Fiorella Di Lucente

Fiorella Di Lucente

Hydraulic engineer

Biography

Results-driven and detail-oriented engineer with eight-year experience in infrastructure project development –from planning to on-site construction oversight. Trained with a systemic and interdisciplinary approach with extensive experience from hydraulics to transportation related projects.

Interests
  • Civil Engineering
  • Water Resources Engineering
  • Project Management
Education
  • BS Hydraulic Engineering (5-year program degree), 2016

    National University of La Plata, Argentina

  • Construction Management, 2023

    MassDOT - Wentworth Institute of Technology (Certificate Program)

Skills

Project Evaluation
Construction Management
Attention to details
Critical thinking
Team player
Civil 3D
QGIS
Bluebeam
HEC-RAS

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Civil Engineer II - Assitant Resident Engineer
March 2021 – September 2023 Massachusetts, U.S.

Discipline: Transportation

Sector: Construction

Developed projects:

  • Intersection improvements (drainage, traffic signals and paving) - 15 months - $2 million (leading on-site engineer)
  • Resurfacing and Related Work (6 Bridge Decks and Ramps) along Route 24 - 30 months - $17.6 million

Responsabilities include:

  • On-site construction management
  • Construction documentation management: progress payments, submittals, extra work/change orders, COC, etc.
  • Enforcing compliance with MassDOT Policies (Specifications and Standards)
 
 
 
 
 
Fonfo Fiduciario Federal de Infraestructura Regional (FFFIR)
Staff Engineer (mid-level) - Project Evaluator
June 2019 – May 2021 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Discipline: Water Resources / Transportation / Architecture

Sector: Design / Construction

Developed projects:various public infrastructure projects (bridges, roads, wastewater treatment plant, buildings, etc.).

Responsabilities include:

  • Project design revision
  • Cost Estimating
  • Construction documentation management: progress payments, change orders and claims analysis.
 
 
 
 
 
Energia Argentina S.A. (fromer IEASA)
Jr. Engineer
June 2019 – May 2021 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Discipline: Water Resources

Sector: Design / Construction

Developed project:

  • Condor Cliff & La Barrancosa hydroelectric dams - 72 months - $4.8 billion
  • various hydropower projects (within the Young Professional Program in hydropower project management).

Responsabilities includes:

  • Construction management: dashboard and progress reports.
  • Project feasibility evaluation
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Risk analysis (following the Project Management Institute Guidelines).
 
 
 
 
 
National University of La Plata - Faculty of Engineering
Fellow / Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
March 2021 – Present La Plata, Argentina.

Discipline: Water Resources / Environmental Engineering

Sector: Research / Consultancy

Fellowship in the Engineering Environmental Unit:

  • Life and water quality index development
  • Environmental impact assessment

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant: Provided guidance to students working on assignments in the Environmental Management course in Civil Engineering Program.

Accomplish­ments

Selected certificates (full list in Resume)

Projects

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Infrastructure Federal Program in Argentina (PFIR)
This program consist in a new credit line of $720 million by three multilateral financing agencies: Interamerican Developent Bank (IDB), Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF), and Rio de la Plata Basin Financial Development Fund (FONPLATA).
El Tambolar Dam (San Juan, Argentina)
BID Amount: $750 million The project consists in a multi purpose dam on the San Juan river, Argentina, and will be the fourth dam built along the river. Install capacity: 78 MW Annual generation: 346.
Portezuelo del Viento Dam (Mendoza, Argentina)
Project duration: 5 years BID Amount: $ 720 million Install capacity: 210 MW Annual generation: 884 GWh Turbomachines: 3 Francis Dam type: roller-compacted concrete (RCC) Dam height: 607 ft (185 meters) Reservoir capacity = 1,621,426 acre-ft (2000 Hm3) Spilway discharge capacity = 56,503 cu ft/s (1600 m3/s)

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