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CURRICULUM VITAE
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NATIONALITY: British
STATUS: Married, 2 daughters
CERTIFICATES: Full UK Driving License, Texas Driving License, USA Work Visa (valid til 2006)
OCCUPATION: Structural Designer
CAD EXPERIENCE: PDMS 3D Design/2D Draft, AutoCAD and Microstation
QUALIFICATIONS: H.N.C. Civil Engineering 1983-1987, 8 O' Levels
BRIEF SYNOPSIS: 20 years experience in the industry and PDMS user since 1997. Extensive experience in PDMS 3D Design and 2D Draft producing engineering and fabrication drawings for a wide range of projects in the following countries: France, USA, Norway, Holland and UK. Experience in AutoCAD and Microstation.
CONTRACT EMPLOYMENT:
NAME: Technip Petroleum & Gas (Offshore), Paris, France
FROM - TO: Feb 04 to present
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGNER (Pipe Supports) – PDMS 11.4 Design & Draft
PROJECTS: BP Shah Deniz. 3D design & 2D Draft drawings for Topsides. Pipe Supports (Struct) for North and South Manifold area. Also, deck drawings, penetrations and material handling for Manifold areas.
NAME: Technip Offshore Engineering Inc, Houston, Texas, USA
FROM - TO: April 03 to Feb 04
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGNER – PDMS 11.4 Design & Draft
PROJECTS: Angostura Field Development for BHP Billiton. 3D design & 2D Draft drawings for Central Processing platform topsides and jacket. Primary, Secondary and Outfitting steel. Pipe and cable tray supports. Design of flare boom and stairs. Well protector platforms, jacket and topsides. Risers and umbilical supports for jackets.
NAME: Mustang Engineering Inc, 15285 Park Ten Pl, Houston Texas, USA.
FROM - TO: October 02 to April 03
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGNER – PDMS 11.4 Design & Draft
PROJECTS: BP Holstein Topsides. 3D design & 2D Draft layout/detail drawings of all areas of topsides development.
NAME: AMEC Upstream Oil & Gas, 211 Old Street, London
FROM - TO: April 02 to October 02
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGNER – PDMS 11.3 Design & Draft
PROJECTS: Bonga FPSO Topsides for Shell. 3D design & 2D Draft layout/detail drawings of equip. supports, lifting beams and misc. platforms.
August 02 – Transferred to Croydon office, Project Sakhalin II offshore platform, PDMS 11.3. Working on Primary steel topsides, 3D Design and 2D Draft.
NAME: Kvaerner Process, Zoetermeer, Holland
FROM - TO: Feb 02 to April 02
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGNER – PDMS 11.2.2. Design
PROJECTS: Mirai Teijin Twaron spinning plant extension. 3D design of misc. platforms and stair towers.
NAME: Aker Maritime (Maritime Hydraulics), Kristiansand, Norway
FROM - TO: June 01 to Feb 02
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGNER – PDMS 11.2.2. Design & Draft
PROJECTS: Grane Drilling Facility. 3D design & 2D Draft layout/detail drawings of mainly outfitting steel for Grane mud module.
NAME: W.A. Fairhurst & Partners, 43 George Street, Edinburgh
FROM - TO: January 01 to June 01
POSITION HELD: CIVIL/STRUCTURAL DRAUGHTSMAN – AutoCAD R14 / CADS-RC
PROJECTS: East Gate Shopping Centre, Inverness for Royal & Sunalliance. Detailing of foundations, columns, beams and core walls. G.A.'s for all elements.
NAME: Babtie Group, HM Naval Base, Devonport, Plymouth
FROM - TO: June 00 to January 01
POSITION HELD: CIVIL/STRUCTURAL DRAUGHTSMAN – AutoCAD R14 / CADS-RC
PROJECTS: D154 Devonport Nuclear Submarine Facility. Seismic detailing of 9 Dock nuclear submarine facility.
NAME: Woolgar Hunter, 4 Miller Row, Edinburgh
FROM - TO: May 99 to June 00
POSITION HELD: CIVIL/STRUCTURAL DRAUGHTSMAN – AutoCAD R14 / CADS-RC
PROJECTS: Exchange Crescent Ph. 1C for Standard Life. RC detailing using CADS-RC of 8 storey office development. All aspects of reinforced concrete structures including foundations, columns, beams and core walls.
NAME: Aker Maritime, Tjuvholmen, Oslo, Norway
FROM - TO: May 98 to May 99
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGNER - PDMS V11.1.1 – 3D Design & 2D Draft
PROJECTS: Oseberg South EPC Topsides. 3D modelling and 2D Draft shop drawings, fabrication details for all deck areas, developing PDMS Draft system, training staff on PDMS Draft. All fabrication details added in model including welding details.
NAME: Kvaerner Oil & Gas, Hundvag, Stavanger, Norway
FROM - TO: January 98 to May 98
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGNER - PDMS V10.5 – 3D Design & 2D Draft
PROJECTS: Gullfaks A Offshore Platform. Additional Module for offshore platform, using 3D Design and 2D Draft for shop drawings.
(April 98 – Seconded to Kvaerner Engineering, Hovik, Oslo, Norway for 2 months-
Laminaria FPSO. Access platforms topsides - PDMS 3D Design and 2D Draft for engineering drawings.)
NAME: ABB Lummus Global, Oosteinde 208, The Hague, Holland
FROM - TO: June 97 to January 98
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGNER - PDMS V10.5 – 3D Design
PROJECTS: MSPO-2 Refinery for Shell Netherlands in Moerdijk, Holland. Pressure vessel platforms and ladders, tower platforms/ladders and vessel support structures, stair towers and access walkways/platforms. Progressed from AutoCAD V12 to PDMS.
NAME: Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd, BP Oil Project Offices, Powdrake Rd, Grangemouth
FROM - TO: March 97 to May 97
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGNER - Microstation V5
PROJECTS: Finnart Ocean Terminal - pipe supports to storage tanks. Refinery projects - piperacks/trestles, vessel platform refits, vessel supports, access platforms.
NAME: Beattie Watkinson, 54 Queen Street, Edinburgh
FROM - TO: Nov. 96 to March 97
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGN DRAUGHTSMAN - AutoCAD R13 (Win 95)
PROJECTS: Durham Retail Centre, Braehead Leisure Park, Thistle Centre Stirling. Structural Steelwork, R.C. detailing of substructure main beams and columns. (CadsRC)
NAME: Ove Arup, Scotstoun House, South Queensferry, Edinburgh
FROM - TO: June 96 to Nov. 96
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGN DRAUGHTSMAN - AutoCAD R12 (Win 3.1)
PROJECTS: Yau Yat Tsuen, Hong Kong. Retail development in Kowloon.Structural Steelwork/Concrete GA's/R.C. detailing of main beams and slabs.
NAME: White Young, Unit 4B, Lakeland Business Park, Cockermouth, Cumbria
FROM - TO: April 96 to June 96
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGN DRAUGHTSMAN - AutoCAD R13 (Win 95)
PROJECTS: Structural Steel Fabrication drawings for British Nuclear Fuels Ltd at Sellafield.
Full fabrication & shop details from stock list for building extension.
NAME: Trident House Consultants, Hawkhead Road, Paisley
FROM - TO: March 96 to April 96
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGNER - AutoCAD R12 (Win 3.1)
PROJECTS: Refurbishment of Oil Depot in Kampala for Shell Uganda. Redevelopment of Oil Depot for BP Tanzania Ltd. Structural steelwork. Storage Tank refitting, rail offloading, walkway/stair access to tanks, vessel refurbishment.
NAME: Edinburgh Hydro Systems, Redhall Mill, Katesmill Road, Edinburgh
FROM - TO: Dec. 95 to March 96
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGN DRAUGHTSMAN - AutoCAD R12 (Win 3.1)
PROJECTS: New hydro electric power stations in UK. Pipe supports, Powerhouses, turbine housing, 3D visualisations using AutoCAD and rendered in Autovision.
NAME: W.A. Fairhurst, 43 George Street, Edinburgh
FROM - TO: July 95 to Dec. 95
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGN DRAUGHTSMAN - AutoCAD R12 on Sun Sparcstation.
PROJECTS: Scottish Widows HQ, Edinburgh. Substructure for retaining walls, floor beams, blast walls, underground car park (R.C. details).
NAME: W.A. Fairhurst, 19 Lynedoch Street, Glasgow
FROM - TO: March 1995 - July 1995
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGN DRAUGHTSMAN - AutoCAD R12 on Sun Sparcstation.
PROJECTS: Scottish Widows HQ, Edinburgh. Superstructure steelwork and concrete.
NAME: Butler Building Systems, Mitchelston Industrial Estate, Kirkcaldy
FROM - TO: February 1995 - March 1995
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGNER - AutoCAD R13 (Win 3.1)
PROJECTS: Various UK and overseas projects. Steel fabrication drawings for shop. Erection layouts, GA's, MTO's, connection details, portal frames, office support steelwork.
NAME: Serco Services Ltd, 52 East Fettes Avenue, Edinburgh
FROM - TO: October 1993 - February 1995
POSITION HELD: CIVIL/STRUCT. DESIGN DRAUGHTSMAN - AutoCAD R12 / AEC V4 (Win 3.1)
PROJECTS: Various MOD projects. Faslane Naval Base. Topographical surveys using Electronic Geodimeter and importing into AutoCAD.
NAME: Mott MacDonald, Melrose House, 15-23 Cadogan Street, Glasgow
FROM - TO: March 1993 - October 1993
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGN DRAUGHTSMAN - AutoCAD R12
PROJECTS: Keadby Power Station. Structural Steelwork. Responsible for Gas Turbine building steelwork and full checking and approval of Fabricator's drawings.
NAME: British Gas, 4 Marine Drive, Edinburgh
FROM - TO: May 1991 - March 1993
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGN DRAUGHTSMAN - AutoCAD R11/12
PROJECTS: Various Gas projects in UK. Redevelopment of gas holders, pipe supports, pipelines, transmission reduction stations. (R.C. and steelwork)
NAME: Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd, Hume House, 180 West George Street, Glasgow
FROM - TO: January 1991 - May 1991
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGNER - Microstation V3
PROJECTS: KG Offsite, Grangemouth for BP Oil. Piperacks, pipe supports and general steelwork layouts and connection details. Trestles and vessel platforms.
NAME: Sir William Halcrow, H.M.S. Cochrane (Caledonia), Rosyth, Fife
FROM - TO: February 1990 - December 1990
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGN DRAUGHTSMAN - AutoCAD R10
PROJECTS: Nuclear Submarine Refitting Facility. Responsible for R.C. detailing of Core Pond. Also, diaphragm walls, etc. Heavily reinforced seismic structures, designed to current A.C.I. codes.
NAME: Cundall Johnston, 14 Great King Street, Edinburgh
FROM - TO: August 1989 - February 1990
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGN DRAUGHTSMAN
PROJECTS: Various projects incl. Hilton Hotel Glasgow, Causewayside office development Edinburgh. Structural steel detailing and checking fabrication drawings.
NAME: Butler Building Products Ltd, Mitchelston Industrial Estate, Kirkcaldy
FROM - TO: February 1989 - August 1989
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGNER
PROJECTS: Steel design to BS449 for various building projects throughout the U.K. and overseas. Incorporating all members of steel frame and accessories including Portal Frame, Ridge Splices, Knee Splices, Baseplates, etc.
STAFF EMPLOYMENT
NAME: Waterman Partners, 8 Forres Street, Edinburgh
FROM - TO: August 1987 - February 1989
POSITION HELD: STRUCTURAL DESIGN DRAUGHTSMAN
PROJECTS: Design and detailing for various projects including Structural Steelwork, R.C., Timber, Roads, Drainage, etc. Alterations to existing buildings which included working to relevant Design codes in the design of timber, steel and concrete.
NAME: Blyth & Blyth, Blyth Building, 6 Redheughs, South Gyle, Edinburgh
FROM - TO: September 1983 - August 1987
POSITION HELD: TRAINEE CIVIL/STRUCTURAL DESIGN DRAUGHTSMAN
PROJECTS: Assisted in production of Civil / Structural drawings for various projects including Structural Steelwork, R.C., Land Purchase, G.A.'s, roads and bridges. Assisted in various types of survey work including drainage survey for large breweries.
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