01 / 09
Russia · Oil and gas
Vankor Oilfield Development
Steel pipe bridges with 31, 45 and 75 m spans, pump stations and pipe supports.
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Twenty-five years, three countries
Steel pipe bridges spanning 75 metres in Siberia. Structures under the pollution controls of a 600 megawatt power plant. A conveyor tunnel at a Saskatchewan potash mine. A platform for a bridge between two countries. Analysed, designed and checked by one engineer.
Structural engineer · In practice since 2000
Structural engineering
for heavy industry.
Pipe bridges spanning 75 m in Siberia’s Vankor oilfield. A ten-storey, 140,000 sq ft flue gas desulfurization building. Steel under the air pollution controls of a 600 MW power plant. Analysis and design in steel, concrete, aluminum and masonry.
Engineer with
- Hatch
- Fluor
- CH2M
- URS
- B&W
- KLIMER
- Tractel
Oil and gas · Vankor, Russia
75m
The longest of the steel pipe bridge spans he designed for the Vankor oilfield, alongside 31 and 45 m spans, pump stations and pipe supports.
Experience
25years +
Structural analysis and design since 2000.
P.Eng. licences
4provinces
ABSKMBBC
Power generation
600MW
Hawthorn, one of three coal-fired plants where he designed the steel carrying baghouses, spray dryer absorbers, flues and ducts.
Mining
Conveyor tunnels, transfer towers, crusher structures and their foundations.
FGD building
140,000sq ft
Ten-storey FGD steel building, South Oak Creek.
Education
M.Sc.
Civil engineering, structural emphasis. University of Belgrade.
Tools and codes
- Software
- STAAD.Pro (advanced), RISA-3D, S-CONCRETE, AutoCAD, Mathcad, Excel
- Codes
- NBC, OBC, CSA S16, CSA A23.3, Aluminum Design Manual 2020
- Materials
- Steel, concrete, aluminum, masonry
Access platforms
A telescopic platform for the Gordie Howe International Bridge.
Selected projects
Built to carry load.
Nine projects across mining, oil and gas, power, infrastructure and commercial buildings, in Canada, the United States and Russia.
02 / 09
Wisconsin · Power
South Oak Creek
Modifications to the ten-storey FGD steel building, and a two-storey, 33,000 sq ft gypsum building.
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03 / 09
United States · Power
Hawthorn, Cherokee, Valmont
Steel supporting tanks, baghouses, spray dryer absorbers, flues and ducts at three coal-fired plants.
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04 / 09
Saskatchewan · Mining
Mosaic K3 Potash Mine
Ore loading conveyor tunnel at Esterhazy: reinforcement, piles, plans and sections, design basis and calculation brief.
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05 / 09
Arizona · Mining
Morenci Concentrator
Foundations for conveyors and transfer towers; bents, trusses and connections.
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06 / 09
Arizona · Mining
Safford Leach
Primary crusher concrete structure and slab foundation, designed by finite element analysis.
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07 / 09
Windsor–Detroit · Infrastructure
Gordie Howe International Bridge
Structural design of a telescopic access platform for the bridge.
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08 / 09
Barrie, Ontario · Commercial
Bank of Montreal
Steel building for the Bank of Montreal in Barrie.
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09 / 09
Brantford, Ontario · Industrial
Apotex Pharmachem Plant
Steel building for the Apotex Pharmachem plant.
Quote a similar structure →SteelPlant building
Projects completed as an employee of Hatch, URS, CH2M, Fluor, B&W, KLIMER and Tractel. Photos are representative.
Career
Design office to fabrication shop.
Seventeen years as a structural engineer with major engineering firms. Since 2018, closer to the steel: managing design through fabrication and installation, then designing custom access platforms.
- 2023 – Present
Structural Engineer
Tractel Ltd. · Scarborough, OntarioCustom steel and aluminum platforms: the Gordie Howe International Bridge telescopic platform, a penstock inspection platform and a wire rope equalizer structure.
- 2018 – 2023
Engineering Manager
KLIMER · Milton, OntarioSteel structures and custom platforms. Checked and approved fabrication and installation drawings, base plans, elevations and as-builts. Managed and supervised design, fabrication and installation.
- 2000 – 2017
Structural Engineer
Hatch · URS · CH2M · Fluor · B&WMining, oil and gas, power and industrial projects in Canada, the United States and Russia: pipe bridges, FGD and air pollution control structures, conveyor tunnels, crusher structures and foundations.
- Licensure
Professional Engineer
Alberta · Saskatchewan · Manitoba · British ColumbiaRegistered with APEGA, APEGS, Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba and EGBC.
- Education
M.Sc. Civil Engineering
University of BelgradeStructural emphasis.
STAAD.Pro tutoring
Learn STAAD.Pro from an engineer who designs with it.
One-on-one online sessions with a licensed P.Eng. Bring your own model, or work through a real structure together, from first node to code check.
Engineering studentsEITs and junior engineersEngineers switching softwareFirms training a team
ModellingGeometry, properties, supports and member releases
Loads and combinationsDead, live, snow, wind and seismic to NBC
AnalysisLinear, P-Delta and response spectrum
Steel designCode checks to CSA S16
Concrete designBeams, columns and slabs to CSA A23.3
ResultsDeflections, forces, reactions and drift
TroubleshootingInstabilities, warnings and model errors
ReportsClear output and calculation packages
Single session
$120CAD
60 minutes, online
- Any topic, any level
- Screen-share on your own model
- Session notes afterwards
Five-session course
$550CAD
5 × 60 minutes · $110 per hour
- Structured from modelling to design
- Build a full structure start to finish
- Email questions between sessions
Model review
$295CAD
Your model checked, plus a 60-minute call
- Loads, supports and releases checked
- Errors and warnings explained
- Written list of findings
Team workshop
$1,200CAD
Half day, up to 6 people
- Tailored to your firm’s work
- Online or on site in the GTA
- Exercises on real structures
Prices in Canadian dollars, plus HST. Tutoring teaches the software and the engineering behind it; it does not include sealed design work or completing graded assignments.
Contact
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Toronto, Ontario · P.Eng. in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and British Columbia.