Wind Farm Civil Engineer

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T. T. “TOMMY” LAURENDINE, P.E.

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Slidell, Louisiana 70458

646-***-**** (cell phone)

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SUMMARY

Offshore Structural Engineering expert in the design, analysis, assessment, decommissioning, repair and modifications of offshore platforms. Retained as the BSEE approved Certified Verification Agent (CVA) for design review of assessment, modifications and additions to earthquake platform in the Pacific Ocean and mudslide platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Retained to provide expert opinion on offshore structural failures caused by mudslides in the Gulf of Mexico. Lead accident investigations on offshore platform drilling rig failures. Hired by several consulting firms to teach offshore structural engineering to staff civil engineers. Expert in BSEE and Coast Guard regulations having worked as Chief, Office of Structural and Technical Support for MMS. Project Manager for first in-place rigs-to-reef project clearing the way to save money on future decommissioning projects in the Gulf of Mexico. Extensive experience with corrosion damage repairs and mitigation development plan. Selected as expert to review technical papers and chapters of books on offshore structural engineering research, design and analysis, and decommissioning.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Served as BSEE-approved Certified Verification Agent (CVA) for design review of assessment, modifications, and additions to earthquake platform in Pacific Ocean and mudslide platforms in Gulf of Mexico.

• Provided expert opinion on offshore structural failures caused by mudslides in Gulf of Mexico.

• Led accident investigations on offshore platform drilling rig failures.

• Hired by several consulting firms to teach offshore structural engineering to staff civil engineers.

• Served as project manager for first in-place rigs-to-reef project clearing way to save money on future decommissioning projects in Gulf of Mexico.

• Selected as expert to review technical papers and chapters of books on offshore structural engineering research, design and analysis, and decommissioning.

EXPERIENCE

AVANGRID, LLC, Boston, MA (REMOTE) COMMONWEALTH WIND ESP Engineering Manager APRIL 2022 – PRESENT Commonwealth Wind is an offshore wind farm in the Atlantic Ocean south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Island. The electrical service platform (ESP – aka Offshore Substation (OSS)) is a fixed bottom pile founded space frame structure installed in 55m of water depth that will support all the Mechanical and Electrical Equipment necessary for distribution of the electricity from the wind turbines to the onshore electrical grid. As the ESP Engineering Manager, I am responsible for overseeing the design of the:

• Piles (3100t)

• Jacket (3700t)

• Topsides (6400t)

Along with the permitting requirements of the platform and the transportation and installation of the entire platform including the 12 inter- array cables and the three export cables.

Offshore California Floating ESP design concepts and supply chain issues. Provide expert advice to senior leadership on offshore floating wind platform market.

ABADIE-WILLIAMS, LLC, Metairie, LA / Civil Structural Manager, 2019-2021 (Project cancelled following US presidential election) Lead Offshore Structural engineer for the design of the Texas GulfLink offshore oil export terminal including:

• Piles design and analysis, driving, transport, lift, including under-drive and over-drive

• Jacket design and analysis for in-place hurricane analysis, fatigue design and analysis, offshore jacket lift and installation

• Crown shim design, mudmat design, cathodic protection (anode) design, padeye design

• Deck design and analysis, Truss System, Plate Girders, Crane Pedestal

• Helideck design for Bell 407 and Sikorsky 76 and offshore transportation and lift

• Living Quarters/Vessel Traffic Control Building Design and Analysis for in-place, offshore transportation and lift

• MCC Building Design and Analysis; fab yard lift

• Surge Tank Design and Analysis

• Sump Tank Design and Analysis

• Meter Skid Design and Analysis; fab yard lift

• Crane Pedestal Design and Analysis including diesel storage T. T. “Tommy” Laurendine, Page 2

• Escape Capsule support

• Fast Rescue Boat support

• Vent Boom Design and Analysis; offshore transportation and lift

• Pipe Supports Design and Analysis

• Monorail Systems Design and Analysis

• Deck drain system design

LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL UNDERWRITERS, Houston, TX / Work from Home, Vice President, Risk Engineering, U.S. E&P, 2006- 2018

Evaluated risk of insurer’s offshore platforms for potential physical damage, business interruption, and removal of wreck based on risk ranking of all Gulf of Mexico OCS operator’s fleets. Identified minimum required information to analyze and evaluate risk. Managed US exploration and production risk engineering activities and developed methods to support underwriting and claims personnel within E&P group. Reviewed Level I, above-water topside annual inspections for clients and advised clients on developing a SIM program.

• Authored paper titled “Gulf of Mexico Offshore Platforms-Risk Engineering” (OTC Paper Number: OTC-19576-PP), leading to brokers/clients having better understanding of need for offshore platform data and consistent format to present data to underwriters.

• Developed Platform Characteristic Score to quantify a potential client’s offshore platform hurricane risk to guide underwriting in decision making on what client to insure and at what line size.

• Developed method for calculating an acceptable client retention (deductible) based on platform risk, well cost (P&A and redrill) and pipeline cost.

• Develop claims cost for Liberty Mutual after Hurricane Ike (2008) destroyed 74 offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico for both Liberty and Industry in less than one week following the hurricane within 1% of actual final claims.

• Managed development of the software known as the “Fleet Management System” to speed the process of creating an accurate client schedule, calculating the target retention and evaluating storm damage and associated claims. HAWK TECHNICAL SUPPORT, LLC, Work from Home / Client Office, Owner, Offshore Structural Advisor, 2006-2018 Worked as in-house consultant advisor at Keystone Engineering on various offshore wind projects, primarily focusing on Block Island Wind Farm. Approved by BOEM to serve as Design CVA on offshore wind structures. Provided technical support, training, and advice for engineering firms working for oil and gas operators consulting on various concerns for offshore platform installations, assessments, modifications, repairs, decommissioning, and certified verification agent (CVA) design review. Taught staff how to design and analyze offshore structures, and provided technical support with lift analysis, skid design, and pipe supports.

• Served as expert witness and provided expert opinion on various lawsuits involving offshore structural analysis and related structural response.

• Operated as design certified verification agent (CVA) for proposed Tranquillon Ridge Development project plans to use 18 open well slots and extend life of Pacific OCS Platform Irene by additional 17 years.

• Designed lifteye repairs for corrosion damage and cutting damage to existing lifteye to save client cost of completely replacing damaged steel for platform being decommissioned.

• Hired to provide training sessions on offshore structural design and analysis held at Iv-AGA Engineering (SACS Training), MMI Engineering, Audubon Engineering (SACS Training), AMEC Paragon Engineering (SACS Training), Energo Engineering, and Fairwinds International, Inc. (SACS Training).

• Hired to perform bridge inspections and evaluate over 100-year-old abandon railroad timber and steel bridges for use in building a pipeline.

• Hired to manage and evaluate Cook Inlet, Alaska; berthing dock inspections. ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

ATKINS OIL & GAS, Houston, TX / Work from Home, Director, Structural Integrity Management, 2006. Oversaw development and use of structural integrity management tools in company. Designed cantilever deck extensions to support drilling rig activity for installation without any hot-work for Repsol Trinidad platforms. Determined probability of failure for Chevron of three key platforms based on matching results of hurricane-damaged platforms. Taught offshore structural analysis and design to new hire recent graduate employees including use of hand calculations and computer aided design software (SACS). MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE, Jefferson, LA, GS-15 Supervisory Structural Engineer, 1996-2006. Managed approval of all structural installations, inspections, modifications, repairs, assessments as well as decommissioning of all platforms on OCS, including Gulf of Mexico, Pacific, and Alaska regions. Provided final approval or disapproval of platform permits for installation, modification, repair, and removal. Met with operators, engineering consultants, and contractors to explain regulations and discuss new technology issues. Kept abreast of new technology to direct research efforts on MMS TA&R funded research. Visited offshore platforms of reported structural damage for damage assessment. Represented MMS on industry technical committees. T. T. “Tommy” Laurendine, Page 3

W. H. LINDER & ASSOCIATES, Metairie, LA, Senior Structural/Project Engineer, 1993-1996. Served as lead structural engineer for Petronius Project, responsible for structural design of Petronius deck (both North and South deck modules). Sized all primary steel columns and plate girders. Designed lift eyes. Oversaw all deck steel weight estimates and input in center of gravity spreadsheet. Operated as topside pipe support engineer for Ram/Powell Project, responsible for engineering design of all pipes, cable tray, and electrical and instrument supports for all five topside modules. Served as structural engineer for Mars TLP Project, responsible for Mars’s guideline deck design, Wellbay module pipe support design, and Quarters module pipe support design. THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC., Metairie, LA, Senior Structural Engineer, 1990-1993. Performed offshore platform structural design and analysis of piles, jackets, and decks. Conducted structural analysis, supervised drafting of specific projects, prepared permit applications for submittal to MMS, reviewed engineering analysis, coordinated efforts among engineering disciplines, prepared cost estimates, and prepared bid specification. Served as structural engineer responsible for design and analysis of various caisson structures and braced caisson structures for Gulf of Mexico. Contributed to special project for Exxon’s W.D. 73 “B” well addition using video and 3D modeling to determine how to fit additional conductors in Wellbay. CHEVRON U.S.A., INC., New Orleans, LA, Design and Construction Engineer, 1988-1990. Served as project engineer responsible for offshore surface facilities and equipment related to production, handling, processing, metering, and shipping of oil, gas, and water. Planned, coordinated, scheduled, and directed construction activities. Conducted engineering studies and economic analyses related to equipment and facility operation and maintenance. Prepared cost estimates, bid packages, and specifications. Oversaw structural design of various skids and production modules, including 50’ x 70’, two-deck, 450-ton production module for South Timbalier 177 “E“. Served as project engineer for various engineering projects. CHEVRON OIL FIELD RESEARCH COMPANY, LaHabra, California, Operations Technology Division, 1986-1987. Functioned as research engineer responsible for investigating use of load and resistance factor design in relation to design of fixed offshore platforms in Gulf of Mexico. Conducted dynamic and fatigue analysis of offshore structures. Evaluated design criteria used for offshore structures. Completed finite-element analysis and detailed design of lifting eyes for South Timbalier 151 “Y” platform. Issued final report “Platform Lift Joint Stress Analysis.” Assisted with experimental research model testing for damaged structural steel pipe members with similar characteristics of offshore platform tubular beam-columns. Calculated ultimate strength of damaged and undamaged pipe beam-column specimens. CHEVRON U.S.A., INC., New Orleans, LA, Offshore New Design Group, 1981-1985. Operated as construction engineer responsible for structural design of offshore platforms, including development of computer programs for offshore platform analysis and design. Completed design of 300’ water depth drill-through-the-leg platform design including piling, jacket, and deck (with 12’ deep plate girders with 5’ x 7’ passageways in webs). Performed finite element analysis for verification of large reinforced holes (passageways) in 12’ deep plate girder webs. Completed design of 400’ eight-pile jacket for standard eight-pile-drilling-and-production deck, including pile design, jacket design (with joint can strength and fatigue analysis), jacket launch analysis, upending analysis, and in-place dynamic analysis. T. T. “Tommy” Laurendine, Page 4

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, Houston, Texas, Adjunct Professor of Structural Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, 2008-2015. Served as instructor for senior class on structural steel design teaching students how to use new American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) manual for both methods of design. Instructed graduate class on Design of Offshore Structures, teaching students how to use American Petroleum Institute Recommended Practice 2A – WSD (API RP 2A – WSD) and how to use interim document for Gulf of Mexico Hurricane Conditions API 2INT-MET. Taught hand calculations for wind loading, wave loading, and structural element analysis and design. UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans, Louisiana, Adjunct Professor, Civil Engineering Department. Taught Mechanics of Materials in 1992 and 1998-2005. Taught Structural Steel Design (LRFD) in 1993. EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans, Louisiana

M.S., Engineering (Structural), 1984

B.S., Civil Engineering, 1981

LICENSURE

Registered Professional Civil Engineer, Louisiana No. 21833 Registered Professional Civil Engineer, Texas No. 123840 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Legal Responsibilities of Supervision, MMS, 2002

Introduction to Supervision, MMS, 2000

AWARDS

On-the-Spot Award, MMS, May 2006

On-the-Spot Award, MMS, August 2004

On-the-Spot Award, MMS, August 2001

On-the-Spot Award, MMS, June 2000

Quality Step Increase, MMS, December 1998

STAR Award, MMS, August 1998

Quality Step Increase, MMS, December 1997

On-the-Spot Award, MMS, October 1997

STAR Award, MMS, September 1997

On-the-Spot Award, MMS, May 1997

STAR Award, MMS, April 1997

University of New Orleans Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award, 1996 American Society of Civil Engineers, Moisseiff Award for Paper Entitled “Effect of External Pressure on Strength of Short Tubular Members,” 1989

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