Joseph D. Bianchi, S.E., P.E., M. ASCE – Principal
Structural Engineer
835 Samoset Rd.
Eastham, MA 02642
508.255.1422
joe@jdbse.com
Assignments
Studies, design of bridges, interim bridge support systems, structural lifts, marine piers and wharves, buildings, communication towers and other related infrastructure facilities
Construction inspection and supervision of bridge, buildings, heavy construction and assistance with complex construction problems
Business Development, Management and organization of engineering firms and projects
Special Fields
- Structural and Foundation Engineering
- Bridge and Movable Bridge Engineering
- Historic Bridge Rehabilitation Engineering
- Municipal and Industrial Building Engineering
- Construction Management and Estimating
Professional Registration
- Registered Professional Structural Engineer in Massachusetts,
- Registered Professional Civil Engineer in Massachusetts,
- Registered Professional Civil Engineer in Connecticut,
Professional Affiliations
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Member 1988
- Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section (BSCES), Member 1988
- BSCES Western Massachusetts Branch, President 1996
Computer Skills
- STAAD, Wolfram-Mathematica, IES-Visual Analysis,
- AASHTOWARE-Virtis, Leap-Conspan, Autodesk-Autocad,
- PennDOT-Bar7 and MS Office
Education
- M.S. in Civil Engineering, 1982, Tufts University, Medford, MA
- B.S. in Civil Engineering Technology, 1977, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA
Experience
MassDOT, Boston, MA 2009 to 2014
Departmental Leader, Bridge Preservation Engineer, Bridge Ratings Engineer, Project Manager
- Departmental squad leader within the bridge preservation section, project manager for design-build projects, bridge engineer for design-bid-build and accelerated bridge projects. Assignments included supervision, structural peer reviews, concept planning and contract documents reviews and evaluations for many large crossings of replacement and rehabilitated bridge projects throughout the greater Boston and Massachusetts region.
- A brief partial list of bridge types were structurally analyzed for design and construction acceptance; the new innovative North Bank pedestrian bridge which is a seven span multi-sinusoidal steel bridge at a cost of twelve million dollars; comprehensive rehabilitation of the historic 100 year old Larz Anderson memorial bridge consisting of a three span concrete spandrel arch crossing linking the cities of Boston and Cambridge estimated at a cost of twenty million dollars; rehabilitation Neponset River bridge replacement of existing deck and pier caps along a six lane, twenty-four span steel plate girder bridge between the cities of Boston and Quincy completed a construction cost of forty million dollars.
JDB Consulting Engineers, Eastham, MA 1987 to 2009
Owner of consulting firm for all manner of infrastructure projects
Structural Engineer, Sub-consultant, Project Manager
- Engineer, Sub-consultant and Project Manager in Charge – structural design and analysis, planning, supervision of bridges, bridge rehabilitation, pedestrian bridges, revetments, retaining walls, municipal buildings, marine waterfront construction and interim heavy construction works such as underpinning and cofferdams among others.
- Typical assignments included studies, preparing engineering proposals for new projects, contract document production with coordination with architects, highway and hydraulic engineering disciplines also engineering project management and estimates for construction.
- Coordinated development and schematic design of numerous new and rehabilitated buildings such as fire stations, condominiums and industrial facilities including wharves and communication towers.
- Structural consultant to LeMessurier Consultants; Boston, MA, Woods Hole Group, East Falmouth, MA; Douglas G. Peterson & Associates Inc., Greenfield, MA; Greenman-Pedersen Inc., Wilmington, MA and C.T. Male Associates, Latham, NY.
Huntley Associates, P.C., Northampton, MA 1983 to 1987
Structural Engineering Department Head
- Supervised of all designs and studies for variety town and state highway bridges, municipal, commercial and industrial buildings. Executed structural construction design for several wastewater and water municipal treatment facilities and works such as reinforced concrete tanks, pump-houses, pre-cast reinforced concrete buildings and dams.
- Prepared and presented new projects to clients and resolved client related issues prior to construction.
Symmes, Maini & McKee Associates, Cambridge, MA 1981 to 1983
Structural Engineer
- Planning, development, structural design, contract document production, coordination of new and existing buildings, foundations and pedestrian bridges.
- Buildings consisted of code compliant structural steel, timber glue-laminated and post-tensioned concrete frames and floor systems.
- Coordinated architectural, mechanical – electrical – plumbing (MEP) engineering disciplines for the construction of new, renovated and commercial, manufacturing, municipal, industrial and institutional building facilities.
Schoenfeld Associates, Inc., Boston, MA 1978 to 1981
Structural Engineer
- General supervision of structural studies, design and contract document production, for new and rehabilitated infrastructure projects such as bridges, buildings, marine bulkheads, foundations and earth retaining structures.
- Coordinated and supervised the load capacity rating and emergency evaluations of over 300 town and state bridges throughout Massachusetts
- Emergency bridge evaluations and ratings included Longfellow Bridge, Boston-Cambridge, MA; Gill-Montague and Deerfield-Sunderland bridges over the Connecticut River, MA; and three historic timber covered bridges in Ware, Sheffield and Charlemont, MA.