Senior Structural Engineer for BL Companies with over 20 years experience using MicroStation on bridge transportation projects. Also worked for Bentley as MicroStation Product Specialist for Platform Technology and as Technical Director for Haestad Products between 2005 and 2007.
Education:
B.S. Civil Engineering, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut, 2000
Completed Two Years of Architectural Engineering Technology, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, 1984 – 1986
Licenses: Engineering-In-Training, 07-13-2004; Pending Results of April 2010 PE Exam
Summary of Qualifications: Nearly 25 years of experience in bridge engineering, design, evaluation and inspection on many large rehabilitation and inspection transportation projects involving numerous bridges of varied structure types. Completed work in the areas of initial field investigations through complete construction plans for both local and state agencies, coupled with an expertise for CADD management and contract plan production using the latest software versions of MicroStation and AutoCAD in strict accordance of the ConnDOT Digital Design Environment.
Employment:
B L Companies. 2008 – Present
Senior Structural Engineer
Bentley Systems, Inc. 2005 – 2008
Technical Director / Sales Operations
H. W. Lochner, Inc 2000 – 2005
Structural Engineer / CAD Manager
Goodkind & O’Dea, Inc. 1998 - 2000
Parson Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglass 1994 - 1998
Senior CAD Operator
Wilbur Smith Associates 1992 - 1994
Senior Technician / CAD Operator
A. G. Lichtenstein & Associates 1987 - 1992
Bridge Inspector / Technician
Experience and Responsibilities:
Consultant Liaison Engineering Services for the State and Federal Local Bridge Program, Connecticut Department of Transportation: Contract Administrator for the Consultant Liaison Engineering Services contract for the State Bridge Program and the Federal Local Bridge Program. BL Companies will be responsible for administering the contracts of Consulting Engineers retained by the State to provide contract documents for specific bridge projects and bridge rehabilitation study evaluation reports. BL Companies will also provide survey, hydraulic engineering services, soils engineering services, permit submissions, utility agreements, review plan submissions, and process plans, specifications and estimate packages from consultants for advertising. We will also provide liaison services and plan reviews for locally administered projects under the Federal Local Bridge Program and any other engineering services required to rehabilitate/replace state and local bridges, on and off the National Bridge Inventory, which are rated poor or determined to be functionally obsolete.
Rehabilitation and Painting of Mystic River Bascule Bridge, Mystic, Connecticut served as senior project engineer for the rehabilitation of the Mystic River Bascule Bridge in Mystic, Connecticut. The Mystic River Bascule Bridge is a historical 218 foot, four span "Brown" type bascule bridge, with an 88 foot single leaf bascule main span, built in 1922. This project rehabilitation involved blast cleaning and painting of the entire superstructure, rehabilitation of the electrical control systems, replacement of the span drive machinery, replacement of the counterweight balance linkage system and trunnion bearings, replacement of the operator's control house and the structural rehabilitation and design of various structural support components of the bridge including strengthening the rear and intermediate floorbeams for the tower span, replacement of the machinery pit reinforced concrete slabs, design of the traffic resistance barrier gate precast concrete vault, design of the jacking and temporary support towers for the counterweight and balance truss rehabilitation, design of new open bridge rail system, design of the structural supports for pedestrian warning gates, design of the sonar scour monitoring system, and replacement of the counterweight and balance truss inspection walks. Mr. Corbo’s was also responsible for developing plans, specifications, construction cost estimate, construction schedule, load rating and fatigue analysis, while coordinating all of the disciplines involved, including Architectural, Mechanical, Electrical, and Streetscape road improvements for Groton and Stonington. Design services were completed for the 90% Final Plans for Review to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, March 2009.
Rehabilitation of Bridge No. 00445, U. S. Route over Interstate 91, (List 18 Bridge Program) Enfield, Connecticut served as project engineer for this 200-foot two span continuous multi-steel plate girder composite superstructure replacement with substructure modifications. Project responsibilities included design of various elements of this bridge including reinforced concrete deck, steel plate girder superstructure, bolted field splice and bearings. Mr. Corbo’s was also responsible for developing plans, specifications, construction cost estimate, and bridge load rating. Design services were completed for the 100% Final Plans for Review to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, November 2008.
Rehabilitation of Bridge No. 00869, Route 17 over Hubbard Street, (List 18 Bridge Program) Glastonbury, Connecticut served as project engineer for this 55-foot one span multi-steel beam composite superstructure replacement with substructure modifications. Project responsibilities included design of various elements of this bridge including reinforced concrete deck, steel rolled beam superstructure and bearings. Mr. Corbo’s was also responsible for developing plans, specifications, construction cost estimate, and bridge load rating. Design services were completed for the 90% Final Plans for Review to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, November 2008
Rehabilitation of Bridge No. 02529, Route 83 over Kimballs Brook, (List 17 Bridge Program) Ellington, Connecticut served as project engineer for this 24-foot span integral abutment type bridge. Project responsibilities included the design of an 18-inch reinforced concrete superstructure that is integral with the abutment founded on steel H-piles. Design services were completed in March 2008.
Reconstruction of Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut served as project engineer for the replacement of 5-retaining walls along Quinnipiac Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut. Project responsibilities included the design of raising and lowering the sidewalks and the reconstruction of two existing retaining walls using existing historic brownstone and maintaining the ConnDOT's factor of safety against overturning of 2. This was accomplished by utilizing cast-in-place (CIP) reinforced concrete L-walls with the existing brownstone attached to the new CIP wall. In addition the three new walls were (CIP) with simulated stone form liner to match the existing historical brownstone walls Design services were completed in December 2008.
As Technical Director for Bentley Systems Inc, I was responsible for working in partnership with members of our inside and outside sales teams throughout North America, promoting engineering software sales.Follow-up on leads generated from corporate websites, tradeshows, seminars and collaborative sourcing efforts. Serve as liaison between customers and Bentley, responding to questions and facilitating resolution of problematic issues. Utilize contact management tools to propose, forecast and achieve targets. Provide technical application support to customers, answering complex questions on function and usage of Bentley's industry software. Resolve clients' application questions or problems via email, telephone, Live Meeting in the areas of system configurations/setup, product functionality and bugs/enhancements. Serve as the primary support liaison between company and customer. Travel to customer sites and trade shows demonstrating products and applications. Convey customer feedback to product development staff. Possess thorough knowledge of company's products and other applications used by customers.
I-91 / I-95 / SR 34 Interchange in New Haven, CT; 2000-present – Structural Engineer and CAD Manager for all structures for this three level Interchange including the design of 13 bridges and 21 retaining walls with complex construction staging requirements. Bridge types include steel plate girder, steel box girder, and rolled beam supported with foundations types including both spread footing and pile supported. All structures were designed to satisfy site-specific seismic criteria developed by the owner.
Union Pacific Railroad Bridge in Draper, Utah; 2002-2004 – Structural Engineer and CAD Manager for the design of a two span railroad bridge over 12300 South as part of the 12300 South Design/Build Project. The bridge is designed to carry two tracks and an access road for Union Pacific in addition to a future light rail commuter line. The structure type is a ballasted reinforced concrete deck supported by pre-stressed concrete girders on pile supported foundations. The structure is being designed to satisfy both the guidelines of Union Pacific Railroad and the Utah Department of Transportation.
On-Call Connecticut Railroad Bridge Repair Program; 2000-present – Project Engineer in charge of reviewing the condition of the 350 plus railroad bridges owned by the State of Connecticut and developing a prioritization database for the necessary repairs or rehabilitation work to be performed on an annual basis. Repair plans are developed as required for this assignment based on field assessments. Structure types include truss, through girder, multi-beam, masonry arches, bascule and swing bridges.
CP248 High Speed Interlocking for New Haven Mainline, Southport ,CT; 2002-present – Structural Engineer and CAD Manager in charge of the design of a fully universal high speed interlocking for the four track mainline including the design of track, communications and signals, bridge widening, housing platform design and retaining wall design. This interlocking is being designed to improve the operations for both Metro-North Railroad and AMTRAK.
Rehabilitation of Various Railroad Bridges in CT; 2000-present – Structural Engineer and CAD Manager in charge of the rehabilitation design for multiple railroad structures in Connecticut as part of our On-Call Rail Engineering Contract with the Connecticut Department of Transportation. Structures include the following: Danbury Branch over Route 53 in Bethel – Replacement of steel superstructure; James Street Pedestrian Bridge – Replacement of timber bridge over Waterbury Branch in Seymour; New Haven Mainline over North Benson Road in Fairfield – Replacement of steel superstructure; Middletown Swing Bridge, Providence and Worcester Railroad over the Connecticut River – Scour repairs, masonry repairs and fender replacement; New Haven Mainline over the Noroton River in Darien – Masonry arch repairs, design of structural plate arch liner supported by micro-pile foundation.