Forensic Structural Engineer
OCI Group
Ottawa, Ontario (Servicing Eastern ON, NS, NB)
2019 – Present
- Conduct site examination to determine the extent of damage due to fire, wind, impact and snow
- Determined the cause of damage to the roof of five houses after the winter of 2019 and provided structural drawings for repair, Sudbury, ON
- Determined the extent of damage to a house after a fire, Ottawa, ON
- Prepared partial reconstruction drawings for a house damaged in a fire, Ottawa, ON
- Provided repair drawings to a row house damaged in a fire, Ottawa, ON
- Determined the extent of damage to a steel industrial building after a fire, Cornwall, ON
- Determined the extent of damage to a house due to tree impact and gave repair recommendations, Ottawa, ON
- Determined the extent of damage to a house due to tree impact and gave repair recommendations, Halifax, NS
- Determined the cause of damage to basement wall of a house after Hurricane Dorian, Pugwash, NS.
- Determined the cause of damage to the sea wall of a house after Hurricane Dorian, Halifax, NS
- Determined the cause of damage (wind or wave) to dock after Hurricane Dorian, Halifax, NS
- Determined the extent of wind damage to a steel framed industrial shelter, Kingston, ON
- Determined the cause of roof collapse of a barn, Smiths Falls, ON
Structural Design Engineer
RJC Engineers
Edmonton, Alberta
May 2016 – July 2019
- Performed load assessments for existing buildings and provided retrofitting schemes for under-designed structures
- Designed various structural members including shear walls, concrete slabs, columns, beams, deep and shallow concrete foundations
Teaching and Research Assistant
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
May 2016 – July 2019
- Taught laboratory sections for different courses including Mechanics of Deformable Bodies (CivE270), Civil Engineering Analysis II (CivE295)
- Graded papers for Dynamics of Structures
- Prepared research papers for publication
- Prepared and gave presentations for technical conferences
- Conducted research on insulated concrete panels
Design Structural Engineer
World Highrise Structures
Edmonton, Alberta
May 2016 – July 2019
- Conducted site visits to collect information on structural members and connections of existing steel, concrete and masonry schools
- Modeled and analyzed the existing structure of schools and assess their capacity to resist seismic forces
- Proposed retrofitting schemes for under-designed schools
- Prepared drawings for retrofitting schemes
