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OBJECTIVE:
Highly motivated and technically competent, seeking suitable position in a professional organisation.
SKILL SUMMARY:
* Experience of using steel, reinforced concrete, timber, aluminium and masonry building structures
* Conversant with codes of practice, British Standards as well as Indian standards
* Rainscreen overcladding & roofing envelope design
* Aluminium curtain walling envelop design – Stick & unitized system, design using Schuco, Technal, Comar, Kawneer, RC System (Sapa group) aluminium section profiles
* Timber windows cladding / curtain walling design for Velfac, Rationel, Protec & Inwido using their proprietary timber framing systems
* Detailed wind analysis for the building envelop design
* Structural steel frames, trusses, supports & connections design
* Scheme preparation & Building design – refurbishments / extensions
* Designing Residential, Commercial, Industrial and Institutional structures including Bungalows, Water/Earth-Retaining Structures and Liquid Storage Structures
* Organise & prepare drawings using CAD facilities
* Spreadsheet development using VBA programming & Computer applications support to engineers
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Senior Engineer June 2008 to March 2009
Jenkins & Potter Limited, London, UK
Job Profile:
Responsible to: Associate
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Carry out all activities in accordance with Quality Assurance systems.
* Discuss brief of the project with specialist cladding contractor or clients
* Liaising with proprietary system providers for their requirements on cladding systems
* Verify requirements of support systems, fire barriers, insulation, fixings, sealants etc with the manufacturers and specify products for approval & construction
* Produce sketches / conceptual scheme using AutoCAD for approval and to carry out drafting work for cladding design
* Inspection of construction work and prepare report with comments
* Advise contractor for on going testing of fixings
* Check calculations of proprietary system providers to support cladding design
* Prepare structural designs, calculations, specifications and risk assessments
* Liaise with architects for scheme design
Main Projects:
Halls of residence, Tufnell Park, London, N7 – Rainscreen cladding Total project cost: £26m
The project involved three types of rainscreen claddings – terracotta, trespa & timber panel claddings with project cost of £0.5m. Worked for setting out of rails & brackets, designed bespoke corner brackets for 'no-fix' zones, prepare material/cutting schedules, organised detailed drawings using CAD facilities.
Chrisp Street, London, E14 – EWI Render system
The project involved two types of claddings, Permarock EWI systems and Ash & lacy metal cladding. Worked to The project is currently at construction stage.
Letcombe Regis, Oxfordshire OX12
The project involved two storey steel frame construction. Worked to analyse & design of steel frames, connection design, foundation & retaining wall design and checking of fabrication drawings.
Elystan Street, London SW3
The project involved double basements with three storeys above ground by demolishing existing three storey house, project cost £3.0m. The structure is supported by contiguous cased piles and RC wall at basement level, consist of RC floors at basements & ground floor, superstructure is steel frame structure.
Project Structural Engineer Sep 2005 to Apr 2008
Erinaceous Group Plc (Building Consultancy – Structures Division), London, UK
Job Profile:
Responsible to: Team Leader
Supervised two Engineers for the Structural Design work for the cladding and building design.
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Prepare calculations, justifications and elemental designs to support building cladding envelope designs prepared by Clients in the specialist cladding supply industry.
* Prepare structural designs, calculations, specifications and risk assessments for the purposes of obtaining consent from statutory undertakers, obtaining tenders, assembling contract documents, and constructing building works.
* Prepare surveys of buildings and elements of buildings to identify structural form, characteristics and condition across range of building types.
* Mentoring junior staff and assist them in the development of their professional knowledge and competencies.
* Undertake checks of structural designs produced by colleagues within the department.
Main Projects:
(Some of the projects out of 95 small to medium size projects)
Motherwell College, Motherwell – Timber curtain walling
* The project involved the timber cladding design for 160m long five storey building. It's a kind of largest timber cladding job in our company history.
Aluminium curtain walling – stick system
Forum 5, Solent Business Park, Fareham Client: Alumet Systems (UK) Ltd.
Baltic Business Quarter, Gateshead Client: Norking Aluminium
Aluminium curtain walling – unitized system
Arup Fitzrovia, London Client: Structal (UK) Ltd.
Detailed Wind analysis
Glasgow Harbour phase-2 Client: Antamex Ltd.
Chancery Place, Manchester Client: Structal (UK) Ltd.
Langage Energy Centre, Plymouth - Cladding
* The project involved wind analysis for each industrial building for the roof and wall cladding. The project also involved designing wall cladding rails and roof purlins.
Clapton Library, Hackney, London – Building extension/refurbishment
* The project involved the construction of two storey extension to the existing library building. The structure consists of metal deck cast-in situ concrete floors supported by a steel beams and steel columns, with an infill masonry perimeter skin.
Jubilee Hall, London – Building extension/refurbishment
* The project involved the construction of single storey extension to the existing building. The structure consists of timber floor supported by a steel beam, with masonry perimeter skin.
Structural Engineer Apr 1994 to Sep 2004
SMPS Consultants, one of the largest multi-discipline engineering consultancy in Western India
Job Profile:
Responsible to: Director
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Liaising with entire design team including Architects, M&E engineers
* Structural analysis and design using structural engineering softwares
* Attending site meetings and site inspections.
* Prepare and supervise structural design & drawings mainly reinforced concrete and steel design.
* Fieldwork supervision of project execution and adherence to specifications.
Main Projects:
Haryana Sheet Glass Ltd., Neemrana, India
* The project consists of Furnace hall, Furnace RC platform, Self-supporting stack, Lehr Hall, Raw Materials / Finish goods warehouse, Raw material conveyor belt system, Silo platforms etc.
Gujarat Mineral Development Corpn.Ltd, Kutchch, India
* This township project consists of residential houses, Theatre, Shopping centre, Guesthouse, Sports hall etc.
* I was involved with the designing of the two storeys RC guesthouse building with pile foundation; the site was located very close to desert.
Patels Airtemp (I) Ltd, Ahmedabad, India
* The main structure for this project was a roof structure with a steel portal frames and steel columns.
* The steel columns were designed to support gantry girders running across the building to lift the weight of heavy vessels.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Degree/Qualification University Duration Year of passing
MSc. Structural Design London South Bank University 1 year Dec 2005
Post Diploma In Computer Applications (P.D.C.A.) Technical Examination Board, India 1½ Years Mar 1994
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) (B.E. Civil) Gujarat University, India
4 Years Aug 1992
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE:
Application Softwares: STAADPro, STRAND7, SCIA ESA PT, AutoCAD (2D & 3D), Ms Office
MEMBERSHIPS:
Graduate Member of The Institution of Structural Engineers (Istructe), UK
Preparing towards Chartered status
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