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Facility Design, Inc.
Consulting Engineers

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The Facility Design Staff

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Facility Design is a consulting engineering firm incorporated in the state of Ohio
since June, 1986. The founders and current engineering principals of the firm are :

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Tom Johnston, P.E.      Roger Dierckman, P.E.           Fred Hunt, P.E.              Jerry Liechty, P.E.
   (President)                    (Vice President)                        (Secretary)                         (Treasurer)

The principals have more than 120 years of combined engineering experience in the design and management of engineering projects during their professional careers.
Our engineers have been involved in the design of more than $400,000,000 of bulk material handling and storage projects. Collectively they have participated in the design of more than 850 reinforced concrete storage silos and performed more than 1,000 structural inspections and evaluations of existing silos.

In addition, Tom Johnston (President) has authored and/or presented more than 25 articles pertaining to the design and investigation of storage silos.
Tom is a voting member of the ACI Committee 313 and recently served a two year
term as Chairman. (American Concrete Institute Committee on Standard Practice
for Design and Construction of Concrete Silos and Stacking Tubes for
Storing Granular Materials)

Education :

*Tom Johnston, P.E.*	*Ohio State University*
	*B.S. Civil Engineering, 1961*
	*M.S. Structural Engineering, 1965*

*Roger Dierckman, P.E.*	*Purdue University*
	*B.S. Civil Engineering, 1973*
	*M.S. Civil Engineering, 1974*

*Fred Hunt, P.E.*	*Ohio State University*
	*B.S. Civil Engineering, 1972*
	*M.S. Structural Engineering, 1973*

*Jerry Liechty, P.E.*	*Purdue University*
	*B.S. Civil Engineering, 1975*
	*M.S. Civil Engineering, 1976*

Professional Registration :

Facility Design, Inc. engineers currently hold Professional
Engineering Registrations in the following states :

*Alabama*	*Kentucky*	*Ohio*	*Virginia*
*California*	*Louisiana*	*Oklahoma*	*West Virginia*
*Florida*	*Maryland*	*Oregon*	*Wyoming*
*Georgia*	*Michigan*	*Pennsylvania*
*Indiana*	*Nebraska*	*Texas*
*Kansas*	*New York*	*Utah*

Previous Experience :

The previous experience of the engineers at Facility Design, Inc. includes the following :

Structural Design Experience :

*Structural Steel Design*	*Inspections/Evaluations*	*Manufacturing Plants*
*Reinf. Concrete Design*	*Expert Witness*	*Material Handling Structures*
*Pile Foundations*	*Rail Receiving Pits*	*Warehouses*
*Drilled Pier Foundations*	*Truck Receiving Pits*	*Commercial Buildings*
*Mat Foundations*	*Conveyor Trusses*	*Barge Loading Structures*
*Retaining Walls*	*Conveyor Towers*	*Ship Loading structures*
*Storage Silos*	*Sampling Buildings*	*Ship Piers*
*Storage Bins*	*Industrial Facilities*	*Ship Docks*
*Stacking Tubes*	*Kiln Supports*

Civil Design Experience :

Railroad Layout	Haul Road Layout	Utility Design
Railroad Design	Ship Pier Design	Underground Piping Design
Drainage Design	Ship Dock Design	Facility Layout
Earthwork	Fender Design	Site Design

Mechanical Design Experience :

Material Handling Design	Batch Weighing Design	Sampling Design
Belt Conveyor Design	Dust Collection Design	Power Transmission Layout
Feeder Layout Design	Mass Flow Gate Design	Power Transmission Design
Scale Layout	Crusher Design	Pneumatic Conveying Design

Professional Affiliations :

Facility Design, Inc. engineers are currently affiliated with the following
professional organizations, or have served on the following Boards and
Committees :

                American Concrete Institute (ACI)
                ACI Committee 313 (Tom Johnston) -- 2 year term as Committee Chairman
                American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
                American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
                American Welding Society (AWS)
                Editorial Board of the International Journal of Bulk Solids
                        Storage in Silos, Powder Advisory Centre, UK (Tom Johnston)
                Editorial Board of Bulk Systems International (Tom Johnston)

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This page was last updated Friday, April 29, 2005