David Forbus

Mapping Designer

Intergraph / Microstation CAD Operator

AutoCad Operator

Lightwave 3D Computer Animator

EDUCATION - San Jacinto College, 2 years and various courses at HCC, North Harris County College and LLU.

CAREER EXPERIENCE - 20 years in Pipeline/Map Drafting, 9 years using CADD

CAREER SYNOPSIS:

Twenty years experience as a Design Mapper. Eight years of CAD design using INTERGRAPH IGDS, Bentley MICROSTATION and Autodesk AUTOCAD. Experience includes scanning aerial photos and maps, then raster manipulation using INTERGRAPH IRASB and IRASC software in the Microstation environment and Softdesk CAD Overlay GSX in the AutoCad environment. Produced pipeline designs intergrating raster and vector files, raw field notes, as well as, deed and right-of-way documents. Produced profiles, cross sections and contours from 3D point files using INTERGRAPH INROADS and SITEWORKS Software. Also experienced in 3D modeling and animation using NewTek Lightwave 3D and multimedia authoring using Macromedia Director 3.0. Demo of computer animation on VHS video tape available upon request.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE:

1987 to Present - Senior CADD Designer, Gulf Interstate Engineering:

• Responsible for the CAD design of pipeline facilities for the following projects: Dakota Pipeline Project, PetroPeru, Exxon Chad-Cameroon, Pemex, Canadian Occidental Yemen Pipeline Project, Panola Pipeline Project, Mojave Pipeline Project, Transco As-Built and Soil Erosion Projects, Aramco Water Injection Pipeline and other.

1986 - Pipeline Designer, Techstaff, Inc.:

• Drafted plats fot the All American Pipeline Project.

1985-1986 - Mapping Designer, Gulf Interstate Engineering:

• Produced As-Built Alignment Sheets for TENNECO.

1981-1985 - Mapping Designer, Contract and provisional work:

• Various projects for Gulf Interstate Engineering, G.A.S. and Ethyl Corp.

1977-1981 - Mapping Designer/Checker, Gullett and Associates, Inc.:

• Design and drafting of pipelines on paper and film using both pencil and ink, freehand and leroy lettering. Reduced field notes, wrote centerline descriptions, checked and supervised work of other draftsmen. Projects completed for AAMACO, Houston Pipeline, Dow, Exxon, Enterprise Pipeline and others.

CONTACT:

David Forbus

(281) 443-6947

[email protected]

23019 Tree Bright

Spring, Texas 77373

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