My Civil Engineering Portfolio

Michael Kingdon Civil Engineering Portfolio

m.kingdon@hotmail.co.uk

Education and Work experience Education

Experience

I graduated from the University of Bolton with a 2.1 Degree in Civil Engineering.

During the course of four years I have been employed by Wilde Consulting Engineers.

This degree is accredited by the ICE and the IStructE.

Wilde is a small, highly competitive civil engineering consultancy that is in direct competition with the market leaders in this sector.

I have worked with Wilde on a wide variety of civil engineering projects for the private sector and the local government.

Introduction My Portfolio

University Projects

My portfolio depicts a selection of the projects and assignments that I have undertaken at University and during my four years at Wilde Consulting Engineers.

• Project Design I designed a multimodal transport hub for Bolton Council. I also designed a health, leisure and research complex.

• Structural Planning I designed structural drawings based on the National Gymnasium of Beijing.

• Dissertation I investigated Pykrete (a composite of ice and wood fibre) and its possible structural uses in modern engineering.

Work carried out for Wilde I have been extensively involved in the design of various civil engineering projects. I spent a large amount of time on retaining works such as walls, bridges etc. In addition I was also involved in: • Temporary traffic management designs • Pedestrian crossings • Sustainable transport projects

Work Experience Overview A list of tasks I have been involved in: • General AutoCAD duties and drawing work relating to the tasks noted below.

• Liaising with clients, contractors, local authorities and the public.

• AutoCAD based packages for tasks including swept path analysis, design of highway signage and placement of road markings.

• Inspection of highway retaining structures including bridges and retaining walls.

• Carrying out site surveys utilising all current measuring and surveying methodologies.

• Delineating design criteria into actual highway locations.

• Adjudicating tender documents received from contractors bidding for projects.

• Supervising the drilling of boreholes and trial pits.

• Producing trial pit and borehole logs.

Work Experience Overview A list of tasks I have been involved in (cont.): • Checking steel design drawings against those of the contractors to highlight discrepancies.

• Designing cycle networks within a Metropolitan Borough of Manchester, as part of a government program, with emphasis on sustainable transport.

• Designing temporary traffic management schemes in relation to work conducted on, or adjacent to, the highway.

• Responsible for improving all pedestrian crossings, on school routes, within a Metropolitan Borough of Manchester.

Work Experience AutoCAD A selection of drawings and designs demonstrating my proficiency in AutoCAD

Work Experience Temporary Traffic Management Task Brief

Personal Development

I have been given the job of repairing retaining walls. This incorporated highway lane closures. In addition, I designed a temporary traffic road closure scheme. This was a complex, critical path analysis, due to the proximity of high level activity junctions.

• Learnt to negotiate and mediate with the local authority.

• Further developed AutoCAD skills.

• Learnt to work efficiently to stringent deadlines.

Work Experience Retaining wall inspections Task Brief

Personal Development

I have been tasked to inspect the retaining walls within a Metropolitan Borough of Manchester.

• Learnt to work in challenging environments and with demanding clients.

Through this task I have been involved in a variety of retaining wall inspections that included riverside walls, hillside walls and highway walls. These required familiarisation with specialist equipment.

Work Experience Retaining wall inspections AutoCAD drawings

Work Experience Retaining wall, Geotechnics Task Brief

Personal Development

I have supervised the drilling of boreholes and have taken logs for trial pits. In additional I have produced design drawings for large highway retaining walls utilising data gathered through these logs.

• Experienced the process of drilling bore holes and trial pits. • Learnt the importance of geotechnical data.

This work was part of a large highway retaining walls scheme.

Work Experience Cycle path Task Brief

Personal Development

I improved the cycle networks and infrastructure within the Metropolitan Borough of Manchester. The scheme was funded by the charity Sustrans.

• Learnt to clarify ideas effectively with other team members. • Improved public consultation skills.

I have been a principal engineer involved in surveying major sections of highways and designing significant portions of the project. This included a extramural public consultation.

Work Experience Pedestrian crossing Task Brief I improved uncontrolled pedestrian crossings, on school routes, within the Metropolitan Borough of Manchester.

I designed improvements, ordered work and monitored project costs for this scheme. The scheme contained over twenty five separate crossings spread across nine towns.

Personal Development • Learnt to manage a project. • Learnt the importance of budgeting.

University Projects Project Design Task Brief

Personal Development

I developed a multimodal transport interchange for Bolton Council. The task was modelled on a proposed project that was in early development.

• Learnt to incorporate the client’s ideas into the project. • Learnt to delegate taks effectively.

I worked closely with Bolton Council to produce internal layout designs for the transport hub and I proposed innovative ideas such as the pedestrianisation of an adjacent road.

University Projects Project Design AutoCAD Drawing

University Projects Project Design AutoCAD Model

University Projects Project Design Task Brief

Personal Development

I developed a leisure, health and research complex for Bolton Council. The task was modelled on an existing project that was in its preliminary stage. I designed all transport aspects as well as other civil engineering tasks.

• Learnt to utilise members of different professions for their skills.

University Projects Structural Planning Task Brief

Personal Development

I designed drawings and an A1 poster display of the structure of the National Gymnasium of Beijing and produced a written appraisal of this building.

• Learnt to utilise innovative ideas for overcoming engineering difficulties.

• Taught myself 3D AutoCAD. • Furthered my appreciation of innovative structures and their designs.

University Projects Structural Planning AutoCAD 3D drawing

University Projects Dissertation Task brief

Personal Development

I wrote a 13,000 word dissertation on Pykrete. This is an ice based composite material that was used in construction during World War II. My dissertation explored the potential use of Pykrete in modern engineering.

• Learnt to structure and write an engaging factual report. • Actively sought out and utilised resources not offered by my University.

Thank you for reading my portfolio.

For any further information please do not hesitate to contact me: m.kingdon@hotmail.co.uk