Cornforth Consultants - Andy Vessley

		Andy Vessely Senior Associate Engineer
		Registration Civil Engineer Oregon, Washington, Montana Engineering Geologist Oregon Career 1988 - present Senior Associate Engineer Cornforth Consultants Portland, Oregon 1985 - 1987 Staff Geologist Northwest Geotechnical Consultants Portland, Oregon Education 1988 MS Geotechnical Engineering University of California Berkeley 1984 BS with Honors Geology University of Oregon Eugene Honors/Societies Past Chair Portland Geotechnical Engineering Group American Society of Civil Engineers Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Board Member and Treasurer, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Oregon UC Berkeley Geotechnical Society Structural Engineering Association of Oregon		Mr. Vessely has over 23 years of experience as a Geotechnical Engineer and Engineering Geologist in the Pacific Northwest. He received his Masters degree from U.C. Berkeley under the direction of Profs. H.B. Seed, R. Seed, J. Mitchell and T. Brekke. Mr. Vessely’s particular areas of interest include earth dams and embankments, earthquake engineering, seismic response analyses, geotechnical engineering for water supply and transportation projects, and expert witness services. He routinely manages projects ranging in complexity from dynamic deformation analyses for high-hazard embankment dams subjected to seismic shaking to more routine foundation designs for bridges and tanks. His geologic and engineering training and experience provide him the background necessary to develop cost-effective geotechnical engineering solutions. Representative projects include the following: Earthquake Stability, Barney Reservoir Dam Raise, Yamhill, Oregon Port Westward Co-Generation Plant Foundations, Clatskanie, Oregon Seismic Liquefaction Evaluation, Fern Hill Water Treatment Plant Expansion, Forest Grove, Oregon Portland Airport Light Rail Settlement Litigation, Portland, Oregon Bull Run Dam No. 2 Embankment Earthquake Stability, Sandy, Oregon The Dalles Dam Spillway Training Wall Foundation Design, The Dalles, Oregon SE 4th Avenue Railroad Bridge, Canby, Oregon Tualatin Valley Water District, North Transmission Pipeline Extension along Sunset Highway, Washington County, Oregon Seismic Ground Response Evaluation, Powell Butte 50 MG Reservoir, Portland, Oregon Liquefaction Evaluation - Beaver Co-Generation Plant, Clatskanie, Oregon Water Conduits No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 Geologic Hazard Assessment, Bull Run Watershed, Oregon West Side Light Rail Zoo Station Landslide Mitigation, Portland, Oregon Portland Groundwater Pump Station, Value Engineering, Portland, Oregon Dynamic Stability Evaluation, Timothy Meadows Dam, Harriet Lake Dam and Frog Lake Dam; Oak Grove Hydroelectric Project, Oregon Astoria Column Visitors Center, Astoria, Oregon Geary Dike Breach Emergency Response, Klamath Falls, Oregon Credence Building Distress Litigation, Hillsboro, Oregon Seismic Vulnerability Study for City of Portland Selected Water Supply Facility, Portland, Oregon

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