PIKUL ENGINEERING
16021 WESTERLY HEIGHTS DR
WAMEGO, KANSAS 66547
Phone & Fax 785-458-6400
E-MAIL: pikuleng@wamego.net
DR RICHARD R PIKUL, PE
EDUCATION
1979 Doctor of Engineering Degree, Civil Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY
Dissertation- "Buried Pipelines - Analysis/Design for Earthquakes"
1969 West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Fallout Shelter Analysis & Protective Construction Design Course
1967 MSCE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA
Thesis - "A Preliminary Listing and Grouping of Multi-Unit Dwelling Requirements"
1966 BSCE, Union College, Schenectady, NY (Magna Cum Laude)
PROFESSIONAL STATUS
Registered Professional Engineer:
Arizona - #14627
Florida - #31380
Kansas - #16896
New York - #47278
Pennsylvania - #034083-E
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
9/86-9/02 (New York) & 4/02-Present (Kansas)
Principal, Pikul Engineering / Richard R. Pikul, PE- Activities include the investigations, design, analysis, and reports necessary to resolve structural/civil engineering, general construction, and accident related problems in the commercial/institutional/public/private sectors. Technical areas of expertise include the structural and general construction aspects of buildings, parking garages, bridges, dams, waterfront and special/unusual structures.
2/87-2/88
Principal, Ryan-Biggs Associates, PC, Troy, NY - Activities similar to those performed as Pikul Engineering. Major projects included the investigation, rehabilitative design, and services during construction for 116 foot span timber trusses in a field house in Kingston, New York; foundation design and permit assistance for two 25,000 ton capacity cement storage domes in Everett, MA and Providence, RI; underpinning and general rehabilitation of a rail car scale in Selkirk, NY.
9/80-7/86
Partner, Structural Engineering Department Head, Clough, Harbour & Associates, Albany, NY - Supervised eleven engineers and five technicians. Introduced PC-based, Computer Aided Engineering and Drafting. Responsible for proposal preparation; direction of staff in design/analysis, report/contract document preparation, and construction follow-thru; engineering activity quality control; project financial control/invoicing; and client development. Project manager for: preliminary structural design, 15,000 seat Albany County Civic Center; final design, Line Sections 6A & 6B, Dade County Rapid Transit System; safety inspections of dams on the Ausable, Hudson and Saranac Rivers. In responsible charge of over 250 building, bridge and waterfront structural investigations & designs. Expert witness in construction related arbitrations and jury trials.
9/79-9/80
Assistant Professor - Civil Engineering, Union College, Schenectady, NY - (see 9/77-9/79 for teaching experience) Special project included supervision of the removal, rehabilitation and reconstruction of a 58 foot Whipple Bowstring Truss. The majority of the work was performed by students, and the truss was designated as a National Civil Engineering Landmark.
9/77-9/79
Visiting Lecturer - Civil Engineering, Union College, Schenectady, NY - Responsible for courses in structural design and analysis (see 9/68-9/73). On leave of absence from my Associate position with Clough Associates. Completed my doctoral dissertation at RPI. Consulting activity as Richard R. Pikul, PE included engineering reports for three professional liability cases, two of which involved structural failures, plus preliminary and final design work for commercial, industrial, and institutional buildings.
2/74-9/77
Chief Structural Engineer and Associate-in-Charge of Structures, Clough Associates, Albany, NY Activities included direct project supervision of the design, analysis and investigations of a variety of structures including residential, commercial and industrial buildings and bridges. Experience included preparation of final plans/specifications, contract administration, and expert witness testimony.
9/73-3/86
Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering, Union College Evening Division - Presented and authored the Structural Engineering portions of the Professional Engineering Refresher Course.
7/73-2/74
Senior Civil Engineer (Structures), NYSDOT, Albany, NY - Activities included development of computer aided design/analysis of bridge substructures and superstructures.
9/68-9/73
Instructor in Civil Engineering, Union College, Schenectady, New York - Responsible for undergraduate courses in strength of materials, determinate and indeterminate structural analysis, concrete and structural steel design. Responsible for the Potter Laboratory structural testing facility. Directed students during various experimental projects including full-scale load testing of portions of an Upstate New York institutional complex. Developed practical experience in instrumentation and data acquisition.
9/67-9/68
Structural Engineer, Nichols, Norton & Zaldastani, Inc, Boston, MA (now Zaldastani Associates, Inc) - Activities included preliminary and final structural design of buildings in steel, reinforced and prestressed concrete.
Prior to 1967
Experience included various summer, construction related, positions as Resident and Junior Engineer in the Civil Engineering area with General Electric Company (RECO Division), Dravo Corporation (Eastern Construction Division) and NYS DPW (District 1).
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Society of Civil Engineers (Fellow):
Mohawk-Hudson Section
(President 1974; Chair, History & Heritage Committee 1979)
Aerospace Division, Publications Committee
(Member 1987-1991)
Technical Council on Forensic Engineering, Research Committee
(Corresponding Member 1991)
American Concrete Institute (Associate):
Eastern New York Chapter
(Director 1974-76)
International Code Council (Professional Member)
National Society of Professional Engineers (Member, Kansas)
HONORARY SOCIETIES
Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honorary Society
Chi Epsilon, Civil Engineering Honorary Society
PUBLICATIONS
1982 O'Rourke,M.J., Pikul,R.R., Wang, L.R.L., "Transverse Seismic Waves at Pipeline Junctions", Journal of the Technical Councils of ASCE, Vol. 108, No. TCI, May, 1982.
Wang, L.R.L., Pikul, R.R., O'Rourke, M.J., "Imposed Ground Strain and Buried Pipelines", Journal of the Technical Councils of ASCE, Vol. 108, No. TC2, November, 1982.
1979 Wang, L.R.L., O'Rourke, M.J., Pikul, R.R., "Seismic Vulnerability, Behavior and Design of Underground Piping Systems", Technical Report (SVBDUPS Project) No. 9, (Final Report to NSF of Phase I Study), Department of Civil Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, March, 1979.
O'Rourke, M.J., Wang, L.R.L., Pikul, R.R., "Seismic Wave Effects on Water Systems", Preprint 3496, ASCE Convention & Exposition, Boston, MA, April, 1979.
Pikul, R.R., Wang, L.R.L., O'Rourke, M.J., "Seismic Vulnerability of a Water Distribution System - A Case Study", Proceedings of Third Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Montreal, Canada, June, 1979 (Presented by R. Pikul, 6/6/79, in Montreal).
O'Rourke, M.J., Singh, S., Pikul, R., "Seismic Behavior of Buried Pipelines", presented at the Third National Congress on Pressure Vessels and Piping, San Francisco, CA, Published in Lifeline Earthquake Engineering - Buried Pipelines, Seismic Risk, and Instrumentation, ASME, New York, NY, June, 1979.
1978 Pikul, R.R., Wang, L.R.L., O'Rourke, M.J., "Seismic Vulnerability of the Latham Water Distribution System - A Case Study", Technical Report (SVBDUPS Project) No. 7, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, September, 1978.
1973 Pikul, R.R., Structural Engineering Portion of "Professional Engineering Refresher Course - Part B" and Revisions, Copyright Union College, Schenectady, NY
1970 Co-author of A Conceptual Design of a Manned-Unmanned Lunar Explorer, NASA Grant NGT 44-055-114, September, 1970
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