EDWARD H. MIESSNER

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Apt. 37

New Orleans, LA 70125

Phone: 504-***-****

Email: acvop1@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Civil engineer, civil designer, civil drafter, research.

KEY WORDS

Civil engineer, project design, project review, bridge inspection, bridge repair, concrete, traffic, road work, bridge painting, cathodic protection, underground utility location, roadway geometry, Word, Excel, AutoCad.

EXPERIENCE

October 2009-Present

Self employed – independent work without remuneration.

* Contributed write-ups for preliminary disposition of existing structures at maintenance yard owned by the Sewerage and Water Boards of New Orleans, for: C&S Consultants, Inc.

June 2006-October 2009 C & S Consultants, Inc., 821 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70130

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* Performed field inspections of hurricane-damaged buildings owned by the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans.

* Performed preparatory work for design reports for repairs of said buildings.

* Performed preliminary designs and details for new structures at sewage treatment plants owned by the Sewerage and Water Boards of New Orleans and Jefferson Parish.

Sept. – Dec. 2005 HSA Engineers and Scientists, 4019 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33617

* Inspected hurricane-damaged houses and wrote evaluation reports for those residences.

* Reviewed reports for other hurricane-damaged residences.

2000-2005 C & S Consultants, Inc., 821 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70130

Civil Engineer Pre-professional (E.I.T.)

* Designed and detailed utility replacements, box culvert curves, and other incidentals to a major drainage proposal.

* Performed preliminary engineering design for underground utility replacements and roadway restoration work for a streetcar line proposal.

* Performed Preliminary location designs for underground electrical ductbanks.

* Designed horizontal and vertical roadway geometry and/or drainage analysis for three major roadway construction proposals, one of which was for a state highway.

* Performed construction field inspection and contractor oversight duties on municipal two street reconstruction projects.

1992-1999 Massachusetts Highway Department, District Four, 519 Appleton Street, Arlington, MA 02476

Civil Engineer III

* Created a design aid table for removing bridge deck joints and replacing them with concrete slabs with no joints.

* Created example drawings for retrofitting bridge decks with cathodic protection to prevent corrosion of reinforcing steel and for retrofitting bridge deck joints with asphaltic plug type of bridge joints.

* Designed projects encompassing repairs, painting, and/or alterations to bridges and storage buildings.

* Inspected and evaluated bridges in conjunction with the above bridge projects.

* Reviewed proposals and plans for private-sector work involving construction on bridges.

* Performed construction field inspection and contractor oversight duties on bridge projects, one of which included cathodic protection installation.

* Honorable Mention Award, Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Suggestion Awards Initiative, 1998, "Contract Data Forms"

* Certificate of Recognition, Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Performance Recognition Program, 1994

1990-1992 Massachusetts Highway Department, Highway Operations, Ten Park Plaza, Room 7210, Boston, MA 02116

Civil Engineer II

* Reviewed projects submitted by district offices of the Massachusetts Highway Department.

* Designed projects on an as-needed basis for district offices which did not have sufficient capacity for design thereof.

* Processed and forwarded projects for award of contract for state highway bridge work.

1985-1990 Massachusetts Highway Department, District Eight, 400 D Street, South Boston, MA 02210

Civil Engineer I

* Designed projects encompassing repairs, painting and/or alterations to bridges.

* Inspected and evaluated bridges in conjunction with the above projects.

* Maintained bridge maintenance office records.

* Collected data for scour analysis evaluation of bridges over waterways.

* Performed construction field inspection and contractor oversight duties on bridge repair projects, one of which included cathodic protection installation.

1983-1985 Prestressed Systems Incorporated, 5610 Northwest 72nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33166

Junior Engineer

* Designed scaffoldings and other temporary support systems for precast, prestressed concrete beam soffits and joists.

* Designed precast beam soffits and joists

* Inspected precast concrete joists and beam soffits during fabrication operation.

1983 University of Miami, School of Engineering, Coral Gables, FL 33124

Student Assistant

* Checked soils engineering professor's students' homework.

1982-1983 Prestressed Systems Incorporated, 5610 Northwest 72nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33166

Drafter

* Prepared shop drawings and materials schedules per structural drawings, engineering in-house design and engineers' instruction.

* Checked shop drawings prepared by other draftsmen for conformance to all relevant structural drawings, engineering in-house design and engineers' instruction.

EDUCATION

1979-1983 University of Miami, School of Engineering,

Coral Gables, FL 33124

* B.Sc., Civil Engineering.

* Graduated Dean' s List and Honors Program.

LICENSES

Professional Engineer License, No. 31532, Louisiana Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (expired in 2011)

Engineer-in-Training Certificate No. 1083ET267, Florida Board of Professional Regulation, April 1985

CERTIFICATION/TRAINING

Use of Nuclear Testing Equipment, Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc., January 1986

Bridge Paint Inspection, National Highway Institute / University of Massachusetts Institute for Governmental Services, December 1986

Bridge Inspectors' Training Program, Federal Highway Administration / Massachusetts Department of Public Works / University of Massachusetts Institute for Governmental Services, April 1987

Non-Destructive Testing Methods for Steel Bridges, National Highway Institute / University of Massachusetts Institute for Governmental Services, November 1987

Introduction to DOS, Massachusetts Department of Public Works / Professional Development Group, December 1987

Effective Writing Techniques, University of Massachusetts Institute for Governmental Services, Spring 1989

Introduction to WordPerfect, Massachusetts Department of Public Works / Professional Development Group, November 1989

Highway Bridge Maintenance and Lead Paint Hazards, Massachusetts Department of Labor and Industries, March, 1995 Prestressed Concrete Bridge Design, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, November 1995

Hazardous Bridge Coatings, National Highway Institute, April 1998

Bridge Engineering Weeks 3 & 4, National Highway Institute, June and

August 1998

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