This document describes three projects that the author worked on as a coatings, welding, and concrete inspector: 1) A $5 million renovation of the West Virginia Capitol dome involving gold leafing and structural repairs. 2) A $1.5 million restoration of tank and dock facilities at a refinery involving coating inspection and ensuring surface preparations met specifications. 3) Inspection of precast concrete arch segments for a highway project, establishing a quality assurance plan to ensure materials and dimensions met standards for a quality final product.

1. Project Description: Coatings and Welding Inspector
Coatings Inspector / West Virginia Capitol Dome Restoration, Charleston, WV
 5 million dollar renovation project of a historical landmark of national significance
is the capitol dome featuring alternating gold leaf patterns on its ribs and a gray or
lead color on its panels. The gilding process is the application of actual gold leafing
brushed on to chemical adhesive coated portion of the very ornamental design
inspired by the military museum National des Invalides in Paris. Scaffolding
completely covered the dome and white plastic wrapped the dome to protect it
from the elements. In addition structural repairs were made to the copper roofing.
West Virginia’s Governor Manchin and other state official participated in various
aspects of the design and construction. John Wiseman was the general contractor
and John Canning Studios of Connecticut was the architectural designers with
KTA-Tator as Inspection/Construction Management.
Coatings Inspector / Marathon Ashland Refinery, Cincinnati, OH
 1.5 million dollar restoration of tank and dock facilities. Checked specification and
service environment for the appropriate coating system. Maintained proper surface
preparations. Implemented designed quality assurance program. Basic coating
inspection of structural steel using non-destructive techniques and instrumentation
under the supervision of a NACE Certified Coatings Inspector Level 3. My duties
were to check material certification of coatings. Check the blasting operation the
most acceptable surface profile for coatings adherence. Inspect the mill thickness of
courses of coatings and documents. Assure whether ambient conditions were
applicable to standards specifications for this application. Document daily activities
and checkpoints accurately and objectively by preparing detailed reports, entering
data and completing field inspection diaries. Report and manage non-conformance
issues.
Project Description: Concrete Inspector Heavy Highway Construction
TCI Level II /Carr Concrete Products, Waverly, WV.
 An inspector contracted through the West Virginia DOT for the purpose of
monitoring the fabrication of a Bebo precast arch structure with wingwalls,
spandrels. These arches were segmented into half arch sections of 1 foot thickness
and 6 foot widths and a rise of 28 feet in the middle. These arches were placed side
to side to make a tunnel 150 ft long, totaling 50 segments. The segments, spandrels
and wingwalls were fabricated at Carr Concrete and transported to the job site and
erected. A quality assurance plan was established to ensure final product satisfied
requirements for quality and intended function. This was accomplished with
certifying materials, sampling and testing the concrete at required intervals,
establishing consistent record keeping through pre-pour and post pour inspections.
The inspections had checkpoints for dimension checks corresponding with the
shop drawings, embedded items check, wire mesh and steel placement and spacing.
Concrete testing for the Self-Consolidating Concrete (SCC) consisted of a VSI test,
air content temperature and cylinder strength test. The post-pour inspection
recorded accurate section identification checking dimensions to drawings and check
for visual cracks and honeycombing and various other defects. The plan also

2. included a repair plan. My immediate supervisor was the Regional Project Manager,
Dick Hanlon of KTA-Tator.