WORK EXPERIENCE

 

Mike is the head of the Engineering Department for the Freeport, Illinois and Monroe, Wisconsin offices and a project structural engineer with eighteen years of experience in the planning, design and evaluation of structural systems.  He has worked on many local agency and IDOT related projects, as well as numerous building design projects for private clients.

 

RECENT PROJECTS

 

STRUCTURAL - INSPECTIONS

 

Cheaters Tavern, Freeport, Illinois

Arson was suspected after a fire destroyed Cheaters Tavern in a three-story, 80-year-old downtown building that shared party walls with the neighbors on both sides.  Because vandalism to destroy evidence was a threat, time was of the essence in the inspection.  Mike inspected the building to determine that it was safe enough to allow insurance agents and fire inspectors inside, then was on-site to reevaluate the building’s safety as pieces of the building were removed. 

 

Westbrook Engineering

Mike is on-call to review and certify plans for the structural analysis and computations of temporary structures as Westbrook designs the means and methods to construct bridges according to the final plans.  Mike has reviewed pier supports, falsework, shoring, soil retention systems and other temporary structures critical in Westbrook Engineering’s bridge construction. 

 

STRUCTURAL - BRIDGES

 

Tinker Swiss Cottage Pedestrian Suspension Bridge,

Rockford, Illinois

Mike was the project manager and structural engineer responsible for Phase II and III services for the recreation and design of a historical pedestrian suspension bridge over Kent Creek.  The structure is a two span (1 at 103’-8”; 1 at 63’-6”) suspension bridge on concrete abutments on pile set in rock and a reinforced concrete pier set in rock.  This project was awarded a 2006 ACEC-Illinois Engineering Excellence Honor Award.    

 

Great River Trail, Savanna, Illinois

Mike was the project manager and structural engineer responsible for Phase I, II and III services for a 3.14 mile long shared-use path including two bridges, one over the Plum River and one over the I.C. and E. railroad tracks.  The Plum River bridge was a 220’ clear span bow truss and the railroad bridge was a 15 span (7 at 70’; 1 at 140’; 7 at 70’) portal truss structure.  This project was awarded a 2004 CECI Engineering Excellence Merit Award.

 

Cedar Road over Prairie Creek / Cedar Road over Branch of Prairie Creek, Will County, Illinois

As project manager and structural engineer, Mike was responsible for Phase I and II services for the removal and replacement of two structures and ¼ mile of roadway reconstruction. The Prairie Creek structure was a 72'-6" single span reinforced concrete deck on steel girder structure supported by spill through pile bent abutments.  The Branch of Prairie Creek Structure was 59’-0” single span reinforced concrete deck on steel girder structure supported by spill through pile bent abutments.

 

Lowell Park Road over Seven Mile Branch, Lee County, Illinois

Project Manager and structural engineer responsible for Phase I and II services for the removal and replacement of an existing structure and ¼ mile of roadway reconstruction.  The structure was a two-span (2 at 75’-0”) reinforced concrete deck on 42” precast, prestressed I-beams supported by one spill through pile bent abutment, on closed concrete abutment set in rock and a reinforced concrete pier set in rock.

  

CIVIL SITE DESIGN

 

Oakridge Products, McHenry, Illinois

Mike was the project manager for the site design for a 3,456 SF office building and 16,724 SF warehouse built in three vacant lots in an established business park in McHenry.  Mike was responsible for plans and specifications for site grading, pavement elevations, construction details, parking and driveway design and an erosion control plan.  Mike was also responsible for the water and sewer connection details and coordination of other utilities with consultants. 

 

Spidahl Subdivision - Timber Ridge Estates, Lena, Illinois

Mike was the project manager for the civil site design on a 32 lot residential subdivision on eighty acres of vacant land.  The work included a hydrologic study of the site, preparation of a stormwater management and detention plan, site grading to the building set-back lines, erosion control and horizontal and vertical design of the roadway and ditches.

 

Northpass PUD - Monroe, Wisconsin

Mike was the project manager for the civil site design of Northpass PUD, a mixed-use commercial development on a 3.92 acre parcel.  The site included locations for three buildings, an entrance off a divided highway, one wet detention pond and one dry bioretention / infiltration pond. 

  

STRUCTURAL - BUILDING DESIGN

 

Dennis Group UDV, Plainfield, Illinois

This project consisted of the expansion of the existing plant in a 35 acre industrial campus by adding an additional 200,000 square feet of warehouse, process, technical operations and packaging space.  The project also involved modifications such as parking, drainage and truck parking.  Mike was responsible for all structural engineering for both the structural steel framing and foundation work, as well as complete site design for the campus including the entrance road.