Civil Engineer
Group Homes Plus
Total years of experience :36 years, 4 Months
• Remodel real estate buildings and apply engineering judgement to replace, improve, modify, or enhance the overall well being of such properties.
• Hire and supervise Subcontractors for additions, re-modellings, and maintenance of wooden structural buildings.
• Operate, and supervise full maintenance and management of several Apartment complexes / Group Homes all at once.
• Generate new development deals for real estate investments that focus on residential projects / group homes, including competitive real estate market analysis.
• Knowledgeable in real estate law. Oral and written communications and contract negotiations. Submit offers, and close escrows.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and city laws. Advertise properties to prospective buyers or entrepreneurs.
DESIGN BRANCH:
• Conducted thorough knowledge of civil engineering design and techniques for independent work requiring judgement in the evaluation, selection, application, and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria.
• Devised new approaches to problems, and prepared or modified drawings, specifications, calculations, charts and graphs, and monitored work for compliance to applicable codes, accepted engineering practices and standards.
• Performed structural design and analysis calculations using engineering formulas, skills, and experience.
• Assumed the lead engineer's role on assigned projects. Served as Project Engineer and as a designated client contact on smaller, less complex projects.
• Developed construction cost estimates for projects. Directed and supervised other designers or drafters activities.
• Coordinated work with other disciplines such as architectural, mechanical, electrical, etc.. and handle routine contract administration.
CONSTRUCTION BRANCH:
• Worked in structural projects such as Water tanks, Towers, Dams, Bridges, Culverts, Tunnels, and Government buildings.
• Updated method statements and shop drawing submittals, and solved issues on the site. Directed consultation with the Structural Design Engineers on construct-ability and design issues.
• Maintained company quality management system, circulation procedures and monitoring quality records for the project site. Assisted the Project Manager in ensuring timely completion of the project.
• Updated construction progress thru Pert-CPM flowchart. Ensured verification and inspection of site works as planned.
• Planned, and supervised the project construction progress and achievement and provided constructive comments to Project Managers reports.
• Kept tract on a daily, weekly and monthly technical progress and contractual related problems.
• Monitored and verified that all activities being performed are in accordance with Building Codes and Government Regulations.
• Long Term Care Specialist who established group homes to meet Senior Citizens' needs and over whelming demands.
• Developed public and customer relations.
• Helped the senior citizen market in financial planning and asset protections according to the need, interest, budget and health conditions.
• Licensed field underwriter in Long Term Care policies and admitting clients to Group Homes.
• Conversant in Microsoft Office, Internet skills, and Computer software such as WORD, EXCEL, POWER POINT, ACCESS, and Professional Write.
• Gave seminars about Long Term Care and explained career opportunities for recruiting.
• Trained new agents about Long Term Care and Group Homes in the office and in the field.
• Developed agents to meet their own goal and the company's expectations.
• Supervised agents to work within the company's ethics and the Department of Insurance regulations.
• Observed contractor's operations and its affect on traffic conditions.
• Reviewed construction work zones and detours for functionality, adequacy of signing and delineation, and conformance to standards.
• Inspected different construction practices, operations, specifications, and construction equipment, including curve correction project, pavement rehabilitation, AC overlay, panel replacement, guard rails, and median barrier projects.
• Certified by the department and performed a variety of sampling and testing construction material.
• Involved in a variety of change orders and activity reporting.
• Applied sound engineering judgment in evaluating and building a variety of issues concerning metal beam guard railing and chain link fence all over the project route 99 near Livingston.
• Conducted rules and regulations pertaining to the state and highway code, construction manual, traffic manual and standard specifications.
• Planned, organized and directed the work of Freeway 99 Multimillion construction project involving grading, earthwork, AC and PCC paving, drainage systems, traffic control plans and detours.
• Prepared contract change orders, progress and final pay estimates.
• Periodically observed material testings and completed work to ensure general compliance with plans, specifications and design intent.
• Made recommendations for changes in the plans to the Senior Transportation Engineer.
• Prepared pay and quantity estimates.
• Responsible for analyzing situations regarding transportation facilities or system design concepts and applying sound engineering principles to various engineering activities in the field.
• Performed roadway engineering design work involving the preparation of highways construction plans using AASHTO and Cal trans design criteria. Established geometric design, horizontal and vertical alignments, profiles, drainage design, grading, layouts, surveying, utility coordination and relocation, as-built plans, cross sections, earthwork quantities and cost estimates.
• Worked on preparation of plans, specifications and estimates (PS & E) for various types of transportation facilities.
• Computed contract quantities for several highway projects.
• Performed technical analysis by hand and computer aid for design transportation systems including roadway intersection design, construction staging design, pavement marking design, and landscape..
• Prepared different types of reports (PSR, PR, PSSR and bridge site submittal).
• Prepared several internal and external correspondence.
• Analyzed data necessary for highway design in compliance with Federal, State, and City codes.
• Responsible for preparation of bridge site maps, horizontal and vertical alignments for roadway design.
• Calculated earthwork quantities, contour grading, and toe of slopes within the project limits.
• Designed detours on local roads.
• Prepared alternative proposals for widening project including quantity calculations, cost estimates, and typical cross sections.
• Performed Analysis of traffic safety and field reviews.
• Installation of current standards median barriers, guardrails and crash cushions.
• Worked on Calculations of safety and delay indices, Permit engineering evaluation review, and Warrants for left and right turn channelization.
Prepared traffic safety and conceptual reports for various types of highway projects.
• Research in delamination of concrete bridges with the cooperation of Texas Department of Transportation.
• Literature review of related subjects and published research articles, and attended a corresponding class of Geophysics.
• Inspection of internal cracks in concrete slabs, collected data, and adopted trends of technical hints and made judgmental explanations.
• Determination of inhomogeneity and malformed layers in slabs of concrete bridges using sound waves.
• Fracture Critical Member Inspection Training and Experience.
Emphasis on Structures and Thesis Title: Deformation of Plate Girders in Steel Bridges. Activities and Societies: Chi Epsilon (Civil Engineering Honor Society), ASCE, ACI, AISC, AASHTO
Received Army Merit Scholarship, 1981-1985. Worked in the surveying lab in 1984 Worked in the Engineering Workshop in 1985 Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi Omega, Faculty of Engineering Students Committee Member, Volunteer in a local construction company. Graduation Project: Bus Station (Reinforced Concrete Two Story Building)
Honor Student in the three years of high school, Received a grant to start my Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Honor Certificate from the Principal of the School