COMMERCIAL ELECTRIFICATION
I worked a total of six years with A/E firms designing complete electrical systems, from power company transformers to the remotest receptacle (all power, lighting and special systems), of commercial buildings, automobile dealerships, convenience stores, schools, tennis courts, football stadiums, etc.
Five of those years I was employed a firm in Alabama. Most of that time I was the only electrical engineer in the firm and had the responsibility of designing, compiling, approving and stamping all electrical drawings, and inspection of electrical construction. During those five years I learned AutoCad and ultimately did all the electrical design and cad work on plans provided by architects.
The pictures below are of some facilities for which I did the electrical design. From project initiation to final inspection of construction, I was responsible for all aspects of electrical design and stamped all electrical drawings for these facilities. Notes follow some of the pictures to mention certain specific aspects of the electrical design.
My P.E. license: Texas only currently, previously licensed in Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Note: The pictures below are used by permission of Clark, Geer, Latham and Associates, Inc., Mobile, Alabama, my employer 2002-2007.
The REAL ESTATE CENTER is a 12,000 square feet two story office building with a state of the art electrical system. It contains all the "normal" electrical conveniences plus an energy conservation control system and a 100KW emergency generator with emergency transfer switch. The electrical design included all of this plus site lighting.
LEGACY VILLAGE is an 82,000 sf shopping center with 2 out parcels, consisting of a total of 29 tenant spaces. The electrical design included site lighting and providing an individual exterior disconnect switch and power feed to each tenant space. This was accomplished by using known power requirements of similar existing facilities. That information was used to coordinate the design with Alabama Power Company. Properly sized transformers were positioned along the perimeter of the site and power risers designed for each of the tenant spaces.
This project was similar to LEGACY VILLAGE, but considerably smaller.
This project required electrical design as required by a manual of Lexus specifications, including accommodating all the service department equipment.
I did the first phase of renovating the court lighting. Some courts were added after I left employment with that firm.
This project included meeting the NEC requirements specific to marinas.
Pictures to be added:
Two elementary public schools
Two high school football stadiums