Charlie Hammond

Senior Associate Geologist


Registration
Engineering Geologist Oregon, Washington

Hydrogeologist
Washington

Geologist
Oregon, Washington 

Career
1987 - present
Senior Associate Geologist 
Cornforth Consultants
Portland, Oregon

Education
1987
MS, Geology
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro, New Mexico

1983
BA, Geology 
Whitman College 
Walla Walla, Washington 

Honors/Societies
Past Chair
Oregon Section, Association of Engineering and Environmental Geologists

Member, Geological Society of America

Mr. Hammond has 21 years of experience as an Engineering Geologist, which includes, but is not limited to, assessing and investigating seismic hazards, soil and rock material sources, carbon sequestration options, groundwater dewatering, soil and rock tunneling, landslide and rockfall hazards and risks, dam raise and removal options, and many other complex geology considerations. Mr. Hammond provides tested skills in the observation, investigation and interpretation of a site’s geology conditions that are necessary to establish a framework towards confidence in geotechnical engineering. 

A few projects representative of Mr. Hammond’s experience include: 

  • Marmot Dam and Bull Run Hydroelectric Facility Decommissioning, Sandy, Oregon 

  • LNG Pipeline Stability and Geologic Hazards, Bioko, Equatorial Guinea, West Africa 

  • Carbon Sequestration Options, Oregon and Wyoming

  • Fern Ridge Dam Rehabilitation Dewatering Design, Eugene, Oregon 

  • Bull Run Water Conduit Tunnels at Sandy River, Feasibility and Preliminary Engineering, Sandy, Oregon

  • Blasting Damage Slide Litigation, Juneau, Alaska

  • Water System Vulnerability Assessment, Portland, Oregon

  • Going-to-the-Sun Road Improvements, Masonry Material Source Investigations, West Glacier, Montana 

  • Proposed Sain Creek Water Supply Tunnel Feasibility, Cherry Grove, Oregon 

  • Groundwater Seepage Evaluation, Timothy Dam, Mt. Hood, Oregon 

  • Quarry Operation Impacts to Environment, Yellowstone NP, Wyoming 

  • Silver Mine Access Road Geologic Hazards, Admiralty Island, Alaska 

  • Eldon Mills Dam Raise Material Source and Seismic Hazard Evaluation, Yamhill, Oregon

  • Coastal Erosion Property Litigation, Lincoln City, Oregon 

  • Clackamas River Power Projects Geologic Hazards, Estacada, Oregon 

  • McGuire Dam Raise Material Source and Seismic Hazard Evaluation, McMinnville, Oregon 

  • Hydrogeologic Evaluation of Trojan Nuclear Plant Foundation, Rainer, Oregon 

  • St. Johns Landfill Closure and Seepage Investigations, Portland, Oregon

  • Quarry Mining and Reclamation, Mosier, Oregon

  • Seismic Evaluation, Pendleton High School, Oregon


Ermel Quevedo | Andy Vessely | Charlie Hammond | Randy Hill
George Machan | Mike Meyer | Larry Pierson | Kenji Kamasaki | Brent Black
Gerry Heslin | Derek Cornforth | John Sager | Art Martin | Jim Griffiths

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