Kenji Yamasaki

Senior Associate Engineer


Registration
Civil Engineer
Oregon, Washington

Career

1992 - present
Senior Associate Engineer
Cornforth Consultants
Portland, Oregon

1992 - 1992
Staff Engineer
Tejima and Associates, Inc
Redwood City, California

1980 - 1985
Staff Engineer
Kawasaki Steel Corporation
Tokyo, Japan

Education
1992
M Eng Geotechnical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley

1989
MS Geological Engineering
University of Alaska
Fairbanks, Alaska

1980
BE Mineral Development Engineering
University of Tokyo, Japan

Honors/Societies
American Society of Civil Engineers

International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

U.C. Berkeley Geotechnical Society

Phi Kappa Phi

Mr. Yamasaki has 16 years of experience as a geotechnical engineer. He has worked on seismic evaluation of embankment dams and foundation soils, ground improvement, landslide remediation, and structure foundations. He has built a track record in the application of engineering principles to especially complex geotechnical problems. A few of Mr. Yamasaki’s representative work projects include:

  • Embankment Dam Seismic Stability and Deformation Evaluations, Oak Grove Hydroelectric Project, Oregon

  • Driven Pile Design and Evaluations, Bear Creek Bridge, Medford, Oregon

  • Plate Load Testing, Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning, Rainier, Oregon

  • Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion Foundation Improvements, Tillamook County, Oregon

  • Liquefaction Evaluation and Ground Improvement, Port Westward Generating Plant, Clatskanie, Oregon

  • FWD Data Analysis and Pavement Design, Warner Highway Realignment, Lakeview, Oregon

  • Large-Scale Laboratory Testing, Sewer Line Backfill Settlement, Richland, Washington

  • North Transmission Pipeline Excavation Shoring and Soil Improvement, Cornelius, Oregon

  • Shear Pile Design, Depoe Bay Sea Wall, Depoe Bay, Oregon

  • Design and Modification of Foundations, Green Springs Drive Bridge, Klamath Falls, Oregon

  • Static and Seismic Stability of Willamette Falls Dam, West Linn, Oregon

  • Interstate 84 Sandy River Bridge Investigation, Troutdale, Oregon

  • Earthfill Dam Construction, Frog Lake Central Dam, Three Lynx, Oregon

  • Municipal Water Supply System Expansion Facility Foundations, Glendale, Oregon

  • Willamette Falls Dam Section G-G Stability Analysis, West Linn, Oregon

  • Westside Light Rail Zoo Station Exploration and Instrumentation, Portland, Oregon

  • St. Johns Landfill Closure Clay Liner, Portland, Oregon

  • Jackson Creek Bridge Foundations, Jacksonville, 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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