SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES
- Civil Engineering - Structures and Building Sciences
- Building Code Compliance and Building Condition Assessments
- Building, Property, and Construction Failures
- Project, Construction, Facility Management and General Contracting
- Specific Expertise relating to Structural Steel
- Water Damage Restoration Technician (WRT)
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Bachelor's Degree of Engineering, Ryerson Polytechnic University, 2000
National Coaches Certification Program (N.C.C.P) Level 2 Gymnastics
Additional Courses
- CISC Seismic Design of Steel Framed Buildings, Toronto, November 2007
- CSSBI Seismic Design Criteria for Steel Building Systems, November, 2005
- Ottawa Carleton Earthquake Engineering Research Centre -Workshop on Changes to the National Building Code of Canada, Toronto, February, 2004
- CSSBI Design in Cold-Formed Steel, Waterloo, April 2003
EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND
Giffin Koerth Inc.
Forensic Engineer
May 2009 - Present, Toronto
- Building Systems and Structural Failure Analysis (including residential, commercial, institutional and industrial occupancies)
- Building Code Assessments
- Construction Assessments, including costing and deficiencies
- Building Sciences
Behlen Industries LP
Design Engineer
March 2000 – May 2009, Burlington, ON
Responsible for complete design of steel building systems including all gravity and lateral resisting components with computer aided and manual design
Experience with industrial, commercial, recreational and institutional projects, new construction and additions
Noted accomplishment, Whistler Terminal, Peak-to-Peak Gondola Whistler to Blackcombe
Major heavy industrial projects (co-gen plants, sawmills, OSB mills)
Issuing remedial field work directives
Drafting (AutoCAD) of structural steel construction drawings and shop fabrication drawings
PH Engineering
1996-2000, Burlington, ON
Structural Steel Design Work
Welding Specifications
Drafting (AutoCAD) of structural steel construction drawings
Field Consultants Ltd.
1999-2000, Waterdown, ON
Foundation Design Work
Structural Steel Design Work
Soil Report Analysis
Drafting (AutoCAD) of structural steel and foundation construction drawings
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES / ASSOCIATIONS
Associations
- Professional Engineers Ontario (2001)
- Canadian Society of Civil Engineers
- Canadian Institute of Steel Construction
- American Institute of Steel Construction
- The Clean Trust
