TED K. RICHARDSON
Sr. Consultant
- Project Consulting and Management
- Planning, Design, and Operations of Bulk Material Handling & Material Processing Industries
Areas of Expertise
- Site Selection
- Facility and Project Development Planning
- Project Budgeting and CapEx Cost Estimation
- Facility Evaluation and Upgrade Studies
- Dust Control Systems
- Manufacturing Plant Modifications
- Ship, Barge, Train, and Truck Loading & Unloading
- Bulk Handling and Storage Systems
- Construction Coordination and Management
- Project Permitting –Regulatory, Discretionary, Ministerial
- Bid Document Preparation
Professional Affiliations
- IEEE Industry Applications Society, Cement Industry Committee:
Past Chairman – Two Terms
Executive Committee & PCA Liaison - Portland Cement Association Education Foundation, Board Member
Mr. Richardson has spent more than 40 years in the bulk material handling and material processing industries. His experience includes systems layout and design, and project planning, development, and implementation. His specialties include conceptual design and preliminary development, facility audits, project budgeting, and project methodology structure. Prior to joining InterMat, Mr. Richardson was Managing Director of EDG’s Columbus, Ohio, office. In this capacity, he directly managed the efforts of staff, sub-consultants, contractors, and other project partners to achieve the maximum success for his clients’ projects. Prior to this, Mr. Richardson was the Owner of Industrial Consulting Resources, LLC, and he also held various engineering and management positions and performed various plant and corporate engineering functions.
Professional Experience
- Facility evaluations & appraisals, including re-commissioning of facilities for alternate uses
- Forensic audits, systematic analysis, expert witness
- Master plan development, conceptual studies, reports, and project development
- Eminent domain claims and evaluations
- Ship loading, unloading, material handling & process systems of various types for aggregates, bauxite, sand, silica sand and flour, grains, fertilizers, petroleum coke, calcined coke, coal, clinker, cement, potash, soda ash, fly ash, granulated and ground blast furnace slag, and clay products
- Barge, railcar and truck loading & unloading for dry bulk products
- Grain storage and handling facilities
- Dust control systems ranging from 300 CFM to 75,000 CFM
- Finish cement process circuits for Type I/II, H, Masonry and Slag Cements
- Project and construction management for projects up to$75mm