RicardO  Crespo

2942-B Luciernaga Street                    760-583-4131

Carlsbad, CA 92009                                                 crespo147@roadrunner.com

                                                    DESIGN / DRAFTING PROFESSIONAL

 

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Bilingual designer/drafter with over 10+ years of experience in mechanical, civil, HVAC, architectural and on-site observations, for municipal and industrial capital improvement projects.

 

Highly organized, resourceful and results-driven professional, with excellent spatial planning skills, allowing me to visualize the big picture. Once the project objectives and specifications are outlined, I can independently take the lead and consistently produce quality results that are on time and within budget.

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

Blending hand-fashion design approach with AutoCAD technology to facilitate design requirements, thereby dramatically saving time and money, bringing the best of both worlds’ drafting techniques.

ACHIEVEMENTS & UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS

Successfully designed and drafted industrial power facilities, electrical power stations, modifications to commercial and public buildings including: field surveys, preparation of drawings for equipment arrangement, HVAC, piping systems, flow and electrical diagrams and schedules.

Projects with emphasis on civil and mechanical design drafting included:

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

HDR, INC. Irvine, CA                                                                                                                       2013 – 2013

Architectural and Civil Drafting on details for two different and simultaneous projects for regional clients temp   

 

VOLUNTEERTO THE CITY OF CARLSBAD FOR THE GIS GROUP                                    2010 – 2011

Creation of address point layer for use by public safety, planning, parks & rec. and emergency response personnel

 

KLEINFELDER, INC. San Diego, CA                                                                                                2007-2007                                                                 

Senior Designer

·              Designed and drafted Geotechnical systems, such as Geological Plans, Boring Location Maps, Longitudinal Geological Cross Sections, Transversal Cross Sections, Utility Plans, Retaining walls plans and sections,  Fault Maps, and Epicenters Of Earthquakes.

·              Drafted Piping systems, mechanical pumping station facilities for Soil Vapor Extraction, and Air Sparge including isometric diagrams for equipment compounds.

Built AutoCAD libraries for standard details used in public works construction and tracked contracts documents. Made miscellaneous site improvements on different entities; public and private in Southern California.

Collaborated with internal and external clients to produce complete sets of working drawings.  Efficiently utilized internet/intranet to communicate with other company offices nationwide in an effort to create CAD standards and file management systems, thereby streamlining processes and substantially improving productivity.

 

BROWN AND CALDWELL, San Diego, CA                                                                          2005 – 2007

Senior Designer

·              Effectively designed and drafted HVAC and odor control systems. And mechanical pumping station facilities for wastewater systems.

Built AutoCAD libraries for standard details used in the public works construction. Tracked contracts documents. Participated in miscellaneous site improvements on different municipalities in Southern California

·              Coordinated internal clients and outside consultants to produce a complete set of working and conformed drawings for the clients.  Efficiently utilized internet/intranet systems to communicate with other office locations nationwide.

 

MALCOLM PIRNIE, Carlsbad, CA                                                                                                    1994-2005             

Senior Project Designer

·              Designed and drafted HVAC, piping, mechanical pumping, for wastewater treatment plants.

·         For the IBWC South Bay IWPT Projects CC-2 and CC-3; and maintained current contracts documents.

§ Responded and logged all Addendum, Request for Information (RFI’s), Engineers Clarifications (EC’s), Change Orders (CO’s), and Conformed Documents, and provided on-site observations.

·              Coordinated internal clients and outside consultants to produce a complete set of working and conformed drawings for the clients.  Efficiently utilized internet/intranet system to communicate with other office locations nationwide.

·              Designed/Drafted on several disciplines for the Headwork’s Project for the city of Oxnard, CA such as

Odor Control System, HVAC, electrical and standard details.

 

JOHN S. MURK ENGINEERS/CAMP DRESSER & McKee INC., Carlsbad, CA                      1985-1994                  

Senior Draftsman

Primary responsibility for design assistance and drafting of site improvements, piping systems, and pumping facilities for the City of Oxnard Wastewater Treatment Plant (OWTP), expansion and Otay Water district, Jamacha Basin Water Reclamation Facility (JBWRF).

·              Conducted on-site observations and assistance in responding to RFI’s and Change Orders for the OWTP expansion and JBWRF Projects.

·              Tracked Addendum, Change Orders, Engineering clarifications during construction of the OWTP Expansion and JBWRF projects.  Prepared As-Built Record Documents for the OWTP Expansion.

 

EDUCATION

                                 AA, Land Surveying – Palomar Community College, San Marcos, CA

AS, Engineering Technology – Brevard Community College, Melbourne, FL

AA, Architecture – Miami Dade College, Miami, FL

 

CERTIFICATES

           Health & Safety Training-Ergonomics, Construction Safety – Malcolm Pirnie, Inc., Carlsbad, CA

Construction Documents Technologist (CDT) – The Construction Specifications Institute, Alexandria, VA

Introduction to Arc View GIS – San Diego Mesa College (ESRI), San Diego, CA

Drafting/Computer Aided Design – ROP, San Diego County, San Diego, CA

 

SPECIAL COURSES/TRAINING

·         H.V.A.C.	·         Business Math
·         Technical Writing	·         Photography/Black & white/Color
·         Model Building	·         Microsoft Office
·         Hand Drafting	·         AutoCAD 2014