Taylor Waring, P.E.

Experience

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  ADA Traffic Control, LTD

  Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Flagger

  Responsible for flagging, and running one lane traffic, on a state highway during a summer long construction project.

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  The Gorman Group

  Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  General Laborer/Interstate Traffic Control

  Responsible for the setting up and management of interstate work zones (i.e. setting cones, barrels, arrow boards, sign packages, etc.) as well as general laboring including: shoveling and smoothing hot mix, shoveling millings, preparing pavement cracks for fill, preparing bridge joints for paving, and flagging. This was a three month paving, and paving preparatory, project along interstate 91 in Vermont between Exit 6 and Exit 3.

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  Vermont Agency of Transportation

  May 2014 - Sept 2014

  AOT Technical Apprentice III

  Worked in the Structural Concrete Unit at the VTrans Central Laboratory.Responsible for the sampling and testing of concrete aggregates. Performed sieve analysis and moisture content testing on aggregates prior to batching at redi-mix concrete plants. Inspected concrete batch weights and tracked water addition for water/cement ratio computation, in accordance with approved concrete mix designs. Performed laboratory testing on concrete cylinders for compressive strength.Performed laboratory testing on reinforcing steel, including determination of ultimate tensile strength, yield strength and elongation. Show less

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  Norwich University

  Aug 2014 - May 2015

  Resident Advisor

  Responsible for the safety and wellbeing of 55 students living in a Norwich University Residence Hall while also developing educational and social programs.

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  Vermont Agency of Transportation

  May 2015 - Aug 2015

  AOT Technical Apprentice IV

  Worked as an inspector on a highway reconstruction project. Responsible for construction inspection procedures associated with: traffic control, cold planning bituminous pavement,reclaimed stabilized road base, cold mix asphalt paving, superpave bituminous concrete paving, pavement markings, guardrail installation, sign installation, increase elevation of manholes,and hand placed bituminous pavement drives.Responsible for office engineering tasks including: data entry, reporting,unit cost calculations, sampling of construction materials, and forms associated with pavement core samples. Show less

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  Vermont Agency of Transportation

  Dec 2015 - Jan 2016

  AOT Technical Apprentice V

  Responsible for construction project close out procedures including verifying construction quantity calculations, data entry, surveying, and performing earthwork volume calculations.

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  Vermont Agency of Transportation

  May 2016 - now

  Provide technical support to VTrans Resident Engineers and Inspectors in structural matters. Specialized in the subject matters of reinforced concrete, structural steel erection and high strength bolting, precast/prestress concrete erection, temporary works and support of excavation. Serve as a liason between construction and design personnel and assist in the troubleshooting structural issues on bridge projects. Provide constructability reviews of projects during plan development. Draft and review Agency Specifications. Show less Responsible for the administration and quality assurance oversight of VTrans construction projects. Project assignments primarily included scopes of work in Slope Stability and Heavy Civil/Structural - Movable BridgeAreas of focus included oversight in the following areas: - Slope Stability & Soil Nails- Cofferdams & Temporary Steel Structures- Demolition - Management of Contaminated Soils- Reinforced Concrete- Underwater Concreting- Mass Concreting- Structural Steel Erection - High Strength Bolting- Movable Bridge- Material Sampling and Testing- Contract Administration -Technical Writing Show less Worked in the Construction and Materials Bureau where I was assigned to work directly under the Resident Engineer on various transportation construction projects. Working primarily on bridges and large culverts. Served primarily as an on site inspector, ensuring construction conformance with Design Plans, Agency Specifications, and contract documents. Inspected construction activities in the following area: Installation of cofferdams, common and structural excavation, concrete formwork, reinforcing steel installation, placement and finishing of concrete, curing of concrete, superstructure shoring, backfilling of excavations, roadway construction including fine grading and placement of subbase courses, erosion prevention and sediment control, placement of slope and channel stabilizing stone fill, traffic control, river management, sampling and testing of concrete, guardrail and bridge-rail installation, etc. Additionally was responsible for project survey including horizontal layout and the verification of slopes, grades and elevations. Worked extensively on both Design-Bid-Build and Design-Build contracts. Further responsible for the computation of construction quantities, formulation of record plans, management of materials testing and certification requirements, technical report writing, drafting of Change Orders and RFI's, data entry, formal review of construction and design submittals, review of quality control plans, development of submittal tracking documents, developing spreadsheets. Additionally spent four months in the VTrans Hydraulics section. During this time I performed hydraulic studies of deficient culverts. Duties included:-Site visits-Watershed delineation-Computation of peak runoff flows-Hydraulic analysis in HY8 software-Provided replacement and culvert lining alternatives to town and district representatives while making consideration of hydraulic conditions and environmental standards. Show less

  • Structural Services Unit Supervisor

    Sept 2024 - now

  • Construction Structures Engineer

    Sept 2021 - now

  • Resident Engineer

    Sept 2019 - Sept 2021

  • Civil Engineer - Construction Inspection

    May 2016 - Sept 2019