Miguel Forero Email and Phone Number

- Design, assessment, repair, and retrofit of marine infrastructure (wharves, piers, trestles, and dolphins)- Production of contract documents (drawings, technical specifications, and front-end documents)- Contractor evaluations and technical support during construction- Development of project proposals including scope of work, tasks, estimated hours, and budgets

- Design, assessment, and repair of marine infrastructure (wharves, piers, trestles, and dolphins)- Produced contract documents including drawings, technical specifications, and front-end documents for marine infrastructure projects- Provided contractor selection assistance and technical support during construction- Developed project proposals and supported marine contractors pursuing design-build projects

- Designed, evaluated and retrofitted commercial, institutional and industrial buildings resisting gravity, wind, seismic and blast loads- Designed reinforced concrete retaining walls, tanks for water treatment facilities, and foundations for mechanical and electrical equipment units- Designed steel frames to support new mechanical units on existing buildings- Prepared technical specifications and coordinated projects with civil, electrical and mechanical engineers, architects, and contractors

- Designed elevated post-tensioned floor systems and parking garage barrier cable systems, reviewed shop drawings, and provided preliminary designs- Provided basic stressing troubleshooting, reviewed elongation reports, and calculated final effective forces for elements with broken tendons or with tendon elongations below tolerance- Evaluated precast girders of an existing pool deck and designed their retrofit using external post-tensioning (used a sectional analysis program developed during my graduate studies)

- Worked in the ongoing research on autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC)- Determined the interface shear strength between grout and AAC masonry blocks (This strength was incorporated in the 2013 MSJC Code)- Verified that the 2008 MSJC Code requirements for lap splices in AAC masonry are satisfactory

- Designed elevated post-tensioned slabs, reviewed shop drawings for fabrication and installation of post-tensioning hardware, and performed field observations for residential and commercial buildings- Provided preliminary designs and material quantities for elevated post-tensioned slab projects- Developed spreadsheets to validate an in-house software for the design of punching shear reinforcement using headed studs in two-way slabs, and drafted the user manual for the software