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DINESH H. KAPADIA, P.E.

Civil-Structural Engineer

**** ********* ******** **** *********: 281-***-**** Sugar Land, TX 77479 E-mail: adh96a@r.postjobfree.com CAREER PROFILE

Experience in Civil/structural engineering (8) years existing structural retrofit design and (6) years modular/skid prefabricated design with emphasis on steel, concrete, masonry, aluminum and fiberglass structural design of new and existing structure/building/sheds with crane supports of gas gathering and gas transmission pipeline related structures including compressor stations buildings, oil and gas production facility structures and buildings. Also, experienced in municipal type structures including Industrial waste treatment plants, water and sewage treatment plants, clarifiers, water and product storage tank foundation with containment, pump and lift stations, junction boxes, facility roads/paving, drainage channels, pipe/box culverts, grading and paving, Industrial waste water disposal ponds with double liner leak detection system, prefabricated steel buildings and foundations. Also, worked on Structural design of Highway and Railroad bridges, retaining walls, sheet piling, box-culverts variety of drainage structures, Dallas north tollway, DFW airport road bridges including aircraft taxiway bridge. I have also worked on Railroad bridges for E60 and E70 loading. Bridges includes steel, concrete, simple span, continuous spans, vertical and horizontal curved bridges.

I have also worked on prefabricated steel buildings and foundations, DFW airport facility buildings, pumping station building, concrete building with concrete decking and shear wall construction, low-rise parking and hotel building. As civil-structural engineer, I have been responsible for concrete and structural steel design, including foundations of structure, equipment and buildings, open and close frame structures. Have working knowledge of computer applications. Experience included directing and checking the work of designers and draftspersons, meeting schedules, interface between technical teams, clients, management and other departments, reviewing vendor drawings, specifications, proposal and estimating.

PROJECT TYPES

Chemical and petrochemical plants,

Oil and gas gathering and transmission pipeline

related structures, including compressor and pump

stations

Fossil power plants (including intake/outfall structures) Steel, concrete, masonry, aluminum, fiberglass design New and retrofit design of existing structures

Modular structures/skid design (Prefabricated structures) Crane, Monorail supports, pipe and equipment supports Helical anchor, pipe pile, auger cast pile,

precast pile and deep pile system

Industrial waste treatment plants

Water treatment and sewage treatment plants; including pump stations and clarifiers, water tanks

Industrial waste water disposal ponds with double liner leak detection system

Water and product storage tank foundation and

containment

Railroad and highway bridges, box and pipe culverts Water/earth retaining structures, lift stations,

junction box, drainage of catchment areas of unit with trenches, pipe and box culverts,

unit grading, road, paving

Airport and related facility structures/buildings

Pre-assemble steel building, shed and struct

Soap manufacturing plants and Beer breweries

Concrete building with shear wall construction

Low-rise parking and hotel building

JOB OBJECTIVE

Civil-structural engineering design position

ACTIVITIES

Structural Design – modifications to existing structures, field engineering and trouble shooting

Coordination - Interdisciplinary and interdepartmental engineering and construction activity

Estimating and Specification

CODES

Familiar with ACI, AISC, IBC, UBC, ANSI, ASCE

codes. Code of Federal Regulation (DOT) for gas

pipeline safety regulations.

PERSONAL DATA

US citizen. Married - one child

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Civil Engineering, specialized in

“Structures” from Texas Tech University, Lubbock,

Texas.

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

Registered Professional Engineer No. 32732, Texas. Dinesh H. Kapadia (Page 2 of 3)

COMPUTER PROGRAMS

Working knowledge of computer applications -

STAAD-PRO, RISA-3D, PCA MAT, PCA Drilled shaft,

MAT-3D, pile foundation (L-pile).

Finite Element Method and other in-house structural programs. Familiar with MS word.

(Inactive since 2020), will be renewed

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Bayer Corp /Covestro. Baytown, Tx. Senior Civil-structural Engineer (Consultant) (2006–2019). Onsite “steel/concrete/foundation” of operating chemical plant facility including process, warehouse, storage buildings and sheds of steel, concrete, masonry, aluminum and fiberglass with concrete decking, new and existing structures retrofit structural design Including modular/skid design. Also worked on unit grading, roads, paving and drainage with trenches and pipe culvers. Also, approved concrete mix design. Some projects include

• HCL logistic and Absorption structure – approx. 80’ x 50’ x 100’ high steel structure w/ concrete mat foundation.

• Wastewater treatment plant related building and structures, Including clarifier structural, tank foundation

• Minext project, W. Virginia – MIC. 20 ft. Underground safety storage vault and super structure Howe-Baker/Matrix Engineering, Houston and Beaumont, TX. Senior Civil-structural Engineer (Consultant) (2004 -2006).

`Structural design (steel/concrete) of “Enterprise, Meeker #1” gas processing plant” in Colorado for -40F, heavy snow, seismic and wind conditions, maximizing modular / skid design concept for equipment, vessels, piping and valves, process buildings and structures.

Veco Alaska,Inc., Anchorage, Alaska. Senior Principal Engineer (Consultant) (1999 - 2004). Structural design for Artic conditions, considering combinations of heaviest snow, wind and earthquake loads of “Trans Alaska pipeline system for Alyeska pipeline service co., including 100 ft. dia. X 80 ft. high tank foundation,

“Oil & gas production facility for BP/Amoco and Conoco-Philips production facility structures considering of modularization of structures in-place, lifting and transportation condition. “Nikiski co-generation powerplant project for Alaska electric generation and transmission cooperative” All design includes new and existing structures/buildings retrofit design

“Advanced Modular Incoherent Scatter Radar for SRI-U.S. Government project – Aluminum space frame structure” Worked on compression station, warehouse, storage metal buildings, round corrugated metal metering station, oil storage tank and Alyeska Valdez ship loading terminal, vehicular crossing of pipes and paving of roads. Other Companies include:

Gulf Interstate Engineering Company, Houston, TX. Senior Principal Engineer Universal Ensco, Inc., Houston, TX

Engaged in oil and gas gathering and transmission pipelines related structures, including compressor stations, cooling tower, underground and above ground pipe and valve supports, grading and drainage plans of facilities, highway, railroad and waterway crossing of pipelines. Also, work on facility grading, roads, paving and drainage with trenches and pipe culverts.

(El Paso Energy) El Paso Natural Gas Company, El Paso, Texas. Senior Civil Engineer/Project Management Group - Engineering Design Responsible for providing engineering support for all aspects of civil/structural elements of gas gathering, mainline gas transmission pipeline and related Company’s facilities, including compressor stations, gas treating facilities, sulfur recovery plants, new and existing retrofit modular/skid design of structures and buildings, suspension bridge abutment retrofit design, underground and above ground pipe and valve supports, water and product storage tank with containment, highway, railroad and waterway crossing of pipelines. Also, Work on units grading, roads, paving and drainage With trenches, pipe/box culverts. Approved concrete mix-design for hot and cold climate.

. Some projects include:

Rio Vista, Lincoln, and Florida River compressor stations using monolithic concrete construction of building foundation, slab and turbine foundation supported by Helical Anchor Foundation System.

Double liner leak detection system, including details and specifications for White rock and Gallup air cooling water disposal ponds.

Check existing river bridge capacity to carry 2-36” dia. temporary new pipe loads without vehicular traffic during emergency for replacement of existing pipes

Repair existing pier and abutment structure of suspension bridge by temporary support bridge loads by carrying loads through temporary additional supports. Dinesh H. Kapadia (Page 3 of 3)

Modify foundation system of 2-30” diameter inlet and outlet pipe supports of compressors for solving pulsation problems using Williams post-tension anchor system at Flagstaff Station

Other miscellaneous jobs including foundations for regenerators, slug catcher, fin-fans, product storage tanks with containment. Study adequacy of pipeline for crane, highway, railroad and waterway crossings including horizontal/directional drilling.

Fish Engineering. Houston, Texas. Lead Civil/Structural Engineer Engaged in chemical, petrochemical, gas gathering and gas transmission pipeline related plants, including compressor stations. Some projects include:

Compressor stations and related facility structures for gas transmission lines at Wenden and Dummas for El Paso Natural Gas Company.

The M. W. Kellogg Company/ Brown & Root, Inc.,, Houston, TX and Mobile, AL. Senior Civil/Structural Engineer

Design of chemical and petrochemical plants pulp and paper mill, forest products plants, fossil power plant, Industrial furnace structures using cold form members, plant access road including bridges, box and pipe culverts, and waste water treatment facility using fiberglass members, grating at clarifier structure and backaplast system for underground vaults, Beer brewery buildings and structures, pre assemble building and shed structures, plant access road bridges, and waste water treatment facility using fiberglass members, grating at clarifier structure and backaplast system for underground vault, modify existing bridge to carry crane loads. Some important projects include:

Chevron Refinery, Chevron USA, Pascagoula, Mississippi

Waste water treatment facility for Ciba Geigy Corporation, Mcintosh, Alabama

Modify and stiffen existing bridge to carry crane load In Indonesia

Three soap plants for Proctor and Gamble Corporation

Electric generating fossil power plant for Oklahoma Power and Light

Paper Machine No. 3, Port Hudson Plant, Louisiana, for Georgia-Pacific Corporation Barnard & Burk, Inc, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Structural Engineer Concrete and structural steel design of chemical, petrochemical, electric generating power plant, and city, county, and state municipal type structures.

Waterford fossil power plant for Louisiana Power & Light Co. and electric generating fossil power plant. Turbine building, boiler structure, intake structure and outfall structures, cooling tower, switchgear, transformer, and stack foundation.

Two ship-dock structures for loading and unloading facilities of ships for Gulf State Utility Co. and Louisiana Power Co.

Bridges, box and pipe culverts, industrial waste treatment plants, drainage, earth and water retaining structures.

pre assemble building and shed structures.

Forrest & Cotton, Inc., Dallas, Texas. Structural Engineer Structural design of railroad and highway bridges, pipe,corrugated metal round and arch culverts, box and pipe culverts, airport and related facilities structures and buildings, pumping station building, dam spillway section gate, water, sewage and industrial waste treatment plants, clarifiers, pumping and lift stations, drainage structures, Junction boxes, manholes, catch basins, water/earth retaining structures, water tanks foundation with containment structure. Worked on Structural design of Highway and Railroad bridges, Pipe culverts, retaining walls, sheet piling, box-culverts variety of drainage structures, Dallas north tollway bridges, DFW airport road bridges including aircraft taxiway bridges. Also, worked on Railroad bridges for E60 and E70 loading including Railroad box-girder bridge over river in Arkansas. Bridges includes steel, concrete, simple span, continuous spans, vertical and horizontal curved bridges. Some projects include:

(DFW) Dallas-Fort worth Airport excess bridges, Terminal building/structures, water and sewage treating unit and pumping station building

Dallas North Tollway bridges

Port Lavaca and Palestine Tx. Water and Sewage Treatment facilities

REFERENCES - Will be provided upon request.

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