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New York City Metropolitan Area

New York City Metropolitan Area

Great River, New York, United States

Huehuetenango, Guatemala

• Performed rehabilitation studies on drinking water systems of 14 municipalities • Provided technical guidance to townships and designed improvements to drinking water system facilities. Outlined enhancements to administrative organization for more timely and consistent water service; provided guidelines for the equitable establishment of rate structures for water delivery. • Successfully lobbied for the creation of 3 Municipal Water and Sanitation Offices in Southwestern Guatemala. • Developed and implemented new template for the assessment of the municipal water infrastructure system; • Collaborated with municipal engineers to develop water infrastructure investment plan of $60,000.

Quetzaltenango, Totonicapan, San Marcos

• Provide technical guidance in the planning and design of rural drinking water and sanitation systems.• Perform land surveying, site gradings, pipeline surveyings and site layouts for municipal and private clients. • Manage renovations and home improvement projects

Soutwestern Guatemala

USAID Nexos Locales project implemented by DAI in partnership with Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation.

San Marcos Guatemala

• Conducted feasibility studies for the rehabilitation of sanitary sewer systems and for the construction of wastewater treatment plants of 4 municipalities.• Managed field-personnel and sub-contractor activity, including: topographic and population surveys, wastewater quality sampling, drainage pipe network assessments and effluent wastewater flow measurements. • Performed engineering analyses and design of 4 wastewater treatment plants.• Supervised the creation of project deliverables – including maps, design drawing, project specifications, budgets and schedules

Tacana, San Marcos

• Conducted a reliability analysis of an 11,000-user water supply system and developed a multi-year investment plan for the improvement of the system.• Built a hydraulic model of water supply system to monitor systems performance and analysis using EPANET.• Supervised the construction of 3 rural drinking water supply systems.

Solola

• Performed hydraulic design of a 2,000-user gravity-fed water supply system. • Produced preliminary project budgets – including construction quantity takeoffs and cost estimates of labor, materials, and equipment.• Managed surveying teams and performed pipeline surveys and site layouts. • Prepared project specifications, O&M manuals, contract documents, project maps and drawings according to applicable codes.

Quetzaltenango

• Provided technical assistance to the resident engineer reviewing design plans, performing on-site supervision and quality control, and assessing work done against the construction programme.

Graduate Diploma, Water And Wastewater Treatment Technologies

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Environmental Engineering

Bachelor Of Civil Engineering, Engineering

Civil Engineering

Activities and Societies: Concrete Canoe Team. 1 academic year of undergraduate non-degree, full-time-study with a concentration in civil.