BIM Design Engineer
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BIM Design Engineer

AKSHAY NIRBHYA
Chicago, Illinois
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MECHANICAL BIM/CAD ENGINEER
Delivering Leadership, Accountability, and Excellence
Total Dedication in Exceeding Client and Personal Expectations in Challenging Environments
Growth-focused leader honing a Swiss-army knife of skillsets in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC), Mechanical Design, Building Engineering, Heat Transfer & Fluid Dynamics. Knowledgeable in Building Information Modelling (BIM) in creating, coordinating, and linking complex Mechanical models with all other disciplines in a single model environment to fully build projects digitally before breaking ground on site. Skilled in taking drawings from con-ceptual design through construction documents while prioritizing work demands to meet project schedules/deadlines in a fast-paced working environment. Consistently offers creative, out of the box solutions.

Mechanical BIM/CAD Design | Project Management | Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning | Mechanical Design | Heat Transfer | Fluid Dynamics | Leed Green Associate | Energy Auditing & Management | schematics and layout drawings | HVAC Controls & Design | OSHA 30 | Dynamo | Bluebeam | Reports & Documentation| ASHRAE Standards | SMACNA Building codes | International Plumbing code 2018 | Procore

Career History

Building Information Modeling (BIM) Design Engineer|ENGworks, Chicago, IL 06/2018 – Pre-sent
Exceed expectations in employing the use of AutoCAD MEP, Revit MEP, and Navisworks for 3D Modeling and Coordination of Mechanical duct and Pipe Systems.
• Conceptualize and develop systems that effect acceptable design intent through efficient code requirements ref-erencing and optimal duct and pipe designs.
• Deliver strategic technical oversight on installation/shop drawings in streamlining the successful execution of field installation projects.
• Utilize tools like Fabrication MEP and Revit for establishing Fabrication content libraries for Building product Manufacturers

Applications Engineer | TL services, Tampa, FL 06/2017 – 06/2018
Outperformed objectives in delivering overarching technical support to accelerate the building automation systems, energy management, and utility metering and monitoring systems
• Presided over the building of Direct Digital Controls (DDC) systems for new and pre-existing building projects through the use of Niagara AX for designing for design and programming functions.
• Maximized efficient energy management using PPCL for the programming and configuration SIEMENS TALON controllers used for tracking building data.
• Spearheaded training and development sessions to enhance clients’ knowledge in tracking and interpreting live building data using front end interface tools like SIEMENS Desigo CC.
Projects

NGC Holiday Inn Express, Nebraska: BIM Design Engineer, ENGworks
• Successfully utilized AutoCAD MEP for designing mechanical ductwork and piping systems in place.
• Verified Submittal data for the purpose of Equipment Selection

University of Missouri, Medicine Complex: BIM Design Engineer, ENGworks
• Executed the project focused on using Revit MEP and AutoCAD MEP for the design and Modeling of pro-cess utilities and domestic water piping for the University of Missouri.
• Employed the use of Autodesk Navisworks for coordination and clash detection.

NIBCO Butterfly & Ball Valves: BIM Design Engineer, ENGworks
• Created & kept up to date the Revit content families for the NIBCO TN 18:Butterfly & Ball Valves

VIEGA PEX Piping Systems: BIM Design Engineer, ENGworks
• Created Revit content for the VIEGA PEX Flexible Tubing Plumbing Piping system


University of Central Florida, Orlando: BIM Design Engineer, ENGworks
• Modeled an energy-efficient HVAC and piping system for the University of Central Florida.
• Issued RFI’s for clarification of conflicts with Ductwork adherence to Engineering specifications
• Issued Field Installation drawings using AutoCAD MEP

Denver University, Denver: BIM Design Engineer, ENGworks
• Structured and modeled sanitary waste and vent piping system.
• Facilitated the fabrication and installation using AutoCAD MEP for creating spool drawings.
• Issued Spool drawings created using AutoCAD MEP for Fabrication & Field Installation purposes

University of Illinois, Chicago: Time developing flow in a lid-driven cavity
• Implemented the marker and cell approach by Harlow and Welch in developing a two-dimensional incompress-ible Navier-stokes solver
• ANSYS FLUENT was used to verify and plot the results obtained by theoretical method upto 3%

University of Pune: Aqua Facelift
• Optimized the process of eliminating floating waste from water bodies through the design and development of a remote-controlled portable water surface cleaning unit.

Education
University Of Illinois, Chicago 08/2015 – 05/2017
Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering 08/2010 – 05/2014
Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Technical Acumen

Autocad Mep, Autodesk Revit Mep, Autodesk Navisworks, Ansys FLUENT, Solidworks, Niagara AX, PPCL, SIEMENS Desigo CC

Achievements
• Created “Smart Coordinator”- A Hackathon winning prototype of a Navisworks plugin to optimize the BIM process.
• Captain of college soccer team.
• Founder of green cell in college.