Piping Designer

BRIAN C FERGUSON - PIPING DESIGNER - Cell 503-***-****

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GENERAL SUMMARY

Over 20 years experience in Industrial Piping Design, including 15 years at one Engineering firm, plus many years working for a variety of Consultants, Contract Firms and Manufacturers. Brian has extensive experience on both the Process and the Facility sides of Piping Design for Oil Refineries and Chemical Plants. He has proven himself versatile, a quick learner and able to also complete successful piping projects for Micro Electronic Fabs, Pulp and Paper Mills as well as working with Material Handling, Machine / Mechanical Design, Structural layout, Hazard analysis, and Process design when required.

EDUCATION Mechanical Engineering Technology,

Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR

SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE AutoCAD 3D, Rebis 3D BIM(AutoCADv2002), Bentley

Autoplant 3D BIM(AutoCADv2004), CADworx Plant3D BIM(AutoCAD2002 & 2009), Mechanical Desktop

Inventor 3D, Softdesk 3D BIM(AutoCADv14), Pro-Pipe 3D & Pro-Iso, ISOGEN, Documentum

WORK EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

2010 - 2011

Chevron, Kern River Oil Field, Bakersfield, California (contract through Cenergy)

Senior Mechanical Designer for the Kern River Tech Team. Designed small project piping and pump layouts. Used AutoCAD based CADworX 3D Plant Design software.

2009

Harris Group, Portland, Oregon

Lead Piping Designer for a White Water Collection System at Longview Fibre, Longview, WA. Used AutoCAD based Coade CADworX 3D Plant Design software.

2007 - 2008

BP, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska (contract through NANA/Colt Engineering)

Piping Designer for Operations & Maintenance Department, and Facility Designer at Northstar Island. Used Bentley AutoPlant 3D, but mostly just AutoCAD & Documentum.

2006 - 2007

Veco, Bellingham, WA.

Sinclair Oil Corp., Sinclair, WY. Coker Addition. Designed and Modeled piping for

Oily Water Sewer sumps. Designed and Modeled piping for steam tracing. Checked piping to SRU’s. Used Rebis, Bentley AutoPlant 3D Plant Design software.

BP, Small Projects, Cherry Point Refinery, Ferndale, WA.

Process Piping Design, Safety Hazard Analysis and Drafting for several small maintenance projects using Rebis 3D.

2005 – 2006

Port of Seattle, Oil Loading Terminal, Seattle, WA. (Contract)

Drafter- “As-built” drawings of piping from loading dock to terminal using “CADWorX ” 3D Piping Design program.

2000 – 2005

HotTrack Inc., Vancouver, WA.

Designer/President/Owner/Manager - Oversaw architecture, engineering design, and construction. Developed operation and training manuals, created all personnel and safety analysis and procedures. Established maintenance procedures, evaluated, specified and then wrote bids for and purchased all equipment, software, hardware and service providers. Used some AutoCAD and Inventor 3D software.

1998 - 2000

Georgia-Pacific Corp., Bellingham, WA. (Contract)

Piping Designer /Drafter / Structural Design Designed, laid out, drafted, and oversaw installation of 20ft diameter Pulp Washer. Project included structural design and detailing, piping relocation and installation. Also designed, laid out, drafted, and oversaw installation of new oil feed piping for hog fuel boilers. Used AutoCAD.

1997 - 1998

I.D.C. (Industrial Design Corp., a CH2M Hill Company), Portland, OR.

Intel, Hillsboro, OR. Piping Designer

Laid out equipment and designed piping in C.U.B for INTEL FAB 16, and laid out equipment and piping for acid neutralization system. Used Softdesk piping software.

Kamutsu, Phase II, Silicon Crystal Facility, Hillsboro, OR.

Piping Designer - Designed, laid out and drafted process sub fab drain piping and process diagrams. Used Softdesk 3D Plant Design software.

Kamutsu, Phase I, Epitaxy Coating Facility, Hillsboro, OR.

Piping Designer - Designed, laid out and drafted fab level process gas piping, TCS, and scrubber piping. Used Softdesk 3D Piping software.

Intel, Aloha, OR. Piping Designer - Designed, laid out and drafted equipment and

piping for additional air compressors and filters, deinonized water treatment units, and a degassifier tower and pumps.

Random Access Memory Facility, Fujitsu Micro Electronics, Gresham, OR. Designer

Laid out and drafted sublevel process piping. Used Softdesk 3D Piping software.

1993 - 1995

Georgia-Pacific Corp., Bellingham, WA. (Contract)

Piping Designer / Drafter / Structural Design - Designed, laid out and drafted piping and structures for installation of cooling water for air compressors, two 90,000 BTU water chillers for chlorine dioxide generators, a 125 ton/day brown stock washer (decker) and 20” waterline. Used AutoCAD.

1992 - 1993

Willamette Industries, Albany, OR. (Contract)

Piping Designer / Drafter - Designed, laid out and drafted equipment and piping for a secondary fiber expansion of an existing mill. Used AutoCAD software.

1991 - 1992

Anvil Corp, Bellingham, Wa.

Shell Oil Company, Anacortes, WA.

Piping Designer - Designed and laid out piping and vessels for an Acid Flash Skimmer.

Alyeska Pipeline, Valdes, AK. Piping Designer / Drafter - Designed and drafted piping

modifications for power boilers.

ITT Rayonier, Port Angeles, WA.

Lead Designer and Checker – for Refiner and Spent Sulfite Liquor Project,

1987 - 1991

Sandwell / Harris Group, Portland, OR.

Texaco, Inc., Anacortes, WA. Piping Checker - Checked piping drawings for hydrogen

treating unit heaters, and heat exchanger installation.

James River Corporation, Camas, WA. Piping Designer / Drafter

Checked, routed and drafted piping required for replacement of No.3 Power Boiler, and also for an ASA Size and PCC Additive System.

Pennwalt Corp., Portland, OR. Chlorine Plant Expansion & Hydrogen Compression,

Piping Designer / Drafter - Laid out and drafted equipment arrangement and piping.

1986 - 1987

Rust Engineers Inc, Beaverton, OR.

Potlatch Corp., Lewiston, ID.

Piping Designer - Designed bridge piping for a lime kiln/causticizing area.

Bowwater, TN. Piping Designer - Laid out pipe bridges, tanks, equipment for pulp mill

causticizing area.

Boise Cascade Corp., St. Helens, OR.

Piping and Structural Designer - Laid out, designed and drafted: sludge press & related piping, titanium dioxide additive system, a computer controlled color additive system, a hole detector, a rewind stand and brake.

1984 - 1986

Jeddeloh-Hayes Inc, Portland, OR.

Boise Cascade Corp., Vancouver, WA. Piping Designer / Drafter - Proposed, designed,

drafted and oversaw installation of modifications to existing capsule plant piping for manufacturing carbonless paper coating.

Oregon Steel Mills, Portland, OR.

Mechanical Designer / Drafter - Designed and drafted new front block swing and locking mechanism, and graphite clamping arrangement for No. 5 Mold.

James River Corp., Camas, WA. Piping Designer / Drafter - Laid out and drafted Uhle

box installation, paper machine felt run modifications, piping for vacuum cleanup system, Celleco pulp cleaner system, and dye additive and optical brightener system.

Potlatch Corp., Lewiston, ID. Piping –Mechanical Designer / Drafter, Designed and

drafted wet end tail cutter system, a felt stretcher installation and coater modifications.

Gelco Insituform, Salem, OR.

Mechanical Designer / Drafter - Designed truck and equipment used to install and cure fiberglass liners in existing pipe. Designed a working platform that could be raised 24 feet “outriggers”, winches, hose reels, propane tanks, generator, pumps and boiler.

1972 - 1984

Sandwell / Harris Group, Portland, OR.

Hammermill Papers Group, Erie, PA. Lead Designer –800 TPD chip facility included

log handling, debarking, chipping, conveyors, screening, chip and hog fuel storage, boiler feed modifications and additions to boiler.

Tektronix Inc., Forest Grove, OR.

Piping Designer / Drafter - Laid out and drafted Facilities Room equipment and piping

For Etched Circuit Board facility. Included two package boilers, air compressors and dryers, chilled water system and water treatment system.

Weyerhaeuser Paper Co., Springfield, OR. Lead Designer – Piping design for

installation of two wet bottom precipitators for 800 TPD recovery boilers.

Western Kraft, Hawesville, KY.

Piping Designer / Drafter - Laid out and drafted hog fuel boiler piping, supervised other drafters and checked piping isometrics.

Weyerhaeuser-Norpac, Longview, WA.

Piping Lead Designer - Supervised drafter layout and detailing of 3.500 ft, 24” diameter, 150 lb. steam pipe, tie-ins, control stations and supports.

Georgia-Pacific Corp., Toledo, OR.

Piping Designer / Drafter -Laid out, supervised drafting of condensate piping for No. 3 PM, dilution pipes for No. 6 HD, mods for washer vats and new repulper/conveyor.

Hoerner Waldorf / Champion Int. Corp., Missoula, MT. Piping Designer / Drafter -

Drafted recausticizing P&IDs and GAs of mill site; laid out, drafted No. 6 H.D. and fire protection / service water, oil pumping and heating sets; laid out, supervised and checked steam reducing and 125 tie-ins, checked “Compaid” isometric pipe drawings.

Crown-Simpson, Arcata, CA. Piping Designer / Drafter

Laid out and supervised detailing of piping and equipment for spill collection system.

Weyerhaeuser Paper Company, Longview, WA. Piping Designer

Developed P&IDs, laid out and supervised detailed drafting to replace existing Zeolite feedwater treatment system and piping with new Demineralizers.

Hoerner Waldorf, Missoula, MT. Piping Designer / Drafter

Responsible for layout and piping of new pulp washing and screening building.

Longview Fiber, Longview, WA. Piping Design / Drafter / Mechanical Design

Diverse projects included layout of chip piles, site grading, conveyors, vacuum pumps, cleaners for Hydropulper, PH control system, roll handling equipment and felt clamps.

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