Nathan Langdon

Experience

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  KPFF Consulting Engineers

  Jun 2005 - Aug 2005

  Structural Engineering Intern
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  Fluid Structures | Engineers and Technical Consultants

  Jul 2006 - Dec 2006

  Graduate Engineer

  • Evaluated 19th century masonry buildings to be gutted and rebuilt into homes through wall removal, historical preservation, new lateral systems and complex construction sequencing.• Detailed concrete reinforcement drawings and bending/cut-off schedules for fabrication. • Designed timber, steel, concrete and composite elements in metric and to British Standards.• Performed analysis calculations and detailing for glass balustrades and elevated glass floor panels.• Designed green oak frames and mortis and tenon joints for barn conversion. • Maintained financial records, created invoices and billed 25 clients monthly. Show less

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  Tipping Mar

  Feb 2007 - Aug 2007

  Structural Designer

  Refer to collective work experience at Tipping Mar above.

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  Tipping Mar

  Jun 2008 - Jan 2012

  Project Engineer

  • Delivered high-quality drawings, calculation reports, and construction specification documents from schematics through construction of existing buildings and new structures.• Analysed, designed and detailed concrete shear walls, moment frames, steel buckling restrained braces (BRBs) and cantilever columns for one of the most destructive seismic regions in the world.• Responsible for turning around over-budget and behind-schedule designs into profitable, well-executed projects.• Developed academic research protocol to test innovative and sustainable building materials.• Collaborated with clients, architects and contractors using building information modelling (BIM) of multiple platforms. • Attained experience in achieving environmental standards (6 LEED Platinum, 3 net-zero energy buildings).• Gained substantial familiarity with green-building materials: living roofs, low-emission concrete; FSC and recycled lumber; recycled steel; straw bale; rainwater collection; solar panels and rammed earth.• Praised by contractors for comprehensive and responsive construction administration.• Led intra-office educational program to promote the sharing of skills, knowledge and quality among firm colleagues. Trained young engineers on technical design and drafting standards.Selection of key projects:• Led design of high-performance school that was given Best K-12 Education Award by ENR.• Designed 23 unit, 4-story urban infill modular apartment building that was erected in 4 days.• Collaborator and designer in lean construction optimization of 17-story medical office building.• Lead engineer of 31,000sq ft (2,900 sq m) retail building requiring creative engineering to produce wood/steel columns fabricated to mimic full scale trees. Show less

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  WSP

  Oct 2013 - Jun 2017

  Associate

  • Managed design of 9 New York City towers- over 2 ½ million sq. ft. • Delivered organized management, analysis supervision and design production to several of WSP’s most high-profile, structurally-demanding and client-sensitive projects.• Led and supervised teams of design engineers, BIM modelers and drafters to produce construction documents. • Trained engineers in concrete slab design, high-rise gravity systems & foundation analysis.Selection of key projects:• Steinway/111 57th St - Led design of slabs and columns for 1430ft tall, 55ft wide residential building. The building will be the most slender building in the world (1:26).• 45 Park Place - Managed design and construction administration for 650ft residential tower• 626 1st Ave - Managed design and construction administration of two 450ft leaning residential towers and the 100ft long 4 story bridge between them.• 239 Tenth Ave – project manager and collaborative designer for aggressive 12-story Highline residential building and gallery space.• Dream Hotel Times Square – project manager for elaborate hotel, restaurants and rooftop club.• Watermark Court Square - 150,000 GSF, 28 story residential tower in Long Island City. Structurally Topped Out July 2016.• 415 Redhook Lane - 120,000 GSF Residential building in Downtown Brooklyn. Structurally Topped out in July 2016. Show less

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  Foster + Partners

  Jul 2017 - now

  Associate - Structural Engineering