Greg R. Farrow, P. Eng.

20 Stoneridge Court                                                                                                              

Bedford, Nova Scotia  

B4A 3N2

Cell:  (902) 478-8333

Email:greg@grfstructural.com

Work Experience:

GRF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, Bedford, NS                                     November 2002 – Present

Owner – Responsibilities included:

•  Design & install material handling equipment 
•  Design & review structural adequacy of steel buildings including IOC and Wabush Mines
•  Design, supervise fabrication and installed structural steel for underwater survival training systems and lifting systems for US Military. through  Survival Systems LTD.
•  Retained welding engineer under CSA W47.1, CSA W47.2 & certified level 1 inspector
•  Steel connection designs for steel fabricators

RKO STEEL LTD., Dartmouth, NS                                                           August 1999 – October 2002

 

Engineering Manager – Responsibilities included:

• Designed steel and aluminum structures and foundations for RKO Design Build Projects
• Designed, detailed and supervised construction of new fabrication plant and CNC Equipment installation for RKO
• Supervised engineering, quality assurance and detailing staff
• Reviewed welding procedures for all steel and aluminum projects.
• Reviewed and changed standard connection details to make use of CNC Equipment
• Designed many types of standard and non-standard welded/bolted connections

STEEL SPAN INC., Surrey, BC                                                                   February 1994 – July 1999

 

Office Manager / Design Engineer / Estimator – Responsibilities included:

• Completed final designs for metal buildings
• Completed designs for welded and bolted connections
• Completed estimates for metal buildings
• Produced preliminary designs for estimating metal buildings
• Supervised steel detailers and engineering staff
• Produced standard details for Steel Span products supplied from sister company, Omega Joist
• Set up Metal Building Software from Loseke Technologies Software Inc.

CAMPBELL COMEAU ENGINEERING INC., Halifax, NS                       April 1993 – January 1994

 

Junior Structural Engineer – Responsibilities included:

• Designed structures in concrete, timber steel and aluminum
• Checked shop drawings from  fabricators
• Investigated existing structures that have failed
• Checked prices that contractors submitted for change orders

 

MARID INDUSTRIES LTD., Windsor Junction, NS                             August 1992 – December 1992

 

Project Manager – Responsibilities included:

• Scheduled work force and machinery required for erection of buildings and bridges
• Produced project schedules on TimeLine
• Provided site supervision for the erection of building and bridges

FARROW’S METAL WORKS INC., Oxford, NS                                     June 1985 – September 1991

 

Welder / Draftsperson / Erector   – Responsibilities included:

• Supervised & erected structural steel
• Checked and constructed detailed shop drawings
• All position CWB certified welder in SMAW & FCAW
• Fitted and welded structural steel

Education:

Technical University of Nova Scotia (TUNS), Halifax, NS                                                      May 1993

Bachelor of Civil Engineering

 

Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB                                                                                 May 1988

Certificate in Engineering

Courses:

• Construction Planning, TUNS
• Senior Thesis, TUNS (Received 2^nd place in thesis competition at TUNS for thesis on “The Design of Heavy Industrial Buildings”)
• Concrete Design, TUNS (Footings, Retaining Walls, Beams, Columns, Form Work and Prestressed Concrete)
• Modules 1 –  39 from Gooderham Center for Industrial Learning to become a welding engineer & inspector under CSA W47.1 and W47.2
• Bridge Design, CISC Short Course
• International Conference on tubular structures
• Complex Structures/SDS by steel plus network
• Preparation of Welding Procedure Data Sheets
• Magnetic Particle Inspection from CINDE

Computer Skills:

• Autocad
• SAFI (structural analysis and design in steel and concrete)
• SDS (steel detailing software)
• SSDCP (steel detailing software)
• Weld It Calculator
• Welding Forms by CWB

Professional Associations:

• Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia
• Association Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of New Brunswick
• The Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of Prince Edward Island
• Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of Newfoundland & Labrador
• Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of British Columbia