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Over the past fifteen years I have been working as a structural engineer in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom. I have worked on a number of major projects, including:Transmission Gully Peka peka to Otaki expresswayOhakea Te Whare ToroaWaikeria prison developmentThe London Design Museum (the Parabola)Atlantis Resources EMEC Tidal Turbine Support Structure100 Bishopsgate, LondonThe Place, London BridgeChristchurch Earthquake remediation and survey workVictorian Desalination Project, Victoria, AustraliaBrisbane Airport Link, Queensland, AustraliaNga Awa Purua Geothermal Power Plant, Taupo, New ZealandKawerau Geothermal Power Plant, New ZealandState Highway 2 Dowse to Petone Upgrade, Wellington, New Zealand.Key Skills: Finite Element Analysis using Abaqus, Strand7 and SAP2000. Experienced in applying FEA modelling techniques using beam, shell, solid and hybrid elements. FEA specifically applied to the following analysis problems:- Construction engineering and complex temporary works- Heat of hydration analysis and crack prediction for reinforced concrete- Blast analysis incorporating buckling, non-linear geometry, non-linear material models and blast simulation- Non linear buckling analysis for steel structures and assemblies- Linear modelling and optimization of steel machinery support structure for application to fatigue analysis- Construction staging analysis using Strand7- Disproportionate and progressive collapse studies using implicit and explicit dynamics solvers- Non-linear slope stability analysis using soil material models and contact definitions- Vibration analysis of turbine-generator set support structure using SAP2000General structural engineering including:Design in steel, concrete and timber to British Standards, Eurocodes, New Zealand Standards, Australian and Papua New Guinea Standards. Construction phase design including temporary works, crane bases, crash decks, basements and design of underpinning structures.

Listed skills include Structural Engineering, Steel Structures, Finite Element Analysis, Concrete, and 20 others.