SCDOT Load Rating Project – Project ManagerSTV served as a subconsultant for a contract to provide bridge load rating and evaluation services for the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) in support of a larger project to provide load ratings for all state, county, or other municipality owned structures throughout South Carolina. STV is responsible for performing load rating analyses on 349 bridges located in SCDOT District 1, which includes the counties of Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Richland, and Sumter. Mr. Query led the STV team for 349 load ratings that required careful planning of team resources and established detailed procedures for preparing and checking the load rating calculations and reports. The load rating of all structures was completed in accordance with the AASHTO Manual for Bridge Evaluation, SCDOT’s Load Rating Guidance Document, and applicable SCDOT’s e-Notifications and Technical Notes. The AASHTOWare Bridge Rating (BrR) software was used for load rating all bridges and culverts, except for structures that are beyond the capabilities of the AASHTOWare BrR software. In situations where a structure could not be load rated using the AASHTOWare BrR software, an approved alternative software package was used to load rate the structure. The load ratings encompassed a wide variety of structures, including:• Steel plate girders and rolled beams (simple and continuous spans)• Horizontally curved steel plate girders• Steel girder/floorbeam systems• Steel through trusses• Reinforced concrete slab spans• Prestressed concrete slab spans• Prestressed concrete double tee beams• Prestressed concrete beams• Concrete arches• Reinforced concrete box culverts• Steel pipe culvertsMr. Query also coordinated the team that provided routine site assessments (field investigations) on all 349 bridges that were load rated.

Coordinate bridge design for NCDOT, SCDOT, City of Charlotte and CATS. Designed multiple types of bridges including: steel plate girder, prestressed concrete girder, reinforced concrete girder, concrete arch and integral abutments. Structural Lead for the CATS Blue Line Extension and the Field Engineer for CATS Blue Line design services during construction.Also served as Design Manager for Design Services During Construction for both Civil Packages of the LYNX Blue Line Extension which involved close working relationships with the client, CATS and multiple contractors to resolve issues found during construction.

Responsibilities for design in multiple divisions of the company. For ABT Drains, I have been responsible for trench drain design for port authorities and other construction modifications. For SportsEdge, I have been responsible for designing football goals for high school, college and professional fields. Proprietary designs of rotating goals were analyzed for placement in different regions of the United States.

The job involves managing multiple projects for NCDOT Division 10 as an embedded Project Manager with the projects taken from the beginning thru let. The projects include a range of types: roundabouts, interchanges, 7+ mile long corridors and rural collectors. These projects also include reconfiguration of existing single point urban interchanges (SPUI) to a displaced left turn interchange and creating a reduced conflict intersection corridor (formerly called superstreets). Job responsibilities include coordinating with the design firm (for planning, environmental, roadway and structure design) and all areas of NCDOT staff (Central and Division 10), running Public Meetings, coordinating with local municipalities design teams and local officials, generating environmental documents and coordinating with the public during the Right of Way process.

Bridge designer for the Manteo Bypass (segmental box girder alternate), a single point urban interchange and multiple other bridges. Also spent 6 months in Puerto Rico as a FEMA Technical Assistance Coordinator after Hurricane Georges.