Setu Engineering, LLC is a civil engineering firm licensed to practice in Texas and New York. Based near Houston, we are DBE-certified, TxDOT pre-certified, and accept Texas Harbor Rate for Administrative Qualification. President & CEO, Mr. Patel brings 16 years of experience specializing in bridge design, inspection, and all structurally related services.Bridge Design includes multi-level interchanges, phased bridge construction, bridge widenings, ramps, creek crossings, and design-build projects. His designs have utilized pre-stressed and post-tensioned concrete, curved steel I-girders, trapezoidal box girders, steel straddle bents, and multi-shaft footings.Railroad experience for BNSF and UPRR bridges designed utilizing AREMA design specifications including steel through plate girder bridges, concrete girder bridges, and retaining walls.

As a bridge design engineer & bridge inspector, some of Tapan's recent projects included:Bridge Inspections, Load Ratings, and cost estimates, City of Corpus Christi, 2021-2023 BMIP Bridge Condition Assessments and Load Ratings, BMT District, November 2022 JIPOA Bridge Inspections and Load Ratings, Vero Beach, Florida, 2023Multi-level interchange Direct Connector Design, SL 1604 from SH 16 to IH 35, Segments 2 and 3, TxDOT San Antonio, Design completed in 2022, Construction Cost $345M (Seg 2), $244M (Seg 3)Bridge Design & Project Management, IH 69 from Brazos River to 1.0 mi South of University Blvd, Houston District, Construction Cost $61M, 2019-2024120” Through Plate Girder Bridge Design, BNSF Railroad at SH 171, Cleburne, Johnson County, Design Completed in 2022, Construction Cost $10M Bridge Design, 22 steel tub girder and U-Beam bridges, I-35 Waco Project 4B, TxDOT Waco District, 2018-2021, Construction Cost $341M Bridge Widening, Crosby Lynchburg Ph 3, Harris County, Design Completed in 2019, Construction Cost $10M, 2020-2022

Bridge Design, Inspections and Load ratings, US 67 Reconstruction and Widening, Dallas County, Design Completed in 2016, Construction Cost $150M, 2014-2017

Bridge design engineer including retaining walls and concrete box culverts using basic and advanced structural analysis tools following AASHTO Bridge Design Specifications.Proficient in design of steel and concrete bridge superstructures including PPC-I beams, bulb-T beams, precast deck beams, steel plate girders and steel rolled beams. Specialize in design of various substructures including drilled shafts, pile supported footings and spread footings.Experienced with In-depth structural inspections of highway and railroad bridges and preparing bridge condition reports. Proficient in preparing structural geotechnical reports providing recommendations for feasible foundation types for the proposed bridge as well as recommending geotechnical parameters for foundation design.Proficient with software such as MDX, RC Pier, CONSPAN, Microstation, L-Pile, Math Cad, PYWALL, SHAFT and Microsoft Office.Well versed with AASHTO, ACI, AISC, and ASCE 07 design codes.Projects include:Bridge Inspection & Design, US 67 over Illinois River, Beardstown, Illinois, Design Completed in 2014, Construction Cost, $57MNBI Bridge Inspections and Load Ratings, Chicago, Illinois, 2010-2013 Tunnel Design, Wacker Drive Reconstruction Project in Downtown; Chicago, Illinois, 2010Fracture Critical Bridge Inspection, Martin Luther King Bridge over Mississippi in St. Louis, Missouri, 2009Load Rating and Bridge Repair, Historic Washington Park Bridge, Springfield Illinois, 2009Bridge Rehabilitation, Inspections and load Ratings, Federal Stimulus Project in South Chicago, Illinois, 2008

Assisted Project Supervisor with the Design of a Multi-span bridge over I-20 and an MSE wall near Hutchison, TX.Designed the PPC-I beams and concrete deck using CONSPAN in the initial phase of the project. In the secondary phase, calculated the quantities for the bridge designed.