Brief Background History
After being honorably discharged from the US Navy I worked as a contract welder at various fabrication job shops, oil companies an power station site locations.
In 1983 after building a special process welding truck, I started a small fabrication shop and also supplied portable welders.
5/83 - 6/90 Hedrick Portable Welding and Structural Design.
In 1985 obtained ASME code stamps for fired and unfired pressure vessels, power boilers and NBIC repairs and alterations.
2/85 - 6/90 Formed Hedrick Chemical
In 1993 Merged both companies into one, called Water Treatment Equipment. Duties: Sell, quote, design, engineer, fabricate, and install automated process equipment, and industrial water and waste treatment systems.
from 1994 to Present day / Consulting & Engineering Services
After selling the business in 1994, I have been traveling the world working as a Consultant, Technical Advisor, Manager, or Commissioning Engineer. I specialize in safety, problem solving strategies, negotiations, keeping work on schedule, and obtaining project sign offs. I also have a talent for automation and identifying special project needs, and opportunities.
1997 to 2016 I was home based in Shanghai, China. I have worked on many Chinese and South East Asia projects.
2016 until now I live in the Mountains of California, and I still travel both domestic and internationally but mostly on short term projects. I perform a lot of commissioning and problem resolutions for Oil & Gas, Petrol Chemical, Power Generation, Renewable Energy, Semiconductor, Pharmaceutical, Projects.
Some Recent Projects:
Occidental Chemical / Clarifier and Deaerator repairs /LA plant
BASF Corporation / Filtration system / TX plant
Georgia Pacific / Equipment inspections / FL
Jamalco / Condensate Polishing System in Jamacia.
TSK Old Harbour / Potable, Plant fire and DI water system / Jamacia.
TCO Chevroil / Mixed-bed Demin Problem resolutions / Kazakhstan
Posco E&C /Sludge Thickener System / South Korea
SK Power Plant / Powdex system / Tufanbeyli Turkey
Quanta Power / Powdex System / Anchorage AK
Zachry Group / Condensate Polisher System commissioning / 2 TX plant locations
Duke Energy / Utility systems and problems resolutions. / Several USA plants.
Merk West Point Pharmaceuticals / Commission iron removal system/ West Point Pa
Air Liquide / Deaerator rebuilds / 2 Tx plants
Exxon Mobil / inspections, repairs, and new plant / 3 Tx plants
Some Passed Longer-Term Projects and Clients
Jacobs Engineering Shanghai Chevron, CDB Gas Project in Sichuan, China 6/2011 to 2/2015 Lead Process Commissioning Engineer / Project Completions Manager
Create and finalize commissioning plans and turn over procedures. Moved to the job site to assist construction and engineering for process and utility equipment packages. Set up offsite facilities and built 2-35 ton per hour gas fired water tube boilers. Design, establish and oversee problem resolutions and refurbishment plans for TEG Dehydration, Sulfur Removal and Sulfur Recovery and Tail Gas process equipment. Prepare detailed procedures and oversee work for chemical cleaning, column tray and packing installation, catalyst loading, also temporary and permanent fuel gas, refractory installation, and dry outs. Sub-systemized Utilities P&ID drawings for prioritized Construction turnover to Commissioning.
Foster Wheeler Engineering & Construction Design (Shanghai) Co Ltd. DSM Anti Invectives Project. / DSM Relo Project. 11/2010 – 5/2011 Senior Project Utilities Engineer / Commissioning and Turnover Plan Consultant. I was in charge of the steam generation utilities: CFB Boilers, Coal, Ash, and Lime handling as well as the water plant and other utilities for this pharmaceutical project being built in a very cold area of northern China. Duties include supporting detailed design, technical scope of work contracts, procurement, vendor selections, clarifications, and overseeing, and inspecting vendor’s fabrication and scope of supply work. I managed a team of discipline engineers, and draftsmen to produce all equipment and material specifications, requisitions, P&ID’s, 3D model, and automation including the DCS architecture and control philosophy. I report to the Project and Engineering Manger and interface directly with the client and the local Chinese Design Institute for the FEED, and Detailed Engineering and Government required approvals.
Impress Ethanol Project Co Ltd. Bangkok Thailand (FE Clean Energy Group)
1/2010 to 11/2010 Project Director
This was a Green Energy, 200,000 lpd Bio Ethanol Fuel Project. The plant uses cassava (tapioca) chips as feedstock to produce Fuel grade Ethanol that is sold domestically and exported.
As Project Director I was in charge of the EPC and technology provider contracts, approvals with local government authorities, hiring and developing the owner’s team, and overall project execution, including budgets, schedules, and commissioning plans. This included detailed design, engineering and construction approvals as well as strategies and training for operations.
Shell Houdini (MEG) Project. Singapore, Jurong Island
Foster Wheeler Energy – UK
5/2008 – 11/2009 Senior Project Commissioning Engineer
This was a 4.2 billion USD investment by Shell Oil and is the largest Mono Ethylene Glycol production facility in the world (750 K Ton / Year). This also incorporates the largest and heaviest EO Reactors ever fabricated and erected. My responsibilities included the procedures, strategy and sequence for construction, commissioning, and turnover of all utilities, the EO Reactors, main process feed stocks, thermal oxidizer and Flair. Including: UHP, HP, and LP Steam and condensate systems. Deionized water, BFW, Cooling Tower system and all HP/LP cooling water users, the LIBR adsorption chiller systems and Potable, Sanitary and Fire Water Systems. Site Drains and Wastewater systems. Plant Air, IA, N2, O2, CO2, CH4, and C2H4 equipment, systems. Other responsibilities included writing technical scopes of work for requisitions and bid tenders. Review and selection of specialized contractors such as chemical cleaning, chemical dosing, and Catalyst loading. I liaised directly with the Client and assigned and managed workloads for a team of commissioning engineers supplied by Foster Wheeler, the Contractors and the Client operations team.
Bayer Technology and Engineering Services / Bayer, Shanghai Integrated Sciences Site
5/2006 – 5/2008 Construction Project Manager SPC2 / LOG2
This was an expansion project for a new optical electronics grade polycarbonate production and logistics facility. 80 % of detailed engineering was performed in Germany and the reminder finalized on site. I was in charge of CSA, Mechanical Equipment Installation, Heavy & Technical lifting, Piping, E&I, Tracing and insulation contracts. This includes detailed engineering by the Chinese Design Institute, writing bid tender technical scopes of work, execution strategies, workflows, test specifications, ITP’s and system turn over requirements along with China Government Authority requirements, and inspections. I was in charge of the contractor evaluations, selection, construction schedules, onshore / offshore procurement, site temporary facilities and warehouse, materials management system. Finalizing many project design, engineering, PDS model, equipment and piping issues during construction. I was also responsible for helping to establish and approve the site security, permit to work, and many HSE plans and procedures.
BSF/ CSPC Nanhai and Shell Petrochemical Plant/ Guangdong, China
8/2005-3/2006 Bechtel Project Engineer/ Foster Wheeler Senior Commissioning Engineer
This consisted of catalyst loading of EO reactors and commission of the largest EO Cracker in China. Along with commissioning of the utilities consisting of Cooling Water, Nitrogen, High and Low pressure Steam, Plant and Instrument air, Plant and DI water, Fire steam snuff, and Fire water and foam systems. I also inherited the continuous contaminated drain system (CCD), the Rain water and Sanitary lift station systems from engineers that left the project.
Zenon Environmental Corporation/ Global Hub Material & Supply Sourcing
8/2004 – 8/2005 China/Asia Supply Chain Director
Contract position was established to help the Zenon corporation decrees costs but maintain or increase profits by qualifying China material suppliers and fabricators. Note: GE purchased Zenon.
CEEDI a Government owned Chinese Design Instituted (CDI)
2/2004 – 8/2004 Project Director
I was a consultant and interim Project Director for the formation of a new Environmental Division. I helped the CDI form and employ new technologies and modern methods of project organization and management. Projects included modern automated Water and Waste treatment and Waste Gas Treatment technologies for the Oil & Gas, Electronics and Semiconductor industries.
4-2001 – 2/2004 GE Power Systems & GE Water Technologies
Project Manager / Technical Advisor / Senior Commissioning Engineer
GE/ Pfizer Pharmaceuticals / FDA Plant / Singapore
(Senior Project and Commissioning Engineer / Technical Advisor and Client Consultant)
GE/MSD Pharmaceuticals/ FDA Plant / Singapore
(Senior Project and Commissioning Engineer / Technical Advisor and Client Consultant)
GE/ABB Lumus Global / Oil Refinery / Sines, Portugal
(Technical Advisor and Project Problem and Financial Resolution Engineer)
GE Hsin Tao / Combined Cycle Power Plant / Taiwan
(Senior Commissioning Engineer)
GE/CANDU Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant / Haiyan , China
(Senior Commissioning Engineer)
Motorola / MOS-17, BAT-3 Semiconductor Fab / Tianjin, China
9/1999 – 3/2001 UPW Loops ,Water and Waste Systems. Project Director / Single Point Client Contract
Bechtel / Power Plant / Meizhouwan, China
3/1999 - 9/1999 Commissioning Engineer / Problem Solver
Graver , Hua Yang Power / Zhangzhou Houshi Power Plant /Xiamen, China
1/1999 - 3/1999 Senior Commissioning Engineer
Raytheon UEI / Power Plant / Zhuhai, China
6/1998 - 1/1999 Senior Site Construction and Commissioning Engineer
Black & Veach / Power Plant / Nantong, China
8/1997 - 6/1998 Senior Site Construction & Commissioning Engineer
Mektron / Ion -Exchange Waste System / Kashima, Japan
5/1997 - 8/1997 Commissioning Engineer
Wrigleys Gum / Automated Gum Base Filter System/ Edison, New Jersey
7/1996 – 4/1997 Turnkey EPCC Project Manager / Engineer
Chevron USA / Waste Treatment Plant /Lost Hills, CA
1/1996 – 7/1996 Turnkey EPCC Project Manager
Samsung / Semiconductor Fab / Austin, Texas
7/1995 - 1/1996 Senior Commissioning Engineer
Glegg Water/ Bechtel / Calama, Chile
12/1994 - 5/1995 Commissioning Engineer