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<br />I <br /> <br />34 <br /> <br />! I <br /> <br />Douglas A. Ramirez, MS, EI <br />Engineer <br />PBS&J <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Education <br />M.S., Structural Engineering, <br />Florida International <br />University, 2005 <br />B.S., Civil Engineering, Florida <br />International University, 2003 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Certifications <br />Engineer Intern <br />Florida, 1100009907, 2005 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Mr. Ramirez has over six years of experience in engineering including the <br />structural design of a wide variety of projects as well as field experience in <br />perfonning assessments on hurricane-damaged structures. He has managed and <br />worked on the structural design of a variety of projects that have been designed <br />with structural steel, cast-in-place concrete, precast and prestressed concrete, <br />composites, masonry, and wood. The clients have included industrial plants, <br />federal Department of Defense (DoD), state agencies, school districts, county <br />governments, and private enterprises. Notable projects include the Port Manatee <br />Security Building, Bridgeway Acres Redevelopment, Panama City Beach <br />Aquatic Center, MacDill Air Force Base AGE Facility, Winter Haven Regional <br />Airport, and numerous smaller renovations at regional Publix stores. He has also <br />assisted with the renovation of the Land's End Resort at Captiva Island, Florida <br />after the resort was heavily damaged during a hurricane, and has worked with <br />the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in providing structural <br />analyses and reports for the improvement of first-responder facilities, <br />educational facilities used as shelters, and retrofitting existing educational <br />facilities to meet CUlTent wind load standards. He also has a wide range of <br />experience in residential design, construction, and inspections. His inspection <br />experience includes threshold inspections of South Dade Middle School (State <br />School SS-I), a new Staples Office Supply store, and numerous residential and <br />FEMA inspections. <br /> <br />As a structural engineer intern, Mr. Ramirez has experience working with all <br />disciplines to develop the optimum structural design which meets the owner's <br />criteria. Once the structural systems are defined, he leads the effort to develop all <br />structural calculations, working drawings, and specifications, taking time to <br />coordinate with other disciplines. Other responsibilities include performing site <br />visits, structural threshold inspections, 40-year structural inspections, writing <br />reports outlining solutions to structural problems, assessing structural conditions <br />at various sites, and supervising team members. <br /> <br />Mr. Ramirez's representative project experience includes: <br /> <br />Publix Supermarkets Located Throughout South Florida. Perfonned <br />structural work for all remodels at stores including calculations for roof-top <br />equipment and enclosures. Also performed post-Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma <br />structural assessments and report writing for various Publix facilities damaged <br />by the storms, and is on call for future stonn damage with Publix Supennarkets. <br /> <br />Port Manatee, Port Manatee, Florida. Port Manatee Access/Security Control <br />Building. <br /> <br />Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina. CC-130J Maintenance Training Facility <br />shop drawing review. <br /> <br />Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS), Miami, Florida. Assisted in <br />various requests for information (RFI) and design details for construction <br />administration tasks at various schools across the county. Also performed <br />structural threshold inspections for the South Dade Middle School (State School <br />SS-l) in Homestead, Florida. <br /> <br />City of Panama City Beach, Panama City Beach, Florida. Panama City <br />Beach Aquatic Center. <br /> <br />PBSI. <br />