ASOK K.
DATTA, P.E.
Structural Engineer
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Cooper Union, New York.
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Calcutta University, India
LICENSES
Registered Professional Engineer: New York
ENERGY ASSOCIATES
Structural Engineer
Mr. Datta is responsible for structural design and
detailing on Energy Associates' projects.
* Longview Power. Prepared
structural designs and supervised drafting for the detail design of a three (3)
fuel systems with an approximate value of $100 million for a greenfield, 700MW plant; including the plant’s coal
handling system, an adjacent coal-blending yard, and a 4.5 mile overland
conveyor system with a surge stacking/reclaim system.
* AES Cayuga. Prepared structural
designs and supervised drafting for the detail design of a unique
feeder/conveyor addition to the 50-year old AES Cayuga coal-fired plant.
* Ameren Services Company, Meramec Rail Receiving. Prepared structural designs and
supervised civil drafting for a $64 million coal handling system addition to
the Meramec Plant.
* Ameren Energy Generation Company, Coffeen Crusher
House Chutes. Responsible for the
structural redesign of surge bins, chutes, and skirtboards
at the Coffeen Plant.
* Ameren Services Company, Meramec Rail Receiving Study. Responsible for the layout of the rail
loop radial stacker and estimate of the structural steel.
* Tri-State Generation & Transmission.
Responsible for the structural engineering of a rotary
coal breaker addition to 110 MW Nucla Station, Nucla, Colorado
* Foster Wheeler USA. Responsible for the layout of the crusher dryer silo arrangement
for the City of Lakeland PFCB Project
* Foster Wheeler, AES Beaver Valley Project. Conceptual design calculations and
general arrangement configuration for structural loads imposed on the boiler
building by high angle and silo fill conveyors.
* Ameren Services Company, Sioux PRB coal and Petcoke
Blending Study. Responsible for the
layout of conveyors and structures and structural steel estimate.
* Union Electric Company. Responsible for the structural/civil aspects of an
engineering investigation for upgrading the coal handling system to support
fuel changes at the Meramec Plant.
* Foster Wheeler USA. Responsible for the structural/civil
aspects of coal handling engineering services to support their proposal efforts
on the Lagisza Power Project in Poland.
* Union Electric Company. Responsible for the
structural/civil detail engineering aspects of the relocation of the take-up
for the South No. 6 conveyors at the Labadie Plant.
* Foster Wheeler USA. Responsible for the structural/civil
engineering services for a coal handling system, in to support of proposal
efforts on the Duburi Power Project in Orissa and the
Ghogha Project in Gujarat, India.
* Tri-State Generation & Transmission. Responsible for
the structural design of the in-plant coal handling system modifications.
* Union Electric Company. Responsible for the structural
design and foundation of the south No. 6 take-up tower relocation.
* Tri-State Generation & Transmission. Responsible for
investigating structural improvements for the coal handling system of the 110
MW Nucla Station, Nucla,
Colorado
* Union Electric Company. Responsible for the
structural engineering of the retrofit of six self-cleaning magnetic separators
to the Labadie Plant.
* Union Electric Company. Investigated structural
improvements to the Labadie Plant's coal handling system to solve plow feeder
tunnel washout problems.
A. K. DATTA CORPORATION
Structural Engineer
Mr. Datta provided structural engineering and
detailing consulting services to a wide range of clients and projects. These
include:
* Power Tech Associates for Central Termica San
Nicolas (CEA/AES/CMS/ORMAS Consortium). Evaluated the
upgrading of structural components of a coal handling system at the San Nicolas
Power Plant in San Nicolas, Argentina.
* CSX Transportation. Palletized ash unloading system for
Curtis Bay Piers.
* EBASCO Services. Rehabilitation of all belt conveyor chutes, equipment, and
structural supports for the Bayshore Station of
Toledo Edison.
* Hendrick Associates. Surge bin loading system for
CARGIL's Watkins Glen, N.Y. facility.
* CSX Transportation. Bid specification for dust collector modifications at a
soda ash facility in Philadelphia, PA.
* Willis & Paul Group. Equipment layout and structural
load calculations for a mechanical ash handling system.
* CSX Transportation. Design of a soda ash facility at the
East Side Yard facility in Philadelphia, PA.
* Robins Engineers & Constructors. Mechanical and structural design of tire
and rail mounted trailers for Hycroft Resources,
Nevada.
* NEF. Civil and structural design of a 3000 sf office building extension in the Bronx, N.Y.
* Unifoil Corp. Engineering and detailed design of a
support structure for an incinerator.
* Nackawick Mechanical. Prepared shop fabrication
drawings of a shiploader cradle.
ORBA CORPORATION
Structural Engineer
Mr. Datta was assigned to multi-million dollar bulk
handling projects with project and civil/structural engineering responsibilities.
He worked on projects for both US and international clients. Mr. Datta's assignments included the following:
* O.N.E. Coal handling system for the Mohammedia
Power Station, Morocco.
* Union Electric. Coal blending system for the Labadie Power
Station, Missouri
* Tarahan Coal Terminal, Indonesia.
* Transshipment facility for Toledo Ore Railroad Co.
* Xi-Ji Coal Terminal, Huangpu, China.
* Energy Terminals, Inc. Facility upgrading for a coal/coke handling facility
in Philadelphia, PA.
* Williams Pipeline Co. Preliminary engineering of the Williams Coal Export
Terminal, Southport, North Carolina.
* DM&IR. Two Harbors Storage and Shiploading
Facility - Duluth, Minnesota.
ROBINS ENGINEERS & CONSTRUCTORS
Structural Engineer
Mr. Datta was responsible for civil/structural
engineering on his assigned projects. His assignments included the following:
* Washington Irrigation and Developments. Coal handling
operation at Centralia, Washington.
* Western Energy Co. Coal Handling Facility No. 3, located in Colstrip,
Montana.
* Square Butte Electric Cooperative, Inc. Coal handling facility at a power
plant located near Center, North Dakota.
* Lower Colorado River Authority. Fayette Power Project ,
La Grange, Texas.
* Texas Municipal Power Agency. Coal
handling system for the Gibbons Creek Station, Texas.
* Haifa Port Coal Terminal, Israel.
* Negev Phosphate LTD., Beersheve, Israel.
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