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Project Managers
E. Scott Heath, P.E. | Kelly Kinnett, P.E. |Tommy Setzer | Bob Greis
Founder of Company
E. Scott Heath, P.E.
President and CEO
EXPERIENCE:
HEATH AND ASSOCIATES, INC. 11/88 - Present
PRESIDENT AND C.E.O., Shelby, NC 11/88 - Present
Provide management and engineering consulting services to natural gas companies. Conduct comprehensive, economic,
operational, planning, and retail rate studies. Analyze agreements between transmission pipelines and clientele concerning
rate adjustments, gas supplies and transportation costs, and filings with the FERC. Prepare detailed engineering design
and specifications for a variety of facilities and pipeline construction projects for local distribution companies. Prepare
contract documents, coordinate public bidding, oversee and monitor construction projects. Monitor changing regulatory
requirements concerning construction practices, operational safety, and compliance. Coordinate intra-company activities such
as scheduling, billing, and office management.
ARCO OIL AND GAS 7/81 - 10/88 SENIOR GAS CONTRACTS ENGINEER, Midland, TX 1/88 - 10/88 Responsible for negotiating wellhead gas purchase
contracts for several natural gas processing plants in Texas, Oklahoma,
and Wyoming. Maintain contracts (approximately 2,000) and resolve
co-owner and producer disputes over operational
procedures, accounting discrepancies, and payment questions. Evaluate economics for gas plant capital investments such as new well connections, compressor facilities, and processing agreements. Evaluate value of gas plants for
divestment/acquisition possibilities with outside companies. OPERATIONAL/ANALYTICAL ENGINEER, Midland, TX 3/86 - 10/88, Denver, CO 8/85 - 3/86, Tulsa, OK 8/82 - 8/84
Oversee operations in various fields located in Texas Panhandle. Responsibilities and skills developed include estimating
reserves; economic evaluation of development drilling, recompletions, acreage farmout, and property acquisition/sales;
maintenance and optimization of waterflood operations; open and cased hole logging; design and selection of perforating,
acidizing, and hydraulic fracturing treatments; prepare exhibits for and give testimony in Texas and Oklahoma State Commission hearings. Accomplishments include receiving special award bonus for initiating recompletion/development
drilling program in N.W. Stillwater which led to new reservoir discovery. Prepared several reservoir studies, proposed and supervised successful major stimulation program (50 wells) in Glenn Pool Field.
DRILLING ENGINEER, Tulsa, OK 8/84 - 8/85 Prepare well plans for drilling wells, detail completion/workover prognosis, and cost estimates. Evaluate bid sheets, select
drilling rigs and contractors, obtain drilling permits. Work one half of time in field supervising drilling rigs and various service company personnel. ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, Tyler, TX 7/81 - 8/82 Work with reservoir engineering staff preparing reserve estimates, remedial workover and completion recommendations. REGISTRATION:
State of North Carolina State of Kentucky State of Virginia State of Texas State of South Carolina State of Mississippi State of Alabama State of Georgia State of Tennessee
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Senior Project Manager
EXPERIENCE: HEATH AND ASSOCIATES, INC. 9/02 - Present SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER, Shelby, NC, 9/02 – Present
Registered Professional Engineer in the following states:
EDUCATION:
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1981
University of Tennessee
Graduated with Honors
AFFILIATIONS:
American Public Gas Association
Kentucky Gas Association
Southeastern Gas Association
Tennessee Gas Association
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma - Honor Societies
Provide engineering and management consulting services to operators of natural gas systems. Develop detailed construction plans for public improvement projects, conversions, new industry or development, and system improvements for transmission and distribution facilities. Evaluate peak shaving alternatives. Provide Operations and Maintenance technical support and advice in measurement, regulation, code compliance, Abnormal Operating Conditions, corrosion control, leak management, damage prevention, patrolling, and continuing surveillance. Assist operators with liaison presentations. Perform system reliability evaluations. Monitor changing regulatory environment. Assist operators with planning for Integrity Management. Advise operators on organizational structure and job profiles. Recommend equipment and materials as well as process revisions.
OKLAHOMA NATURAL GAS COMPANY 3/00 – 9/02
ENGINEER III, Regulatory Compliance, Oklahoma City, OK, 6/00 – 9/02
Provide technical
assistance on damage prevention, leak management, and corrosion
control programs for 3190 miles of distribution and 839 miles of
transmission main. Created $100,000 one-time savings by
contracting project work and re-organizing workforce to handle
increased workload brought on by changes to rules and
regulations. Support changes to operating procedures, manual
revisions, and contract negotiations OPERATION
SUPERVISION
Re-engineered business processes to reduce costs and maximize value of existing strategic alliances with vendors including direct-shipping up to sixty truckloads annually of polyethylene pipe and initiated direct shipment of day to day items to satellite storerooms. Launched plan to provide just-in-time delivery of material to build custody transfer metersets directly to fabrication shop eliminating handling and excess inventory for these materials. Reduced $2.2 MM inventory by 18% in three months and stores and expenses by 15%.
KANSAS CITY GAS SERVICE 11/97 – 3/00
OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR, Construction and Maintenance, Overland Park, KS 6/98 – 3/00
Supervise construction crews who perform construction and maintenance for sixteen towns with 105,000 meters and 1500 miles of main. Prioritized capital expenditures to lower O & M expenses for area of responsibility.
OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR/ENGINEER, Leavenworth, KS 11/97 – 6/98
Supervised field and office employees performing code compliance and construction. Developed three-year plan to eliminate cast iron, regulate all meters, and cut stores in half. Specified pipe, fittings, regulators, measurement and odorization equipment.
KANSAS CITY POWER AND LIGHT 2/94 - 11/97
PROJECT MANAGER, Overland Park, KS 2/94 – 11/97
Project managed the construction of regulator stations, metersets, public improvements and new installations. Contracted surveying and purchasing of right-of-way with professionals outside the company's organization. Researched records for feasibility of uprate procedures. Supervised construction for compliance with construction standards, design, and plans. Planned construction projects and helped prioritized construction sequence. Project coordinated the construction of regulator stations, metersets, public improvements and new installations. Provided assistance on system reliability and other operations problems Planned, trained, organized and delegated work assignments to assistants. Collectively helped install fifty miles of pipe per year.
GAS SERVICE COMPANY 11/92 - 2/94
DESIGN, Kansas City, MI 11/92 – 2/94
Designed distribution main, regulator stations, services, and metersets for new customers for the KC metro area. Coordinated the new installations. Evaluated economic feasibility of proposed projects. Specified material to meet company standards and permitted highway and railroad crossings. Conducted emergency preparedness drills and reviewed compliance data for operations meetings
REGISTRATION:
Registered Professional Engineer in the following states:
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State of South Carolina |
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EDUCATION:
B. S. Mechanical Engineering - University of Missouri 1990
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Associate Engineer
EXPERIENCE:
HEATH AND ASSOCIATES, INC. 11/95 - Present
ENGINEER EIT, Shelby, NC,
11/95 - Present
Provides engineering and management consulting services to
clients. Provides engineering designs of system improvements for transmission
and distribution facilities. Collects and consolidates operational statistics
data into rational, easily understood tabular and graphical formats for rate
studies, gas supply/load forecasting, flow studies and feasibility studies.
YOUNG ENGINEERING INC. 1993-1994
ENGINEER, Charlotte, NC 1993-1994
Prepared sketches of existing industrial, commercial, and residential
structures.
MIRAFI 1991-1992 (alternating semester)
CO-OP STUDENT, Charlotte, NC 1991-1992
Designed reinforced soil retaining walls based on interlocking blocks and
Mirafi's soil reinforcement products.
ECKERD DRUGS 1984 - 1987
ASSISTANT MANAGER, Charlotte, NC 1984-1997
Managed scheduling and payroll.
HOLLY FARMS FRIED CHICKEN 1979 - 1984
RESTAURANT MANAGER, Hickory, NC 1979-1984
Hired, trained and managed employees. Controlled inventory.
EDUCATION:
SELECTED COURSES:
AWARDS:
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
PERSONAL CREATIONS/COPYRIGHTS OWNED:
MULTIPLICATION BY ROTE: A book designed to teach multiplication tables 1x through 12x.
VELOSPHERE-MINIMULTIMEDIA: Software used to prepare image-centric multimedia educational or training packages for use on Windows-based computers.
A completed training package asks questions in training, review, and test mode. The responses are recorded when the created package is in test mode, and a
comma delimited text record of grades is prepared which is suitable for import into most database programs.
VELONET: Software which creates a web site from a folder of images. Web site creator adds text, links, sound, and backgrounds to site design using common spreadsheet
programs to prepare a table of desired attributes.
SOFTWARE:
Monitors changing regulatory environment. Assists operators with planning for
Integrity Management, including the recommendation of data collection methods
and software to use for data storage and review.
Works with clients to determine new areas they wish to serve with new and
existing facilities. Helps clients evaluate economic feasibility of proposed
projects. Provides assistance on system reliability and other operations
problems.
Prepares detailed engineering designs to expand existing facilities to serve new
areas, or to improve the natural gas flow and pressure to areas already being
served. Designs distribution main, regulator stations, services, and metersets
for new customers. Determines requirements for contracting, surveying, and
purchasing of right-of-way.
Contacts other utilities, such as water, sewer, electric, communications, and
other gas companies, collects information on the type and size of facilities
those utilities have in proposed construction areas, and considers this
information when preparing designs.
Contacts controlling authorities involved in the construction areas, such as
Departments of Transportation, and prepares and submits necessary permit
applications for highway, pipeline and railroad right-of-way encroachment, as
well as environmental permits.
Prepares comprehensive specifications to meet company standards as well as state
and federal regulations for the construction of the design, and supervises the
preparation of project drawings. Recommends equipment and materials to clients.
Prepares engineering and construction cost estimates. Develops construction
sequence requirements and construction timetables.
Prepares bid packages and contract documents, answers contractor questions,
oversees bid processes, evaluates bids, and provides construction management
services. Aids in the resolution of disputes over procedures, accounting
discrepancies, and payment questions.
Informs clients of changing regulatory requirements concerning construction
practices, operational safety, and compliance.
Provides Operator Qualification training, software assistance, and database
management.
Determines when electronic hardware and software upgrades are needed, prepares
recommendations, and coordinates upgrades.
Collected soil data using a soil auger and a dynamic cone penetrometer.
Using preliminary construction plans and code requirements, determined wind,
gravity, and earthquake loads.
Selected roof decking, steel joists, beams, and columns. Designed column and
wall footings. Designed steel/steel and steel/masonry/concrete connections.
Prepared reports on structural defects for insurance collection. Designed
structural repairs, including strengthening members, installing piers or
underpinning, grouting beneath slabs, and installing trench drains.
Repaired/upgraded computers as necessary for entire office.
Designed steep, reinforced slopes based on Mirafi's soil reinforcement products.
Wrote software programs to aid in the design process.
Took weekly inventory and ordered merchandise.
Verified orders received, balanced registers, and prepared daily deposits.
Maintained daily, monthly, and yearly records of sales, payroll, orders, and
overhead.
Trained and managed employees. Coordinated merchandise display and signage,
handled customer questions.
Carried out corporate operational standards. Recorded and maintained daily,
monthly, and yearly records of sales, payroll, orders, and overhead. Balanced
registers and prepared daily deposits.
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, May 1993 (GPA: 3.48/4.0)
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC Associate of Science Degree, May 1989 (GPA:4.0/4.0)
Isothermal Community College, Spindale, NC
American Society of Civil
Engineers
National Society of Professional Engineers
AutoCAD
Excel
Visual Basic
WordPerfect
MGRSW
MS Word
QuickBASIC
Quattro Pro
GASWorks
Lotus 1-2-3
STABGM
VBA
Turbo C
HTML
Senior Operator Qualification and Training Consultant
EXPERIENCE:
HEATH AND ASSOCIATES, INC. 11/00 - Present
SENIOR CONSULTANT
Provide management and consulting services related to training and operator qualification services to gas companies. Conduct workshops and aid operators in the customization of operator qualification plans. Develop training, written, and field evaluations for OQ programs. Conduct safety audits and provide consulting services on regulatory compliance.
CON EDISON’S LEARNING CENTER 1996-1999
SECTION MANAGER
Duties included responsibility for the management and coordination of all activities related to the delivery of classroom and practical simulation skills training in the following subject matters: Gas, Steam, Construction Management, Welding, Automotive and Industrial Driver training.
Selected by both the American Gas Association and the New York Gas Group (NYGAS) to serve as a member of the Technical Advisory Task Group that supported the Gas Pipeline Operator Qualification Regulation Negotiation Committee that represented the interests of the gas industry. Attended and actively participated in all of the Regulation Negotiation meetings during the one and one-half year Rule making period. Became an expert in the details and legal requirements of the Rule. Conduct safety audits and provide consulting services on regulator compliance.
CENTRAL
GAS OPERATIONS 1990-1996
DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Duties included the operations responsibilities for a variety of technical field organizations that included the following:
MANHATTAN
GAS OPERATIONS (Operational
Assignments) - 1982 – 1990
DIVISION MANAGER
Responsibilities included the leadership of various operating departments serving the customers in the borough of Manhattan in New York:
MANHATTAN
GAS (Administrative Assignments) 1975 – 1982
Gas
Operations as the Administrative Manager responsible for operations support
activities.Developed first Gas
Engineering Bureau in 1978 and was named its’ first Manager.
During this period of time was instrumental in the development of a
number of automated systems used to control gas leak counts, reclassifications,
repairs and closures. Substantially,
much of the same automated system is still in use today.
MANHATTAN
GAS (Corporate Headquarters) 1967 – 1975
EDUCATION
1982: Attended and graduated Duke University’s Fugua School of Business executive training program.
1963 to
1967: Attended and graduated from St. Peter’s College of New Jersey.
Awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in dual majors, Economics and
Industrial Management.
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Founder of Heath and Associates, Inc.
EXPERIENCE:
HEATH AND ASSOCIATES, INC. 1959 - 2002
FOUNDER
Founded Heath and Associates in 1959. Provided engineering and management consulting services to clients for forty-three years. Provided engineering designs as well as conducted rate studies, feasibility studies and natural gas supply/peak shaving studies. Provided ongoing operations support and prepared O&M plans and other safety compliance reports.
CITY OF SHELBY, N. C., 1955-59
Assisted the City in building a completely new transmission and distribution system, organized gas department and commenced operations.
ILLINOIS POWER COMPANY, Decatur, IL, 1949-54
ASSISTANT TO GAS DEPARTMENT VICE PRESIDENT
Responsible for construction of transmission and distribution systems.
MANAGER DECATUR DISTRICT
In charge of all gas distribution and transmission, service work, personnel and operations.
INTERSTATE PIPELINE COMPANY, Tulsa, OK, 1939-49
Various pipeline operations and construction from gathering system to cross country pipeline with interruption for college and World War II.
EDUCATION
Eastern Illinois University
Bachelor of Arts Degree (Political Science emphasis)
Charleston, IL.
GAS INDUSTRY
Selected as member of "European Mission for Attracting Industry" lead by N.C. Governor Luther Hodges. Operated as a
fuel advisor for this mission.
Member of N.C. Mission to South America led by Governor Dan Moore. Spokesman and contact for energy matters.
Served 2 consecutive 4 year terms on the N.C. Energy Policy Council and served that committee as Chairman of the Management Committee. This appointment was made by Governor James Martin (N.C.) specifically to the natural gas chair.
Appointed by President Reagan to the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Development Advisory Board, Mid-Atlantic Regional Technical Group.
A Middle East business trip (1975) to Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia to survey business climate for client, requiring contacts with government and industry officials.
OTHER
BACKGROUND
Present member of Council for National Policy.
Presidential Elector (Electoral College) for the 1984 National elections.
Delegate to the 1976 Republican National Convention.
Served in the US Marine Corps during World War II (1942-46).
Past member of Board of Directors of the N. C. Railroad Company.
Past President of the Shelby Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Member of the National Delphi Panel on the Future of Political Parties. Directed by Dr. T. W. Modron, Professor of Government, Western Kentucky University.
Charter member of the N.C. Industrial Development Foundation, appointed by Governor Luther Hodges.
BIOGRAPHICAL and LISTINGS
International Authors & Writers Who's Who
Contemporary Authors
Who's Who in American Politics
American Patriots of the 1980's
Marquis Who's Who in the South and Southwest
Men of Achievement
Community Leaders & Noteworthy Americans
*Marquis Who's Who in America -53rdEdition - 1999
WRITINGS
Author of four books and many published essays on the 20th Century development of our Republic and technical papers for the natural gas industry.
BOOKS
You Can Save America! |
Pageant-Poseidon Ltd. |
The Golden Egg, the Goose and Us |
Production House |
Look Up or Look Out |
OutNeal, Inc. |
| The Blessings of Liberty | Huntington House |
Got Liberty |
Proverbial Publishing |
AWARDS
Recipient of three national awards from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge.
(1) The National First Place Essay Award in 1964, which was presented by former astronaut John Glenn.
(2) The George Washington Medal of Honor in 1962.
(3) The Public Address Award in 1971.
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