H. Michael Richards

Summary

H. Michael Richards is an engineering, welding, metallurgy, quality assurance, and inspection professional with more than four decades of experience across refinery, chemical, power-generation, pipeline, LNG, and petroleum facilities. He currently provides engineering consulting services in refinery and chemical resin environments and has served as a lead inspection technical expert for pressure vessels, piping systems, anhydrous ammonia systems, and storage tanks. His scope includes material selection, welding procedure development, supplier surveillance, quality audits, remaining-life assessments, repair planning, and compliance with applicable codes and specifications across fossil, biomass, IGCC, nuclear, and hydroelectric facilities. He led the first non-OEM welded repair of GE G-3 low-pressure steam turbine rotors, generating approximately $16 million in savings, and developed GE 7EA refurbishment work that saved approximately $500,000 per simple-cycle outage. He has also led budgets, bids, resources, and quality compliance programs.

Education

• 2001 – Juris Doctor — Birmingham School of Law – Birmingham, Alabama
• 1998 – Master of Science in Civil Engineering with Specialization in Environmental Engineering — The University of Alabama at Birmingham
• 1974 – Bachelor of Science in General Engineering with Specialization in Metallurgy — The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Qualifications and Training

• Professional Engineer licensed and registered in the States of Alabama #17676, Florida #53417, Georgia #24434 and Mississippi #13637
• American Welding Society, Certified Welding Inspector #90050561
• API 653 Certified Tank Inspector #24573
• API 510 Certified Pressure Vessel Inspector #48791
• API 570 Certified Piping Inspector #57691
• Steel Tank Institute, Certified Tank Inspector #R32409
• National Board of Boiler & Pressure Vessel Inspectors: “Inspection of Combined Cycle HRSGs” State Chief’s Meeting; Columbus, OH 10-2015
• The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors — Main Committee Member – 20 years 2001 - Present
• The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors — Committee on Installation, Past Chairman 2006 - Present
• The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors — Appeals Committee, Chairman 2006 - Present
• American Welding Society — Birmingham, AL Chapter; Board of Directors
• National Association of Corrosion Engineers
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors
• Main Committee Member – 20 years 2001 - Present
• Committee on Installation, Past Chairman 2006 - Present
• Appeals Committee, Chairman 2006 - Present
• American Welding Society
• Birmingham, AL Chapter; Board of Directors

Previous Fulkrum Work Experience

Work Experience

Skills

• Engineering Consulting
• Inspection
• Welding Engineering
• Metallurgy
• Quality Assurance
• Supplier Surveillance
• Material Selection
• Welding Procedure Development
• Remaining-Life Assessment
• Repair Planning
• Project Engineering
• Bid Evaluation
• Budget Management
• Quality Compliance

Commodities

• HRSGs
• Scrubbers
• FRP Fabrications
• SCRs
• Anhydrous Ammonia Systems
• Storage Tanks
• Pipelines
• Boilers
• Combustion Turbines
• Steam Turbines
• Balance-of-Plant Equipment
• Low-Pressure Steam Turbine Rotors
• LNG Piping
• Vaporizers
• Power-Plant Components