Rhome Apton Email & Phone Number

Class 1 Railroad Bridge and Structure Designer. Experience Includes:- Steel Superstructure Design (Deck Plate Girders) (Straight and Skewed)- Concrete Substructure Design (Abutment and Pier Caps)- Steel and Concrete Foundation Design (Driven Piles, Drilled Shafts, Socketed Piles)- NPCA Precast Concrete Plant Auditor- Retaining Wall Design- Construction Management Field Experience- Crash Wall Design- Shop Drawing Review- Developing Cost Estimates

- Designed and drafted a sheet pile retaining wall using boring logs and existing topographic information- Designed and drafted 8 reinforced concrete junction chambers for the Illinois Tollway using IDOT's Culvert Manual-Completed a Level 1 Bridge Inspection of the Barrypoint Bridge over the Des Plaines River-Designed the reinforcement for the Ramp A Bridge superstructure and approach slabs over I-55

-3D modeled over 150 pipes for the 60X79 and 60X93 contracts on the $650,000,000 Jane Byrne Circle Interchange in Downtown Chicago.-Ensured the Summary of Quantities was correct by recalculating design changes as well as back checking schedules.-Read and understood crash data to create collision diagrams for multiple intersections along North Aurora Road.

Helped direct students to the proper university resources and helped students build their course schedules.

Peer Educator for the Bradley H.E.A.T. Present to incoming freshmen on the importance of being knowledgeable on topics such as: alcohol awareness, sexual health, and the bystander effect.

Peoria, Illinois Area

Led thirteen summer orientation sessions with twelve students and their parents in each group. Helped transition students into the university. Worked directly with campus faculty and staff to host the sessions.