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| Engr. Nelson G. Martinez |
In William Shakespeare’s play, Caesar described Cassius:
Yon Cassius hath a lean and Hungry look.
He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous. (Julius Caesar 1.2.195-6).
These lines were previously related to the Latin proverb “Still waters run deep” which was accepted to mean that silent people are dangerous.
However, as I thought of writing the story of SNNHS ‘69er NELSON G. MARTINEZ, I take the proverb to mean that a silent and quiet person has a lot of deeply hidden visions, intuitions and ideas that flow just as fast as the brainwaves that babbles from the popularity of brilliant minds. This kind of a person exchanges no abundant words, not a chitchat but deep inside him are hidden loads of intelligence and wisdom just finding time to be exposed. This is a person who stands by in humble silence while others squeal and scream.
As the SNNHS ‘69ers disembarked high school and spread in different routes to their intended journeys, so little was known of Nelson among most of our contemporaries, except perhaps to those who are schooled in the same metropolitan area where Nelson lives. Yet in accord with his long elusive plans of success, he silently and quietly followed the path of his journey and crossed the deep waters of life. Still waters are difficult to cross. One should have the integral capacity to swim the challenges of heights, depths, undercurrent and length to reach the shorelines. But cross he did and landed delightfully to the blissful shore. After a long and depressing toil in college, he eventually graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering from the FEATI University.
He worked for experience and took the board exams and successfully passed. Electrical Engineering is a difficult career that it requires a series of board examinations. He hurdled them all and so later became a Professional Electrical Engineer. He’s probably been through continued career growth and progress that eventually brought him to the level and earned for him the high title of an Electrical Engineering Consultant. The once deeply hidden load of intelligence and wisdom is now exposed, “and the bashful kid we knew, is now [an Electrical Engineering Consultant] ten years or more.” (Where are the playmates of yesterday).
The lists of
certifications and accomplishments he acquired during his engineering practice included
the following:
· ASEAN Chartered
Professional Engineers (ACPE), November 2018, ACPE-03326/PH 2635
·
ASEAN Engineer Registry,
November 2015, ARE No. 6715
·
Saudi Council of
Engineers, issued December 2016, Consultant # 57433
·
Saudi Council of
Engineers, issued December 2013, Electrical Engineer # 57433
·
Professional Regulation
Commission- Professional Electrical Engineer 1992 #0002635
·
Professional Regulation
Commission- Registered Master Electrician 1975 # 0004510
He is professionally affiliated with:
Institute of Integrated
Electrical Engineers of the Philippines Inc., (IIEE-CRCSA) Senior Member
·
SAVE International,
Member No. 20011006, 2012
He is a member of the Saudi Council of Engineers
(Consultants), Reg. No.57433. He was chapter governor in 2013, chapter auditor
in 2014, chapter Vice President-Internal in 2015, and chapter President in 2016
of the Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers, Inc., Central Region
Chapter, Saudi Arabia.
His record of professional experience comprise more than twenty
(20) years as a Lead/Senior Electrical Engineer in Engineering Work, Concept
Design & Detailed Design in power plant, oil & gas refineries, mining
refineries, petrochemicals and industrial plant for EPC & EPCM Contract.
And, more than (17) seventeen years as a Senior Electrical Engineer in project
management, construction supervision, operation and maintenance of power plant,
oil & gas refineries, mining refineries, petrochemicals, industrial plants,
infrastructures, high rise building, commercial building and residential
project. Knowledge of latest International Standards such as NEC, NFPA, ANSI,
IEC, IEEE, ASTM, NEMA, API, IESNA & Etc.
His extensive resume records the following notable
projects he had undertaken and is undertaking up to the present:
Dar Al Riyadh Consultants – E&A, Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Lead/Senior Electrical
Engineer, 22 August 2003 – Present
List of Projects
Undertaken:
Information Technology & Communication
Complex, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Constructions of Four (4) 22 Story Office Tower & Seven (7) 5
Story Office Buildings – Client Consultants, Review and Approve materials
submittals, Shop drawings, technical queries, equipment installations, shop
drawings, Testing and commissioning and operation & maintenance submittals.
MOH Housing Project North & South Region: Concept to Detailed Design & Engineering
for Residential, Commercial & Infrastructure Project North & South
Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Madinah Development Authority H.Q. Project: Concept to Detailed Design & Engineering
for Office Head Quarters Building Project, Madinah City, Saudi Arabia.
GOSI Al Remal Gated Community Project: Concept to Detailed Design & Engineering
for Residential, Commercial & Infrastructure Project, Riyadh City, Saudi
Arabia.
Ras Al Khair Industrial City Site Development
Project, Royal Commission-Jubail City. Design Consultancy Services for Ras Al Khair Industrial City
Infrastructure, EPC of Substation, Switching Station, P&C of Telecom
Network Building, P&C of Site Development of City Support Area North.
Partners: WSP
Role: Lead Electrical
Engineer
MOI Security Forces Hospital Expansion Project
Manage a team of
engineers & designer in execution and implementation of Conceptual Design
toDetailed Engineering Design works.
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center – Hospital
Expansion Project
Detailed Design and
Engineering for King Abdullah Center for Cancer and Liver Diseases Twenty (20)
Storey Hospital, National Biotechnology Center Twelve (12) Storey, EMS, Royal
Wing & VIP Wing Five (5) Storey Three (3) Building, Central Plant Five (5)
Storey Building.
Madinah 5 Star Hotel
Detailed Design &
Engineering for Twelve (12) Storey 5 Star Hotel Project, Madinah City, Saudi
Arabia.
Taiba Palace 5 Star Hotel
Detailed Design &
Engineering for Twelve (12) Storey 5 Star Hotel Project, Madinah City, Saudi
Arabia.
General Auditing Bureau Office Head Quarters
Detailed Design &
Engineering for Sixteen (16) Storey Office Tower Project, Riyadh City.
Saudi Arabian Oil Company (ARAMCO)
CO2 Transfer Facility
from SASREF to ARRAZI Plant.
Two Grade Gasoline
Project Detailed Engineering for the two (2) Bulk Plant, Tabuk and Duba Bulk
Plant.
Additional Capacity
Detailed Engineering for the two (2) Bulk Plant, Tabuk and Duba Bulk Plant.
Upgrade Wastewater
Treatment Facilities Detailed Engineering for the Ras Tanura Terminal North.
Al Khafji Joint
Operations Community & Infrastructure Design Packages.
F3 Engineering/Japan Gas Corporation (JGC),
Philippines
Senior Electrical
Engineer, April 2002 – August 2003
Project: Kuwait Crude
Oil Facilities
Project Details: Tank
Farm Expansion Project
Client: Kuwait Petroleum
Company
Project: Cogeration
Plant, Berri Gas Plant
Project Details: Plant
Expansion Project
Client: Saudi Arabian
Oil Company (ARAMCO)
Role / Position: Senior
Electrical Engineer
• Key person and managed
a team of engineers & designers in execution and implementation of Detailed
Engineering Design works.
Kvaerner Philippines Corporation Inc., Makati
City Philippines
Lead Electrical
Engineer, September 1997 – March 2002
List of Project
Undertaken:
Project: Shell Petroleum
Philippines Plant Expansion Project
Project Details:
Detailed Engineering Design
Client: Shell Petroleum
Philippines
Project: Tabangao-Ilijan
Gas Pipe Project
Project Details:
Installation of Gas Pipe Line from Tabangao to Ilijan Gas Plant
Client: National Power
Corporation
Project: Decommissioning
of the Polyethylene Plant.
Project Details:
Reconstruction and decommissioning of the Plant
Client: Bataan Polyethylene
Corporation (BPC)
Project: Installation of
Sulfuric Acid Coolers
Project Details:
Replacement and Installation of Sulfuric Acid Coolers
Client: Kvaerner
Chemitics-Canada/Philippine Association Smelting & Refinery (PASAR) Leyte
Philippines.
Project: Continuous
Caster and Ladle Treatment Unit Project at Santiago, Chile
Project Details:
Detailed Engineering Design for Mineral Processing Facility.
Client: Kvaerner Metals
– Chile
Kvaerner E & C Australia Pty Ltd, Melbourne
Australia
Lead Electrical
Engineer, June 1997 – August 1997
Project: Rehabilitation
of Nickel Refinery Plant
Project Details:
Rehabilitation of Nickel Refinery Plant
Client: Philippine
Nickel Company
Samsung Construction Corporation Philippines, Makati City
Philippines
Chief Electrical
Engineer, September 1996 – May 1997
Project: Construction of
54 Storey High Rise Office Building
Project Details:
Construction Management
Client: Filinvest/PBCOM
Bank
TRANS-ASIA Philippines/Davy John Brown Pty Ltd
Senior Electrical
Engineer, July 1996 – August 1996
Project: Rehabilitation
of Nickel Refinery Plant, Nonoc Island, Surigao City, Philippines
Project Details:
Rehabilitation of Nickel Refinery Plant
Client: Philippine
Nickel Company (PHILNICO)
Ussugair Consulting Engineers, Riyadh Saudi
Arabia
Site Electrical
Engineer, June 1994 – December 1995
Project: Petrokemya
Housing Project
Project Details:
Construction of 181 Units Residential Housing Project.
Client: Petrokemya/SABIC
WILIZ
Engineering Services, Pasig City Philippines
Project Manager, May 1992 – May 1994
Project: Various
Industrial and Manufacturing Plant in Metro Manila & Suburbs
Project Details:
Installation of Lighting & Small Power, LV Distribution, LV & MV
Switchgear, Distribution
Transformers, Generators
and Automatic Transfer Switch.
Client: Various
Industrial and Manufacturing Plant in Metro Manila & Suburbs.
LM Power Corporation, Libis Quezon City,
Philippines
Project Engineer,
December 1990 – April 1992
Project: Quezon City
Central Post Office
Project Details:
Construction of four (4) Storey Office Building
Client: Department of
Transportation and Communication
MODA King Faisal Naval Base/Facilities Operation & Maintenance (FACOM), Jeddah Saudi Arabia
Electrical Planner &
Estimator, April 1984 – July 1990
Project: Operation and
Maintenance of Various Facilities and Equipment.
Project Details:
Operation and Maintenance of King Faisal Naval Base.
Client: Royal Saudi
Naval Forces (RSNF)
Saudia Electro Mechanical Company (SAEMCO), Jeddah Saudi Arabia
Assistant Electrical
Engineer, November 1981 – March 1984
Project: Installation of
Six (6) 5MVA Gas Turbine
Project Details:
Installation of Six (6) 5MVA Gas Turbine for Royal Saudi Air Base
Client: Royal Saudi Air
Force at Tabuk, Khamis Musyait & Jabal Al Sahn Air Base.
Blue Star Mahogany Inc., Paso de Blas, Valenzuela City,
Philippines
Chief Electrician, May
1977 – November 1981
Project: Installation,
Operation and Maintenance of Facilities and Equipment
He was one of those hired as Electrical Engineering Consultant for an Australian company who expressed intentions to buy the Surigao Nickel Refinery, in Nonoc Island, Surigao City. After their actual plant evaluation, he was sent to Australia to prepare the Electrical rehabilitation plans, but for reasons unknown the project was cancelled. To him it was a missed opportunity to return back to his beloved native Province and City the service that should have been of greater help to the Surigaonons.
Although he has already reached the age of compulsory retirement, yet his vast experience in Electrical Engineering and Project Management and consultancy are still in demand for utilization for as long as physical health and vigor permits.
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