Robert Cupples, CD

Experience

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  EEIS Consulting Engineers, Inc.

  Feb 2000 - Mar 2002

  CAD Drafter

  EEIS works primarily with structural steel applications. EEIS’s primary workload consisted of Industrial Engineering for the Oil Industry. During my employment with EEIS I did much on-site drafting work. While employed with EEIS, I worked independently off site as-builting a design build offshore drilling rig for Nabors Alaska Drilling. After completion and relocation of rig 429 to the Osprey Platform located in the Cook Inlet, I visited the platform to map and produce Egress Plans for the rig. During my two years with EEIS I performed site visits to the North Slope to generate as-builts for various tasks. Show less

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  RC CAD Services - Self Employed

  Mar 2002 - Jun 2004

  Owner / Operator

  Provided drafting and design services to companies such as Northern Telecommunications Consultants, David's Fire Protection, and various independent professionals.NTC - Services provided include fielding of project areas, project permitting, new facility route planning for outside plant, joint utility project coordination for State and Municipal funded utility relocations, reviewing cross sections for verification of design compatibility, completing detailed notes while visiting/inspecting job sites, ensuring construction specification/safety code compliance, ensuring timely completion of projects, project management, As-builting of utility poles for stress calculations, basemap construction, drawing file maintenance.DFP - Services provided include AutoCAD file management and architectural and mechanical drafting services for the installation and permitting of sprinkler systems. Show less

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  Tryck Nyman Hayes Inc

  Jul 2004 - Aug 2008

  Design Drafter

  Duties included drafting, light design, CAD user training, plan set organization and coordination, software maintenance, and standards development and implementation. During my employment with TNH I worked closely not only within the structural department, but with multiple other disciplines throughout the organization to achieve a common goal of providing quality service and consistent products to the client. Project exposure ranging from heavy civil, structural, railway design and waterfront projects has prepared me to undertake most any project challenge. Dedicated to increasing productivity, consistency and efficiency, I formed and chaired a company CAD standards committee with the support of company partners to develop company drafting standards, user reference guides, and tools incorporated within the AutoCAD interface to facilitate standards compliance by the end user. This was my most significant accomplishment while at TNH. Show less

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  Nabors Drilling Alaska / USA

  Aug 2008 - Mar 2012

  Structural Designer

  Duties included drafting, design, layout and planning, egress routing, CAD user training, on-site construction support, problem solving and adapting to extreme weather challenges, on-site field design and AS-Builting, and maintaining record drawings for all drilling rigs and man camps in NAD’s fleet. In addition to my daily responsibilities, I worked to improve NAD’s drawing management system and improve file organization through implementing standard file naming conventions and software resources not previously in place. While with Nabors, I was selected to join a design team working out of Houston, TX to perform structural drafting, design, layout planning, and interdisciplinary coordination for two offshore drilling rig projects for the Gulf of Mexico. Show less

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  CH2M HILL

  Mar 2012 - Dec 2015

  Civil/Structural Designer 6

  Duties include development of civil site plans, structural framing plans and details, 3D structural, interdisciplinary design coordination and review, conflict resolution, and estimating schedule impacts, drawing package checking. Notable projects include: Lead Structural Designer for the Kuparuk CPF1/CPF3 Firewater Line Replacement, Kuparuk CPF1 Standby Generator - Switchgear Module.

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  Michael Baker International

  Jan 2016 - Aug 2017

  Structural Designer
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  Cupples Cottages Vacation Rentals

  Jun 2017 - now

  Owner

  Owner / Operator, Cupples Cottages Vacation Rentals. Cupples Cottages is a small, privately owned vacation rental property located in Downtown Anchorage offering four fully furnished vacation rental units.

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  Moffatt & Nichol

  Dec 2017 - now

  Senior CAD Designer