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Resume of James Stromecki, PE (con't)

Relevant Experience, Industrial Projects:

Dupont, Tonawanda, NY

  • Design of a foundation and loading dock for a 10,000 sq ft pre-engineered building to be used as a warehouse.

Abbott Labs, Cheektowaga, NY

  • Design of a 3,000 sq ft addition constructed of load bearing masonry and steel roof joists.

  • Design allowed for the structure to be constructed around/over an existing 1,500 sq ft wood framed addition that was to be razed at a later date.

Keller Technology Corp., Tonawanda, NY

  • Structural engineering for the upgrading of an existing crane runway to support a second crane with a 20 ton capacity.

LTV Steel, Indiana Harbor, IN

  • Design of steel-framed building system, on a pile foundation, for a metallurgical facility addition to a continuous casting process plant.

  • Design and fatigue analysis of a 20-ton crane runway.

  • Analysis of the existing structure for loads from the addition.

  • Computer analysis of plant structures.

  • Design of a 5,000 sq ft office and control building.

Allegheny Ludlum, Lockport, NY

  • Design of equipment foundations for a new continuous caster line.

Saginaw / Tonawanda Forge, Tonawanda, NY

  • Crane runway study to determine the cause of bolt breakage and rail misalignment.

Bethlehem Steel, Burns Harbor, IN

  • Design of modifications to an existing 435-ton ladle crane runway in order to remove two columns for the installation of a ladle transfer station.

  • Design of an addition to an existing teeming aisle for a ladle metallurgical facility to be supported on spread foundations.

Buffalo Paperboard, Lockport, NY

  • Investigation and reinforcement of an existing concrete structure to accommodate new process equipment weighing 150,000 lbs..

US Steel

  • Design renovations to the cast-house iron trough and runner system, including a tilting runner.

Alcoa Aluminum

  • Design of a new mill building with over-head crane and a 5-story material handling building containing hoppers, crushers, and sieves. This design utilized Australian codes and metric dimensions.

  • Design of an elevated floor for a cold-rolling mill, using composite steel and concrete design to support 1000 psf loading.

Globe International, Buffalo, NY

  • Field investigation and analysis to evaluate the capacity of the reinforced concrete floor slab supported on structural steel framing in order to support new equipment.

  • Design of steel framing to support a new incinerator above an existing building.

Lender's Bagel Bakery, West Seneca, NY

  • Investigation of 72,000 sq ft of roof to determine the load carrying capacity of the steel-framed roof system to carry the current mechanical and snow drift loads.

  • Design of roof reinforcement for snow drift and new equipment loads.

  • Design of freezer mezzanine for palletized product storage

  • Design of roof beams for new wall openings in existing load-bearing masonry walls.

  • Design of 1,000 sq ft of explosion relief panels for flour silo enclosure (34 ft x 40 ft x 42 ft high).

  • Design a new 8,500 sq ft roof over the existing roof.

Cooper Industries, Cheektowaga, NY

  • Design of foundation for new horizontal milling center, supported on steel H-piles bearing on rock. The concrete mat encompassed an area of 42 ft x 55 ft with thickness up to eight feet.

Cooper Industries, Cheektowaga, NY

  • Design of a foundation system, supported on caissons, for a new gearbox milling machine and accessory equipment. The foundation was 40 ft x 60 ft, and consisted of a multi-level base mat 2 ft 3 in thick and an isolated base mat (370 sq ft x 10 ft) for the primary equipment.

General Mills, Buffalo, NY

  • Design of a silo extension and explosion panel for a 12 ft x 80 ft high silo, per NFPA 68.

Lapp Insulator, LeRoy, NY

  • Design of a new 24 ft x 36 ft x 15 ft raised roof bay in order to accommodate a new 5 ton top running crane.

Dimar Manufacturing, Lackawanna, NY

  • Modifications to an existing open-web, steel-joist roof system in order to allow for the removal of one joist with a 50 ft span. This modification was necessary in order to allow for the installation new equipment.

APV Crepaco, Tonawanda, NY

  • Structural design of a 50 ft x 60 ft four-story pilot plant constructed inside an existing single-story warehouse structure.

TAM Ceramics, Niagara Falls, NY

  • Investigation and analysis of vibrations in existing batch mill foundations, including recommendations for a new batch mill foundation.

American Axle & Manufacturing, Tonawanda, NY

  • Design of a foundation for a 7,000 sq ft pre-engineered building to be used as an electrical and compressor building.

Tonawanda Coke, Tonawanda, NY

  • Layout and structural design of two settling basins 60 ft by 150 ft by 4 ft deep with inlet chambers, weirs, and access walkways.

Cooper Industries, Cheektowaga, NY

  • Design and rehabilitation for modifications to an existing testing area and boiler room converting it into a 2,800 sq ft maintenance area.

  • Conversion of an existing 1,200 sq ft maintenance area into a training center with a new 600 sq ft second floor.

  • Review of shop drawings and submittals.

  • Site visits during construction to observe construction is in conformance with the contract documents.

Ultra Tool & Plastics, Amherst, NY

  • Design of a new 96 ft crane runway support system to relocate a 10 ton overhead top running crane into an existing load bearing masonry building with a steel joist roof system.

Mayer Bros. Apple Products, Inc., West Seneca, NY

  • Design of a new four door loading dock to be installed in an existing facility.

  • Design of a foundation for two 30,000 gallon water storage tanks suppoted on caissons.

Price Trucking Corp., Buffalo, NY

  • Investigation of an existing 125,000 sq ft three aisle steel framed mill building for re-use as a 125,000 sq ft two aisle manufacturing facility.

Sorrento Cheese Co., Inc., Buffalo, NY

  • Discuss requirements with the owner for a new 45 ft by 60 ft pre-engineered storage building.

  • Structural engineering for the containment areas and foundation system.

  • Review shop drawings of the pre-engineered building and concrete reinforcement.

Freezer Queen Foods, Buffalo, NY

  • Design of support frame for the purpose of supporting a 103,000 pound liquid nitrogen storage tank.

  • Investigation of six-story, reinforced concrete building (constructed in 1927) in order to accommodate a new storage tank to be placed on the roof.

Dunkirk International, Dunkirk, NY

  • Design of foundations and structural steel for a 3,600 sq ft steel framed equipment platform and a 2,000 sq ft equipment platform for a new glass crushing and sifting process line.

Lafarge Corporation, Buffalo, NY

  • Structural engineering and drawing preparation for modifications to an existing cement silo warehouse and handling facility consisting of a new bucket elevator, air slides, elevated walkways two elevated steel silos, two-story control building, and truck scale.

Samuel, Son & Company, Inc., Lancaster, NY

  • Civil engineering and site and design of a 7.1 acre site including a 55,000 cubic feet detention pond.

  • Storm water management and erosion control plan (SPDES general permit).

  • Design of spread footing foundation for a 46,000 sq ft pre-engineered warehouse. The building consists of two aisles with one 20 ton and one 30 ton crane. An interior depressed loading dock, a 3,000 psf floor loading from steel coil storage, and slab design for storage rack with 30,000 pound post loads were also included in the project

  • Design of spread footing foundation for a 5,000 sq ft pre-engineered office building.

American Axle & Manufacturing, Tonawanda, NY

  • Structural design of a 6,500 sq ft rigid framed building to be used as a storage facility.

  • Design included 3,000 psf floor loading, a mezzanine with offices and a depressed loading dock.