Category: Project Management
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Structural Projects
Advanced Engineering Services supported design, engineering, and project management support for Structural Projects throughout California. Padre Dam’s reservoir valve vault was seismically isolated with wire rope isolators. The actively controlled main shutoff butterfly valve will close in the event of a major earthquake. The Oakland Hills Firestorm of 1991 was a devastating fire event in…
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Seismic Projects
Seismic Dampers were retrofitted on the Coronado Bridge between the piers and superstructure over the shipping channel to add strategically located energy dissipation. Twenty 300-kip by 18-inch stroke hydraulic dampers were utilized. ENIDINE Seismic Dampers were 100% tested dynamically on a special high performance test bench. The King County Court seismic retrofit included ninety-six 150-kip…
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Power Gen Valve Projects
As a Project Manager for Control Components Inc., I handled multiple Power Gen Valve Projects, including Turbine Bypass Systems for Steam Generation Power Plants. The Bypass function allows the facility to quickly divert high pressure / high temperature steam to a lower state. This design feature is necessary during the startup and shutdown cycles, during…