Ellen Eastgate Email & Phone Number

• 10+ years as a project engineer in small-sized structural consulting firms provides a well-rounded understanding of all aspects of low- to mid-rise projects, utilizing wood, steel (including cold-formed steel), masonry, and concrete. • Managed multiple projects, activities and tasks at varying stages of each project creating a task list to identify more critical and less critical activities. Adjust priorities when jobsite situations require resolution before the critical path is interrupted during the construction phase. • Managed multiple tasks related, to each project, such as creating fee estimates, creating “BUILDABLE” structural plans, sections/details and notes from architectural drawings and structural analyses, resolving coordination issues with architects and other team members, responded to RFI’s, shop drawings and construction issues to help the construction process run as smoothly and cost affectively as possible.• Worked as team member with supervisors, co-workers, architects, mechanical/civil/electrical engineers, and/or contractors. Discussed elements required by analysis, and provided options to resolve challenging areas of projects, resulting in cooperative and effective workflow.• Specialized in wood design/detailing, including framing difficult roof plans (multiple-tiered, multiple-pitched stick-framed and/or trussed roofs).• Point person for wood design information for the company engineers, including principles, providing information on where to find anything from non-typical wood material properties to help with detailing difficult wood beam connections.• Experience with design and detailing of monopole foundations, rooftop antenna mounts and rooftop cabinet platform supports for telecommunication systems• Created several Excel spreadsheets to structural calculations commonly used to increase efficiently and revenue• Demonstrated accurate quality assurance reducing overall company liability related to building structuresSpecialties: Office, retail, schools, churches, residential (single and multi- family), mixed use, assisted living, etc.• Over 10 years experience specializing in wood design and detailing including some of most difficult architectural roof plans (i.e. multiple-level, multiple-pitched stick-framed and/or trussed roofs and connections with multiple wood members).

Listed skills include Structural Engineering, Autocad, Microsoft Office, Project Management, and 11 others.

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  Seattle University

  Civil Engineering