STEPHEN J. FLOOD, PE
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enior Geotechnical/Civil Engineering Associate

EDUCATION

New Jersey Institute of Technology: Master of Science in Civil Engineering

New Jersey Institute of Technology: Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

LICENSES

Licensed Professional Engineer: New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Missouri

ENERGY ASSOCIATES

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.

Morris-Flood Associates LLC                                                                2003 - Present

Partner: Responsible engineer and manager for civil, geotechnical, and structural engineering

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.

Foster Wheeler                                                                                                  1978 – 2003

Principal Civil Engineer, Senior Civil Engineer, Technical Services Engineer

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.

PUBLICATIONS

“A Case Study of Ground Improvement for a Major Power Plant in Jacksonville, Fl”, Co-author, ASCE - 2001