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EDUCATION
B.S. Agricultural Engineering 1992, The Pennsylvania State University
REGISTRATION
Registered Professional
Engineer:
West Virginia 2005, Ohio 2005, Pennsylvania 2007
MEMBERSHIPS
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
International Erosion Control Association (IECA)
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Project Engineer
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| Site planning and development, earthwork detailing, erosion and sedimentation control, stormwater management, roadway design, traffic studies water feasibility studies, project management, permitting, land reclamation, wetland delineation, acid mine drainage abatement, landslide and subsidence abatement and environmental assessments. |
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Residential and Commercial site plan design in Pennsylvania. Responsibilities included design and layout of stormwater control structures, potable water systems, sanitary sewer lines, property divisions, individual lot grading plans, roadway layout, erosion and sediment control structures, and permitting. |
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Storm water control design for municipalities in West Virginia. Projects consisted of a design to alleviate overtopping and flooding problem areas within a city residential areas. Design included drawings, specifications, calculations and permitting. |
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Erosion and sedimentation control plans, environmental reports, Environmental Management and Construction Plans, stream crossing permits, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Permits for stormwater and hydrostatic testing, and approvals from endangered/threatened species and State Historic Preservation Office coordination for natural gas pipeline facilities, in West Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. |
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Roadway design for various projects in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Duties included construction bid packages, grade sheets, profile alignment, cut/fill balancing, permitting, pavement design, stormwater considerations, environmental clearances, and agency correspondence. |
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Traffic Impact Studies for residential and commercial developments in Pennsylvania. Tasks included traffic counts, obtaining historical traffic data, analyzing data, creating supplemental information and report writing. |
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Stream diversion projects including the design and layout of channels using regulated natural stream techniques, culverts, and road crossings. The designs included bid packages, cost estimating and permitting. |
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Environmental Site Assessments conducted on highway, abandoned mining, commercial, industrial and residential projects in West Virginia, Ohio and Virginia. Tasks included site investigations, property research, wetland delineation, soil analysis, obtaining and analyzing historical traffic and transit information, obtaining and analyzing accident data information, endangered species clearance, and report writing. |
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Construction monitoring and administration for construction activities associated with potable waterlines, active landfills, landfill closures, natural gas transmission lines, sediment lake dredging, mine reclamation, and acid mine drainage abatement. Activities included troubleshooting, contractor coordination, weekly reports, monitoring personnel management and client information. |
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Active landfill and abandoned landfill closure design in West Virginia, South Carolina, Florida and Kentucky. Responsibilities on over ten projects included air space evaluation, cap design, stormwater and leachate system design, liner design, and permitting. |
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Conducted over 100 pre-subsidence and pre-blast surveys in southern West Virginia, Maryland and Ohio. Projects included field surveys, reports and agency correspondence. |
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Acid Mine Drainage abatement on twenty projects in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Duties included preparation of a passive treatment evaluation/feasibility reports, site reconnaissance, surveying, subsurface investigation, design of mine seals, preparation of construction drawings, specifications, cost estimating, permitting, system evaluation design, water sampling and data analysis, and construction administration. |
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Abandoned Mine Reclamation on over fifty projects in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Virginia. Projects included design, feasibility, costing, permitting and construction administration for the reclamation of coal refuse piles, mine shafts, mining related structures, slurry impoundments, mine entries, subsidence, drainage, landslides, and highwalls. |
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Design and layout of over 100 miles of potable water systems. Project s included system modeling, storage tank siting and design, booster pump station siting and design, construction bid package generation and permitting. |
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Preparation of over 20 Phase I and II Water Feasibility Studies. Work included interviewing local residents (over 1,000) and government officials; collecting and analyzing surface and private water supply samples; researching water quality records; designing and costing remedial measures. |
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Environmental audit of disposal records at numerous compressor stations located in West Virginia and Kentucky as part of TSCA audit. Duties included interviewing personnel, reviewing records, and compilation of necessary corrective actions. |
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Construction process for a glu-lam timber bridge. Responsibilities included selection of the timbers to be utilized in the bridge and oversight and management of construction of a to scale presentation model of the bridge. |
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Completion of deep mining permits in Ohio, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Responsibilities included compilation of water quality data, research into local geologic data, compilation of property information, and plotting of mining limits and boundaries. |
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Research, design, construction, testing, and analysis of the data for a chamber used in the study of flow patterns and transport of particles in ventilated airspaces. |
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Responsible for obtaining and evaluating traffic and accident data for use in the application for eligibility of 45 miles of a roadway to be classified as a heritage trail. |
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Right of way plans for Highway Expressway Project in West Virginia. Work included property line information acquisition, utility locations, proposed roadway right of information and property owner interviews. |
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Design and layout of a foot bridge associated with Hospital Wellness Trail in West Virginia. Responsibilities included design and estimate of traffic maintenance units, design of connection to existing trail, highway right of way considerations, specifications and bid documents. |
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Responsible for the preparation of construction documents for an earthen dam. Project included evaluation of existing drainage structures, stormwater routing analysis, design of earth embankment, and design of an principle and emergency spillway. |
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| EMPLOYMENT HISTORY |
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2006 - Present, Benchmark Civil Engineering Services, Inc., Allentown, PA
1993-2006, GAI Consultants, Inc., Charleston, WV
1992-1993, H & H Engineers, Bethlehem, PA
1989-1992, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA |
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| CONTINUING EDUCATION |
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“Environmental Engineering Course”
College of Graduate Studies - Marshall University, Charleston, WV
“Computational Methods in Stormwater Management (VTPSUHM),”
Penn State University, University Park, PA
“USCOE Wetland Delineation Techniques and Methodologies”
Internal company short-course, GAI Consultants, Inc., Charleston, WV
“Signalized Intersection Modeling”
Sponsored by ASCE and presented by HCS, Allentown, PA
“Coaching Skills for Managers and Supervisors”
Fred Pryor Seminars, Allentown, PA
“Stormwater BMP Compliance”
PADEP and LVPC, Wilkes Barre, PA and Allentown, PA
“Road Safety Audits”
Institute of Transportation Engineers, Allentown, PA
“Project Management Seminars”
8-week Internal Training, GAI Consultants, Inc., Charleston, WV
“ASFE Loss Prevention Workshops”
10-week Internal Training, GAI Consultants, Inc., Charleston, WV
“Leadership Training for Managers”
Dale Carnegie Institute, Allentown, PA
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