WORK EXPERIENCE

 

Ron has over twenty-five years of experience designing structural systems and has been involved in construction for over thirty-seven years.  He is currently President and General Manager of Willett, Hofmann & Associates, and his management skills were honored recently when he was presented with the ISPE Professional Engineering Management Award.  Prior to his current position he was Chief Structural Engineer and Director of Structural Engineering & Hydraulic Engineering at WHA. 

 

Ron is committed to making sure all projects are completed on time and all tasks are completed to the high standards of quality set forth by our founders.  As president, he oversees all operations and insures that all clients are satisfied. 

 

RECENT PROJECTS

 

STRUCTURAL

 

Winnebago County Highway Department, Toll Bridge Road

Project Manager and lead structural engineer.  The project included two bridges, one over the Rock River and one over a railroad.  The river bridge was a 1,000’ back-to-back structure with 60” plate girder beams.  The project connected Illinois 251 on the east side and Illinois Route 2 on the west side.

$10,000,000

 

City of Sterling, Avenue G Bridge

Project Manager and lead structural engineer for the total superstructure replacement of two structures carrying Avenue G over Wallace Avenue, the Burlington Northern Railroad and the Northwestern Steel and Wire Company’s property.  The project required four stages of construction to be completed.

$2,400,000

 

Ogle County Highway Department, Eagle Point Road

Project Manager and lead structural engineer for a three span (100’; 127’; 100’) steel plate girder (54”) bridge on RC solid piers and pile bent abutments skewed 60 degrees left ahead.

$1,200,000

HYDRAULIC STUDIES

 

Hydraulic Study of Three-Mile Branch

Project Manager and lead hydraulic engineer.  The project consisted of completing a hydrologic and hydraulic study of the Three-Mile Branch located in Lee County, Illinois just east of Rock Falls, Illinois from its confluence with the Rock River to Bollman Road.  The study consisted of completing a digital model of the floodplain by aerial surveying the reach studied and using computer models to study designated flood flows through the reach.

 

Hydraulic Study of Richland Creek

Project Manager and lead hydraulic engineer.  The project consisted of the hydrologic and hydraulic study of Richland Creek at Orangeville, Illinois, a reach of about one mile.  The study consisted of modeling the 100-year flood through the reach.

 

IDOT PSB 67 Item 8 - Hydraulic Reports for 17 Structures

Project Manager for the completion of 17 Hydraulic Reports in District Two.  All drainage areas were very large and included streams such as the Rock River, Kishwaukee River, Bureau Creek and the Green River.