Engineering Design Consultants

Curriculum Vitae - Richard Burgess

EXPERIENCE:

August 1996 - present
M G Bennett & Associates Ltd - Systems Engineer and Senior Analyst

• Forth Road Bridge, Dehumidification System - Supervisor of mechanical design. Design and implementation of cable monitoring system involving data collection from 72 locations on the bridge. Data stored using SCADA system and available for viewing and interrogation over the Internet.
• Begnagh Lift Bridge, Ireland - Mechanical design and safety related software using Siemens S7F platform.
  BoNess Harbour Lift Bridge - Design and implementation of wireless safety system and bridge control software.
• Forton Lake Bridge - Review and maintenance of inverter controlled lift bridge.
  Vasteras Bridge, Sweden - Design supervision of 100m architectural dual bascule bridge with 40m opening span. Design supervision of control software with remote operation via radio link.
• Thorne Swing Bridge - Control software for remote wireless operation.
  Gateshead Millennium Baltic Bridge - Engineering Supervisor responsible for mechanical and electrical design of award-winning bridge.
• Pembroke Dock Ferry Terminal - Design of alternative buoyancy system, finger type upper deck ramps and hydraulic and control system for the two moving ramps. Authoring of all PLC software and commissioning of terminal. Preparation of Operation and Maintenance manuals for terminal operation. Preparation of method statements for erection of terminal and maintenance procedures for link span bearings.
• Lowry Centre Footbridge - Authoring of all PLC software for 100m moving lift bridge. Dual Cegelec PLC’s communicating over a proprietary network, handling all positional, speed and actuation calculation. System commissioning.
  St Katharine’s Dock - Remote monitoring system installed - 9 PLC system interrogations and reprogramming from remote sites.

• Prescott Channel - Electrical and Mechanical Design Supervisor - Design of safety systems to IEC 61508/ IEC 62061.
• Airbus A350 Facility Control System Design - Multi point control system incorporating five autonomous vehicles, ten static stations and further operator input and safety locations. Single network architecture with wireless safety throughout.
• DML Dockside Refuelling Cranes - Supervision of analysis for crane seismic qualification and drop load stability.
• Digesters - Design and implementation of multi point control system for waste processing plant. Bespoke batch managing SCADA system, to manage process and provide detailed process reports for DEFRA approval.
• Multi-tower Waste Digester System - Electrical and Control design and implementation.
  York Millennium Footbridge - Temporary works design and supervision. Production of drawings for manufacturing.
• Airbus UK - Tooling and process design for creep forming of upper wing skins on Airbus A380 Super Jumbo. Flexible tooling taken from concept to detail drawings of demonstrator unit.
• Factory Equipment - Electrical, control system and software design for brake lining press – 500 tonne with precise temperature control. Electrical, control system and software design for flexible Kevlar stretching press – working through a series of pre-set programmes to take fibres to extreme work hardened position.
• 70m Welding Station - Control system and software design for automated trough welding machine.
  Reinforcing Plate Forming Cell - Concept study into automated cell for forming aircraft wing reinforcing plates. Single stage press and measuring centre used to feedback plate deformations and itterate further pressing to reach desired shape.
• 1MW Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine - Project manager of design and analysis phase of project (total project value £1 million). Development of time history based fatigue analysis for fabricated and welded structures to accurately assess eighteen channel loading.
• Sub sea pig launching system - Detail design engineer on first system of this type. Allows pipe cleaning equipment to be deployed 300m below sea level allowing more remote oil sites to be realised.
• High pressure gate valve - Design and analysis of 42” Class 1500 valve (5 metres high) – largest in world. For use sub sea and on surface in new European fields.
• Check valve - Design and analysis of three large diameter low pressure check valve up to 84” nominal diameters.
• Epicyclic gearbox deflection analysis - Non standard use of FE software to model components and interferences within gearbox.
• Design, finite element analysis and optimisation of moving sections of steel continuous caster; increased flexibility and reduced weight achieved using hydraulic action instead of traditional cam methods.
• Stability analysis of dockside crane subjected to vehicle impact and rope drop load cases using FE software.
• Investigation into use of hydrostatic yaw bearings in wind generation schemes. Also conceptual design investigations of mechanical sections of 3MW wind turbine.
• Design methodology developed for a range of dual wafer check valves. Allowed 159/162 of valve designs and analysis to be carried out by draughtsmen with minimal extra training. Range now industry standard world wide.

• WIP Reduction
• Line Side Delivery
• Contractor Assessment
• Heat Treatment Process Modification
• Land Rover Requisition System
  

• Completed the course, assessments and examination for Functional Machine Safety – Level 1: Safety Practitioner, organised by Siemens International, SITRAIN certified.
• Training on the networking of PLC’s (Programmable Logic Controllers), organised by Siemens.
• Private review of BS 7671:2008, Wiring Regulations.
• Up to date training in company Quality and Safety Procedures.
• Continuous job based training with external training where necessary on the use of Catia, Ansys and Ansys AUTODYN.
• Training on Internet Enabled SCADA, organised by Siemens and Bennett Associates.
• Training on the updated requirements for the design risk assessments in accordance with the Construction (Design and Management) regulations 2007.
• Private study of British (and other International) Standards and published data required for projects.