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Stephen William Allenberg, P.Eng.



CURRENTLY NOT SEEKING EMPLOYMENT

Occupation: Civil Engineer.
Status: Canadian Citizen.
Home Address: St Catharines, Ontario.
Phone #: (905) 934 3699 (H) After 6 pm.
Email: swallenberg@cogeco.ca
Driver's licence: Ontario Valid G

CAREER OBJECTIVE
Land development, infrastructure and municipal engineering, including hydraulic
engineering: water supply, distribution and sanitary pump stations.
QUALIFICATIONS - South African
Masters Diploma in Technology - (Water) - 1987.
Masters Diploma in Technology - (Road & Transport) - 1986.
National Higher Diploma - (Civil Engineering) - 1984.
National Diploma - (Draughtsmanship / Civil) - 1972
PROFESSIONAL BODIES
Canadian:
PEO - (Professional Engineers of Ontario) http://www.peo.on.ca
Registration: P.Eng. - April 2004.

South African: (Now discontinued)
ECSA - (Engineering Council of South Africa) http://www.ecsa.co.za
MIPET - (Inst. for Professional Engineering Technologists) http://www.ipet.co.za
Registration: Pr Tech (Eng) - March 1988.

EXPERIENCE OVERVIEW
Canadian:
Senior Project Manager / Municipal Engineer - All aspects of land development from small to large developments, design / construction, roads, parking lots, water supply analysis & watermain networks, heat tracing, storm sewers - hydrograph / pond modelling using Miduss 98, sanitary sewers and pump stations, site grading, proposals, cost estimates and cost share, contract documents, construction and detail drawings, obtain approvals, construction observance, site servicing studies and reports, project management.
COURSES: WHMIS, OHSA, SUE, Water Quality Devices and in place asphalt recycling / foamed bitumen seminar.

South African:
Project Manager / Engineer - Client liaison, personnel and project management, financial control, communication, reports, construction monitoring, obtain approvals. Design background in all aspects of land and industrial developments and Municipal Engineering (through to project completion) including layout, planning, roads, base and subbase, earthworks, subdrain, storm and sanitary sewers, canalisation, erosion protection, floodlines / hydrographs, recreational facilities, sanitary pumping, water distribution and sanitary collection networks. Materials and compactions, geotechnical report translations to design standards, feasibilities, costing, budgeting, tender preparation and adjudication, specifications, schedule of quantities, documentation and development co-ordination.
COURSES: Durban Metro - water supply and distribution, Pipe products, CON-Aid - Ionic soil stabilizer.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Canadian:
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20 October 2008 to Present: Delcan Corporation (Niagara Falls)
http://www.delcan.com
Position: Senior Project Manager
Finch Avenue West (LRT) - Technical Lead on municipal services upgrade project for Preliminary Engineering phase for widening and introduction of LRT on Finch Avenue.
Ontario Power Generation (Niagara Falls)- Design of parking and stormwater for upgrade and resurfacing of existing parking and transformer area for new parking lot.
Toronto South Detention Centre (Design / Build) - Prepare preliminary municipal servicing designs, as part of the
design / build team, for tender submission.
Forensic Services and Coroners Complex (Design / Build)- Prepare preliminary municipal servicing designs for the complex, as part of the design build team, for tender submission.
Highway 7 (Viva Transit) - Stormwater catchment drainage areas, modelling and storm sewer sizing by hydraulic modelling and quality control designs.
York Region Rapid Transit (Operations and maintenance facility) - Design sedimentation and erosion control plan to implement during reconstruction work.
Erindale (GO Transit) – Design of municipal services for parking lot upgrade which included a multi-storey building including relocation of and splitting of an easement due to confined spaces.

29 January 2007 to 17 October 2008: MMM Group Limited (Thornhill)
http://www.mmm.ca
Position: Senior Project Engineer
Avonshire - Municipal services, grading for an existing development being upgraded to a mutliple highrise development.
studies, noise studies etc, through to approval stage (current status) and will manage construction.
Greater Toronto Airpot Authority (GTAA) - Lead for municipal infrastructure including roads
reconstruction watermain and stormwater upgrades.
130 Bloor street - Design of municipal services for highrise downtown development.
9076 Yonge street - Functional Servicing report for municipal services to downtown highrise development.
Ajax Audley - Prepare Functional servicing report for 60 ha greenfiled subdivision development.
Burlington Parking Garage - Impacts and cost estimates of service & utility relocations due to proposed
underground parking below streets surrounding the proposed downtown McMaster University
Quito - Outlet pipe sizing from elevated water storage tank for delivery of specific volume within a specified time.
York District Sanitary Sewer (16th Avenue)- Sluice gates in 450mm sewer for sanitary flow diversion.
Queensville West (404 L/s), Holland Landing (254 L/s) & 2nd Concession (1911 L/s)- Pump stations, design
and sizing of all pumps,forcemains, station internal pipe sizing. Design Brief for stations and collection system.
Bridletown Mall - Analysis of large sanitary sewer drainage area and preliminary roads and servicing
designs for proposed highrise developments within an existing Mall area.
Toronto Waterfront - Preliminary design for roads and separate stormwater collection system to CSO discharging directly
to Lake Ontario.
Parc Downsview Park - Proposal for water supply and storm drainage improvements for architectural landscaping project
MTO Patrol Yard - Designs including parking lot layout and grading, all services, drawings and quantities.

1 November 2004 to 25 January 2007: Metropolitan Consulting Inc. (Burlington)
http://www.metrocon.ca/
Position: Senior Project Manager
Glover Shores - Subdivision of 18 lots - manage project including, functional servicing
report, engineering designs and approvals including tree preservation, archaeological
studies, noise studies etc, through to approval stage (current status) and will manage construction.
Meadowlands - Two phased development of 64 hectares. Manage project and prepare preliminary
engineering designs, functional servicing report (Phase 2), Phase 1 earthworks pre-grade - not awarded
Waterdown Bay - 186 hectare 5 year phased development. Functional servicing report
overall servicing, preliminary engineering designs and planning (within submitted draft plan
proposal) including analysis of water supply, sanitary pump stations, transportation networks.
272 First Road West - 6 hectare commercial development - Functional servicing report preliminary
engineering servicing and investigation of sanitary pumping options.
Stormwater Management - Miduss modelling (various projects)

29 January 2001 to 29 October 2004: Urban &
Environmental Management Inc. (St Catharines)
Position: Municipal Engineer
Montrose Culvert - box culvert located on Regional Road 47 - Design, quantities,
construction and detail drawings.
Casablanca South Service Road.(Niagara Gateway Center) - improvements
and signalization - Geometric design, quantities - 13 weeks construction observance.
Peel District School Board - redesign of a partially designed sanitary pump station and
forcemain by directional drilling – 4 weeks construction observance.
Ontario Power Generation – sanitary pump station and forcemain - directional drilling and open trench.
Ontario Power Generation – replacement watermain line including 25 m bridge crossing
pre insulated heat tracing.
City of Welland - realignment of 400 metres of Wellington Street, design, drawings and contract documentation.
Niagara Catholic District School Board - Notre Dame College / School - stormwater
management and traffic improvements (Construction was pending)
Stormwater Management - Miduss modelling (various projects)

20 November 2000 - 22 December: 2000 Totten Sims Hubicki Associates. (Kitchener)
Position: 1 month contract
County of Brant - including Cainsville / Blossom Avenue; St George; Mt Pleasant / Farringdon; Airport Oakhill; Paris.: determine current bulk water inadequacies and future requirements by preparing and analysing models in accordance with zonings.

South African:
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July 1995 to November 2000: Moore Spence Jones / Kwezi V3 Engineers. (Durban)
http://www.kweziv3.com/
Position: Project Engineer / Project Manager
Bhambayi - upgrade of 3000 informal lots - surfaced roads, subdrain and major storm
sewer, sanitary sewage and water distribution networks.
Atlantis - 103 sites - surfaced roads, sanitary sewer and water distribution, storm sewer
including box culvert, erosion protection (55m Sewer pipe bridge).
Umhlali Greens - earthworks platforms and all services to 33 lots.
Lusikisiki - civil utilities and sanitary pump station design - 200 lots.
Ethembeni - review of large rural water supply and distribution scheme.
Kloof 13 & 20 - 170 lots. Savannah Park - 610 sites. Bayridge - 15 double storey units, - Crawford College - (Durban Metro Contracts) - Glenwood 737 sites - (Umsundusi Council)- all water distribution design (Did all water supply and distribution designs for V3 - Durban Office).
Riverdene Township - 1000 sites - design of roads, storm and sanitary sewer services.
KwaMashu – 300 mm diameter trunk sanitary sewer (Durban Metro Wastewater).
AECI (Industrial) - design and upgrade report on effluent disposal line & pumps.
CMDA - feasibility and reports for 2 industrial areas.
Feralloys - supervision of earthworks and dewatering to crusher site.
AECI (Industrial) - 200 Hectare lots - sanitary sewer initial estimates and planning.
VRN - design of remedial work to storm sewer drainage system and paved parking area
rehabilitation.
Chatsworth - storm sewer upgrade, designs and schedule of quantities to 6 schools.
Koelwaters - river / sea delta backwater curve modelling.
Other - carry out designs, costing, for numerous other smaller projects including
management of construction.

January 1992 to June 1995: M L Sultan Technikon (A poly-technical type institute). (Durban)
Position: Lecturer
Applied Mechanics, Management (Civil), and all water related subjects to all levels of N H Diploma students. Liaise with industry, student appraisal, setting up laboratory, research / study material and tutorials, prepare and mark examinations.

June 1990 to December 1991: S W Allenberg - Consulting Civil Technologist. (Durban)
Position: Director / Consultant
Work for Consultants initially, preparing feasibility studies, utilities designs, schedule
of quantities, and development co-ordination with other service bodies.
Lusikisiki - design of civil services - 58 lots.
Industrial - 130 and 20 Hectare - utilities, lot grading, floodline calculations.
KwaMashu - 192 lots - town planning, lot grading and utility designs, schedule of
quantities.
Own projects: -
Sandsdowne development - 135 lots - All utilities and sanitary sewer pumping design.
Somashi Construction - complete partial designs of 14 & 24 lots all utilities.
Map Properties - 29 lots - all utilities design.
Umlazi: 14 and 24 lots all utilities design and documentation.

April 1989 to April 1990: Horne Glasson Partners now Scott Wilson. (Durban)
Position: Project Engineer
Personnel management, development co-ordination and construction monitoring, utilities design - finances, town planning, geotechnical interpretations, drawings, report writing, project administration and cost estimate / budget preparation.
Umlazi - manage 3 development areas of 34, 76 and 95 lots

March 1988 to March 1989: Borough of Umhlanga. (Suburb of Durban)
Position: Assistant Town Engineer
Management duties, tender document and capital estimate preparation, costing of flood damage and new projects etc, design of roads, subdrains, storm sewer, sanitary sewers and pump stations, inspection / monitoring of work in progress, consultation with Town Planner on town planning issues, refuse transfer station (construction).
General - correspondence, complaint investigation, chair safety committee, council meeting attendance, administrative duties.

December 1979 to February 1988
Natal Provincial Administration (N.P.A) - Community Services. (Durban)
Position: Civil Technician
Umlazi – responsible for roads and storm sewer section and all associated engineering surveying, some concrete designs, and community liaison for Units 24 and 25. Then posted to Klaarwater as clerk of works on utilities upgrade to 301 houses and to investigate inadequate water supply.

Borough of Westville - Position: Technical Assistant - Municipal Engineering. (Suburb of Durban)
Allenberg Brothers - Position: Partner / Director - Building Contractors
N.P.A (Building Services) - Position: Pupil Tech. / Tech. - Surveying / Engineering.

COMPUTER SKILLS
Windows
Word
Excel
Miduss 98
Epanet
Hydraflow Storm Sewers
StormNET
Autocad (limited skills)