Sam Vacek, P.E. Resume'

22898 Weser Drive  -  Porter, Texas  77365 

tel. (281) 358-5855  -  fax (832) 201-9802

 

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY 

 

Single family and multi-family residences, schools, office warehouses, strip shopping centers, restaurants, commercial office buildings, medical office condominiums, hospitals, bridges, towers and retaining structures. Extensive familiarity with the International Building Code, International Residential Code, Uniform Building Code (UBC) and many of its individual city derivatives, Standard Building Code, Life Safety Code, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Building Code (AASHTO), Underwriters Laboratories Fire Resistance Directory, Underwriters Laboratories Building Materials Directory, International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO) Research Reports, and applicable Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) requirements. 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

 

Vacek Group 

Kingwood, Texas 

Principal Structural Engineer 

 

Responsible for the design and failure analysis of structures and their individual components.  Experience includes single family & multi-family residences, commercial office buildings, historical buildings, industrial complexes, institutional structures, parking garages, petrochemical facilities, tanks, bridges, retaining structures and towers. Forensic Investigations and Expert Witness services provided for cases such as Structural Failures, Explosions/Fires, Foundations/Plumbing Leaks, Toxic Mold, Moisture Analyses of Buildings (Commercial, Single Family & Multi-Family), Construction Defects, EIFS Systems, Third Party Opinions, Slip and Falls, and Personal Injury.  Damage assessments for structures having been affected by explosions, seismic activity and over pressures. Computer aided design and analysis utilized for investigations and legal exhibits. 

 

CH&A CORPORATION 

Kingwood, Texas 

Senior Structural Consulting Engineer 

 

Responsible for the design and failure analysis of structures.  Projects include single family & multi-family residences, commercial office buildings, industrial complexes, institutional structures, parking garages, petrochemical facilities, tanks, bridges, retaining structures and towers.  Computer aided design and analysis utilized. Forensic Investigations and Expert Witness services provided for cases such as Structural Failures, Foundations/Plumbing Leaks, Moisture 

Analyses of Buildings, Construction Defects, Third Party Opinions, Slip and Falls, and Personal Injury.  Damage assessments for structures having been affected by explosions and seismic activity.  Computer aided design and analysis utilized for investigations and legal exhibits. 

 

Santa Ana, California 

Structural Department Manager/Project Manager 

 

Responsible for operation of structural office for ASL Consulting Engineers in Santa Ana, California utilizing computer drafting and engineering for design, analysis and investigations.  Projects include office buildings, bridges, schools, hospitals, single and multi-family residential, pump stations and reservoirs.  Damage assessments performed for structures involved in earthquakes. 

 

VACEK STRUCTURAL CONSULTANTS, INC.  

Houston, Texas and Santa Ana, California 

President 

 

Responsible for complete operation of six person structural engineering firm with the application of computer drafting and engineering for design, analysis and investigations.  Projects include single-family residences, multi-family dwellings, office warehouses, strip shopping centers, commercial office buildings and water treatment structures, bridges, schools, hospitals, pump stations and reservoirs. 

 

INTERFIELD ENGINEERING COMPANY 

Houston, Texas  

Structural Department Manager/Project Manager 

 

Responsible for client relations, production and coordination of civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing disciplines of various projects including single-family residential, multi-family residential, office warehouses, strip shopping centers, commercial office buildings and medical office condominiums. 

 

Houston, Texas  

Structural Project Engineer 

 

Responsible for design, production, and client relations of various projects including single-family residences, strip shopping centers, office warehouses, and commercial office buildings. 

 

Houston, Texas 

Structural Design Engineer 

 

Responsible for design calculations and detail development of various projects including schools, strip shopping centers, and commercial office buildings. 

 

 

Registered Professional Engineer in the States of Arkansas (inactive status), California (active status), Florida (inactive status), Louisiana (inactive status), Oklahoma (inactive status), New Mexico (inactive status), Nevada (inactive status), South Dakota (inactive status), and Texas (active status).