft
headframe and complex facilities.
10/2003 - 03/2004
CDCD Engineering ltd. & J. Hamalainen Engineering Sudbury, Ontario
Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer
Structural / Mechanical layouts/details for various clients.
01/2003 - 09/2003
Nickel City Steel Sudbury, Ontario
Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer
Structural layouts/details and estimating for their fabrication shop on new Toronto airport
expansion, Sudbury Laurentian hospital expansion
01/2002 - 12/2002
Hatch Associates, Sudbury, Ontaro
Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer
Mechanical & structural layouts & details for Inco Ltd/Falconbridge new nickel unloading facilities
08/2001 - 11/2001
CDCD Engineering ltd.Sudbury, Ontario
Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer
Structural layouts & details for Inco Ltd/Falconbridge and various other clients
04/2001 - 07/2001
J. Hamalainen Engineering Sudbury, Ontario
Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer
Mechanical/electrical layouts & details for Inco Ltd. Ontario realty co. (gov't buildings) and various
other clients
01/2001 - 03/2001
Ionic Engineering Sudbury, Ontario
Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer
Mechanical & structural layouts for new nickel pellet canning conveyor system for copper cliff
nickel refinery complex, piping & ventilation layouts
06/2000 - 12/2000
Hatch Associates Sudbury, Ontario
Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer
Mechanical layouts & details for Inco Ltd. new anode furnaces and casting wheel, piping and
HVAC for new copper facility.
01/2000 - 05/2000
Medd Inc, Sudbury, Ontario Design drafting on various projects
Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer
11/1969 - 12/1999
Inco ltd. Sudbury, Ontario
Draftsman to Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer
Began September 1969 in field exploration as Field Technician conducting claim staking and
geophysical field work, drafting field data on mylar and linen in ink.
Transferred to Inco Mines Engineering in July 1972 as a property surveyor & draftsman
Transferred to Inco General Engineering in July 1974 as a Mechanical Draftsman
Progressed over the years to a Senior Draftsman, to Mechanical Designer to Senior Mechanical
Designer: My duties were to provide engineering drawings, layouts, detailed specifications and
contract documents for major mechanical/structural projects.
EDUCATION:
Commercial heat loss certificate for buildings as given by HRAI (Heating, Refrigeration and Air
conditioning Institute of Canada)
Various credited night courses at Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario.
Mine ventilation 1 & 2, (credit course) for mine surface and underground areas.
Hydraulics 1 & 2 Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario.
Michigan State University Industrial Hygienists course - Michigan State University-Lansing
Michigan Certification Industrial Dust collection and Vacuum System Design
Cambrian College Mechanical Drafting Technician, Sudbury, Ontario
College Diploma Mechanical Drafting
Lo-ellen park secondary school 4yr science technology and trades, Sudbury, Ontario
Certification in Mechanical Drafting