2. Education
• Michigan State University
• Class Standing: Junior
• Major: Applied Engineering Sciences
– Concentration in Technical Sales
• Graduation: May 2018
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3. Workplace Information
• Major Enterprise Projects
• Second Rotation as a DTE Energy Summer Student
• Expansion of Gas Compression and Transmission Systems in
Michigan
• Supervisors:
– Brad Surface: Platform Manager
– Brian Carr: Project Manager - Construction
4. Work Responsibility Information
• DTE Gas NEXUS Related
Expansion
– Willow Gate Station
– Willow Run Compressor Station
– Milford Compressor Station
5. Key Learnings
• CAPM Certification
– Certified Associate in Project
Management
• Demolition at Willow Gate Station
– Site Visitation
– Project Cost Estimate
– Develop Scope of Work
• Invaluable Meetings and Site
Walk-throughs
– Willow Gate Station Phase I
Pre-Construction Meeting
6. Process Improvements
• DTE Gas Equipment and Material Vendor List
– Refined a Vendor List to be used across MEP – Gas
– Can be Sorted by Utility or Material Category
– Contains All Contact Information for Ease of Communication
– 200+ Contacts
7. Process Improvements
• Engineering Item Tracking with Revisions
– Updated Item Tracking Log to Include Weekly History of Revisions
made by DTE Gas and EN Engineering
– Allows Management to Hold Engineers Accountable for Schedule
Variance
– Management can Review Performance of Team more smoothly
Second Rotation – Worked with Wind Development Last Summer under Matt Wagner
NEXUS Gas Transmission Pipeline (255 Miles)
Ranging from Kensington, Ohio to Ypsilanti, Michigan.
To be completed in 2017.
Expansion of stations in order to meet requirements of gas flow volume of 1.5 Billion cubic feet/day and pressure of 858 PSI.
WGS: Major Natural gas Hub for DTE Gas located in Southeast Michigan.
Interconnect to major interstate pipelines and local Markets.
New Equipment includes 3 heaters, pipes, valves, and fittings.
WRCS: Compresses gas to assist in transportation of gas to major interstate pipelines and transmission systems.
Adding 4 units: 3 reciprocating units and 1 turbine.
MCS: Compresses gas to assist in transportation of gas to major interstate pipelines and transmission systems.
Adding 3 new compressor units, with a 4th unit as a bid option.
(Adding 14 new buildings across all 3 sites, ranging from compression to administration buildings.)
CAPM requires a secondary degree and 23 course hours which were provided by DTE through Aspire.
Demo Consultation: Adamo Group and Homrich.
Meetings: Professional experience learned through observing how meetings were conducted from Brian and Brad. Walk-throughs of all 3 Stations to learn basics of gas compression and transmission.
Consulting Engineer forwarded weekly Item Tracking Reports to PM with updated predictions of receivables date.
Adding an original planned column and revision column shows schedule variance and allows management to review performance more easily.
In this example, the RFQ issued completion date was revised and pushed back 7 times for WRCS and MCS, showing inconsistency in performance from DTE Engineers.
