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Experience <br />C-19 Building Solutions for Municipalities <br /> <br />Jess Villar, M.E. | Senior Plan Review Engineer <br /> <br />Education <br /> <br />B.S. Mechanical <br />Engineering, Feati <br />University, Philippines <br />Building <br />Inspection/Examiner, <br />Chabot College, Hayward, <br />CA <br />Refrigeration & A/C <br />Technician, NRI, <br />Washington, D.C. <br />Certifications <br />Registered Mechanical <br />Engineer, State of California <br />and Nevada <br />ICC/IRC Certified Building, <br />Mechanical, Plumbing, <br />Electrical, Combination <br />Inspector (renewal pending) <br /> <br />ICC/IRC Certified Plans <br />Examiner (renewal pending) <br />Certified California CHEERS <br />Rater <br />Professional Affiliations <br />American Society of <br />Mechanical Engineers <br />American Society of Heating <br />and Refrigerating Engineers, <br />Inc. <br />American Society of <br />Plumbing Engineers <br />AIA Eastbay <br />Instructor (1998 - 2007) <br />MEP review class for <br />graduate architectural <br />students preparing to take <br />the California licensed <br />Architects examination. <br />Jess Villar is a licensed professional engineer with over 25 years of code compliance <br />experience which encompasses architectural, structural, M/E/P, energy, accessibility and life <br />safety plan review and inspection tasks across a range of project types including residential, <br />commercial, and industrial structures. Jess communicates and interacts effectively with City <br />staff, the public, and contractors and developers. He is also adept at maintaining <br />construction/building inspection files and logs and preparing reports and correspondence. <br /> <br />Project Experience <br />Responsibilities include reviewing plan documents including calculations, and specifications <br />for code compliance to fire and life safety, accessibility, energy compliance, noise abatement, <br />mechanical, plumbing, electrical & structural provisions. Project reviews encompassed HVAC <br />systems, duct layouts, fire/smoke dampers, furnaces, ducts, chimneys, water heaters, <br />environmental and product conveying ducts, smoke control s ystem for high rise buildings, <br />refrigeration piping and machinery rooms, DWV, gas, domestic water piping. <br />Also review mechanical, electrical, structural equipment and other closed systems (e.g. <br />boilers, condensers, compressors, pumps, fans, diesel engines, HVAC, pressure vessel tanks, <br />water storage tanks, toxic/hazardous tanks, exhaust stack, combustion turbine, generator, <br />transformer, gas piping, ducts, cable trays, specifications, and installations) for gas-turbine, <br />steam boiler & co-generation power plants. <br />Work Experience <br />TRB + Associates, Inc., 2010 - Present <br />West Coast Code Consultants, Inc., 2006 – 2009 <br />Linhart Peterson Powers Associates, 1995 – 2006 <br />City of Dublin, 1994 - 1995 <br /> <br />City of San Leandro | Building Plan Check Services