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move ph atomic number 53 offset refer tenderness account CAREER EPISODE nary(prenominal) 1 PIRANHA HANGAR BASE body structure PROJECT get off in Colombia INTRODUCTION 1. This first chronological sequence is topicd on my go steady as Project and Quality control jitney for the experience link up to th kink of devil piranha hangar whole kit and boodle. This externalise was kill by XXX, the troupe which I invented for, and the asserter was the ZZZ. This social constitution envision took put from August 2004 to August 2005. BACKGROUND 2. The briny scope of this couch was to grade two hangar bases for piranha motor boats.These hangar bases provided dissimilar facilities to armed forces personnel that need some run on during their military operations and individually unity had fuel depot and preparation facilities, wareho drug abuse, dinning and temporary ho utilise facilities . Thus, it was essential to build a potable piddle governing body, sanitary organisation, fuel storage and distri thoion carcass, personal line of credit conditioning dodge, bilge and ballast dodge, electrical net deform, including source set. Hull, deck and roof social organisation were built on brand organise with different spectacles and finis schema. Each piranha hangar base weighted 209 tons and had two storeys. 3.The Hull was composed by 5 pontoons separately one of 8 meters space x 1. 20 meters breadth x1. 5 meters depth and a master(prenominal) section of 24 meters length x 3. 5 meters comprehensiveness x 1. 5 meters depth. Each pontoon had a particular proposition function, pontoon number 3 was visualiseed for sewage system, pontoon five was use for ballast system and included sea box. Inside another(prenominal) pontoons in that respect were installed pipe lines for fuel, sanitary, electrical, bilge and ballast system. Hull main section was invented to fuel and tolerate pick out FIRST secern MIDDLE human body potable water st orage. On second floor, thither were located facilities for housing, side and nursery. . The main actual task for this pouch was that the hangar base had to be fabricated on site since transportation of an entire hangar base was impossible due to security conditions. ZZZ contumacious that this was a Best apprize Proposal, which means that the selected constructor would be the guild that guarantees the achiever of the drift irrespective the price. The compevery had to define and support non save an economic and technological proposal but besides a real proposal that displacevass and guaranteed woodland, transportation and security/ sentry go factors.This proposal also had to include a fabrication plan at capital of Colombia and an on-the-scene(prenominal), transportation plan and on-site lying plan. The contractor also had to outline an integral plan to finish company on-site and progressmore pinpoint which equipment would be employ in pre-assembly and part vo ice nine heavy brand name modules. PERSONAL ENGINEERING military action 5. During the bid process, I was an active member of the technological team which delimit proficient solution, including hull modules definition, fabrication and assembly plan at Bogota and on site. This proficient team was composed (in hierarchical high society) by my emboss Eng.XYZ, who is the common director of the Company, me and a group of external specialists from different palm e. g. structural, naval and mechanical engineering . In this give, I was in fritter of coordinating equipment to define an integral solution and establish on conclusions of the technical team meetings, I did relevant documents such as fabrication and assembly plan, transportation plan, Quality control plan and technical proposal, including protrude schedule. final exam proposal presented by ZZZ was composed of two main stages. The first one was fabricating at Bogota, outlast NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME he hull (ponto ons and main hull) and processing stain plates and steel profiles, including sandblasting and masking process. Second stage was transport these steel modules by air and joint them at exteriorise location. After a meeting, in which I had to exempt and support objected plans to ZZZ, they fortunately decided that our proposal was the shell preference for them, so the Company was selected as the contractor for the mental synthesis of two caribe Hangar Bases and then it started a forward-looking process, which was cerebrate to the construction of the bulge out match to proposed plans. . For this construction stage, my job description was that of Project and Quality mold Manager . The following were my main functions 6. 1 ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES lapse and ensuring that apiece military action was performed check to drawings and specs. This activity was performed end-to-end the entire process, including construction stage. Supervising steel structure fabrication process. Hull modules were fabricated on a Steel Structure shop located at Bogota . These modules were pre-assembled here in Bogota to guarantee that it would not be any problem at the move into.All welding procedures of hull modules were tested by a company which is certified to verify and qualify welding quality and procedures. Steel structure was sent to the place with primer and barrier coating final coating was applied on site . This decision was taken for two main reasons. Firstly, at the place relative humidity level is extremely high, so quality of coating activities could not be guaranteed furthermore, sand blasting procedures could tolerate NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME not be through at the places due to its cost and environmental regulations. Selecting Test Company to perform and control quality of main.I also supervised and ensured that welders were certified by an canonical organization. Ensuring welding activities, pipelines and equipments performed at optimal level. Sought m aterials and equipment needed by the mold and assured that those set up requirements established by ZZZ. Once I had identified the provider for equipment and/or materials, I gave the info to the Purchase department of the company and they performed the acquisition and coordinated delivery procedures. This procedure was under my direction and I had to be informed to the highest degree purchase and delivery status.When the supplier was located out of the country, purchase procedure was my responsibility from commencement exercise to end. This meant that I had to define right supplier, perform importation and nationalization process and coordinate process until its delivery on-site. composing technical bailiwicks that were require by lymph node. Guarantying to client that all activities were performed harmonize to submitted plans. Supervising that those activities were performed fulfilling requirement of Quality Control Plan. Simulating fashion of each piranha hangar base ac cording to hull construction and specific loads.This procedure was very interested since I knowing new things related to vessels . For this activity I was supported by Eng. Y who is a Naval Engineer from the National Navy and he really taught me a lot about this subject, we use a special software that net NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME simulated vessel conduct according to its own weight, soar upwards level, bilge and ballast ice chest level and specific conditions that could imply hangar base stability. 6. 2 assistance ACTIVITIES Controlling execution budget. Controlling figure progress and enter schedule.Controlling reports that were unavoidable by ZZZ, such as daily reports, Man hour report. Writing and preparing submissions of materials, equipment or procedures which must be submitted to ZZZ and must fool its approval. It was a make issue since ZZZ approval took about 30 days and activity could not be started if all the related submittals were not approved. So, any m istake or delay on this activity could signifi throw outtly affect the progress of the project. figure and supporting payment request. Attending meetings requested by client, in set up to support project and its progress to ZZZ.Defining and requesting to human resources department required wear to work on site. 7. Eventhough assembly on site was easier than the one that we had plotted there was a problem with the structure instaurationed and built to channelise steel modules into the water. At the beginning this structure was composed by steel truss and pulleys however due to weather reasons we required a stiff method so I proposed and built a series of drum roll boards which were fabricated on AC SCH 40 pipe which was the only power material avai science laboratoryle on-site at this stage of the project. It was a peachy idea.The success of this project was due in part to the rainy eon as water level had signifi plentytly increased, and so steel modules LAST NAME FIRST NA ME MIDDLE NAME were close to low land, reducing transportation and handling distance of big steel modules from work area to river. SUMMARY 9. For the successful execution of this project it was central to have create and maintain bully team work. Since this project included different fields of engineering and it was mandatory to have positive communication in the midst of site engineer, subcontractors and specialists in order to avoid any mistake. The entire roject was performed and unblemished amidst a healthy working environment. 10. The project was very interesting because it required technical and managerial abilities . It was a personal challenge because it was my first project not only with the company but also with the ZZZ. They have a quality system that really does not make many mistakes and they also have documentation systems and procedures that takes time and cannot be underestimated during the planning process. 11. Our proposal was the best for them I think that th ey had some doubts about air transportation and assembly on site of prefabricated modules.Thus, at the beginning, they were extremely dedicated to this project and when they recognize that the entire hull was floating on the river, they were proud of their decision. Project fulfilled ZZZ requirements it was given additional execution time since it was an unexpect rainy season. 12. I think that my role contributed to the project, since I was in charge of key activities and any mistake could dramatically influence the project and its verifiables. I realized that I have leadership abilities and that projects could seem complicated but when a project has drawings, specs,LAST NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME a good quality control system and good team work anything is possible. This project was also interesting because it had special equipment that had to be bought in the USA there was an armor steel plate that was bought in Peru so I learned how to do international purchases and nationaliz ation procedures. 13. In addition, I had to constantly coordination with other departments and gave technical support to the site team, duties that were new to me. It was an important episode in my career and has helped to develop my knowledge base, experience, skills and confidence.LAST NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME CAREER EPISODE No. 2 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOR MIDNIGHT EXPRESS FACILITIES Place Colombia INTRODUCTION 1. This episode is related to my job as Project Manager and Quality control Manager for the design and construction for midnight express facilities at Place (Colombia), which is a Pacific coast city. 2. This project was executed by XXX, the Company which I worked for, and the Contractor was ZZZ. This project took place from July 2006 to March 2007. BACKGROUND 3.The first main objective of this project was to provide, at sorrel zone, fuel, electricity and water to midnight express patrol boats. Fuel was provided from two storage tank cars 5000 gallons ea. located at 984, 25 feet a mien from loading dock location. electricity had to be taken from a generator set located at the same distance and water was taken from a storage tank located at 1. 640,42 feet away from pier. These pipelines had to be underground and at pier zone they had to be anchored to cover structure and protected against sun and bumps.Second objective was to install understructure necessary to install a commons-black wharfage system which is a floating sour grass system that works according to tide level of fluctuating waters. This floating cork was 45,93 feet length per 29,53 feet width and was composed by cubes of surface area of 20 x 20 (500mm x 500mm) , 14 pounds (6. 4 kgs) weight, and over 200 pounds (90 kgs) of buoyancy. The cube was air filled (basically a rigid, hollow compartment) with a wall thickness of round ? (6mm). LAST NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME . In order to accomplish this second objective, a special design was created since this jet dock system ha d to be anchored to existing concrete scores which were not totally aligned with Y- bloc nor designed to loads and movements transferred by floating dock and midnight express boats. 5. It is important to note that at this Pacific area, tide levels commute from 1 to 19,69 feet daily this data was obtained by using Marina records and by doing metres each hour during six months which were recorded and analyzed in excel.So it was very onerous and complex to design a system that worked according to this tide level variation and that were strong enough to support wave forces and directions. 6. In addition, substructure included a floating steel platform that was moved according to tide level and that was use as pedestrian access to the jet dock floating platform. It was necessary to design and built a fiber glass floating unit that was used as hap to the steel platform. At the existing pier, there were installed two dockside pillars which supplied electrical energy and water to mid night xpress boats. Fuel was supplied by two fuel pumps. 7. The scope of this Contract had two main activities flesh and Construction. This kind of contracts with ZZZ is very important and requires special attention from Contractor Company. excogitation procedures have three submittals Submittion 1 50% Design submission Submittion 2 90% Design submission and 100% Design submission Each one of these documents must be submitted to ZZZ in order to have their approval . This approval takes 30 calendar days, and no work on siteLAST NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME can be started if final submittal has not been approved thus, any mistake in these documents will carry out a delay on execution time. PERSONAL ENGINEERING ACTIVITY 8. At the Design and Construction stage my job position was Project Manager and Quality Control Manager and I was in charge of representing the company during project execution, approving or disapproving executed activities, preparing and submitting payment request, Ma intaining updated submission register, preparing and signing daily report .If any work had not been performed according to specs and/or technical code I had authority to reject the work and to define nonindulgent actions. 9. I also coordinated and supervised the Project, assured that the work was flop scheduled, assured that be were being properly controlled and maintained and an efficient safety program was in place. 10. The Design team was composed by a Structural Engineer, an Electrical engineer and me.I was in charge of this team and I coordinated and supervised their work. I also designed hydraulic earnings and environmental system. I was an active member of this team and my work was describe directly to Eng. W, who is the general manager of the Company. Once specific design had been done by each external specialist, I reviewed those and if requirements were fulfilled, I prepared design submissions, which included drawings, calculations and specs and submitted it to ZZZ fo r their revision and approval .These specs were done using SpecsIntact program, which is an specialized software created by ZZZ to edit and create technical specs according to scope and conditions of specific project. LAST NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME 11. In order to do environmental design I first delineate two main criteria. 1) The not handle water quality and 2) the use of treated water and required quality. 12. For ascertain water quality I based my analysis on lab results for well located near the project area.And for the second aspect and according to specs the required treated water quality was inflexible based on the following uses irrigate not apt for drinking Water apt for human finish off Activities where human skin came in contact water Fresh water washes activities to retire marine salt from non informed materials that do not require being washes with demineralized, distillate water or with more physical and chemical quality than potable water. 13. After these criteria had been defined , interposition plant capacity was calculated based on the estimated operation flow, level best 0. lps, storage volume of 1000 gls (according to SOW), and critical conditions or maximum manipulation the storage volume would be consumed in 1. 75 hours. I determined that the well must supply the consumed water at the same rate, which is 0. 6 lps, to assure water supply at all times. Thus, I selected a treatment plant of 0. 6 lps. 14. According to the water quality expected and its final use, the treatment to be used included the following processes Ventilation1 internal respiration tray set Flocculation and Coagulation 1 coagulation and flocculation tank Sedimentation1 sedimentation tank LAST NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME 4. The hydraulic design was done using the Hazen-Williams equation with a roughness coefficient C = 150 for PVC pipes and according to the International Plumbing Code 2003. It was not difficult to develop the electronic networks design due to all of the input parameters were known, so it was make the calculations according to the design process and fulfilling the international standards requirements. 15. The challenge for this project was to design a system motiveless to assembly and guarantee that materials would withstand sea environment and fluctuating water forces. Works must be performed on the sea and on a rainy season.For these reasons materials and procedures had to be cautiously selected, reviewed and approved. 16. By analyzing information given by surveying methods, existing piles were not aligned they did not have a common axis . Thus, in order to pr evet damage in jet dock system, it was mandatory to create something that fixed the jet dock guides in the same X and Y axis. Since the jet dock system required poles to allow floating board to move according to tide level, I fancy that it would be a good idea if these poles had horizontal members as presbyopic as it was required to absorb X-Y axis var iations.To achieve this purpose, I suggested steel guide poles, instead of PVC guide poles which were recommended by Jet get in supplier in addition, this material would guarantee a stronger structure, able to support wave forces. 17. At the bottom section, these guide poles were fixed to existing concrete pier by fabricated steel clamps plate 1/8(height= 1,6404 feet) jointed with O1 screws and at top section they were anchored to existing concrete pier beam by using adhesive mortar for rebar and anchor LAST NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME fastenings.These guide poles and their supports were prefabricated and preassembled at Bogota, Colombia. 18. On site it was difficult to install these guide poles, since their length was 22,97 feet, tide level would be, as minimum one meter above guide pole anchor system. Thus, this anchorage activity had to be performed with specialized honkytonk people that guarantee that screws were installed according to Torque requirements. 19. It was an intere sting experience because, even though it was an easy project, there were many difficulties that could influence the overall quality of final product.Thus, it was necessary to have good specialists for each field. In addition, on site was a senior engineer who had great experience regarding coastal projects, so his knowledge was very useful in solving specific problematic on-site details. SUMMARY 20. I learned new things which related to projects surrounding coastal environments. overall, in order to do the job properly, a number of variables had to be considered. 21. All the construction procedures were defined throughout design activities since I did not have knowledge about ea water behavior and how waves and tides can impact in an on shore project, it was interesting to beget that my proposed ideas were accepted without hesitation. Since I was in charge of key activities and any mistakes could affect the project, I worked effectively and diligently to ensure the smooth completi on of the project and to ensure client satisfaction. The ZZZ and YYY were satisfied with the project and the installed equipment. LAST NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME CAREER EPISODE No. 3 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOR CONCRETE RECYCLING SYSTEM Bogota, Cundinamarca Colombia INTRODUCTION 1.This episode is based on my experience as Project Manager for the project related to the construction of infrastructure required at a concrete recycling system RRR at Precast Concrete Plant go with at Bogota, Colombia. This project was executed by XXX, the Company which I worked for, and the Contractor was COMPANY which is a National Precast Concrete Manufacturer. This construction project took place from December 2007 to March 2008. BACKGROUND 2. Precast concrete plant required an integral solution to solve the final disposal of symmetricalness concrete . They did not have space nor adequate treatment for this material.In addition, the concrete plant did not have a drainage system so rain water got mi xed with wash water and water produced by daily operation and maintenance of proper equipment and concrete mixers. This water used to be accumulated at lowest areas creating different environmental and working(a) problems, such as floods, visual and s rock oil pollution. Due to these conditions, COMPANY decided to install a recycling RRR system, which offered the complete solution not only for reclaiming aggregates and cementitious water for reuse in the production process but also for treating excess water.LAST NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME 3. A recycling system provides a closed loop system and consists of a reclaimer and a system to reuse the water. With a recycling system the sand and aggregates as well as the greywater are reused in the smoke plant. There was no material leftover to dispose of and therefore a zero discharge solution. 4. This water is treated in a way that enables clear water to be functional after the process and can then be used within the factory . The accru ing sludge can be used in the batch plant to provide a closed loop system. 5.The objective for this project was to build several obliging works such , Rigid pavement including granular as strengthen concrete tanks for storage of clarified and greywater, foundation for RRR equipment layers, potable water network , electrical network, drainage system and environmental works like grime / oil trap and sand trap treatment . 6. As project manager, my work was supervised by Eng. M who is the owner of the company and I reported every subject related to project performance to him and the general manager of the Precast Concrete Company.PERSONAL ENGINEERING ACTIVITY 7. At the beginning of the project we had a general drawing given by RRR system supplier. This drawing was a layout drawing that indicated general dimensions / distances and water and electrical supply network requirements. The first activity that I had to do was locating RRR infrastructure inside the general layout of the concr ete plant which had existing facilities including cement and aggregates bins, powerfulness building, warehouse and a maintenance shop. Thus, I had to define a RRR LAST NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME ystem location analyzing existing facilities and parameters like flooding areas, maneuver distances and turn radius. 8. After the suggested location was approved by Client, it was mandatory to improve draft drawings given by car supplier. Therefore, the second activity was to define maneuver area, pavement slope, drainage system location and grease/oil trap and sand trap treatment location. Once these criteria had been defined by me and approved by the general manager of the Precast Concrete Company ,I designed each one of these items . . For pattern a drainage system I analyzed two main water sources rain water which was calculated by using quick-scented method and wash water which was calculated by direct measurement and according to number of loaded cars per day. For Rainfall intensi ty I used pluviometric Record located at the project area. Since water had sediments, I designed a system based on reinforced concrete exposed channel in order to facilitate maintenance operations. Q c i A Flow (m3/sec) Runoff coefficient Rainfall Intensity (m/sec) Catchment Area (m2)Q = c ? i ? A Rational Method 10. To design grease / oil trap I used flow calculated in foregoing stage and used a retention period of 20 mins which is the one suggested by National code for Hydro sanitary Activities (RAS) . 9. The company for whom I worked, started the construction of the project according to design drawings. I supervised each activity and ensured performance was carried out in accordance with drawing specifications given by RRR, who was the equipment supplier. I alsoLAST NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME twin(a) and supervised the Project performance, Assured that the work was properly scheduled and that costs were being properly controlled. 10. My work fulfilled project requirement. Thi s could clearly be noted when equipment and recycling systems arrived from Germany. Everything meant my requirements and the installation process went smoothly. Drainage and treatment system were an integral solution to existing water problems reducing flooding areas. 11.Throughout project execution it was not technical difficulties, assembly on site was easy and there no were required any extra works or any modification SUMMARY 12. For the execution of this project it was very important to have good client communication. Positive team work transpired throughout the entire project and this and this affirmed and aided the constructive client communication. Overall I believe I was a good project manager, both(prenominal) from the client perspectives and from the workers perspective. 13.The project was a success and I believe that success was and is a reflection of my capabilities. The project was very interesting because it required technical and managerial abilities. It was a person al challenge because it was the first recycling system in my country. There was tiny technical expertise and know how available to assist me and few knowledgeable people to go to for advice. I had to use my own initiative to get the job done successfully. LAST NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME 14. I think this project has been one of the biggest challenges of my professional career thus far.I had to develop an important design project in a short time and without previous experiences about RRR system. In addition I had to constantly coordinate with other departments and give technical support to the site team, duties that were new to me. It was an important episode in my career and has enabled me to gain much knowledge as I had little previous experience in many of the areas I encountered. This project enabled me to further my professional knowledge base, expand my technical expertise and develop my managerial capabilities.