Freelance Engineering and Project Management in Tunnel Ventilation Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, UK
Project Manager
Testing and Commisioning Manager
Design Manager
Area Ventilation Engineer
Underground Manager
Engineering Apprentice
| Rating: | Unrated (New) |
| Hourly Rate / Cost: | £88.89 per hour |
| Daily Rate / Cost: | £711.11 per day |
| Available From: | Now |
| Seller ID: | 273632 |
CV (Curriculum Vitae) / Résumé
Employment History
(Jan 2000 & ongoing)
Engineering and Project Management in Tunnel Ventilation
Scotland / London / Worldwide- Design of underground road rail and metro ventilation systems
- Security Assessment and design for underground facilities
- Condition assessment and testing of ventilation plant installations
- Determination of ventilation scenarios and operating modes
- Development and management of modeling and simulation exercises.
- Site and Factory Equipment performance testing, site measurements
- Development of monitoring and control strategies
- Design of road tunnel ventilation systems, dimensioning of jet fan application
- Economic and technical bid evaluation. Tender specification development.
- Application of new technology to tunnel ventilation.
- Business Development Activities
(Jun 1991 to Dec 1999)
Export Sales and Marketing Manager
Nethrlands / WorldwideExport Sales and Marketing Manager – Design and sale of ventilation systems for road and rail tunnel systems including product application.
Developing systems and fan application tenders. Sales, Customer and contract management of resultant orders to £5M. Provision of engineering information to design houses and owners including joint development of designs and product applications. Product and system capabilities development for tunnel ventilation systems and fans. Fan aerodynamic, noise and specialist testing and installation.
- Determination of volume flow rates from basic data
- Site and Factory Acceptance Testing and site survey work
- Determination of pressure loss and system calculations including transient effects.
- Development of viable ventilation strategies including product, system and economic factors
- Tender technical and commercial support to major international contractors. Technical and commercial bid evaluation
- Managing multi skilled international teams involved in fan product range
development, rationalisation and applications engineering
- Site investigation and measurement exercises for contractual and technical objectives. Including 30% flow improvement through revised product application.
(Jun 1996 to Aug 1990)
Area Ventilation Engineer.
British Coal, NottinghamDay to day management and safe operation of ventilation at seven operating production sites. Medium and long term planning using 1D CFD techniques to meet production needs including network.
Refrigeration planning including climatic simulation exercises.
Design and implementation of ventilation systems for tunneling operation and plant installations.
Major capital programme to replace ageing surface ventilation plant at several sites surface and underground.
Statutory compliance and operational reporting assurance.
Previously underground manager responsible for production operations, health and safety and statutory compliance for a production area.
Projects included developing graphical interface application for 1d network modeling package and introduction of IT facilities.
Professional Qualifications
Masters Degree Business Administration (1995)
Chartered Engineer (1985)
Feani Registered European Engineer (1986)
B.Sc Mining Engineering (1981)
Project and Related Experience
Brisbane Inner Hub – Aerodynamic and High Temp Testing
Thessaloniki Road Tunnel – Contractors Design Review
Tyne Tunnel Road Tunnel – Contractors Design Review
Security of Underground Facilities – Advice and specification
Terminal 5 – Detailed Design and Implementation of railway tunnel ventilation systems for Heathrow
Express and Piccadilly railway extensions. Control outlines, plant sizing, procurement and
implementation, security aspects.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit System Tunnel Ventilation Measurement, Management of CFD Study into
Station Fires, Ventilation system control scenarios re-configuration
Heathrow Express, UK – Tender Design - Contractors Design, Contract Management. Evaluating
technical and commercial options to downsize system.
Ankara Metro, Turkey – Advising on aspects of system design, circulation improvement near portals.
MTR, Hong Kong – advising on under platform ventilation fan operational aspects
Beijing Metro, China – Ventilation Plant Specification and supply.
Medway Tunnel, UK – Contractors Design Jet Fan System.
Andorra Tunnels, Spain – Design input to develop outline design for mountain tunnel using semi
transverse exhaust system.
Spier und Schlund Tunnel, Switzerland, Ventilation System concept design co-operation of new
high technology fan application
M5 Sydney, Australia – Tender Design using re-circulation system and applying new technology fans
Kingsway Tunnel, UK. Detailed performance specification, supply, installation, testing.
Western Harbour Crossing, Hong Kong, Contractors Tender design
Poggio and other tunnels, Autostrada dei Fiori, Italy – Assessment and advice alternative
technical solutions. Performance specification, equipment supply, installation and testing.
Jiudunpo Tunnel, China – Outline design for jet fan system using 88 fans.
Flenja Tunnel, Norway - Measurement and System Improvement for 5.5km jet fan tunnel utilising
guide vanes.
Cable Tunnel Hong Kong Electric. Ventilation design including heat load prediction.
TUAS Bay Cable Tunnel, Singapore, Tender Design
Jet fan product development including testing and product application tool development
Axial tunnel fan product development, developing detailed performance and mechanical electrical
specification.
Main Mine Surface Fan Replacement Programme – Planning through to commissioning.
Underground Booster Fan Installation and Replacement. Motivation design planning through to
commissioning. Ventilation Measurement and statutory compliance management.
Underground climatic control studies and refrigeration projects at several mines
Design of ventilation schemes for main and temporary ventilation including climatic assessment,
dust control, gas dilution and safe operation.
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