BACKGROUND
2017-Present
Associate
Weston & Sampson
2016-Present
Team Leader
Weston & Sampson
1997-2016
Project Manager /
Engineer / Resident Representative
Weston & Sampson
1996
Engineer Assistant
Hawkins, Webb and Jaeger
Associates, PC
1995
Carpenter
Desario Development Corp.
1991-1994
Carpenter
Onatier Construction Corp.
EDUCATION
1997
Bachelor of Science
Civil Engineering
Norwich University
PROFESSIONAL
CERTIFICATIONS
Local Public Agency (LPA)
Certification Training:
New Hampshire DOT
Wastewater Treatment Facility
Operator, Grade 2-OlT:
New Hampshire
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Water Environment Federation
New England Water Environment
Association (NEWEA)
Instrumentation & Automation
Committee Vice-Chair
(2015-Present)
Maine Water Environment
Association
New Hampshire Water Pollution
Centro! Association
westonandsampson.com
JOHN SYKORA III
John is a civil engineer with more than 20 years
of experience in design, project management,
construction administration and inspection, resident
engineering, and survey.
SPECIFIC PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Water Treatment Plant SCADA System,
Southbridge, Massachusetts. Project manager
for the engineering evaluation, finat design, and
construction services for upgrades to the water
treatment plant's SCADA system. Work included
replacing redundant PLC system for plant process
control, increasing communication speed between
PLC and devices by converting to ethernet, increasing memory in PLC system,
and upgrading PLC and SCADA computers and software.
Instrumentation and Control Systems for Quincy Point Pump Station, Quincy,
Massachusetts. Designed instrumentation and control systems for the $3
million upgrade of the city’s 7-mgd main pumping station. Work included the
renovation and improvement of the existing wastewater pumping station building:
removing and replacing equipment including the pumps and installing variable
speed drives (VFD); replacing the odor control unit; improved power distribution:
replacing standby generator, improved lighting, and wiring; installing a redundant
instrumentation and control system; local HMI touch screens; and integration of
vendor panels for odor control, HVAC, and wetwell mixing system. Designed all
functions and components of the system, such as instrumentation, and radio
communications network for monitoring of pump station from the city's DPW facility.
Acme Water Treatment Facility, Franklin, New Hampshire. Project manager for
the construction of the new 1.5-mgd, 8,000-square-foot Acme water treatment
facility in Franklin, which was funded in part by a loan and grant provided under
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and a short-term loan provided
under the New Hampshire State Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund. Coordinated
construction of concrete, masonry, electrical, architectural, mechanical, plumbing,
HVAC, and water treatment systems.
Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade, Bethel, Maine. Project manager for a
wastewater treatment plant upgrade that included sludge dewatering design, new
influent sewage pumps, new grit pumps, and a new dewatering/storage building.
Worked collaboratively with the town to provide funding assistance, including Rural
Development Funding.
Water Treatment Plant, Concord, New Hampshire. Project superintendent for the
upgrades to the water treatment plant for the city.
Maplewood Avenue Area Preliminary and Final Design, Portsmouth, New
Hampshire. Sewer design engineer for the evaluation and preliminary and final
design services for sewer system improvements inthe project area. Responsibilities
included conducting a hydraulic assessment of the proposed Maplewood Avenue/
North Mill Pond inverted sewer siphon design; studying and summarizing the results
of CCTV inspections: assessing the feasibility of rerouting the existing gravity sewer
to avoid installing a sewer siphon; preparing Preliminary Design Memoranda and
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