Steven P. Viani
6541 Via Sereno
Rancho Murieta, CA 95683
Phone: 916.952.8503
Fax: 916.354.8840

E-mail: spviani@aol.com
Rominger Category

NATIONWIDE

Engineering- Civil
Construction Consulting
Construction Claims
Engineering - Geotechnical
Environmental Engineering

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
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