Lead overhead transmission engineer
SNC Lavalin Inc
Total years of experience :14 years, 6 Months
Business ׃ SNC Lavalin Inc is a diverse management, engineering and development EPC company delivering solutions for public and private clients world-wide
Department ׃ Engineering T & D.
Position held ׃ Team Leader overhead lines .
Duration held ׃ September 2012 - Continue
Worked on Lower Churchill Project for five years and completed 2000 Km overhead transmission lines including 350 HVdc line, 315 KV HVac line and 132 KV lines.
Perform following task. Loads & clearance on all towers were calculated by using PLS- CADD/Lite and tower models were prepared using LS- TOWER. All pole models were prepared using PLS-POLE.
☼ Reviewed the detailed design of tower type A, B, C, D, & E for 315 HVac lower Churchill project , provided the valuable comments and supported the team for solution
☼ Completed the detailed design of tower type AA, & EE for 315 HVac lower Churchill project , provided the valuable comments and supported the team for solution
☼ Reviewed the detailed drawing s and connections for tower type A, B, C, D, E, AA & EE for 315 HVac lower Churchill project , provided the valuable comments based on manual calculation and experience and contributed substantial improvement.
☼ Completed the detailed electrical clearance drawing s and for tower type A, B, C, D, E, AA & EE for 315 HVac lower Churchill project , provided the valuable comments based on manual calculation and experience and contributed substantial improvement.
☼ Attended the horizontal proto assembly of tower type A in Turkey ( Adana -works of SARA inc ) for 315 HVac lower Churchill project, verified geometry of structure, connections and hard ware fitting arrangement as per approved drawing. Attended testing of steel mechanical properties, bolt test, inspected the raw material, fabricated material zinc coating etc.
☼ Handled successfully all bid queries for 350 KV HVdc line related to tower design and fabrication.
☼ Reviewed the design criteria detailed loadings for all tower types A1, B, 1, C1, E1, D1, A2, B2, C2, D2, A3 & A4 for 350 HVdc line for lower Churchill project , provide comments and correction.
☼ Completed the review of detailed electrical clearance drawing s and for tower type A, 1, A2, A3, A4 , B1, B2 C1, C2 D1, D2 & E1 for 350 HVdc line lowers Churchill project , provided the valuable comments based on manual calculation and experience and contributed substantial improvement.
☼ Completed the design review for tower type A, 1, D1 & E1 for 350 HVdc line lowers Churchill project , provided the valuable comments based on manual calculation and experience and contributed substantial improvement.
☼ Prepare the accessory drawings for 315 HVac line & 350 HVdc line for lower Churchill project .
☼ complete the design review of five towers A, B, C, D & AA 267 of TL 267 ( 230 KV S/C line )
and organize tested successfully tower type A & D.
☼ Worked more than two years as site support engineer and handled all site queries and site problems successfully, meeting with contractor’s site crew, discussing drawing problems guided
them to correct engineering assembly, provided site solution and material on site rectifications, assessing material shortage, coordinated resupply of shortages to meet the schedule.
Company ׃ Saudi electricity company Eastern operations
Business ׃ Public utility responsible for generation, transmission and distribution of power
Department ׃ Engineering & design department for Extra high voltage system.
To prepare the sag tension calculation and loading as per the project technical specification.
☼ Design of Towers ( Both vertical & Horizontal Configuration ) from 33 KV to 800 KV Manually as well as with the help of In House Developed Software based on six degree of freedom Stiffness Matrix in Fortran Language.
☼ Special Structures of Railway crossing, River crossing, gantries and substation structures.
☼ Arranging the meetings with consultants for approval of the design calculations.
☼ Involvement and guiding the connection detailer to prepare the detailed drawings.
☼ Review the detailed drawings with respect to the design and specification.
☼ Arranging the meetings with consultants for approval of the detailed drawings.
☼ Checking the assembled tower in line with approved design and drawing.
☼ Preparation of load cases and rigging chart for full load tower proto testing.
☼ Attending the full load testing, in case of failure reviewing the design and reinforcing the structure and re testing to pass the full load test.
☼ Re-leasing the tower for fabrication and coordination with coordination project and production deptt.
☼ Prepare the sag template and stringing chart.
Foundation
☼ Prepare the soil parameters from specification and prepare the foundation loads .
☼ Choose the economical foundation type and design the detailed design of foundation.
☼ Prepare the foundation construction and got it approved by consultant.
Projects handled successfully .
☼ Bhira-Dharavi 220KV D/C& M/C Line, Work of TATA at Bombay. In this project we ( group of three engineers ) designed many D/C towers and multi circuit towers and their foundations.
Business ׃ Delivery of turnkey over head transmission line projects . Design fabrication of telecom
towers and substation structures.
Department ׃ Engineering & design deptt. For power transmission line .
VDE 210 loads for overhead transmission lines.
☼ EIA/TIA 1996 Loads & design for telecom structures.
☼ IES 826 & IES 650 Loads & testing of overhead transmission line structures
☼ IS 802, BS 8100, DEWA, ADWEA spcn & codes for overhead transmission line structures
codes & specification for Saudi electricity company .
☼ Material specifications by ASTM standard, DIN standard, JIS standards, IS, BS & BSEN Euro.
☼ Euro code EN50341. and EN 50341-3-15.
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Yours sincerely
Er. SHAHID.KHAN
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