Career
I am a licensed Civil and Structural Engineer in the State of California. I work for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD). I have worked at MWD for 18 years. I have 25 years of structural engineering experience.
At MWD, I am the Engineering Manager of the Facilities and Pipeline Team. There are 23 staff members on my team. My main responsibilities are:
-I am the engineering manager responsible for all of the structural engineers and structural designers.
-I am the engineering manager responsible supervising and directing the civil engineers responsible for pipeline design.
-I am responsible for the overall design of all pipeline repair and pipeline relocation projects.
-I am responsible for overall design of projects that are primarily structural in nature.
-My team works is responsible for projects such as:
-Design of new structures made of concrete, steel or masonry
-Modification of existing structures
-Design of new pipelines or relocations of existing pipelines
-Repair of existing pipelines (primarily prestressed concrete pipe)
-Seismic Retrofit of Existing Structures
-My expertise is in the design and construction of large diameter pipelines (4 feet to 12 feet in diameter). I have also designed steel and concrete structures.
-My primary expertise is in the design and construction of large diameter pipelines (MWD pipelines are from 4 feet to 16-8″ in diameter
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