Sally A. McFadden

mobile:  415.710.9591

mcfaddensally@gmail.com
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STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE:

• Brought seventeen new residential projects to Smith Engineering, Inc.in three years.
• Wrote project proposals including scope of services, estimated costs, and project schedules.
• Coordinated work with municipal agencies, builders, and design professionals such as architects, geotechnical engineers, and independent testing engineers. 
• Prepared complete structural calculation and drawing sets for permit submittal.
• Addressed plan check comments issued by local building departments.
• Responded to RFI and change requests in a timely and efficient manner.
• Performed site inspections and solved problems in the field, often under pressure.
• Wrote field reports and final letters.
• Responsible for meeting project budget and scheduling agreements.
• Wrote residential structural evaluation letters for prospective buyers. 
• Developed good ongoing working relationships with clients and colleagues. 

AT STANFORD:

• Prepared CAD drawings of steering and cooling components of the Synchrotron Ring.
• Performed hand calculations to determine cooling requirements for design of cooling masks.
• Participated in clean-room assembly of components.
• Ordered and tested steel blanks to be machined into components installed on the Synchrotron Ring. 

STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS USED:

• Concrete drilled pier and grade beam foundations
• Helical piers
• Concrete cantilevered retaining walls
• Concrete drilled pier retaining walls
• Soldier pile retaining walls
• Tiebacks
• Slabs on grade
• Structural slabs
• Concrete beams
• Steel Ordinary Moment Frames
• Steel Concentrically Braced Frames
• Steel deck pans
• Light-gauge steel framing
• Masonry walls with flexible diaphragms
• Engineered & sawn lumber
• Fiberglass sections

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Drawing:

• AutoCAD  (currently using 2011)
• VectorWorks,
• CadKey

Design & Analysis:

• StrucCalc
• Enercalc
• Fast Frame
• MatLab
• Frame Mac

General:

• Excel
• Word
• Power Point
• Acrobat

BUILDING CODES USED (partial list):

• 2009 Greenbook
• 2006 International Building Code (IBC)
• 2007 California Building Code (CBC)
• 1997 Uniform Building Code
• 1997 Conservation Code
• ASCE7-05 
• ACI 318-05
• ACI 318-08 
• AISC 13 
• AISC 12 
• 2005 National Design Specifications For Wood (NDS)
• 1997 NDS

RELATED CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE:

• Worked periodically in residential and light commercial construction from 1986 through the    present time for a number of general contractors.
• Familiar with current building practices and comfortable operating a wide variety of tools and equipment.