Edgewood, carrot river, Trimmer/Sorter/stacker upgrade - Lunchroom and office structural steel
For this project, I was tasked with designing a three-level steel structure within a new PEMB that would house offices, changerooms, and a lunchroom. The tricky part of this design was that it had to be tied into an existing maintenance shop steel structure so crane loading had to be included in the analysis. In addition to all the new steel, some modifications had to be designed for the existing maintenance room steel, including the removal of two columns supporting the main floor and reinforcing of the beams. After a preliminary layout and sizing of members, a detailed Model was created in S-Frame. Due to the nature of the steel structure, a thorough analysis was carried out which included loads from multiple crane positions and seismic forces. A total of 1664 different load combinations were checked.
Edgewood, carrot river, log infeed upgrade - pemb foundation
This was my first real major foundation design project with BID Group where I got to start exercising my capacity as a structural engineer. In the middle of this project I switched employers and started working with Scouten Engineering. I continued to work on this project at Scouten in the capacity of a structural EIT / project manager in order to see it through to completion. Aside from the engineering design work, I was also responsible for doing the drafting work for this project.
edgewood, carrot river, trim sort stack upgrade - sawfiling room and maintenance room crane supporting structures
I checked and offered member sizing and revision suggestions for two crane supporting steel structures on this project. I created S-frame models and analyzed the members against all applicable load combinations. I took advantage of some free Excel design spreadsheets online and also created my own Excel checklist and loading spreadsheet during this project with guidance from CSSBI B15A “Structural and Crane Load Design Criteria for Steel Building Systems” and CISC design module “Crane Supporting Steel Structures Design Guide.”
Potlatch, waldo, sawmill upgrade - tilt hoist enclosure
This project involved making modifications to a PEMB in order to accommodate a large piece of machinery that would not fit within the building. I preformed the design, analysis, and drafting for the additional steel enclosure and foundations. I worked with Autodesk Recap and Navisworks to manipulate point cloud data from 3D scans and check for interferences with existing structures. I had to coordinate with an outside company providing the secondary member and cladding design for the addition. I utilized free Excel spreadsheets available online in order to do a rough check of my preliminary designs. I checked final designs with Altair structural analysis software S-Frame and S-Foundation.
hood, bogalusa, sawmill upgrade - sawline foundations
This type of pedestal wall foundation is a typical design for new sawlines. By utilizing some of the free online design software I was able to ensure the stability of these large concrete masses.
Canfor, whitecourt, New Kiln - Foundations
This project involved creating a pile foundation for a dual path continuous dry kiln in Whitecourt, Alberta. I was in charge of the drafting for this project, but I also worked on the design and engineering under the supervision of a more senior engineer.
