Vitt Patel has over 40 years of experience as a structural engineer, consultant, and contractor. He has worked on numerous projects across various industries including steel buildings, nuclear facilities, chemical plants, and more. He is proficient in several structural engineering software programs and owns his own consulting firm.
1. Vitt Patel, M.S.C.E, P.E (972) 475-0833(Dallas), (281)686-4983
FOUNDATIONS / PIPESUPPORTS/METAL BUILDINGS SPECIALIST (Vitt2000@verizon.net)
Consulting Engineers since 1976, Rowlett TX 75089
Engineering, design, drafting and remodeling planners. Authorized dealer and builder for Storm Proof steel buildings. (Division of
Alliance steel, Oklahoma City, OK)
EXPERIENCE:
Octo 2007 to Contract Engineer S & B, Inc, Houston,Tx
August 31 2008
June 21 to Contract Engineer Ref-Chem, Inc, Pasadena,Tx (Houston)
Sept 21 2007
Jan.14 to Contract Engineer Ventech Engineers Inc, Pasadena,Tx (Houston)
May 6 2007
Sept 17 2005 to Contract Engineer URS Corp,Houston,Tx, PEG Group
Dec. 8 06 2006
May 1 to July Contract Engineer HGA ,Ruston LA
Jan 2004 to April 2005, PTL Associates,Self Employed.
Sept 2003 To Contract Engineer, Lutz Daily & Brain,KansasCity,KS
Feb, 2003 TO Contract Engineer ,Bechtel/Washington Group at Savannah River Site, (SRS )Aiken, South Carolina
August 25,03 Nuclear Waste treatment operations,
July 2001 TO Contract Engineer , American Electric Power, ProServe Division, Dallas office,Tx
July 2002
May/July,2000 Merrit Co,Los Alamos,NM I prepared/perfacted the STAADPRO model of the Gloveboxes for the
Nuclear operations. I visited Los Alamos from Albuqurqie, NM- suspected job site was TVA.
July 12,2000 Lutz, Daily & Brain,Overlandpark,Kansascity,Kansas
To July 2001 Contract Design Engineer & Resident Engineer,Garland Power & Light,Garland(Dallas),Tx
Nov 15 1999 Contract Structural engineer
To May 6 00 Carter & Burgess Inc. Retail division, Fort Worth, TX, (Walmart design group)
2000
June 6 1999 Contract Quality Control Manager/Contractor Quality Control Rep( CQCR)
To Aug.13 GLF Construction, Dallas (Construction of 4.5 miles of rail road facilities that included dirtwork, 7
1999 Bridges, stations, parking lots, etc from Park lane station to 635 station excluding tracks.)
Aug 11 98 to Contract C/S Engineer
May 17 1999 TPA Inc. Dallas, TX (A division of Koch Industries)
May Contract C/S Engineer
Aug. 1998 Veco Engineering Corp. Anchorage, Alaska
Jan. Contract Engineer
March 1998 Black & Veach Pritchard Inc, Kansas City, KS
Sept. Contract Sr. Engineer
Nov. 1997 Sargent & Lundy, Chicago, IL
Sept. 1995 Contract Struct. Const. Administrator (C.A)
Feb. 1996 ADP-Fluor Daniel, Tucson, AZ, working at MICRON Technology Inc., Lehi, UT
2. June 1995 to Contract Project Engineer/Designer
Aug. 1995 Babcock-King-Wilkinson, Caldwell, TX
April 1995 Contract Project Engineer
June 1995 Commsource International, Inc. Chicago, IL
1993 To Contract Project Engineer
1994 United Technologies Carrier Corp., Tyler, TX
1992 To Contract Field Engineer
1993 Bechtel/Union Carbide Field Office, Taft, New Orleans, LA
Dec. 1990 Contract Engineer
Aug. 1991 Northern Engineering, Inc., Houston, TX
May 1989 Contract Engineer
Dec. 1990 Dow Chemical Company, Houston, TX
Revamp of chemical plants located all over USA and Germany. Used both STAAD III and PLANT
STEEL for steel structures design.
1983 Consultant D/B/A
May 1999 PTL Associates, Consulting Engineers, Rowlett, TX
Engineering, design, drafting and remodeling planners. Authorized dealer and builder for
Storm Proof steel buildings. About 300 jobs contracted and professionally completed, including
10 steel buildings design, construction plus repair turn-key jobs, including building permits and
many steel building repair jobs.
1983 Project Engineer
Harper, Kemp, Clutts, and Parker, Inc., Architects, Fort Worth, TX
1982 Project Engineer
L.D. White Associates, Architects, Fort Worth, TX
1981 Contract Engineer
Oilfield Industrial Lines, Inc., Big Springs, TX
1979 Contract Designer
1981 Atlantic Richfield Company, Dallas, TX (Worked 3 times for ARCO)+
1977 ARCO
1978
1975 ARCO
1978 Senior Design Engineer
1979 CRS Structural, Houston, TX
1978 Civil/Structural Engineer
1978 Brown and Root, Inc., Houston, TX
1977 Consultant D/B/A
1977 PTL Associates, Garland, TX
Miscellaneous design drafting jobs both concrete and steel.
1974 Design Engineer, Power Plants Division
1975 Brown and Root, Inc., Houston, TX
3. 1973 Civil/Structural Engineer
1975 M.W. Kellogg Company, Houston, TX
1971 Civil/Structural Engineer
1973 Litwin Corporation, Wichita, KS
1970 Structural Engineer
1971 Varo Engineers, Ltd., Columbus, OH
1964 Senior Inspector to the Estate Officer,
To 1970 Assistant to the Town Development Officer
Assistant to the Building Official
City of Abmedabad, India
1963 Section Officer
1964 Central P.W.D., Aviation Subdivision, Ahmedabad, India
EDUCATION:
M.S., Civil Engineering ( Stuctural Major,1970). GPA: 3.54/4.00
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass.
REGISTRATION:
Professional Engineer - State of Texas – 1977
PERSONAL: US Citizen, Date of Birth 8/18/39,At present Wheel-chair bound for muscles weakness due to age.
OTHER SKILLS:
Use of STRUDL, STAAD III, *STAAD-PRO, *RISA3D, Plant Steel,PCAMATS and *AutoCAD .
Outstanding drafting abilities. Enjoy trouble shooting, taking over a job at any stage and expediting.
(I also own almost all CRSI concrete design software and AutoCAD ).
(* Own these Softwares)