Scope & Range of Services
Career Accomplishments
Increased profit, revenue and enhanced client image for five companies in last
13 years
Took an 8(a) company from a $400,000 loss to a $800,000 net profit in 1 year
Took a public company from $200,000 profit to $1,300,000 profit in 2 years
Applied leading edge technology, jet grouting, to reinforce levees on American
River
Education and Specialized Training
BS Civil Engineering, California State University, Sacramento
Graduate courses in Geotechnical Engineering
Continuing education classes in claims avoidance, negotiations and project management
OSHA 40 hour training (current)
USACOE Construction Quality Management Certification
Professional Registrations
Registered Civil Engineer in California and Washington
Licensed contractor in Oregon and California
Employment History
State Water Resources Control Board (2-year assignment with (1977-1982)
Army Corps of Engineers)-Senior Engineer
Kellogg Corporation-Senior Engineer (1982-1983)
Department of Health Services-Senior Engineer (1984-1987)
Roy F. Weston, Inc.-Project Director (1987-1990)
Canonie Environmental Services, Inc.-Western Regional Manager (1990-1994)
Geo Con Inc.-Western Regional Manager (1994-1998)
Layne-Christensen Co.-Western Regional Manager (1998-1999)
BCN Company-Vice President of Operations (1999-2001)
Donald B. Murphy Contractors Inc.-Regional Manager (2001-2003)
Private Consulting (Present)
Representative Experience
Over the past 26 years, have held senior level positions
in construction, consulting and governmental entities.
Have managed, directed or preformed projects ranging from
$3000 Phase 1 Preliminary Site Assessments as a consultant
to $10 Million site remediations, including many large
and significant geotechnical construction projects as a
contractor. Have 15 plus years experience in managing business
units or departments with total P+L responsibility and
staff management up to 35 people. Have been involved with
both start-up and mature opportunities and have been successful
in both increasing sales and profitability.
Claims Oriented Experience
- Successfully negotiated a $ 6 million termination for convenience
claim for a Superfund site. Developed an estimate of contractor
costs and negotiated a fair and reasonable settlement while
representing a state government entity. Project required
negotiation of an acceleration claim for previous contractor,
expert testimony at various court proceedings and presentations
to media and elected officials.
- Developed cost analysis for completion of contracts after
termination for default of three elementary school contracts
in Southern California.
- Developed a claim and successfully negotiated a differing
site condition claim for a slurry wall for a lake feature
on a dry riverbed.
- Prepared and negotiated a changed site conditions, acceleration,
directed change, constructive change and defective and deficient
contract document change order with the US Army Corps of
Engineers for a slurry wall project.
- Developed and negotiated a changed condition change order
for a bridge designed and owned by the US Forest Service.
- Developed and negotiated large change orders for quantity
increases and changes for design/build environmental remediation
projects.
- Developed claim document for high rise hotel in downtown
Los Angeles involving directed changes, constructive changes,
defective and deficient contract documents, acceleration
and significant contractual issues.
- Preparation of impact analysis, acceleration, differing
site condition, defective/deficient contract document, directed
change, and constructive change design/build slope stabilization
project in Los Gatos, California.
Construction Oriented Experience
- Constructed ADA upgrade and remodel for US Coast Guard
Pacific Strike Force Facility in Novato.
- Managed the construction of a remodel of exist mall space
for the US Army Corps of Engineers to provide a recruiting
center.
- Managed lead abatement, asbestos abatement and painting
for 1400 military housing units at Beale Air Force base.
- Designed and built a foundation seismic upgrade using micropiles
for a public library in Alameda.
- Designed and built a soil nail temporary excavation support
system for the Bascon Engineering Building for UC Santa Cruz.
- Designed and managed asbestos abatement activities for
500,000 square feet of office space for TRW buildings in
El Segundo.
- Constructed projects using ground anchors, tiebacks, jet
grouting, soil mixing, shotcrete, micropiles, driven piles
and sheet piles, often under design/build contracts.
- Constructed soil nail, soldier pile and wood lagged excavation
support projects for building excavations and soil removal
projects.
- Oversaw construction of large wastewater treatment plants,
pump stations, tunnels and box sewers for Federal Government
construction program.
- Performed ground improvement projects involving dynamic
compaction and vibro compaction/replacement.
Remediation Experience
- Designed and remediated 2500 CY TCA impacted soil inside
an existing structure in Southern California.
- Designed, permitted and remediated 70,000 CY of TPH impacted
soil removal for the closure of the Lockheed C plant in Burbank,
California. Closure granted.
- Remediated several UST’s in Oakland, California by
using in-place abandonment.
- Oversaw the design and construction of a groundwater treatment
facility for pesticide contaminated soils in Fresno, California
as well as excavation of 10,000 CY of pesticide impacted
soils.
- Remediated a TCE/TCA impacted groundwater plume using a
Deep Soil Mix (DSM) wall that was 65 feet deep and had a
surface area of 50,000 SF.
- Remediated a PCP impacted groundwater plume using funnel-gate
technology at a wood treating facility.
- Remediated soil impacted with solvents using vapor extraction
at the Xerox site in Santa Ana. California.
- Remediated a solvent impacted groundwater plume using a
soil-bentonite slurry containment wall.
- Constructed a gasoline extraction trench using bio-polymer
slurry and an HDPE membrane at the port of Los Angeles.
- Constructed a composite HDPE (Gundwall) wall inside of
a soil-bentonite slurry cutoff to contain a plume of pregnant
leachate from a copper heap leach facility.
- Developed environmental analysis for portion of former
Superfund site that would be removed from Superfund designation
to assess impacts on new owners.
Consulting Oriented Experience
- Planned and permitted high tech chemical storage and fabrication
facilities in West Germany, Korea and Taiwan.
- Developed large scale Phase 1 property transfer program
for major renovation of prime San Francisco real estate.
- Developed data base management system for US Department
of Energy facility to manage chemical release monitoring
data.
- Performed numerous Phase 1 Preliminary Site Assessments,
Remedial Investigations, Feasibility Studies and Corrective
Measures Studies.
- Developed an RI/FS for a hazardous waste site for Caltrans
at a site on the Century Freeway on an expedited lump sum
contract.
- Developed expertise in waste treatment and remedial waste
treatment technologies.
References
Can be furnished upon request.