Ashay Desai
Edison,NJ
Summary
Mr. Desai is an Inspector with over 5 years of heavy construction inspection and project engineering experience. As an Inspector on several roadway and bridge contracts, Mr. Desai has gained extensive knowledge and familiarity with plans, standard and supplementary specifications and New York State Department of Transportation
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Office Engineer
Omsum Engineering
Piscataway, NJ
09.2023 - Current
- Managed the schedule of submittals required by the Contractors according to the General Contract
- Organized all contract documents, deliverables and Design Drawings for audits by DDC Team
- Produced Requests for Information, Monthly Reports, Stop Work Orders and Meeting Minutes
- Coordinated construction work between the clients and facility for asphalt paving, excavation, concrete pouring
- Produced final close-out documents for the project, focusing on QA/QC documentation, Created a database to track all project man-hours used for T&M ticket management
- Review all Bechtel Specifications, Procedures and technical data that is flowed down to us for impacts within our work, Controlled costs by preparing monthly progress reports (actual vs estimated) and by monitoring the construction site
- Executed quality control and inspection of formworks, rebar placements, concreting, role and frame installation and architectural finishes of residential structures and facilities in the project
- Monitored contractors work and investigated filed problems to enforce terms of contracts
Bridge Inspector
NysdoT
New York, NY
08.2022 - 09.2023
- Bridge Inspector for this $515 million bridge and roadway contract that includes demolition of eastbound Ramp P, and westbound Ramp M on Bruckner Expressway, removal of southbound and northbound ramps on Sheridan Boulevard; construction of new ramp SS from southbound Sheridan Boulevard to westbound Bruckner Expressway and eastbound Bruckner Expressway to northbound Sheridan Boulevard; and rehabilitation, widening, and structural modifications of Bruckner Expressway viaduct from Baretto Street to Hoe Avenue, including deck replacement and improvements to existing piers; and Construction and widening of Bruckner Expressway at‐grade section from Hoe Avenue to Whitlock Avenue
- Responsibilities includes overseeing and performing inspection of demolition of existing structures, pile driving, concrete footing & foundation, pile caps, reinforcing steel, structural steel erection for new bridge structures, rehabilitation of existing structural steel members, removal of existing paint and repainting of the bridge members, installation of stormwater management, installation of infiltration basins, culvert extensions, directional drilling, roadway lighting, maintenance and protection of traffic (MPT), utility relocation work, installation of precast concrete culverts, sheet pile installation, coordination of material testing, roadway milling and paving and safety.
Bridge Inspector
NysdoT
New York, NY
06.2020 - 07.2022
- Bridge Inspector for this $449 million bridge and roadway contract that included construction of three (3) new ramps to and from Edgewater Road to allow eastbound traffic from the Bruckner Expressway and southbound traffic from Sheridan Boulevard to access the Hunts Point Peninsula and to allow traffic to exit the Hunts Point Peninsula onto northbound Sheridan Boulevard; partial replacement of one (1) pedestrian bridge at Bryant Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard; demolition of the two (2) westbound truss bridges and one (1) eastbound bridge and replacing with new bridges; and, relocation of the eastbound entrance ramp by Whittier Street to the east of the Bronx River Avenue bridge, deck replacement of Bruckner Expressway viaduct within the project limit, the pedestrian bridge span Amtrak and CSX tracks, a shared-use path for pedestrians and bicyclists and a new railroad pedestrian crossing
- Responsibilities included, inspection of highway roadway and bridge construction, demolition of existing bridge structures, maintenance and protection of traffic (MPT), steel pile installation, sheet pile installation, drainage, earthwork, concrete work, reinforcement steel placement, utility relocation work, installation of overhead cantilever sign structures, installation of precast concrete culverts, structural steel erection, placement of asphalt courses, reviewing shop drawings/submittals, preparing force accounts, and preparing as-built drawings.
Bridge Inspector
NYSDOT
New York, NY
05.2018 - 06.2020
- Bridge Inspector overseeing $318 Million replacement of Kosciuszko Bridge project which involved building a new westbound bridge over Newtown Creek, with a 1.1-mile-long viaduct in Kings and Queen counties, 1,000-foot-long cable-stayed main span to carry the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE I-278), Westbound bridge over Newtown Creek including 20-foot-wide sidewalk and bikeway along the northern edge
- Responsibilities included overseeing installation of the stay cable assemblies for the main span bridge, inspection, and documenting cable installation, stressing, damper installation, and waxing operation, erection and connection of all structural members, precast deck panel installation, concrete placement for deck and parapets, and completing NYSDOT inspector’s daily reports in Site Manager.
Education
B. S. Civil Engineering - Civil Engineering
CSPIT University
India, Gujarat06.2018
Skills
- Building Codes
- Infrastructure Planning
- Civil Engineering
- Materials Testing
- Cost Control
- Quality Control
- Failure Analysis
- Quality Assurance Controls
- Construction Oversight
- Engineering Documentation
Certification
- ACI
- OSHA 30
- Amtrak/CSX
- CCTC
- TCCP
Timeline
Office Engineer
Omsum Engineering
09.2023 - Current
Bridge Inspector
NysdoT
08.2022 - 09.2023
Bridge Inspector
NysdoT
06.2020 - 07.2022
Bridge Inspector
NYSDOT
05.2018 - 06.2020
B. S. Civil Engineering - Civil Engineering
CSPIT University