Tesfaye A. BelihuSenior CADD Technician

With over twenty five years of experience, Mr. Belihu is a Senior CADD Technician with exceptional knowledge and experience in AutoCAD, Microstation, and LDD. Practical experiences includes delivery of civil, structural and architectural CADD services. He also has experience in design drafting of architectural and structural construction drawings. His excellent organizational skills allow him to work in collaboration with a team or independently.

Education

Robert McNeel & Associates - Seattle, WA (1989): AutoCAD and Microstation Training Certificates

Haile Selassie 1st University - Ethiopia (1973-1974): Architecture & Town Planning

General Wingate Secondary School - Ethiopia (1969-1972): ESLCE Very Great Distinction

Additional Coursework

MS Office/Outlook

Employment History

Years with BD&D - 4

Years of Experience - 29

Relevant Experience

SoundTransit East Link Phase 3/CH2M Hill

BD&D is providing CADD services for the preliminary engineering phase (Phase 3) of the Eastlink project. Tesfaye's versatility enabled him to provide CADD support and produce track alignment, roadway, structural, and utility drawings on this project. File management platform is Sharepoint.

SoundTransit U-Link/NTP Team

BD&D provided CADD services for this final design project; a 3.1 mile light rail system for the North Puget Sound corridor. The scope of work included surveying, surface and tunnel design, track alignment and design, and architectural design of rail stations. Tesfaye produced drawings for the UW Station, and the Capitol Hill excavations and tunnel. He also provided CADD drafting services for traffic engineering and permitting.

Sound Transit Central Link Light Rail/PSTC

Tesfaye provided CADD drafting support/design for this 14 mile light rail project extending from Westlake Center in downtown Seattle to Tukwila and Sea-Tac International Airport. The project features a mile long tunnel through Beacon Hill and the Westlake to International District tunnel. Tesfaye produced civil, track, utilities, base mapping, structural and traffic engineering drawings for this Sound Transit project.

Seattle Monorail Project SMP/Bechtel/Jacobs

CADD drafting of alignment for preliminary plans and profiles. Also responsible for creating permit drawings for the SMP project.

Port of Seattle RCF/ KPFF

Preparation of construction drawings and CADD support within the civil department for the civil design of a Port of Seattle (POS) project., a 5 story remote parking structure to serve Seatac Airport.

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