Piping Designer Kinder Morgan

Resume Of

Fordyce B. Townes II

Email Address: ********@*******.*** or ********@*****.***

Location: 65 Woodcrest Drive, Covington, Georgia

Career Focus: Engineering, Architecture Design, Project

Management

Position Type: Project Manager/ Senior Lead Piping Designer

Salary: $40,000 - $50,000.

Education: 2-Year College Degree

Citizenship: U.S. Citizen

TWIC Certified Expires September 26, 2026

Willingness to Relocate: Yes

Travel Preference: No Preference

Travel Distance: No Preference

Contact Information: 404-***-****

Senior Lead Mechanical Piping Designer/ Project Manager

I have over 30 years of experience in piping design with extensive knowledge of the ASME B31, ASME Section V111, API, Nema Codes; mechanical design with project management for new construction, and the expansion of existing facilities. My experience also includes process designs for high technology facilities; general layout of plant and facility equipment arrangement drawing. Performing stress calculations using Caesar II ver. 5.20 to create c2 file

from Cadworx 3D piping isogen programs. I have heavy field experience in Biodiesel, Ethanol, Petrol-Chemical, Petroleum, Food Processing, Power Plant, Nuclear, Marine, Gas Pipeline and Wastewaters Plants, Commercials, and Industrial Developments.

Education

Electronic Engineering and Industrial Developments, Norfolk State University

Val’s Institute of Drafting Electro-Mechanical Design (AS)

Certificate of Completion- Construction Business Management Institute, Atlanta Metropolitan College

Registrations and Certifications

Certificates for Pulp and Paper Design, and PASCE Plant Application System Design

Software

Cadworx 2014 Plant Design with equipment modeling, piping design and layout, including Isogen

AutoCAD 2020 MEP 3D Plant Design

Graphic 2D AutoCAD Release, 01-2015

Windows 10

Intergraph

PASCE 3D graphic system and SoftPlan 3D Architectural Software

9/28/2015 – Present: Technology Products & Dev Corp.,65 Woodcrest Dr. Covington, Ga 30016

Owner/Operator Trucking Co: Position Manager

Responsibility: Manage day to day operation of contact trucking co. Including payroll, routing dispatch drivers, and client satisfaction. Maintain contract with Lowe’s, EXPO.DHT, PACE logistic for Amazon Atlanta delivery of product to postal facility.

1/30/2015 – 9/28/2015: PSE Engineering, Inc. 9805 South 500 West Sandy, Utah 84070

Lead Cadworx Piping Designer: Townes & Townes LLC Contact Position Salary $65.00 per hr.

Responsibility: Work on Rickman and Canyon Creek project utilizing Cadworx platform. Design layout of gas plant for client including orthographies, isometric, and photo tie in drawing supported lead designer for project. Later assigned to Big West Refinery Project as design lead for Gas Turbine Replacement Project. Set up project manpower, budget and oversee project management for the design group. This included managing scheduling, manpower, deceivable, meeting with clients and keeping projects on schedule. Project deliverables included equipment drawing plan and section elevations, isometric, P & IDs, lines list, tie-in list, valve list and Navisworks Model of the project

10/06/2014 – 1/27/2015: Yezak Technical Staffing, Inc. 11221 Richmond Ave Suite C106. Houston TX 77082 /Amec Foster Wheeler Engineering 10876 S River Front Pkwy Suite 250 South Jordan, UT 84095

Senior Cadworx Piping Designer: Contact Position Salary $65.00 per H

hr. + Benefits

Responsibility: Design layout of the rack and spacing including supports requirement for non-insulation and insulated pipes, Cooling Towers, NH3 Stripper Bottom Pumps, H2S Water Wash Column BTMS Pumps NH3 Stripper Pumps H2S Stripper Bottom Pumps and Seal Water Booster Pumps including tie-in all. Design layout for NH3 Incinerator area all large bore, and small-bore piping C2 and ps2 file created to support Isometric generated with isogen.

06/01/2014 – 10/06/2014: Unemployed

03/21/2014 – 06/01/2014: Southern Design Services, Inc. 155 Tradd St. Spartanburg, SC 29301/C&I Engineering 930 Bishop Lane Suite 800 Louisville, KY 40218

Senior Cadworx Piping Designer: Contact Position Salary $60.00 per hr. + Benefits

Responsibility: I was responsible for the Sulfur Tank revamp project. Work with Cadworx Plant Design Software. Layout of equipment tank pumps and associated piping. Generated isometric with Isogen, and Plant-mo. software for shop fabrication, including pipe support drawing for clients.

01/29/2014 – 03/21/2014: Unemployed

10/27/2012 – 01/29/2014: Ch2mHill Engineering Co 2020 SW 4th Ave Suite 300, Portland, Or. 97201

Senior MEP 3D Lead Piping Designer/SCD Support: Direct Position Salary $52.00 P

per hr. + Benefits

Responsibility: I was responsible for the D1X Programming and Detailed Design Project. Project consisted of a 1.3 million SF campus expansion including:

●New semiconductor manufacturing facility encompassing the 200,000 SF D1X fab and an additional 70,000 SF of cleanroom space; new manufacturing support, process utility, and emergency generator buildings; expansion of an existing central utility building; site infrastructure and associated outbuilding; wetlands modification; and office parking and public roadways. CH2M HILL provided programming, detailed design, and services during construction.

●Work on the Support Design Construction (SDC) side of the project. Area includes Pub Utilities, FAB, Pipe Rack piping layout, tank farm equipment and piping design layout. 3D modeling of equipment with AutoCAD MEP 3D and Revit platform.

●Supported Request for Information (RFI), Drawing Submittals, Design Verification (DV), and data entry on Latia software Platform.

●Became Area Leader for Phase 1B for Pub expansion controlling all discipline in this building responsible for running weekly clash reports, and Client interphase.

10/27/2010 – 10/27/2012: Aerotek 9020 Washington Square RD. Suite 300, Tigard, Or. 97223

Senior MEP 3D Lead Piping Designer Contract Position Salary 50` Per Hr. + Per-Diem

Assigned to:Ch2mhill for a large high technology project in Hillsboro, OR.

Responsibility: Design and layout for utility building (PUB), trestle, and tank farm area.

• Model and design all equipment for OFA and HPOFA air compressors building, including after-cooler, dryers, receiver tanks, and pumps skids. Produce drawing for pipe stress used to analyze pipe hanger supports.

• Responsibility for general 3D layout of utility building, trestle, and all piping entering, or leaving the trestle.

• Coordinated with all department disciplines, structural, mechanical, Telecommunications, civil, and life safety leads. Attended design review meetings, and helped junior designers and draftsmen with project concerns.

• Design and layout HFW and CSW chemical storage area including tank nozzles orientation and ladder locations and supports. Check vendor tanks submission for error and omissions.

• Work in Navisworks to review models for clashes, and layout design.

10/11/2010 – 11/27/2010: Engineering Technical Group (ETG) 8700 E Vista Bonita, Suite 276 Scottsdale, AZ 85255

Senior Cadworx Piping Designer Contract Position Salary 40 per Hr. + per-diem

Assigned to JHI Engineering for a 5-week assignment to develop 3D piping to generate isometric and c2 files for Caesar stress analysis for pipe supports and hanger location.

Responsibility: For design and layout of pipe rack for all piping systems including frp, and cs, piping.

06/16/2008 – 06/03/2010: Norwest Engineering 4110 NE 122nd Ave Suite 207 Portland Oregon

Senior Leads Piping Designer: Direct Position Salary $ 93.000.00 annual

Responsibilities: For supporting clients in the oil production, and storage business.

•Kinder Morgan Bio-Diesel Truck, and rail unloading, storage, and truck rack loading platform. Project involved field, and layout design using Cadworx 3D to produce 3D Model, and 2D construction drawing. Model all equipment, valve and fitting in accords with ASTM and ANSE codes and standards. Pipe spec. included carbon steel (cs), stainless steel (ss), PVC, CPVC and fiberglass reinforced plastic (frp) included in Cadworx Plant Design Library. Also redesign the gathering area to improve efficiency for continued fuel transfer. Clients were ConocoPhillips, BP, Nustar, Shell, & Chevron

•US Oil Tacoma, WA. layout and design support for ongoing small project with 2D and isometric drawing

•Sound Refinery- Tacoma WA. Small project support for heating oil, and improve storage, and truck rack improvement. As a senior lead designer, I also train other designers in the use of Cadworx Plant Design tools. This included modeling of equipment, creating fitting, and use of isogen.

05/22/07 – 05/24/2008 Larson Engineering, Inc. 5950 Live Oak Parkway Suite 300

Norcross, Ga.

Senior Mechanical Piping Designer (Vision Builders contract position) 50.00 Hr.

Responsibilities:

Design layout on all Ethanol Tank Farms and Water Treatment Facilities.

•Generated 3D model using Cadworx 3D program. Platform AutoCAD 2007

•Produced orthographic plans, section, and isometric for pipe analysis with Caesar II Stress program client Fagen Engineering.

•Work on Janesville, later working out of the client office in Greenville on project 1739. Help get the project back on track and issue for construction. Larson/Fagen projects included: Further Fuels, Aberdeen Energy, One Earth Energy, ASA Bloomingburg, Castle Rock Renewable Fuel, Indiana Bio Energy, USBE Janesville USB Hankinson,

•Area of design included truck and rail loading area, tank farm storage area, and water treatment building and storage area.

12/06 – 05/15/07: Norwest Engineering 4110 N.E. 122nd Ave Suite 207 Portland Oregon

Senior Mechanical Piping Designer (contract position) 50.00 Hr. + per diem

Responsibilities: For all phases of Piping design for heavy industrial clients

•Piping layout and design for biodiesel and oil terminal facilities, and ethanol plant

•Work on projects for Sounds Refinery, Kinder Morgan, Cascade Grain

•Work involved field walk downs and piping routing in existing plants P& ID creation

•All work was generated on AutoCAD 2006 and Cadworx Plant Design.

•Cascade Grain layout for tank farm storage area piping from unloading dock to process building.

07/06 – 12/06: Evergreen, Engineering 860 Conger St, Eugene, Oregon

Senior Mechanical Piping Designer (contract position) 45.00 Hr. + per diem

Snowflake Arizona Power Plant Relocation

Responsibilities: For all phases of Piping design in turbine, and boiler building area

•General pipe routing and equipment location for steam, condensate, boiler feed water, blow out tank, gas, mill water, plant air

•Pipe supports for all line including hanger schedule, and tables

•P& ID design

•Coordinated with all disciplines, electrical, structural, HVAC civil for design changes

•Generated 3D model for 20,0000 sq. ft. Murphy LVL Plant in Southern, Oregon

08/05 – 07/06 Penn’s Renovation & Construction Co. Harold Rd. Nassau, Bahamas

Project Manager

Ocean Place Condominiums 30 Million Dollars Project

Responsibilities: For all phases of project management

•Scheduling, estimating, payroll, equipment purchase, etc.

•Preparing subcontractor contracts, and bonding requirements

•Design storm water drainage system for parking area

•Coordinated all disciplines, electrical, plumbing, HVAC

•Scheduling of weekly meetings with client project administrators to resolve project, and site concerns. This included: manpower, material delivery, and equipment requirements.

Cotton Bay Eleuthera, 300 million dollars project

Phase 1: (6) Villa, Houses, and 2900 SQ. Ft. Club House

Phase Two: Two- and three-bedroom homes

Responsibilities: Sent to Cotton Bay to take over the project and correct and administrate current problems ongoing with site, and project.

•Coordinated all site work between owner, and sub-contractors

•On arrival I found many problems dealing with poor quality, and general errors by crews. I removed 75 % of existing crews, and started rebuilding fresh staff, and sub-contractors. I found out the construction documents were not up to par. Requested full size drawing with latest revision form architect, and owners. I performed a Villa-by-villa analysis, and drafted a report of finding, and suggestion on how to fix problems. I determine that equipment failure produces a good percentage of lack of progress, and workmanship was very poor. I put a plan together to address the issue on all villas.

•Made requests for equipment including D-9 Cat, front-end loader, excavator, and other equipment needed to complete tasks.

•After only three weeks with no site Forman’s, I had corrected many problems. I met with a structural engineer, electrical and subs contractor. I requested more site Forman’s, and qualified subcontractors plus additional project managers. many problems were resolved.

6/05 – 08/05: Assigned by Universal Resources 2763 Meadow church Rd. Suite 202 Duluth, Ga. 30097

LARSON ENGINEERING Norcross, GA. (Contract Position)

Sr. Piping Designer

Responsibilities: Prepare AutoCAD 2002 from field sketches and walk downs general piping and P&ID drawing for Counnce, Tenn. PCA recovery boiler R1, R2, & R3, area. This work involves filed routing, tie-in, hanger, and pipe supports. Also work on Micro Station SJ system loop sheets.

02/05 – 06/05: Embery Commercial Services Conyers, GA.

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

•Estimating of masonry, and interior materials take-off using SoftPlan Architectural

•Preparing AIA schedule of values

•Contract preparation for all subcontractors including licenses and bonding issues.

•Ordering material supplies and setting schedule for delivery

•Clients contact and coordination of weekly meeting

•Site coordination between client and subcontractor solving site problem

•Ordering equipment for site work

•Scheduling workforce on several projects.

•Checking site condition for OSHA and safety issues pertaining to job site

•Preparing submittals for client review on material, and technical data for engineer’s approval.

•Preparing request for payment, and lien waiver for monthly draws

•Change order request

•Application for payments and tracking project cost with schedule of values.

8/01 – 02/05: Vision Builders & MFG Corp. 1599-A Memorial Dr. Atlanta, Ga. 30317 Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Day-to-day operation of general contracting company for design and building pre-engineer structure including:

•Site, and Survey plans cad files.

•All permitting request: land disturbance, utilities, and building

•Special inspection and testing, Microsoft project schedules, and quality control

•Project Estimating

•Coordination of all Subs Contractors including Contracts, Insurances, and bonding.

•Change order request

•Application for payments and tracking project cost with schedule of values.

Calvary Baptist Church: 9000 sq. ft. additions to existing sanctuary· Supplied metal building,

And metal studs for building construction· VB & MFG. Corp. was the general contractor and project manager for projects. Battle Plaza: Design 3000 sq. ft. multi-use plaza

Design building with SoftPlan Architectural 3D software generating, 3D site plan, and building plan. Also provided 2D floor plans, section views, elevations, and detail sheets

for project, and provided material take off list for project estimating.

Gambia West Africa Project: Developed 3D site, survey and building plans for project. Generated 3D & 2D drawing for conceptual design with material take-off for estimating of project cost.

Perry Daycare Project: Provide conceptual drawing for 11,000 sq. ft. daycare facility in 3D & 2D drawing creation with material take-off for estimating.

Fox Trap Project: Provided design drawing for 150 persons county restaurant for client generated 3D & 2D drawing with material take-off, and site plan Provide General Contraction Services for various client jobs included:

•Framing out metal stud wall, and drywall installation on several project

•Interior, and exterior painting

•Pressure washing

•General building repair roof leaks, drywall, framing, and plumbing.

•Project supervisor for client new home construction

1/00 – 8/01: S.L. KING& Associates, 34 Peachtree St. N.W. Atlanta, GA 30303 Cad Administrator/Senior Designer

Responsibilities: For day-to-day operation of all CAD system requirements. Drawing setup,

Work assignments, training, client liaison, multi-project coordination and cad drawing standards.

Piping Designer lead designer for MARTA. Maintenance facility chiller and process water piping design.

Marketing- Responsible: for new industrial client contact and follow-up NT Support- Responsible for day-to-day system back-up, recovery, and overall system administration.

9/99 – 1/00: Assigned by Universal Resources 2763 Meadow church Rd. Suite 202 Duluth, Ga. 30097

LARSON ENGINEERING, (Contract Position) Norcross, GA.

Senior Piping Designer

Responsibilities: Prepare detailed layout drawings for green and white liquor storage tanks, including pipe routing and pump locations. Worked on AutoCAD 14, and AutoCAD 2000. Prepare P&ID diagrams for projects.

8/1988-8/1991 & 1994-1999: AGRA – SIMONS, One West Court Square Decatur, GA

Senior Mechanical Piping Designer/Group Leader

KIMBERLY CLARK CORP., Roswell, GA: Lead Designer

Responsibilities: For calendar/embosser upgrade duties included mechanical

layout design for calendar/embosser, control room, and structural; concept design for bid and construction documents.

ATLANTA TECHNICALGROUP, Tucker, GA: Lead Designer

Responsibilities:

For design of process skids: Duties included complete mechanical design for equipment and piping, details arrangement drawing, and supported other disciplines, structural, electrical, etc. produced bid and construction documents.

CLOROX CORP. Forest Park, GA: Lead Designer

Responsibilities:

Duties included mechanical, piping, design for Process Skids for Tampa and Atlanta locations prepared bid and construction documents.

LAROCHE INDUSTRIES CORP., Roswell, GA: Lead Designer

Responsibilities:

Facility upgrade travel to nine facility locations across U.S. to update as-build P&ID for future expansion at existing sites.

GEORGIA PACIFIC CORP., Vienna, GA: Lead Designer

Responsibilities:

Formaldehyde revamp for all phases of project design, manpower calculations, field investigation, client contact, final bid and construction documents. Work area included distillation column, absorber, cooling tower, re-boiler, high, and low-pressure steam and condensate system; piping and hanger supports.

CARGILL LA ROCHE, Eddyville, LA: Lead Designer

Responsibilities:

Pharmaceutical processing, and storage facility.

Supervised four PASCE junior designer for complete design and layout of vitamin B plant

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