Career Profile
As a structural steel detailer, I use Tekla Structures to set-out, detail and check 3D models, connections and fabrication/erection drawings for the various steelwork contracts listed below.
As a software developer, I use Visual Studio to create software solutions to improve productivity for Tekla Structures, Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.
Experience
Working on a variety of complex projects across the UK.
- Meridian Water Bridge Beams, London UK - Manufactured from weathering steel and spanning the River Lea canal, the bridge beams form part of the Meridian Water regeneration initiative in Enfield, North London.
- Cuckoo's Hollow Footbridges, Peterborough UK
Working on a variety of complex projects across the UK.
- Sovereign Street Footbridge, Leeds UK
- Stockingfield Bridge, Glasgow Scotland
- Walnut Bridge, Guildford UK
- Selly Oak Footbridge, Birmingham UK
- A63 Footbridge Ramp Balustrade, Hull UK
- Infinity Liverpool Columns, Liverpool UK
Working remotely for Exact Detailing, I’ve worked on a large range of structural and metalwork packages for various markets across Canada, US & UK.
- Clean Energy Project - Site C
- Retractable Roof for Leicester Square Hotel
- Plant 9-4 Hydrogen Unit
- Earthquake Shake Table
- Miscellaneous package for Eagle Gold Project
As a remote drawing office, the workload covered a wide range of structural and metalwork packages solely for the Canadian market. Along with my duties as a Detailer/Developer, I also provided IT & Tekla support to colleagues in offices based in the UK, Canada and Manila. This includes writing documentation and procedures for the department, as well as performing regular user workshop presentations to inform users of the latest developments.
- YVR Pier D (Vancouver Airport Extension)
- OMF Building
- Cochrane Aquatics & Curling Club
- Shepherd’s Care Heritage
- YVR ETF4 (Vancouver Airport extension)
Working primarily for Severfield Reeve as a sub-contract drawing office, I spent the majority of my time detailing. However when there was an opportunity to improve on something using my programming skills I was given the time to be able to do so.
- Paris Philharmonic, France
- Trinity Shopping Centre, Leeds UK
- The Shard of Glass, London UK
- Olympic Shopping Centre, London UK
- More London Plot 7, London UK
- Project Pluto LNG Plant, Australia
- Eagles Meadow, Wrexham UK
- Westfield Shopping Centre, London UK
As part of my training, my first 6 months was spent working on the shop floor gaining experience of interpreting fabrication drawings, becoming accustomed to the way the factory worked and learning to operate CNC machinery such as CHS profiler and NC data/DXF plate profilers. I then gained experience in the Document Control department, highlighting some areas for change and implementing new practices. In the Drawing Office I worked as an Apprentice Draughtsman on the steelwork contracts listed below. I was also involved with the development of the Tekla Structures system files to customise the software to the needs of the company.
- 2 Footbridge Projects for British Waterways
- Odyssey Masts for Redrow Homes
- Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry, London UK
- A14 Footbridge, Milton, Cambridge UK
- Coventry Arena, Coventry UK
- Solartron Entrance Features, Farnborough UK
- Wembley Park Station, Wembley, London UK
- The Development of The Boomerang, Norwich Bus Interchange, Norwich UK