New Jersey Institute of
Technology: Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Licensed Professional
Engineer: New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Missouri
Mr.
Flood has over twenty-five years of experience in all aspects of civil and
geotechnical engineering on major projects throughout the world. He has been
the responsible engineer and manager of numerous civil/site, geotechnical and
specialty structural engineering portions of commercial and industrial
projects. He has extensive design and construction experience in site
preparation, soils engineering, deep foundations, ground improvement and
structure condition surveys and assessments. Mr. Flood assists Energy
Associates’ clients on a project basis and provides independent consulting
services in his own practice.
* CH2M HILL. Samalaju
Industrial Port, Sarawak, Malaysia. Civil structural elements of an EPC tender
documents for a complex, multi-dry bulk commodity, conveyor belt system, with
four dry bulk berths, multiple ship unloaders, shiploader,
stackers, reclaimers, truck loading terminal,
multiple paths, and interface with Industrial Park’s distribution conveyor belt
system.
* Longview Power.
Reviewed existing/new boring information, determined foundation design
parameters, responsible for the detail design calculations for reclaim
tunnels/vaults, provided reinforcement details, reviewed design drawings, for
three fuel systems of 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, NY:
Reviewed existing/available boring information, determined foundation design
parameters, responsible for the detail design calculations for the reclaim
tunnel/vault, provided reinforcement details, reviewed design drawings,
reviewed Contractor submittals, and formulated a construction/quality repair
plan.
* Prairie State Energy Campus: Technical
consulting related to the development of a new “Greenfield”, mine mouth 2 x 800
MW coal fired generating station with supercritical steam cycle.
Representative projects are as follows:
* MECS Strong Acid
Modular Plant – Performed structural engineering analysis and design for a
modular steel structure for a sulfuric acid plant located in El Paso, Texas.
* AES Deepwater –
Performed engineering analysis and design of reinforced concrete foundations
for an SCR Unit for a power plant in Pasadena, Texas.
* Navasota Energy –
Conducted geotechnical investigations for major grass roots combined cycle
power plants in Wharton and Odessa, Texas.
* Ethanol Facility
Projects, NJ - Conducted geotechnical investigations for new ethanol
off-loading facilities and storage tanks for Sunoco and Citgo at various sites
in NJ and PA.
* OPC/AEP, Muskingum,
OH: Performed detailed geotechnical investigation for Muskingum River Plant
Unit 5 SCR project. Recommended alternative deep foundation system in lieu of
specified micro-piles resulting in significant cost savings. Provided
construction assistance and monitoring during pile installation. Designed and
provided construction drawings for a Urea unloading pit. Work included the
design of a braced sheet piled excavation support system as well as the
concrete pit.
* Vornado
Realty Trust, Paramus, NJ: Performed detailed geotechnical investigations for a
major retail and commercial facility expansion project.
* EXXONMOBIL, Sakhalin
Island, Russia: Performed “cold eye review” and analysis of heavy haul road
design, construction and evaluation documents for Exxon Neftegas
Limited Chayvo OPF site.
* GWS Contractors,
Jamesburg, NJ: Provided geotechnical and structural engineering services on
numerous projects associated with underground environmental remediation. Work
included engineering and design of excavation support systems, foundation
underpinning, vibration monitoring and evaluation, and construction inspection
and assistance.
* Sunoco Logistics,
Kingston, PA: Designed “Turbo-Pier” foundation system for pipe bridge
foundations as an alternate to the specified driven piles to minimize vibration
at the operating terminal. Provided construction assistance and supervised pile
load test performed by piling contractor.
* Princeton University, Princeton, NJ: Designed soil/rock
nail wall systems for excavation support for University expansion projects.
Mr. Flood was the responsible engineer for all geotechnical work
for major industrial projects. Representative assignments are:
* EXXONMOBIL, Beaumont,
TX: Developed civil and foundation basis of design and EPC bid package
documents for a gas-fired cogeneration power project. Specified and monitored
geotechnical engineering investigation program. Optimized deep foundation
preliminary design and developed dynamic soil criteria for pile supported TG
foundations.
* IPL, Petersburg, IN:
Specified and monitored geotechnical engineering investigation for SCR project
at existing coal fired power plant. Evaluated alternate deep foundation and
ground improvement techniques. Designed, specified and provided construction
assistance for auger cast piles and micro-piles for high capacity, low headroom
applications.
* PPL, Lower Mount
Bethel, PA: Supervised civil and site preparation design and monitored
construction for a gas fired combined cycle power plant. Reviewed geotechnical
and geophysical studies and developed foundation design basis resulting in
significant cost savings.
* FPL, Linfield, PA:
Managed civil/site design and development of soil erosion and sediment control
program for front-end package for a gas fired combined cycle power plant.
Interfaced with client and state and local agencies to develop acceptable site
plans.
* Bristol Myers
Squibb, New Brunswick, NJ: Prepared soil erosion and sediment control program
for a pharmaceutical scale-up project... Supervised and coordinated site
preparation design. Specified and monitored geotechnical investigation program.
Designed and provided construction inspection of drilled shaft foundations.
* CP&L, Roxboro, NC: Designed
and provided construction monitoring of large diameter drilled shafts and high
capacity micro-piles for multiple SCR projects. Conducted structural condition
survey and developed repair recommendations for existing ID Fan foundations.
* JEA, Jacksonville, FL:
Specified and monitored construction of a vibro-replacement
stone column ground improvement program resulting in significant cost and
schedule savings for a coke fired repowering project. Designed and provided
construction monitoring for large diameter drilled shafts supporting pollution
control equipment.
* Sincor
Downstream Project, Jose, Venezuela: Optimized and supervised design and
construction start-up for a large site preparation program for a $2BB Grass
Roots Refinery Complex. The program included extensive cut and fill, a creek
channel relocation, evaluation, repair and underpinning of an existing highway
bridge and rigorous soil testing. Specified and monitored construction of
geotechnical investigation program. Prepared a heavy haul route study
encompassing the evaluation and analysis of existing and new dock facilities,
bridges and roads to ensure the safe transportation of equipment with weights
up to 1000 metric tons.
* Lyondell-Citgo
Refinery, Houston, TX: Specified and monitored construction of deep soil mixing
(DSM) for large coke pit excavation. Solved construction problems
relative to DSM and foundation pile installation.
* Sierra Pacific Power
Company, Reno, NV: Member of valve engineering team that recommended major cost
savings for clean coal power project. Evaluated vibroreplacement/stone
columns for remediation of liquefaction prone soils
* Shell Oil Company,
Martinez, CA: Specified and monitored construction of soil nailing for support
of deep coke pit excavation.
Shell Oil Company, Deer
Park, TX: Specification and monitoring of modified slurry wall construction
technique for support of deep coke pit excavation. Monitored foundation pile
installation and load testing. Resolved construction problems relative to coke
pit excavation.
*Samarac KRUP Project, Saudi Arabia: Provided
field supervision of geotechnical program at the Samarac
Yanbu Refinery. Evaluated problems associated with
concrete deterioration.
*Maraven Refinery Expansion Project, Cardon, Venezuela: Monitored pile installation and dynamic
testing (PDA) of offshore concrete cylinder piles for a coke loading Jetty.
“A Case Study of Ground
Improvement for a Major Power Plant in Jacksonville, Fl”,
Co-author, ASCE - 2001