Kenneth M. Floody P.E., S.E.

Principal

Mr.Floody has over 20 years of experience in the structural analysis and design of commercial, industrial, and institutional structures.

Mr. Floody has extensive design experience with industrial, commercial, and utility projects.  In addition to performing the layout and design of the steel superstructures and concrete foundations, he has analyzed and designed reinforced masonry and precast concrete tilt-up structures for industrial, institutional, and commercial projects.  He also has extensive experience in the design of structural modifications for plant upgrade and expansion projects, including the design of structural steel and aluminum, reinforced concrete slabs, foundations, and subgrade structures.  Mr.Floody's experience also includes the design of the boiler, turbine, and control buildings, and concrete turbine generator foundation for a 707 MW coal-fired power generating station.

Mr. Floody is responsible for assuring the technical quality of project deliverables; development of project structural design criteria, structural designs and calculations; supervision of structural engineers; and verifying that designs comply with specified codes, project design criteria, and specific client procedures and policies.

Mr.Floody possesses extensive experience in the examination and assessment of commercial and industrial structures, as well as structures associated with fossil-fueled generating stations.  He has performed field examinations of concrete chimneys, steel stacks, electrostatic precipitators, flue gas ductwork, crane girders, circulating water piping, storage silos, material handling structures, structural steel framing and masonry structures in addition to bridges and pavement. He has also performed examinations and assessments of structural problems associated with commercial structures (foundation settlement, cracked masonry walls, roof failures, etc.).

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering- University of Illinois – 1983

Master of Business Administration with High Honors – University of Chicago – 1999

Professional Engineer – Illinois, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Colorado, Kentucky, Virginia, New York, Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan

Structural Engineer - Illinois

Registered - National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying

American Concrete Institute

Structural Engineers Association of Illinois

American Society of Civil Engineers

Theater Renovation, St. Charles, IL
Structural Engineer of Record for the renovation of a 300 seat theater. Engineered a 60 foot vertical truss over the stage to allow removal of existing interior columns to improve theater lines of sight. Project also included: deign of new retaining walls necessary for lowering the stage level four feet; a new two-story 2500 square foot entrance vestibule; and new steel beams to support forty feet of masonry to allow removal of existing masonry between the second floor and grade floor levels.

Security Lobby, Columbia, MO
Structural Engineer of Record for a 400 square foot security lobby. Structural system included metal deck and bar joist roof construction and concrete masonry bearing walls.

Warehouse and Lunchroom Addition, Columbia, MO
Structural Engineer of Record for a one story 3000 square foot addition to an existing manufacturing facility. Structural system included metal deck and bar joist roof construction and concrete masonry bearing walls.

Flammable Material Storage Building, Chicago, IL
Mr. Floody acted as a consultant on the development of a conceptual design for a 1300 square foot flammable material storage building. Mr. Floody evaluated manufacturing operations and assisted in developing requirements for storage, dispensing and transport of flammable flavor additives.

Gateway Park, Chicago, Illinois
Structural consultant for the design of 700,000 square feet for manufacturing, warehousing and office facility. Coordinated the design of the load bearing precast tilt-up walls and developed an innovative approach to handling differential thermal expansion between wall and roofing elements allowing spacing of building expansion joints up to 600 feet.

Portsmouth, Ohio
Project manager for the assessment and repairs to 60,000 square feet of asphalt pavement for a hotel parking lot. Project scope also included the design of new pavement for a semi-trailer parking area.

Vandalia Correctional Center
Phase I responsibilities included all civil, structural, and architectural design for two pre-fabricated metal building structures, as well as design of supports for new steam piping between site buildings. Phase II responsibilities include supervision of civil, structural, and architectural design for a new 4,000-square-foot boiler house employing brick and masonry cavity wall construction and column free interior.

University of Illinois, Chiller Plant; Champaign, Illinois
Designed masonry walls and steel framing for the cooling plant. Also responsible for the design of several buried pipe valve vaults designed for overhead vehicle traffic.

Various Locations
Responsible for all civil, structural, and architectural design for three 8,000-square-foot retail stores at various locations, including design of masonry structures, steel deck diaphragm roofs, bar joists, steel roof framing, foundations, parking lots (layout and ingress/egress) and stormwater systems.

Hastings Plaza, Michigan
Responsible for all civil and structural design for a 130,000-square-foot retail development, including design of masonry structures, steel deck diaphragm roofs, bar joists, steel roof framing, foundations, site development, parking lot layout and design of sanitary and stormwater systems.

Ionia, Michigan
Responsible for all civil and structural design and engineering of a 170,000-square-foot retail development in Ionia, Michigan. The facility is constructed of reinforced concrete masonry walls and metal deck diaphragm roof on steel bar joists. Site work included drainage, parking lots and lighting, and modifications to infra-structure roadways for ingress and egress.

Chicago, Illinois
Responsible for improvements to three parking lots totaling 200,000 square feet. Asphalt repair services included repaving of existing pavement, and removal, replacement, and compaction of inadequate subgrade, application of leveling wedges at designated areas, and an overlay design for the entire parking lot.

Franklin Park, Illinois
Project manager for the survey, assessment, and repairs of a commercial parking lot. Project scope included a review of the local drainage characteristics.

Data Center
Designed precast concrete tilt-up walls, diaphragm roof, and foundation for a new computer control building.

Aguadilla, PR Printer Head Manufacturing Division
Project Manager and lead structural engineer for the design of a major 80,000 square foot plant remodeling project. Project design criteria included seismic zone 4 and hurricane wind forces. Project included significant seismic upgrade modifications and reinforcing to accommodate additional loading from clean room HVAC equipment.

Aguadilla, PR Printer Head Manufacturing
Performed due diligence and conceptual design of a new 200,000 SF clean room facility.

Amman, Jordan, Can Plant; 100,000 Square Feet; Amman, Jordan
Structural engineer responsible for the design of reinforcing for primary and secondary roof trusses to support up to 50 psf of additional process piping loads. Also coordinated and inspected installation of repairs on site.

Bradley Can Plant; Bradley, Illinois
Structural engineer - performed a field evaluation of structural damage which occurred as part of a partial roof collapse. Developed temporary and permanent repair details and coordinated the installation of details and raising of the collapsed mezzanine level.

Various Plant Extension and Improvement Projects; various locations
Lead structural engineer for numerous projects, including design of modifications to and new material handling structures, warehouse facilities, and office areas. Responsibilities on these projects included supervision and structural design of all manners of structural systems for both new construction and backfit modifications in existing manufacturing facilities.

FMC Corporation; Guemes, Argentina
Project manager/engineer-in-charge, supervised structural design of four process unit skids (12x12x40) to be assembled in the United States and shipped to Argentina. The design of towers included analysis for seismic loads (UBC Zone 3).

Occidental Chemical Corporation, Castle Hayne, North Carolina
Project manager/engineer-in-charge, supervised all civil, structural, and architectural design. Met with the client to develop structural and architectural system requirements to resist 120-mile-per-hour hurricane force winds for a 20,000 square foot Salt Cake Purification facility with twin 90-foot tall material silos.

Westvaco Corporation; Charleston, South Carolina
Supervised the design of 120 tons of structural steel framing for a combined stripper, scrubber, and incinerator system. The project required the structural system to be designed for both seismic and coastal hurricane wind forces.

Scott Paper Company
Designed structural steel framing for this recycle water process system, including a 110-long pipe bridge and 40-high vessel towers. The structural system included 130 tons of steel and was designed for coastal hurricane wind forces.

UOP Shreveport
Designed the steel framing for a recycle water evaporator system.

Great Southern Paper Company
Designed the structural steel framing and foundations for a paper mill process system.

Joliet Refinery, Joliet, Illinois
Responsible for the structural design of a 25 foot wide elevated pipe runway, 850 feet long with clear spans up to 60 feet wide.

Vacuum Truck Unloaded; Joliet, Illinois
Structural engineer for the design of a wastewater tank truck unloading facility. The reinforced concrete structure was constructed atop an earthen embankment that was supported by a 15'-tall retaining wall. The wall was designed to withstand the lateral surcharge resulting from 60-ton tank trucks which were parked on the unloading area.

Various Plant Improvement Projects
Responsible for the following:

• Miscellaneous structural steel and foundation modifications over a five-year period.
• Design of all site work (grading/storm water runoff drainage) modifications and subgrade trenches for routing utilities to the new Fire House.
• Coordinating the site development work for two maintenance buildings, including subgrade routing and tie-ins of all utilities, site grading, storm water runoff, and roadwork.

Coker Change House/Sulfur Operator Shelter
Project manager for two new operator facilities (1,300 and 800 square-feet respectively).

Riverfront Projects Boathouse
Project manager for the following riverfront projects at Mobil's Joliet Refinery: Boathouse Extension - extended existing boathouse 15’ into the Des Plaines River. Boat Storage Building and Boat Ramp - new 1,400-square-foot storage building, plus a 60’ boat ramp into the Des Plaines River.

Sulfur Stack
Performed a finite element analysis and designed reinforcing for a 250’‑tall, 10”‑diameter sulfur incinerator stack suffering from circumferential weld cracking.

Maintenance Shops and Offices; Joliet, Illinois
Responsible for supervising all structural and architectural design work for three 6,200-square-foot maintenance buildings. Two-story stand-alone masonry construction office and locker room facilities of 1,700 square feet each were located within each metal building structure.

Transportation Building
Responsible for coordination of the site development work for two maintenance buildings, including subgrade routing and tie-ins of all utilities, site grading, storm water runoff, and roadwork.

Joliet Station
Evaluated coal transfer tower subject to excessive dynamic vibration. Performed dynamic analysis and design mass tuning modifications.

Coleto Creek; Coal; 707 MW
Lead structural engineer responsible for design of powerhouse turbine and control building structural framing, turbine generator foundation, and back-end foundations.

Various Stations, Various Locations
Designed miscellaneous structural steel and foundation modifications for plant improvement projects.

Powerton Station, Unit 3
Project manager, was responsible for the supervision and coordination of the structural, architectural, mechanical, and electrical aspects for converting 3,000 square feet of existing office space within a pre-engineered structure to a new training facility. Supervised structural and architectural design of a new enclosure for an acid-caustic water treatment area.

Crawford Station, Unit 13
Supervised preparation of demolition and reroofing bid packages for seven roofs totaling 50,000 square feet.

Project manager, responsible for the supervision and coordination of the structural, architectural, mechanical, and electrical aspects of a 2,200-square-foot office expansion.

Responsible for the structural and architectural design of a 1,300-square-foot, two-room hazardous material storage facility. Unique design requirements included a four-hour masonry fire wall and concrete panel roof to separate flammable and caustic components.

Joliet Station; Work Planning Office
Project manager for a 1,200-square-foot office expansion inside the existing turbine bay. Responsibilities included coordination of all structural, architectural, mechanical, and electrical design activities.  Responsible for the design of masonry, steel, and concrete for the Work Planning Office Building.

State Line Station, Units 1 and 2
Supervised preparation of demolition and reroofing packages for Units 1 and 2 boiler room roofs, totaling 35,000 quare feet.

Supervised preparation of a use study of all station locker room facilities and development of conceptual layouts for new locker rooms.

Waukegan Station, Unit 16
Supervised the preparation of demolition and reroofing packages for four roofs totaling 170,000 square feet.

Edgewater Station

Responsible for all civil and structural design aspects for conveyors, reclaim structures, transfer towers, and associated foundations for a high-BTU coal conversion. The project scope included the design of a 2000 s.f. underground coal reclaim facility.