AVIRUP DATTA
***Dover St.
Westbury, NY-*****
Home # 516-***-****
Cell # 347-***-****
E-mail: acoxtr@r.postjobfree.com
Citizenship: U.S Citizen
Professional / Technical Qualification
Objectives : To obtain a responsible position as an Office
Engineer / Chief Inspector in the field of Construction
Management with an organization that would utilize my knowledge,
skills and extensive work experience, with the
opportunity for growth. (Also interested in International /
Overseas Projects).
Qualification: More than 18 years of Experience in the field of
construction management and constructability review of bridge and
highway projects structural rehabilitation, repair work of
bridges, and lead and asbestos abatement. Experience includes
hands on inspection of structural integrity, corrosion inspection,
concrete testing, deck replacement, hazardous waste management,
health & safety compliance, hygiene engineering controls, air
monitoring, and paint removal by various methods, and application
of paint on various bridge projects.
Certifications :
. National Institute of Certified Engineering Technology (NICET)
NICET LEVEL - 4 (TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING & HIGHWAY
CONSTRUCTION)
. National Association Of Corrosion Engineers (NACE International)
NACE CIP LEVEL - 2
. ACI Concrete Field Testing Technician Certification - Grade 1
. Steel Structures Painting Council (SSPC)
SSPC C-3 Certified (Supervisor / Competent Person Training)
SSPC C-5 Certified (Supervisor / Competent
Person Refresher Course Training)
. OSHA 10 Hour Occupational Safety and Health Training Course.
. Lead Awareness Certified (OSHA 29 CFR 1926.62) - Leighton
Associates Inc.
. Certification in 6 point NICET Refresher Course (Asphalt &
Concrete Testing & Placement).
. Certification in Maturity Testing & Accelerated Concrete for
Bridge Deck Replacement.
. NYCDOT Prevailing Wage Rate Training
. MTA NYCTA Track Safety Training
. AMTRAK Track Safety Training
Experience : The RBA Group, New York, NY
April 2014 Office Engineer / Chief Inspector
- Intersection Reconstruction at CR-3 Pinelawn Rd. / Ruland Rd. /
to Present Colonial Springs Rd. in the County of Suffolk,
Long Island, New York. Contract 5510; $11.4M
Responsibilities included maintenance and organization of current
set of plans and specs onsite including all processed and approved
shop drawings, technical data & samples. Generated order-on-
contract. Made Schedule for inspection crew for daily activities.
Worked on Force accounts and numerous change orders. Check
inspector's reports and make progress payments to the contractor.
Also maintaining correspondence logs, minutes of meeting logs,
shop drawing logs, RFI logs, force account logs and inter linking
each log to necessary correspondences. Performed Change Orders as
required and prepared and maintained payments, RFI preparation and
administration: Write, track and log requests for information
(RFI) for clarification of plans and distribute final responses.
Attached sketches and corrections to the plans keeping the onsite
current and accurate. Coordinating Engineering issues such as
sites and conditions, etc. between various trades and RE.
Maintenances of project records and coordinate resolution of field
issues with design professionals. Maintain the job schedule
tracking daily progress, and produce daily report for onsite
activity. Maintenance of project records and the hoist reservation
logs, and write extra work descriptions also taking daily job
photos of work progress.
Office Engineer / Chief Inspector- Bridge Washing of 53 Bridges on
New England (I-95) Thruway New York Contract; $500K: (April 2014 -
June 2014)
Responsibilities included ensuring all over passes and bridges
were power washed along with cleaning of all manholes as per
contract. Performed daily calls to NYSTA Dispatcher to schedule
lane closure for night time operations. Performed maintenance of
inspector's reports and maintained the job schedule tracking daily
progress, and produce daily report for onsite activity. Performed
traffic control supervision for basic MPT for lane closures as per
specifications. Maintenance of project records and write extra
work descriptions also taking daily job photos of work progress
and maintaining a photo log.
May 2013 Sidney Bowne Group, Mineola, N.Y.
to April 2014
Resident Representative - Various
Improvement / Rehabilitation and Resurfacing Projects in
The County of Nassau and Villages, Long Island, New York (May 2013
- April 2014)
As a Resident Representative, responsibilities include inspection
of Rehabilitation project Work, inspection of the resurfacing with
concrete and asphalt, inspecting and supervising joint and overlay
repairs, inspecting full-depth pavement repairs, routine checking
adequate curing to prevent cracks also performed inspection of
friable asbestos materials such as pipe insulation, piping joints,
valve packing, gaskets removal etc. Inspection of traffic control
supervision of MPT, putting up signs and road striping
(crosswalks, stop bars etc.) Drawing and designing traffic signal
plans and road closures as per specifications by Nassau County.
Also inspection of electric poles and signal lights computer
signal boxes. Installation of offset water main pipes and valves
Pre-inspection of sub-base preparation and alignment checking of
road, writing of Inspectors Daily Reports, cost of work and
disputed issues and regulatory compliance with DPW Nassau County,
Performing various tests such as Slump Test and Air Pressure Test
of Concrete, Coordinating activities with Regional Office and
various other work related agencies and making payments. Also
performed Payrolls, Order on Contracts (OOC), Force Accounts,
Change order and also maintaining diary of daily IR. Client: DPW
Nassau County
February 2007 WSP- SELLS, New York, N.Y.
to May 2013
Senior Inspector - Priority Repairs
to the Park Avenue Tunnel & GCT Train Shed, New York
Contract 8293; $4.8M: (November 2012 -
April 2013)
As a Senior Inspector for the Priority Repairs to the Park Avenue
Tunnel & GCT Train Shed, the project consists supervision for the
construction of structural improvements within the Park Avenue
Tunnel from East 57th Street to East 97th Street, for the Repairs
to East 72nd Street Emergency Exit under Park Avenue and for
certain priority repairs in the Grand Central Terminal (GCT) train
shed upper level. The project also consists of repairs to existing
utility bays (installing new shoring or supports) crossing over
the tunnel. Masonry repairs (pointing and replacement of missing
or cracked brick). Interior masonry wall repairs (grouting cracks
and injecting epoxy into voids in interior brick walls and
installing fiberglass sheets as supplemental supports to the
walls). Concrete repairs (replacement of deteriorated wall
foundations and repairs to portions of the tunnel roof that have
spalled). Steel repairs and heat straightening of certain
structural steel members (replace several buckled columns
supporting lintels, repairs to members supporting the tunnel roof,
including heat straightening of four girders that were struck by
passing equipment). Repairs to the existing deteriorated support
columns in the east tunnel emergency exit located at E. 72nd
Street. The steel has been found to have high concentrations of
lead. Water leak mitigation (installing weep holes and perforated
drainage pipes through the block or brick walls, both exterior and
interior). Repairs to the several of the vent structures located
in the median between northbound and southbound Park Avenue
(replacement of portions of the gratings and repairs to the
grating supports). Coordinating Engineering issues such as sites
and conditions, etc. between various trades .Maintenances of
project records and coordinate resolution of field issues with
design professionals. Maintain the job schedule tracking daily
progress, and produce daily report for onsite activity.
Maintenance of project records and the hoist reservation logs, and
write extra work descriptions also taking daily job photos of work
progress. Client: Metro-North (MNRR)
Senior Inspector - Park Avenue Tunnel
Emergency Exit Repairs at 59th & 86th Street, New York
Contract 8294; $185K: (February 2012 -
November 2012)
As a Senior Inspector for the Park Ave. Tunnel Emergency Exit
Repair, the project consisted of monitoring and inspection of all
construction activities, system implementation work which included
removal and replacement of existing stair support channels,
existing stair stringers, checkered landing plate, replacement of
corroded hand and guiderails, stair treads, and finally cleaning
and painting existing stair and around repaired areas as well as
the stair angles and closure plate. The project also consisted of
replacement of seals around street hatches at both the East and
West side Emergency Exits at 59th street as well as 86th street
Emergency Exits. Also conducted inspection to ensure that all work
elements are performed and completed in compliance with the
project plans, specifications, codes, permits and other applicable
regulations as well as maintenance and organization of current
set of plans and specs onsite including all processed and approved
shop drawings, technical data & samples. Write, track and log
requests for information (RFI) for clarification of plans and
distribute final responses, attached sketches and corrections to
the plans keeping the onsite current and accurate. Punch-list
management: Prepare punch-list for contractors' corrective action
and maintain logs of Contractor and Engineering Documents (i.e.
shop drawings, testing and inspection reports, plans and
specifications and bulletins). Maintain the job schedule tracking
daily progress, and produce daily report for onsite activity and
also taking daily job photos of work progress. Client: Metro-
North (MNRR)
Office Engineer / Chief Inspector- Whitestone Bridge Queens Side
Anchorage Cleaning and Painting of Eye bar
chambers; Contract # BW-97/97A; $5 M.: (January 2010 - February
2012)
As an Office Engineer performed maintenance and organization of
current set of plans and specs onsite including all processed and
approved shop drawings, technical data & samples. Generated order-
on-contract. Made Schedule for inspection crew for daily
activities. Worked on Force accounts and numerous change orders.
Check inspector's reports and make progress payments to the
contractor. Also maintaining correspondence logs, minutes of
meeting logs, shop drawing logs, RFI logs, force account logs and
inter linking each log to necessary correspondences. Performed
Change Orders as required and prepared and maintained payments,
RFI preparation and administration: Write, track and log requests
for information (RFI) for clarification of plans and distribute
final responses. Attached sketches and corrections to the plans
keeping the onsite current and accurate. Coordinating Engineering
issues such as sites and conditions, etc. between various trades
and RE. Maintenances of project records and coordinate resolution
of field issues with design professionals. Maintain the job
schedule tracking daily progress, and produce daily report for
onsite activity. Maintenance of project records and the hoist
reservation logs, and write extra work descriptions also taking
daily job photos of work progress.
As Chief Inspector, this project consists of cleaning and Painting
of the Eye bar chambers as well as periodic oiling of the cable
strands inside the anchorage chambers at 6 month intervals. Also
performed detection of cracked and hollow areas within the
anchorage concrete base structure surface by performing sounding
on the concrete wall surface of the 110 high outside and inside
anchorage structure on the Queens Side anchorage. The cracks and
hollows area were then chipped and cleaned and was patched with
new concrete and filled with SIKA epoxy bonding agent. Client:
TBTA
Resident Engineer - Route 172
Intersection Improvements, Bedford, NY Putnam County; $1.2M
(July 2009 - January 2010)
As a Resident Engineer, this project entailed constructing a two
lane jug-handle for left turn maneuvers into the Fox Lane School
Campus and replacing the traffic signal. In addition, the project
included approximately 1,000 feet of road work on NYS Route 172
including dedicated turn lanes, re-grading and reconstructing the
entrance and exit of the school campus and reconfiguring the Route
172/Succabone Road intersection to accommodate the jug-handle.
During all stages of work, the Contractor was required to place
MPT control devices and flag persons at various locations to
control traffic in accordance with the provisions in the NYSDOT
Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devices while maintaining
access to the school. Monitoring the construction work required
continual communication and liaison with representatives of the
school, NYS Electric & Gas, the NYSDOT, and Verizon. Execution and
progress of the project; Monitor daily construction activities to
ensure conformance with the contract plans and specifications;
Develop and document estimates of completed work and prepare
contractor payment requisitions; Record and track measurements of
all unit price items and compute quantities for completed work;
Maintaining the overall schedule, analyzing schedule data,
altering potential schedule slippage, and making recommendations
for recovery; and Monitor the execution of the project's
maintenance and protection of traffic plan to assure the
contractors adherence to the contract requirements. Client:
NYSDOT Region 8
Office Engineer / Chief Inspector-
Shore Circle Road Bridge over AMTRAK in the borough of Bronx.
Contract HBX 1195; $17.9
M.: (June 2008 - July 2009)
Office Engineer for the replacement of the Shore Circle Road
Bridge over the Amtrak. This project is located in the borough of
Bronx and comprises of the replacement of a two span bridge into a
single span bridge structure. Also performed, maintenance and
organization of current set of plans and specs onsite including
all processed and approved shop drawings, technical data &
samples. Generated order-on-contract. Made Schedule for inspection
crew for daily activities. Worked on Force accounts and numerous
change orders. Check inspector's reports and make progress
payments to the contractor. Also maintaining correspondence logs,
minutes of meeting logs, shop drawing logs, RFI logs, force
account logs and inter linking each log to necessary
correspondences. Performed Change Orders as required and prepared
and maintained payments, RFI preparation and administration:
Write, track and log requests for information (RFI) for
clarification of plans and distribute final responses. Attached
sketches and corrections to the plans keeping the onsite current
and accurate. Coordinating Engineering issues such as sites and
conditions, etc. between various trades and RE. Maintenances of
project records and coordinate resolution of field issues with
design professionals. Maintain the job schedule tracking daily
progress, and produce daily report for onsite activity.
Maintenance of project records and the hoist reservation logs, and
write extra work descriptions also taking daily job photos of work
progress. Client: New York City Department of Transportation
(NYCDOT)
Office Engineer - GCT Upper Level
Rehabilitation Project in Manhattan. Contract 9752; $13 M.
(February 2007 - June 2008)
Office Engineer for rehabilitation of GCT Upper level Train shed.
This project is located under the city streets and buildings
immediately north of Grand Central Terminal (GCT) in New York
City. The project extends from 45th Street to 58th Street and
from Lexington Avenue to Madison Avenue in the populated urban
environment of New York City. High rise office, commercial, and
hotel buildings comprise the majority of property in the area
above the project limits. Below the streets and buildings are
Metro-North's GCT upper level tracks and train platforms. This
construction project consists of miscellaneous improvements to the
Grand Central Terminal Upper Level Train shed, which will affect
most of the upper level railroad tracks leading into GCT as well
as the streets and sidewalks above the tracks. The project
involves replacement, strengthening of existing columns, stringers
and floor beams; extensive maintenance and protection of vehicular
traffic at street level and railroad traffic at track level;
roadway, sidewalk replacement including waterproofing to prevent
any water entering the track area; coordination of the
construction activities with on going Metro North Railroad and New
York City Department of Transportation projects, with the
properties around the project and local community boards. Also
performed, maintenance and organization of current set of plans
and specs onsite including all processed and approved shop
drawings, technical data & samples. RFI preparation and
administration: Write, track and log requests for information
(RFI) for clarification of plans and distribute final responses.
Coordinating Engineering issues such as sites and conditions, etc.
between various trades .Maintenances of project records and
coordinate resolution of field issues with design professionals.
Maintain the job schedule tracking daily progress, and produce
daily report for onsite activity. Maintenance of project records
and the hoist reservation logs, and write extra work descriptions
also taking daily job photos of work progress. Client: Metro-North
(MNRR)
October 2005 M & J Engineering P.C., New York, N.Y.
to February 2007
Senior Inspector / Office Engineer -
TAMS Implementation/ITS SUPPORT, Contract #D008599/ D258775,
Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Northern Manhattan
Perform implementation of Transportation Asset Management System
(TAMS) and provide post installation ITS System maintenance
support. Use TAM System to inventory, monitor and manage
transportation/ITS assets and other key non-ITS assets. Assist
team leader to support the department in pre-final inspection of
the ITS/ATMS installed under Contract #D258775. The purpose of the
project is to identify accurate geographic locations of assets
(typically using GPS), complete the asset information required by
the TAM System including installation/construction information,
design details/plans, as-built, catalog-cuts, photos, etc.
Determine relationship between various assets (e.g., power or
communications source for CCTVs, support structure for VMS, etc.),
and enter these relationships into the database. Periodically
check the data for quality control. Update NYSDOT's database by
uploading (synchronizing) the inventory data on a regular basis.
Also performed tabulated data of average velocity of vehicles and
generating charts and bar graphs based on the 85th percentile
reading average. Client: NYSDOT Region 11
August 2004 SCI Engineering New York, N.Y.
to October 2005
Senior Inspector / Assistant Office Engineer - New York State
(DOT) contract for Cleaning and Painting of 19 Bridges in the
Bronx & New York Counties. (D259575); $6.5 M.
As Senior Inspector responsibilities include inspection of
Rehabilitation project Work, structural integrity,
steel corrosion, surface preparation, air monitoring, paint
inspection and application, hazardous waste
management writing of Inspectors Daily Reports, supervising and
coordinating with inspectors, cost of work and disputed issues and
regulatory compliance with NYSDOT and MURK.
As a Assistant Office Engineer performed office engineers
functions in his absence as assigned by Engineer-In-Charge(EIC)
and Chief Inspector(C.I) which as a minimum include Payrolls,
Order On Contracts (OOC), maintaining diary of daily IR, Weather
Report Keeping on regular basis, Structural Steel Area
Calculations in accordance with SSPC-SP6, keeping track of Blood
Lead Level Records, coordinating activities with Regional Office
of NYSDOT and various other work related agencies. Client: NYSDOT
Region 11
December 2002 Gibbons Esposito & Boyce Engineers Inc. (GEB
Engineers) New York, N.Y.
to August 2004
Senior Construction Inspector - New
York State (DOT) contract for the asphalt concrete reconstruction -
RTE. 25B, Town Of NORTH HEMPSTEAD
and VILLAGE OF WILLISTON PARK & OLD
WESTBURY -NASSAU COUNTY (D258703);
$20.1 M.
As a Senior Construction Inspector responsibilities include
inspection of Rehabilitation project Work, inspection of the
resurfacing with concrete and asphalt, inspecting and supervising
joint and overlay repairs, inspecting full-depth pavement repairs,
routine checking adequate curing to prevent cracks also performed
inspection of friable asbestos materials such as pipe insulation,
piping joints, valve packing, gaskets removal etc. Inspection of
traffic control supervision of MPT, putting up signs and road
striping (crosswalks, stop bars etc.) Drawing and designing
traffic signal plans and road closures as per specifications by
NYSDOT. Also inspection of electric poles and signal lights,
computer signal boxes. Installation of off set water main pipes
and valves Pre-inspection of sub-base preparation and alignment
checking of road, writing of Inspectors Daily Reports, cost of
work and disputed issues and regulatory compliance with NYSDOT,
Performing various tests such as Slump Test and Air Pressure Test
of Concrete, Coordinating activities with Regional Office and
various other work related agencies and making payments. Also
performed office engineer's functions in his absence as assigned
by Engineer-In-Charge (EIC) and Chief Inspector (C.I) which as a
minimum include Payrolls, Order on Contracts (OOC), Force
Accounts, Change order and also maintaining diary of daily IR.
Client: NYSDOT Region 10
November 2000 The LiRo Group -LiRo Engineering & Construction
Management, P.C. Syosset, New York, N.Y.
to December 2002
Lead Safety Inspector (EED) - New York City Transit Authority
(MTA) contract for Lead Safety Inspection on the Stations and
Tunnels of the five boroughs of New York City, $2.5 B.
As a Lead Safety Inspector of the Environmental Engineering
Division (EED) Responsibilities include inspection of Abatement on
Lead Painted Structures Rehabilitation Project Work, air
monitoring, hazardous waste management writing of Inspectors Daily
Reports, cost of work and disputed issues and regulatory
compliance with NYCTA, SSPC and OSHA regulations; keeping record
of lead storage areas, inspecting proper containment set up e.g.
. 3P & 3C., soil sampling in various Lead Abated areas,
coordinating activities with Regional Office of NYCTA and
various other work related agencies, keeping track of lead sample
test results from different sites, consulting with the CPM office.
Also familiar with all applicable industry related codes, and
engineering procedures of New York, Department of Transportation
Guidelines such as ASTM, SSPC, NACE, OSHA, NYSDOT, NYCDOT, MURK,
QA/QC, M&PT etc. Client: MTA NYCTA
August 1999 A&H Engineers A Division of TRC Environmental
Engineers, Inc. New York, N.Y.
to November 2000
Inspector / Assistant Office
Engineer - NYSDOT contract for cleaning and painting of 26 Bridges Of
Major
Deegan Expressway in New York City,
Bronx (D257788); $6.5M
As a Inspector responsibilities included
inspection of Rehabilitation project Work, structural integrity,
steel corrosion, surface preparation, air monitoring, paint
inspection and application, hazardous waste management writing of
Inspectors Daily Reports, cost of work and disputed issues and
regulatory compliance with NYSDOT and MURK; using various
instruments such as Tooke Gauge, SCAT KIT (Surface Contamination
Analysis Test Kit) Psychrometer, POSI Detector 6000 and
Micrometer. As a Assistant Office Engineer performed office
engineers functions in his absence as assigned by Engineer-In-
Charge (EIC) and Chief Inspector (C.I) which as a minimum include
Payrolls, Order On Contracts (OOC), maintaining diary of daily IR,
Weather Report Keeping on regular basis, Structural Steel Area
Calculations in accordance with SSPC-SP6, keeping track of Blood
Lead Level Records, coordinating activities with Regional Office
of NYSDOT and various other work related agencies. Client: NYSDOT
Region 11
June1997 ANGELLO'S LANDSCAPING, Amityville, L.I, New York,
N.Y.
to July 1999
Inspector
As a Inspector responsibilities
included ensuring all landscaping work for the clients are
satisfactorily performed by laborers. Inspection of placement of
concrete and asphalt for driveways/ sidewalks/parking lots;
routine checking of adequate curing to prevent cracks. Pre-
inspection of sub-base preparation and alignment checking of
driveways, sidewalks and parking lots. Inspection of painting of
buildings and private offices, maintaining safe environment for
workers and nearby residents. Installation of property fences and
gates etc. Document daily progress reports, cost of work and
disputed issues.
Computer : NYSDOT CEES Program, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word,
Microsoft Outlook, Visual Basic 6.0 HTML Web Design
(certification), Java (certification) WORD STAR, and Lotus123.
References : Excellent references will be produced upon request.