Randall O'Neal, P.E., PMP

Repairing properties of family and friends

Secured the Louisiana property & casualty adjuster's license for the purpose of insurance claim involvement as an oversight or as a repair contractor

Performing forensic engineering studies mainly for insurance companies of property claims. Mostly residential houses but occasional commercial buildings. Over 900 studies in 3 years.

Lead engineer of a mixed group of American and Afghani engineers engaged into quality assurance of designs and construction of Afghani USAID reconstruction projects.

Department of State currently houses the majority of its guard force in a remote base in Kabul. This project seeks to solve that travel problem, by building a new living sustainment camp near and closer to the Kabul U.S. Embassy. I've been team leader of a 6-person engineering/construction management team. Thus far, I've been involved into extensive demolition operations, coordination/review/commenting of surveys, geotechnical investigations, drainage reports, Design-Build contractor submittals of all kinds, more. Other Markon project is closing, with those staffers rotating into this project. My position has been closed, and I have become available, with eye into another expatriate assignment.

Being the civil engineer of the group, I acted also as team leader of our 5-man technical professional group. Our assignment was to provide engineering, surveying and base planning support to the Air Force Civil Engineering Squadron, and their function was to improve/maintain/operate all within the restricted/secured limits of the Bagram AFB airfield. Apart from the base planning and surveying activities, our design team developed design conceptuals of ramp/taxiways/runway extensions, pavement repairs and replacements, airfield lighting expansions/improvements, renovations of buildings, evaluations/certifications of overhead rolling cranes, placement/sizing of solar cells for remote power-need locations, expansion/modifications to the Bagram power grid and generator power plants, new guarded control entry gates, building inventory of airfield assets, blast-proof improvements to some buildings, interface and design reviews of USACE airfield projects, more. The downsizing of Bagram AFB affected out task order, with the task order being closed February 2014.

While inbetween projects and while waiting the next project, enrolled into the fall semester of the Construction/Engineering College of LSU. Refresher courses included scheduling, safety, estimating, construction law, AutoCAD, HVAC Systems and Civil Engineering special projects.

Director of quality control and safety staff of all projects across Afghanistan, which comprised of eight headquarter's office staff and up to fifty-three field staff. All staff were Afghanistan citizens. Some were degreed professionals and some were seasoned field staff. Laid off July 26 due to lack of work.