BACKGROUND / RESPONSIBILITIES
KEITH A. KNIGHT, P.E. SENIOR ENGINEER
EDUCATION University of Florida, B.S., 1997, Civil Engineering
REGISTRATION
Mr. Knight has 14 years of experience in the design, construction, and permitting of marine facilities and waterfront structures. His design experience includes marinas, waterfront parks, ship terminals, seawalls, bulkheads, jetties, shoreline protection systems, dredging and dredged material management facilities, pedestrian bridges, retaining walls, mooring fenders, and drainage control structures. His construction/inspection experience includes marinas, dry docks, docking terminals, bridges, bulk material handling systems, dredged material management sites, shoreline protection systems, pipe installation, plus seawall and boat ramp inspections, among others. Mr. Knight’s structural experience includes designs with carbon steel, stainless steel, timber, wood composites, concrete, vinyl, fiberglass (FRP), aluminum, and high-density polyethylene. Analysis and software experience includes STAAD 3-D structural design, finite element modeling, laterally loaded pile analysis, soil anchor design, slope stability analysis, seepage analysis, and determination of wind, wave, seismic, mooring, and berthing loads.
Civil Engineering / TX / 2010
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Civil Engineering / SC / 2006
Rollover Pass Restoration, Galveston County, Texas (2010 – Ongoing) — Design of steel sheet pile wall and soil land bridge to block off tidal flow and fill a 200 ft wide manmade inlet on the Gulf of Mexico, thereby restoring the area to a natural state. Project included steel sheet pile walls, concrete armor unit coastal erosion protection, riprap erosion protection, and beach fill.
Dredged Material Management Area O-7 Steel Box Weir, Martin County, Florida (2011 – Ongoing) — Design of two steel frame weirs 14 ft high with adjustable weir boards and timber access walkway. Work included structural steel design and modeling, design of concrete foundation to resist hydrostatic uplift forces, and design of an elevated timber access walkway.
Dredged Material Management Area O-7 Concrete Bridges, Martin County, Florida (2011 – Ongoing) — Design of two concrete bridges required for construction access and future offloading of dredged material management area 0-7 in Martin County. Each bridge was an approximately 40ft span and consisted of cast-in-place concrete deck supported by prestressed concrete girders with pile supported abutments. Design work included 3-D structural modeling, determination of truck and vehicle loads, prestressed concrete pile design, concrete design and detailing, and preparation of drawings and specifications.
Bahia Urbana Shoreline Improvements, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2010 – Ongoing) — Design of approximately 400 linear feet of steel sheetpile bulkhead, a 300-foot long pedestrian bridge, mooring dolphins, seaplane docking, and other shoreline improvements. Design includes seismic loading on the bulkhead due to liquefaction of poor soils and wave loading on the pedestrian bridge. Project items include a steel sheet pile bulkhead with concrete cap, sacrificial anodes, bollards, fenders, soil anchors, concrete filled pipe piles, prestressed double-tee members, and tropical hardwood decking. Work includes load rating and repair of existing structures, seismic load determination for new structures, corrosion analysis, and coordination with a multi-disciplinary team including architects and civil engineers.
Florida School for The Deaf and The Blind Seawall, St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida (2010 – Ongoing) — Design of approximately 200 linear feet of concrete sheet pile bulkhead with tie-back system. Work includes determination
Civil Engineering / GA / 2004 Civil Engineering / FL / 2002
YEARS WITH TAYLOR ENGINEERING 10
PRIOR YEARS EXPERIENCE 4