Virgil Payne, P.E. Email & Phone Number

Houma, La, Us

Serving as a trusted advisor on Industrial, Utility, and Transportation projects with an integrated team of Planning, Environmental, Survey, Facility, Land Development, Landscape, Civil, Structural, Construction, Inspection, and Instrumentation professionals established for over a hundred years.

Yokohama-Shi, Kanagawa, Jp

Automobile ManufacturerLead Senior Engineer – Facilities, Utilities, and Environmental• Guiding Corporate Real Estate projects valued at over $79 M as an experienced engineer, inclusive of contract negotiations, specification writing, cost and change order evaluation, field coordination, innovative solutions, resolution of code questions, and visioning.• Evaluating internal needs for facility and production infrastructure to conceptualize a package of solutions for business discussion, drawing upon experience as an industrial sector consulting engineer• Considering overall manufacturing process and material flow to determine if infrastructure changes could reduce costs • Advising internal engineers as to appropriate applications and solutions in cross-functional teams with a view toward employing constructible industry solutions• Preparing, checking, and coordinating Contract Proposals, Specifications, and Plans for bidding of projects in CSI format, so as to stay within acceptable program financial return ranges• Inspecting completed and ongoing work for conformance with NNA Specifications• Resolving conflicts arising from field conditions with Contractors and Engineers in an expeditious manner• Applying IBC, NFPA, FM and other codes to guide Structural, Mechanical, Plumbing, and Architectural design of occupied structures for function and safety• Determining root failure causes in buildings and conveyors to develop uptime strategies and emergency repair plansEngineer – Yates Services - Facilities, Utilities, and Environmental• Completed work to retrofit the SLC building under an MDA grant for use by onsite parts suppliers

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• Representing the District construction program to the State Construction Engineer and FHWA• Coordinating Central office design staff and consultant design staff to achieve constructible results in the field through a series of meetings and design reviews• Acting to resolve construction conflicts between Contractors and District personnel while communicating proper project management to the four Project Engineers and District Construction Engineer and Assistants• Preparing, checking, and coordinating contract proposals, specifications, and plans for bidding of projects, serving as the final check of all work going to bid as well as being involved in the decisions made in the design of projects• Letting to bid, approximately 25 projects per year, ranging from $1 to $35 million contract value• Evaluating Contractor Supplemental Agreements for price conformance to market conditions• Performing field inspections of completed and ongoing work

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• Customization of gINT database and Engineering report production software for Department use, with an eye toward maximizing productive design time. Several stages of testing and rollout were identified with a time budget for each stage and specific goals. Since implemented, actual engineering staff time saved per project now typically totals half a working week, yielding approximately a $60,000 savings in design effort a year with more thorough and accurate reporting.• Design of deep foundations for bridges and retaining walls, including drilled shafts and piles• Field inspection including dynamic measurement of pile installation and identification of slide mechanisms• Coordination with field crews to recover samples and perform test that accurately define the site• Instruction and Interpretation of testing methods with central lab technicians • Implementation of seismic flexibility matrix procedures for use by consultant staff in highly seismic regions

• Application of broad Structural and Civil Engineering skills in either a Contractor or Owner’s agent consulting environment• Structural Design of various elements including foundations, structural frames, and cladding• Experienced in design techniques for precast concrete, tilt-up cladding, and conventional steel framing• Site Design of Stormwater quality and quantity controls, environmental permitting, zoning, and grading and site layout• Responsibility for Project Management continuing through to construction specifications and observation and permitting• Establishment of a close working relationship with the Contractors involved to produce a constructible design and set of contract documents for both new and repurposed building projects• Direction of in-house staff of two drafters so as to produce a complete drawing set and specification package for buildings Design of building structures in steel, concrete, masonry, wood, and glassUrban and greenfield site designStormwater permitting with state agenciesZoning Analysis for prospective projectsBuilding fire areas and separation analysis for existing and new buildingsPlanning for the rehabilitation of existing buildingsSurveys of existing structures to develop base plans

Austin, Texas, Us

• Involvement at an early stage of the building design, relying on preliminary Architectural plans and sketches as a consultant.• Proposing Value engineering solutions to the Contractor on the basis of reducing either fabrication or installation cost while maintaining performance• On agreement for a specific approach, prepare a set of building system calculations allowing the client to move forward while scheduling work amongst other jobs in office• Experienced in design techniques for structural glass walls, stainless steel tension trusses, aluminum curtainwalls, light wood framing, steel framing, and natural stone along with precast anchorage into concrete• Establishing procedures in-house for the design of blast resistant cladding and anchorage for two EIT personnel

• Coordinating the mechanical and economic design of new plant facilities• Supporting customer’s facility plans and coordinating the field activities with the personnel of the District

The position, as part of a university outreach program, included the translation of design drawings, produced by the drafting staff, into numeric control programs for several sheet metal punches. The establishment of the processes and training programs needed to seamlessly automate the punch programming became part of my job following the recognition of the problems involved.

Omaha, Ne, Us

• Analysis of circumstances surrounding poor availability of locomotives from the service track and the identification of delays that where of a cyclic nature

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Masters Of Science, Civil Engineering

Business Administration And Management, General

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Education record