Profile
Licensed Professional Engineer with over 20 years of experience in the design of civil and building structures. Breadth of experience includes signature buildings in the United States and abroad, local renovation and adaptive reuse projects, heavy infrastructure projects in the United States as well as Canada and Australia, small residential buildings, mid-rise hotels, low-rise motels, and retail stores. Areas of special expertise include design of dynamically sensitive structures, design for vibration-sensitive occupancies, design of massive concrete elements for early age thermal effects and long term shrinkage, and collaboration with architects and other engineering disciplines for projects of high geometric complexity. Familiar with all domestic and several foreign building codes.
Education and Training
Tufts University, Medford, MA. Master of Science in Structural Engineering, March 2006.
Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center, VT. Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering Technology, May 1997.
Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center, VT. Associate of Applied Science in Architectural and Building Engineering Technology, May 1993.
Publications
As Primary Author:
“A Portable Real Time Data Acquisition System for the Comparison of Floor Vibration Data with AISC Design Guide 11 Estimates”, M. D. Dodge M. Sanayei, E. M. Hines, ASCE Structures Congress, St. Louis, MO, May 2006.
As Secondary Author:
“Floor Vibration Control,” E. M. Hines, M. Ravindra, C. D. Blanchet, M. Sanayei, M. D. Dodge, R. Viesca, ASCE Structures Congress, New York, NY, April 2005.
Representative Career Experience
Tighe & Bond, Westfield, MA 2011-2022
Responsible for structural and architectural engineering design and construction administration work on a number of civil engineering projects, including flood control pump stations, wastewater pump stations, drinking water treatment plants, dams and retaining walls. Frequently acted as Structural Engineer of Record for structures built in Massachusetts. Building envelope improvement work included design of replacement roofs, windows and doors for drinking water treatment plants and for several schools as part of the MSBA Green Repair and Accelerated Repair Programs. Also performed structural design and construction administration for a new athletic facility for Yale University’s women’s athletic program. Performed project management duties for smaller projects including budgeting and budget monitoring, Division 0 specification sections, bidding administration, reviewing pay requests, and assembling closeout documents.
Arup USA, Inc., Cambridge, MA 2006-2011
Responsible for planning and execution of design tasks including but not limited to: representing the structures team at design workshops and meetings, coordination with other trades, performing detailed design calculations, proposing and investigating structural schemes and design options, supervising drafting operations, investigating existing structures, and interfacing with contractors and inspection agencies.
Symmes, Maini & Mckee Associates,
Cambridge, MA 2004-2005
Worked part-time, performing structural design on a number of projects while attending school full-time at Tufts University. Projects included a series of three-story wood-framed condominium buildings with a steel moment frame lateral load resisting system in one of two perpendicular directions, a four-story structural steel-framed medical office building, and a two-story structural steel-framed laboratory building addition with a vibration-sensitive occupancy.
Tufts University, Medford, MA 2004
Worked part-time for the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, grading homework assignments for the Advanced Structural Analysis course. This frequently required doing the same problem several times to give partial credit to different students who had made minor mistakes in the initial stages of solving a problem.
CBI Consulting, Inc., Boston, MA 1997-2004
Started as a drafter and oversaw the implementation of CAD drafting standards. Eventually became a structural designer. Responsibilities as a structural designer included structural design, coordination with architects, construction administration, and eventually some project management tasks. Projects included many different kinds of buildings, from single-family houses to school buildings to eight-story hotels.