011185 Geotechnical and Tunnel Construction Consultant

Geotechnical and Tunnel Construction Consultant with over forty years experience in geology, engineering geology, heavy and underground construction, microtunneling, mechanical excavation, and dredging. He developed standards used in the industry for predicting, analyzing, and improving mechanical excavation performance and tunnel excavation efficiency. He developed and continues to enhance analytical methods to assess feasibility, select underground construction equipment, forecast, and evaluate excavation performance, and cutting efficiency, to minimize downtime, delays, difficulties with geotechnical conditions, and improve excavation efficiency. He has developed extensive studies of labor efficiencies, daily progress, and construction coordination to improve construction performance. This expert has developed analytical techniques for analyzing and understanding rock cominution under difficult conditions and has published a treatise on that subject. He has developed, established, and defined the technical elements of differing site condition claim for evaluation and presentation by the contractor and review and analysis by owners and engineers. His work on this subject has been published, widely accepted, and used in the industry.