Qualifications
B. Tech (Civil Engg) , IITBHU, India.
Year: 1988, C.G.P.A.: 7.99
Career Summary
Over 25 year’s experience of structural design & detail engineering of handling diversified projects in Oil & Gas , Refinery, Petrochemical, Mineral Processing , Power and Process Industries.
• Design of steel structures.
• Design of modular structures including sea / land transport and lifting analysis.
• Design of steel connections.
• Design of concrete structures including water retaining structures.
• Design of foundations including Precast, Pile & Machine foundations..
• Static & dynamic analysis including FEM.
• Plant layout and general civil works.
• Preparation of design criteria, specifications & standards.
• Preparation of scope of work, requisitions &TBE.
• Checking & approval of drawings.
• Quantity & man hour estimation.
• Training & Mentoring.
• Hazop, hazid, constructability, model and design reviews.
• Coordination & supervision including client handling.
• Handled detail engineering & feasibility study projects.
• Worked on Greenfield and Brownfield projects.
• Design on various international codes & standards.
• Worked at various geographic locations & multi location projects.
• Worked as Lead on major projects and solely responsible for safety, quality, schedule, budget and design derivable for the discipline.
SOFTWARES : MS Office, STAAD Pro, Math-cad, TEKLA, SAP 2000, Auto-cad, Strand 7 Micro station, MS Access, SQL, MS Project, SAP R 3.0, Spacegass, 3 D Model review Software.
MAJOR PROJECTS:
Oil & Gas Projects:
* CPF 2 Expansion Project of Petro China
* VICP Project of APACHE
* Arrow Upstream Project of Shell / Petro China
* NAAN 3 EPCM Project of CSBP
* G10 Diesel Capability Improvement Project of BP
* Teesside VOC Recovery Project of Conco- Phillips Petroleum.
* Nitrogen Generation Facility at Das Island.
* De Hydrogenation De Sulphurization Project of IOCL Refinery.
* Hydrogen Generation Unit Project of IOCL Refinery.
* PP & HDPE Petrochemical Plant Of Haldia Petrochemical..
* Sulphur Recovery Unit of Haldia Refinery.
* In Situ Combustion Project of ONGC.
* Marketing Terminal Project of BPCL.
* Gandhar Petrochemical Project of IPCL Refinery.
* DHDT Project of IOCL Refinery.
* Butene-I Project of IOCL Refinery.
* AU-III & AU-IV Fired heaters Project of IOCL Refinery.
* Stripper Column Project of IOCL Refinery.
* Gas Lift Compressor Facility of ONGC.
* Fuel Supply, Oil Handling & Compressed Air System of IOCL.
* Fire Water System of IOCL Refinery.
* LPG Mounded Storage Tank of GAIL.
* Compressor Stations at Cross Country Line of GAIL.
* PVC, VCM & Gas Cracker Units for IPCL.
Mineral Processing Projects:
* Worsley E & G Refinery Project
* Sohar Aluminum Smelter Project.
* Guelb Moghrein Upgrade Project.
* Kanshanshi Upgrade Project.
* Atlas Iron Ltd-Ridley Magnetite Project.
* Vale Kalgoorlie Nickel Project .
Other Projects:
* NTPC Dadri Power Project.
* Effluent Treatment Plants, Water treatment Plants, Cooling Towers DM Plants &, Thickeners.
* Process & Heavy Industrial Plants
Lead Civil & Structural : CPE Middle East , Dubai
( 1/05/2014 – Till date) :
Handling structural design and detail engineering of upstream Oil & Gas projects.
CPF 2 Expansion Project, Halfaya Iraq
Working as Lead Civil & Structural Engineer on the FEED of Central Processing Facility – CPF 2 Expansion Project , Halfaya , Iraq. The project includes oil, water and gas facilities.
Lead- Structural (short term contract) : AMEC, Australia
( 9/02/2014 – 29/04/2014) :
Worked on short term modularization study project . Responsibilities included feasibility, preliminary design, MTO and recommendation of modularization including structural analysis with sea, land transport & lifting analysis.
Principal Civil & Structural Engineer: Clough (Clough–Amec JV) Australia
(7/11/2011 – 12/12/2013) :
Handled structural design & detail engineering of upstream Oil & Gas projects..
VICP Project of APACHE, Australia
Worked as Lead Civil & Structural Engineer on Varanus Island Compression Project and responsibilities included structural design & detail engineering of steel, concrete & general civil works.
Steel works included Compressor Modules, Bridging structures, Pipe Bridge Module, Equipment Room Building Module, Generator Platform, Cable rack & Stair Towers. Most of the steelwork are Module construction & design include sea & land transport analysis, lifting analysis & in-service design for cyclonic & blast conditions.
Concrete included Structural foundations, Transformer foundations, Generator foundation & Drainage pits. Most of the structural foundations are Precast foundations & include Rock anchors.
General civil works included road, drainage etc.
Also involved in the brownfield work like Flare line supports, Slug catcher platform, Knock out drum, Pipe & cable supports etc.
NAAN 3 EPCM Project of CSBP, Australia
Worked as Lead Civil & Structural Engineer on NAAN 3 EPCM project & responsibilities included structural design and detail engineering of concrete and steelwork..
Most of the steelwork were designed as modular construction and design included transport and lifting analysis. Main structures included Reactor Structure, Boiler structure, AN structure, Compressor Building, DCS / MCC building, Stair Towers, Cable rack, Pipe-bridges/ racks.
Main foundations included Table top Compressor foundation, Absorber column (60 m tall) foundation, Pump foundations, Boiler foundation, Reactor foundation, Generator foundation, Transformer foundations, Pump foundations, Vessel foundations & various structural foundations.
Most of the structural foundations were designed as Precast foundations and project also used Pile foundations for Compressor & Absorber column. The project also included Precast concrete pits including Neutralization pit, Cooling tower basin and underground services etc.
Arrow Upstream Project, Australia
Worked as Lead Civil & Structural Engineer (Area Lead) on FEED of Arrow Upstream Coal Seam Gas Project .
Principal Civil & Structural Engineer: Aker Solutions/Jacobs, Australia
( 28/3/2010 – 4/11/2011):
Handled structural design & detail engineering of downstream Oil & Gas projects.
G10 Diesel Capability Improvement Project of BP, Australia
Worked as Lead Civil & Structural Engineer on this Oil & Gas project & handled structural design & detail engineering of concrete & steelwork.
Steelwork included Air-fin cooler structure, Pipe-rack, Pipe & cable supports, Access platforms, Structural Module for Heat Exchangers & Stair Tower Module. Modules were designed for transport, and lifting including in-service conditions.
Concrete foundations included Reactor, Separator, Heat Exchangers, Heater , Pumps & various structural foundations..
Sr. Structural Engineer : Fluor, Australia
( 8/7/2009 – 29/1/2010 ) :
Handled structural design & detail engineering of Mineral processing projects .
Guelb Moghrein Upgrade Project, Africa
Responsibilities included structural design & detail engineering of concrete & steelwork of Pebble Crushing and Floatation areas.
Pebble Crushing area included Feed conveyor structure, Transfer towers, Pan feed support structure, Repulp tank structure, Crusher structure, Conveyors, Take up frames, Tanks , Hoppers , Chutes, Bunkers, Reclaim bin ramp, Retaining wall and foundations for pump, conveyor trestles including various structural foundations.
Floatation area included Floatation tank, Preconditioning tank, Connecting platform & walkway, pipe-racks, launder support, and foundations for tank, pump, pipe-rack & structures.
Kanshanshi Upgrade Project, Africa
Responsibilities included structural design & detail engineering of concrete & steelwork for Deslime and Pebble Crushing areas.
Deslime area included Screen structures, Thickener & Stair tower structures, Hopper structure, Chutes & Bins, Bunkers and foundations for pump, thickener & structures.
Pebble Crushing area included S1 & S2 Pebble Crusher structures, Sag mill discharge Feeder , Conveyor modification, Hoppers , Chutes and foundations.
Sr. Structural Engineer : SNC Lavalin, Australia
( 28/04/2008 – 17/06/2009) :
Worked as Lead Civil & Structural on projects & handled structural design & detail engineering of Mineral processing projects .
Atlas Iron Ltd-Ridley Magnetite Project, Australia
Responsibilities included structural design & estimate of concrete & steelwork for Process plant and Port facilities.
Process Plant included Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Grinding, Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Separation, Quaternary Separation & Regrinding, Plant Concentrate Storage, Tail Dewatering, Pipe-racks, & Water Supply Facility.
Port facility included Product Receive, Product Storage, Product Reclaiming & Conveyors.
Vale Kalgoorlie Nickel Project, Australia
Responsibilities included structural design & estimate of concrete & steel structures including foundations for Grinding, Screening, Heap Leaching, Primary & Secondary Neutralization, Thickening, Filtration, Lime Slaking, Clarifiers, Tail Disposal & Storage , Water Supply Facility, Conveyors, Pape-racks and Acid Plant.
Sr. Civil & Structural Engineer : Bechtel, India / Australia / Oman
( 3/4/2006 – 18/4/2008 ) :
Handled structural design & detail engineering of Mineral processing projects .
Worsley E & G Refinery Project, Australia
Worked as Lead Engineer for Worsley Refinery Expansion Project (3.5 Mtpa to 4.6 Mtpa), and handled structural design & detail engineering of concrete & steel structures for Red side & White side areas. The steel design was based on modular construction.
Red side included Bauxite Sampling, Blending & Grinding, Lime Slaking, De-Silication, Digestion, Flocculent Storage & Mixing, Clarification, Sand Washing and Green Liquor Filtration.
White side included Evaporators, Heat Exchanger, Sulphate Removal, Precipitation, Classification & Seed Preparation, Filtration and Calcinations.
Sohar Aluminum Smelter Project , Oman
Worked as Area Lead for mega green field Aluminum Smelter Project and handled structural design & detail engineering of concrete & steel structures for Port & Main Plant areas.
Port facilities included Ship un-loader, Alumina Silos, Coke Silos, Material handling conveyor, Liquid pitch storage, Quay Wall and Compressors Package.
Main Plant areas included Infrastructure Facility, GIS, Rectifiers, Sub-Stations, Pipe-racks and Compressor Package. The steel design was based on modular construction and all the steel was procured and fabricated from China.
Lead – Civil & Structural : Costain , UAE / UK
(14/09/2005 – 18/2/2006) :
Handled structural design & detail engineering of Oil & Gas projects..
Teesside VOC Recovery Project of Conco- Phillips Petroleum Co Ltd, UK
Responsibilities included structural design of steel structures & foundations for VOC recovery project.
Nitrogen Generation Facility at Das Island, UAE
Handled structural design of steel structures & foundations for the Nitrogen project.
Divisional Manager – Civil & Structural: Samtel, India ( 10/11/2003 – 31/8/2005) :
Headed the Civil & Structural Group & handled structural design of process and industrial projects.
Handled as lead, structural design & detail engineering of industrial buildings ( industrial shop floors, compressor house, pump house) , concrete buildings (office buildings, panel control buildings, substation, air handling unit buildings and canteen buildings ) steel structures (pipe-racks, equipment supports, conveyors, transfer towers , walkway, platforms), water retaining structures , retaining walls, cooling tower, effluent treatment plant, DM plant, thickeners, and foundations for structures, equipments, tanks & vessels etc, for various process and industrial projects.
Manager – Civil, Architectural & Structural: Daelim, India/ South Korea
(15/10/1997–7/11/2003):
Handled structural design of downstream Oil & Gas turnkey projects including Refinery and Petrochemical plants.
De Hydrogenation De Sulphurization Project of IOCLGujrat Refinery
Responsibilities included structural design of technology structures, equipment supports, flare structure, compressor shed, pump house, substation, switchyard, pipe racks, equipment foundations, compressor foundations, cooling tower, nitrogen plant, cooling tower and utilities et, for DHDS project.
Hydrogen Generation Unit Project of IOCL Mathura Refinery
Responsibilities included structures design of reformer, de-aerator, reactor, boiler, cooling tower, pipe rack, compressor / pump sheds, equipment foundations, foundations for structures, cooling tower etc, for HGU project.
PP & HDPE Plant for Haldia Petrochemical
Handled structural design of technology structures, industrial sheds, substation building, control room, pipe rack, equipment foundations and foundations for structures etc.
• Other Projects
Worked on other projects such as:
-DHDT Project of IOCL Mathura & Panipat refinery.
-Butene-I Project for IOCL Gujrat Refinery.
-AU-III & AU-IV Fired heaters’ Project for IOCL Gujrat Refinery.
-Stripper Column Project for IOCL Gujrat Refinery.
Astt. Mgr- Civil & Strl, Blue Star India/ Stork Comprimo BV Netherland
(4/10/1995- 14/10/1997):
Handled structural design & detail engineering of upstream and downstream Oil & Gas turnkey projects.
In Situ Combustion Project of ONGC at Mehsana
The project was executed to increase the crude recovery from oil rigs.
Responsibilities included structural design & detail engineering of concrete & steelwork for compressor house, pump house, buildings, substation building, switchyard, RCC water storage tanks, tank pads, foundations for HP/ LP compressors, water injection pumps, vessel foundation, effluent water treatment plant, cooling water treatment plant and cooling tower.
The responsibilities also included detail engineering of general civil work like roads, drainage, pavement and culvert etc. .
Fire Water System for Panipat & Numaligarh Refinery
Responsibilities included structural design of pump house, pump foundations, reinforced concrete tanks, pipe-rack and pipe supports.
Marketing Terminal for BPCL at Panipat
Handled structural design of tank pads, pipe rack, equipment foundations, reinforce concrete building, compressor house, pump house, reinforced concrete tanks vessel foundation etc.
Sulphur Recovery Unit, Haldia
Handled structural design of concrete & steel structures including foundations for Sulphur Recovery plant .
Other Projects
Worked on other projects such as:
-Gas lift compressor facility of ONGC, Gandhar
-Fuel supply system / Oil handling system / Compressed air system of R & D, IOCL, Faridabad.
-LPG mounded storage tank GAIL, Ushar
-Compressor stations at cross country line GAIL, Gujrat
Engineer- Civil & Structural: Engineers India Limited, India
(1/8/1994 – 30/9/1995 ) :
Handled Field Engineering of mega green field Petrochemical plant .
Gandhar Petrochemical Complex of IPCL at Dahej, Gujrat
Handled Field Engineering for Petrochemical project.
Responsibilities included design modification at site with strong application for constructability, issue site change notices & incorporate changes in design for PVC , VCM and Gas Cracker Units of Greenfield Petrochemical Complex
Engineer- Civil & Structural : RITES, India
(12/3/1992– 29/7/1994) :
Handled structural design and detail engineering of Power & Polytechnique projects .
NTPC Dadri Power Project
Responsibilities included structural design & detail engineering of various steel structures & structural foundations including equipment foundations for Power project.
UP Polytechnique Project
Handled structural design & detail engineering of office buildings, substation, control room, staff quarters, hostel, workshops, equipment foundations, overhead water storage tank, utilities, pipe-rack, retaining walls in hilly area, and general civil works like roads, drainage, paving, earthworks,, boundary wall.
Assistant Engineer – Civil & Structural: Singh & Associates, India
(1/7/1988– 6/3/1992) :
Handled structural design & detail engineering of industrial and process plants..
Responsibilities included structural design & detail engineering of industrial buildings , concrete buildings, compressor & pump house, sub-stations, control room buildings, various equipment supporting steel structures, conveyors, transfer towers, pipe-racks, platforms , thickeners, steel tanks & bins, water retaining structures , retaining walls, over head tanks, equipment & tank foundations, foundations for structures, and infrastructure works for industrial and process plants.
