Resume of Yair Berenstein, M.Sc., P.E., P.Eng, F.ASCE

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

Mr. Berenstein has over 28 years of experience in project management, transmission line engineering and design, rerating, sag measurements and analysis, inspections and engineering construction plans, line optimization, conductor selection and structural analysis. He has engineered numerous 11 kV to 765 kV line projects for major utilities in the United States and abroad. He has created and developed specialized software that has led to lowering construction costs and aided in determining sag tensions and loads on structures. He is proficient in Project Engineering and Advanced Mathematics.

Other Certifications: AutoCad, Trimble’s Corridor Analyst, TL-Pro, ATADS, PLS Tower,

PLS CADD, PLS POLE, LPile, MFAD, Sag 10, ANSYS, STAADPro,

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2013-Present Commonwealth Associates, Inc., Liberty Lake, Washington

2010-2013 Trimble Navigation Limited, Liberty Lake, Washington

2004-2010 Owner, Pondera Engineers, LLC, Spokane, Washington

2002-2004 Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, Washington

1997-2002 LineSoft Company, Spokane, Washington

1988-1997 Israel Electric Company Ltd., Israel

1987-1988 Israel Aircraft Industrial, Israel

EDUCATION

B. Sc. in Civil Engineering, Structure Department of Faculty of Civil

Engineering, at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, 1986.

M. Sc. in Civil Engineering, Structure Department of Faculty of Civil

Engineering, at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, 1995.

M. Sc Thesis Title: “ The Analysis of Laminated Beams and Plane

Frames, by the Exact Element Method”.

REGISTRATION

Professional Engineer, State of Israel Professional Engineer

P.Eng, Alberta, Canada.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

ASCE/SEI Technical Activities Division Committee creating the Manual of Practice on Guidelines for Wood Pole Structures for Electrical Transmission Lines and Committee on ASCE-Manual No. 74 “Guidelines for Electrical Transmission Line Structural Loading”, 4th Edition.

IEEE/PES

F.ASCE/SEI

(Former Member) CIGRE/WG12

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