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Dennis B. Clark, P.E. is a firm principal and project manager as well as a structural engineer. He has been responsible for design, preparation of plans, specifications and cost estimates for a variety of design projects. He has provided analysis and design of buildings utilizing steel, concrete, wood and various combinations of each material. Buildings he has designed ranged from as small as 4000 square feet up to 76,800 square feet. He has designed steel framed buildings, pre-engineered steel buildings, concrete buildings, CMU buildings and timber stick framed buildings.

Recent project experience includes the following:

Structural Repairs to Pier 4, Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia
Structural Repairs to Pier 5, Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia
Structural Repairs to Pier 8, Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia
Structural Repairs to Pier 14, Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia
Forklift Access Ramp, Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Berth 13 Bulkhead Extension, Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Caisson Study for Drydock 6 & 7, Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Various Repairs to Shipyard Facilities, Naval Station Norfolk
Repairs to Various Mooring Bollards and Cleats, Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Drydock 8 Fendering, Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Intercove Bridge Design, Little Creek Amphibious Base
Intercove Wharf Evaluation, Little Creek Amphibious Base
Structural and Fender Repairs, Little Creek Amphibious Base
Structural Inspection of Pier YK200, USCGTC Yorktown, Virginia
Revise Fender System, Pier 11, Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia
Q8 Bulkhead Repairs, Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia
CEP 176 Bulkhead Repairs, Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia
Bridge Inspection and Load Ratings, Various Locations, Naval Station, Norfolk
Repairs to Berths 43, 44 and 45, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia
Structural Repairs to Pier 4 and Bulkhead, Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia
Structural Repairs to Pier 7, Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia
Repairs to Pier 3, Study Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia
Structural Repairs to Pier 5, Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia

His experience includes civil and structural design, marine condition surveys, structural analysis, plan preparation, specifications, cost estimating, planning studies, DD form 1391 preparation, shop drawing review and construction inspection for a variety of water front projects. Mr. Clark has performed these services on Indefinite Quantity Contracts for the Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Navy Public Works Center, the Virginia Port Authority and the Port of Richmond. He has designed the back-fit of storm and perimeter bollards on three recent U.S. Navy piers - Pier 5, Pier 7 and Pier CAD-A. He is also an expert in Pier and Wharf concrete repair techniques such as Shotcrete and epoxy injection techniques. Many fuel distribution systems near the waterfront require pile foundations such as those at Craney Island. Mr. Clark has designed pipeline pile supports and aboveground supports for fuel distribution systems. He has particular experience in marine industrial waterfront structures from previous contracts with the U.S. Navy and the Virginia Port Authority. For the U. S. Na vy Public Works Center, Norfolk, Mr. Clark was the principal design engineer and Project Manager Repairs to Pier 5 and Pier 7 to design hard points to support mobile cranes. Other assignments included piping and supports, pump buildings, cathodic protec tion systems and the design of repairs to ten above ground water storage tanks. Mr. Clark has also authored and co-authored several articles on pier repairs and pier repair techniques.

Other recent project experience includes the following:

Revise Fender System for Pier 11, Norfolk Naval Base, Norfolk, VA
Structural Repairs to Pier 5, Norfolk Naval Base, Norfolk, VA
Dredge Deepening Study, Portsmouth Marine Terminals, Portsmouth, VA
Crane Rail Capacity Study, Portsmouth Marine Terminals, Portsmouth, VA
Revise Mooring and Fender System, Pier CAD-A, Cheatham Annex, Williamsburg, VA
Structural Repairs to Pier 7, Norfolk Naval Base, VA
Portable Vehicle Ramp Design, Moorhead City, NC
Coal Pier 5 Layberth Conversion, Norfolk Southern Corp, Norfolk, VA
Pier Repair at Mineral Processing plant, A&W Troy, Coatzacoalcos, Mexico
Fourth Marginal Wharf Expansion, Portsmouth Marine Terminal, Portsmouth, VA
Repairs to Radio Island LST Ramp and Bulkhead, Moorhead City, NC
Parametric Estimating and Programming (DD1391), Pier 5 Modernization, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA
Parametric Estimating and Programming (DD1391), Pier 6 Modernization, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA

Mr. Clark has been a principal-in-charge and responsible for design, analysis, preparation of plans, specifications, studies, review of shop drawings and preparation of record drawings for a variety of fuel design engineering projects. He has performed these responsibilities primarily on Indefinite Delivery Contracts for the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command through the Corps of Engineers. He has also provided underground tank closure and new tank installations for Isle of Wight County Schools. For the U. S. Navy, Norfolk, Mr. Clark was the principal design engineer and Project Manager for the design of repairs and to ten above ground water storage tanks and Pier 5 which included rerouting and resupport of existing fuel lines. Mr. Clark in 1992 performed the design of a new POL Training Facility at Fort Lee, Virginia. This project included design of ten new welded steel fuel tanks and two bladder type storage tanks ranging in size from 42,000 to 420,000 gallons. Also included were pumping stations, terminals, depot buildings, and concrete containment systems. Mr. Clark is familiar with the Type I throug h Type V fuel systems, tank farms and fuel distribution networks as well as the latest military fuel specifications and design standards.

Installation of JP-8 Filter Separators at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ
Design of Modification to JP-8 Fuel Receiving Systems, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ
Design of Repairs to the Secondary Containment System for Aboveground Storage Tanks Nellis AFB, NV
Repair of Facility 380 Fuel System for Langley AFB, VA
Repair of Fuel Unloading Pier 721, Langley AFB, VA
Repair Fuel Storage Tank Containment Basins, Nellis AFB, NV
Fuel Tank Removal and Replacement, Langley AFB, VA
Replace Offloading Header, Langley AFB, VA
Petroleum Training Facility, Ft. Lee, VA
Upgrade POL Tank Farm, Langley AFB, VA

Mr. Clark's experience includes contract and construction administration of small and large projects. He has conducted public meetings and provided project presentations to civic leagues and city council meetings. He has performed these responsibilities on Indefinite Delivery Contracts for the Corps of Engineers, the U. S. Navy Public Works Center, the Virginia Port Authority and the Port of Richmond. He is a member of the State Building Code Technical Review Board for the Commonwealth of Virginia. He participates in interpreting the VUSBC and judging code violations on a monthly basis. He is thoroughly familiar with the VUSBC and the code process.

Mr. Clark is a certified underwater diver and a certified bridge inspector.

Mr. Clark has extensive experience in concrete rehabilitation utilizing the latest information in shotcrete repairs and concrete crack repair systems. He has extensive experience with three-dimensional finite element computer analysis and utilizes various programs to provide efficient and safe structural designs. He is also experienced in the use of the metric system in design projects. He has provided clients in Canada and Mexico with metric based designs.