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Last Updated: Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Served a full apprenticeship in petrochemical process plant engineering design and layout with Snamprogetti UK Limited. This, tempered with study and practical training in all types of welding including M.I.G, T.I.G, M.M. Arc, brazing, sheet metal fabrication, milling, turning, grinding, electrical installation and electronic circuit assembly, gave him a broad foundation of experience for design engineering.

Now a lead underground piping engineer he has eighteen year’s experience in petrochemical underground piping design including catch- basin and pipe size/flow calculations. These include site assignment, conceptual, front-end and detail design of refineries and chemical plant i.e. nitric acid plant, ethylene and butadiene plant, natural gas, diesel hydrodesulphurisation, naphtha hydrotreater, polymer plant, pharmaceuticals, Liquefied Natural Gas Train design, with Underground piping design for LNG trains, Naphtha Hydrotreater, Gasification plant including the U/G passenger train terminal drainage for T5 Heathrow Airport.

CAREER SUMMARY: (Since 1990)

KBR Houston – June 07 to July 08
Orlando Gasification Project. Principal U/G drainage design engineer.
In charge of U/G project responsible for detailed design of all U/G piping and surface drainage systems.

Foster Wheeler Ltd – Sept 05 to June 07
1. ENOC Processing Company LLC (EPCL). Principal Underground piping & services coordination engineer using PDS.
2. Woodside Liquefied Natural Gas Plant, Train 5 Underground piping design & services PDS lead.

Balfour Kilpatrick – June 05 to Sept 05
Terminal 5 Rails and Tunnels Project: U/G Piping drainage lead. ADT 3D MAP CADDuct.


SLP Engineering Ltd – Nov 04 to June 05
Section Leader Piping CADPipe HVAC AutoCAD.
Offshore platform modules for PEMEX.

Laing O’Rourke Utilities – June 04 to Nov 04
PDS & AutoCAD utilities piping BS EN598/545 site layout, U/G Piping systems and Pumping Station piping and plant layout.
Anglian Water.

Able Instrumentation and Control – Oct 03 to June 04
Vessel and nuclear instrument layout design. PD5500
EnCana Buzzard Offshore Development Project. Client CB & I John Brown.

Snamprogetti – July 03 to Oct 03
PDS U/G piping design, LNG Plant.
Mellitah Gas Plant Libya – Underground piping and drainage systems.

Foster Wheeler Energy - Apr 02 to June 03
PDS Piping Designer
DP73 Saudi Strategic Storage Program – Underground piping and storage systems.

Snamprogetti – Oct 01 to Feb 02
PDS U/G piping design. AutoCAD and manual draughting.
UGD Egypt Natural Gas Liquids project – front-end design – plant layout and piping systems spider diagrams.

Axsia Serck Baker – May 00 to Oct 01
Modular piping systems and pipe supports designer/loadings. Skid Piping AutoCAD.
Anandarko Algeria Water treatment plant.

M.W. Kellogg Limited – Oct 97 to April 00
Senior Underground Piping Designer LNG Train Design. Site piping construction supervisor in Bonny Island, Nigeria. PDS underground piping modeller. PDMS underground piping.
Piping platform modules. Microstation.
Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Co. Train 1 and 2.
Shell Woodside Australia North Western Shelf LNG Train.
Offshore modules Statoil KUP platform and LNG project Norway.

Raytheon Engineers & Constructors – Sept 94 to Oct 97
PDS senior piping Designer / drainage engineer. Microstation, AutoCAD. Site project engineer & piping construction supervisor.
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Kent, Module 2.
Bard Pharmaceuticals.

Snamprogetti – Oct 91 to Sept 94
Piping Designer & Underground piping layout, PDS, manual and model making.
Dushanzi Ethylene Complex. Xinjiang. CNTIC Chinese National Trade & Import Co.
Underground systems layout co-ordination and design including firewater layout.

Robert Godfrey Associates – Sept 90 to Oct 91
Land Surveyor – Cartographer – Part time whilst studying HND in Land and Sea Surveying at University
of North London.


DETAILED SUMMARY OF PROJECT EXPERIENCE:

June 2007 to July 2008 KBR - Houston
Principal U/G piping systems design engineer
Orlando Gasification Project
In charge of U/G project using PDS and Microstation from initial systems layout to detailed engineering design of gravity plant drainage systems including Chemical drain, Wastewater system, Oily Water System, Storm Drain, for this coal-to-gas plant using rainfall and firewater rates. Drainage area calculations using Rational equation and Manning formula application for pipe sizing and sloping. Tie-ins for C/W and Firewater systems and design and layout for these systems. Producing construction isometrics U/G Layout GA’s and design standards for catchbasins, pits, cleanouts and riser details.

Responsible for client liaison and detailed explanation of design philosophy and method to client during client reviews as well as incorporating client requirements.

Within the Underground Piping Core Team, to provide engineering assistance in design and production phase of other projects.

Sept 05 to June 07 Foster Wheeler Ltd
Civils / Structural dept. Principal / Lead PDS Underground Piping Engineer Reading

1. Dubai’s ENOC Processing Company LLC (EPCL). Naphtha Hydrotreater Reformer for United Arab Emirates at Jebel Ali Free Zone.

Systems design includes:
Design of 1/200 Aromatic Closed drain system for unit 10.

Preparation of Technical Bid Evaluation Report for vendor’s Commercial Proposal from Future Pipe Industries and Ameron, for the supply of GRE pipe. Proposals failed due to lack of adherence to Foster Wheeler RFI’s, and possible non-compliance due to unsatisfactory ratio of glass content by weight. Returned to purchasing department to pursue further information. Meetings with FPi vendor for GRE regarding jointing lamination and bonding methods, failure rates and technical other factors missing from proposal. Direct contact with FPi to clarify scope of works and tie ins / methods.

PDS design of UG OWS sloping drainage system in 150# CS. Civil underground piping and trenching design and layout. Drainage, paving and sewer systems: In unit 8 Naphtha Hydrotreater, unit 10 CCR Reformer, and unit 15 LPG Fractionation, working for the drainage engineer to divide the plant areas into catch basins no larger than 230m sq. Drainage designed for a 1 hour rainfall intensity based on BEDDS and 10 year recurrence. Design of gravity OWS sewer system using Hazen-William formula with full bore capacity. Open channel to Manning formula. Responsible for detailed underground engineering services design and materials requisition. Routing for storm water system / oily water system tie-in to existing site drainage, cable routings and trench section detailing, sanitary water and effluent treatment systems.
Fire-water extension and modification, and new fire fighting systems layout for each new plant area. 14” GRE FW main changing to CS Cement lined for above ground interconnection. Solved layout and design problem re: design of GRE adaptors and coupling to precipitate valve removal instead of piping’s flanged elbow option. Design of concrete foundations and fixings.

Tie-in with existing FW system and routing of fire main to newly located temporary Warehouse. Underground ring-main design with 2” branches. Design to allow for permanent works interconnection after disinvestment.

PDS 3D modelling and production of isometrics, MTO and Materials Requisition for all piping materials.

2. Shell Woodside. PDS underground piping design / layout and construction isometric production for Woodside LNG Train 5. Site prep area: Disinvestment of original pumped sewer line south of new tie-in, extended service routed underground using site survey road details and paving plans for elevations, and bulk earthworks plan service trenches and composite services details. Design at pump pits. To run new Tool air and Nitrogen lines to rotor storage area and new SKM workshop. Where underground to galvanize-coat and double wrap short lengths without cathodic protection, elevation set at 900 cover, 1200 under roads, using workshop paving and trench set out plans and surveys. AG sloping lines to run partially beside road, 300 above grade on sleepers, using road cross / longitudinal sections with camber transitions to obtain elevations. To design stress loops for long distances and guides and anchor supports.

Site prep Workshop fire-main design from PEF. Tie-in to original CS concrete lined fire-main with slip-on flange, and spec change to GRE. Location of hydrants using paving plans, and UG elevation from earthwork plans avoiding communications and data-link trenches.

Microstation General Arrangement drawings for UG services supply. UG services MTO and preparation of Material Requisitions.

Main Civil 400NB GRE fire-main with transition to CS galvanised UG with concrete block support for hydrants and monitors, liaison with piping for interface with fire fighting fixed water spray systems.
Various 600NB to 1000NB OCW Sewer GRE drain lines interconnecting liquid gas traps and open drain channels.

ProjectWise and Docstore user.


June 05 to Sept 05 Balfour Kilpatrick Ltd
Combined Services Co-ordinator Heathrow T5
3D ADT AutoCAD Map CADDuct. Combined Underground Services model design, HVAC, Public Health, Sanitation and Rain Water Pipework, domestic water supply, Fresh Air Supply, General Extract Duct and Electrical containment / cable tray layout for London Underground & Heathrow Express Extension project / Train Station at Terminal 5 to produce combined services General Arrangement Drawings.

Nov 04 to June 05 SLP Engineering Ltd
CADPipe HVAC Section Leader. Lowestoft
Responsible for introducing 3D HVAC design and co-ordination to SLP for the first time via the offshore PEMEX Cantarell Oil Field Development, Sonda de Campeche, Mexico, Haku M and S platforms, Gulf of Mexico. First to integrate the HVAC 3D design process into the overall model. To set up ‘intelligent’ HVAC General Arrangements for production from the 3D model according to the project datum in line with Structural and Architectural Models and to allow X-Referencing.
Training and supervising other staff in their duties as HVAC co-ordinators according to SMANCA standards and ASHRAE Standard 62n-2001.

June 04 to Nov 04 LAING O’ROURKE UTILITIES
PDS & AutoCAD Underground piping and site equipment layout engineer St. Neots, Cambridge
In charge of the Kings Lynn, Anglian Water site for Laing O’Rourke. Hired primarily to resolve the problems that have stopped construction on-site resulting from poor AFC design layout with lack of consideration for equipment access. This was amplified by site compacting layout further due to the constraints of newly discovered existing underground services resulting in the unapproved purchase of smaller process equipment kiosks. Anglian Water wished to remove all the equipment and kiosks installed thus far. Using AutoCAD 2004, I redesigned layout of wash water and poly dosing units: Wash-Water kiosk: Duplex filter moved outside kiosk, with UG piping, PD indicators and air vent added to AG pocketed line. W.W tank rotated inside kiosk and piping changed from MDPE to PVCu PN16 smaller fittings, some piping run outside kiosk to allow access. Poly-dosing kiosk: Instructed instruments to move cable tray and relocate electric boxes and trace heating panel to enable poly tank to move into corner to allow more access and room for w.w booster pump and poly dosing unit. IP55 Peristaltic pump moved outside kiosk. In meeting with Anglian Water management, design was approved with the existing kiosks. Supervising and liaising with construction effort and producing as-built layouts.

Pipe supports DI BSEN598. Pumping Station Piping. Stairways, platforms and ladders to BS39741. P&ID development and mechanisation.

Denton Lodge Reservoir, Anglian Water: New storage tank, underground control sets pits and piping, tie-ins. Ductile iron 400NB, valve chambers and pipe routings. General arrangement and P&ID production.


Oct 03 to June 04 ABLE INSTRUMENTS
AutoCAD vessel and instrument layout design. Reading
Responsible for design and layout of high tech, non-intrusive, nucleonic level measurement instruments for ASME 2001 Pressure Vessels (PD 5500) to ISO 9001 for offshore EnCana Platform, Buzzard Project. Layout with consideration to plant design and piping from Foster Wheeler.

JULY 2003 to OCT 2003 SNAMPROGETTI
PDS Piping designer Basingstoke
Mellitah Libyan Liquefied Natural Gas Plant. Responsible for underground piping: cooling water ASTM Di785, closed and open drainage systems such as oily sewer initially modelled with ASTM C700, GRP and concrete lines up to 40” and design of relevant pits / interconnecting drainage lines and tie-ins from AML areas. To co-ordinate the central underground area with other designers of the main process areas, so that their resultant delivery invert levels would be suitable for the drainage pits and gas traps, and delivery of the various services out of the main area.

FEB 2002 to JUNE 2003 FOSTER WHEELER
PDS U/G Piping Designer Reading
Saudi Secret Strategic Storage Program DP 73. Tunnel Process piping and storage design and pump layout, building firewater sprinkler system design and layout and HVAC.

OCT 2001 to FEB 2002 SNAMPROGETTI
PDS Piping designer - AutoCAD/manual. Basingstoke
United Gas Derivatives, Egypt Nile Gas Co. Conceptual engineering package prepared for new Natural Gas Liquids plant. P&ID mechanisation, interconnecting P&ID’s, spider diagrams, conceptual mechanical plant design layouts for all process areas, plot plans, hazardous area key plans, UG firewater layouts.

MAY 2000 to OCT 2001 AXSIA SERCK BAKER
Pipe supporter – AutoCAD. Gloucester
Algeria Anadarko Water treatment plant. Preparation of structural pipe support designs for all general arrangement areas. Rack loadings calculated, liaison with civil engineer. Bed plate / base plate sizing, PFC and UC selection, guides and stops design. General Arrangement drawing production and piping design on modules to process equipment centrifuges, filters and pumps.

OCT 1997 – APRIL 2000 M.W. KELLOGG–HALLIBURTON
PDS Senior U/G Piping designer & Piping specification manager London & Nigeria
Site Assignment: Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas plant, Bonny Island, joint venture Snamprogetti, Milan and Technip, Paris. Train 1 & 2 site assignment: Preparation of commissioning test packs. To test stainless steel welds in cryogenic area for contaminating ferrite material using electronic test equipment, identify faulty welds to be cut out and replaced and to produce new hydrostatic test packs. Train 3 expansion project: London PDMS design of underground piping and trenching model.
Shell Woodside, LNG Expansion Project, North West Shelf Australia. Piping design and charge of Reference Database Management, for the piping design team. Responsible for design and implementation of piping materials class and commodity data specifications into the PDS reference database, and subsequent fault finding to assist the piping design effort. Tasks include developing out of spec. commodity option flanges and new physical data tables such as wall thickness tables, and new job spec. tables such as service limits tables.
Responsible for front-end design and input of equipment and piping in unit 1100 – Sulfinol acid gas removal area and unit 1800 Train 4, fractionation, using PDS.
Arco Chemie Nederland Limited, Polymer Plant. Unit 1400 North, using PDMS, responsible for equipment design and layout of towers, condensers and reflux drums followed by all process piping and cooling water distribution. In charge of generation and annotation of all vessel detail drawings for all areas of the plant, using PDMS Draft, followed by a write up of shell script/draft operating instructions for future users. Also GA production using Draft.
Statoil KUP, Karstø LNG Project, Norway. LNG Train modelling and design of underground piping tie-ins using PDS for isometric production. Extraction and annotation of GA’s from the design model using Vector Hidden Line Manager.
Conoco Clean Fuels Project, Diesel Hydrodesulphuriser, Humberside. In a group of four responsible for front-end design including plot plan development, equipment design, structures, civils and piping. Personally tasked to design fractionation column nozzle orientation elevations and piping, exchanger layout and piping design using PDS. Other activities included design and annotation of the plot plan using PDS Drawing Manager, Microstation, safety key plan drawings and firewater layout drawings using AutoCAD.
POSCO Kwang Yang, LNG Receiving Terminal. PDS design of import jetty and pipe work.
Gas de Portugal, LNG receiving Terminal. PDS design of fire water system for jetty, process and storage areas – working in conjunction with safety/loss prevention group.

Pahia de Bizkaia Gas, LNG Import Terminal, Bilbao, Spain. Responsible for front-end design, equipment /piping layout using PDS.

SEPT 1994 to OCT 1997 RAYTHEON ENGINEERS & CONSTRUCTORS
Senior Piping Designer – drainage engineer. PDS, AutoCAD, Microstation. London & Sandwich-Kent
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Module 2. Design and drainage of a five story pharmaceutical production module producing general arrangement drawings using Intergraph Microstation, for stainless-steel drains and solvent lines, P.T.F.E lined carbon steel, for product, and carbon steel for heat transfer fluid lines. This assignment continued to site, where as second to the chief piping engineer, responsibilities included design of the heat transfer fluid vent and drain systems and headers. Other work included answering ‘requests for information’, from Jordan Construction Ltd, the construction sub-contractor, and raising ‘extra work authorisations’, where necessary, to route further lines and produce construction isometrics. To locate solvent pumps in existing Pfizer plant, and design connection to Module 2.
Catalytic Cracker Plant, Romania. PDS Piping designer.
Bard pharmaceuticals, Cambridge Science Park, using AutoCAD for production of architectural drawings. Secondment to numerous other projects.

OCT 1991 to SEPT 1994 SNAMPROGETTI
Process Piping U/G /Plant designer. Basingstoke
Chinese National Trade & Import Co. Dushazi Ethylene Complex, Xinjiang.
*Plastic model construction including piping layout and equipment modelling from vessel data sheets.
*Producing Design Study Arrangements, for elevated vessels, including structures, platforms, ladders and piping arrangement.
*Responsible for column and tower design including nozzle orientation considering internals, piping and platform and ladder design.
*Producing piping general arrangements.
*Digitising GA’s for the automated production of construction isometrics.
*Co-ordinating isometric production / liaison with section managers and design teams.
*Design of underground piping and drainage systems and fire fighting system with layout and isometrics.
*Producing hand drawn construction isometrics.
*Producing Bills of Materials.
*Secondment to pipe support and stress engineer to produce pipe support detail drawings, and to label model with support locations.

Leith to Co. Arklow, Nitric Acid Plant, Relocation Project. Producing general arrangement detail drawings for new plant areas. Producing plant disinvestment manual, including manual draughting of specialist off-shore sand blast cutting tools and transportation logistic details.

Site assignment:
Texaco Pembroke, catalytic cracker shut down and refurbishment
Exxon Chemical, Fawley, Olefins expansion project.
Kelt Kaythorpe Gas Plant and pipeline.

SEPT 1990 to OCT 1991 ROBERT GODFREY ASSOCIATES
Land Surveyor - Cartographer. Crowborough
Surveying various construction and green field sites for client’s developments including the Tesco Supermarket Chain.
Using theodolites, total stations, and levels together with AutoCAD to produce detailed site survey maps and plans.

Qualifications: HNC in Process Plant Design
Richmond-upon-Thames College, London
A’ Levels: Geography & Sociology
10 O’ Levels: Grades A to C. Maths, Physics, Design Tech. etc.

Professional Qualifications PDS Piping and Equipment Modeling, Intergraph Swindon
& Courses: PDS Reference Database Management, Intergraph, Swindon
PDMS 3D Design Certificate, Richmond-upon-Thames College
PDMS Draft User production, Cambridge CAD Centre
AutoCAD City and Guilds 4351-01
Engineering Training (Entra) TR 21 – Engineering Applications Award
Year 1 of MEng Chemical Engineering

PDS modelling, PDMS modelling and draft user production, AutoCAD, Microstation. Excel, Word etc

IT literate web design and reference data base management in PDS