Doug R. Hungate, P.E.
Educational Background: West Virginia Institute of Technology
Hungate Engineering, P. C.
President
June 1986 to Present
Engaged in the design of coal preparation plants, material handling and storage facilities, plant modifications, unit-train weighing and load-out facilities, commercial and industrial type structures, bridges, concrete structures.
Powell Construction Company
Chief Engineer
October 1977 to May 1986
Responsible for the engineering and design of coal preparation plants, material handling systems, bridges, plant modifications, belt conveyors, and storage bins. Some of the projects completed consisted of 600 TPH coal preparation plants: heavy media washer and heavy media cyclone circuits; 300 TPH coal preparation plant: heavy media cyclone by zero circuit; 750 TPH coal preparation plant: heavy media washer, Deister tables, and froth cells cleaning; 500 TPH jig preparation plant with Deister table ine coal cleaning circuit; refuse conveying systems, storage piles and reclaim system and storage bins and bridges.
Powell Construction Company
Chief Project Coordinator
December 1976 to October 1977
Coordinated projects from the design stages through the construction and start-up phases. Purchased all equipment and materials required to complete the projects. These projects consisted of coal preparation plants, material handling systems, bridges, plant modifications, belt conveyors and storage bins.
National Fabricators, Inc.
General Manager
August 1972 to December 1976
Responsible for bidding the structural steel fabrication on power plants, coal preparation plants, materials handling systems, commercial and industrial projects. Supervised the preparation of shop detail drawings for fabrication, ordered all structural steel and materials required for projects, coordinated the fabrication and shipping of fabricated steel to job sites and prepared invoicing for the projects.
Lively Manufacturing
Project Engineer
May 1969 to August 1972
Designed coal preparation plants, material handling systems, storage and reclaim systems. Some of the completed projects were 150 TPH heavy media washer additions to the existing coal preparation plant for Rushton Mining Company, a 500 TPH jig preparation plant; a 3,200 linear feet overland belt conveyor system; an 80,000 ton clean coal storage and reclaim system; a 3,600 TPH unit-train loadout system for Greenwich Collieries.