EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Drexel University
Master of Civil Engineering, Villanova University
Coursework: Civil Engineering Materials, Structural Connections, Structural Steel, Design of Bridges, Structural Dynamics, Soil Mechanics, Foundation Engineering, Flow in Porous Materials, Environmental Geology, and Management for Engineers
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
Professional Engineer: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware
EXPERIENCE
Fleisher Forensics, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania (February 2007 – December 2008).
For lawsuits involving premises liability (slips and falls), pedestrian/vehicle incidents, and construction related incidents, provided technical support and prepared expert reports on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants. Reviewed discovery materials, reviewed and summarized depositions, reviewed and evaluated expert reports, performed inspections, photographed incident locations, photographed exemplar ramps and steps, reviewed vehicle accident history at incident locations, researched building codes and local ordinances.
Consulting Engineer for an engineer in a sole owned business, Princeton, New Jersey, (2005 – 2006).
Preconstruction surveys of existing buildings in the vicinity of proposed pile driving in Maryland and Delaware. Monitored pile driving and loading of test piles in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Evaluated pile load test data.
Parsons Brinckerhoff, Princeton, New Jersey (1995 – 2005).
Supervising geotechnical engineer responsible for project management of field investigations, design analysis, and report preparation. Provided subsurface investigation, design, and construction related services for highways, bridges, railways, and sign structures. Associated tasks were as follows:
• Preparation of bid documents for subsurface investigations.
• Design of deep foundations (piles and drilled shafts) for required axial and lateral capacities. Provided allowable bearing capacities and associated settlements for shallow spread foundations.
• Review of project plans and construction specifications relating to foundations.
• Review and approval of construction shop drawing submittals relating to excavation support, pile driving, and pile load testing. Verified that piles could be installed to achieve the required capacity with contractor’s proposed pile driving hammer without exceeding the allowable pile driving stresses.
• Supervision of pile installations (H-piles, open and closed end steel pipe piles, square concrete piles, cylindrical concrete piles, and timber piles). Evaluated dynamic pile testing and pile load tests. During incremental loading of test piles, monitored pile settlement. Provided pile driving criteria for production piles based upon results obtained during the installation of test piles.
• Supervision of the construction of drilled shaft foundations (excavation and subsequent concrete placement).
• Evaluation of existing pavements for projected future traffic loads. Provided design overlay thicknesses as required. Provided design thicknesses of new pavements associated with widening of roadways.
Bridge Inspection: Team member for field inspection of over one hundred New Jersey Department of Transportation and New Jersey Turnpike bridges as part of the required biennial bridge inspection process. Prepared the inspection reports summarizing the conditions of the deck, approaches, superstructure, substructure, and highway safety conditions, and providing recommendations for repair, as necessary.
Quality Management: Internal project auditor in compliance with ISO 9001 requirements. Reviewed project files. Prepared audit reports and summarized nonconformances with respect to the office’s quality procedures. Verified that nonconformances had been corrected, and completed the audits.
Selected representative projects are as follows:
Atlantic City/ Brigantine Connector Project:. Prepared the construction and performance specifications relating to geotechnical investigation, design, and construction requirements. The specifications covered the design of bridges, roadways, retaining walls, and the tunnel. Reviewed proposed instrumentation program for monitoring the construction of embankments over compressible soils.
Route 80 Section 5AW & 10L, Bergen County, New Jersey: In charge of the subsurface investigations and preparation of the foundation report for this project which involved the widening and rehabilitation of I-80 Eastbound. Design of the foundations for support of the widening of three existing bridges consist of a combination of shallow spread footings and deep caisson foundations. The project also involved determining the adequacy of the existing concrete and bituminous pavement sections for supporting the traffic loads and volumes. Planned the pavement coring program. Prepared pavement design in accordance with AASHTO requirements.
South Jersey Light Rail: Coordinated subsurface investigations, prepared geotechnical summary reports and construction specifications, reviewed project plans with respect to foundation elements, and provided field inspection services during construction of several stations along the new light rail route.
West Point Elementary School, West Point, New York: Designed foundations and prepared the geotechnical report for the proposed addition to the school. The report provided recommendations for foundation design, retaining wall design, and construction of proposed grades and foundations.
Reconstruction of the Route 30 Bridge over Cooper River, Camden, New Jersey: Reviewed the contractor’s shop drawing submittals of proposed pile driving equipment and wave equation analysis. Observed driving and load testing of a 30-inch diameter steel pipe pile and evaluated load test data.
Ocean City-Longport Bridge Replacement, Ocean City New Jersey: Field engineer during the installation of 54-inch diameter concrete cylinder test piles at bridge piers and square concrete test piles at abutments. Reviewed shop drawing submittals relating to the test piles.
Route 4 and 17 Interchange Improvements, Bergen County, New Jersey: Supervised the subsurface investigation for this major interchange which included over 100 borings and piezocone testing. The project involved the design of two major flyover ramps, three bridges and several retaining structures. Prepared a pavement coring program to evaluate the existing pavement sections and subgrade soils.
Interstate 80 Signing Upgrade, Warren, Sussex, and Morris Counties, New Jersey: Prepared and supervised the boring program and provided foundation recommendations for support of new and replacement sign structures along this major route.
Bridge Scour Evaluation, Bergen County, New Jersey: Performed the field investigation and prepared the soils laboratory testing program for this study conducted at 13 bridge sites.
Department of Motor Vehicles, Various Locations, New Jersey: Reviewed subconsultant’s geotechnical reports and foundation recommendations for new inspection facilities and additions to existing facilities.
Doremus Avenue Bridge, Newark, New Jersey: Prepared the landfill disruption permit required by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for construction of bridge foundations within a former landfill. Participated in the pavement design of the bridge approach sections and foundation design of the bridge replacement. The foundation support consisted of H-steel piles driven to bedrock for the abutments and drilled shafts socketted into bedrock for the piers. Inspected driving of test piles and construction of drilled shaft foundations.
Garden State Parkway Interchange 159, Bergen County, New Jersey: Prepared the approved Soil Reuse Plan for soil removed from pier cap excavations. The plan proposed that the soil be used in the construction of the embankment for the new interchange. The soil was classified as contaminated with respect to New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) residential use criteria. Therefore, approval was required from the NJDEP to allow on-site reuse. Prepared the “Declaration of Environmental Restriction†(DER) documents for the two properties where soils exceeding the residential criteria were present. The DER documents were to be included with the title of properties.
Dames & Moore, Columbia, South Carolina; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Willow Grove, Pennsylvania (October 1992 to May 1995).
Geotechnical Engineer. Representative projects and responsibilities are as follows.
Circuit City, Various locations throughout Massachusetts: performed subsurface investigations, prepared geotechnical reports, and provided construction inspection (observed placement of fill soils and verified soil compaction using a nuclear gauge, and inspected foundation subgrades prior to placement of reinforcing steel and concrete).
Domino Sugar, Brooklyn, New York: assisted with a design/build proposal to construct an underground storage facility for containing fuel storage tanks. Designed sheet piling for temporary excavation support and calculated embedment depths for anchored and cantilevered alternatives.
Quincy, Massachusetts: collected soil samples for waste classification and prepared the closure report after removal of underground storage tanks and associated contaminated soils.
Macon Kraft, Macon, Georgia: performed construction inspection during capping of one landfill area and restoration of a second landfill site at a pulp and paper facility.
GTE, Salem, Massachusetts: the project involved the cleaning (scrubbing floors, steam cleaning walls, removing ductwork, flooring, and miscellaneous equipment) of a former manufacturing facility. The majority of the cleaning activities was performed in Level C protective equipment (respirators, Tyvek coveralls, and gloves). Conducted daily health and safety meetings, collected air-monitoring samples, surficial wipe samples, and waste classification samples for laboratory analysis. Coordinated with waste haulers to arrange for removal of material from the site.
Water Tank, Sussex, New Jersey: provided construction inspection during fill placement within the ringwall foundation of a proposed water tank. Provided continuous monitoring and density testing of fill operations to achieve the required compaction.
CR Industries, Gastonia, North Carolina; PYA Monarch, Charlotte, North Carolina; U.S. Post Office, Spartanburg, South Carolina: supervised installation of ground water monitoring wells and sampled the well water. The wells at the various sites were installed either because activities at the site may have contributed to contamination of private wells or because the property was involved in a property transfer. Researched state records of the two North Carolina sites to assess possible sources of groundwater contamination and assisted with the environmental assessment reports.
Pesticides Dump Sites, Aberdeen, North Carolina: lead surface soil sampler for a 3 1/2-month environmental field investigation at the Superfund pesticides dump sites. Three areas were investigated: the abandoned pesticides processing facility and two off-site dumping areas.
Quarry, Winchester, Virginia: collected samples from an abandoned quarry following cleaning of the area. The site had been used for temporary storage of vanadium containing materials. Prepared the report summarizing cleaning activities, environmental sampling, and analytical results.
GZA GeoEnvironmental, King of Prussia, PA (February 1992 – October 1992).
Vanguard Corporate Headquarters, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: assisted in geotechnical investigation and construction inspection at the site of several proposed buildings and parking garages. Ground improvement with the limestone geology included compaction grouting and excavation of soft soils and replacement with crushed stone.
Schnabel Engineering, West Chester, PA (June 1989 – January 1992).
Supervising geotechnical engineer for design and construction of foundations for new buildings and building additions. Prepared geotechnical reports summarizing subsurface conditions and providing recommendations for allowable bearing pressures of foundations. Inspected shallow spread footings prior to placement of reinforcing steel and concrete. Performed slump and air content testing of concrete, and molded concrete cylinders for subsequent compression testing. Monitored placement of fill and tested compaction with the sand cone method.
Dames & Moore, Cranford, New Jersey (January 1987 to June 1989).
Geotechnical Engineer for field investigations for a variety of proposed structures including proposed plant expansions at the Nabisco facility in Richmond, Virginia; a proposed parking structure in Connecticut; a water tank in Long Island, New York; utility lines throughout Princeton, New Jersey; the trash-to-steam facility in Camden, New Jersey; a building addition at the Mobil refinery in Plainsboro, New Jersey; and expansions at Union Carbide in Bound Brook, New Jersey.
Field engineer during the State of New Jersey’s ECRA (Environmental Clean-up Responsibility Act) regulated soil sampling, groundwater sampling, and excavation of contaminated soil. Contamination sources included underground storage tanks, PCB transformers, and drum storage areas. Delineated the extent of contamination and collected post-excavation samples for laboratory analysis.
Field engineer during construction of a soil-bentonite slurry wall for containment of hazardous materials at the Chevron refinery in Philadelphia. The slurry wall was constructed adjacent to a sheet-pile wall bordering the Schuylkill River. Monitored depth of the excavation and the soil and bentonite properties for adherence to the project specifications.
Woodward Clyde Plymouth Meeting, PA (June 1985 – April 1986).
Performed geotechnical laboratory testing of soil samples. Testing included Atterberg Limits, grain size analysis (sieves and hydrometer), moisture content, consolidation, and specific gravity.
City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (June 1984 – December 1984).
Inspector for the reconstruction of a roadway in West Philadelphia. Prepared daily field reports.
United Engineers & Constructors, Philadelphia, PA (June 1983 – December 1983).
As a member of the Beam Verification Group, determined reactions (three forces and three moments) on existing steel due to pipe and duct support loading for the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant in New Hampshire.
United States Army Corps of Engineers , Philadelphia, PA (June 1982 – December 1982).
Compiled data for the Delaware River Comprehensive Navigation Study, the purpose of which was to determine the depths to which the Delaware River and its tributaries should be dredged. Conducted telephone interviews with commercial users ranging from oyster fishers to refineries regarding existing usage and potential usage if a deeper channel were provided.
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