Bruce Crawford
Civil Engineer
brucec@nwlink.com
Objective and Abilities:
Enjoy gaining overall view of engineering project and doing everything required to provide a effective design. Work with project team, owner and contractor as well as regulators to achieve a complete, functioning project. Enjoy using engineering and computer skills to solve problems for project support staff, engineers and managers.
Familiar in design of site paving and grading, water supply, fire
protection, sewerage and storm drainage piping systems. Familiar with
hydrologic and hydraulic modeling methods and a variety of computer
languages. Interact with contractors, clients and owners to get
things built and to meet regulatory requirements. Have worked on a
variety of different tasks in large projects and worked on many small
projects.
Education:
Roosevelt High School, 1975
University of Washington, BS Civil Engineering, 1980
(further
studies with some electrical engineering courses, 1986)
Employment:
1980 - 1981
Millegan and Jaddi, Seattle, WA
Civil
Design Engineer
1981 - 1998
Symonds Consulting Engineers,
Seattle, WA
Civil Engineer
Computer Manager
1998 -
Present
King County DNR, Wastewater Treatment Division, Seattle,
WA
Responsibilities
Have negotiated scope and fee for
project services. Worked with design team to provide contract
documents (drawings and specifications) as well as reports for
permits. Train junior engineers in a variety of tasks. Perform design
analysis for civil site design including drainage analysis. Provided
construction phase services including working with owners and
contractors to adapt to unanticipated conditions. Provided
construction phase environmental monitoring of projects. Written
programs to speed design analysis and other tasks for self and others
in a variety of computer languages. Used and modified hydraulic and
hydrologic models and written post processing tools. Determine area
wide control strategies using modeling tools to optimize sewer system
performance and limit overflows. Write SCADA historian software.
Ported SCADA hydraulic calculations. Provided analysis of SCADA data
to determine failure sequences. General analysis and solutions for
unusual situations encountered in sewage and drainage systems.
Organizations and Certification:
Member: Tau Beta Pi,
National Engineering Honor Society
Licensed Professional
Engineer, Civil, Washington State
Sample
Projects
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