Cornforth Consultants :: Melinda Wanjala

Melinda Wanjala

Registration
Civil Engineer – Alaska, Montana, Oregon, Washington

Professional Career
2012 – Present - Associate Engineer
Cornforth Consultants Inc., Portland, OR

2011 – 2012 – Engineer
Golder Associated, Redmond, WA

Education
2010 M.Eng. in Geotechnical Engineering Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

2009 B.S. in Civil Engineering
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

Honors/Societies
Society of Professional Rope Access Technicians (SPRAT), Level I Rope Access Technician

Member, American Society of Civil Engineers, Oregon Section

Marketing Director

Mr. Allender has 9 years of experience as a geotechnical engineer in the Pacific Northwest. His areas of expertise include dam and levee evaluation with extensive practice in development and implementation of subsurface explorations, design and installation of complex instrumentation monitoring systems, stability and filter evaluations, and construction quality control. His experience also includes retaining wall design, foundation evaluation, and ground anchor stabilization.

Mr. Allender’s representative work projects include the following:

Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail, Hood River, Oregon
Pioneer Mountain Eddyville Landslide Investigation and Instrumentation, Eddyville, Oregon
Allen Brothers Road Slide, Longview Washington
Moorehaven Landslide Deep Patch Construction, La Center, Washington
Yale Reservoir IP Road Trail, Cougar Washington
Priest Rapids Dam Spillway Instrumentation Upgrades, Beverly, Washington
Swift No. 1 Dam Spillway Inspection, Cougar, Washington
Round Butte Dam SWW Winch Foundation, Madras, Oregon
Yale Dam Geotechnical Explorations, Yale, Washington
Yale Saddle Dam Geotechnical Explorations, Yale Washington
Swift Dam Toe Explorations, Cougar, Washington
Yale Dam Filter Analysis, Yale, Washington
Faraday Dam Geotechnical Explorations, Estacada, Oregon
Merritt Dam Seismic Stability Evaluation, Coos Bay, Oregon
Willamette Falls Dam Geotechnical Explorations, Oregon City, Oregon
Red Blanket Dam Erosion Repair, Prospect, Oregon
Promontory Park Floating Surface Collector Dry Dock, Estacada, Oregon
Washington Park Reservoir, Portland, Oregon
Peninsula Drainage District #1 Levee Certification, Portland, Oregon
Peninsula Drainage District #2 Levee Certification, Portland, Oregon