Constantine Pappas Email & Phone Number

Falls Church, Va

Serves as lead technical authority of the Dam Safety & Seismic Safety Programs;Heads operations of programs databases;Presented at multiple dam safety conferences and events, co-authored numerous report findings;Certified Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR);Oversees and implements the Service's dam and seismic safety policies;Manages the Service's program of the Safety Evaluation of Existing Dams (SEED) reports, annual high hazard inspection checklists, engineering and risk analysis, screening level hazard assessments; GIS Specialist - review all inventory dams downstream to determine hazard class attributes;Design and Construction Project Manager on dam safety rehabilitation projects valued at multi million dollars;Oversees A/E investigations and analysis, construction inspectors, and contractors;Revisions for Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) docs of high and significant hazard dams;Supervise annual updates of Emergency Action Plan (EAP) revisions and annual certifications;Skilled in emergency management protocols to meet and evaluate dam safety incidents;Proficient in data analytics using Microsoft Power BI;Intranet website manager for the Service's Dam Safety Website.

Updated record and shop drawings while observing completion of a structural building;Submitted transmittals to subcontractors, architects and owners using AutoCAD's Constructware database and recognize submittal flow process;Introduced entry level office engineers the submittal flow process;Performed inventory check-ups arriving to the job site from various subcontractors;Walked with owner to mark any punch list items;Walked through architect's punch list and checked to see if subcontractors items are complete using latest software program named Latista;Transcribed engineer's comments on shop drawings.

Expansion of Corbalis Water Treatment Plant Inspected contractor's work on site and reviewed contractor's Operation and Maintenance Manual to see if all necessary requirements specified are met;Collected and updated data of Minor Changes, Contractor Proposals, Clarifications, and Change Orders, developed a Minor Change to reroute an HVAC system, and calculated the liquid level if a chemical tank were to spill;Performed phone call reports, called previous clients of potential subcontractors and asked questions to see if the subcontractor was credible and has not had previous problems in their line of work.

Learned proper surveying procedures such as stake out;Introduced to latest GPS surveying equipment;Used surveying tools: Philadelphia rod, tripod stations with prisms, prism pole;Indicated symbols using topographic maps as well as write, mark, and label appropriate symbols on the job site.

Tested concrete poured at construction sites throughout the Northern Virginia area to see the concrete met the appropriate requirements for durability;Learned the appropriate steps to test the durability of concrete such as the slump test and air content test.