LARRY KARSTEN

Below is a summary of my experiences in heavy construction, complimented with a Civil Engineering Technology Diploma. I have worked in compressor station construction and Large bore pipe survey and inspection for concrete soils and rebar.

I enjoy using my education and experience to apply in the field, I am able to identify good and poor workmanship. I have developed an ability to foresee upcoming tasks critical for the project to move forward by acting or directing tasks for phases of job to move forward with minimal delays. Collaborate with the Team optimistically when times get stressful. We all have abilities strengths and weaknesses. I can Identify that in coworker and utilize in the best way forward.

• Civil Engineering Technologist
• Railroad and Mine Supervisor Certification
• Confined Space
• Fall Protection
• CSTS
• OSSA
• OSSA Mine Driving
• OSSA Safety work permit training
• OSSA mine driving
• H2S Alive
• BC Mine Safety for supervisors
• Public Works inspector
• Underground Miner 3
• Class 3 with Airbrakes Drivers Licence.

• Sieve Analysis
• ASTM Soils classification
• CSA Concrete Specification testing
• Proctor analysis for crusher production and In-situ borrow pit results.
• Nuclear Densometer data input and results calculations.

• Concrete Batch man, for a variety of mix designs
• Order calculations and QA/QC assurance
• Plant operations and troubleshooting mechanical problems.
• Computer applications associated for production
• Driver scheduling and safety compliance.

• Sanitary sewer design and construction
• Highway and logging road construction
• Detailed Sketches, Diary, and photos
• Computer applications associated for production
• Flood Building envelope inspection
• Asbestos Trained inspector
• Dam construction
• Underground Mine development

• Survey Crew Chief – Heavy Industrial Construction Surveyor.
• Leica and Trimble GPS and Total Station Instruments
• GPS for volumes, slope staking, ditches, ponds, culverts, COGO, Fence lines.
• GPS remote Base set up, site topo and structure location, U/G scanning pickups.
• GPS, Daily calibration and accuracy checks, Pile Layout, Roadways, and Tank Farms.
• Heavy industrial, Roadway, Underground utilities, Multi-plate Culverts, Piping.
• Project Control set-up and Maintenance.
• Super mod lift and placing, preparation, orientation, verticality’s, XYZ
• Weld or bolt down vertical steel supports layout, shim packs, as-built.
• Sleeper Layout for large concrete structures with minimal tolerances.
• Layout and as-built foundations, Piles and anchor bolts.
• Pump setting with Millwrights for elevation shims, intake and discharge lines.
• Layout and as-built Ponds, Tank farms, Trenches, site grading and access roads.
• Steel structure layout, electrical and pipe supports, columns, Mods, Super structures.
• Proficient in the use of Leica, Topcon and Trimble gear.
• Blueprint extrapolation and data file generation for layout.
• Detailed notes and sketches.
• Layout as per client or machine operator’s expectation.
• Suncor - Base mine, Fort Hills and FireBag Pile driving survey.
• Syncrude – FFT, Water Treatment Facility.
• CNRL Horizon- various piling, pipe, and super mod placement.
• Kearl Lake- GPS and Total Station for large heavy construction Piles

• Hydraulic and Volume models with excel, Lotus 123 Data tables.
• Creation of CSV and DXF Files for Survey
• Road, Ditch, Catch basins, Culverts, Pipe, Concrete.
• Bending Moment calculations and Tower Alignment.
• Report Creation for NCR, RFI, Volumes.
• Field GP Scanning and Reports processing.

• QC and Chief Surveyor for Piles of various sizes.
• Field construction Inspector
• Earthworks Foreman
• Material Testing
• Estimating
• Survey Crew Chief
• Underground Miner 3
• Heavy Equipment Operator
• Railway Maintenance Foreman
• Computer Applications
• Machine GPS Control, dozers, excavators, Intelligent compaction.
• Contract Bid/Tender developer
• Contract Law
• Data Processing

• Caterpillar Backhoe 416B
• Heavy Hauler 50 ton underground.
• Excavator
• Dozer