Skyler Chen

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ABOUT SKYLER CHEN

30+ years EPC experience with extensive civil and structural engineering practice, in a wide range of structures, from feasibility study, preliminary design, detailed design to construction site support.Projects in petrochemical facilities, mining and infrastructures have been located in Alberta, BC, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Middle East and China using Canadian, American and Chinese codes.Design experience – concrete high rise building, concrete highway bridge, slabs on grade, sumps, and concrete foundations supporting equipment such as pump, compressor, fan, tank, horizontal vessel and tall vertical vessel, steel building and piperack; small steel buildings and large industry buildings with cranes, platforms, piperack modules and equipment modulesRole experience – area lead, design engineer, engineering checker, stamping engineer, responsible engineer, workshare coordinator, independent reviewer, dynamic expertise and construction supportSoftware - SAP RISA, Sframe, Staad.pro, Etabs, SAFI, SPR, SP3D, Autocad, BIMsight, Mathcad and Microsoft OfficesExpertise #1 – dynamic analysis for vibrating machine (transfer pumps, booster pumps, slurry pumps, fans, compressors and generators) supported on concrete foundation, on modular steel skid, on movable skid or on concrete tabletop frameExpertise #2 – steel structure and connection design, modularizationExpertise #3 – advanced finite element analysisExpertise #4 – computer application programming:(1) Excel design sheets for various kinds of foundations,(2) Connection design templates for standard connection details,(3) Data transfer program from RISA to SAP,(4) Post display of dynamic analysis, and (5) Auto development of transfer forces of bracing from RISA results for steel structure connection design using UFM.Registered Professional Engineer, Alberta (APEGA 103169)